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Press Release | NIECE MOTORSPORTS Niece Motorsports will once again field four entries in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series this season. The fourth, part-time entry, branded as the No. 41 Chevrolet Silverado RST, features a blend of youth and experience split among multiple drivers. Driftwood, Texas native, Bayley Currey, will return as a driver for the No. 41 team. Currey, who has made 48 starts for the team since 2019, is coming off an 18th-place points finish following his first full-time opportunity in 2024. Having gained experience in all three NASCAR national series, Currey is known for his consistency behind the wheel and mechanical knowledge. The 29-year-old will open the season driving at Atlanta Motor Speedway, primarily backed by Masked Owl Technologies. Masked Owl largely supported Currey’s efforts throughout 2024, and the company is eager to re-sign with the team for a second-consecutive season. “I’m grateful to Al Niece and everyone at Masked Owl Technologies for continuing to believe in me and what we have going on the No. 41 team. This year will be fun to work with other drivers as we share the same goal of improving every week. Since we aren’t driving the whole year and points aren’t the main focus, I think that allows us the opportunity to try some different things to contend for wins. We are going to give it our best shot in every race.” Masked Owl Technologies was established in 2023 with one goal: to meet clients’ process improvement needs through a tailored approach that prioritizes identifying the root cause of system issues first, then deploying an efficient, cost-effective, and targeted solution. Alva, Florida’s Ross Chastain, will compete in five NCTS races in addition to his full-time NASCAR Cup Series role with Trackhouse Racing’s No. 1 Chevrolet. Chastain’s schedule will see him compete in events at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Michigan International Speedway, Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, and Watkins Glen International. A five-time race winner, Chastain has been instrumental to Niece Motorsports’ success since 2018. Last year, the veteran delivered the team its ninth victory at Darlington Raceway. (But, if you ask him, it should have technically been the team’s 10th series win). “I’m looking forward to racing at all these tracks on my schedule this year,” said Chastain. “It’s hard to believe that this will be the eighth year that Al Niece has put me in one of his trucks. Everyone at Niece Motorsports treats me like family when I show up, and I think that’s a testament to what Al and Cody (Efaw) have built here in Salisbury. I’m also very thankful that Justin Marks and everyone at Trackhouse is on board with letting me compete in other series to stay sharp on Sundays. We had some good runs last year and know what to improve on to make this year even better, I feel like this team is as strong as ever now.” Rounding out the No. 41 driver lineup will be Mooresville, North Carolina’s Matt Gould, son of Niece Motorsports’ winningest crew chief, Phil Gould. Gould, 19, made his NCTS debut at the Milwaukee Mile in 2024 and later drove in one additional start at Martinsville Speedway. Primarily a Late Model Stock competitor in the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series, Gould’s schedule will be reveled at a later date. “I’m very excited to get another opportunity to race in the Truck Series with Niece Motorsports,” said Gould. “I feel like we were on track to have some good results last year in my first couple of starts before issues prohibited it. So this year, to have more opportunities ahead as I continue to learn will be great. I’ve known Ross for six years now; he’s done so much for me, and Bayley and I are like brothers. So, it’s going to be awesome to work with them.” Currey, Chastain, and Gould will work alongside full-time teammates, Matt Mills (No. 42), Christian Rose (No. 44), and Kaden Honeycutt (No. 45). Competition personnel for the team will be revealed in the near future, along with additional partnership announcements. The NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series season kicks off at Daytona International Speedway on Friday, February 14. FOX Sports 1 will cover the Fresh From Florida 250 live at 7:30 PM ET. (Photo Courtesy NASCAR)

