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Race Information

• Round: NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race No. 13 of 23
• Track Location: Nashville Superspeedway – Lebanon, Tennessee
• Race Name: Rackley Roofing 200
• Broadcast: Friday, June 23rd at 8:00 PM ET live on FS1 (TV), MRN (Radio), and Sirius XM NASCAR Channel 90
• Team Entrants:

No. 23 | Grant Enfinger & Jeff Hensley – Champion Power Equipment Chevrolet
No. 24 | Rajah Caruth & Chad Walter – Born Driven Chevrolet
No. 43 | Daniel Dye & Blake Bainbridge – Champion Container Corporation Chevrolet

Grant Enfinger, No. 23 Champion Power Equipment Chevrolet Silverado RST

Nashville Superspeedway Stats

• NCTS Starts: 2; Best start: 4th (2021); Best finish: 3rd (2021); Top 5s: 1; Top 10s: 1; Laps led: 39

2023 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Season Stats

• Starts: 12; Wins: 2 (Kansas I & Gateway); Best start: 2nd; Stage wins: 1; Top 5s: 5; Top 10s: 7; Laps led: 133; Current points position: 3rd
• About Champion Power Equipment: Since 2003, Champion Power Equipment has earned a reputation for designing and producing the market’s finest power equipment. From our original headquarters in Santa Fe Springs, California, Champion has expanded its North American footprint to include facilities in Jackson, Tennessee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Toronto Canada. Today, Champion’s product line has expanded to include portable generators, home standby generators, inverter generators, engines, winches and log splitters. With over 2.5 million generators sold in North America, Champion is a market leader in the power equipment field. Visit ChampionPowerEquipment.com for more information.
• About Arlon Graphics: The history of Arlon is rooted in its customer-centric approach. What was founded in 1958 as a manufacturer of flexible materials (producing products like cork, rubber, and foam) has evolved into a global company manufacturing millions of feet of cast films. Today, Arlon Graphics is owned by FHT, a family-owned investment firm. Headquartered in Southern California, Arlon supplies the wide-format graphics industry around the world. For more information, visit Arlon.com/NA_EN.
• Winner Winner: Grant Enfinger, Jeff Hensley, and the No. 23 Champion Power Equipment team capitalized on a thrilling victory in the last NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at World Wide Technology Raceway! The near-perfect day was huge for playoffs points, when a gutsy call to stay out at the end of Stage 1 resulted in Enfinger capturing his first stage win of 2023. After contact between two of the race leaders took them out of contention, Enfinger skated by on the low side to take the lead late en route to his second race victory of the season. The victory was his ninth overall – all coming at different tracks (Talladega, Las Vegas, Daytona, Atlanta, Richmond, Martinsville, IRP, Kansas, and now Gateway).
• GMS Secures Milestone Chevrolet Victory: Grant’s win at World Wide Technology Raceway was special for many reasons, but perhaps most notably, the victory propelled Team Owner, Maury Gallagher, to the top of the hill amongst Chevrolet teams. With victory no. 44 now in the bank, GMS Racing has officially surpassed Kevin Harvick, Incorporated as the winningest Chevrolet team in NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series history, a spot that was held by KHI since November, 2011.
• Chassis History/Info: Enfinger and the No. 23 team will compete with GMS Racing chassis no. 344 at Nashville Superspeedway. Grant has driven this chassis three times before, debuting with a 14th place run at Homestead-Miami Speedway in 2022 . This year, the chassis has raced at Atlanta Motor Speedway, where Grant finished 19th, and at Texas Motor Speedway, where he finished 17th after a late-race incident.
• Hensley at Nashville: Jeff Hensley has competed in 11 prior NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races at Nashville Superspeedway. Highlights for this track include a set of two poles with Mike Skinner in 2005 and 2007, along with six top-fives and seven top-10 finishes. Hensley’s best race result at Nashville is a runner up finish with Brian Scott in 2009.
• $150K Up For Grabs: Nashville will be the site of the final leg of this year’s running of the prestigious NASCAR Triple Truck Challenge. Grant Enfinger added his name to the list of “The Trip” winners and pocketed a cool $50,000 bonus by winning at World Wide Technology Raceway. If he can pull off the win at Nashville this weekend, his bonus will rise to a staggering $150,000. Since the program’s inception in 2019, GMS Racing drivers have delivered the most wins of any organization with victories from Brett Moffitt (Iowa, 2019), Sheldon Creed (Daytona, 2020; Gateway, 2020; Darlington, 2021), Zane Smith (Dover, 2020), and the most recent winner, Enfinger (Gateway, 2023).
• Cup Series Debut: Following the most recent NCTS race at World Wide Technology Raceway, Grant Enfinger was anticipating to have a couple of weeks off. That was not the case, however, as the veteran driver was called upon to fill-in for LEGACY MOTOR CLUB and the sidelined Noah Gragson at Sonoma Raceway. While it was not the way that he would have liked to make his NASCAR Cup Series debut, Grant made the most of the opportunity and enjoyed it with a 26th place finish.
• FearTheFinger Playoffs Profile: With two wins on the year, Enfinger is tied with Zane Smith and Christian Eckes for the series-high victory count. The two wins, in addition to his stage win at Gateway, bring his playoffs points tally up to 11 (second-highest in the league). There are only four races remaining before the start of the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series playoffs, and the fight for the regular season championship is wide open and up for grabs. Enfinger’s massive points day in Gateway leapfrogs him up to third in the standings, where he sits only eight points behind Ty Majeski in second and nine behind championship leader Corey Heim.
• GE Appearances: Fans attending the Rackley Roofing 250 will have an opportunity to meet Grant Enfinger on race day at Nashville Superspeedway:

