DOVER, Del. – Kyle Larson was charging to the front in his No. 5 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet in Monday’s (May 1) rain-delayed Wurth 400. Brennan Poole was simply trying to survive, making his first NASCAR Cup Series start since 2020 for former employer Rick Ware Racing.
Neither one got the result they were hoping for, Miles the Monster mashing their cars into pieces with runner-up finisher Ross Chastain under scrutiny for another mistake.
The costly error for the driver of the No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet came on lap 80, bumping into Poole as the lapped car slowed ahead of him entering turn 1.
“Completely my fault,” Chastain said after the race. “I was just going to actually follow Brennan past [Austin Dillon] there, and he just checked up quicker than I thought, and I got into him.”
From there, Poole got right into the wall… directly in front of Larson’s No. 5 car.
“I was committed to the top,” a disappointed Larson explained. “Nowhere for me to go.”
Nowhere but right into Poole’s No. 15, that is.
“I just hope our luck turns around soon,” Larson continued after the race. “We have the fastest car every damn weekend and it doesn’t seem to shake out.”
It was a calmer, more measured approach toward the incident then in the heat of the moment, when the 2021 Cup champion’s frustration was directly focused on Chastain.
Larson did his best to issue payback to the fellow Chevy driver after making it back out on track, several laps behind. A late-race block on Chastain cost him a full second while battling with Martin Truex Jr. for the win down the stretch.
“I’m not saying anything about that. I just find it funny how he always comes out on the good end. So, it just is what it is.”
Chastain, for his part, was more concerned about the damage incurred for a Rick Ware Racing team that’s one of the least-funded…
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