NASCAR driver Ross Chastain stunned his competition Sunday at Martinsville Speedway when he pulled off a video game move that put him in contention for the NASCAR Cup championship.
Footage of the move at the Xfinity 500 is going viral after NASCAR released the in-car reactions of drivers watching Chastain hug the wall to propel himself ahead of other drivers.
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“That’s literally the coolest thing I’ve ever seen in my life,” Chase Briscoe said.
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“What the f*** was the 1 doing?” Erik Jones said. “He actually passed people doing that?”
Brandon McReynolds, Chastain’s spotter, was thrilled by the move.
“You made the transfer! You made the transfer, man! That was f****** ridiculous dude!” McReynolds said.
“That was wild, man. That was wild! I don’t know how long you’ve been sitting on that move, but that was f****** incredible.”
Chastain admitted after the race where he got the move from.
“Played a lot of NASCAR 2005 on the GameCube. I never knew if it actually worked. I did that when I was 8. I grabbed fifth gear down the back and full committed,” he said.
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The move punched a ticket for Chastain and the No. 1 car to compete for the championship in Phoenix on Sunday.
