Moose Fraternity extends partnership with Trackhouse Racing, Ross Chastain through 2025
Before the Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway, Trackhouse Racing and Ross Chastain had some big news to announce. Moose Fraternity is staying on with the team and driver through 2025. One of Trackhouse’s earliest NASCAR partners, the Moose will be loose for a number of races over the next couple of seasons, at least.
This is a great weekend to make the announcement. It was a year ago at Martinsville when Ross Chastain put his No. 1 Moose Fraternity Chevy into the wall and refused to lift until he got across the finish line. Think about all of the advertising the Moose has gotten thanks to the replays of that iconic moment.
So, it’s safe to say, things are working out. Trackhouse Racing has committed partners. Long-term partners build brands. They help build a culture in the organization. This is good news for Trackhouse and NASCAR. The group will sponsor four races per year as part of the new deal.
“It has been so fun to have a continued relationship with the Moose Fraternity,” said Chastain, via the Moose Fraternity website.
“Several of the members have become like family which is unique when it comes to a partnership. Not only do I have the opportunity to meet members but it’s fun to talk to people about becoming a member of the fraternity. It’s a passionate group that cares about their community and making it a better place.”
Of course, Trackhouse Racing does things differently. So, they had their own video to help announce the great news.
This group is just doing things differently, folks.
Ross Chastain returns to the site of the ‘Hail Melon’
In the year since his miraculous move on the wall, a lot has changed. Ross Chastain and Trackhouse Racing have continued to change NASCAR. He won at Nashville earlier this season. Let’s not forget he dominated the headlines for the first two to three months of the year, punched Noah Gragson – it was a wild time.
While he seemingly cooled off after the conversation he had with Rick Hendrick, I think Chastain is largely the same driver on and off the track. He’s going to get some of that aggression back when the season starts again next year. And I hope he doesn’t let anyone push him around this time.
The thing is, when Ross is winning or running in the top-5 it’s good for the sport. He makes people watch and he can be the most exciting driver on the track at times. Then again, that’s gotten him into some trouble with DNFs and worse in the past.
It’s hard to judge Ross Chastain’s season this year. Trackhouse as a whole lacked speed in the second half of the season. So, it might have been less a Chastain thing as much as it was an in-house issue.
Even though he’s out of the playoffs this year, we’ll always have the Hail Melon to look back on.