ROSS CHASTAIN
Birth Date: August 12, 1993 Hometown:
Team: No. 16 Toyota Tundra/Roush Fenway Racing
December 4, 1992 Hometown:n: Alva, Florida
10 Chevrolet Camaro, Kaulig Racing
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Ross Chastain will compete in the Daytona 500 for the second year in a row despite
having a full-time ride in the xnity Series.
A season ago, Chastain ran top-10 at Dayona,a, and he will get a car in
2020 prepared by Chip Ganassi Racing who placed two drivers in
the Playoff last season. He completed every lap across all three
Series a season ago at Daytona, proving he has the high-banked
superspeedway gured out.
AdventHealth announced it will sponsor Spire e Motorsports
No. 77 car in the Daytona 500 and Coca-Cola a 600.
“It’s the best opportunity I’ve ever had,” Chastain
said after the sponsorship announcement. “We all
know how Chip talks. He was real with me. There
were no opportunities right away, but they have been
and the sales team at CGR was the rst domino that
had to fall.”
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mino Chastain had more success on a superspeedway dway at the
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xnity race at Daytona in July. He led 49 of that hat race’s 100 laps.
The deal with Spire Motorsports and Chip Ganassi Racing is for
just two races, but Chastain has a chance to reward the sponsors that
believed in him for two of the Cup Series’ biggest races.
despite
anassi Racing that
ggest Chastain admits he has an addiction to “winning ning and trophies,” and winning a
Daytona 500 would undoubtedly be the biggest est victory of his young career.
At 27 years old, the 2019 Daytona 500 is the e only top-10 nish that Chastain has
to his name over 71 races. However, he has combined for ve other wins across
the xnity Series and Truck Series (to go along ng with 54 top-10s there).
Chastain’s win for Kaulig Racing at Daytona on the xnity circuit went along with
three victories in the Truck Series which he ran an full-time for Niece Motorsports