Laughed at overtaking "about the wall" in games? The racer repeated it in reality and reached the final

National Association of Stock Car Racing (NASCAR) 500-lap driver Ross Chastain secured and

his team jumped from 10th to 5th place in the rankings and reached the finals thanks to a move from a video game he played as a child.

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Thanks to the same technique, Chastain set a recordthe fastest lap in the history of the Martinsville Speedway is where the competition is held. The essence of the reception was the “driving along the wall” maneuver: at full speed, the pilot drove close to the barrier of the track and released the steering wheel. As a result, the car was taken out onto the track, and with this he was able to overtake many rivals.

During an interview, Chastain said that he couldachieved this result because he used a trick from the NASCAR 2005 GameCube game, which he played a lot when he was 8 years old. It is noted that many racers train on simulators, so it is quite logical that a professional was able to reproduce the technique from such a game. But this did not cancel the risk to life.

"I never knew if it would really work.deed. I mean, I did it in a game when I was 8 years old. However, in the end, I made a choice. I turned on the fifth gear and actually let go of the steering wheel, ”said Ross Chastain after the race.