PBR Stampede Tent | Friday, June 23rd: Enfinger will sign autographs and pose for photo opportunities with Professional Bull Riding riders, João Henrique Lucas and Matt Triplett, at the PBR Stampede Tent in the Nashville Superspeedway Fan Zone from 5:00 PM to 5:30 PM local time.

• From The Drivers Seat: What are your thoughts and expectations heading into the last few races before the playoffs?

“We are heading into the last few races of the regular season with confidence. We are trying to collect as many points as we can so we are in a good spot when the playoffs start, but our main goal is still to win more races. Our GMS Racing guys are building good Chevys, and our No. 23 team is starting to hit our stride. Track position and clean air is important at Nashville so hopefully we can unload close and qualify well. We will have a lot of our friends from Champion Power Equipment in attendance so hopefully we can give them a reason to celebrate.”

Rajah Caruth, No. 24 Born Driven Chevrolet Silverado RST

Nashville Superspeedway Stats

• Rajah Caruth will make his first start in any series at Nashville Superspeedway on Friday night.

2023 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Season Stats

• Starts: 12; Best start: 4th; Best finish: 6th (Darlington); Top 10s: 1; Current points position: 16th
• About the Wendell Scott Foundation: Founded in 2011, The Wendell Scott Foundation, Inc. is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization inspired by Wendell Scott, Sr. and provides services such as job-skill training, STEM education opportunities, mentoring, and other supportive services to at-risk, underserved youth between the ages of 8-18 years in Danville, Virginia and surrounding areas.

The Foundation’s mission of using educational attainment to end racial disparities in education and health is vital in addressing economic inequality and improving future success in African-American communities. For more information, please visit www.wendellscott.org.