By Adam Carabine Kaulig Racing (Xfinity Series) Three full-time entries in the NASCAR Xfinity Series   Car No. 10 Daniel Dye Daniel Dye celebrates winning the pole at Atlanta - Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images 2024 Stats Dye ran full-time in the Craftsman Truck Series last season with McAnally-Hilgemann Racing, with a part-time schedule of 10 races with Kaulig in the Xfinity Series.  Final Standings Position – N/A Best 2024 Finish – P7 at Indianapolis Points – N/A Average Finish – 20.2   Career Xfinity Series Stats Starts – 12 Wins – 0 Best Career Season Finish Position – N/A   ---------- Car No. 11 Josh Williams Josh Williams - Photo by James Gilbert/Getty Images 2024 Stats Williams was in this ride last season as well Final Standings Position – 18th  Best 2024 Finish – P7 at Portland Points – 515 Average Finish – 21.67   Career Xfinity Series Stats Starts – 219 Wins – 0 Best Career Season Finish Position – 15th in 2020 with DGM Racing ---------- Car No. 16 Christian Eckes Christian Eckes celebrates his win at Martinsville - Photo by David Jensen/Getty Images 2024 Stats Eckes spent 2024 in the Craftsman Truck Series with McAnally-Hilgemann Racing.  This will be his first time in an Xfinity car.     2025 Hopes and Expectations After moving Shane Van Gisbergen and AJ Allmendinger up to the Cup Series, there were a couple of holes to fill in Kaulig Racing’s Xfinity squad.  Christian Eckes comes with a pretty impressive Truck Series resume, with four wins and third place in last year’s championship standings.  Daniel Dye is less proven, but in his limited starts with the team last year he improved over the course of the season.  Josh Williams now becomes the veteran of the team.   If Williams can improve in his role, Eckes can carry his momentum into an Xfinity car, and Dye can continue to grow as a driver, Kaulig will be happy.

By Ryan Wu Aston Martin (F1) Two full-time entries in Formula One   Car No. 14 Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso - Photo from www.x.com/AstonMartinF1 2024 Stats Alonso was in this ride last season Final Standings Position – 9th  Best 2024 Finish – P5 at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Points – 70   Career Formula One Stats Starts – 401 Wins – 32 Podiums – 106   ---------- Car No. 18 Lance Stroll Lance Stroll - Photo from www.x.com/AstonMartinF1 2024 Stats Stroll was in this ride last season Final Standings Position – 13th  Best 2024 Finish – P6 at the Australian Grand Prix Points – 24   Career Formula One Stats Starts – 166 Wins – 0 Podiums – 3     2025 Hopes and Expectations Aston Martin retains the same driver lineup for 2025, following a second consecutive 5th-place finish in the Constructors' standings. However, the team experienced a significant decline, scoring 186 fewer points compared to 2023, marked by inconsistent performances and no race finishes higher than 5th. Lance Stroll faced significant challenges, being out-qualified 19-5 and outscored 70-24 by his veteran teammate, Fernando Alonso. His season was further marred by on-track mishaps, including a notable incident in Brazil where he beached his car during the formation lap, resulting in a DNF. With the legendary Adrian Newey now involved full-time, can he help restore the team to the competitive form they displayed two seasons ago?   Bold Prediction With Newey aboard and Alonso still defeating father time, Aston Martin enjoys a bounce-back season and contends for a top 4 finish in the constructors’ standings.

By Adam Carabine Trackhouse Racing Two full-time entries in the NASCAR Cup Series   Car No. 1 Ross Chastain Ross Chastain celebrates his win at Kansas - Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images 2024 Stats Chastain was in this ride last season as well Final Standings Position – 19th  Best 2024 Finish – P1 at Kansas Points – 852 Average Finish – 14.94   Career Cup Series Stats Starts – 223 Wins – 5 Best Career Season Finish Position – 2nd in 2022 with Trackhouse Racing   ----------   Car No. 88 Shane Van Gisbergen Shane Van Gisbergen after winning the pole for the Cup Series race at the Charlotte Roval - Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images 2024 Stats Van Gisbergen was full-time in the Xfinity Series last season, but he ran 12 races for Kaulig Racing in the Cup Series Final Standings Position – 45th  Best 2024 Finish – P2 at Watkins Glen Points – N/A Average Finish – 22.83 over 12 races   Career Cup Series Stats Starts – 14 Wins – 1 Best Career Season Finish Position – N/A   --------- Car No. 99 Daniel Suarez Daniel Saurez celebrates his win at Atlanta - Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images 2024 Stats Suarez was also in this ride last season Final Standings Position – 12th  Best 2024 Finish – P1 at Atlanta Points – 2,226 Average Finish – 17.86   Career Cup Series Stats Starts – 287 Wins – 2 Best Career Season Finish Position – 10th in 2022 with Trackhouse Racing     2025 Hopes and Expectations 2024 was somewhat of a down year for Trackhouse.  While Daniel Suarez’s win early in the season secured him a contract extension, the entire year for the team was a bit of a step back.  After two years of making the playoffs, Ross Chastain uncharacteristically missed them in 2024, with his sole win coming after the playoff field had been set.  The addition of Shane Van Gisbergen gives Trackhouse a leg up on any road courses, as he’s a bona fide star on the lefts and rights.  Let’s not forget that Suarez and Chastain each have wins at Sonoma and COTA, respectively.  It might be early in SVG’s Cup Series career, but it’s not a stretch to say a successful year needs to have all three Trackhouse cars in the playoffs in 2025.

