# @extremesimracingusa on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DcttnF2pilv
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/70239994-extremesimracingusa-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/8a4e6b4afe.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-08-31T18:18:43.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Extreme Simracing USA (@extremesimracingusa) — https://gondola.cc/extremesimracingusa

## Caption

HE TURNED A VIDEO GAME MOVE INTO NASCAR HISTORY. 🤯

Martinsville. 2022.

Ross Chastain needed positions on the final lap to keep his championship hopes alive.

Then he remembered something he used to do years earlier playing a NASCAR video game.

Instead of slowing down for Turns 3 and 4…

he put the car against the wall and kept his foot down.

The result?

One of the craziest moves NASCAR has ever seen — the HAIL MELON. 🍉

And he recorded the fastest Cup Series lap ever run at Martinsville at the time.

Would YOU have tried it? 👇

Follow Extreme Simracing for more XTREME MOMENTS.

#NASCAR #RossChastain #HailMelon #Motorsports #RacingHistory

## Stats

- **Views:** 593
- **Likes:** 9
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## Tags

hailmelon, racinghistory, nascar, rosschastain, motorsports

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