Wendell Chavous | |||||||
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Born |
Hephzibah, Georgia |
February 28, 1985 ||||||
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career | |||||||
14 races run over 3 years | |||||||
Truck no., team | No. 49 (Premium Motorsports) | ||||||
2015 position | 31st | ||||||
Best finish | 31st (2015) | ||||||
First race | 2014 Kroger 200 (Martinsville) | ||||||
Last race | 2017 Toyota Tundra 250 (Kansas) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of May 12, 2017. |
Wendell Chavous (born February 28, 1985) is an American professional driver. He currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 49 Chevrolet Silverado for Premium Motorsports. The Hephzibah, Georgia native has also driven for MAKE Motorsports and Mike Harmon Racing in the NCWTS.
Chavous made a name racing late models on dirt tracks, including appearances at the Fastrak Grand Nationals.
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. 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. 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. He ran seven races on the season.
On February 13, 2017, Premium Motorsports announced that Chavous would compete for 2017 Truck Series Rookie of the Year driving the teams No. 49 entry.
() (Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)