69 Facts About Ross Chastain

Ross Lee Chastain was born on December 4,1992 and is an American professional stock car racing driver.

Ross Chastain competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No 1 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Trackhouse Racing, part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No 91 Chevrolet Camaro for DGM Racing, and part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No 41 Chevrolet Silverado for Niece Motorsports.

Ross Chastain is the older brother of fellow NASCAR driver Chad Chastain.

In January 2013, it was announced that Ross Chastain would drive in 15 Camping World Truck Series races in 2013 for Brad Keselowski Racing.

Ross Chastain came close to the win at the penultimate race at Phoenix, finishing second to Erik Jones after leading over 60 laps.

Years later, Ross Chastain said that he initially made the move to BKR as an attempt to get in a Team Penske ride, but that BKR and Penske did not view the situation that way.

Ross Chastain later drove for Hattori Racing Enterprises at Michigan International Speedway, replacing Johnny Sauter.

Ross Chastain then joined JD Motorsports in 2015, replacing Jeffrey Earnhardt.

The opportunity emerged after Ross Chastain raced with TriStar Motorsports at the end of the 2014 season.

Ross Chastain's car was comparable to the performances of the JDM cars, which led to a deal in the offseason.

Reed claimed Ross Chastain made too much contact on late restarts and vowed payback, while Ross Chastain simply brushed the incident off as a difference of opinions in short-track racing.

Ross Chastain achieved this after a tight points battle with JJ Yeley for the spot in the last four races of the season.

Ross Chastain blamed the confrontation on Gaughan, saying the Richard Childress Racing driver attacked him, but acknowledged that he races hard and does not play favorites.

Ross Chastain did admit that he could've handled the situation later but didn't care about it.

Ross Chastain heard from various sources that his driving style made multiple drivers mad on-track, but Ross Chastain says it doesn't bother him.

Ross Chastain drove the No 15 at the fall Dover race, finishing 38th.

Ross Chastain was originally on the entry list to drive the No 7 car, the second car for Premium Motorsports, at the Cup series season finale at Homestead, but the team withdrew.

In late September 2017, Ross Chastain announced that he would return to JD Motorsports for a fourth year, running the entire 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series season, as well as hinting at another part-time Cup schedule with Premium Motorsports.

Ross Chastain started off the Xfinity season with a top-ten at Daytona International Speedway, and ran his first Cup race of 2018 the week after at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Ross Chastain returned to the truck series at Iowa on an off week for the Cup Series and a companion race with the Xfinity Series, driving the No 50 truck for Beaver Motorsports.

Ross Chastain continued to run most of the Cup schedule, running the entirety of the summer schedule save for the Sonoma Raceway event, where Justin Marks drove.

Ross Chastain tied his career-best finish Xfinity Series finish at Iowa Speedway, avoiding last-lap chaos to bring home another fourth-place finish.

Ross Chastain had previously met the CEO of DC Solar at Auto Club Speedway in 2018, and plans materialized from there.

Ross Chastain later claimed the pole over Christopher Bell, and during the race won the first two stages.

Ross Chastain performed well throughout the weekend, securing the second-fastest time in final practice and the fifth starting spot for the race.

Once again the class of the field, Ross Chastain led all but twenty of the 200 laps in the race and prevailed over Justin Allgaier for the victory, his first in over 200 starts in NASCAR.

True to his roots, Ross Chastain smashed a watermelon on the track as a final victory celebration.

Ross Chastain revealed that he was not being paid to drive the car, something that he claimed was reason for ridicule within the sport.

Ross Chastain fell out of the playoffs after the opening round after Matt Tifft made a late-race rally at Dover, claiming the final spot by three points.

Towards the latter part of the 2018 season, Ross Chastain joined Niece Motorsports for some NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races.

On October 6,2018, it was reported that Ross Chastain had agreed to drive the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season with Premium Motorsports, and a deal with Chip Ganassi Racing for more Xfinity races was likely.

In January 2019, Ross Chastain joined Niece Motorsports to drive the No 45 Silverado part-time in the Truck Series, splitting the truck with Reid Wilson.

At his first ever Daytona 500, Ross Chastain scored his first career top-ten in the Cup Series despite starting 36th in the race.

On May 10,2019, Ross Chastain won his first career NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series race in the 2019 Digital Ally 250 at Kansas Speedway.

