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Articles for Ross Chastain

NASCAR at Darlington odds and expert predictions: Playoff position and regular season championship on the line
3 months, 3 weeks ago

NASCAR at Darlington odds and expert predictions: Playoff position and regular season championship on the line

New York Times  

This is it, folks. A stunner at Daytona last week means a few NASCAR star drivers — Bubba Wallace and Ross Chastain — are facing elimination and their final chance to hoist themselves above the cut line. We discuss the playoff picture, what chance drivers on the cut line really have, who we can expect to win the regular season …

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Trackhouse’s looming choices, timeline for Amazon/WBD talent and more: NASCAR Mailbag
11 months, 1 week ago

Trackhouse’s looming choices, timeline for Amazon/WBD talent and more: NASCAR Mailbag

New York Times  

A month from now, NASCAR teams will be in Florida preparing for the season-opening Daytona 500. If Chastain can do this, as he did in winning at Nashville and Phoenix last year, then he’ll likely win more than two races and accrue additional valuable bonus points. In 2023, Trackhouse’s Ross Chastain won two races for the second straight season, including …

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Ross Chastain looks back at the fabled Martinsville ‘Hail Melon,’ one year later
1 year, 1 month ago

Ross Chastain looks back at the fabled Martinsville ‘Hail Melon,’ one year later

New York Times  

The week after Ross Chastain pulled his viral “Hail Melon” move at Martinsville Speedway to advance to NASCAR’s championship race last fall, he sat in a meeting with Cup Series officials and listened to his driver colleagues argue about whether the move should be banned. Despite several close calls, Chastain didn’t win until late June and said the time before …

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NASCAR round-by-round playoff picks: Who makes the Championship 4, and who wins it all?
1 year, 3 months ago

NASCAR round-by-round playoff picks: Who makes the Championship 4, and who wins it all?

New York Times  

Who would have ever thought Chase Elliott would miss this year’s NASCAR playoffs? For example: Did you think both Kevin Harvick and Kyle Busch would get eliminated in the first round of last year’s playoffs? GO DEEPER 2023 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs: All 16 drivers and their chances to win the title Championship 4 Jeff’s final four and champion Denny …

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2023 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs: All 16 drivers and their chances to win the title
1 year, 3 months ago

2023 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs: All 16 drivers and their chances to win the title

New York Times  

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Bubba Wallace is in, Chase Elliott is out. William Byron Rank: First Playoff points: 36 Wins: Five Best championship finish: Sixth Why he can win: There is a lot to like about Byron’s chances. Denny Hamlin Rank: Third Playoff points: 25 Wins: Two Best championship finish: Second Why he can win: The reasons are similar to …

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Top 5, Richmond: Maybe the track isn’t so bad, blaming Ross Chastain and an appeals panel overhaul
1 year, 8 months ago

Top 5, Richmond: Maybe the track isn’t so bad, blaming Ross Chastain and an appeals panel overhaul

New York Times  

Five thoughts after this weekend’s NASCAR race at Richmond Raceway … 1. So it seems the bulk of the credit for an improved race goes to NASCAR’s revised short track/road course package — the one with the tiny spoiler that makes less downforce. It still wasn’t the “Action Track” of old, but Richmond was much better this time around and …

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How Ross Chastain’s ‘unreal’ move at Martinsville went from video game to real life
2 years, 1 month ago

How Ross Chastain’s ‘unreal’ move at Martinsville went from video game to real life

New York Times  

MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Growing up, Ross Chastain and his brother, Chad, played a 2005 NASCAR video game on the Nintendo GameCube console where they’d race on a fictional coliseum-type track. pic.twitter.com/67Ku712XZf — NASCAR October 30, 2022 “I’ve never seen anything like it,” Trackhouse president Ty Norris said. Larson told reporters Sunday that he thought Chastain’s move was “embarrassing,” “not a …

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Ross Chastain escapes last-lap chaos to earn first NASCAR Cup win at Austin
2 years, 8 months ago

Ross Chastain escapes last-lap chaos to earn first NASCAR Cup win at Austin

LA Times  

Ross Chastain celebrates after winning Sunday’s NASCAR Cup race at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin Texas. Ross Chastain bumped and banged his way around the final overtime lap at Circuit of the Americas on Sunday for his first career NASCAR Cup win and upstart team Trackhouse Racing’s first trip to victory lane. Chastain, an eighth-generation watermelon farmer from …

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