(Photo Courtesy Young's Motorsports) By Logan Morris Leland Honyman Jr. was recently announced as one of the drivers for the newly formed Cope Family Racing. Coming into his second season in the Xfinity Series, Honeyman feels much more confident with some experience and extended practice times. In an exclusive interview with Racing Refresh, he talked at length about how the practice times were a challenge last year. “That was the biggest challenge—building a notebook for both the team and myself as a rookie. Every weekend, I focused on learning and creating notes to prepare for the next race. This year, it feels weird not being a rookie anymore. I still feel like one because I’m only 19 years old! I’ll be heading to Daytona as a 19-year-old, which is surreal. I’m excited, though. Our practice time is slightly extended this year—by maybe 5 or 10 minutes—but it’s still not much. Twenty minutes just isn’t enough time, especially when you’re making changes.” With his new team, he’ll have a Daytona 500 Champion as a mentor in the form of Team General Manager Derrike Cope and Honeyman is excited to use him as a resource.  “I think that having Derek, just because of him being a manager in the past at a Cup team, that's a really big deal too. He’s so smart. When you talk to him, I feel like I’m talking to someone on Wall Street. He just knows what he's doing. He's super smart, and the way he runs his business really, really well too. The things that he tells me and shows me are really cool. Everything he does is in-house, family-wise. He keeps things smaller and in-house. I like that. It's not all scattered everywhere where you don't know who you're talking to half the time.” “I just like the way he does things. Him being a mentor towards me and coming off with that Daytona win in 1990—I think that's going to help me a lot going into Daytona this year. Just learning and thinking about the things that he did in the race car then and preparing myself for that moment when it comes." (Photo Credit: instagram.com/lelandhoneymanjr ) I also asked Honeyman how this deal with Cope Family Racing came about. He explained, “I’ve been friends with [Cope Family Racing co-owner] Nick Tucker for a pretty long time now. His relationship with Derrike kind of paved the way. Nick was at the NASCAR races last year, hanging around, and I saw him a bunch. He talked to me and mentioned that Derrike had an opportunity in the Xfinity Series for 2025. I thought, ‘Oh, that’d be awesome.’ So, we got in touch with Derrike, and he pointed us in the right direction.” “We talked to him about his expectations for the season, and everything came together. We weighed our options and decided that not going full-time this year would probably be the best move for me. Financially, and with my sponsors, it made sense to go part-time with 17 races for Cope Family Racing. They’ve got better motors this year, so that’s exciting. I’m really looking forward to working with Derrike, George, and Nick. It feels like a great fit for 2025.” In 2025, Honeyman is hoping to be consistent and learn.  “The biggest thing for me is being consistent this year. I felt like I did a really good job learning that last year and just being more consistent in the Xfinity car. I felt like I grew up racing really consistently too—just every lap, being so consistent, so consistent. I think that's what makes you the best race car driver. I think that's what makes the greats ‘the greats.’ Being consistent is the biggest thing for me in 2025—just knocking out as many top-15s, top-10s, top-5s, and wins. Whatever that is, I want to do it.” Honeyman and Derrike Cope have talked about not setting too many expectations on the team.  “I don't want to set any expectations because if I go out there and something happens, then it messes with my head. I don't want to do that. I'd rather go out there and keep my standards low. If I go out there and I run really well, I’m like, 'heck yeah, this is amazing,' and maybe it makes me a better race car driver mentally. We'll see. That's something I want to test myself on this year." You can follow Leland Honeyman Jr on his social media @lelandhoneymanjr on Instagram and @lelandhoneymnjr on X.

