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MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA – OCTOBER 30: Ross Chastain, driver of the #1 Moose Fraternity Chevrolet, rides the wall on the final lap of the NASCAR Cup Series Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway on October 30, 2022 in Martinsville, Virginia. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images)
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MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA – OCTOBER 30: Ross Chastain, driver of the #1 Moose Fraternity Chevrolet, rides the wall on the final lap of the NASCAR Cup Series Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway on October 30, 2022 in Martinsville, Virginia. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images)
Earlier, Brad Keselowski gave NASCAR fans a taste of a new viewing feature. To be exact, he introduced a helmet camera, which gave fans a driver’s eye view. Needless to say, Dale Earnhardt Jr was one of its biggest fans, and he lavished a lot of praise. However it is worth mentioning that not a lot of fans agreed with him. Nevertheless, the NASCAR Cup race at Martinsville vindicated the NASCAR legend, thanks to Ross Chastain.
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This was because Ross Chastain pulled off an incredible move to rocket up from 10th to 5th. The best part was that the onboard footage was available for the fans to watch. Admittedly, it was no helmet camera, but the dashboard camera was just as exciting to watch. Especially when Chastain ground his car against the wall as he sailed past his rivals.
FLOORED IT!
Ride on-board with @RossChastain! 🎥: @NASCAR pic.twitter.com/ZjxmnkT2fW
— NASCAR on NBC (@NASCARonNBC) October 30, 2022
The footage showed the #1 car simply gunning the throttle in the final couple of corners. Owing to that, the Trackhouse Racing car shot straight ahead and ground against the outside wall. Everyone could clearly see the punishment that the car was enduring. In the end, it was all worth it, because he ended up fifth and through to the Championship 4.
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Ross Chastain will be gunning for his maiden Cup title
Now, the race for the Cup championship is truly on, as all the contenders have been decided. Joey Logano was the first to book his berth with his win at Las Vegas. The next race at Homestead-Miami didn’t see any of the contenders winning, as it was Kyle Larson in Victory Lane. The defending champion had already been eliminated, so his win made no difference.
Nascar won't allow it to happen again but Holy Shit that was Awesome. He was out of a chance to run for the Championship entering turn 3 on the final lap, he said hell with it and now races for a chance to be Champion well played.
— DaleEJrFan88 (@JRNationFan388) October 30, 2022
I thought it would never work after Carl’s attempt,
— Real Deal Aneil (@realdealAneil) October 30, 2022
Now I’ve seen his in car camera view he’s lucky caution wasn’t thrown it would’ve frozen the field at the time of caution and he wouldn’t have advanced
— Steven Holt (@r2k76) October 30, 2022
Larson tried it too (Darlington) and failed. Now's he's throwing shade at someone managing to do it successfully 😂.
— Omar (@OmarVA22) October 30, 2022
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MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA – OCTOBER 30: Ross Chastain, driver of the #1 Moose Fraternity Chevrolet, rides the wall on the final lap of the NASCAR Cup Series Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway on October 30, 2022 in Martinsville, Virginia. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images)
Finally, Christopher Bell was the second driver to automatically seal his berth. Meanwhile, Chase Elliott and Ross Chastain accrued enough points to sneak into the season finale. Now, it all comes down to the final race of the season at the Phoenix Raceway.
Thank you @RossChastain for bringing EXCITEMENT back to Nascar. You wanted it, you took it, while those other corporate talking head drivers didn’t! Right ON!!😎🤘
— Dirt.Travel (@Dirt_TravelClub) October 30, 2022
We don’t shift at Martinsville, we gear it to leave it in 4th…he just breathes the throttle briefly as he gets to the wall
— Phil J (@masterp77) October 30, 2022
I still can’t get over this @RossChastain move, lol! There are a lot of people saying it was wrong, but IMO, it was brilliant! We may never see it again, but it was fun to watch and he made the final 4! I’m a Elliott fan, but I like all who are in for the win @phoenixraceway!🏁
— Jimmy Scott (@JimmySc87242271) November 1, 2022
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It was one of the coolest moves I’ve seen. People will be talking about it for years.👍🏻🏁
— NASCAR Sammy (@NASCARSammy) November 1, 2022
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The biggest question on everyone’s lips is, will Joey Logano or Chase Elliott add to their tallies, or will Ross Chastain or Christopher Bell bag their first titles.
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