LAS VEGAS – Former teammates Ross Chastain and Daniel Suárez expressed their current displeasure with one another after Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Chastain, driver of the No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet, side-swiped Suárez on the cool-down lap following a 17th-place finish for Chastain and an 18th-place showing for Suárez. Suárez doored him back before the pair made it back to pit road.
“We got together a little bit in Corner 2, and he was mad about it,” Suárez told reporters post-race.
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Upon exiting his vehicle, Suárez walked over to Chastain to discuss the on-track dispute. That conversation lasted about 30 seconds before a shove from Chastain escalated the situation.
The two were separated, but verbal exchanges continued as Chastain urged Suárez to “get out” and away from the car.
“I was having a conversation, and he was all spun out,” Suárez said. “He’s just upset or something. I mean, for some reason, our relationship has been always very weird — almost like a little bit of two-faced on his part for some reason. And today I saw actually what I thought he had in his mind for a while. But, I mean, I don’t have any hard feelings to anyone. I’m just doing my thing, having a great time. But it just sounds like he thinks that way.
“But listen, at the end of the day, it’s not my first rodeo. I have had to go through a lot to be able to get to this point. And that’s just who I am, and that’s the journey I have had to take to be able to come from a different country. So it’s just part of it.”
Chastain declined to comment after Sunday’s race.
Suárez drove for Trackhouse from 2021 through 2025 and was teammates with Chastain from 2022 until departing for Spire Motorsports this season.
This run-in was not their first. In 2023, a post-race bump from Suárez to Chastain led to a heated conversation after a Cup race at Circuit of The Americas. Last summer at Sonoma Raceway, Chastain spun Suárez entering Turn 11, leading to an apology from Chastain after the event.
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Through five races in 2026, Suárez sits 17th in the Cup Series points standings while Chastain sits 20th in points after Vegas.