By Adam Carabine Big Machine Racing One full-time entry in the NASCAR Xfinity Series   Car No. 48 Nick Sanchez Nick Sanchez celebrates his Crafstman Truck Series victory at Charlotte - Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images 2024 Stats Nick Sanchez spent 2024 with Rev Racing in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Final Standings Position – 5th  Best 2024 Finish – P1 twice, at Daytona and Charlotte Points – 2,280 Average Finish – 9.35   Career Xfinity Series Stats Starts – 8 Wins – 0 Best Career Season Finish Position – N/A   2025 Hopes and Expectations After Parker Kligerman announced he was stepping down from full-time racing, and the ride he had in 2024, Nick Sanchez was announced as the new driver of the No. 48 car.  Moving up from the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Sanchez will compete for Rookie of the Year.  Winning that would spell a successful year for Big Machine, though the ROTY field is stacked this year in the Xfinity Series.  The 48 car certainly can challenge for wins, though Kligerman was unable to find victory lane in his two year stint with the team.  A more realistic goal would be for the team to make the playoffs, whether that’s with a win or just on points.

By Adam Carabine CR7 Motorsports One full-time entry in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series   Truck No. 9 Grant Enfinger Grant Enfinger after winning at Homestead-Miami last season - Photo by James Gilbert/Getty Images 2024 Stats Grant Enfinger was in this ride last season as well Final Standings Position – 4th  Best 2024 Finish – P1 twice, back-to-back at Talladega and Homestead Points – 4,032 Average Finish – 10.57   Career Truck Series Stats Starts – 196 Wins – 12 Best Career Season Finish Position – 2nd in 2023 with GMS Racing   2025 Hopes and Expectations While CR7 Motorsports seems like one of the smaller, lesser-funded teams, they have a world-class Truck Series talent in Grant Enfinger back for his second year.  Last season was Enfinger’s third trip to the Final Four, and though he still looks for that elusive first champion, he’s a driver that CR7 can count on.  Enfinger has shown he can win at least one race per season, and the team will hope he’s good to do that again this year.  At this point in Enfinger’s career, it’s likely championship or bust for him.

By Ryan Wu Alpine F1 Team Two full-time entries in Formula One   Car No. 7 Jack Doohan Photo from www.x.com/alpinef1team 2024 Stats This will be Jack Doohan’s first full-time year in Formula One   Career F1 Stats Starts – 0 Wins – 0 Podiums - 0   ---------- Car No. 10 Pierre Gasly Photo from www.x.com/f1alpineteam 2024 Stats Pierre Gasly was in this ride last season as well Final Standings Position – 10th  Best 2024 Finish – P3 at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix Points – 42   Career F1 Stats Starts – 153 Wins – 1 Podiums – 5   2025 Hopes and Expectations With Esteban Ocon departing, Alpine has promoted their 2024 reserve driver, Jack Doohan, to a full-time seat for 2025. Meanwhile, Pierre Gasly secured a multi-year contract extension in June, keeping him with the team until at least 2026. Despite a significant points reduction in 2024 due to the rise of rival teams, Alpine managed to retain 6th place in the Constructors' standings. The team’s focus will likely be on maintaining competitiveness in the midfield and fostering Doohan’s development alongside the experienced Gasly. This will be Alpine’s final year as an engine manufacturer, which could be promising news given that their power unit has consistently ranked among the weakest on the grid in terms of output. The key question is how much development effort has been invested in the 2025 power unit and whether it will impact their on-track performance.   Bold Prediction Alpine’s underperforming engine and Jack Doohan’s inconsistency cost the team, resulting in a drop to 7th place in the standings.

