A move that catapulted him into the championship round of the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs. In the meantime, Chastain's move puts him in the Championship Four and gives Pitbull's Trackhouse Racing a car in the championship in just their second season.Never did Ross think that years down the road - in real life, not a video game - he’d attempt and complete the same type of move. In this case, Logano wondered if NASCAR might penalize drivers for passing after hitting the wall. I don't know if it's the safest thing for the driver or the fans when you have a car right up at the wall hauling the mail like that."Īccording to Jeff Gluck of The Athletic, Logano suggested a rule similar to Formula One, where drivers can't pass other cars if they go off the track. There needs to be a rule against this one because I don't know if you want the whole field riding the wall coming to the checkered flag. "Now, every Xfinity race, every Truck race, every Cup race, no matter the track, this wall riding is going to be a play. "As spectacular as it was, as much as it worked, the problem is now the box is open," Logano said. Now that we know it can work in real life, everybody knows, and according to former champ Joey Logano, that's not a good thing. So while Chastain certainly roughed up his car, it was still mostly in one piece after the race. One advantage Chastain had, other than courage, was this year's NextGen cars can take more pounding than last year's. Basically let go of the wheel, hoping I didn't catch the Turn 4 access gate or something crazy. I made the choice, grabbed fifth gear down the back. I grabbed fifth gear, asked off of two on the last lap if we needed it, and we did.
"Played a lot of NASCAR 2005 on the GameCube with growing up," Chastain said. Bob Pockrass October 30, 2022Ĭhastain, who has made several enemies on the track the last two seasons with his aggressive, throwback style - including Hamlin - was asked about the move and thanked his time as a kid playing NASCAR video games.
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