20 Facts About Chase Purdy

Charles Russell "Chase" Purdy III was born on November 11,1999 and is an American professional stock car racing driver.

Chase Purdy later moved to Bandolero cars, Legend cars, Late Model Stock cars and super late model cars, teaming up with former NASCAR driver David Gilliland and his team in SLMs.

Chase Purdy is a former NASCAR Whelen All-American Series national rookie of the year.

Chase Purdy began driving full-time in the ARCA Racing Series in 2018.

Chase Purdy finished fourth in the season-long points tally, but did not break into Victory Lane.

Chase Purdy raced ten Super Late model events that year, including traveling across the United States to finish sixth in the Slinger Nationals at Slinger Super Speedway in Wisconsin.

On October 17,2018, it was announced that Chase Purdy would make his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut at Martinsville, driving the No 99 truck for MDM Motorsports.

Chase Purdy started 27th and finished 21st, and raced again in the Truck Series two weeks later at ISM Raceway, where he started 19th and finished 13th.

Chase Purdy spent the year focusing on his studies at the University of Mississippi.

Chase Purdy attended the 2019 fall Talladega race weekend as a fan and connected with people in the garage for the Truck Series race to try to get a ride again.

Chase Purdy returned to the series in 2020, joining GMS Racing for a seven-race schedule in the No 24 at Pocono Raceway, Kentucky Speedway, both Kansas Speedway events, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Talladega Superspeedway, and Texas Motor Speedway.

In 2021, Chase Purdy became a full-time driver for GMS in the Truck Series, replacing Brett Moffitt in the team's No 23 truck.

Chase Purdy moved to Hattori Racing Enterprises and the No 61 truck.

Chase Purdy moved to Kyle Busch Motorsports in 2023 driving their No 4 Chevrolet.

On September 8,2023, Chase Purdy scored his first career Truck Series pole in the Kansas playoff race.

In 2024, Purdy moved to Spire Motorsports in the No 77 Chevrolet after KBM closed and had its assets purchased by Spire after the previous season ended.

In December 2024, a NASCAR Reddit user made a post pointing out that Chase Purdy had added "" next to "NASCAR driver" in his Instagram profile bio, indicating that he could be stepping away from racing.

Chase Purdy was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and raised in Meridian, Mississippi.

Chase Purdy attended the University of Mississippi and was a Phi Delta Theta Fraternity member.

Chase Purdy majored in finance with a minor in accounting.