“That’s my baby” – The Most Important Woman in Ross Chastain’s Life

Ross Chastain became an overnight sensation after his amazing wall riding move at Martinsville last weekend. One may imagine who would be the most important person in his life, someone that has always supported him through both the hard and his best times. Well as it turns out, that important person happens to be his mother.

Chastain has been very close to his mother, Susan Chastain and through thick and thin the two have stuck together. His mother once described how Chastain has seen several high points in his career,  but his darkest era came in the year of 2018. This was the time when he used to race for Chip Ganassi Racing and their primary sponsor, DC Solar was raided by the FBI. It later turned out that the company was running a massive Ponzi scheme operation. After this revelation, Chastain’s career hung in the balance, and had no idea if he would be able to continue racing.

After this incident, Ross decided to fly back home to Florida, where his mother picked him up from the airport. Later on, Susan stated, “I just felt like he needed a minute to not talk about it. At the end of the day, I’m his mom. I’ve been carpooling him around his whole life and when he comes home I pick him up from the airport and that’s my baby.”

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Ross Chastain acknowledged his mother after winning his first Cup Series race

After Chastain became the 201st driver to ever win a race in the NASCAR Cup Series championship, he took his time to thank his mother for her continued support.

While speaking to the press after the race, Chastain said, “My mom is here, and she’s just supported me the whole way. That was the closest I came to crying after the race and just now just thinking about how she doesn’t get to come to as many as she wants to.”

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Throughout Chastain’s more than a decade-long career, if one thing has been constant, that would be that his mother who always believed in him and kept supporting him throughout.