NASCAR insider calls out Trackhouse Racing for limiting Ross Chastain, Daniel Suárez

Trackhouse Racing was the hot new thing in the NASCAR Cup Series a couple of seasons ago. While they still possess a talented stable of drivers in Ross Chastain, Daniel Suárez and Shane van Gisbergen, they’ve disappointed a bit over the past couple of seasons.

Jordan Bianchi of The Athletic went as far as to call the team out on the latest episode of The Teardown. He believes the solid finishes Chastain and Suárez are accumulating are despite Trackhouse’s support, and the team isn’t doing enough to support either driver, which has also contributed to van Gisbergen’s funk.

“You look at Ross Chastain, we need to start giving Ross Chastain some love,” Bianchi stated. “He’s just turning in good finish after good finish. One, he’s not qualifying well. He’s not qualifying well because Trackhouse isn’t bringing great cars to the racetrack every week. They don’t have a lot of speed in the race car.

“Suarez too, to a lesser degree, but really, especially Chastain, this guy just grinds out finishes every single week. It’s like, man, if Trackhouse can just find some speed, you know Chastain is going to be able to go do his job. So impressive.”

Alas, Chastain has been the leader in the clubhouse for Trackhouse, as has been the case over the past couple of seasons. The Alva, Florida native is P11 in the point standings, 140 points behind the leader. Additionally, he’s accumulated six top tens, two top fives and 50 laps led. He’s coming off a runner-up finish at Texas Motor Speedway, as well.

As for Suárez, he’s finished in the top ten three times in 11 races, along with a singular top five, which came at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. He came in second in that one. However, he’s back in P25 in the point standings, and will have to keep stringing together solid finishes to get back into the playoffs, or win a race.

Meanwhile, van Gisbergen has been a major disappointment during his first full-time season in the Cup Series. He’s P35 in the points, and only has one top ten finish. Outside of a P6 finish at the Circuit of The Americas, the Auckland, New Zealand native hasn’t finished above P20. That’s severely disappointing, after a promising campaign in the Xfinity Series in 2024.

Time will tell if Trackhouse Racing can turn it around, but outside of Ross Chastain willing his car to make some moves, it’s been a rough season in 2025. They’ll need to figure it out to become the sport’s darlings once again, or the team is risking fading into a bit of obscurity.