With a seventh place in Goodyear 400 on Sunday at Darlington Raceway, Ross Chastain by Trackhouse Racing resumed his fourth Top-10 in the first eight races of the 2025 Nascar Cup Series season.
“We progressed in the top 15 at the start of the race with adjustments,” said Chastain. “We were taken by this caution in the middle of the race just after opposing Green. So we had to take the wave and return to the field. Phil (Surgen, team leader) and the guys made good adjustments, and we were able to get up in the top 10 and we finished seventh. ”
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The Chevrolet pilot n ° 1 only has two worse finishes only the 12th – a 40th place in the Daytona 500 of the opening of the season after being swept in a multi -car and 31st place at Homestead -Miami Speedway.
Despite the pair of aberrant values, Chastain seems to tend to be in the right direction after missing the playoffs last season. The winner of the race and the head of the team of the Cup Tiral series, Surngele, will seek to maintain the momentum in Bristol on Sunday afternoon (3 p.m. He, FS1, Radio Prn, Siriusxm Nascar Radio).
Although Chastain is currently 12th in the ranking after Darlington, Nascar Insights’ data suggests that team No. 1 excels in three of the five categories used to analyze performance throughout the season. Nascar Insights uses categories of smuggler, defense ratings, speed ratings, restart rating and crew rating at the stand to assess each driver and team.
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In Goodyear 400, Chastain was eighth by the way, third in defense and fifth in a restart note. Since he qualified 25th for Sunday’s race, these three categories were essential in her successful exit from South Carolina.
Chastain was the best qualifier in Trackhouse, with the teammates Daniel Suárez and Shane Van Gisbergen from the 30th and 36th, respectively. At the end of step 1, Chastain went from 25 to 18th. Then he won three additional positions to complete step 2 in 15th.
Team No. 1 continued to work on the car the whole race, and Chastain’s ability to finish passes, maintain the track position and make the most of its restarts resulted in its fourth top 10 of the year. Chastain ranked 15th as a speed note and 27th in the crew side at the stand, but that did not slow it down on the “Too for to Tame” track.
During the evaluation of the averages of the Nascar Insights season, the performance of Chastain de Darlington reflected what we have seen from him all the season. After eight races, it is third by passing through the passage rating, sixth on the defense coast and the first of the restart note. Performance is a key indicator of track success.
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Chastain has a reputation in the garage to have Moxie in his driving style, which can often rub his competitors in the wrong direction. However, this same style often provides him with the results that he and trackhouse are looking for on the race track every week.
After the Cup series race in Martinsville, the Penske team driver Joey Logano expressed his frustration towards Chastain.
“He (Chastain) runs like a moron every week, and I continue to pay the price,” Logano said. “I’m tired of paying the price.”
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On Saturday, Chastain participated in the race for the XFINITY series in n ° 9 JR MOTORSPORTS Chevrolet alongside the regulars of the CUP series Christopher Bell (n ° 19 Joe Gibbs Racing) and Chase Elliott (n ° 17 Hendrick MOTORSPORTS). During the race, Chastain had two entries with the two pilots. Toyota n ° 19 of Bell obtained press In the wall during the race in Chastain, putting Bell out of discord by descending in 25th place.
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Elliott expressed his dissatisfaction With the way Chastain ran it under caution during the Xfinity series race, although Elliott finished finalist by the Justin Allgaier race, while Chastain ended in fourth place on Saturday.
With a good demonstration of the speed and breathtaking feathers along the way, is the old Ross Chastain back? Based on NASCAR Insights data and the basic view test, it seems that it is a great sign of things to come for the trackhouse driver.
Chastain competitors can continue to feel frustrated with his aggressive driving style, but that brings out the best in him. And when he is on the right side of the equation, he provides results for team n ° 1. being 14th in his speed rating and 15th in Darlington, there is no doubt that Chastain will draw the best party of his equipment with each race, even if he does not have the fastest car.
Other Sunday notables:
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• Despite the 13th row of speed speed, Christopher Bell was able to finish third after obtaining a precious track position, due to well -timed caution and perfect execution on Pit Road as n ° 20 Left Darlington First in Pit Crew Rating.
• According to person, William Byron was the first in the speed note after swept stages 1 and 2, which included him by leading the first 243 of 297 laps before being satisfied with a second place.
• Denny Hamlin was 11th in a crew side at the stand, but his Stands crew The great time on the money stop which finally helped him to ensure the victory in mind and racing in Nascar extension.
Nascar Insights of Darlington.
