Ross Chastain is set to challenge for the win in his “casual top-10 car” in the “full superspeedway style” race at Atlanta
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Trackhouse Racing has been the revelation of the 2022 season as the team which is in its second full-time season in the cup series has already marked itself as one of the teams to beat and a definite championship contender. The team has already successfully secured the playoff spots for their driver Ross Chastain and Daniel Suarez as they secured three wins together this season.
Ross Chastain, the No:1 Chevy Camaro ZL1 driver for Trackhouse Has been the main man for the team since the beginning as he was able to maintain his consistency and score good finishes going into the second race of the season at Atlanta, where Chastain finished P2 last time out following a front raw crash from Bubba Wallace who was at P2, he aims to mark his third win of the season.
Ross Chastain has some definite advantages on his part going into the race as is the Talladega cup race winner and has a P2 last time at the same track, which now can be considered as a superspeedway following the renovation that was done at the track. He will be riding the momentum from his P4 finish in last weekend’s race at Road America. Now Chastain has come forth expressing his thoughts on the coming race.
Find out what Ross Chastain said
Ross Chastain acknowledged that the Atlanta cup race will be all superspeedway style just like the Daytona or Talledega which calls teams to have cars that are very different in the air and have the least amount of drag, have sufficient grip, and not be too loose or tight. He went on to say that the drivers are going to fight the handling in Atlanta as it has corners that are much tighter than the traditional superspeedways.
“It’s full superspeedway style, think of Daytona and Talladega. We need our car to be very efficient in the air and the least amount of drag and still have grip, and not be too loose or tight. You’re going to fight the handling at Atlanta because the corners are so much tighter than Daytona and Talladega,” Ross Chastain said.
Ross Chastain went on to add that drivers don’t fight too much to handle in either Daytona or Talledega but Atlanta is a track that calls for good handle by the drivers. He pointed out that without practice in Atlanta the teams should work on handles as otherwise, they will be in trouble if their plan is to go swinging at the track.
“We don’t really fight to handle too much at those two tracks. Atlanta is a place you’ll still need to handle well. Without practice at Atlanta, we need to handle good or we will be in trouble and we’ll be swinging at it in the race if that’s the case,” Ross Chastain added.
Ross Chastain went on to say that Trackhouse Racing’s attitude of letting him drive the car without giving much thought to how the spring, tire, or body of the car works has enabled him to focus more on his racing. He pointed out that they are championship contenders with the regular top 10 car they have.
“Trackhouse reminds me often to just drive the car and don’t worry about tires, don’t worry about the body build of the car, and what springs, just drive the car, and that’s made it easier on me and lets me focus. I think we are a competing Cup team and we have your casual top-10 car every week and if you run in the top-10 and top-five enough, you’ll win races and put yourself in position,” Ross Chastain explained.
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