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Noah Gragson and the No. 4 TrueTimber Ford Mustang Dark Horse Team

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Clash at Bowman Gray Competition Notes

Clash at Bowman Gray
Date: Sunday, February 2, 2025
Event: Race 1 of 38
Series: NASCAR Cup Series
Location: Bowman Gray Stadium (0.25-miles)
# of Laps: 200
Time/TV/Radio: 8:00 PM ET on FOX/MRN/SiriusXM channel 90

Noah Gragson Notes

TrueTimber returns with Noah Gragson, making their NASCAR Cup Series debut in the premier stock car series’ return to the Bowman Gray Stadium. TrueTimber will showcase their Strata camo on Gragson’s No. 4 Ford Mustang Dark Horse for the 200-lap event at the historic venue.

“While we take pride in our ability to blend in, this is a fun opportunity to stand out and we look forward to seeing our Strata camo on Noah’s car this weekend,” said TrueTimber CEO Rusty Sellars. “We wish him and the rest of the team the best of luck and hope to see the No. 4 car running at the front of the pack.”

In 2022, TrueTimber appeared in Victory Lane with Gragson eight times throughout the season before finishing second in the NASCAR Xfinity Series points standings.

Bowman Gray will kick off Gragson’s second full season in the NASCAR Cup Series. Gragson and crew chief Drew Blickensderfer look to hit the ground running to start the season strong and improve on 2024’s 24th-place points finish.

“It’s an incredible honor to race at Bowman Gray Stadium. The track has such deep NASCAR history in the sport, and to have the opportunity to compete here is truly special, said Gragson, “Kicking off the season with TrueTimber on board makes it even more meaningful, and I’m excited to be a part of this storied venue’s legacy.”
Road Crew

Driver: Noah Gragson

Hometown: Las Vegas

Crew Chief: Drew Blickensderfer

Hometown: Decatur, Illinois

Car Chief: Joey Forgette

Hometown: Iron Mountain, Michigan

Engineer: Dillon Silverman

Hometown: Chico, California

Engineer: Scott Bingham

Hometown: Lawrenceville, Georgia

Spotter: Nick Del Campo

Hometown: Blauvelt, New York

Mechanic: Chris Trickett

Hometown: Grafton, West Virginia

Mechanic: Tony Infinger

Hometown: Fort Valley, Georgia

Tire Specialist: Chris Aunspaw

Hometown: Zelienople, Pennsylvania

Engine Tuner: Matt Moeller

Hometown: Monroe, New York

Transporter Co-Driver: Nate “Cookie” Eller

Hometown: Granite Falls, North Carolina

Transporter Co-Driver: Matt Murphy

Hometown: Augusta, Georgia

ABOUT TRUETIMBER:

Founded in 2005, TrueTimber is based in Inman, South Carolina and is the most realistic, performance-driven camouflage brand in the industry. TrueTimber offers a wide variety of clothing items and accessories, featuring a variety of distinct camo patterns that perfectly blend with their surroundings. The company spends countless hours researching, testing and seeking new technology to produce the most effective and lifelike camouflage patterns possible. TrueTimber products can be found in retailers across the United States and Canada, and it continues to be the World’s Best-Selling Camo. For more information about TrueTimber, visit TrueTimber.com.

ABOUT FRONT ROW MOTORSPORTS

Front Row Motorsports (FRM) is a winning organization in the NASCAR Cup and Craftsman Truck Series. The team is the 2021 Daytona 500 and 2022 Craftsman Truck Series champions. The team was founded in 2004 and is owned by successful entrepreneur, Bob Jenkins. FRM fields the No. 4, No. 34, and the No. 38 NASCAR Cup Series teams along with the No. 34 and No. 38 Craftsman Truck Series teams from its Mooresville, N.C. headquarters. Visit teamfrm.com and follow FRM on social media: Twitter at @Team_FRM, Instagram at @team_frm and Facebook at facebook.com/FrontRowMotorsports.

FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES TO BE FEATURED ABOARD JUSTIN HALEY’S NO. 7 CHEVROLET IN COOK OUT CLASH AT BOWMAN GRAY STADIUM

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MOORESVILLE, N.C. (January 28, 2025) – Today, Fraternal Order of Eagles (F.O.E.) and Spire Motorsports announced a partnership featuring the international non-profit organization as the primary sponsor of Justin Haley’s No. 7 Chevrolet ZL1 in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series Cook Out Clash pre-season race at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, N.C.

Haley’s relationship with F.O.E. is rooted in loyalty, dating back to his time in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series. F.O.E. was featured on his No. 24 Chevrolet Silverado in 36 events from 2017 to 2020 and all three of the Indiana native’s CRAFTSMAN Truck Series victories.

The prominent black and yellow colors have been featured on Haley’s NASCAR Cup Series rides 13 times, eight of which on a Spire Motorsports-prepared Chevrolet. These starts are underscored by Haley’s Cup Series victory in the 2019 Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway, an upset of practically unprecedented proportions for the then 18-year-old Haley and newly-formed Spire Motorsports. F.O.E. stands as a testament to the mutual loyalty and shared success between Haley and the brand.

“I’m looking forward to continuing my 10-year relationship with the Fraternal Order of Eagles,” said Haley. “They have been with me through every step of my career and I’m excited for them to help us kick off the 2025 season. I can’t wait to hit the track at Bowman Gray for an incredible event.”

The 25-year-old has collected four NASCAR Xfinity Series checkered flags and three CRAFTSMAN Truck Series wins, making him one of just 41 drivers in history to have earned wins across all three of NASCAR’s National Touring Series. He is a veteran of 144 Cup Series starts and has notched one win, five top fives, 15 top 10s and led 98 laps in NASCAR’s premier division.

The Cookout Clash at Bowman Gray will kick off racing festivities for the 2025 season and will be televised live on FOX, Sunday, Feb. 2 beginning at 8 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. NASCAR’s annual pre-season exhibition race will be broadcast live on the Motor Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90.

