{"id":18781,"date":"2023-10-06T21:38:27","date_gmt":"2023-10-07T02:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/?p=18781"},"modified":"2023-10-06T21:38:27","modified_gmt":"2023-10-07T02:38:27","slug":"ross-chastain-isnt-worried-about-cup-series-rivals-the-best-response-is-in-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/ross-chastain-isnt-worried-about-cup-series-rivals-the-best-response-is-in-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Ross Chastain isn\u2019t worried about Cup Series rivals: \u2018The best response is in results\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

While the noise has quieted down in the second half of the NASCAR<\/a> season, Ross Chastain is still not super popular among his peers. At least it appears that way at times. Chastain has been in his share of incidents on and off the track, and that\u2019s earned him a reputation at the very least. <\/p>\n

Ross Chastain might not be as headline-making as he was, say, around the first Kansas race of the season. After getting a talking to by Rick Hendrick and others, Chastain cooled off. You can see it in his driving at times, perhaps his intensity has dialed back a bit. <\/p>\n

For now, when it comes to those comments from other drivers, team owners, fans \u2013 Chastain tries to push it to the side. He\u2019s got more important things to do. The Trackhouse Racing driver talked to ESPN\u2019s Ryan McGee<\/a> about handling that criticism. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m good, man. I\u2019ve got too much work to do. I don\u2019t know what a response to anything said about me is going to do,\u201d Chastain explained to ESPN. It would be easy, sure. It would be easy to fire back on Twitter or go on a radio show or podcast and respond to stuff that\u2019s been said about me, and I am sure that it would get a big response. A lot of clicks and likes and dislikes and whatever. For a few hours, maybe a day. But the next day, you know what? I would still have the same work to do, and now I\u2019d be a day behind because I spent it doing all of that stuff that doesn\u2019t matter. The work matters.\u201d <\/p>\n

The best response? Racing. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe best response is in results, and the only way to achieve results is through hard work.\u201d <\/p>\n

Ross Chastain has work to do at the Roval <\/h2>\n

Coming into the Charlotte Roval<\/a>, Ross Chastain has to put all of his focus into the work on the track. This is when the results matter the most. He can block out all the noise and ignore all of his haters, but if he doesn\u2019t respond with those results \u2013 is it much of a response? <\/p>\n

At 28-1 odds<\/a>, Chastain definitely doesn\u2019t have the best chances of winning at the Roval. Good news, he doesn\u2019t have to win. 10 points from the cutline, a strong top-10 performance with some stage points might be enough to get the job done. <\/p>\n

So, here\u2019s some bad news \u2013 Chastain has a career-best finish of P22. Yes, that was with Chip Ganassi Racing, but still. Results of P24, P22, P23, and P37 don\u2019t tell us the entire picture. Chastain can be a strong road course racer, but he has to have a car with speed to do it. <\/p>\n

Qualifying will be important. Chastain was top-10 in qualifying a year ago. Things didn\u2019t work out well as he fell to P37 due to issues on the track. This is the time to step up and perform. <\/p>\n

We saw what Ross Chastain does with his back against the wall at Martinsville last year, what will he do if he faces the same situation at the Roval this weekend? <\/p>\n

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