In the aftermath of the NASCAR Cup Series race in Downtown Chicago on Sunday, Joey Logano said Ross Chastain admitted to wrecking him on purpose following their involvement in a multi-car fracas in the closing laps.
Logano even pled his case to league officials following the race.
NASCAR communications official Mike Forde addressed the issue on his Hauler Talk podcast as part of a detailing on why there wasn’t a penalty stemming from their run-in.
“I would be fairly surprised if we don’t have conversations with both those drivers, whether that’s going to be together or separately, in Sonoma, to let them know that our eyes will be peeled on both the 1 and the 22 to make sure that nothing unsavory happens to make sure nothing unsavory happens at Sonoma and beyond,” Forde said. “So, that’s where we kind of stand right now.”
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Forde also praised Logano for choosing to take those concerns to NASCAR beyond going even further with his frustrations in public to the media.
“So, as we’ve said, as Amanda (Ellis, NASCAR Senior Director, Racing Communications) has hammered a bunch of times, we prefer that to happen,” Forde said. “You know, let’s, if you have a problem, if you have a critique, a criticism, whatever, our doors are open. And Logano probably more than most takes advantage of that opportunity.
“As far as, you know, driver skirmishes on the racetrack and them coming to us to say we should do something about it, I think that’s pretty rare. But as far as coming to talk to us about other things, that’s less rare. I think we wish it would happen more. Logano’s always very good. He’s one of the leaders in that driver group, and the driver advisory council, he’s on the board with Jeff Burton and a couple of other drivers. So, he takes that two-way conversation and communication pretty seriously.”
