Ross Chastain

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Ross Chastain
Ross Chastain Road America 2015.jpg
Chastain at Road America in 2015
Born (1992-12-04) December 4, 1992 (age 31)
Alva, Florida
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)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 5 0
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)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 12 2
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.

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

Chastain at Bristol Motor Speedway in 2015

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]

2015 Xfinity Series car at Road America

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

Camping World Truck Series

* Season still in progress
1 not eligible for series points

References

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  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Young driver ready for next step". The News-Press, Fort Myers, FL. August 6, 2011, page C1
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ "Smith boat race winner". Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Sarasota, FL. February 21, 2008, page 6B.
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