Ross Chastain
Ross Lee Chastain (born December 4, 1992)[1] is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 1 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Trackhouse Racing and part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 45 Chevrolet Silverado for Niece Motorsports. He is the older brother of fellow NASCAR driver Chad Chastain.
Ross Chastain
Ross Lee Chastain
December 4, 1992
Alva, Florida, U.S.
2011 World Series Of Asphalt Limited Late Model Champion
No. 1 (Trackhouse Racing)
9th
2nd (2022)
No. 92 (DGM Racing)
80th
7th (2020)
No. 45 (Niece Motorsports)
93rd
2nd (2019)
39th (2014)
Early career[edit]
Chastain started racing at the age of twelve, his interest piqued by his father's hobby racing and other kids his age racing.[2] His home track was Punta Gorda Speedway in Punta Gorda, Florida,[3] at age twelve, competing in both late model and Fastruck Series events.[4] Even those races, at tracks like Citrus County Speedway, Auburndale Speedway and DeSoto Speedway, were run on a tight budget, a theme that carried on to much of Chastain's career in the higher ranks of NASCAR.[5] His short track career saw Chastain scoring over fifty wins in feature events, including the Limited Late Model portion of the 2011 World Series Of Asphalt Stock Car Racing at New Smyrna Speedway, winning three of eight events in the series.[6][7]
Personal life[edit]
A native of Alva, Florida, Chastain was a watermelon farmer on his family's farm until he turned thirteen.[106] He is a graduate of Riverdale High School in Fort Myers.[107] Chastain attended Florida Gulf Coast University for a semester before he began racing in the Truck Series.[106]
While Chastain's father raced as a hobby, Ross is the first generation of his family to race competitively. Ross started racing at age twelve after seeing his father's hobby race and seeing other kids his age race.[2] Ross is the older brother of Chad Chastain.
Motorsports pundits and fans have come up with a variety of rhyming monikers for Chastain, such as Ross "The Boss" originally coined by Mike Joy directly following the finish to the 2022 GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway which Ross won.[108]