Despite Qualifying 33rd, Ross Chastain Not As Strong a DFS Option As Usual
Source: Racing Reference

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August 16, 2025
Although Ross Chastain's consistently poor qualifying and somewhat improved racecraft made him a must-have a lot of weeks this year, Richmond probably isn't one of the best tracks to start him for DFS play even though he's starting 33rd. Chastain tends to finish better than he starts this season, but at Richmond, that has tended not to be the case as he finished worse than he started in four of the six races as his cars went away, especially in the 2022 race when he started second and finished eighteenth after leading 80 laps. Now his cars are much slower than they were in 2022 and Trackhouse Racing has always had shaky speed on short tracks. You can probably still count on Chastain to finish better than he starts, but he probably won't gain enough positions to make him one of the top DFS options.\--Sean Wrona - RotoBaller
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