Justin Marks? Wife Reveals Ross Chastain Might Break NASCAR?s Rules, Hinting at Video Game Move 2.0

It was the year 2022. The track was Martinsville Speedway. The last lap awaited the Championship 4 contenders of the season. Suddenly, thousands of spectators dragged their gazes away from the front runners to become live witnesses to a now iconic maneuver of Trackhouse Racing‘s #1 Chevrolet.

The Charlotte Roval may not be entirely similar to Martinsville, but Ross Chastain’s dire need to advance his position remains the same. Does Justin Marks’ playoff hope possess another outlandish trick up his sleeve? His wife certainly thought so.

Ross Chastain to surpass ‘Hail Melon’ with an audacious flip?

Ever since Chastain rammed his car into the wall and successfully drove against it past the finish line, the racing community looked forward to that spectacle with bated breath. The resulting momentum gained him several positions as he traversed the oval at breakneck speed. In a singular leap, he became the fourth entrant for the final race at Phoenix Raceway. For understandable safety concerns, the move, now famously referred to as the ‘Hail Melon’, was outlawed by NASCAR for the current season. But does that mean he cannot come up with another?

After all, the racer is dangerously close to elimination with 10 points below the cut-off line. A win would be ideal, but at the very least, Chastain required exemplary stage finishes to envision moving ahead in his playoff journey. Unfortunately, he has the worst track record among the playoff contenders in the past three years. An average finish of 30 at an elimination ground is indeed critical. But team owner Justin Marks’ wife Erin Marks hinted at an unusual suggestion.

Motorsport.com’s editor Nick DeGroot uploaded an iRacing video in which a racecar jumped in the air, flipped over the safety barrier, and dramatically landed to continue racing on the Roval. Racing writer Matt Weaver was not the only one who immediately pictured Ross Chastain undertaking that challenge in the upcoming race. But the truly noteworthy reaction came from Erin Marks herself. Aware of her driver’s extraordinary skills, she amusingly approved of Weaver’s estimation of Chastain’s Roval preparation.

In fact, this would not be the first time a #1 car rocketed across the barrier and the driver lived to tell the tale.

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In 1999, Steve Park drove the #1 car for the legendary Dale Earnhardt. While driving in the Cup Series race at Sonoma Raceway, Park sped back into the tire barriers of the road course. The collision flipped his car up in the air and landed on all four tires. A stunned Parker could not come up with a plausible explanation of the turn of events. In an eerie similarity, the commentator remarked, ‘Looks like those guys in the X games’.

Naturally, that crash served as the end of the race for its #1 driver. 24 years later, the current driver of the #1 car is no less adventurous. But perhaps one dangerously wild finish was more than enough for this Trackhouse driver. His best bet would be to bank on stage points and improve upon his past finishes. As far as ‘Hail Melon 2.0’ is concerned, Chastain has several reasons to avoid the deviant route.

It was extremely risky in the first place. Playoff rival Kyle Larson failed a similar attempt in the Cook Out Southern 500 two years ago. It could backfire and cost him places instead. And most importantly, now it was specifically prohibited. On the other hand, the 11th-place playoff driver just had one reason to venture back into video game territory in the upcoming race. Survival. Would he take the audience’s bait?

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