How NASCAR's Ross Chastain survives to drive: with meditative runs that make the "birds chirp louder"

This year hasn’t quite gone as Ross Chastain had planned: He narrowly missed making the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs despite consistently good results. His first win of the season finally came in late September (outside of the regular season) at Kansas Speedway — and Chastain credits his fitness regimen for his consistency, despite being out of the running now for the championship.

“We just stay on the grind,” said Chastain in a recent interview. “I still show up Monday mornings at 7:00 AM and nothing changes. I can’t try any harder, and I can’t try any less.”