JR Motorsports will enter a automobile within the Daytona 500 for Justin Allgaier, marking the primary time that the group has fielded a Cup automobile in a NASCAR race. The Related Press first reported the information.
It is available in a race that JR Motorsports proprietor Dale Earnhardt Jr. twice gained as a driver (2004 and 2014).
Allgaier’s automobile will likely be sponsored by 10-time Grammy winner Chris Stapleton’s Traveller Whiskey model. The automobile will likely be No. 40. Greg Ives would be the crew chief.
The Xfinity group is owned Earnhardt, sister Kelley Earnhardt Miller and Rick Hendrick. Earnhardt has talked about increasing into the Cup Collection however the group has not bought a constitution.
“It is nonetheless sinking in,” Earnhardt stated Wednesday of getting a automobile vie for a spot within the Daytona 500. “I did inform Kelley that I needed to be current for all of the moments. … I need to be concerned or not less than a witness to every part.
“I’ll be on pit street when the automobile is pushed out for qualifying. I will be there when it is going out for apply. I will be there after they unload it on Wednesday on the race monitor. I need to undergo tech. I need to see every part.
“I do not know what’s real looking as a result of there will likely be another obligations, however I am approaching this prefer it’s a one and solely alternative, a dream come true.”
A have a look at a number of the key parts to observe this season within the NASCAR Cup Collection.
The Daytona 500 is scheduled for Feb. 16 at Daytona Worldwide Speedway. Allgaier, the reigning Xfinity Collection champion, should qualify for the Daytona 500 because the group doesn’t have a constitution.
Allgaier has 82 profession Cup begins. He ran one Cup race final 12 months, filling in for Kyle Larson within the Coca-Cola 600 whereas Larson competed within the Indianapolis 500.
JR Motorsports made its debut in 2005 with one Xfinity race. It has run the total Xfinity schedule since 2006, profitable sequence titles with Chase Elliott (2014), William Byron (2017), Tyler Reddick (2018) and Justin Allgaier (2024).
JR Motorsports’ full-time Xfinity groups for 2025 will likely be Carson Kvapil, Sammy Smith, Connor Zilisch and Allgaier.
