How physics and a video game trick forever changed the NASCAR Championships

Using physics, Ross Chastain floored it during the final turn, scraping the wall and passing 5 cars to advance to the NASCAR championship.
Ethan Siegel https://medium.com/starts-with-a-bang/how-physics-and-a-video-game-trick-forever-changed-the-nascar-championships-33efad426f1b

I’m not a Nascar fan, but I was drawn in by what happened here.