F4F - Ross Chastain Watermelon Farmer/Racecar Driver

Farm4Profit Podcast

• Ross Chastain
• Where are they from, what do they farm, how did they get into farming
• How’s the family - do they farm with family?
• Grew up in Alva, Florida
• Older brother of NASCAR driver Chad Chastain
• How did he get into NASCAR?
• Busch Race Car Driver
• Driver of the No. 1 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Trackhouse Racing
• Part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the no. 92 Chevrolet Camaro for DGM ARacing
• Part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 45 Chevrolet Silverado for Niece Motorsports
• Melon Man - branding
• Racing in Nashville in The Battle of Broadway 150 on Thursday, June 27
• Known for his “Hail Meon” wall ride at Martinsville
• Racing History
• Started racing at 12
• Competed in both late models and fastruck series events
• Interest from his father’s hobby racing
• Moved to Charlotte in mid-2011
• He then took over the No. 66 Turn One Racing entry in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
• First raced he finished 10th
• Connections in watermelon farming industry got him 4 more races
• 2019: broke the all-time NASCAR record for most consecutive races run across all three national series to start a season
• Farm Rescue Supporter
• 8th generation watermelon farmer
• Helped on farm until he was 13
• Has been vocal about one day returning to the farm
• Roughly 2,500 watermelons to the acre
• Ten-year crop rotation
• 7187 is their bread and butter the past 10-12 years

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