About Fraternal Order of Eagles:
The Fraternal Order of Eagles is an international non-profit organization uniting fraternally in the spirit of liberty, truth, justice and equality, to make human life more desirable by lessening its ills and promoting peace, prosperity, gladness and hope. The F.O.E. donates more than $10 million a year to local communities, fundraisers, charities and more. As part of its philosophy, the F.O.E. gives back 100 percent of monies raised in the form of grants. Fundraisers are conducted for eight major charities, including kidney, heart, diabetes, cancer and spinal cord injury funds, a children’s fund, memorial foundation and the Golden Eagle Fund.

About Spire Motorsports …
Spire Motorsports earned its inaugural NASCAR Cup Series victory in its first full season of competition when Justin Haley took the checkered flag in the Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway on July 7, 2019. Less than three years later, William Byron drove Spire Motorsports’ No. 7 Chevrolet Silverado to its inaugural NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series win on April 7, 2022 at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway. The team’s most recent win came on April 12, 2024, when Kyle Busch took the checkered flag in the SpeedyCash.com 250 at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth.

In 2025, Spire Motorsports will campaign the Nos. 7, 71 and 77 Chevrolet ZL1s in the NASCAR Cup Series. The team will also field the Nos. 07, 7, 71 and 77 Chevrolet Silverados full time in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series.

Ford Performance NASCAR – 2025 Clash Advance

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CLASH AT BOWMAN GRAY STADIUM
Sunday, February 2, 8 p.m. ET (FOX)

The NASCAR Cup Series will return to Bowman Gray Stadium for the first time since 1971 when the season-opening Clash takes place Sunday night in Winston-Salem, NC. After a successful three-year run at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, NASCAR is going back to its roots as Bowman Gray hosted its first series event in 1958.

LOOKING AT THE 2025 FORD CUP LINEUP

There have been a few changes to the Ford lineup since the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season ended. RFK Racing and Front Row Motorsports have both expanded to three teams while the newly-branded Haas Factory Team has one entry after the Stewart-Haas organization closed its doors. Here’s a look at this weekend’s roster.

Driver – Car Number (Team)
Austin Cindric – No. 2 Ford Mustang Dark Horse (Team Penske)
Noah Gragson – No. 4 Ford Mustang Dark Horse (Front Row Motorsports)
Brad Keselowski – No. 6 Ford Mustang Dark Horse (RFK Racing)
Ryan Blaney – No. 12 Ford Mustang Dark Horse (Team Penske)
Tim Brown – No. 15 Ford Mustang Dark Horse (Rick Ware Racing)
Chris Buescher – No. 17 Ford Mustang Dark Horse (RFK Racing)
Josh Berry – No. 21 Ford Mustang Dark Horse (Wood Brothers Racing)
Joey Logano – No. 22 Ford Mustang Dark Horse (Team Penske)
Todd Gilliland – No. 34 Ford Mustang Dark Horse (Front Row Motorsports)
Zane Smith – No. 38 Ford Mustang Dark Horse (Front Row Motorsports)
Cole Custer – No. 41 Ford Mustang Dark Horse (Haas Factory Team)
Cody Ware – No. 51 Ford Mustang Dark Horse (Rick Ware Racing)
Ryan Preece – No. 60 Ford Mustang Dark Horse (RFK Racing)

FORD’S CLASH HISTORY

The Clash has been held in some form since 1979 and Ford has won it 10 times by seven different drivers. The best stretch in the event for Ford undoubtedly came during a three-year winning streak in which Rusty Wallace, Mark Martin and Dale Jarrett all reached Victory Lane from 1998-2000. Jarrett owns three of Ford’s 10 victories (1996, 2000, 2004) in the event and on two of those occasions (1996 and 2000) he went on to win the Daytona 500.

FORD’S HISTORY AT BOWMAN GRAY

Ford has won more NASCAR Cup Series races at Bowman Gray Stadium than any other manufacturer. In the 29 races held at the quarter-mile track, Ford has 12 victories. The list of Ford winners is a virtual Hall of Fame lineup that includes Glenn Wood, who leads the way with four, including three straight during the 1960 season. Junior Johnson is next on the list with three while David Pearson, Richard Petty and Bobby Allison have one Ford win each. NASCAR officially recognized Allison’s win in 1971 last October, upping his career win total to 85 and moving him into fourth on the all-time list. That also represents the first official series victory for Mustang.

LOGANO WINS INAUGURAL CLASH AT THE COLISEUM

For the first time in NASCAR history, the Clash was held at a place other than the Daytona International Speedway as the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum hosted the event on February 6, 2022. The specially-made quarter-mile asphalt track delivered in the main event as Logano, who won his heat race, passed Kyle Busch on lap 116 and led the final 35 to become only the second Ford driver to win the Clash more than once. Logano, who also captured the event in 2017, joined Dale Jarrett (three-time winner) with multiple Ford victories.

ELLIOTT CLAIMS FORD’S FIRST CLASH VICTORY AT DAYTONA

Bill Elliott became the first Ford driver to win a non-points event in the NASCAR Cup Series on February 8, 1987 when he captured the Busch Clash. The format that year was a single 20-lap run (50 miles) with no pit stop required. Elliott, who started on the pole in his No. 9 Coors Thunderbird after a blind draw, fell back to sixth on the start after Terry Labone and Ricky Rudd were involved in an accident on the first lap. On the ensuing restart, Elliott steadily reeled in leader Darrell Waltrip and passed him on lap eight. Elliott led the final 13 laps and won with an average speed of 197.802 mph, a record that still stands for the event. A week later, Elliott won his second Daytona 500.

LOGANO BREAKS CLASH DROUGHT

Joey Logano snapped a 13-year Ford winless drought when he won The Clash in 2017, making him the manufacturer’s first victor since Dale Jarrett in 2004. Logano found himself in the right place at the right time, taking the lead after Denny Hamlin and Brad Keselowski made contact on the final lap. Keselowski had a run and was trying to pass Hamlin, whose attempt at blocking came too late and resulted in both cars colliding. That enabled Logano to get through and win the Clash for the first time in his career. Four Ford drivers finished in the top six spots as Danica Patrick was fourth, Kevin Harvick fifth and Keselowski sixth.

