Ross Chastain Wallrides Into NASCAR's Championship 4

Yesterday, Joe Gibbs Racing’s Christopher Bell won the Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Raceway to seal his place into the Championship 4 field at NASCAR’s season finale, and absolutely no one cared. The spectators, the broadcasters and even the other drivers were in disbelief over what happened behind Gibbs. Trackhouse’s Ross Chastain put his right foot to the floor and rode the wall to book his place in the Championship 4.

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With the white flag in the air, Ross Chastain was just beneath the playoff cut-line with his rival Denny Hamlin provisionally sitting in the fourth and final position into the next week’s winner-takes-all finale in Phoenix. With Chastain in tenth place and Hamlin in fifth, it seemed like the Trackhouse driver’s pursuit for the championship was about to end. However, Ross Chastain decided to literally ride the wall at full throttle through the final two turns, passing five other drivers, including Hamlin, before crossing the finish line. Chastain finished ahead of Hamlin with the desperation move to clinch his place in the finale.

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When asked post-race about the move on NBC, Chastain answered: