Trackhouse Racing’s Ross Chastain ended the NASCAR Cup Series season ninth in the standings, which is his second-best career effort in NASCAR’s premier division.
The pilot of the No. 1 Chevrolet earned two race wins in 36 races — one at Nashville (Tenn.) Superspeedway and a second during the season finale at Phoenix (Ariz.) Raceway — and had an average finish of 15.
In addition, Chastain also had 10 top fives, 14 top 10s and led a total of 640 laps over the course of the season.
Though he made the Cup Series Playoffs for a second consecutive year — as he finished runner-up to champion Joey Logano last season — the Florida native was eliminated at the Round of 12 cutoff race this go-round.
“There were some questionable times this year, and as we went, we continued to fight and prepare the same. There were some tough days and nights, and sleepless nights, but it made us even hungrier and we brought the thunder this weekend,” Chastain said following his Nov. 5 victory in Phoenix.
The 30-year-old will contest his sixth full-time campaign in the Cup Series next year.
