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Ross Chastain
Chastain at Talladega Superspeedway in 2018
BornRoss L. Chastain
(1992-12-04) December 4, 1992 (age 31)
Alva, Florida
Achievements2011 World Series of Asphalt Champion
NASCAR Cup Series career
76 races run over 4 years
Car no., teamNo. 77 (Spire Motorsports)
2019 position44th
Best finish44th (2019)
First race2017 AAA 400 Drive for Autism (Dover)
Last race2020 Coca-Cola 600 (Charlotte)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 1 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
169 races run over 7 years
Car no., teamNo. 10 (Kaulig Racing)
2019 position80th
Best finish10th (2018)
First race2014 History 300 (Charlotte)
Last race2024 National Debt Relief 250 (Martinsville)
First win2018 DC Solar 300 (Las Vegas)
Last win2019 Circle K Firecracker 250 (Daytona)
Wins Top tens Poles
2 29 1
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
87 races run over 9 years
Truck no., teamNo. 40/42 (Niece Motorsports)
2019 position2nd
Best finish2nd (2019)
First race2011 AAA Insurance 200 (IRP)
Last race2020 Baptist Health 200 (Homestead)
First win2019 Digital Ally 250 (Kansas)
Last win2019 Gander RV 150 (Pocono)
Wins Top tens Poles
3 37 3
Statistics current as of June 20, 2020.

Ross L. Chastain (born December 4, 1992)[1] is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 10 Chevrolet Camaro for Kaulig Racing and the No. 38 Chevrolet Camaro for RSS Racing, part-time in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, driving the No. 40 and No. 42 Chevrolet Silverado for Niece Motorsports, and part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 77 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE for Spire Motorsports.

He is nicknamed The Watermelon Man and Melon Man due to his background as a watermelon farmer; whenever he celebrates race wins, he smashes a watermelon to the ground in Victory Lane.[2] During the 2019 season in which he competed across all three NASCAR national series, he acquired the moniker The Busiest Driver in NASCAR.[3]

Early career

Chastain started racing at the age of twelve, his interest piqued by his father's hobby racing and other kids his age racing.[4] His home track was Punta Gorda Speedway in Punta Gorda, Florida,[5] at the age of twelve, competing in both late model and Fastruck Series events.[6] Even those races, at tracks like Citrus County Speedway, Auburndale Speedway and DeSoto Speedway, were run on a tight budget, a theme that would carry on to much of Chastain's career in the higher ranks of NASCAR.[7] 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.[8][9]

NASCAR

Chastain at Bristol Motor Speedway in 2015

After making the move to Charlotte in mid-2011, Chastain took over the No. 66 Turn One Racing entry in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series after Justin Marks vacated the seat. His first Truck race, at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis, was his first race with live pit stops.[10] He finished 10th in that event.[8] Connections in the watermelon farming industry got Chastain four more races, which were marred by incidents at Bristol Motor Speedway and Kentucky Speedway. At Homestead-Miami Speedway, rain prevented the Turn One team from making the race, so the team bought an RSS Racing start and park entry and ran the full race, finishing two laps down.[10] It was later announced that Chastain would compete for Rookie of the Year honors with SS-Green Light Racing in 2012.[11] Driving the No. 08 truck sponsored by the National Watermelon Association and National Watermelon Promotion Board,[12] he scored a career-best finish of seventh in the second race of the season at Martinsville Speedway.[13] He bested his 7th-place finish with a 3rd-place finish at Bristol in August.[14]

In January 2013, it was announced that Chastain would drive in 15 Camping World Truck Series races in 2013 for Brad Keselowski Racing.[15] At Iowa Speedway in September, Chastain won his first career Truck Series pole for the Fan Appreciation 200;[16] he led the most laps in the race, finishing second to James Buescher as the race underwent a green-white-checkered finish.[17] Chastain also came close to the win at the penultimate race at Phoenix, finishing second to Erik Jones after leading over 60 laps. Years later, 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.[10]

