Joey Logano confronts ‘the Melon Man’ after Chicago smash-up

On a late-race restart at Chicago, issues bought wild on the entry of Flip 1. Ross Chastain ended up getting spun sideways, and the primary automobile he noticed after getting straightened out had a right away bullseye on it.

That was Joey Logano within the No. 22 Ford, who was instantly behind Chastain when the incident started, nonetheless, video reveals that he (and several other others) had been pushed into the No. 1 automobile.

Chastain instantly hit Logano within the subsequent nook, sending each the Penske driver and Ricky Stenhouse Jr Jr. spinning. Whereas Logano rebounded to complete eleventh — one spot behind Chastain — Stenhouse’s day was over.

“Ross higher get the f****** info proper earlier than he goes and wrecks someone,” Logano radioed to his group after the incident. “There’s f****** six automobiles behind me wrecking into me, after which he destroys me from 4 again. That motherf*****.”

Stenhouse shared a video of a watermelon being smashed on his social media, an apparent reference to Chastain, who’s an eighth-generation watermelon farmer and generally known as the ‘Melon Man.’

As for Logano, he took a much more direct method. He confronted Chastain after the race and shared his frustrations.

Whereas the particulars of the dialog aren’t recognized, Logano later instructed FOX Sports activities’ Bob Pockrass of the dialog: “He [Chastain] admitted he wrecked me on objective, which implies he ought to get fined … that is not okay.”

After being instructed that Chastain might have been making an attempt to get payback on whoever spun him, Logano replied: “Typical Ross. He simply sees crimson and does dumb stuff.”

Logano additionally referenced the truth that this isn’t the primary run-in for these drivers, who’re two of probably the most aggressive drivers on the grid. That they had an incident at each COTA and Martinsville. Following their Martinsville run-in earlier this week, Logano stated Chastain “races like a jackass each week.

Photographs from Chicago – Race