{"id":1745010,"date":"2022-11-19T06:30:21","date_gmt":"2022-11-19T11:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1745010"},"modified":"2022-11-19T10:34:52","modified_gmt":"2022-11-19T15:34:52","slug":"nascar-coo-steve-odonnell-appears-to-signal-they-will-outlaw-moves-like-ross-chastains-hail-melon-martinsville-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nascar-coo-steve-odonnell-appears-to-signal-they-will-outlaw-moves-like-ross-chastains-hail-melon-martinsville-move\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR COO Steve O\u2019Donnell Appears to Signal They Will Outlaw Moves Like Ross Chastain\u2019s Hail Melon Martinsville Move"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnascar-coo-steve-odonnell-appears-to-signal-they-will-outlaw-moves-like-ross-chastains-hail-melon-martinsville-move%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1745010&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>NASCAR Chief Operation Officer Steve O\u2019Donnell recently appeared on the Stacking Pennies Podcast with host Corey LaJoie where he appeared to signal that they will try and prevent future Hail Melon style moves going forward.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6767\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6767\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6767\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Steve-ODonnel1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1052\" height=\"523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Steve-ODonnel1.png 1052w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Steve-ODonnel1-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Steve-ODonnel1-768x382-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Steve-ODonnel1-750x373-1.png 750w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6767\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Steve O\u2019Donnell via NASCAR YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Chastain performed the Hail Melon at Martinsville. On the last lap of the race he put his car into fifth gear, ran up the track, hit the gas, and rode around the wall to cross the line in fifth.<\/p>\n<p>While he didn\u2019t win the race with the move, his finish allowed him to advance to the Championship 4 and race for the NASCAR Cup Series Championship at Phoenix.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-block full\">\n<div class=\"video-player youtube\">[embedded content]<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/2022\/10\/kyle-larson-calls-ross-chastains-last-lap-move-at-martinsville-embarrassing-and-not-a-good-look-for-our-sport-despite-attempting-similar-move-at-darlington\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kyle Larson Calls Ross Chastain\u2019s Last Lap Move At Martinsville \u201cEmbarrassing\u201d And \u201cNot A Good Look For Our Sport\u201d Despite Attempting Similar Move At Darlington<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chastain explained the move following the race, \u201cWell, played a lot of NASCAR 2005 on the GameCube with Chad growing up. And you could get away with it. And I never if it would actually work. I mean I did that when I was eight years old.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He then relayed, \u201cI grabbed fifth gear, I asked off of two on the last lap if we needed it and we did. I couldn\u2019t tell who was leading and I just made the choice. I grabbed fifth gear down the back and full committed. Once I got against the wall I basically let go of the wheel and just hoped I didn\u2019t catch the turn 4 access gate or something crazy, but I was willing to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-block full\">\n<div class=\"video-player youtube\">[embedded content]<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>O\u2019Donnell addressed the move during a recent episode of Stacking Pennies with Corey LaJoie saying, \u201cThe biggest thing that we got to look at going forward is \u2014 I think even if you ask Ross, right, what happened, he made that move, and incredible, the guts it took to do that, but he\u2019d also tell you that it didn\u2019t feel too good either.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He then questioned, \u201cAnd so are we going to force guys in that position? Do we want to do that? Or are there some things that we can do particularly on Martinsville that would stop that from happening?\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-block full\">\n<div class=\"video-player youtube\">[embedded content]<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/2022\/10\/joey-logano-reacts-to-ross-chastains-wall-ride-move-calls-for-nascar-to-outlaw-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joey Logano Reacts To Ross Chastain\u2019s Wall-Ride Move, Calls For NASCAR To Outlaw It<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Donnell then stated, \u201cWe\u2019ll look at that. I think that\u2019s going to be us with a lot of the race teams and talking about what\u2019s the reality of that happening, at what tracks, and then do we want. A little bit of me kicking the can.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, he concluded, \u201cI think you\u2019ll see us react some way to do something, particularly around Martinsville.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7176\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7176\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7176\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Steve-ODonnell.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1217\" height=\"621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Steve-ODonnell.png 1217w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Steve-ODonnell-300x153.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Steve-ODonnell-768x392-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Steve-ODonnell-750x383-1.png 750w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Steve-ODonnell-1200x612-1.png 1200w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7176\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Steve O\u2019Donnell via NASCAR YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>What do you make of O\u2019Donnell\u2019s implication that the Hail Melon move won\u2019t be happening at Martinsville again?<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/2022\/11\/chase-briscoe-attempts-to-recreate-ross-chastains-wild-wall-ride-move-fails-spectacularly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chase Briscoe Attempts To Recreate Ross Chastain\u2019s Wild Wall-Ride Move, Fails Spectacularly<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASCAR Chief Operation Officer Steve O\u2019Donnell recently appeared on the Stacking Pennies Podcast with host Corey LaJoie where he appeared to signal that they will try and prevent future Hail<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1727462,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1745010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1745010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1745010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1745010\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1727462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1745010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1745010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1745010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}