Luke Fenhaus, the promising 21-year-old prospect from Wausau, Wisconsin, is scheduled to make his NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Elements debut within the season-opening United Leases 300 on Feb. 14 at Daytona Worldwide Speedway.
Fenhaus will drive the No. 5 Ford Mustang Darkish Horse for Hettinger Racing, a crew additionally making an attempt to make its sequence debut.
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“My background is in late mannequin racing and I’ve seen Luke’s improvement in actual time. He’s sensible, he takes care of his tools, he learns shortly and, finally, he wins,” crew proprietor Chris Hettinger mentioned within the announcement Jan. 27.
Luke Fenhaus is launched earlier than the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Sequence DQS Options & Staffing 250 at Michigan Worldwide Speedway in 2025.
Fenhaus broke out in 2021 when he grew to become the youngest winner of the celebrated Slinger Nationals after which led NASCAR champion Tony Stewart and IndyCar veteran Marco Andretti earlier than ending second within the Famous person Racing Expertise occasion at Slinger Speedway on nationwide TV.
“To be at Daytona 5 years later to make my NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Elements Sequence debut is a testomony to the work we’ve put into this,” Fenhaus mentioned. “Household, my companions, my mates – they’ve all been so supportive. Chris Hettinger has supplied a very nice alternative for me to make the following step in my profession and I wish to reward his religion with , sturdy run at Daytona.”
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Fenhaus received the 2022 CARS Tour Professional Late Mannequin championship, made his ARCA debut in 2023 with a win in his third race and has made 15 begins within the Craftsman Truck Sequence over the previous two seasons.
