Overview
- On a lap-217 restart at Phoenix, contact between Joey Logano and Ross Chastain spun Chastain and triggered a multi-car crash that also collected Anthony Alfredo, Austin Cindric and Bubba Wallace.
- Chastain characterized the contact as a racing miscalculation at a tricky track transition, saying he did not believe Logano acted with malicious intent.
- Logano accepted responsibility over team radio and later phoned Chastain, with Chastain describing a productive Monday conversation that quickly cleared the air.
- The incident derailed both races: Chastain finished 28th, and Logano was later clipped by AJ Allmendinger on lap 254 and recorded a DNF in 31st.
- Context for the season picture: Chastain sits 23rd in points at 74, Logano is seventh at 113, and both head to Las Vegas after agreeing to move on from Phoenix.