KESELOWSKI PREVIEWS 2018 SEASON WITH CLASH WIN

In a foreshadowing of what the 2018 NASCAR Cup Series would look like, Brad Keselowski took Ford to victory lane in the Advance Auto Parts Clash at Daytona International Speedway. Keselowski led a Ford sweep of the top four finishing positions as he took the lead on lap 39 of the 75-lap feature and never looked back, holding off Joey Logano, Kurt Busch and Ryan Blaney, respectively. It marked the second straight Clash win for Ford and served as a springboard that saw the Blue Oval lead the series with 19 wins and capture the drivers’ and manufacturers’ championships.

FORD CUP WINNERS AT BOWMAN GRAY

Jim Reed – March 30, 1959
Glenn Wood – April 18, 1960
Glenn Wood – June 25, 1960
Glenn Wood – August 23, 1960
Glenn Wood – July 13, 1963
Marvin Panch – March 30, 1964
Junior Johnson – August 22, 1964
Junior Johnson – May 15, 1965
Junior Johnson – August 28, 1965
David Pearson – August 10, 1968
Richard Petty – August 22, 1969
Bobby Allison – August 6, 1971

FORD’S CLASH WINNERS

1987 – Bill Elliott
1992 – Geoffrey Bodine
1996 – Dale Jarrett
1998 – Rusty Wallace
1999 – Mark Martin
2000 – Dale Jarrett
2004 – Dale Jarrett
2017 – Joey Logano
2018 – Brad Keselowski
2022 – Joey Logano

Depth Perception: Rick Ware Racing Brings Deep Driver Roster to Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray

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MOORESVILLE, N.C. (Jan. 28, 2025) – In theory, the Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray provides a level playing field for NASCAR Cup Series drivers and teams. NASCAR’s premier series hasn’t competed at the quarter-mile, asphalt oval in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, since the Nixon administration, so there is no past data to benchmark. Instead, it’s an educated guess thanks to the brave new world of simulation.

But it’s not computers that will be driving these 3,400-pound racecars with 670 horsepower this weekend at Bowman Gray. It’s people, and at Rick Ware Racing (RWR), its driver lineup of Tim Brown and Cody Ware is the most experienced at the country’s longest-running weekly racetrack.

Brown is the all-time winningest driver at Bowman Gray with 101 victories. The 53-year-old from Yadkinville, North Carolina, competes in the track’s Tour Type Modified division, where he has set just about every record imaginable. Beyond having the most wins, he has the most poles (146), the most championships (12), and he owns the fastest lap ever recorded at Bowman Gray (12.965 seconds on April 30, 2016).

Ware also brings past experience to Bowman Gray. The 29-year-old from nearby Greensboro, North Carolina, spent 2013-2014 running Modifieds prepared by Brown and his brother, Ben.

Tying this on-track experience together with the current-generation Cup car is Brown, who works fulltime at RWR as the team’s suspension and drivetrain specialist. He is the rare driver who will help build the car he will race in the Clash.

“I’ve been involved in Cup racing for almost 35 years now, and I don’t know that you’ll find a Cup driver who actually gets to build his own Cup car from the ground up, chassis dyno it, and then go race it,” said Brown, whose first career Cup Series start will come via the Clash. “These guys that work here at RWR, they’re my buddies and they’re all racers, and we get to do this as a group effort.”

For Ware, Brown’s presence in the shop and as a teammate at Bowman Gray is an incredible asset.

“Tim has been a longtime family friend, not just to me, but my father, as well. Tim actually made his NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series debut for my dad at Martinsville way back in 2009. And then about 12 years ago, I got the chance to race with Tim and Ben Brown, his brother, at Bowman Gray,” Ware said.

“So to be able to work and race with Tim over the last 10 years, where he’s also an employee at Rick Ware Racing and is in the shop every day building our racecars, I really couldn’t ask for a better teammate going into the first Cup race at Bowman Gray in 50-something years. To be able to lean on a 12-time champion and learn from his success, a guy familiar with the intensity of the place and what it takes to not only run up front, but to stay up front and not let other people’s aggression put you at the back of the pack, is crucial.”

Brown will build on his unparalleled level of experience at Bowman Gray when he drives his Modified in the undercard Cook Out Madhouse Classic on Saturday before the headlining Clash on Sunday.

“That time in the Modified will be very helpful,” Brown said. “NASCAR has done some updates to the stadium with soft walls and things like that. It’s changed the line of the racetrack. It’s made it smaller. The line we’ve typically run, you’re not able to run anymore. Just getting some track time before we climb in the Cup car will be very helpful.”

That being said, the Modified and the Cup car are two very different racecars.

“It’s one thing to make laps there in a Modified, but I think the Cup car is going to be a whole other animal because we’ve seen how difficult it has been over the last few years to get that car to turn through such a tight racetrack, like last year’s Clash at the L.A. Coliseum,” Ware said.

Ware and Brown will benefit from there being no single-lap qualifying. Instead, each driver’s fastest lap from their final practice session will determine their starting spot in their heat race. This way, they have multiple opportunities to set a fast lap. With the top-five from each of the four heat races advancing to the Clash, starting up front is crucial.

“Having all of final practice to set a fast time gives us a better chance to start up front in our heat race and, hopefully, not have to go through the Last Chance Qualifier, where only the top two transfer,” Ware said. “The first year we ran the Clash, I was top 10 or 11 in final practice and then had a really rough qualifying session where I struggled to get heat in the tires, and I think that will again be an issue at Bowman Gray because we expect it to be cold. So that, alongside the fact that I missed the first Clash by just one spot in the LCQ, I feel like having a better starting position in the heat race will give me a much better shot to get that last little push I need to comfortably lock into the Clash. Not only would that be great for myself as I head back into another season of fulltime competition, but also for Tim. He has just as much of a shot to make it into the main event as I do.”

Ware and Brown progressing to the Clash would be another example of the overall progress RWR has made these last few seasons.

“Here at RWR, we’ve turned a corner from being just a race team that shows up every week to being a team that wants to contend and race in the top-15 weekly. That’s huge for Rick and Lisa Ware and the whole Ware family. It’s also huge for all the people who work here,” Brown said.

