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Ross Chastain
Ross L. Chastain (born December 4, 1992) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 10 Chevrolet Camaro for Kaulig Racing and the No. 38 Chevrolet Camaro for RSS Racing, part-time in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, driving the No. 40 Chevrolet Silverado for Niece Motorsports, and part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 77 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE for Spire Motorsports and No. 6 Ford Mustang for Roush Fenway Racing. He is nicknamed The Watermelon Man and Melon Man due to his background as a watermelon farmer; whenever he celebrates race wins, he smashes a watermelon to the ground in Victory Lane. During the 2019 season in which he competed across all three NASCAR national series, he acquired the moniker The Busiest Driver in NASCAR.
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Born
1992-12-04
Birth Place
Alva,_Florida
Achievements
2011 World Series of Asphalt Champion
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Tyler Reddick Wins NASCAR at IMS Road Course Over Penalized Ross Chastain

Tyler Reddick was the best driver in the best car at today's NASCAR race on the Indianapolis road course. He started on pole, routinely fought back through traffic on other strategies, and his win was never really in doubt other than on some wild double file restarts. All of that was pretty straightforward, which makes what happened behind him in the closing laps all the more absurd.
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NASCAR Penalizes Ross Chastain and Austin Dillon for Taking Access Road in Verizon 200

In the fallout of today’s overtime finish, NASCAR is penalizing both Ross Chastain and Austin Dillon for their moves on the access road. Turn 1 was a problem all day, from the first start and throughout each restart. So, on that last restart, two drivers thought that they would make their way down the access road in order to avoid the inevitable pile up that would ensue.
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Tyler Reddick survives 2 late restarts, Ross Chastain shortcut to win Verizon 200 from pole

INDIANAPOLIS -- Tyler Reddick quietly took pole Saturday for the Verizon 200, and Sunday, the third-year NASCAR Cup driver looked primed to cruise to his 2nd-career Cup win – and his second this month, no less. At Road America the first Sunday of July, Reddick out-braked Chase Elliott with 16 laps to go and drove off into his first-career win by a margin of more than 3 seconds.
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Why Ross Chastain lost NASCAR's Verizon 200 runner-up finish after penalty at IMS

INDIANAPOLIS -- On the final restart of Sunday's Verizon 200 at the Brickyard, Ross Chastain missed the first corner ... but re-emerged battling for the lead with eventual race winner Tyler Reddick. At the conclusion of the race, NASCAR penalized Chastain and dropped him from 2nd place to 27th place, the final car on the lead lap. Chastain restarted from the fourth position on the outside. When the track closed up on the entrance to Turn...
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Chase Elliott comments on Denny Hamlin crashing Ross Chastain

Denny Hamlin initiated payback on Ross Chastain at Pocono Raceway; Chase Elliott declared the winner after disqualifications. On Sunday, NASCAR raced at Pocono Raceway. The race was drama filled with disqualifications and payback. At WWT Raceway, Ross Chastain wrecked Denny Hamlin while racing for position inside the top 10. Just...
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Denny Hamlin hints that beef with Ross Chastain is not over

Denny Hamlin may have gotten revenge on Ross Chastain on Sunday, but the beef between them may not be over. Hamlin initially won Sunday’s M&M’s Fan Appreciation 400 Cup Series race at Pocono Speedway until his car failed inspection. He was partly responsible for Chastain running into the wall with 18 laps left in the race. Chastain acknowledged after the race that he had it coming to him.
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Denny Hamlin crashes Ross Chastain for Pocono win; Payback (Video)

Hear from the NASCAR drivers after the incident at Pocono Raceway. Update: Denny Hamlin disqualified after NASCAR win at Pocono Raceway. On Sunday, the NASCAR Cup Series rolled into Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. Drama unfolded as Denny Hamlin initiated payback on Ross Chastain. The incident has been brewing for several months.
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Denny Hamlin gets revenge on Ross Chastain

Denny Hamlin put up with a lot of nonsense from Ross Chastain on the track this season. He finally got some revenge on Sunday. Chastain and Hamlin were competing for the lead at the M&M’s Fan Appreciation 400 at Pocono Raceway with 18 laps to go in the Cup Series race.
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