• Born Driven: In a partnership with the Wendell Scott Foundation, Rajah’s No. 24 Chevrolet will once again sport a paint scheme inspired by the release of their new children’s book. Born Driven is based on the true story of the first African-American NASCAR Driver and Team Owner, Wendell Scott. The book follows Scott as a young boy facing the challenges of growing up in the South trying to chase his dream of becoming a professional race car driver. The uplifting story will teach children how having the persistence and willingness to make a difference can overcome seemingly impossible feats. The book is available for pre-orders at major book retailers such as Barnes and Noble, Books-A-Million, Amazon, Simon & Schuster, and more.
• Chassis History/Info: Rajah Caruth and the No. 24 team will compete with GMS Racing chassis no. 302 at Nashville. In 2021, Sheldon Creed took this Chevrolet to victory lane at Darlington Raceway, and most recently, Caruth drove it to a sixth place finish at the same track last month. It has not been raced at Nashville before this weekend.
• Walter at Nashville: Chad Walter has only called one NCTS race at Nashville Superspeedway, where in 2021 his driver, Jack Wood, started on the outside pole. Across the garage, he has nine NASCAR Xfinity Series races under his belt as a crew chief. In 2010, Walter won the pole with Justin Allgaier, and in total, has two top-fives and four top-10’s, with a best result of fourth, twice with Allgaier.
• Driver 24 Turns 21: Happy birthday Rajah! On Sunday, June 11th, the driver of the No. 24 Chevrolet celebrated his 21st birthday. Caruth took some personal time to travel the country by visiting San Francisco and his hometown of Washington, D.C. before returning to Charlotte to prepare for this weekend’s event in Nashville. Talk about some frequent flyer miles!
• Sunoco Rookie Battle: Caruth and the No. 24 team overcame adversity on several accounts in the most recent race at WWT Raceway. Towards the end of the practice session, Rajah noticed an ominous pitch in the engine on his Silverado, forcing the team to change the majority of the powertrain out before the start of the race and start from the tail. From there, things only got more difficult as he became involved in a crash on the opening lap of the race with major damage on the front end of his machine. The team never gave up, got him back out on track, and he was able to recover to a 15th place finish. Rajah gained a position in the drivers’ points standings (16th), but remains in third for Sunoco Rookie of the Year points, 38 points behind Jake Garcia in second and 85 points behind leading rookie Nick Sanchez.
• From The Driver’s Seat: Nashville is another one of those facilities that you have yet to make a start at, so what has been the biggest key in preparing you for this race weekend?

“One of the biggest keys for preparation this weekend since I haven’t been to Nashville before stems from the fact that it’s a concrete surface. I’ve raced a lot at Bristol and Dover in my short career already, and I felt like I’ve been pretty solid at those tracks. I’m definitely relying on that experience as well as a lot of iRacing to help get me ready and know where I’m at visually on the track for Friday. At the same time, it’s no different than any other race for our No. 24 team. We treat every race like it’s a playoffs race and give it our best. I’m confident that we will have a fast Wendell Scott Foundation Chevrolet this Friday night.”

Daniel Dye, No. 43 Champion Container Corporation Chevrolet Silverado RST

Nashville Superspeedway Stats

• Daniel Dye will make his first start in any series at Nashville Superspeedway on Friday night.

2023 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Season Stats

• Starts: 12; Best start: 10th; Best finish: 11th (Gateway); Laps led: 5; Current points position: 18th
• About Champion Container Corporation: Founded in 1968, Champion Container has evolved into the premier general line packaging container distributor in the Northeast. From our seven strategically based locations we provide packaging container solutions to our valued domestic and international customers.

We serve a diverse customer base in the chemical, flavors and fragrances, paint, cosmetic, food, agricultural, and pharmaceutical industries. Small, medium, and Fortune 500 companies rely on Champion to deliver quality and service at a competitive price. Our strength, “just in time” shipments, is the value added provided through our own fleet of trucks and significant investment in inventory.

Our knowledgeable sales representatives and customer service associates have the expertise required to provide packaging guidance and solutions for the most unique and demanding projects. Companies rely on us to be their technical source in the ever-changing packaging container landscape. For more information, please visit www.championcontainer.com.

• Chassis History/Info: Dye and the No. 43 team will compete with GMS Racing chassis no. 348 at Nashville. Daniel has raced this Silverado twice this season, debuting it with a 13th place finish at Kansas Speedway and following it up with another top-20 finish at Charlotte Motor Speedway, where he crossed the finish line in 19th.
• Bainbridge at Nashville: Blake Bainbridge has called two NASCAR Xfinity Series races in his career, earning a best finish of 11th with Jamie McMurray in 2005. This weekend, Bainbridge will compete in his first race at the facility as a crew chief in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series.
• Sunoco Rookie Battle: Daniel Dye put together a fantastic race in St. Louis, where at one point, it appeared that he was on his way to his first-career top-five finish. The rookie ran in the second position for a good portion of the race, challenging teammate Grant Enfinger for the race lead in the closing stages of the race. Unfortunately for Dye, a miscue on pit road dropped the No. 43 Chevrolet shuffled deep in the pack, but a combination of quick restarts and wreck avoidance powered him just outside the top-10 where he earned his best-career finish, 11th. Dye gained a spot in points (18th), but is still fourth in rookie points, 13 markers behind Rajah Caruth in third and 98 points behind Nick Sanchez in first.
• From the Driver’s Seat: Your performance in Gateway had to be a big confidence booster to you, so how do you think your first start in Nashville will go knowing that you are capable of running up front?

