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Paul Wolfe explains the advantages of winning at Las Vegas and how it should help in their preparation for the championship at Phoenix since the victory locked them into the championship round with two races left in the semifinal round. View the full article

In an interview on Tuesday morning, on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio’s show “The Morning Drive,” NASCAR’s chief operating officer, Steve O’Donnell, made clear Chastain’s move was “within the rules.” Desperate to make up positions on the final lap of Sunday’s race at Martinsville Speedway, Chastain entered Turn 3 full-throttle and deliberately drove into the SAFER barrier to rim-ride ...Keep readingView the full article

In an interview Tuesday on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio’s show, “The Morning Drive,” NASCAR’s chief operating officer, Steve O’Donnell, made clear Chastain’s move was “within the rules.” Desperate to make up positions on the final lap of Sunday’s race at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway, Chastain entered Turn 3 full-throttle and deliberately drove into the SAFER barrier to rim-ride Turns ...Keep readingView the full article

"Never in my wildest dreams did I think I'd have an opportunity to go fight for a championship," NASCAR driver Ross Chastain said. He'll do so Sunday. View the full article

Part inspiration, part insanity. If you haven’t seen it already, Ross Chastain didn’t lift off, didn’t even brake for Turn 3 on the final lap of Sunday’s NASCAR Cup playoff race at Martinsville but instead kept his throttle foot nailed to the boards and actually changed up to fifth gear – traditionally never used at NASCAR’s tightest track. Chastain deliberately drove into the SAFER ...Keep readingView the full article

Part inspiration, part insanity: If you haven’t seen it already, Ross Chastain didn’t lift off, didn’t even brake for Turn 3 on the final lap of Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series Playoff race at Martinsville but instead kept his throttle foot nailed to the boards and actually changed up to fifth gear – traditionally never used at NASCAR’s tightest track. Chastain deliberately drove into ...Keep readingView the full article

The third-year Cup driver at Joe Gibbs Racing had started the season getting caught up in a wreck in the Daytona 500 and a week later retired after 94 of 200 laps at Auto Club Speedway in California with engine failure. After a 10th-place finish at Las Vegas – on a weekend where he did win the pole – he spun out at Phoenix and finished a disappointing 26th. That left him 30th in the series ...Keep readingView the full article

Joey Logano, Chase Elliott, Ross Chastain and Christopher Bell are vying for the NASCAR Cup Series championship. Bob Pockrass provides each driver's outlook. View the full article

Did Chastain just open Pandora's box? Logano warns that he may have. While running tenth on the white flag lap, he shifted up into fifth gear, put the car into the outside wall, and drove full-throttle against it to the finish line. The brazen move earned him five positions, and gained Chastain entry into the Championship 4. NASCAR said the move was within the bounds of the rulebook ...Keep readingView the full article

Ross Chastain's "video-game move" at Martinsville elicited reactions of awe and caution from his fellow drivers. How will NASCAR react? View the full article

As the final lap of 500 laps began on Sunday, Chastain was in dire straits, trailing Denny Hamlin by two points in the standings for the final spot in the Championship 4 and running 10th in the race. As Chastain entered Turn 3, he hit the gas pedal on his #1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet and headed right to the wall. As leader Christopher Bell, Brad Keselowski, Hamlin and others raced off Turn ...Keep readingView the full article

Ross Chastain looks at his car as it is pushed by him after the finish at Martinsville and just laughs. View the full article

Ty Gibbs on the final lap of the NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Martinsville View the full article

A disappointed Brandon Jones said he didn’t know if Ty Gibbs meant to wreck him as hard but that is what happened and there was no need for it. View the full article

Christopher Bell describes pitting for four tires and then having to rally to win at Martinsville to advance to the Championship 4: View the full article

Fast Thoughts: Bob Pockrass - Why Ross Chastain's move was okay View the full article

Chase Elliott obviously was happy to advance to the Championship 4 but wished his team could have finished where they run most of the day at Martinsville. View the full article

Denny Hamlin on being eliminated on the final lap after Ross Chastain’s wild move at Martinsville. View the full article

Christopher Bell pulled off another stunner to win and advance in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs, but Ross Chastain took stunning to the next level. View the full article

Hamlin was in a perilous position as must-win drivers including Christopher Bell, Chase Briscoe and Ryan Blaney made their way into the fight for the win at Martinsville Speedway on Sunday. If one of the above mentioned (or William Byron) won the race, Hamlin was going to need to make it into the Championship 4 on points. In order to do that, he needed to outscore rival Ross Chastain in points ...Keep readingView the full article

Briscoe, who needed to win in order to qualify to compete for the 2022 series title next weekend at Phoenix, struggled for track position during much of Sunday’s race. But during the final caution of the race on Lap 469, while the other seven playoff drivers elected to pit for new tires, Briscoe’s No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing team had him stay on the track. That put Briscoe in the lead ...Keep readingView the full article

Full highlights from Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race from Martinsville Speedway. View the full article

As the final lap of 500 laps began on Sunday, Ross Chastain was in dire straits, trailing Denny Hamlin by two points in the standings for the final spot in the Championship 4 and running 10th in the race. As Chastain entered Turn 3, he hit the gas pedal on his No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet and headed right to the wall. As leader Christopher Bell, Brad Keselowski, Hamlin and others raced ...Keep readingView the full article

Bell's only chance of advancing into the final round of the playoffs was in securing victory, and the Joe Gibbs Racing driver came in to pit for new tyres on the final caution, produced by Landon Cassill, and lined up sixth on the restart with 24 of 500 laps remaining. This gave him the opportunity to pick his way past the front five, and methodically ran down and passed leader Chase Briscoe ...Keep readingView the full article