Trackhouse Racing’s Ross Chastain To Make Big Machine Racing Debut in Darlington

Big Machine Racing’s No. 48 Xfinity Big Machine Spiked Cooler Chevrolet Camaro. Photo: Courtesy of Big Machine Racing

Trackhouse Racing’s Ross Chastain will be hopping in the No. 48 Xfinity Big Machine Spiked Cooler Chevrolet Camaro this weekend (Sept. 3) at the Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Help A Hero 200 at Darlington Raceway.

Chastain is having a fantastic 2022, winning two races, finishing in the top five 10 times and ending the NASCAR regular season in third place ahead of the Cup Series playoffs.

This will be his debut with Big Machine Racing

“Ross Chastain has proven all year long that he’s always a contender to win. I’m so excited for him to drive the No. 48 Big Machine Vodka Spiked Coolers Camaro this weekend at Darlington. We nearly won last time out and we’re all hoping that Ross and team can close the deal,” says BMR founder and owner Scott Borchetta.

BMR has had a handful of guest drivers in its second season, including Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ty Dillon, Austin Dillon and Tyler Reddick, who gave the team its first-ever win at the Texas Motor Speedway in May.

IndyCar driver for Andretti Autosports Marco Andretti will get behind the BMR car for Oct. 8’s Xfinity race at Charlotte Motor Speedway

The the Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Help A Hero 200 at Darlington Raceway will run Saturday, Sept. 3 at 3 p.m. CT on USA Network.

Steven Boero