🇺🇸 Ross Chastain

Ross Chastain is an established professional competing full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series for Trackhouse Racing, with a career spanning 15 seasons across NASCAR's three national series. He drives the Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 in the Cup Series and races part-time in NASCAR Xfinity and Truck Series. His rating of 5,946 places him in the established professional band, describing a driver who competes consistently among strong fields and has proven capable of wins and regular finishes near the front.[1]

Chastain won the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series championship. Across his career he has started 299 times in the Cup Series with 6 wins and 23 podiums, raced primarily on ovals; he has taken 3 wins and 16 podiums across 223 Xfinity starts; and has 5 wins and 17 podiums from 118 Truck Series starts, again primarily on ovals. His 641 career starts across all three series have yielded 14 wins and 56 podiums. In the 2026 Xfinity season, now in progress, he has taken 1 win and 2 podiums from 10 rounds and currently sits 13th in the championship standings.[2]

His regular opponents include Kyle Busch, a Platinum-graded professional and five-time Xfinity champion, whom Chastain typically finishes behind, and Ty Dillon, an established professional, against whom he runs closely matched. Among the strongest drivers he has beaten are Denny Hamlin, the 2025 Cup Series champion, and Ryan Blaney, an elite professional. Much of his NASCAR Xfinity career has been contested for JD Motorsports, a smaller team without wins in this database but one that has developed established professionals including Ryan Preece.