Ross Chastain
NASCAR Cup Series Driver
2026 Season: NASCAR Cup Series
Through September 19, 2026 · 1614 pts behind leader
Roles
- Driver, Trackhouse Racing
- Driver, Niece Motorsports
Coverage (1 article)
Charlotte Sports This Week: One Home Match, One Long Road Trip and Some Awkward Math
Charlotte FC is home Tuesday, the Knights are leaving for 12 games and the weekend at Iowa rewarded two drivers who finally got the timing right. Here is the useful version for Firethorne.
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Charlotte FC Is Down the Street. The Rest of Charlotte Sports Requires a Screen.
Charlotte FC plays down the street Tuesday. The Knights are away, and two NASCAR drivers won at Iowa. Here is the Fourth Ward version of what matters.
Charlotte Sports, Minus the Homework: What Matters This Week
Charlotte FC has not allowed a goal, the Knights have some awkward math to explain and two NASCAR drivers left Iowa with wins. Here is the useful part.
Carson Kvapil Spent 63 Starts Getting Close. Now He Only Needs the Last Restart.
Kvapil led only nine laps at Iowa. They were the last nine, and his second consecutive win showed what 63 winless starts had built.
Ty Gibbs Needed Three Years to Build the Team That Could Win Like This
Ty Gibbs won at Iowa with a two-tire call built on the No. 54 team's own data. One year after sitting 16th in points, he is second. The change is not just speed. It is a team that now knows what its driver needs.
Todd Gilliland Has Never Won a Cup Race. On Sunday He Won a Million Dollars.
The In-Season Challenge final came down to 24th place against 26th. Gilliland qualified 36th, ran second at the stage-two line, and beat a series champion who was making his 400th career start.
Carson Kvapil Had Never Won a Race. On Saturday His Own Team Finished Second, Third and Fourth.
Kvapil came in tied for the most runner-up finishes without a win in series history. He led the last 22 laps at Indianapolis to end it, and JR Motorsports took the next three spots behind him.
A YouTube Star Is About to Say the Most Famous Words in Racing — Then Go Race a Truck
Cleetus McFarland, 4.75 million YouTube subscribers and a real racing résumé, is pulling double duty at Michigan on Saturday: grand marshal and driver in the No. 4 Niece Motorsports truck. John Speedway on the most fun entry of the Truck Series weekend.
The Coca-Cola 600 Carries the 250th Birthday.
The Cup field rolls into Charlotte Motor Speedway on Sunday for the Coca-Cola 600 the weekend the country marks its 250th birthday. Mission 600 ran for the ninth straight year, five U.S. Armed Forces stops, from Beaufort to a video bridge into Lithuania. Five Coca-Cola 600 drivers said what makes the weekend land.