RACE RECAP
Ross Chastain won a Charbroil 300 that looked less like a 300-mile race than a survival test. The race was stopped twice by rain and ultimately called after 91 of 200 scheduled laps, with Chastain in front after winning the second stage. Before the stoppage, he drove through fluid in Turn 1, brushed the outside wall and kept enough speed in the No. 9 JR Motorsports Chevrolet to stay ahead of Jesse Love.
Chastain started 14th and led 28 laps for his first NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series win since 2019, his first at Charlotte and the third of his career. He did it on a night when most of the expected rhythm disappeared. Rain washed out practice and qualifying earlier in the day, then a four-hour delay split the race itself. When Dawson Cram's No. 35 put fluid on the track on Lap 73, eight cars slid through the oil, including the eventual winner.
Love finished second for Richard Childress Racing, with Austin Hill third, William Sawalich fourth and Corey Day fifth. Connor Zilisch won Stage 1 and finished sixth. Justin Allgaier led 36 laps from the pole but finished 29th, while Sam Mayer, Brent Crews and Harrison Burton were all knocked out by mid-race incidents before the rain had the final word.


