Watch: Ross Chastain pulls off 'NASCAR 2005' move, rides wall to Championship 4 berth
Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series elimination race at Martinsville featured one of the wildest final-lap passes race fans may have ever seen.
With a Championship Four spot on the line, Ross Chastain took a drastic measure to secure his spot.
Nearing the final turn, Chastain sat in 10th place, needing to make up five spots to advance to the championship. In a move straight out of a video game, Chastian slammed his car against the wall, riding the momentum around the turn to a fifth-place finish.
"Played a lot of NASCAR 2005 on the Game Cube. I never knew if it actually worked," Chastain said after the race. "I did that when I was 8. I grabbed fifth gear down the back and full committed."
While the reaction to Chastian's move was mostly positive, fellow driver Kyle Larson wasn't amused.
"That's not a good look for our sport," Larson told reporters. "Maybe you guys think it's cool. I think it's embarrassing."
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