LEBANON – Ross Chastain doesn’t know all the details of how a fan got to him on pit road after the May 24 Coca-Cola 600 win in Charlotte and took his winning hat before getting to victory lane.
It happened as Chastain was in his car talking to Trackhouse Racing owner Justin Marks.
Chastain said he has spoken with NASCAR security for an understanding of what happened. He said the person just “slipped through the cracks.”
“I was a fan not that long ago,” said Chastain, who will race in the Cracker Barrel 400 at Nashville Superspeedway on June 1. “I’m not saying don’t ask for stuff. Yes, if I could have had the winning hat of somebody when I was a fan, maybe I would have asked.
“I would have to liked to have had it. But just don’t take it. It was too far. I had my hand on the bill saying, ‘No.’ Then it got ripped off my head.”
The hat was eventually retrieved from the fan and given back to Chastain.
Ross Chastain has plenty of watermelons for Nashville NASCAR races
Chastain is pulling double duty in Nashville, running in NASCAR’s Xfinity race and Cup race on May 31 and June 1 respectively.
Don’t worry, though. He has plenty of watermelons for potential celebrations.
Chastain is driving for JR Motorsports in the NASCAR Nashville Xfinity Tennessee Lottery 250 and will be in his normal Trackhouse No. 1 Chevrolet in the NASCAR Cup Series Cracker Barrel 400 on June 1.
“JRM and Trackhouse both brought watermelons,” Chastain said. “What’s cool are the teams really have bought into that, to having watermelons and getting them, whether its truck drivers, or whoever buys groceries for the hauler.
“Yes, they’ve got watermelons in each of them.”
Chastain is coming off winning the Coca-Cola 600 race in Charlotte a week ago. It’s his first win of the season and first Coca-Cola 600.
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