in 2005 Chesson made his professional debut in
sprint cars in 1998 and from 2000 to 2003 was a regular in the
World of Outlaws winged sprint car series. In 2004, Chesson suddenly decided to change his career path and drove in the IRL's
Infiniti Pro Series winning three races and finishing fourth in series points despite missing three races. Chesson was announced as the driver for
Hemelgarn Racing's car in the IndyCar Series in
2006 with new backing from NBA star
Carmelo Anthony. The partnership was dubbed "Carmelo Hemelgarn Racing". The deal was brokered through the IRL's new marketing partner, Simmons-Abramson Marketing, made up of rock legend
Gene Simmons and entertainment industry vet Richard Abramson. Chesson started the first four races of the season, the last being the
Indianapolis 500, where he and teammate
Jeff Bucknum tangled on the second lap and finished in the last two positions. Chesson has numerous
tattoos, including one of the
2006 Indianapolis 500 logo that he had applied in public at the Speedway during the final day of qualifying. Since the demise of his deal with Hemelgarn, Chesson did not return to the Indycar Series until the end of the
2007 season when, in another Simmons/Abramson brokered deal, Chesson was announced as the second driver for
Roth Racing alongside team owner
Marty Roth with both cars sponsored by fashion label
Dussault Apparel. He made his 2007 debut at the final race of the season at
Chicagoland Speedway and finished nineteenth after mechanical gremlins sidelined him for over one-hundred laps. ==Racing record==