Concord, North Carolina – The Moose will be loose for a few more years in NASCAR.
Moose Fraternity, Ross Chastain and Trackhouse Racing today announced the trio will continue their partnership through the 2026 and 2027 NASCAR Cup Series seasons on the team’s No. 1 Chevrolet with Chastain behind the wheel.
It will mark the seventh and eighth Cup Series seasons the fraternal organization has paired with Chastain on the track while using the 32-year-old, Alva, Florida native in membership and charity initiatives away from the track.
“The Moose Fraternity has been with me at racetracks and taken me to lodges across the country. They are salt of the earth, good people who I have watched give back to the community,” said Chastain.
Members of the Moose conduct approximately $50 – $70 million worth of community service annually. The Fraternity organizes and participates in numerous sports, entertainment and recreational programs in local Lodges and Family Centers in the majority of 43 State and Provincial Associations, and on a fraternity-wide basis. Lodges across the Fraternity are known for creating life-long bonds between members through activities and a shared concern for children in need, seniors and the communities in which they live.
Throughout the year, Moose International provides grants to a number of its lodges to help them market themselves locally, taking advantage of the heightened visibility anticipated through the national sponsorship of Chastain and the partnership with Trackhouse Racing.
Chastain has joined the Moose Fraternity’s philanthropic efforts.
He’s visited Mooseheart – a 1,000-acre residential childcare facility near Chicago, and Moosehaven, a retirement community in Orange Park, Fla., that has served members of the Moose since 1922.
“I couldn’t be prouder to say I am, and my family are, members of Tice and the Shores, Florida Lodge 1297 within the Moose Fraternity,” Chastain boasted.
There have been incredible moments for Chastain, Trackhouse and Moose on the track as well.
The Moose Fraternity livery adorned Chastain’s Chevrolet when he notched his second career Cup Series win at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway in April 2022 in an exciting finish that saw Chastain move from third to first on the final lap.
But few NASCAR fans will ever forget the “Hail Melon” wall ride at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway in October 2022. In the penultimate race of the season, Chastain rode the Martinsville Speedway walls on the final two corners to pass multiple cars and gain entry into the Championship 4 season finale the following weekend at Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Arizona.
The maneuver, eventually outlawed by NASCAR for safety concerns, drew global praise and recognition as the video eclipsed more than 225 million views, and the event garnered 1.2 billion impressions. The No. 1 Moose Fraternity Chevrolet was the top-selling diecast in 2022, according to Lionel Racing.
Moose Fraternity will adorn the No. 1 Chevrolet as a primary partner for four races next season and as an associate partner for the full Cup Series schedule.
“We couldn’t be happier with our relationship with Ross and the Trackhouse Race team,” notes Moose CEO Scott Hart. “Ross has been a great ambassador for the Moose Fraternity and really understands our missions of helping children in need, as well as our senior members, and assisting the communities in which our lodges operate. Conversely, our members are huge supporters of NASCAR, the Trackhouse Race team and Ross Chastain, and this relationship allows our members to bond together around a high-profile activity where they can share some genuine passion during most weekends throughout the year.”
Moose Fraternity was one of the first corporations to support Trackhouse Racing when it acquired the NASCAR assets of Chip Ganassi Racing in 2021.
Moose and Chastain still have work to do in 2025.
Chastain will pilot the Moose Fraternity livery twice more this season – Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway on Sept. 13 and Martinsville (Va.) Speedway on Oct. 26.
Chastain won the Coca-Cola 600 in Charlotte in May and is part of the 2025 NASCAR Playoffs.
About Moose International:
The Moose is an international fraternal organization of approximately 1 million men and women, dedicated to caring for the young and old, bringing communities closer together and celebrating life. The Moose organization maintains approximately 1,300 Moose Centers across the U.S., Canada, and Great Britain, providing members with family-oriented social, dining and sports activities. The Moose organization’s primary endeavors include Mooseheart Child City & School, a residential community and school for children whose families are unable to care for them, and Moosehaven, a Florida retirement community for senior Moose members. Children at Mooseheart, located outside of Chicago, receive the nurturing home, spiritual development and solid education they need to reach their full potential through a variety of innovative, nationally-recognized educational and family-living programs.
About Trackhouse Entertainment Group:
After retiring from a successful driving career in NASCAR and sports cars, St. Louis native Justin Marks, 44, formed the Nashville, Tennessee-based Trackhouse Entertainment Group in 2020 to create a racing brand that transcends motorsports. Since taking to the track in 2021 with Daniel Suárez as its only driver, Trackhouse Racing has grown to three full-time Cup teams, a part-time fourth team and a driver development program in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. Trackhouse boasts several victories in its young existence, has created a sophisticated social and digital program with an international flavor, and has attracted significant corporate support from some of the world’s most recognizable brands.
Expansion began midway through the 2021 season when Marks purchased the NASCAR assets of Chip Ganassi Racing and began the 2022 season as a two-car team operating out of its Concord, North Carolina, race shop with Suárez and Ross Chastain as drivers. Chastain gave the organization its first victory at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, in March 2022. Suárez became the first Mexican driver to win a Cup race when he won at Sonoma (Calif.) Raceway in June 2022. In July 2023, New Zealander Shane van Gisbergen won the inaugural Chicago Street race in his first start driving for Trackhouse’s PROJECT91 program, which Marks created to offer NASCAR opportunities to international driving stars that have included F1 World Champion Kimi Raikkonen and four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Hélio Castroneves.
Trackhouse Racing joined the MotoGP grid in 2024, bringing an American team back to the pinnacle of international motorcycle racing for the first time in over a decade, fielding Aprilia motorcycles. Also, in 2024, Avenue Sports Fund acquired a significant minority stake in Trackhouse Entertainment Group.
In 2025, Suárez, Chastain and Van Gisbergen compete full-time in the Cup Series. Chastain’s victory in May at Charlotte and Van Gisbergen’s wins in Mexico City, Chicago, Sonoma and Watkins Glen pushed Trackhouse Racing’s victory total to 13 since forming in 2021. Connor Zilisch, Trackhouse Racing’s 19-year-old development driver, has won nine times for JR Motorsports in the Xfinity Series in 2025 and made three Cup Series starts for Trackhouse Racing this year. Spaniard Raul Fernandez and Japanese rider Ai Ogura compete for Trackhouse Racing in MotoGP.