“Yeah, I’m definitely looking forward to going back to another intermediate track. I think after St. Louis, we’re feeling pretty good about what the No. 43 team is capable of doing each and every week. We’re going to be racing the same truck as what we ran at Kansas, so hopefully some of our speed can translate there since we were able to have a good run with it in Kansas City. I’m thankful for having Champion Container onboard our Chevrolet this weekend for the second time this year; the truck looks good and we are going to try our best to give it a good run!”

ABOUT GMS RACING:

GMS Racing competes full-time in the NASCAR Truck Series operating the No. 23, No. 24, and No. 43 Chevrolet Silverado RSTs for drivers Grant Enfinger, Rajah Caruth, and Daniel Dye. Since the team was formed in 2012, GMS Racing has won five titles across multiple series, including the 2016 and 2020 NASCAR Truck Series championship, the 2015 ARCA Racing Series championship, as well as the 2019 & 2020 ARCA East championships. GMS has grown to occupy several buildings located in Statesville, N.C. including operations for GMS Fabrication. The GMS Racing campus also houses operations for LEGACY MOTOR CLUB, a team that competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series.

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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Overview:
Event: Rackley Roofing 200, Race 13 of 23, 150 Laps – 45/50/55; 199.5 Miles
Location: Nashville Superspeedway (1.33-mile, D-shaped oval)
Date/Broadcast: June 23, 2023, at 8 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR 90

Get to Know Jack:

Jack Wood will make his sixth NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series start of 2023 for Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM) behind the wheel of the No. 51 Rowdy Manufacturing Chevrolet in Friday’s Rackley Roofing 200 at Nashville Superspeedway. Wood has finished inside the top 10 in two of his five Truck Series starts this season, including recording a career-best ninth-place finish at Texas Motor Speedway in April.

Wood has an average finish of 23.0 across his two prior Truck Series starts at Nashville, with a best result of 11th coming in the 2021 event at the 1.33-mile oval. In 2021, Wood earned a career-best second starting position with a lap of 30.121 seconds at 158.959 mph at Nashville. He equaled his best career starting position earlier this year at Texas.

Saturday’s race will be the third and final race of the 2023 Triple Truck Challenge in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. For the races at Charlotte, World Wide Technology Raceway and Nashville Superspeedway only points earning drivers in the Truck Series were eligible to participate in those events, with each race having extra money on the line. Wood can earn a $50,000 bonus with a win on Friday night at Nashville as part of the program. If Charlotte winner Ben Rhodes or World Wide Technology winner Grant Enfinger wins Friday, they will earn a $150,000 bonus for winning two of the three events.

In addition to his part-time schedule for KBM in the Truck Series this season, Wood is running a limited schedule in the ARCA Series with Rev Racing. The California native has one top five and four top-10 finishes with an average result of 11.4 across five ARCA Menards Series starts with Rev Racing this season. Most recently for Rev Racing, he finished fourth in the ARCA Menards Series West event at Sonoma Raceway. Wood has also been running a limited schedule in the TA2 Series, where he captured the pole and brought home the victory at Sonoma in late April.