By Adam Carabine Haas Factory Team (Cup Series) One full-time entry in the NASCAR Cup Series   Car No. 41 Cole Custer Cole Custer in the Xfinity Series last season - Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images 2024 Stats Cole Custer spent the 2024 season with Stewart-Haas Racing in the Xfinity Series Final Standings Position – 2nd  Best 2024 Finish – P1 twice, at Pocono and Bristol Points – 4,029 Average Finish – 10.52   Career Cup Series Stats Starts – 117 Wins – 1 Best Career Season Finish Position – 16th in 2020 with Stewart-Haas Racing   2025 Hopes and Expectations After the announcement of the closure of Stewart-Haas Racing, it was reported that Gene Haas was going to hang on to one charter and run it full-time in the Cup Series.  Cole Custer just came off an impressive season in the Xfinity Series, where he nearly won back-to-back championships.  Custer does have a single win at the Cup Series level, though it was at Kentucky – a track no longer on the schedule.  There are a lot of questions about how competitive this ride can be, but it’s Custer’s turn to show he belongs in the Cup Series this time.

By Adam Carabine RSS Racing Three full-time entries in the NASCAR Xfinity Series   Car No. 28 Kyle Sieg Photo by James Gilbert/Getty Images 2024 Stats Kyle Sieg split time between the 28 and 39 last season, both for RSS Racing Final Standings Position – 24th  Best 2024 Finish – P10 at Talladega Points – 418 Average Finish – 22.81   Career Xfinity Series Stats Starts – 81 Wins – 0 Best Career Season Finish Position – 22nd in 2023 with RSS Racing   ----------   Car No. 29 TBA Driver    ---------- Car No. 39 Ryan Sieg Photo by James Gilbert/Getty Images 2024 Stats Ryan Sieg split his 2024 season between the 39 and 28 car last season too Final Standings Position – 13th  Best 2024 Finish – P2 three times, at Texas, Daytona and Talladega Points – 856 Average Finish – 14.85   Career Xfinity Series Stats Starts – 367 Wins – 0 Best Career Season Finish Position – 9th in 2016 with RSS Racing   2025 Hopes and Expectations The RSS in RSS Racing stands for Ryan Shane Sieg Racing, and the team is run by the Sieg family.  As a family-run team, Kyle and Ryan both likely have a spot on the team for as long as they like.  With Ryan being quite a bit older than his brother Kyle, he’s got more experience which has translated to better results on the track.  Depending on who they get for the third ride, which at the time of publishing remains unannounced, that will change the expectations for this team.    Ryan Sieg certainly has the capability of making the playoffs, and his younger brother will look to gain some more consistency with increased reps.

By Adam Carabine and Logan Morris This morning, Freedom Racing Enterprises announced that ARCA Menards Series driver Ryan Roulette would be piloting their No. 67 Truck for three races in 2025.  We had a chance to catch up with Ryan and ask him about his new venture.   “We’ve been working on this deal for upward of five months now.  It finally came together this week and we’re excited to make that big announcement,” a smiling Ryan Roulette said in a conversation with Racing Refresh.    While he wasn’t able to expand and announce which races he will be doing with FRE, he did confirm that it is slated to be three over the course of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series schedule.  Photo by Adam Glanzman/ARCA Racing Being a driver without a big funding background, Roulette found some shared values with Freedom Racing Enterprises' co-owner and fellow driver, Spencer Boyd.   “He knows what it’s like to grind.  He doesn’t come from a background that is heavily funded. He knows exactly what I’m going through, and he’s experienced what I’m going through, so having him on my side […] allowed me to work something that made sense for both of us overall, to grow FRE and make it an even better team for 2025.”   “I’m pumped to get out there and rip with this team!”   Ryan Roulette grew up as a NASCAR fan watching his favourite driver, Rusty Wallace, each weekend.   “I didn’t grow up in a racing family, I grew up in a spectator family,” he said.  In high school, he got the opportunity to help out a friend’s father’s sprint car team, and the rest is history.   “I started in racing, scraping mud off of tires.  Here I am a few years later, out on the big track.”   While he started his driving career as a dirt racer, he crossed over to asphalt racing six years ago.  Jokingly, he added, “I’ll be honest, for the longest time I used to say that asphalt is for getting to the race track, and dirt is for racing.  Once I made that transition, I’ve never really looked back.”   Roulette’s part-time Craftsman Truck Series schedule will compliment his planned six-to-seven races in the ARCA Menards Series as well.  “I have announced that we’ll be going to Daytona here real soon, so I’m pretty pumped about that.”   He talked about the excitement of racing with some fairly big names this season.  Mentioning names like Helio Castroneves, Katherine Legge, and Cleetus McFarland, Roulette is expecting the competition to be fierce.   “There’s going to be some real unique talent out there, and I think it’s going to put a lot of eyes on ARCA, and I think it’s going to be good for the sport overall.  […] As much as I’m excited to go out there and race with them, I’m hoping to smoke ‘em! Should be a fun race though.”   On top of all of this, Ryan Roulette is currently an active duty military member, who flies planes for a living.  It’s this connection that led to a partnership with Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) which will be on both his car and truck this season.   “The VFW of 2025 is not your grand-daddy’s VFW.  It has changed significantly in a good way, and I really hope that what we’re doing out on the track is showing that to people and getting more veterans involved in the organization.”   Find Ryan Roulette on Instagram - @TheRyanRoulette Facebook – Ryan Roulette Racing or on his website – www.ryanrouletteracing.com

