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What the unusual radio comms reveal about contentious Martinsville finish

NASCAR has yet to review the radio communications from the closing laps of Sunday's race (they intend to do so in the week ahead). And while Ryan Blaney drove off with the race win, strange things were happening throughout the field as Chevy and Toyota grappled for the final spot…

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NASCAR Cup Nashville: Logano stretches fuel to win in five overtimes

Logano inherited the lead after the third overtime when Denny Hamlin and Martin Truex Jr. were both forced to pit for fuel. He appeared to be in position to claim the win in the fourth overtime, but a caution came out just before Logano took the white flag.

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Ross Chastain wins wild Darlington Truck race in overtime

Ty Majeski appeared ready to give Ford Performance its first win of the 2024 NASCAR season and had built a more than five-second lead when a late-race caution for a wreck sent the race into overtime.

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Ross Chastain "content" despite tough Daytona 500 loss

Chastain took the lead after the final set of green flag pitstops, and narrowly avoided a 23-car pileup in the closing laps. Daytona 500 glory was in sight, but the battle wasn't over just yet.

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Chastain "drove off into the sunset" to surprise Phoenix win

Chastain, who was eliminated from the playoffs weeks ago and led just one lap in the previous nine races, overshadowed the four drivers that were contending for the 2023 series championship at Phoenix Raceway.

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2023 NASCAR Cup Phoenix finale race results

Chastain played the role of spoiler on Sunday, battling hard and aggravating Blaney to the point where contact was made in the battle up front.

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Chastain wins Phoenix as Blaney claims 2023 NASCAR Cup title

Chastain, who was eliminated early in the Cup playoffs and led just one lap in the previous nine races, turned out to be too tough for the 2023 title contenders to handle in Sunday’s race.

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Chastain tops Las Vegas Cup practice; Elliott and Suarez wreck

Chastain, who ran in the second group, topped the speed chart with an average lap speed of 186.857 mph. Chastain was among the four drivers eliminated from further playoff contention following last weekend’s race at the Charlotte Roval.

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Ross Chastain reunites with Kaulig for Michigan Xfinity race

Chastain, 30, will make his fourth Xfinity start of the 2023 season this weekend. Although the previous three came with DGM Racing, that will not be the case at Michigan.

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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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