Younger’s Motorsports signed Ryan Ellis to drive the No. 02 Chevrolet for the group within the 2026 NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Components season (rebranded Xfinity Sequence).
The group already runs the No. 42 automobile full-time as effectively, with Leland Honeyman driving the automobile in 2024 earlier than being changed by Anthony Alfredo in 2025.
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Ellis was driving the No. 71 this previous season for DGM Racing, ending the yr twenty eighth within the championship standings. The 35-year-old has 164 begins in NASCAR’s secondary division, however scored his first prime ten earlier this yr with an eighth-place end at Charlotte.
This new cope with Younger’s Motorsports is for a number of years with Tablo TV serving as a serious sponsor of the hassle.
“I’m actually excited concerning the alternative to affix Younger’s Motorsports starting with the 2026 season,” mentioned Ellis in a launch from the group.
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“It’s a group that’s persevering with to develop and construct its id within the O’Reilly Auto Components Sequence, and I really feel like I is usually a massive a part of that course of. I’ve all the time believed that the individuals you encompass your self with make the largest distinction, and I’m assured this group has the drive and fervour to make massive strides collectively.”
Younger’s Motorsports ended 2025 twenty fourth within the driver standings with Alfredo. The group’s greatest result’s courtesy of Honeyman, who completed fourth at Talladega in 2024.
Monday’s information didn’t embrace any particulars relating to Younger’s 2026 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Sequence plans. They’ve two wins within the Truck Sequence, the place they’ve competed since 2012.
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