Press Release | GARAGE 66 Garage 66 has signed Chandler Smith to compete in the 67th Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway, driving the No. 66 QuickTie Ford Mustang Dark Horse. The Talking Rock, Georgia native has ascended the NASCAR ranks and already picked up several race victories in his young career. After graduating from the ARCA Menards Series with ten wins, Smith has earned five NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series wins and three NASCAR Xfinity Series wins, including two last season on his way to a Top 5 finish in the championship. In 2025, he will be racing full-time for Front Row Motorsports in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. “I’m very excited for the opportunity to race our way into the Daytona 500 with Garage 66. Being in The Great American Race is such an honor, and I can’t thank QuickTie and Carl Long enough for helping put this all together,” said Smith. The 22-year-old already has NextGen superspeedway race experience, finishing in the Top 15 in the 2023 Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona. He has Top 20 finishes in all three of his NASCAR Cup Series starts to date. Carl Long, who operates Garage 66 with co-owners Rocky and Tom Smith as well as John Jackson, had a tumultuous few days after Mike Wallace was ruled ineligible to compete in the 500 and had to scramble to put another deal together. “The last few days have been a whirlwind of phone calls and emails after Mike Wallace was not approved to be the driver of our Daytona 500 entry. After several days of non-stop communication with available drivers who could race a Ford, the pieces came together to place Chandler Smith in our car,” said Long. “I am super pleased to have Chandler in our seat. He has friends behind the wheel of the other cars. At Daytona, we will need all the friends we can find to help race our way into the show! There are a lot of really quality cars attempting this race, which could easily make the most exciting part of the 2025 Daytona 500 the race to be in the race. With Roush-Yates power and Chandler behind the wheel, the odds of Garage 66 and our No. 66 team making the event just got stronger.” The hood of the MBM Cup entry during Speedweeks will carry QuickTie, a proprietary, patented hold-down system for high wind and seismic construction. Quick Tie Products, which just celebrated its 25th anniversary, manufactures and distributes the QuickTie System and a full line of framing hardware for both single-family and multi-family construction. Coble Enterprises, which specializes in personalized property management for residential and commercial properties, remains committed to the No. 66 team in Daytona as an associate sponsor. The NASCAR Cup Series action during Speedweeks begins on Wednesday, February 12 with practice and single-car qualifying, leading into the Daytona 500 Duels on Thursday, February 13 that will determine the starting lineup for the Great American Race. The 67th Daytona 500 is scheduled for Sunday, February 16 at 2:30 pm ET. (Photo Courtesy NASCAR)

