{"id":84374,"date":"2025-01-28T23:22:53","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T23:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/pro-racer-uses-nascar-gamecube-move-irl-to-secure-championship-spot-dexerto\/"},"modified":"2025-01-28T23:22:53","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T23:22:53","slug":"pro-racer-uses-nascar-gamecube-move-irl-to-secure-championship-spot-dexerto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/pro-racer-uses-nascar-gamecube-move-irl-to-secure-championship-spot-dexerto\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro racer uses NASCAR GameCube move IRL to secure championship spot &#8211; Dexerto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pro racer uses NASCAR GameCube move IRL to secure championship spot YouTube: LongplayArchive\/Twitter: NASCARProfessional racecar driver Ross Chastain has gone viral after using an incredible move he learned from a NASCAR game on the Nintendo GameCube to secure his spot in the Cup Series Championship. At the end of every NASCAR Cup Series season, the top four drivers at the top of the Championship points standings go against each other to win the title. Dubbed the \u201cChampionship 4,\u201d Cup Series drivers Joey Logano, Chase Elliot, Christopher Bell, and Ross Chastain are set to go against each other on November 6, 2022. While three of the four drivers secured their spot rather uneventfully, Ross Chastain\u2019s method of qualifying has gone a bit viral after performing a move that he says he learned from a NASCAR game on GameCube. Pro racer uses incredible NASCAR GameCube move IRL During the October 30 race at Martinsville Speedway, NASCAR Cup Series driver Ross Chastain shocked fans as he \u201cfully committed\u201d the infamous wall-ride action that gamers worldwide have likely performed. In a video tweeted by NASCAR, you can see Chastain carefully placing his car against the outside wall while keeping the pedal to the metal. He managed to pass several cars to secure his spot in the NASCAR Championship 4 on November 6, 2022, a move that was labeled as \u201cincredible\u201d in another tweet. Shortly after the clip was posted, the Performance Racing Network tweeted a statement from Ross. \u201cPlayed a lot of NASCAR 2005 on the Game Cube. I never knew if it actually worked,\u201d he said. \u201cI did that when I was 8. I grabbed fifth gear down the back and full committed,\u201d Fans quickly flooded the replies of the Nascar and PRN tweets with their support for Chastain\u2019s iconic move, while others weren\u2019t so sure he should have done it. \u201cHe went for the full send, gotta applaud him for trying for the hail mary there,\u201d one user replied. Another user said: \u201cWell, he was right about one thing. It was a childish move.\u201d However, a third argued: \u201cIt worked phenomenally, get rekt nerd.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pro racer uses NASCAR GameCube move IRL to secure championship spot YouTube: LongplayArchive\/Twitter: NASCARProfessional racecar driver Ross Chastain has gone viral after using an incredible move he learned from a NASCAR game on the Nintendo GameCube to secure his spot in the Cup Series Championship. At the end of every NASCAR Cup Series season, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84374\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}