2014–2016

Leaving BKR after the 2013 season, Chastain moved to RBR Enterprises for a part-time schedule in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series for 2014.[18] Comments before and after the Martinsville race, as well as racing actions during the race, led the team to fire Chastain from the ride.[4] 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.[19] Chastain later drove for Hattori Racing Enterprises at Michigan International Speedway, replacing Johnny Sauter. If that opportunity did not arise, Chastain was set to replace another driver that weekend, John Wes Townley in the No. 5 Wauters Motorsports truck at Gateway Motorsports Park.[20] In the race with HRE, Chastain finished twelfth, which was to that point the team's best finish in NASCAR competition.[21] The finish eventually turned into more sporadic appearances with HRE throughout the rest of the season.[22] Chastain also joined the team for a part-time NASCAR K&N Pro Series East effort that year.[23]

2015 Xfinity Series car at Road America

He then joined JD Motorsports in 2015, replacing Jeffrey Earnhardt. The opportunity emerged after Chastain raced with TriStar Motorsports at the end of the 2014 season. His car was comparable to the performances of the JDM cars, which led to a deal in the offseason.[10] Chastain logged four top-tens on the year, ninth in the season-opening PowerShares QQQ 300, tenth at the other Daytona race, tenth at Iowa, and tenth at Darlington, and got into an altercation with Ryan Reed after a race at Richmond International Raceway. Reed claimed Chastain made too much contact on late restarts and vowed payback, while Chastain simply brushed the incident off as a difference of opinions in short-track racing.[24]

2017

Chastain's 2017 Xfinity season was the best of his career, scoring a top five at Iowa and two top tens as well as finishing 13th in points, highest of the non-playoff drivers.[25] He achieved this after a tight points battle with J.J. Yeley for the spot in the last four races of the season. In the second half of the season, Chastain rarely finished outside the top twenty and mainly finished in the mid-teens.

The season was marred by two fights with fellow Xfinity drivers, one with Jeremy Clements at Bristol after Clements confronted him[26] and one with Brendan Gaughan at Texas after heated on-track competition. Chastain, Gaughan and crew members from both teams brawled behind Victory Lane at the conclusion of the night race. A crew member from JD Motorsports teammate Garrett Smithley was taken to the hospital with a head injury after the fight.[27] Chastain blamed the confrontation on Gaughan, saying the Richard Childress Racing driver attacked him, but also acknowledged that he races hard and does not play favorites. Gaughan initially avoided discussing the incident with reporters[28] but later boasted about the incident on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio and said that he received several text messages from fellow drivers who were happy about the incident. He did admit that he could've handled the situation later but didn't really care about it.[29] That opinion was likely influenced by the fact that 2017 was Gaughan's final Xfinity season, as any retaliation would have to happen within the next two races.

In 2017, Chastain joined Premium Motorsports' No. 15 car for his Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series debut in the AAA 400 Drive for Autism at Dover,[30] an opportunity he initially resisted after being informed of the opportunity by Xfinity team owner Johnny Davis.[31] he finished 20th.[32] Chastain heard from various sources that his driving style made multiple drivers mad on-track, but Chastain says it doesn't bother him.[33] He also drove the No. 15 at the fall Dover race, finishing 38th.[34] 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.

2018

In late September 2017, 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.[35][36] He started off the Xfinity season with a top-ten at Daytona International Speedway,[37] and ran his first Cup race of 2018 the week after at Atlanta Motor Speedway. By the Easter off weekend, Chastain had expanded his Cup schedule, which had included every race since Atlanta, to all of the race weekends where the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series run at the same track.[38] Chastain also 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. He 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.[39] Chastain tied his career-best finish Xfinity Series finish at Iowa Speedway, avoiding last-lap chaos to bring home another fourth-place finish.[40] At the Xfinity Series race at Mid-Ohio, Chastain and Joey Gase made contact multiple times on the final lap, eventually leading Gase to spin off track. On pit road after the race, Gase swerved his car toward Chastain with spectators and crew members in the vicinity. The two later had a shouting match and Gase was tackled by one of Chastain's crew members. After a trip to the NASCAR hauler, Gase called Chastain a "golden boy" and threatened to derail Chastain's playoff hopes.[41] Chastain hopped in the Premium Motorsports No. 15 truck for the World of Westgate 200 and finished seventh, Premium's best-ever finish across all three NASCAR national series.[42]

