Ross Chastain makes controversial move during Xfinity 500

Trackhouse Racing’s Ross Chastain made a daring move, along the concrete barrier of the Martinsville Speedway, which secured him a place in the Championship race.

While Christopher Bell secured the victory at the Martinsville track, it was Chastain who stole the show with his daring, wall-riding, maneuver.

On the final lap, Chastain sat in 10th place but a daring move, straight out of a video game, put the American in fifth place by the time he hit the chequered flag.

The Trackhouse driver intentionally used the barrier as a guide to push his car around the final two corners. With his foot flat to the floor, it was an incredible – and rather dangerous – move which secured his position in the NASCAR Championship 4 race, on November 6.

In the process, the Chevrolet Camaro driver passed five cars along the outside and could’ve easily had taken fourth place – had it not been for RFK Racing’s Brad Keselowski blocking his advance.

Have a look at the daring move below:

Speaking after the race, Chastain said the move was inspired by the EA Sports NASCAR 2005 game, in the interview he said:

“I played alot of NASCAR 2005 on the GameCube with Chad growing up and you could get away with it and I never knew if it would actually work.

“I did that when I was eight years old. I just made the choice.

“I grabbed fifth gear down the back and full committed. When I got up against the wall, I basically let go of the wheel [and] just hope I didn’t catch the turn four access gate or something crazy.”

Following the incident, and the reward Chastain earned from it, it quickly became a controversial topic. While NASCAR deemed the move was ‘within the bounds of the rule book,’ the sport is expected to discuss any driver concerns this week.

That’s all for the article: Ross Chastain makes controversial move during Xfinity 500! What did you think of the move, is it acceptable or not? Let us know in the comments!

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Kamron Kent

Hi, I'm Kamron. I created ApexMotorsports.co.uk in the dying embers of the 2021 Formula 1 world championship. It allowed me freedom to write whatever I wanted to write about which was all things motorsports, my passion. I have put a lot of effort in over the years to keep this website in its best shape and I've loved seeing the brand grow consistently, month-on-month, year-on-year. My ambition is to keep watching this brand grow into a primary outlet of news for all things motorsports whilst fueling my desire to pursue a career in sports journalism, specialising in motorsports.