Noblesville, IN – Chastain Motorsports will field two cars in the upcoming 2016 Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda. Team driver Sam Chastain will field the No. 77 Van Diemen/Mazda and will be joined by at least one teammate for the season.

Chastain Motorsports brings a long resume of open-wheel accomplishments to the USF2000 category having run the 1997, 1998 and 2007 Indianapolis 500 Mile Races, as well as contesting the 1997 and 1998 IndyCar seasons.Most recently, Chastain has fielded a multi-car effort that produced race wins in both 2014 and 2015 for aspiring drivers in the F1600 Formula F Championship Series. The team is based out of Indiana, giving it a close proximity to most events, and carries over its open-wheel engineering and team staff from past seasons.After spending two years in F1600 in 2013 and 2014, Sam Chastain moved up to the F2000 category in 2015, with two podium finishes in his debut season. The 22-year old will now run a USF2000 campaign in 2016 and will be joined by at least one teammate. The team has the capacity to run additional cars should need arise.

Learn more about Chastain Motorsports at www.ChastainMotorsports.com.