Ross Chastain involved in overtime crash in Nashville Cup race

Ross Chastain went from a chance to win Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Nashville Superspeedway to wrecked in the event’s first attempt of overtime.

On an extra-time restart at Lap 305, Chastain charged into Turn 1 on the outside and challenged Denny Hamlin for the race lead. Kyle Larson, in third place and entering behind Hamlin on the bottom of the track, clipped the apron and drifted high into Chastain, whose No. 1 Chevrolet spun backward into the SAFER barrier.

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His Trackhouse Racing entry was then struck by Ty Gibbs and Kyle Busch. Daniel Hemric, John Hunter Nemechek and Austin Dillon were also collected.

Chastain led 45 laps in Sunday’s Ally 400 before Hamlin passed him for the lead with seven laps remaining in regulation. A spin on Lap 299 by Austin Cindric down the backstretch sent the event past its scheduled 300-lap distance.

Chastain, who entered as the defending winner at Nashville, is still searching for his first victory of 2024. The No. 1 car ultimately was credited with a 33rd-place finish.

This story will be updated.