Press Release | HYAK MOTORSPORTS HYAK Motorsports welcomes back SUNNYD, part of Harvest Hill Beverage Company, as a race team partner for the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season. SUNNYD, will serve as the primary sponsor for five Cup Series races for driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr and the No. 47 team. For the sixth race, Hungry Jack, a sister brand to SUNNYD, will sponsor Stenhouse through Hometown Food Company. In addition to joining the team for these primaries, SUNNYD will serve as an associate sponsor for the No. 47 team all season. “The 2025 season marks the tenth consecutive year that SUNNYD is a primary sponsor in the NASCAR Cup Series. We have been with Ricky since his 2013 rookie season and are excited to have him in this SUNNYD paint scheme for the Clash and Daytona 500,” said Henk Hartong, Chairman of SUNNYD. “We’re grateful to our fans and customers for their loyal support of SUNNYD and what can be considered the best paint scheme on the track. We look forward to our ongoing partnership with Hyak Motorsports and the No. 47 car and splashing SUNNYD on Ricky in victory lane.” This vibrant paint scheme will debut at the highly anticipated NASCAR Clash on Sunday, Feb. 2 at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, N.C., before it kicks off the regular season at the iconic Daytona 500 on Sunday, Feb. 16, a “Crown Jewel” race in which Stenhouse is a former winner. “SUNNYD has been a longtime supporter of mine throughout my career,” said Stenhouse, the 2023 Daytona 500 Champion. “We’ve become family. I’m looking forward to continuing that relationship at Hyak Motorsports and trying to get them in victory lane this year.” After Daytona, SUNNYD will be on the car April 13 at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway and May 4 at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth. It will also adorn the hood of the No. 47 Chevrolet for the 2025 NASCAR All-Star Race on May 18 at North Wilkesboro Speedway, for which Stenhouse secured a spot in the main event by virtue of his Oct. 6, 2024 victory at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway. Brynwood Partners will also showcase Hungry Jack, part of the Hometown Food Company, on June 28 in the Saturday night race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. The NASCAR Cup Series season kicks off with the non-points paying race of the Cook Out Clash at the historic quarter-mile track of Bowman Gray Stadium on Feb. 2, before heading south for the 67th running of the Daytona 500 Feb. 16 at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway. Live coverage of both races will air on FOX and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. (Photo Courtesy NASCAR)

Press Release | SPIRE MOTORSPORTS Today, Spire Motorsports announced a multi-year partnership with Workforce – Occupational Health & Safety Solutions to support Michael McDowell, driver of the No. 71 Chevrolet ZL1, as the team ramps up for the upcoming NASCAR Cup Series season. Workforce is an occupational healthcare industry specialist in work injury management focused on connecting injured employees to high-quality medical care. Centered on expediting treatment, care, and recovery, Workforce coordinates communication between telephonic physicians, medical providers, employers, insurance carriers, and employees. Workforce also offers medical bill repricing solutions, injury recordability investigation, and employer services including new hire onboarding, DOT & CDL certifications, drug screenings, return-to-work physicals, and more. This partnership kicks off the 2025 Cup Series campaign when Workforce will serve as the primary sponsor of McDowell’s No. 71 Chevrolet at the February 2 pre-season Cookout Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, N.C. The Workforce livery will return on March 9 at the Shriners Children’s 500 at Phoenix Raceway, then again on August 16 for the night race at Richmond Raceway. Workforce will also ride along on the No. 71 entry as an associate partner throughout the 2025 Cup Series season. This year marks the Pennsylvania-headquartered organization’s 30th anniversary as McDowell looks to earn his third-career victory in NASCAR’s premier division. The Glendale, Ariz., native completed his eighth full-time NASCAR Cup Series season while earning two top-five and seven top-10 finishes during the 2024 campaign. McDowell led a career-high 256 laps and earned six pole positions, the most of any Cup Series driver last season. “I am thankful to have Workforce onboard with us this season and I look forward to kicking off this new partnership at the Clash,” said McDowell. “It’s an exciting time for the sport, especially to be able to race at Bowman-Gray Stadium to start the year. I’m really looking forward to representing the Workforce team. Workforce aims to make sure that any injuries at the workplace are managed as efficiently as possible and, of course, you never want to see anyone get hurt at work. But if it does happen, Workforce eliminates so much unnecessary stress. I am looking forward to having them at the track as they celebrate their 30th anniversary.” “Workforce has now been involved in motorsports for many years and we genuinely understand the impact NASCAR provides in expanding our brand to potential new partners nationwide. We are excited to partner with Spire Motorsports and a seasoned veteran in Michael McDowell”, said Zachary Roberts, Workforce’s President and Chief Executive Officer. The Cookout Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium will kick off racing festivities for the 2025 season and will be televised live on FOX, Sunday, Feb. 2 beginning at 8 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. NASCAR’s annual pre-season exhibition race will be broadcast live on the Motor Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90. (Photo Courtesy NASCAR)