Daniel Suarez and Ross Chastain have provided further context for their pit road confrontation at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. As it turns out, they just do not like each other despite being teammates for four seasons.
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"We don't get along," Chastain told a select group of media members at the NASCAR Production Facility. "Like that goes back longer than this weekend. We got through the end of our time together when we were teammates, but I don't think it's bad that I don't get along with everybody in our big time sport of NASCAR.
"He's just a guy that I don't get along with. I don't agree with the way he handles things and mainly how he doesn't — that's what made me so mad on pit road is that there was no accountability. There was zero percent on his side."
The two former teammates at Trackhouse Racing had a high-profile confrontation at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. They made contact on Lap 2 of last weekend's race, and then they came close to contact in the closing laps.
Suarez moved up the track as Chastain made a run on the outside. They didn't make contact as Chastain went by cleanly, but this extended the conflict.
Chastain then took a swipe at Suarez's car on the cooldown lap, which led to a heated conversation between the two drivers on pit road. Shoves took place, but they ultimately parted ways without throwing any punches.
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"In the moment, I definitely was hot and angry and would do things different, if I had time to think about it," Chastain said. "I would not have swerved into him after the race and if I could go back, I wouldn't have shoved, sure.
"I was just over the conversation that he was trying to have, wanted him to leave, asked him to leave, and wanted him to back up. He was too close. And just didn't want to hear anything else he was saying because he wasn't taking any accountability, and I wanted him to."
The Trackhouse driver referenced a "lack of accountability" multiple times during the media session. This included talking about how he likes his current teammates and how they each take accountability.
Suarez provided comments about the situation multiple times. He spoke to media at the Nevada track and referred to Chastain as "two-faced." He also discussed the confrontation during an appearance on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio and in a video for his YouTube channel.
Like Chastain, Suarez referenced how they do not get along. He also took issue with comments made by his former teammate on pit road. Only they know exactly what the comments were, but in-car camera footage made it appear that Chastain told Suarez that he had been fired by Trackhouse Racing.
"I have known Ross for a long time, and I have always known that him and I were very different," Suarez said in his Vlog. "We're very different kind of people. That's okay, I will always respect him. But the kind of words that he said after the race is just completely unacceptable. That's chicken stuff. That's not good.
"I lost a lot of respect for him, as a person, because that's just not good. It's not a good look for him, it's not a good look for the kind of person that he is, I think. And it was just a little bit sad, to be honest. I really wanted to — I was getting fired up to fight, but what was I going to gain? There's nothing to gain with that. He's not the kind of person I really want to fight. But yeah, just disappointed."
The two avoided a fight, but where do they go from here? Obviously, they will not be spending time together away from the track.
Chastain noted that they will have a conversation about their confrontation at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. He said that he sent an extensive text to his former teammate and that they have been playing phone tag all week.
Chastain said that Suarez is faster than him currently, so they likely won't cross paths on the track in the near future. Suarez did not say exactly how they will move forward, but he strongly stated that he is not out to get the drivers at his former team despite having some run-ins this season.
