NASCAR racer Ross Chastain credits his childhood videogame habits for his daring last-corner move at Martinsville Speedway today, which saw him launch from 10th to 5th. 5th in the final seconds of the race by going through walls at high speed.
The move has secured Chastain a spot in next weekend’s 2022 NASCAR Cup Series 4 Championship, making his first appearance in the series finals for his Trackhouse Racing team. Chastain also broke the classic car track record at the Martinsville Speedway.
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“I played a lot NASCAR 2005 on GameCube with [younger brother] Chad grew up, and you can get away with it,” Chastain explains in an interview after the race. “And I never knew if it really worked; I mean, I did that when I was 8 years old.”
“I just made a choice; I grabbed the fifth device in the back and committed it fully. ”
Riding the wall at high speed has long been a common scam in the low-stakes racing game world to slingshot around corners and blow up opponents in the past, but Chastain has proven it. can also work in the real world. That is, it might work once, at least.
EA Sports ‘well received’ NASCAR 2005: Chasing the Cup hit the Nintendo GameCube in September 2004. It was the last NASCAR game released for the console.
Luke is the Games Editor at IGN’s Sydney office. You can chat with him on Twitter @MrLukeReilly.
