Chastain and SVG Will Drive JRM’s No. 9 Chevrolet in Select 2025 Races
CONCORD, N.C. – Trackhouse Racing announced today that drivers Ross Chastain and Shane van Gisbergen will pilot the No. 9 JR Motorsports (JRM) Chevrolet in nine NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) races during the 2025 season.
The pair will team with Trackhouse development driver Connor Zilisch, who is competing as a rookie for the full season in JRM’ s No. 88 Chevrolet. JRM will also field full-time entries for rookie Carson Kvapil, and returning drivers Sammy Smith and defending NXS champion Justin Allgaier.
Chastain will race five times, beginning March 1 at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, followed by April 5 at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway, May 31 at Nashville (Tenn.) Superspeedway, July 19 at Dover (Del.) Motor Speedway and Aug. 2 at Iowa Speedway.
Van Gisbergen will race four times beginning June 14 at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City, July 5 at the Chicago Street Race, July 12 at Sonoma (Calif.) Raceway and Aug. 9 at Watkins Glen (N.Y) International.
“I think there is a lot of benefit to getting seat time on Saturdays in the Xfinity Series,” said Chastain who raced in four NXS events in 2024. “Getting an opportunity to do it with JR Motorsports is too good an opportunity to pass up. I know every time I climb in their Chevrolets, we will have a chance to win.”
Chastain is a five-time winner in the NASCAR Cup Series and finished second in points in 2022. He’s additionally won two NXS races.
Van Gisbergen ran a full NXS season for Kaulig Racing in 2024 winning the Portland, Chicago and Sonoma races. He’ll compete full-time in the Cup Series in 2025 driving Trackhouse Racing’s No. 88 Chevrolet. He won the 2023 Chicago Street Race in his Cup Series debut.
“I’m trying to get as much experience as I can,” said the three-time Supercars champion who moved to America and began fulltime racing in NASCAR last year. “JR Motorsports is one of the top teams and won the championship with Justin Allgaier. I can’t wait to get started.”
About JR Motorsports:
JR Motorsports is the racing operation co-owned by NASCAR Hall of Fame member and 15-time Most Popular Driver Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kelley Earnhardt Miller and NASCAR Hall of Famer Rick Hendrick. Now in its 23rd year of overall competition, JR Motorsports competes in multiple divisions, including the NASCAR Xfinity Series where it currently fields four full-time teams and earned championships in 2014, 2017 and 2018.
The company also owns seven titles in regional Late Model divisions with consecutive championships in 2022-23 and a prized national title in 2020.
To learn more about the organization, its drivers and its sponsorship opportunities, visit www.jrmracing.com.
About Trackhouse Racing:
After retiring from a driving career in NASCAR and sports cars, Justin Marks, 43, formed the Nashville, Tennessee-based Trackhouse Entertainment Group in 2020 to create a racing brand that transcends motorsports Trackhouse Racing took to the track in 2021 with driver Daniel Suárez and began a partnership with international superstar entertainer Pitbull who has elevated Trackhouse’s presence through inclusion in songs, music videos and named his 2023 album “Trackhouse.”
Midway through the 2021 season, the organization purchased the NASCAR assets of Chip Ganassi Racing and began the 2022 season as a two-car team operating out of its Concord, North Carolina race shop with Suárez and Ross Chastain as drivers. Chastain gave the organization its first victory at Circuit of the Americas in Austin Texas in March while Suárez became the first Mexican driver to win a Cup race when he won at Sonoma (Calif.) Raceway in June. In July 2023, New Zealander Shane van Gisbergen won the inaugural Chicago Street race in his first start driving for Trackhouse’s PROJECT91 program Marks created to offer NASCAR opportunities to international driving stars. Trackhouse owns eight Cup Series victories since its inception.
In 2024 Trackhouse Racing joined the MotoGP grid bringing an American team back to the pinnacle of motorcycle racing for the first time in over a decade and announced the Avenue Sports Fund had acquired a significant minority stake in Trackhouse Entertainment Group. Trackhouse Racing acquired a third charter and will run Van Gisbergen fulltime in 2025 joining Suárez and Chastain on the grid. The team also signed 18-year-old Connor Zilisch who will compete full-time in the Xfinity Series for JR Motorsports.
Source: JR Motorsports | Trackhouse Racing