“We had some really solid runs last year with Justin Haley, and we showed speed with Kaz Grala and Corey LaJoie, too. That shows you Rick’s doing the right thing, and all the people at RWR are doing the right thing. We’re all pulling the rope in the same direction, and it’s showing on the racetrack. It’s a really, really cool place to work and I couldn’t be more blessed to be here.”

The Clash weekend begins at 1:30 p.m. EST on Saturday with the Cook Out Madhouse Classic, the 125-lap Modified race where Brown will race his signature orange and blue No. 83 machine. After the checkered flag drops on the Madhouse Classic, on-track activity for the Cup Series begins with practice at 6 p.m. before the heat races start at 8:30 p.m. FloRacing will stream the Madhouse Classic while FS1 will broadcast Cup action. Sunday’s 75-lap Last Chance Qualifying (LCQ) race goes green at 6 p.m. to set the final lineup for the 200-lap Cook Out Clash. FOX will broadcast the LCQ, transition to its NASCAR RaceDay studio show at 7:30 p.m., and then cover the Clash, which goes green at 8 p.m. SiriusXM NASCAR Radio will also provide live coverage throughout the event.

About Rick Ware Racing:

Rick Ware has been a motorsports mainstay for more than 40 years. It began at age 6 when the third-generation racer began his driving career and has since spanned four wheels and two wheels on both asphalt and dirt. Competing in the SCCA Trans Am Series and other road-racing divisions led Ware to NASCAR in the early 1980s, where he finished third in his NASCAR debut – the 1983 Warner W. Hodgdon 300 NASCAR Grand American race at Riverside (Calif.) International Raceway. More than a decade later, injuries would force Ware out of the driver’s seat and into full-time team ownership. In 1995, Rick Ware Racing was formed, and with his wife Lisa by his side, Ware has since built his eponymous organization into an entity that competes full-time in the elite NASCAR Cup Series while simultaneously campaigning successful teams in the Top Fuel class of the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, Progressive American Flat Track and FIM World Supercross Championship (WSX).

Spire Motorsports Truck Series crew chief lineup and expansion for 2025 season

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Photo by Simon Scoggins for SpeedwayMedia.com.

Spire Motorsports took to social media to reveal its crew chief lineup for the 2025 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season which features an expansion of the organization’s program.

As part of the expansion, Spire Motorsports will be fielding a fourth Chevrolet Silverado RST numbered 07 and that will serve as an “all-star” entry. The entry will be led by Allen Hart, the latter of whom was an Xfinity Series crew chief at Sam Hunt Racing during the 2022 and 2023 seasons. Hart also worked as a technical director for Sam Hunt Racing and had previously been a lead race engineer at JR Motorsports, an engineer for both Turner Scott Motorsports and Team Penske, and recently a chief engineer for Rev Racing’s Truck Series program.

Spire’s newly formed No. 07 Chevrolet entry will serve as the organization’s first of two “all-star” entries as the No. 7 entry will be fielded on a full-time basis for a second consecutive Truck season. Veteran crew chief Brian Pattie will remain atop the pit box of the No. 7 entry that was piloted by a total of seven competitors throughout the 23-race schedule in 2024. Throughout the 2024 season, the entry went to Victory Lane twice with Kyle Busch (Atlanta Motor Speedway in February and at Texas Motor Speedway in April). In addition, the No. 7 entry notched a combined 12 top-10 results and settled in eighth place in the 2024 owner’s standings.

Currently, Spire’s rotation of “all-star” drivers for the No. 07 and 7 entries remains to be determined. The only competitor who has been confirmed as an “all-star” competitor for Spire is Corey Day, a Hendrick Motorsports development competitor from Clovis, California, who will pilot the No. 7 entry sponsored by HendrickCars.com in eight Truck events in 2025, beginning at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in March.

Meanwhile, Spire’s No. 71 and 77 Chevrolet entries will be led by crew chiefs Kevin “Bono” Manion and Chad Walter, respectively. Manion, who achieved the 2010 Daytona 500 and two consecutive Xfinity Series championships between 2004 and 2005 as a crew chief, will be paired with Rajah Caruth and the No. 71 team after he spent this past season as a crew chief at Rev Racing, which was formerly aligned with Spire. Walter, who recorded his first Truck career victory as a crew chief with Caruth at Las Vegas in 2024, will shift to the No. 77 team as he will be paired with Andres Perez de Lara, the latter of whom is the reigning ARCA Menards Series champion and will embark in his first campaign in the Truck Series.

The 2025 season is scheduled to mark Spire Motorsports’ fourth consecutive campaign in the Truck Series. The organization debuted with the No. 7 entry on a part-time basis in 2022, where William Byron notched the organization’s first victory at Martinsville Speedway. The following season, Kyle Larson piloted the No. 7 entry to a victory at North Wilkesboro Speedway.

After purchasing Kyle Busch Motorsports following the 2023 season, Spire expanded by fielding three full-time Truck Series entries in 2024, among which included the No. 7 “all-star” entry. During this past season, Rajah Caruth drove the No. 71 Chevrolet entry to his first career victory at Las Vegas, where he became the third African-American competitor overall to win across NASCAR’s top three national touring series. Caruth also made the 2024 Playoffs, where he became the first competitor to represent Spire in the series’ postseason battle for the driver’s championship, and finished seventh in the final standings. Meanwhile, Chase Purdy piloted the No. 77 Chevrolet entry to a total of six top-10 results and an 18th-place result in the final standings.

Through a combined 92 starts in the Truck Series, Spire Motorsports has notched five victories, five poles, 16 top-five results, 36 top-10 results and 638 laps led.

The 2025 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season for Spire Motorsports is scheduled to commence at Daytona International Speedway on February 14 and with a starting broadcast time of 7:30 p.m. ET on FS1.

Ryan Truex rejoins Sam Hunt Racing for 2025 Xfinity opener at Daytona

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Ryan Truex will be returning to Sam Hunt Racing (SHR) to pilot the organization’s No. 24 Toyota Supra entry sponsored by BB Printing Co. for the 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series’ season-opening event at Daytona International Speedway.

The news comes as the 32-year-old Truex from Mayetta, New Jersey, is coming off a strong part-time campaign in the Xfinity division, where he competed in 10 events with Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) and one with SHR. Throughout his 11-race span in 2024, he recorded victories at Dover Motor Speedway in April and at Daytona in August with JGR. Truex also recorded a total of three top-five results and six top-10 results throughout his part-time campaign.

