Ross Chastain
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Chastain at Road America in 2015
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Born | Alva, Florida |
December 4, 1992 ||||||
Achievements | 2011 World Series of Asphalt Champion | ||||||
NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
51 races run over 3 years | |||||||
Car no., team | No. 4 (JD Motorsports) | ||||||
2015 position | 15th | ||||||
Best finish | 15th (2015) | ||||||
First race | 2014 History 300 (Charlotte) | ||||||
Last race | 2016 Hisense 4K TV 300 (Charlotte) | ||||||
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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career | |||||||
44 races run over 4 years | |||||||
2015 position | 112th | ||||||
Best finish | 17th (2012) | ||||||
First race | 2011 AAA Insurance 200 (IRP) | ||||||
Last race | 2014 Ford EcoBoost 200 (Homestead) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of May 28 2016. |
Ross Chastain (born December 4, 1992) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 4 Chevrolet Camaro for JD Motorsports.
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Personal life
Chastain was not born on a watermelon farm in Alva, Florida but he did grow up plying the family trade of watermelon farming. He grew up racing at Punta Gorda Racetrack in Punta Gorda, Florida.[1] He is a graduate of Riverdale High School in Fort Myers.[2] His grandfather Jim Prevatt, father Ralph, and younger brother Chad, have all also competed in auto racing competition.[3]
Early career
Chastain began his racing career at the age of twelve, competing on local Florida short tracks in both late model and Fastruck Series events,[4] as well as figure eight boat racing.[5] His short track career saw Chastain scoring over fifty wins in feature events, including the 2011 World Series of Asphalt at New Smyrna Speedway, winning three of eight events in the series.[3][6]
NASCAR
He made his debut in NASCAR national touring series competition in the Camping World Truck Series in 2011, driving the No. 66 Chevrolet for Turn One Racing at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis,[4] finishing 10th in his inaugural event.[3] Chastain competed in four additional events in the 2011 season, with the 10th being his best finish, in preparation for a full season in the Camping World Truck Series in 2012, competing for Rookie of the Year honors with SS-Green Light Racing.[7] Driving the No. 08 truck sponsored by the National Watermelon Association and National Watermelon Promotion Board,[8] he scored a career-best finish of seventh in the second race of the season at Martinsville Speedway.[9] He bested his 7th-place finish with a 3rd-place finish at Bristol in August.[10]
In January 2013, it was announced that Chastain would drive in 15 Camping World Truck Series races in 2013 for Brad Keselowski Racing.[11] At Iowa Speedway in September, Chastain won his first career Truck Series pole for the Fan Appreciation 200;[12] he led the most laps in the race, finishing second to James Buescher as the race underwent a green-white-checkered finish.[13]
Leaving BKR after the 2013 season, Chastain moved to Ricky Benton Racing for a part-time schedule in 2014.[14] In May, he announced he would make his debut in the Nationwide Series (now Xfinity Series) at Charlotte Motor Speedway, driving the No. 55 for Viva Motorsports.[15] He then joined JD Motorsports in 2015 replacing, Jeffrey Earnhardt. He then finished his best finish of 9th in the season opener at Daytona.
Motorsports career results
NASCAR
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Xfinity Series
NASCAR Xfinity Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | NXSC | Pts | |||
2014 | Viva Motorsports | 55 | Chevy | DAY | PHO | LVS | BRI | CAL | TEX | DAR | RCH | TAL | IOW | CLT 18 |
DOV | DAY 29 |
NHA | CHI | IND | IOW | GLN | MOH | BRI | ATL | RCH | 96th1 | 01 | ||||||||||||||
Hattori Racing Enterprises | 80 | Toyota | MCH 12 |
ROA | KEN | CHI 19 |
KEN 10 |
DOV | KAN | CLT 21 |
TEX | PHO | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TriStar Motorsports | 10 | Toyota | HOM 14 |
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2015 | JD Motorsports | 4 | Chevy | DAY 9 |
ATL 24 |
LVS 18 |
PHO 27 |
CAL 17 |
TEX 21 |
BRI 27 |
RCH 17 |
TAL 25 |
IOW 32 |
CLT 31 |
DOV 16 |
MCH 21 |
DAY 10 |
KEN 20 |
NHA 37 |
IND 22 |
IOW 10 |
GLN 17 |
MOH 19 |
BRI 17 |
DAR 10 |
RCH 15 |
CHI 16 |
KEN 18 |
DOV 37 |
CLT 24 |
KAN 14 |
TEX 16 |
PHO 19 |
HOM 19 |
15th | 785 | |||||
01 | CHI 18 |
ROA 27 |
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2016 | 4 | DAY 22 |
ATL 28 |
LVS 16 |
PHO 24 |
CAL 19 |
TEX 21 |
BRI 22 |
RCH 18 |
TAL 16 |
DOV 20 |
CLT 17 |
POC |
MCH | IOW | DAY | KEN | NHA | IND | IOW | GLN | MOH | BRI | ROA | DAR | RCH | CHI | KEN | DOV | CLT | KAN | TEX | PHO | HOM | -* | -* |
Camping World Truck Series
* Season still in progress
1 not eligible for series points
References
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- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Young driver ready for next step". The News-Press, Fort Myers, FL. August 6, 2011, page C1
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- ↑ "Smith boat race winner". Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Sarasota, FL. February 21, 2008, page 6B.
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External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ross Chastain. |
- Official website
- Ross Chastain driver statistics at Racing-Reference