KANSAS CITY, Kansas — Enter the Great Disrupter.
Ross Chastain’s No. 1 Trackhouse Chevrolet came to life in the second half of Sunday’s Hollywood Casino 400 and beat William Byron’s Chevrolet to the finish line in a hotly contested Round of 12 opener in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs.
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