On Wednesday, Wooden Brothers Racing introduced that they’ve signed 2025 NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Elements Collection champion Jesse Love for the 2027 NASCAR Cup season.
Love, 21, burst onto the scene in 2023, profitable 10 of 20 ARCA races en path to the title. Since then, he has received three NASCAR O’Reilly races with Richard Childress Racing, and the 2025 title. He has additionally made seven Cup begins with RCR, ending as excessive as twenty fourth in final yr’s Brickyard 400.
He at present sits second within the NASCAR O’Reilly championship standings.
“Driving the No. 21 for Wooden Brothers Racing is actually an honor,” mentioned Love in a launch from the group. “This group has performed such an necessary position in NASCAR historical past, and the drivers who’ve sat behind the wheel of this automotive are a number of the biggest our sport has ever seen. I’m extremely grateful to everybody at Wooden Brothers Racing, Staff Penske and Ford Racing for believing in me – I’m excited to get to work, proceed studying from the folks round me and compete on the highest stage.”
Josh Berry, Wooden Brothers Racing
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Love will exchange Josh Berry, who the group is releasing after two seasons collectively. The Wooden Brothers are one of many oldest race groups in all of NASCAR, courting again to the early Fifties with 101 race wins.
“Jesse has completed lots at a younger age,” mentioned Jon Wooden, president of Wooden Brothers Racing. “He’s demonstrated the flexibility to win races, compete for championships and deal with the expectations that include racing at a excessive stage. We’re trying ahead to giving him the chance to take the following step in his profession with the No. 21 group.”
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