Chastain during practice at Dover in October 2018

On the strength of a summer performance that saw him hold down the final Xfinity Series playoff spot, Chastain and Chip Ganassi Racing announced a three-race agreement for Chastain to pilot the organization's No. 42 entry for races at Darlington Raceway, Las Vegas Motor Speedway and Richmond Raceway.[43] The races came at the expense of John Hunter Nemechek, who could not sell sponsorship for the races. DC Solar was announced as a backer for Chastain's effort.[39] Chastain had previously met the CEO of DC Solar at Auto Club Speedway in 2018, and plans materialized from there.[44] For the first race of the trio, Chastain held top-ten spots in both practices, finishing second in first practice.[45] He later claimed the pole over Christopher Bell,[46] and during the race won the first two stages.[47] During the third stage, Chastain was battling for the race lead with Kevin Harvick with thirty-five laps to go. Through turns one and two of the traditionally one-groove Darlington track, the lapped car of Chad Finchum took the top-groove racing lane, leaving Harvick and Chastain jostling for positions in the bottom lanes. After clearing Finchum, Harvick slid up into Chastain who then slid up into the wall. On the backstretch, Chastain hooked Harvick's machine into the outside wall, ending Harvick's day.[47] Harvick later parked in Chastain's pit stall before giving a heated post-race interview calling Chastain "inexperienced" and saying that Chastain will "never get to drive many of them [events in top-tier cars] again. Chip Ganassi then responded on Twitter, defending Chastain's performance and stating that he "helped himself to many future opportunities"."[48] Chastain, for his part, finished 25th after repairs and called running up front "cool" and also saying "I don't care what Harvick says."[49]

"No matter what happens, if I go back to the farm tomorrow ... which I’m going to do one day after racing's over, if I had to back tomorrow I'll have no regrets, obviously."

Chastain in a TV interview after the race[50]

After running a race with JD Motorsports at Indianapolis, Chastain returned to CGR for the DC Solar 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. He once again performed well throughout the weekend, securing the second-fastest time in final practice and the fifth starting spot for the race.[51][52] Once again the class of the field, 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.[53] True to his roots, Chastain smashed a watermelon on the track as a final victory celebration.[53] In a post-race media conference, he admitted to getting emotional in the closing laps of the race due to the gravity of the win.[54] With the win, a playoff berth was wrapped up, the first of his career.[55] Chastain also revealed that he was not being paid to drive the car, something that he claimed was reason for ridicule within the sport.[56] 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.[57]

Towards the latter part of the 2018 season, Chastain joined Niece Motorsports for some NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races. Although some were surprised at how well Chastain ran in those races, Chastain instead said that the organization was better than the community gave it credit for.[10]

2019

Chastain performing his victory burnout after winning the 2019 Circle K Firecracker 250 at Daytona

On October 6, 2018, it was reported that 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 Series races was likely.[58] On November 9, 2018, Chastain and CGR announced a full season in the No. 42 Xfinity Series car for 2019. DC Solar, instrumental in Chastain's introduction to the team, remained on as sponsor.[59] However, after DC Solar was raided by the FBI on December 18, 2018, the team lost the sponsorship and shut down in January.[60][61][62][63]

In January 2019, Chastain joined Niece Motorsports to drive the No. 45 Silverado part-time in the Truck Series, splitting the truck with Reid Wilson.[64] On January 31, Chastain announced he would return to the No. 4 JD Motorsports ride for 30 races, replacing Blake Koch, who stepped away to focus on business ventures. For the other three races of the schedule – Daytona in February, Chicagoland in June, and Texas in November – Chastain announced he would join Kaulig Racing, driving the organization's No. 10 entry.[65] In his first race with Niece, Chastain began the season with a third-place finish in the 2019 NextEra Energy 250.[66] At his first ever Daytona 500, Chastain scored his first career top-ten in the Cup Series despite starting 36th in the race.

