Matt DiBenedetto can be again behind the wheel of a NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Components Sequence automobile, driving the No. 42 Younger’s Motorsports Chevrolet Las Vegas Motor Speedway on October 3. Magnesium Efficiency Wheels will sponsor the hassle.
Catchfence.com’s Chris Knight broke the story, with DiBenedetto expressing pleasure and gratitude over the chance.
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DiBenedetto is a extremely skilled NASCAR driver with 248 Cup begins, 127 O’Reilly begins, and 43 Truck begins.
He final began a race on the nationwide degree in 2025, abruptly booted from the seat of his full-time journey with Viking Motorsports late within the season. He tried to qualify for the Cup race at Darlington earlier this 12 months, driving for Joey Gase Motorsports, however did not make the present.
Matt DiBenedetto, Viking Motorsports Chevrolet
Matt DiBenedetto, Viking Motorsports Chevrolet
DiBenedetto received a Truck race at Talladega in 2022 with a career-best end of fifth within the O’Reilly Sequence (Talladega 2025). Within the Cup Sequence, he by no means reached Victory Lane however earned three runner-up finishes, with two of these coming at Las Vegas in 2020.
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Vegas has been a superb monitor for DiBenedetto on the high degree of the game, and his most up-to-date NASCAR O’Reilly begin got here on the 1.5-mile intermediate monitor. He completed nineteenth there final fall.
Younger’s Motorsports has utilized numerous drivers in its No. 42 Chevrolet this 12 months. In 2026, the automobile has featured Carson Hocevar, J.J. Yeley, Nick Leitz, Nathan Byrd, Brad Perez, David Starr, Logan Bearden, Will Rodgers, C.J. McLaughlin, Baltazar Leguizamon, Garrett Smithley, and most not too long ago Natalie Decker.
Byrd delivered the No. 42 its greatest results of the 2026 season, ending sixteenth at Rockingham.
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