Ross Chastain - SpeedyCash.com 250 Race Preview
Event: SpeedyCash.com 250 (167 laps / 250.5 miles)
Round: 7 of 25 (Regular Season)
Track: Texas Motor Speedway
Location: Fort Worth, TX
Date & Time: Friday, May 1 | 8:00 PM ET
Tune-In: FOX Sports 1 | NASCAR Racing Network (NRN) | SiriusXM Ch. 90
Team Stats & Notes
- Niece Motorsports Texas Stats:
NCTS Starts: 38; Wins: 1 (Carson Hocevar, 2023); Top-Fives: 2; Top-10s: 6.
- Root for the Home Team: Niece Motorsports’ founder, Al Niece, calls Texas Motor Speedway his home race. Niece Equipment is headquartered in Buda, TX, and has another location in Fort Worth, just a few miles from the track. The team will host over 200 partner guests during Friday’s SpeedyCash.com 250, marking it as one of the biggest events of the season.
No. 45 TXAPA / J.F. Electric Chevrolet Silverado RST
Driver: Ross Chastain | Crew Chief: Phil Gould
- Chastain’s Texas Stats:
NCS Starts: 9; Top-Fives: 2; Top-10s: 2; Best Finish: 2nd (2023 & 2025).
NOAPS Starts: 12; Top-Fives: 1; Top-10s: 2; Best Finish: 2nd (2019).
NCTS Starts: 10; Top-10s: 3; Best Finish: 7th (2019).
- Gould's Texas Stats:
NOAPS Starts: 12; Top-10s: 3; Best Finish: 6th (2014).
NCTS Starts: 9; Wins: 1 (Carson Hocevar, 2023); Top-Fives: 2; Top-10s: 3.
- On the Truck: Chastain’s No. 45 Chevrolet Silverado RST will race with support from the Texas Asphalt Pavement Association (TXAPA), MG Machinery, J.F. Electric, and Niece Equipment.
- Recapping Bristol: Ross Chastain and the J.F. Electric team had a clean night in Bristol, and walked away with a satisfying top-five finish. After qualifying 11th, Chastain picked up two stage points by finishing ninth in the first stage. Though the No. 45 slid back in the second stage, great pit stops and adjustments pushed Chastain forward in the final run to the checkered flag. Chastain held his ground and kept his nose clean all night long, resulting in a solid fourth-place effort.
- Owner Points Outlook: Chastain’s fourth-place finish at Bristol vaulted the No. 45 team back up to second in the points standings. Entering Texas, the team is only three points out of the lead - just behind Spire Motorsports’ No. 7 Chevrolet. The team is 13 points ahead of Front Row Motorsports’ No. 38 team in third-place.
- Quoting Chastain: With the track starting to age, is Texas becoming a handful to drive?
“Age helps for sure. We’re definitely going to be sliding around more than the last time I raced a truck here several years ago. You’ve got to have high commitment to run fast here at Texas. There’s a lot of banking in turns three and four, and need to be on the gas hard. You have to get around the bump as well. I think our mile-and-a-half package is pretty solid and we learned a lot in Darlington, so I’m looking forward to running the TXAPA / J.F. Electric Silverado again on Friday.”
About Niece Motorsports: Niece Motorsports is a professional auto racing team that has competed in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series since 2016. The team is owned by Josh Morris of DQS Solutions and Staffing and the Fowler Family of J.F. Electric and Utilitra, and was founded by United States Marine Corps Veteran Al Niece. At its 80,000 sq. ft. headquarters in Salisbury, NC, Niece Motorsports is a full-service race vehicle build shop as well as a customizable fabrication shop for any manufacturing needs.
Follow the Team: To keep up to date with the latest team news, visit niecemotorsports.com or connect on Facebook and Instagram (@NieceMotorsports) as well as X (@NieceMotorsport).
About TXAPA: Texas Asphalt Pavement Association is a full-service Association for the asphalt industry. It serves the needs of asphalt producers, contractors, liquid asphalt suppliers, and interested firms dedicated to improving and growing the asphalt industry. The Association is committed and dedicated to providing the services and information that keeps its member firms and the industry on the competitive edge.
About J.F. Electric: J.F. Electric is an electrical contractor that provides engineering expertise, backed by construction and installation know-how in a diverse range of service offerings, from utilities and commercial projects, to industrial and telecommunications customers. When having a long family history in an industry, a company not only builds on its knowledge and experience, it takes pride in cultivating a solid understanding of client needs, all the while nurturing strong relationships with its employees. Evolving through five generations of the Fowler family, J.F. Electric has matured into a well-managed and thoughtfully diversified electrical contractor which is poised to continue its growth and expansion into the future.
