Wendell Chavous

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Wendell Chavous
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Chavous at Pocono Raceway in 2018
BornWendell Phillip Chavous Jr. [1]
(1985-02-28) February 28, 1985 (age 38)
Hephzibah, Georgia
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
50 races run over 4 years
2018 position17th
Best finish16th (2017)
First race 2014 Kroger 200 (Martinsville)
Last race 2018 Fr8Auctions 250 (Talladega)
WinsTop tens Poles
010
Statistics current as of November 16, 2018.

Wendell Phillip Chavous Jr. (born February 28, 1985) is an American former professional stock car racing driver and current entrepreneur. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving both the Nos. 15 and 49 Chevrolet Silverados for Premium Motorsports. He has also driven for MAKE Motorsports and Mike Harmon Racing in the NCWTS. [2]

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Chavous is also the owner of Steel Barn Truss, a manufacturing business that makes barn trusses.

Racing career

Early years

Chavous made a name racing late models on dirt tracks, including appearances at the Fastrak Grand Nationals. [3]

Camping World Truck Series

Driving for Mike Harmon, Chavous made his first Truck start in the 2014 Kroger 200, starting last in the 36-truck field but making his way up to 27th. Two weeks later at Phoenix International Raceway, Chavous finished in the same spot in Harmon's No. 74, albeit more than 30 laps down. Switching to MAKE Motorsports for the season-ending Ford EcoBoost 200 a week later, Chavous fell out with electrical problems and finished 31st. [4] After running sporadically in Premium Motorsports' No. 94 for the beginning part of 2015, the team and Chavous announced at Eldora Speedway that he would pilot the truck for the rest of the season. [5] However, the deal fell through, with Chavous running only the next three races. His best finish was a sixteenth before the announcement at Kansas Speedway. [6] He ran seven races on the season. [7]

On February 13, 2017, Premium Motorsports announced that Chavous would compete for 2017 Truck Series Rookie of the Year driving the team's No. 49 entry. [8] Chavous ran the full schedule, except Mosport and Phoenix where he was replaced by Gary Klutt, and Robby Lyons, respectively. [9] He scored a career-best finish of 14th at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in the fall. [10]

On January 29, 2018, it was announced that Chavous would return to Premium's No. 49 entry for another full-time effort in 2018. [11] Brian Keselowski returned as crew chief. [12] As part of the announcement, addiction help nonprofit Sobriety Nation signed on as sponsor for the entire season. [13] The pairing yielded four top-fifteen efforts, up from one the previous year, although Keselowski departed the team in late spring. On October 8, 2018, Chavous announced his departure from Premium and NASCAR, effective following the October 14 race at Talladega Superspeedway, citing the need for more family time and business ventures as the reasons to step away. [14] He ended his career with a fifth-place outing in the race. [15]

Personal life

Chavous is married and has a son, who races go-karts. He owns the business Steel Barn Truss, a barn truss manufacturing company. [14]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223NCWTCPtsRef
2014 Mike Harmon Racing 74 Chevy DAY MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW KEN IOW ELD POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR
27		 TEX PHO
27		53rd47 [16]
MAKE Motorsports 50 Chevy HOM
31
2015 Premium Motorsports 94 Chevy DAY ATL
24		 MAR
DNQ		 KAN
16		 CLT
25		 DOV TEX GTW IOW KEN ELD
26		 POC
25		 MCH
23		 BRI
26		 MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 31st143 [17]
2017 Premium Motorsports 49 Chevy DAY
19		 ATL
20		 MAR
23		 KAN
31		 CLT
28		 DOV
19		 TEX
20		 GTW
18		 IOW
17		 KEN
19		 ELD
16		 POC
20		 MCH
17		 BRI
23		 MSP CHI
18		 NHA
18		 LVS
14		 TAL
24		 MAR
21		 TEX
21		 PHO 16th348 [18]
15 HOM
23
2018 49 DAY
12		 ATL
23		 LVS
14		 MAR
18		 DOV
17		 KAN
27		 CLT
22		 TEX
12		 IOW
21		 GTW
15		 CHI
22		 KEN
24		 ELD
23		 POC
21		 MCH
16		 BRI
23		 LVS
28		 TAL
5		 MAR TEX PHO HOM 17th336 [19]
15 MSP
24

K&N Pro Series West

NASCAR K&N Pro Series West results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314NKNPSWCPtsRef
2014 Mike Holleran 38 Chevy PHO IRW S99 IOW KCR SON SLS CNS IOW EVG KCR MMP AAS PHO
21		78th23 [20]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series driver points

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References

  1. ↑ "Chavous & Lariscey Wedding Announcement". Legacy.com. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Driver Wendell Chavous Career Statistics - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
  3. ↑ Dirtondirt.com. "Dirt on Dirt :: All Late Models. All the Time. -". www.dirtondirt.com. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
  4. ↑ "Driver Wendell Chavous 2014 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
  5. ↑ "Wendell Chavous To Run Eldora, Remainder of 2015 Season". frontstretch.com. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
  6. ↑ "Driver Wendell Chavous 2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
  7. ↑ Sports, Fox. "Wendell Chavous - NASCAR Driver". www.foxsports.com. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
  8. ↑ "Jayski's Camping World Truck Series Silly Season Site". www.jayski.com. Archived from the original on 2014-10-12. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
  9. ↑ "Driver Wendell Chavous 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
  10. ↑ "Wendell Chavous Acquires Full-Time Sponsorship". Motorsports Tribune. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
  11. ↑ "Sobriety Nation to serve as primary for Chavous". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
  12. ↑ "Wendell Chavous Returns to Truck Series Full-Time – POPULAR SPEED". www.popularspeed.com. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
  13. ↑ "Sobriety Nation to Sponsor Premium Motorsports' Wendell Chavous for 2018 Nascar Camping World Truck Season". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
  14. 1 2 "Chavous to step away from racing after Talladega". Jayski's Silly Season Site . ESPN . Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  15. ↑ Knight, Chris. "Wendell Chavous finishes fifth in final NASCAR Truck Series race with Premium Motorsports". Catchfence. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
  16. ↑ "Wendell Chavous – 2014 Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
  17. ↑ "Wendell Chavous – 2015 Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
  18. ↑ "Wendell Chavous – 2017 Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
  19. ↑ "Wendell Chavous – 2018 Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
  20. ↑ "Wendell Chavous – 2014 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
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