Days of thunder was the film that marked the beginning of the love story of one of the most emblematic couples in Hollywood: that of Tom Cruise Y Nicole Kidman. There, he played a novice Nascar pilot, Cole Trickle, and her as neurosurgeon Claire Lewicki who treats him when he suffers a serious accident that almost leaves him in a coma.
“From the first moment I saw him I thought he was the sexiest man I’ve ever met in my life. he took my breath away “said the actress after the crush in a film that is now remembered for the maneuver with which Ross Chastain he made the world speak because some have said it among the best in history.
Shot on location in Charlotte and Daytona Beach, the film put Cruise in such high demand that in a driving sequence, with no time to memorize his lines because the script wasn’t finished, he had to read them from the papers stuck to the windshield and ended up crashing. From there he began to receive them “cockroach” and this is how the scene was shot which is now compared to that of Chastain in real life.
Aboard a Chevrolet, like Chastain, but green and yellow with the number 46, Cole Trickle’s iconic scene is when he whizzes down the outside lane to overtake his archenemy Rowdy Burns -played by Michael Rooker- and win the Darlington race by a slim margin.
This Sunday, unlike Cruise’s character, Chastain did not win but on the Martinsville Speedway circuit in Virginia he did one of the best maneuvers in history, however risky and unexpected, more out of a video game (or a movie) than a real motor sport.
Christopher Bell drove with authority and took the Xfinity 500, but the spotlight remained on the Chevrolet man. To qualify for the definition of the Cup Series, the Florida native had to cross Denny Hamlin’s line but on the last lap he was tenth -with Chase Briscoe, Bubba Wallace, William Byron, Joey Logano and Hamlin himself in the lead- until he launched himself outside.
During turns 3 and 4, Chastain decided to stick to the containment wall at nearly 300 kilometers per hour and drove those last few meters with his practically wrecked car. But it was enough for him to overtake five drivers, crossing the finish line hundredths before Hamlin, and secure the standings by beating his rival by 4 points to define the Cup Series weekend in Phoenix against Christopher Bell, Joey Logano and the reigning regular champion. season Chase Elliott.
“I played a lot of Nascar 2005 on GameCube growing up. I never knew if it would actually work. I put into fifth gear and asked my team to retire from Turn 2 if necessary, and we did. I made the decision and committed myself fully, “Chastain said, confessing that he was inspired by a video game.
In addition to being made by Cruise in a film, the maneuver was also recorded in a children’s film: cars 3. In animation, the Lightning MCQUEEN He overtook Jackson Storm with a maneuver that cost him body damage.
Of course, Chastain’s was even more impressive, so much so that it was commented on by pilots of the stature of Fernando Alonso. “This is the best of 2022 in motorsports! We’ve all done this in video games with damage disabled. I never thought it could come true“, expressed the two-time Formula 1 champion.
Source: Clarin
