SPEEDWAY, Ind. — Safe to say that Ross Chastain and Joey Logano haven’t been the kindest to each other on the track over the last month.
The two had a run-in at the Chicago Street Course where Chastain spun Logano late in the race, leading to a frustrated Logano confronting the No. 1 Trackhouse Racing driver on pit road.
Two weeks later at Dover Motor Speedway, the pair made contact on a handful of occasions running side-by-side at the “Monster Mile.”
Both drivers are well-known for their aggressive, unapologetic demeanor on track, which is something Chastain said he appreciates.
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“Joey and I, we’re so similar, and I like it,” Chastain said Saturday at Indianapolis. “For me, I think it’s a compliment that we think that way just in life and business and racing. Occasionally, that comes to a physical contact on the track, and it did recently. We had a good time in Loudon for the tire test, good conversation and good laughs in the garage yesterday.”
Logano has made it clear that he separates his on-track behavior from who he is out of the car, and letting the tensions subside with a civil conversation and some good banter is what he believes is best for the two to let bygones be bygones for now.
“The best thing you can always do is talk things out and try to come to a common ground, try to come to a resolution somehow,” Logano said. “I think it was pretty clear to probably both of us, it wasn’t gonna end pretty. So probably best for both of us to find a common ground to where we can move forward and race each other in a respectful way.
“That’s kind of the conversation. I went up to him and said ‘hey, there’s two ways we can handle it. There’s one way that’s pretty ugly and there’s one way that we can maybe show a little respect to each other and move forward.’ He chose the latter, which I think was probably a good move. Hopefully, we’re able to work that moving forward.”