Ross Chastain, driving Trackhouse’s No. 1 Chevrolet, gained the lead, lost the lead then earned his first series victory – all in the final lap of Sunday’s race at the Circuit of the Americas.
Chastain, in his first season driving for Trackhouse, clashed with noted road course ace A.J. Allmendinger in the final turns to pick up the win – which served not only a validation of Chastain’s journey to the top level of NASCAR, but also for Trackhouse.
“This was an ambitious thing to sort of dream up, and I asked a lot of people that had a lot of experience in this sport and seen a lot of teams come and go to trust me and to commit to Trackhouse,” team co-owner Justin Marks said of the formation of his team in fall 2020.
“And so to be here not even a year-and-a-half really into our existence, I’m just proud of everybody that committed. Every single one of these people, they own a piece of this victory.”
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