Ross Chastain nearly spun out with 20 laps to go but saved the truck, later inheriting the lead from Stewart Friesen after he ran out of fuel.

Ross Chastain was the first driver to have a win revoked since Dale Jarrett was disqualified from a Busch Series race in 1995, relegated to last in the official standings.

Ross Chastain's team appealed the penalty, though it was eventually upheld after a hearing with National Motorsports Appeals panelist Bryan Moss.

Ross Chastain earned redemption the following week in Gateway's CarShield 200 leading 21 laps and scoring the victory after taking only fuel and no tires on his final pit stop.

Ross Chastain won the 2019 Circle K Firecracker 250 at Daytona driving the No 16 Camaro for Kaulig Racing.

Ross Chastain chalked his side of the incidents up to mistakes while Allgaier cited instances of Daytona earlier in 2018 and Las Vegas in 2018 as further dirty racing by Ross Chastain.

Ross Chastain would earn his second top-five of 2019 when he finished second to Christopher Bell at Texas Motor Speedway in November, leading 29 laps.

On October 15,2019, it was announced that Ross Chastain would be driving for Kaulig Racing full-time in the 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series.

Ross Chastain returned to the Cup Series at the Daytona 500 and Coca-Cola 600, driving the No 77 in a partnership between Chip Ganassi Racing and Spire Motorsports.

Ross Chastain retained his ride with Niece Motorsports in the Truck Series in a part-time capacity, moving over to the organization's No 44 entry and sharing the ride with Carson Hocevar and Natalie Decker.

Ross Chastain failed to qualify for the Xfinity season opener at Daytona after mechanical issues plagued his car.

On February 19,2020, Roush Fenway Racing announced Ross Chastain would replace an injured Ryan Newman in the team's No 6 Ford starting with the Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas.

Ross Chastain drove the No 6 for three races before the season was put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Newman returned to the No 6 when the season resumed while Ross Chastain returned to Spire Motorsports part-time.

On September 21,2020, Chip Ganassi Racing announced that Ross Chastain would replace Matt Kenseth in the No 42 Chevrolet in 2021.

Ross Chastain finished a career-high 7th in the Xfinity standings with 27 top tens and 15 top fives, despite not winning a race.

Ross Chastain began the 2022 season with a 40th place finish at the 2022 Daytona 500 and a 29th place finish at Auto Club Speedway.

Ross Chastain then rebounded with a third place finish, while leading an at the time, career-high 83 laps at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and two runner-up finishes at Phoenix Raceway, and at Atlanta Motor Speedway, after recovering a two lap deficit upon crashing in lead position.

At the 2022 NASCAR All-Star Race, Ross Chastain finished 22nd after going airborne from colliding with Kyle Busch, taking Chase Elliott out in the process.

At the Indianapolis road course, Chastain crossed the line second to Tyler Reddick, but was penalized and scored 27th place for crossing the access road during the final restart.

Ross Chastain finished third at the Phoenix finale and a career-best second place in the points standings.

Early in the race, Ross Chastain ran into Hamlin's back bumper, causing Hamlin to spin and sustain damage to his car.

Fifteen laps later, Hamlin attempted to slow Ross Chastain by blocking him at a slower-than-normal rate of speed.

Ross Chastain accepted fault for the incidents saying, "I just drove over my head so many times".

Weeks later at Atlanta, Ross Chastain spun Hamlin with 14 laps to go.

Ross Chastain set a record for the fastest lap during a NASCAR Cup Series race for the track.

Ross Chastain was retroactively credited with a fourth-place finish after Brad Keselowski was disqualified.

Ross Chastain said that the move was inspired by playing the video game NASCAR 2005 on the GameCube as a kid with his brother Chad.

At Phoenix, Ross Chastain finished third in the Cup Championship race to finish a career-best second in the points standings.

Ross Chastain started the 2023 season with a ninth-place finish at the 2023 Daytona 500.

Gragson shoved Ross Chastain, who retaliated with a punch to the face.

Ross Chastain is a graduate of Riverdale High School in Fort Myers.

Ross Chastain attended Florida Gulf Coast University for a semester before he began racing in the Truck Series.

Ross Chastain started racing at age twelve after seeing his father hobby race and seeing other kids his age race.

Season still in progress Ineligible for series points Ross Chastain began the 2019 season racing for Xfinity Series points but switched to Truck Series points before the SpeedyCash.