The 2025 Xfinity season-opening event at Daytona is scheduled to mark Truex’s third series start driving for SHR as he attempts to notch two consecutive victories at the World Center of Racing.

“[Team owner] Sam [Hunt] and I have known each other for a long time. We’ve become great friends outside of the garage area, and I’m thankful to have the opportunity to work together on the track too,” Truex said. “I’m thankful that our friendship has grown into a business relationship and for the opportunity to race under the SHR banner with BB Printing at Daytona.”

Truex, a two-time champion in the ARCA Menards Series East division, made his Xfinity debut at World Wide Technology Raceway in 2010. Since then, the New Jersey native has made at least one Xfinity start in 10 over the following 15 years (2010-13, 2015, 2018-19, 2022-24). His only campaign in the series on a full-time basis was in 2018, where he piloted Kaulig Racing’s No. 11 Chevrolet entry to his first Playoffs and a 12th-place finish in the final driver’s standings. After finishing no higher than the runner-up spot three times between 2012 and the early portions of the 2023 season, Truex achieved his first elusive victory in the series at Dover in 2023 while driving for JGR.

Through 101 previous starts in the Xfinity Series, Truex has notched three victories, one pole, 11 top-five results, 36 top-10 results, 222 laps led and an average-finishing result of 15.6.

“It’s always great to have Ryan in our GR Supra, an experienced proven winner in the series and someone that genuinely cares about the success and growth of our team,” Sam Hunt said. “As the defending Daytona winner, he will serve to be a valuable resource and teammate for Dean in 2025 as well. We’re grateful to have BB Printing supporting the effort and look forward to hitting the track and getting the season started.”

SHR’s No. 24 Toyota entry will be led by crew chief Brian Gainey as the entry will compete alongside the No. 26 Toyota entry that will be fielded on a full-time basis for former Craftsman Truck Series competitor Dean Thompson. Additional competitors for the No. 24 entry for the remainder of the 2025 season remain to be determined.

The 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series season for Sam Hunt Racing is scheduled to commence at Daytona International Speedway on February 15 and with a starting broadcast time of 5 p.m. ET on the CW Network.

Nathan Byrd to Anchor Young’s Motorsports No. 02 Truck for 2025 Truck Series Season

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Series Veteran Stefan Parsons Also Slated To Drive for Team in 2025

MOORESVILLE, N.C.: Young’s Motorsports confirmed that rookie Nathan Byrd will return to the organization and is slated to compete in a minimum of 15 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races beginning with the season-opener at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway on Friday, February 14, 2025.

Byrd returns to the controls of the No. 02 Chevrolet Silverado RST after competing in three Truck Series races last season for the Mooresville, N.C.-based team at Kansas Speedway, Homestead-Miami (Fla.) Speedway and the season-finale at Phoenix (Ariz.) Raceway respectively.

Byrd, 25, is touted as a promising talent in the world of Motorsports for his fierce competitive spirit and remarkable skill behind the wheel. Honing his craft through various racing series, Byrd’s experience and talent were evident, even at a young age.

The decision to reunite forces with Young’s Motorsports perfectly aligns with his career ambitions. The team is recognized for its commitment to developing emerging talent in the sport. Together, they aim to build a strong competitive presence throughout the 2025 season.

Byrd is scheduled to drive the team’s flagship truck in the first nine Truck Series races of the season through Kansas Speedway in May before returning at Nashville (Tenn.) Superspeedway in late May.

“Getting the opportunity to run a much bigger NASCAR Truck schedule in 2025 with Young’s Motorsports is a true blessing,” said Byrd.

“They’re a great team of hard-working men and women, and I’m confident that as I get more comfortable and experienced in the truck, we can make significant progress together. None of this is possible without the hard work and dedication of many. I’m looking forward to Daytona in a couple of weeks.”

A fixture in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series garage since 20212, Young’s Motorsports, led by team principal and former Truck Series driver Tyler Young, has carved a niche in the motorsports world for nurturing up-and-coming drivers.

With two career wins and a proven track record of success in various NASCAR platforms, Byrd’s extensive schedule is a testament to their dedication to promoting fresh talent.

Additionally, the team announced Monday that Stefan Parsons will join Young’s Motorsports’ second-truck program for the 2025 Truck Series season. The Cornelius, N.C. native schedule will be announced at a later date.

Parsons, 26, returns to the organization on the heels of capturing three top-10s during the 2024 Truck Series season driving for Henderson Motorsports. Parsons made four starts across the Young’s Motorsports team Truck Series platform during the 2022 and 2023 seasons.

“We’ve been working hard throughout the offseason on our Truck Series program,” said Young. “The NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series has been a staple of our story since our inception, and we’d like nothing more to continue to make positive memories and put Nathan (Byrd) and Stefan (Parsons) in a position to contend for wins and strong performances throughout the season.”

Both drivers will participate in the open NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series test at Rockingham (N.C.) Speedway on Tuesday, February 28, 2025.

For more on Nathan Byrd, please visit byrdracing.com, like him on Facebook (Nathan Byrd), and follow him on Instagram (@nathanjbyrd) and X |Twitter (@nathanjbyrd).

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North Carolina Education Lottery Named Entitlement Partner for NASCAR Xfinity Series Return to Rockingham Speedway

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ROCKINGHAM, N.C. (Jan. 27, 2025) – Today, officials from Track Enterprises and the North Carolina Education Lottery (NCEL) announced an entitlement partnership for NASCAR’s celebrated return to Rockingham (N.C.) Speedway.

The North Carolina Education Lottery 250 presented by Black’s Tire NASCAR Xfinity Series race will headline the marquee when the Xfinity Series hits the legendary pavement for the first time in two decades at the famed Richmond County oval April 18-19.

“We’re proud to be part of NASCAR’s return to the Rock in April with our sponsorship of the NCEL 250 NASCAR Xfinity Series race,” said Mark Michalko, chief executive officer of the N.C. Education Lottery. “Being part of this exciting racing tradition in North Carolina helps support the lottery’s mission to raise money for education. We’re racing to raise, for the third year in a row, more than $1 billion for this good cause. With the support of racing fans in our state, we can make it to the Winner’s Circle again this year.”

