Former NASCAR driver Chase Pistone has died, his family members have confirmed. He was 42.
Pistone’s older brother Nick Pistone shared the news in a post on social media on Monday, March. 2.
“Well my young brother and best friend is gone,” Nick wrote on Facebook. “I’m broken hearted and don’t know if I’ll ever get over this. I miss you Chase already and I hope you are in a better place. I love you and I miss you so much already!!!!!!!”
“Chase was not only a wheelman in Legends and Late Models, but his Chase Pistone Inc. Legends team was a force to be reckoned with every time they showed up at a track, and they usually walked away with the winner’s trophy,” Legends Nation wrote.
Nick did not share Chase’s cause of death but along with their brother Tom told Legends Nation to “post the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, which is 988 on a phone or text.”
In their tribute to Chase, the industry news source called the former NASCAR driver “a fixture in motorsports and especially Legend Car racing.”
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The grandson of early NASCAR legend “Tiger” Tom Pistone, Chase began racing at age 6.
The younger Pistone won the Summer Shootout Championship Legends four times as a driver (two Semi-Pro, two Pro) between 1999 and 2005 and had over 80 feature event wins in Legends, Late Model and USAR competition, according to his bio.
The Charlotte, N.C. native competed in the ARCA Menards Series, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, and NASCAR Xfinity (now NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts) Series, according to USA Today.
In 2006, he finished in the top 10 at Iowa Speedway in the No. 50 Dodge for Bobby Jones Racing.
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