On Sunday, Ross Chastain will make his eighth begin within the Coca-Cola 600.
Chastain and the No. 1 Trackhouse Racing workforce come into the Coke 600 eleventh within the NASCAR Cup Sequence factors standings. However issues have not been clean all season for Chastain, as a scarcity of velocity on Saturday throughout observe and qualifying has hindered its potential to compete for wins.
Regardless of that lack of velocity, Chastain says he stays centered on bringing dwelling the very best finishes he can each week.
“Finally, all that issues is the end on Sunday,” Chastain instructed Yardbarker. “Sure, we wish all the opposite stuff, however it’s a must to end properly. We didn’t do this at Kansas after feeling like we have been higher on Saturday.”
Going into the 66th operating of the Coke 600, Chastain would not know what’s in retailer for one in all NASCAR’s crown jewel occasions.
“I don’t know what to anticipate,” Chastain stated. “That is what’s nice concerning the present automobile we’ve got and the brief practices, we’re not testing, we’re not on monitor through the week – we do not know. We construct the very best setup we predict we are able to construct and that is it.
“I discover out in observe like everybody else. I do not get too into the lap instances. I look again and suppose possibly I ought to’ve paid extra consideration in observe to the lap instances, but when the automobile feels proper, I do know we’ll race properly.”
Chastain solely has one top-10 — an eighth-place end in 2024 — in his seven Coke 600 begins. He and the remainder of Trackhouse Racing wish to make a press release in NASCAR’s longest race.
“We would like extra,” Chastain stated. “We’re trying to get there for all three automobiles at Trackhouse.”
The Coca-Cola 600 will go inexperienced shortly after 6 p.m. ET on Sunday, with protection on Prime Video, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
All quotations obtained firsthand except in any other case famous.
