Chastain is always in the headlines, for both positive and negative reasons. But it never rattled him or slowed him down ... that is until a run-in with Kyle Larson at Darlington in May, which included some very public criticism from Rick Hendrick.
The No. 1 team seemed to fall off in the races that followed, losing the points lead and a tenth-place finish at Sonoma being their only top-20 to speak in the last month. But that all changed in the spiritual home of Trackhouse Racing at Nashville. Scoring his first-ever Cup pole, Chastain followed it up with his first win of the 2023 season.
