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AlphaInvictus OP t1_iufa2pq wrote

>Chastain went from 10th to fifth on the final lap of the race by intentionally driving his car into the wall at full speed. He accelerated against the wall through the entirety of Turns 3 and 4 and passed five cars so that he would have a chance to win the 2022 Cup Series championship in the winner-take-all title race at Phoenix on Nov. 6.

Crazy. He credited a video game as his inspiration. See kids. Video games DO pay off.

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Nas160 t1_iufpdqh wrote

NASCAR 2005: Chase for the Cup...

Ross is one of my guys and I'm elated...but...I still can't process it... it's like he broke goddamn physics or something. He's a god. I'm not gonna sleep well for Sunday.

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camerasoncops t1_iugpgvw wrote

It was awesome. Busted the shit out of the car, definitely only happening on the last lap.

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BaconFlavoredToast t1_iuhk6gh wrote

No, he did the opposite. He proved physics. The wall was acting like he had a string attached to the middle of the turn. He used centripetal force to allow him to go faster on the turn.

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Nas160 t1_iuioqtg wrote

I can't imagine how much his internals moved to the left during that turn lol

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Klendy t1_iuj26yd wrote

They would move to the right, right?

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kukukele t1_iufw7wd wrote

Im convinced that nfl teams should hire some madden gamers to handle clock management as they’d do much better than their current staff.

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Yolectroda t1_iug8mqd wrote

McDaniel (in Miami) has a guy for those decisions, and I'd bet that he's basically a random Madden gamer (I'd also say this about McDaniel).

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Yolectroda t1_iug8rzy wrote

It's basically what I did in early NES NASCAR games as a small child. Brakes are for slowing down, and you're supposed to go fast!

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