The N.C. Education Lottery raises more than $1 billion a year to support public education programs in the state.

Most recently, the NCEL sponsored the North Carolina Education Lottery 200 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Race at the Rock in April 2013 where 2021 NASCAR Cup Series Champion Kyle Larson took the checkered flag.

Rockingham Speedway, formerly named North Carolina Motor Speedway, was a staple on the NASCAR Cup Series schedule for nearly 40 years and included a veritable who’s who of stock-car racing royalty on its list of previous winners.

The Xfinity Series was a regular player at the historic venue from 1982-2004 and features a cast of winners who went on to be some of the sport’s most respected names including David Pearson, Sam Ard, Dale Earnhardt Sr., Harry Gant, Mark Martin, Terry Labonte and Jamie McMurray.

Martin was an indomitable force at Rockingham in Xfinity Series competition throughout his career having collected 11 wins in 25 starts, including four straight during the 1996 and 1997 seasons. McMurray matched Martin’s four-peat by recording four wins in a row from 2002-2004.

Last August, Track Enterprises announced it reached an agreement with Rockingham Speedway ownership to bring the NASCAR Xfinity Series and NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series back to the venerable Richmond County speedway Easter Weekend.

“The North Carolina Education Lottery is such an incredible tradition and supports so many schools, students and families across the state,” said Bob Sargent, President, Track Enterprises. “The NCEL supported the CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at Rockingham Speedway back in 2013 and we’re thrilled to welcome them back in a big way in 2025. We’re eager to welcome race fans back to one of the most iconic and historic ovals not only in North Carolina but anywhere in America. Having the support of the NCEL and being able to advance its mission with our fans is incredibly gratifying for our team and the entire region. We’re also very thankful to Black’s Tire for their partnership. You can truly feel the excitement building around this event.”

Fans can log on to racetherock.com for continuing details, schedule updates or to purchase tickets for NASCAR’s highly anticipated return to Rockingham Speedway April 18-19.

The North Carolina Education Lottery 250 presented by Black’s Tire from Rockingham Speedway will be televised live on the CW Saturday, April 19, beginning at 4 p.m. Eastern Daylight time. The race will broadcast live on the Motor Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90.

About North Education Lottery …

The N.C. Education Lottery ranks as one of the most successful and responsible lotteries in the U.S. with more than $5 billion in sales annually and earnings of more than $1 billion for education in North Carolina. The funds help counties build and repair schools, help local school systems with salaries of support staff and student transportation, provide for a free, academic pre-school for at-risk four-year-olds, and support the Next NC Scholarship that awards college scholarships based on financial need. To learn more about the state lottery, visit www.nclottery.com, www.NCPlaySmart.com and follow on social media on Facebook @nclottery: https://www.facebook.com/nclottery, Instagram @nclottery: https://www.instagram.com/nclottery, and X @nclottery: https://x.com/nclottery.

About Rockingham Speedway …

Located in Richmond County, N.C., Rockingham Speedway opened as a flat, one-mile oval on Oct. 31, 1965. It was reconfigured to a one-mile (1.017 miles) high-banked, D-shaped oval in 1969.

In 2018, a new ownership group took over the facility and renamed it Rockingham Speedway & Entertainment Complex. On Nov. 18, 2021, N.C., Governor Roy Cooper signed the 2021-2022 North Carolina state budget allocating $9 million to support reinvestment in the facility. The state funds, along with ownership investment, allowed for redevelopment of the racetrack including the racing surface and extensive repairs. Today, the facility hosts a wide variety of events including karting, road racing, endurance racing, concerts and more. In 2025, Rockingham Speedway will welcome the return of NASCAR for the first time since 2013.

About Track Enterprises …

Track Enterprises has been promoting motorsports events since 1985. Based in Macon, Ill., a dedicated staff, led by longtime promoter Bob Sargent, organize and promote upwards of 80 races a year across the eastern half of the United States. Track Enterprises was responsible for the highly-acclaimed return of the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series to the Milwaukee Mile in 2023.

Comeback Fourth-Place Finish for Mercedes-AMG Customer Racing Team Winward Racing at the Rolex 24 At Daytona

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DAYTONA BEACH, Florida – A comeback GT Daytona (GTD) fourth-place finish for Winward Racing and a debut fifth-place GTD Pro showing for Bartone Bros. Racing with Team GetSpeed were the highlight results for Mercedes-AMG Customer Racing teams in this weekend’s 63rd Rolex 24 At Daytona at Daytona International Speedway. The hard-earned results capped a dramatic and emotional stretch of racing and testing at the “World Center of Racing” that began with the Roar Before the Rolex 24 test two Thursdays ago. Perhaps the biggest achievement of the nearly two-week long IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Racing season-opening event was the competitive showings in the Rolex 24 At Daytona race weekend by all five competing Mercedes-AMG customer teams in the debut of the newly mandated torque sensors to equalize the competition balance in IMSA’s pair of GTD racing classes.

Mercedes-AMG was the only manufacturer in the large GTD and GTD Pro field that never had the opportunity to previously compete with the sensors, but progress was made at the Roar in what was Mercedes-AMG’s first experience in official international competition with the driveshaft-mounted torque-detecting componentry.

Mercedes-AMG and its partner worked non-stop back home in Germany and in Daytona with the five competing teams throughout the Roar and straight through the Rolex 24 race. Successfully overcoming a software data transfer issue on the first day of the Roar that had essentially made the team’s competing Mercedes-AMG GT3 cars undriveable, the teams were able to maximize their performance for the remainder of the Roar and straight through opening practice and qualifying a few days later on Rolex 24 weekend.

All involved stayed focused and positive as daily “fine-tuning” of the system delivered a raceable solution that remarkably saw all five Mercedes-AMG teams complete the entire Rolex 24 At Daytona without a single torque-sensor related issue.

With the torque sensor hurdle cleared and ultimately not an issue, all five competing Mercedes-AMG GT3 teams took the green flag to start the Rolex 24 Saturday at 1:40 p.m. EST with their focus firmly on race strategy and anticipating the myriad of typical endurance race issues that inevitably emerge in top-tier sports car racing competition.

