Ross Chastain Canadian Tire Post-Race Report

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Ross Chastain (@RossChastain), driver of the No. 19 Reese Towpower PartSouce Ford F-150, made his eighth start for Brad Keselowski Racing (BKR) Sunday afternoon at the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in the Series’ inaugural debut at the historic track. Chastain qualified his Ford F-150 in the 18th position on Saturday evening.

 

The No. 19 Reese Towpower PartSource team turned to pit strategy early in the race to gain track position. Crew chief, Chad Kendrick brought Chastain to pit road on lap six for fuel only, as the first caution of the race fell. This was just the type of script Kendrick wanted to see as his Reese Towpower team had made up significant track position by lap seven.

 

Chastain moved up to the fifth position by lap 25 and maintained a top five until the caution came out on lap 33 for a spin. Kendrick brought the No. 19 Reese Towpower PartSource machine to pit road for tires and fuel after the driver had been commenting on the lack of forward drive.

 

When the caution came out again on lap 44, Chastain decided to stay out and retain track position. He restarted in the third position on lap 48.

 

With 10 to go, Chastain was still lurking on the outside of the top five, but the wear on his tires forced him to pit under caution with less than eight laps to go. Kendrick loaded him up with fresh Goodyear tires which resulted in the 14th spot on the restart with five to go. As the field wrecked in front of the No. 19 BKR machine, Chastain was able to drive through the chaos and place seventh in a very respectable performance during his first ever professional road course race.

 

The No. 19 BKR team now sits fourth in the NCWTS owner points standings, 62 points back from first.

 

 

“I am very proud of my Reese Towpower PartSource team for fighting hard all day long. That was a blast and I am very happy with the finish we had today. The track was a blast to drive and I hope we are able to make a comeback here next season. Looking ahead to Iowa, this team will be ready to have another solid performance next weekend.” – Ross Chastain

 

BKR PR

 

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