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Dye acquired the award for his work with Race to Cease Suicide, a corporation he based at age 14.The consideration features a $60,000 donation to his charity for suicide prevention efforts.
Daytona Seashore racer Daniel Dye, simply off his first full-time season in NASCAR’s Xfinity Sequence, has been honored for his off-track efforts in suicide prevention.
Dye acquired the 2025 Comcast Group Champion of the Yr award. He’s the eleventh recipient and can obtain $60,000 for his group, Race to Cease Suicide.
“I’m tremendous proud that this mission is getting talked about extra — it means quite a bit to me, to my household, and to our communities,” stated Dye, who began this system in 2018 at age 14 after shedding a cousin to suicide. “Being named the Comcast Group Champion is a giant deal, and the truth that we’re in a position to increase extra consciousness is actually what it’s all about.
“This isn’t a race you possibly can ever actually win, however we’re doing all the pieces we are able to to run up entrance and be leaders on this mission.”
Dye was chosen by a panel of Comcast and NASCAR executives, together with 2024 Comcast Group Champion Erik Jones. Jones, who drives for Legacy Motor Sport within the Cup Sequence, was beforehand honored for his work supporting early most cancers screening and detection, studying literacy, and animal welfare.
Dye was amongst three finalists for the 2025 award. The opposite two have been Jerry Caldwell, president of Bristol Motor Speedway (Speedway Youngsters’s Charities), and former Xfinity Sequence Director Wayne Auton (The Nook Desk, a meals distribution group). The charities for Caldwell and Auton every acquired $30,000 from Comcast.
Dye, a Father Lopez grad, raced two full seasons in NASCAR’s Truck Sequence (2023-24) earlier than shifting to Xfinity, and returns to the Truck Sequence subsequent 12 months as a part of Dodge’s comeback to NASCAR. He was lately named as one in all Kaulig Racing’s 5 truck racers for the 2026 season.
To this point, three drivers have been named for what’s prone to be a five-truck Ram 1500 roster for Kaulig. ARCA champ Brenden “Butterbean” Queen and Cup Sequence veteran Justin Haley are the opposite two lately introduced.