Reigning Rolex 24 race winners and 2024 IMSA WeatherTech GTD Champions Winward Racing made the first competitive move when full-season Winward driver Russell Ward took the GTD lead for the first time in the No. 57 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 in the race’s second hour.

A few minutes later, Maro Engel stepped up to take the GTD Pro class lead in the No. 75 Team 75 Express Mercedes-AMG GT3, but he and the No. 75 team soon joined Winward in realizing leading early at this year’s Rolex 24 may not have been the positive move it appeared.

Engel handed the No. 75 off to team owner and driver Kenny Habul only to see the car have an engine belt failure early in the team owner’s driving stint. The 75 Express team crew quickly returned the car to the race after a trip to the garage only to have it retire shortly thereafter due to engine component technical issues apparently resulting from the thrown belt.

Meanwhile, Ward pitted from the lead later on Saturday afternoon but was back in the pits just a lap later after the No. 57 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 slowed with a throttle assembly issue. The Winward crew was quick to make repairs and the team and drivers spent the majority of the Rolex 24’s remaining opening 12 hours earning some of the seven laps lost in the garage. In the early morning Sunday hours in the race’s second half, Ward, full-season co-driver Philip Ellis and their teammates Lucas “Luggi” Auer and Indy Dontje successfully worked their way back to the lead lap after nearly 12 hours of hard-charging driving.

With 75 Express sidelined and Winward spending the remainder of the race’s first half climbing through the field, debuting GTD Pro competitors Bartone Bros. with Team GetSpeed joined the renamed Korthoff Competition Motors team in stepping up to lead the Mercedes-AMG contingent overnight Saturday.

The Bartone Bros. GetSpeed team ran its first North American race with debuting Rolex 24 driver Anthony Bartone co-driving in GTD Pro alongside his AMG Performance Driver teammates Maxime Martin, Fabian Schiller and Luca Stolz. All ran competitively in a climb through the field from the drop of the green flag to secure the eventual fifth place GTD Pro finish.

The No. 32 team has run under several different names the last few seasons, but the debuting Korthoff Competition Motors era began at the Rolex 24. Rookie debuting team driver Seth Lucas led his first IMSA race laps on Saturday while his teammates Kenton Koch, Daniel Morad and Maximilian Götz were also on pace throughtout the race.

Götz was at the wheel of the No.32 for the final run to the finish early Sunday afternoon and battled for the GTD lead and top three for the majority of the race’s second half. Unfortunately, in the frantic fight to the finish, Götz was charged with an incident responsibility penalty with another competitor, and the ensuing delay dropped the No. 32 to an eventual ninth-place finish.

The fifth competing Mercedes-AMG team, Lone Star Racing, joined Winward in mounting its own comeback through the field after shaking off some early race penalties to get back on the lead lap overnight Saturday. The No. 80 Lone Star Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 was co-driven by Dan Knox, Scott Andrews, Eric Filgueiras and AMG Performance Driver Ralf Aron.

Andrews was at the wheel Sunday in the 8 a.m. hour when the team’s collective hard charge through the field was interrupted by a incident in the DIS infield. The damaged No. 80 was repaired back in the DIS garages, returned to the race after falling more than two dozen laps down and was later retired with only a few hours left and no chance to gain any significatnt points or positions.

By the time Lone Star’s race was over, the three remaining Mercedes-AMG entries were already locked in lead pack fights in their respective classes.

Winward Racing appeared to have the best chance to win at Daytona for a third time but a late caution that closed the pits gave the team no choice but to take emergency service for an overdue scheduled fuel stop. The ensuing penalty for entering a closed pit knocked the No. 57 out of winning contention late in the race, but closing driver Auer kept a charge on to the finish to score the Mercedes-AMG race-high fourth-place finish.

Winward Racing also led the Mercedes-AMG GT3 contingent in laps led in the race, pacing the GTD field for 102 circuits, but all five entries across the GTD Pro and GTD field led the race at some point for a combined 120 laps led.

Christoph Sagemüller, Head of Mercedes-AMG Motorsport: “We had some pretty tough days here at Daytona, facing lots of technical challenges, but all of the teams worked together very well. Long nights and lots of hard hours, and still we created a competitive package here for the 24 hours. This shows the team spirit we have. We share when we work together. Ending up on the podium or even winning the race, I wouldn’t have expected this, so we are very happy for the results as we had the pace and have been very close to this. Very thankful to all the teams that are involved and that worked so hard the last couple of days.”

Philip Ellis, Driver – No. 57 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3: “I’m super proud of everyone. I just have to thank not only our team here at Winward Racing, but also to the guys at AMG for putting us out there and being relatively competitive. A week ago it was a big unknown of where we would be. Then we had our own mishaps anyway with the throttle early in the race, and then being seven laps down and then coming back. The emergency fuel at the end basically took us out of the race, and then we were spun out. It’s like everything that could have went wrong did go wrong at the end. So, in the end I think fourth is a good result if you look at all the circumstances, but it’s a bitter taste after leading so much again. We were looking like it was going to be our third Rolex this year, but it’s all about good points too, with qualifying especially, so nothing’s lost. This race itself, it stings a little, but we have a good start to the season. We’ll just continue from here.”

Indy Dontje, Driver – No. 57 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3: “It was a short preparation with the new torque sensors, but I think Winward played a great part in this. They prepared it really well, especially with this new system, and together with Mercedes-AMG we found a solution to be really competitive in this race. I don’t think ever in my career that I’ve had this many setbacks, but also have never had those great comebacks, from seven laps down to going to the lead and then having a drive-through penalty. Then coming back again. From all the drivers to all the pit stops, a mega job by all. I just want to say thank you to Winward, to my teammates, to the partners of Winward and also to AMG for their hard work during these weeks. It was not an easy one, but in the end we made it work.”

