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Chastain ends year-long winless streak with Nashville Cup win

Chastain, who had lamented in an interview Friday that he needed to “wreck less and win more,” won the pole for Sunday’s race and ended a more than year-long winless streak with his first victory of the 2023 season.

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Chastain: Darlington wreck "brought a lot of heat down on me"

Finishing 19th in a Late Model race may not sound like fun, but his participation was part of the lead-in events to this weekend’s All-Star Weekend and the reopening of the iconic North Wilkesboro (N.C.) Speedway.

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Rick Hendrick: Chastain "is going to make a lot of enemies"

While this week it was William Byron who came away with an unexpected NASCAR Cup victory, it was once again Chastain that dominated the conversation after the race, whether for better or worse.

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Byron wins at Darlington after Chastain and Larson crash

Larson emerged late in the race with the lead following the final round of green-flag pit stops but a caution for a spin by Ryan Newman left Larson and Chastain to battle side-by-side on the restart with 13 laps to go.

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No NASCAR penalties to come from Kansas pit road fight

In an interview on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, Elton Sawyer, NASCAR’s senior vice president of competition, said the sanctioning body looked at the incident but decided against any official sanctions.

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Chastain, Gragson explain NASCAR pitlane punch up in Kansas

With a little over 60 of 267 laps remaining in Sunday’s race won by Denny Hamlin, Gragson, Chastain and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. got three-wide racing for position through Turns 3 and 4.

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Chastain faces criticism from Larson, Poole after Dover incident

Taking four new tires on his final stop, Chastain nearly ran down eventual winner Martin Truex Jr. – who took two – over the final seven laps but came up just short in Monday’s rain-delayed race at Dover (Del.) Motor Speedway.

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Hamlin docked NASCAR points for Chastain crash, Hendrick penalised

On his podcast, Actions Detrimental, Hamlin openly admitted to walling Chastain on purpose during the final restart of last weekend's race won by Hendrick Motorsports driver Alex Bowman.

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Denny Hamlin fined, docked NASCAR points for Chastain incident

On his podcast, Actions Detrimental, Hamlin openly admitted to walling Chastain on purpose during the final restart of the race. The two drivers have a feud dating back to last June, clashing in multiple races since then.

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Hamlin admits NASCAR contact with Chastain "wasn’t a mistake"

Speaking on his Dirty Mo Media podcast Actions Detrimental, Hamlin admitted that the late-race contact was intentional and explained where things currently stand between himself and Chastain.

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Martinsville removes and preserves wall from Chastain NASCAR wall-ride

The track has decided to remove a section of the Turns 3-4 wall, which Chastain's car slammed against in a daring full-throttle manoeuver known now as the 'Hail Melon.' It's also been referred to as the 'Martinsville Miracle' and various other nicknames.

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Martinsville removing and preserving wall from Chastain wall-ride

The track has decided to remove a section of the Turns 3/4 wall, which Chastain's car slammed against in a daring full-throttle maneuver known now as the 'Hail Melon.' It's also been referred to as the 'Martinsville Miracle' and various other nicknames.

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Title contender Ross Chastain tops Phoenix Cup practice

Ross Chastain – the final driver to qualify for the NASCAR Cup Series Championship 4 – topped Friday’s final practice session at Phoenix Raceway.

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Chastain has “no plans” to repeat NASCAR wall-ride in Phoenix title decider

Internet sensation Ross Chastain says he plans no repeat of his wild Martinsville NASCAR Cup Series wall-ride move because “I don’t care to ever do that again”.

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Ross Chastain has “no plans” to repeat NASCAR wall-ride in Phoenix title decider

Viral internet sensation Ross Chastain says he plans no repeat of his wild Martinsville NASCAR Cup Series wall-ride move because “I don’t care to ever do that again”.

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Elliott commends Chastain, but questions the wall-riding move

Chase Elliott respects the move Ross Chastain used to advance in the Cup Series playoffs at Martinsville but struggles on whether NASCAR should ban it.

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Knaus on Chastain NASCAR wall-riding: “You could absolutely do it at Phoenix”

Veteran NASCAR crew chief and TV pundit Chad Knaus believes that a repeat of Ross Chastain’s sensational last-lap wall-riding move at Martinsville could be repeated in this weekend’s season finale at Phoenix.

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Two Hendrick drivers fighting for two separate NASCAR titles in Phoenix

Rick Hendrick faces a unique situation that will likely affect Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series title-decider at Phoenix Raceway in a way we haven't seen in previous years.

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NASCAR: Ross Chastain's daring wall-riding move legal for now

The daring wall-riding move Ross Chastain used Sunday at Martinsville to advance in the NASCAR playoffs will remain legal at least for now.

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Logano calls for new rule against 'awesome' Chastain move

Joey Logano was extremely impressed with Ross Chastain's daring last-lap move against the outside wall at Martinsville (V.A.) Speedway, but warned of potential consequences if left unchecked.

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Chase Briscoe on late-race pit strategy: "I had a shot”

Chase Briscoe was the first playoff driver Sunday at Martinsville to attempt a ‘Hail Mary’ move to reach the NASCAR Cup Series Championship 4 but without the success of Ross Chastain.

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Another runner-up finish moves Chastain closer to playoff advancement

Ross Chastain is coming off of back-to-back runner-up finishes as he looks to the penultimate race of the 2022 NASCAR Cup season, where he has a very real shot of advancing into the Championship 4.

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Ross Chastain on second at Vegas: "That was all we had"

Ross Chastain came oh-so-close to giving fledgling Trackhouse Racing its first opportunity to compete for a NASCAR Cup Series championship.

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Hamlin "done speaking" after latest clash with Chastain

Denny Hamlin and Ross Chastain collided once again at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Sunday, reigniting the rivalry between them.

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