Trackhouse Racing co-owner Justin Marks announced Wednesday that the team will “preserve” Ross Chastain’s viral Martinsville “car as best as possible.”
The move comes in wake of NASCAR stating there is a time penalty in 2023 for the wall-hugging move Chastain performed in the final lap to secure a spot in the championship. However, this is “not a new rule,” NASCAR vice president of competition Elton Sawyer said, per the Associated Press. Rule 10.5.2.6.A states “any violations deemed to compromise the safety of an event or otherwise pose a dangerous risk to the safety of competitors, officials, spectators or others are treated with the highest degree of seriousness.”
Chastain was running 10th and on the verge of being eliminated from the playoffs last October. He decided to try a move that he did as a kid while playing on the GameCube with his brother—flooring it along the wall.