Kenton Koch, Driver – No. 32 Korthoff Competition Motors Mercedes-AMG GT3: “Three years in a row, we’ve been in the top-five fighting for a win, but in the end just unfortunately we came up short on this one. It’s not for a lack of trying and effort from everyone. Unfortunately, there was an incident that occurred in which we have no idea what happened. They gave us a penalty, I didn’t see it on TV, but that took us out of the race. We kind of had some hope there at the end with our track position and that last yellow. It kind of brought us into the fight, but then with the penalty we got taken out of it again. It was mayhem out there. You saw the GTD Pro and GTD guys just getting after it. No one had any penalties regarding the new torque sensors. It’s a testimony to Mercedes-AMG to be able to get this entire program going so quickly.”

Luca Stolz, Driver – No. 69 Bartone Bros. Racing with Team GetSpeed Mercedes-AMG GT3: “Definitely, I am really, really proud of the team. It’s a joint venture between the Bartone Bros. and GetSpeed, and we raced IMSA for the first time. We were always in the game, always around the top five and even in the lead sometimes. The guys made a really nice strategy call with one hour to go. They basically rolled the dice and it was the right decision. We were still in it at the end, it wasn’t quite enough, but I’m still proud to finish the fight. Fabi managed it all really well.”

Fabian Schiller, Driver – No. 69 Bartone Bros. Racing with Team GetSpeed Mercedes-AMG GT3: “When we came here, we knew it would be a hard couple of weeks as it is our debut with the new torque sensors. Since the Roar and the practice days, we made some good steps forward with GetSpeed and Mercedes-AMG engineers. Going into the race, we knew we were on the backfoot. At night we had great pace and the usual great handling from the Mercedes-AMG GT3. We thought we might have a shot at it, but when the sun came out and warmed things up it was a little tougher for us. We didn’t have enough to fight for the podium, but fifth place is what we had today.”

Ralf Aron, Driver – No. 80 Lone Star Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3: “I think it’s very, very bittersweet! I know everybody’s happy that we got to prove what we could do, but to be honest, the first time I sat in the car in December I came out smiling because I knew what we could do. Lone Star has done a great job, the car is mega. Also, a big thanks to AMG as well because, at the beginning of the week, there was all this talk about torque sensors. Definitely, we were the manufacturer that needed to catch up, and the guys basically pulled a miracle because we were super competitive in the race and had cars fighting for wins at the end. I’m just really happy to be here, I’m super happy I got the opportunity. I mean, we were flying on track. We were in the lead pack in the fight for the win, which is all I wanted. Sometimes things go like this and unfortunate events happen. I guess we just have to move on and hopefully I get invited back here.”

ARCA Menards Series West at Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway

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West Coast Stock Car Motorsports Hall of Fame 150 Post-race Notes

  • Trevor Huddleston (No. 50 High Point Racing/Racecar Factory Ford) scored his third win in his last five ARCA Menards Series West starts in the season-opening West Coast Stock Car Motorsports Hall of Fame 150 at Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway. Huddleston has been dominant in each of those victories, leading 145 out of 150 laps at Madera Speedway and all 150 laps at All American Speedway at the end of the 2024 season, and 144 of the race’s 150 laps on Saturday.
  • Kyle Keller (No. 71 Jan’s Towing/Jan’s Racing Ford) earned his best career ARCA Menards Series finish on Saturday, bettering a trio of fourth-place runs including in his series debut at The Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2020. Keller, who turned 20 on Saturday, nosed ahead of Huddleston down the backstretch but got loose off turn four while on the inside battling for the lead and finished 0.243 seconds behind.
  • Tanner Reif (No. 13 Central Coast Cabinets Toyota) finished third in his return to ARCA Menards Series West competition. Reif started second and jumped in front of General Tire Pole Award winner Daniel Hemric (No. 19 NAPA Auto Care Chevrolet) to lead the first six laps. Once he lost the lead, Reif stayed among the top five the rest of the way and gained a couple of positions on the race’s only restart to finish third. Reif is the older brother of 2024 West series runner-up Tyler Reif and is a two-time West race winner, winning at Irwindale Speedway and Evergreen Speedway in 2022.
  • Robbie Kennealy (No. 9 Jan’s Towing/Jan’s Racing Ford) finished fourth, his best career series finish and his first top-five finish since he finished fifth at Irwindale Speedway in his series debut in 2023, 12 starts ago.
  • Reigning Bounty Rookie of the Year Eric Johnson, Jr. (No. 5 Sherwin-Williams Toyota) finished fifth, his second career top-five finish; he finished a career-best fourth at Madera Speedway last fall.
  • Gavin Ray (No. 7 Jerry Pitts Racing Toyota) and Adrian Ferrer (No. 13 Central Coast Racing Toyota) finished sixth and seventh, respectively, in their ARCA Menards Series West debuts.
  • ARCA Menards Series regular Cody Dennison (No. 72 Timcast Chevrolet) finished eighth in his West debut.
  • Hemric faded to the last car on the lead lap while he was conserving tires in the first half of the race but came to life after the race’s first and only caution at lap 99. Hemric charged through the field and had closed to within three-quarters of a second of the leader, but a scrape with a lapped car within the final laps resulted in a flat right front tire and dropped to ninth at the finish, three laps down.
  • The next race for the ARCA Menards Series West is at Phoenix Raceway on Friday, March 7, a combination race with the ARCA Menards Series. The race will be televised live on FS1 at 8 pm ET/5 pm PT. The race will also be broadcast live on select affiliates of the MRN Radio network nationwide. Live timing and scoring data for all on-track activity is available at ARCARacing.com and up-to-the-minute updates are available by follow @ARCA_Racing on X (formerly known as Twitter).

About ARCA 
The Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA), founded in 1953 by John and Mildred Marcum in Toledo, Ohio, and acquired by NASCAR in April 2018, is the leading grassroots stock car sanctioning body in the United States. Bridging the gap between NASCAR’s top three national touring series and weekly and regional tour racing all across the country, the organization sanctions over 100 races per year in the ARCA Menards Series, ARCA Menards Series East, ARCA Menards Series West, ASA STARS National Tour, ASA CRA Super Series, ASA Midwest Tour, ASA Southern Super Series plus weekly racing at Toledo and Flat Rock Speedways. For more information about ARCA visit www.arcaracing.com, or follow ARCA on Facebook (@ARCARacing) and Twitter (@ARCA_Racing). 

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