ROSS CHASTAIN AT TEXAS – TEAM CHEVY PHOTO
Four Different Chevrolet Organizations Record Top-10 Finishes
TEAM CHEVY UNOFFICIAL TOP-10 RESULTS:
POS. DRIVER
2nd – Ross Chastain
4th – Kyle Larson
6th – Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
7th – Austin Dillon
10th – Daniel Suarez
· Ross Chastain earned his season-best finish at Texas Motor
Speedway, driving his No. 1 Tootsies Orchid Lounge Chevrolet to a
runner-up finish in the Würth 400 presented by LIQUI MOLY. Chastain led
the Bowtie brigade to five top-10 finishes in the series’ 12th race of
the 2025 season, with Kyle Larson and the No. 5 Valvoline Chevrolet team
tallying a fourth-place finish; Hyak Motorsports’ Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
in sixth; Richard Childress Racing’s Austin Dillon in seventh; and
Trackhouse Racing’s Daniel Suarez rounding out the top-10.
· Taking the green flag from the fourth starting position, Kyle
Larson remained steady in the top-five through much of the opening stage
– ultimately taking the first green-white checkered flag in the fourth
position. Reporting loose conditions in Turns One and Two in the closing
laps of Stage One, crew chief Cliff Daniels brought the No. 5
HendrickCars.com Chevrolet down pit road during the stage break for four
tires, fuel and a round of adjustments. Gaining one position in the race
off pit road, Larson took the inside line of the second row to take the
green flag for Stage Two. Wasting no time, Larson quickly settled into
the second position behind then-race leader Josh Berry, going on to
inherit the lead when Berry spun to bring out the caution. The
32-year-old Elk Grove, California, native went on to stay atop the
leaderboard to tally his series-leading sixth stage win of the season.
After a four-tire stop during the final stage break, Larson lined up in
the fourth position for the final 96 laps around the 1.5 Texas oval.
Staying steady at the front of the field, a series of late-race cautions
proved to be a challenge for Larson, but the former series champion
rallied home with a fourth-place finish.
· Following his first career pole in NASCAR’s top division,
Carson Hocevar and the No. 77 Spire Motorsports team remained a steady
fixture in the top-10 throughout the first two stages – tallying
sixth-place points in each stage. A strong day went south when Hocevar
was caught up in a multi-car accident with just 31 laps remaining. Going
to work on their Chevrolet-powered machine, Hocevar only fell two laps
down to salvage a 25th-place finish.
Chevrolet’s all-time NASCAR Cup Series statistics at Texas Motor
Speedway:
Wins: 18
Poles: 17
Top-Fives: 82
Top-10s: 192
Chevrolet’s season statistics with 12 NASCAR Cup Series races complete:
Wins: 3
Poles: 6
Top-Fives: 22
Top 10s: 53
Stage Wins: 9
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Post-Race Driver Quotes:
Ross Chastain, No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
Finished: 2nd
“Starting 31st, we wanted to go +30 positions today. It’s all on
this crew – the engineering group at Trackhouse Racing and the group
at Chevrolet. We made an adjustment during the race and it fixed the
car. All the problems we had yesterday and the start of the race, they
were gone. I was confident. I was not confident yesterday.. you heard me
in the booth say it. With just one adjustment, it brought this Tootsies
Chevy to life and that’s why you keep fighting.”
Kyle Larson, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
Finished: 4th
“(Michael) McDowell just did a really good job of timing the restarts.
He left pretty much when I did, and he had a push behind him. He got
clear to the lead and I just lost control of the race there. It was a
bummer to do that. If I could have kept the lead, we would have been
hard to beat in clean air like that. Just a little frustrated with
myself, but all-in-all, it was a good points day for us today. The No. 5
Valvoline Chevrolet team did a great job today. The car was good.
We’ll just study it and try to do a better job next time.”
Alex Bowman, No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
Sidelined by damage sustained in an accident in the final stage.
Finished: 35th
Bowman on the accident that ultimately ended his day early in the finale
stage:
“I just saw guys wrecking in front of me. I tried to get high. The
No. 16 (AJ Allmendinger) came back across the track and we all piled in
there. I hate that for this team. We had a really fast No. 48 Ally
Chevrolet. I think we passed more cars than anyone’s ever passed at
Texas (Motor Speedway). We just shouldn’t have been back there to
begin with. Really bummed, but we’ll move onto the next one.”
Michael McDowell, No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
Finished: 26th
“I just really hate it for everyone on this No. 71 Delaware Life
Chevrolet team. We were giving it everything we had there to try to keep
track position. Joey (Logano) got a run there, and I tried to block it.
I went as far as I think you could probably go. When (Ryan) Blaney slid
in front of me, it just took the air off of it and I just lost the back
of it. I still had the fight in me, but I probably should have conceded
at that point.
Just proud of everyone at Spire Motorsports. I know that’s not the day
that we wanted, but we had the opportunity to win the race. I’m really
proud of everyone at the Hendrick Motorsports engine shop – you guys
saw those restarts, the motors were ripping. Just hate that we didn’t
get it done, but we knew we had to go for it.”
Shane van Gisbergen, No. 88 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
Finished: 22nd
“A decent finish today for my SafetyCulture team. Just wasn’t
comfortable with the car there at the start and struggled to find speed.
Thanks to my 88 crew for never giving up and continuing to work to make
my Chevrolet better and better. We will learn from this and continue to
make improvements.”
Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
Finished: 10th
Suarez on his two consecutive top-10 finishes:
“It was a good day for this No. 99 Kubota Chevrolet team. We had
decent speed out there. I think that we potentially had a little bit
more, but we were struggling a lot on restarts all day long, except for
the start of the race for some reason. All-in-all, it was a decent day
and it’s good to get back-to-back top-10 finishes.”