Chase Rice was the easygoing NASCAR pit-crew kid of Nicaragua — a 24-year-old who let his shifting loyalties play out on his face, bouncing between Brenda's crew and the older players as the game pulled at him. Likable and athletic, he won two individual immunities down the stretch.
He took an idol handed to him by NaOnka, played it at the final five, and rode his way to the final three, losing to Fabio 5-4-0 in one of the show's closest finishes. A bigger stage was waiting: Chase became a platinum-selling country-music star, co-writing one of the genre's biggest hits.
