NASCAR confirms penalty situation after incident-filled Chicago Street Race

The penalty report from NASCAR for the weekend at Chicago is out. No one was penalized as a result of infractions the governing body picked up.

The organization had made it clear it was looking into a few incidents on the track, but it apparently found no cause to issue penalties. Among those incidents was contact between Ross Chastain and Joey Logano.

Logano called on NASCAR to fine Chastain for the contact after Chastain reportedly admitted on pit road that he had intentionally wrecked Logano. The two got caught up in traffic in the middle of the race, with Chastain initially taking contact into a tire barrier.

Whatever the case, Chastain seemed to think Logano was at fault for that contact. He came after Logano and spun him in the next section of the track.

Reporters had a chance to catch up with Logano after that incident, and he was blunt. To him, there was no gray area surrounding the wreck and whether it was intentional from Chastain.

“Do I think so? Yes, he admitted he wrecked me on purpose,” Logano told FOX Sports’ Bob Pockrass. “He admitted it. Which means he should get fined if he admittedly wrecked someone on purpose. That’s not OK.”

Logano has had more than one run-in with Chastain this NASCAR Cup Series season. That’s part of the reason he was so heated after the race.

“Typical Ross,” Logano said. “He just sees red and does dumb stuff. That’s all. That’s twice this year on road courses at the end of these things I’ve been cost by Ross. I’m just over it.”

Other incidents on the track included some back-and-forth contact between Bubba Wallace and Alex Bowman. Wallace was attempting to fend off a pass by Bowman, who had fresher tires late in the race.

After making contact through several turns, eventually Bowman got the better of Wallace and turned the fellow NASCAR driver, taking him out of the race. There were no fireworks after the race, though, as the two met very briefly on pit road before Wallace headed out for the day.

And now we know NASCAR has issued no penalties as a result of the weekend at Chicago. So it’s on to Sonoma.