{"id":26382,"date":"2020-02-20T13:00:34","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T18:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/?p=26382"},"modified":"2020-02-20T13:00:35","modified_gmt":"2020-02-20T18:00:35","slug":"chastain-to-pilot-no-6-roush-fenway-racing-ford-in-newmans-absence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/2020\/02\/chastain-to-pilot-no-6-roush-fenway-racing-ford-in-newmans-absence\/","title":{"rendered":"Chastain to pilot No. 6 Roush Fenway Racing Ford in Newman\u2019s absence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Chastain to pilot No. 6 Roush Fenway Racing Ford in Newman\u2019s absence<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Roush Fenway Racing has tabbed popular NASCAR competitor Ross Chastain to drive the team\u2019s No. 6 Ford Mustang while their fulltime driver Ryan Newman recovers after an accident Monday on the last lap of the Daytona 500. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Newman was released from Daytona Beach\u2019s Halifax Medical Center on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chastain is contending for the NASCAR Xfinity Series championship this year driving the No. 10 Chevrolet for Kaulig Racing. He is a three-time winner in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series and finished runner-up in the 2019 championship. He has a pair of Xfinity Series victories \u2013 his first coming at Las Vegas in the fall of 2018, driving for Chip Ganassi Racing. His second came last summer at Daytona in while driving a partial series schedule for Kaulig Racing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The 27-year old Alva, Florida, native has made 72 Cup Series starts with a best showing of 10th-place in the 2019 Daytona 500. He raced in Monday\u2019s rain-delayed Daytona 500, finishing 25th in a car prepared by Chip Ganassi Racing and Spire Motorsports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In four previous Cup starts at Las Vegas, Chastain\u2019s best finish is 20th coming in the 2018 fall race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo one could ever take the place of Ryan Newman on the track and I can\u2019t wait to have him back,\u2019\u2019 Chastain said on Twitter Wednesday afternoon. \u201cAs we continue to pray for a full and speedy recovery, I\u2019ll do my best to make him and everyone at Roush Fenway Racing proud.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NASCAR Cup Series<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next Race: Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Place: Las Vegas Motor Speedway<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Date: Sunday, February 23<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Time: 3:30 p.m. ET<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

TV: FOX, 2:30 p.m. ET<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Radio: PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Distance: 400.5 miles (267 laps); <\/strong>Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 80),<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 160), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 267)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2019 Race Winner: Joey Logano<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NASCAR Xfinity Series<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next Race: Boyd Gaming 300<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Place: Las Vegas Motor Speedway<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Date: Saturday, February 22<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Time: 4 p.m. ET<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

TV: FS1, 3:30 p.m. ET<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Radio: PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Distance: 300 miles (200 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 45),<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 90), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 200)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2019 Race Winner: Kyle Busch<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next Race: Strat 200<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Place: Las Vegas Motor Speedway<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Date: Friday, February 21<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Time: 9 p.m. ET<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

TV: FS1, 8:30 p.m. ET<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Distance: 201 miles (134 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 30),<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 60), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 134)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2019 Winner: Kyle Busch<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chastain to pilot No. 6 Roush Fenway Racing Ford in Newman\u2019s absence Roush Fenway Racing has tabbed popular NASCAR competitor Ross Chastain to drive the team\u2019s No. 6 Ford Mustang while their fulltime driver Ryan Newman recovers after an accident Monday on the last lap of the Daytona 500.  Newman was released from Daytona Beach\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nascar","category-touring-series-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26382"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26383,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26382\/revisions\/26383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}