The two-time Xfinity Series champion from Corning, California, is scheduled to achieve a milestone start in his sixth full-time campaign in NASCAR's premier series.
The two-time Xfinity Series champion from Corning, California, posted a pole-winning lap at 88.095 mph in 98.076 seconds and will share the front row with teammate Bubba Wallace from pole position for Sunday's Cup event in Austin, Texas.
The 31-year-old Wallace from Mobile, Alabama, led a race-high 21 of 60 laps en route to his first Daytona Duel career victory while the reigning Xfinity Series champion from Riverton, Illinois, awarded JR Motorsports' first entrance to a Cup event for the 2025 Great American Race.
The 25-year-old Herbst from Las Vegas, Nevada, will pilot the No. 35 Toyota sponsored by Monster Energy for his first full-time campaign in NASCAR's premier series and in 23XI Racing's first season fielding three full-time entries.
The National Motorsports Press Association upheld Trackhouse Racing's penalties originally levied for violating the Member Code of Conduct section from the NASCAR Rule Book following the team's on-track actions from this past weekend's Playoff event at Martinsville.
Three Cup Series teams (Nos. 1, 3 and 23) have been docked 50 driver/owner points and fined $100,000 apiece for violating NASCAR's Member Conduct sections in the Rule Book amid acts of manipulation and providing on-track advantages for respective Playoff manufacturer competitors during the Round of 8 finale at Martinsville.
Denike, who is in his second consecutive full-time season as a crew chief in the Craftsman Truck Series for McAnally-Hilgemann Racing, will replace veteran Bootie Barker as Bubba Wallace's No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota crew chief for the 2025 Cup Series season.
The two-time Xfinity Series champion led a race-high 97 of 267-scheduled laps and executed a final-lap pass on Playoff contender Ryan Blaney to grab his third Cup victory of the 2024 season and race his way into his first Championship 4 appearance.
The 2021 Cup Series champion from Elk Grove, California, led a race-high 62 of 109-scheduled laps and muscled away from the field during a 26-lap dash to the finish to notch his sixth Cup victory of the 2024 season and race his way into the Playoff's Round of 8.
The 30-year-old Wallace from Mobile, Alabama, will remain at 23XI Racing on a new multiyear basis as he is currently campaigning in his seventh consecutive season in the Cup Series division.