During the spring, Chastain broke the all-time NASCAR record for most consecutive races run across all three national series to start a season, surpassing the mark of 22 set by Kyle Busch set in 2008.[67]

On May 10, Chastain won his first career NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series race in the 2019 Digital Ally 250 at Kansas Speedway.[68] He 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.[69] In June, he announced his intention to switch to Truck Series points to compete for a championship in the series.[70]

In June's M&M's 200 at Iowa, Chastain led 141 of 200 laps and swept the stages to score the win, but his truck failed post-race inspection and his victory was forfeited to Brett Moffitt under NASCAR's newly-introduced disqualification policy. Chastain was the first driver to have a win revoked since Emanuel Zervakis in 1960, relegated to last in the official standings.[71] Chastain's team appealed the penalty, though it was eventually upheld after a hearing with National Motorsports Appeals panelist Bryan Moss.[72] He earned redemption the following week in Gateway's CarShield 200, however, leading 21 laps and scoring the victory after taking only fuel and no tires on his final pit stop.[73]

Chastain won the 2019 Circle K Firecracker 250 at Daytona driving the No. 16 Camaro for Kaulig Racing. Chastain's teammates Justin Haley and A.J. Allmendinger finished behind him, though Allmendinger was subsequently disqualified for failing post-race inspection.[74][75] Chastain would later win at Pocono Raceway in the Truck Series in commanding fashion, dedicating his win to Kaulig crew chief Nick Harrison, who had died the previous week.[76] In Xfinity Series competition at Watkins Glen International, Chastain sent Justin Allgaier spinning off the track in the bus stop portion of the circuit; Allgaier, thinking the move was intentional, wrecked Chastain in the same section of track later in the race, relegating Chastain to a 34th-place finish. 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 Chastain.[77] Once Chastain's berth in the Truck Series playoffs was secure, CarShield announced full sponsorship of his playoff efforts.[78]

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.[79]

2020

On October 15, 2019, it was announced that Chastain would be driving for Kaulig Racing full-time in the 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series.[80] Chastain also 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.[81] He also 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.[82]

Chastain failed to qualify for the Xfinity season opener at Daytona after mechanical issues plagued his car. However, Kaulig and RSS Racing forged an agreement that RSS driver Jeff Green surrender his No. 38 car to Chastain for the race.[83] In the Daytona 500, Chastain was involved in a late wreck with Ryan Preece that took him out of the race.[84]

On February 19, Roush Fenway Racing announced Chastain would replace an injured Ryan Newman in the team's No. 6 Ford starting with the Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas.[85]

Personal life

A native of Alva, Florida, Chastain was a watermelon farmer on his family's farm until he turned thirteen.[86] He is a graduate of Riverdale High School in Fort Myers.[87] Chastain attended Florida Gulf Coast University for a semester before he began racing in the Truck Series.[86]

While Chastain's father did race a bit as a hobby, Ross is the first generation of his family to race competitively. Ross started racing at age twelve after seeing his father hobby race and seeing other kids his age race.[4]

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.)

