Christopher Bell won his way into NASCAR’s Championship 4, while Ross Chastain used a move more suited for a video game to also advance to the title race in a wild end at Martinsville Speedway.
“Oh, played a lot of NASCAR 2005 on the game cube with Chad growing up,” he said. “You can get away with it. I never knew if it would actually work.
“I mean, I did that when I was eight years old. I grabbed fifth gear, asked off of two on the last lap if we needed it, and we did. I couldn’t tell who was leading. I made the choice, grabbed fifth gear down the back. Full committed. Basically let go of the wheel, hoping I didn’t catch the turn four access gate or something crazy. But I was willing to do it.”
It was Bell who was caught in Bubba Wallace’s retaliation of Kyle Larson at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and Bell being collected in that crash dropped him to last of the eight drivers in this three-race third round. He knew since then it would take a victory for Bell to race for his first Cup title, and he pulled it off on NASCAR’s oldest track.1. Christopher Bell, Toyota, 500 laps, 50 points.4. Brad Keselowski, Ford, 500, 42.7. Joey Logano, Ford, 500, 33.10. Chase Briscoe, Ford, 500, 33.13. Daniel Suárez, Chevrolet, 500, 26.16. Aric Almirola, Ford, 500, 21.19. Erik Jones, Chevrolet, 498, 18.22. Corey Lajoie, Chevrolet, 498, 15.25. Chris Buescher, Ford, 497, 12.28. Justin Haley, Chevrolet, 497, 9.32.
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