Cup Series

NASCAR Cup Series results
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 34 35 36 NCSC Pts Ref
2017 Premium Motorsports 15 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL MAR TEX BRI RCH TAL KAN CLT DOV
20 		POC MCH SON DAY KEN NHA IND POC GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH CHI NHA DOV
38 		CLT TAL KAN MAR TEX PHO HOM 54th 01 [88]
2018 DAY ATL
30 		LVS
29 		PHO
27 		CAL
29 		MAR
29 		TEX
18 		BRI
39 		RCH
28 		TAL
25 		DOV
28 		KAN
26 		CLT
24 		POC
28 		MCH
26 		SON CHI
30 		DAY
21 		KEN
28 		NHA
25 		POC
35 		GLN
32 		MCH
35 		BRI
26 		DAR
28 		IND
26 		LVS
20 		RCH
33 		DOV
37 		TAL
24 		KAN
39 		MAR
29 		TEX
32 		PHO
24 		HOM
33 		58th 01 [89]
7 CLT
24
2019 15 DAY
10 		ATL
31 		LVS
33 		PHO
27 		CAL
28 		MAR
34 		TEX
29 		BRI
29 		RCH
30 		TAL
26 		DOV
30 		KAN
31 		CLT
36 		POC
24 		MCH SON
33 		CHI
26 		KEN
31 		NHA
25 		POC
30 		GLN
27 		MCH
29 		BRI
26 		DAR
28 		IND
22 		LVS
31 		RCH
36 		CLT
22 		DOV
31 		TAL
12 		KAN
27 		MAR
29 		PHO
28 		44th 01 [90]
27 DAY
30 		TEX
31 		HOM
35
2020 Spire Motorsports 77 Chevy DAY
25 		CLT
21 		CLT BRI ATL MAR HOM TAL TEX DOV KAN MCH POC POC IND KEN NHA MCH GLN DOV DAY DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL CLT KAN TEX MAR PHO -* 01* [91]
Roush Fenway Racing 6 Ford LVS
27 		CAL
17 		PHO
23 		DAR DAR
Daytona 500
Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish
2019 Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 36 10
2020 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 20 25

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
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 Ref
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 [92]
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
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 [93]
01 CHI
18 		ROA
27
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
19 		MCH
16 		IOW
14 		DAY
11 		KEN
22 		NHA
31 		IND
21 		IOW
18 		GLN
14 		MOH
14 		BRI
32 		ROA
33 		DAR
29 		RCH
24 		CHI
39 		KEN
19 		DOV
12 		CLT
21 		KAN
13 		TEX
21 		PHO
20 		HOM
22 		16th 670 [94]
2017 DAY
16 		ATL
25 		LVS
25 		PHO
22 		CAL
37 		TEX
23 		BRI
31 		RCH
38 		TAL
19 		CLT
15 		DOV
21 		POC
24 		MCH
19 		IOW
4 		DAY
6 		KEN
20 		NHA
19 		IND
16 		IOW
18 		GLN
19 		MOH
15 		BRI
15 		ROA
13 		DAR
14 		RCH
28 		CHI
22 		KEN
21 		DOV
12 		CLT
14 		KAN
17 		TEX
19 		PHO
19 		HOM
17 		13th 595 [95]
2018 DAY
9 		ATL
16 		LVS
18 		PHO
19 		CAL
10 		TEX
28 		BRI
9 		RCH
18 		TAL
34 		DOV
16 		CLT
26 		POC
11 		MCH
14 		IOW
19 		CHI
13 		DAY
10 		KEN
17 		NHA
26 		IOW
4 		GLN
20 		MOH
16 		BRI
12 		ROA
7 		IND
12 		CLT
12 		DOV
13 		KAN
25 		TEX
11 		PHO
15 		HOM
16 		10th 2184 [96]
Chip Ganassi Racing 42 Chevy DAR
25* 		LVS
1* 		RCH
2
2019 Kaulig Racing 10 Chevy DAY
13 		TAL
30 		CHI
8 		KAN
10 		TEX
2 		PHO HOM 80th 02 [97]
JD Motorsports 4 Chevy ATL
14 		LVS
7 		PHO
17 		CAL
18 		TEX
16 		BRI
33 		RCH
11 		DOV
12 		CLT
11 		POC
14 		MCH
14 		IOW GLN
33 		MOH BRI ROA DAR IND LVS RCH CLT DOV
13
Kaulig Racing 16 Chevy DAY
1* 		KEN
B. J. McLeod Motorsports 78 Chevy NHA
QL† 		IOW
2020 Kaulig Racing 10 Chevy DAY
DNQ 		LVS
10 		CAL
8 		PHO
9 		DAR
8 		CLT
4 		BRI
28 		ATL
7 		HOM
9 		HOM
3 		TAL
2* 		POC
 IND KEN KEN KAN TEX DOV MOH MCH ROA GLN DOV DAY DAR RCH BRI LVS CLT KAN TEX MAR PHO -* -* [98]
RSS Racing 38 Chevy DAY
22
† – Qualified for Vinnie Miller

Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series

NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series results
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 NGTC Pts Ref
2011 Turn One Racing 66 Chevy DAY PHO DAR MAR NSH DOV CLT KAN TEX KEN IOW NSH IRP
10 		POC MCH BRI
19 		ATL CHI NHA KEN
22 		LVS TAL MAR TEX
16 		34th 126 [99]
Panhandle Motorsports 20 Chevy HOM
DNQ
RSS Racing 93 Chevy HOM
27
2012 SS-Green Light Racing 08 Toyota DAY
28 		MAR
7 		CAR
25 		KAN
34 		CLT
35 		DOV
15 		TEX
16 		KEN
33 		IOW
16 		CHI
13 		POC
10 		MCH
18 		BRI
3 		ATL
20 		IOW
11 		KEN
28 		LVS
25 		TAL
34 		MAR
23 		TEX
31 		HOM
10 		17th 502 [100]
07 Chevy PHO
33
2013 Brad Keselowski Racing 19 Ford DAY
14 		MAR
20 		CAR KAN CLT
9 		DOV
16 		TEX
13 		KEN IOW
13 		ELD POC
5 		MCH BRI MSP
7 		IOW
2* 		CHI LVS
14 		TAL
3 		MAR
14 		TEX PHO
2 		HOM
8 		18th 484 [101]
2014 RBR Enterprises 92 Ford DAY
30 		MAR
14 		KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW KEN IOW ELD POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO 45th 77 [102]
Win-Tron Racing 35 Toyota HOM
11
2015 Hattori Racing Enterprises 18 Toyota DAY ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW IOW KEN ELD POC MCH BRI MSP CHI
DNQ 		NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 112th 01 [103]
2016 Bolen Motorsports 66 Chevy DAY ATL MAR KAN DOV CLT TEX IOW GTW KEN ELD POC BRI MCH MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL
15 		MAR TEX PHO HOM 95th 01 [104]
2017 DAY
30 		ATL
10 		MAR
7 		KAN
18 		CLT
19 		DOV
15 		TEX GTW IOW KEN
13 		ELD POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 80th 01 [105]
2018 Beaver Motorsports 50 Chevy DAY ATL LVS MAR DOV KAN CLT TEX IOW
30 		GTW
29 		96th 01 [106]
Premium Motorsports 15 Chevy CHI
26 		KEN ELD POC MCH LVS
7 		TAL MAR
Niece Motorsports 38 Chevy BRI
12 		MSP TEX
26 		PHO HOM
16
2019 45 DAY
3 		ATL
6 		LVS
10 		MAR
4 		TEX
7 		DOV
10 		KAN
1 		CLT
10 		GTW
1 		CHI
7 		KEN
4 		POC
1* 		ELD
12 		MCH
30 		BRI
3* 		MSP
8 		LVS
2* 		TAL
22 		MAR
2 		PHO
9 		HOM
4 		2nd 40332 [107]
38 TEX
10
44 IOW
32*
2020 40 DAY
8 		LVS
14 		POC
 KEN TEX KAN KAN RCH DOV TEX IOW ELD MCH GTW MSP BRI LVS TAL MAR PHO -* 01* [108]
42 CLT
11 		ATL
6
44 HOM
3

K&N Pro Series East

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 NKNPSEC Pts Ref
2014 Hattori Racing Enterprises 1 Toyota NSM DAY BRI GRE RCH IOW BGS FFL LGY NHA COL
6 		IOW
17 		GLN VIR GRE DOV 39th 66 [109]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
2 Chastain began the 2019 season racing for Xfinity Series points but switched to Truck Series points before the SpeedyCash.com 400 at Texas.

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