Veteran crew chief Brian Pattie is calling the shots for the No. 51 team this year in his first season at KBM after spending the last 14 seasons atop the pit box in the NASCAR Cup Series. It took the veteran signal caller just two races to get his first win at KBM, winning with owner-driver Kyle Busch at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. In the Cup Series, his drivers produced six wins, nine poles, 57 top-five and 131 top-10 finishes across 528 starts. In 2012, he guided Clint Bowyer to three victories and a runner-up finish in the Cup Series championship standings. In 2017, he guided Ricky Stenhouse Jr. to two wins and a berth in the playoffs. The Florida native has also recorded 11 wins in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, and now has two wins as a crew chief in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. Saturday will be Pattie’s first time atop the pit box for a Truck Series race at Nashville Superspeedway. In the Cup Series he earned an average finish of 11.0 in two starts with Stenhouse Jr., with a best result of sixth coming in 2021. He also finished fourth with Joe Nemechek in the Nashville NASCAR Xfinity Series race in 1999, his lone start at the track in that series.

The No. 51 team currently ranks fourth in the Craftsman Truck Series owner’s point standings. With four races remaining in the regular season, they trail the No. 11 team by 42 points. Over the first 12 races, they have recorded one win, one pole, 163 laps led, five top-five and eight top-10 finishes resulting in an average finish of 10.2. Wood will be back behind the wheel of the No. 51 in the series’ next stop at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course July 8 and then Kyle Busch returns to the Zariz Transport Silverado at Pocono Raceway July 22. The team announced last week that Matt Mills will be in the No. 51 J.F. Electric Silverado at Richmond Raceway July 29 and The Milwaukee Mile Aug. 27.

Rowdy Manufacturing will serve as the primary sponsor on Wood’s No. 51 Silverado Friday night. Rowdy Manufacturing offers precision machining of components from concept to completion across all industrial sectors including automotive, aerospace and NASCAR teams. Rowdy Manufacturing builds the chassis that KBM races as well as several other teams in the Truck Series including race-winning organizations Spire Motorsports and Henderson Motorsports. The same attention to detail that has made Rowdy Manufacturing owner Kyle Busch a two-time Cup Series champion goes into every component that comes out of his organization’s Mooresville, N.C. facility.
Jack Wood, Driver Q&A:

Nashville is a unique track. How do you approach racing there?

“From the first time I went there it was kind of a place that clicked with my driving style. In the Truck Series there is so much

on-throttle time at most the intermediate tracks that we go to, but Nashville is definitely a little different in how you drive it. It’s a place that fits what I do well and ever since the first time I raced there I feel like it’s a place that I understand. I’ve been trying to study up on the things that I’ve done right in the past as well as the things I’ve done wrong and I’m trying to go into this race more prepared than ever — hopefully it will pay off.”

With Nashville being a concrete track, how does that affect the racing?

“It affects things quite a bit with the way that the rubber goes down and how temperature sensitive it is. I think it makes it fun because the place widens out a lot more over the course of the race compared to other places that we go to and it’s a lot smoother too. I think it creates side-by-side racing, which is better, and it just creates more opportunities to work yourself up through pack. A lot of the other tracks that the Truck Series goes to, track position is important and not that track position isn’t important at Nashville, I just think if you have a fast truck it’s probably going to show a little better than say a track like Texas.”

Jack Wood Career Highlights:

• Has produced three top-10 finishes across 40 career starts in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. Posted a series-best ninth-place finish at Texas Motor Speedway in April.
• Has compiled 14 laps led, two top-five and eight top-10 finishes across 14 career ARCA Menards Series events.
• Has totaled three top-five and eight top-10 finishes across 12 career starts in the ARCA Menards West Series.
• Compiled one top-five and three top-10 finishes across 24 starts in the SRL Spears Southwest Tour from 2017 to 2021.

Jack Wood’s No. 51 Rowdy Manufacturing Chevrolet Silverado RST:

KBM-74: The No. 51 Rowdy Manufacturing team will unload KBM-74 for Friday’s race at Nashville Superspeedway. KBM owner-driver Kyle Busch led a race-high 84 laps en route to victory with this Silverado earlier this year at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Most recently Busch finished seventh with KBM-74 at Kansas Speedway. The truck has led at least one lap in all three starts it has made.

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KBM Notes of Interest:

• KBM drivers have collected two wins, two poles, 319 laps led, two top-five and four top-10 finishes resulting in an average finish of 12.0 across eight starts at Nashville.
• Owner-driver Kyle Busch picked up the organization’s first-ever victory at the 1.33-mile oval in 2010 and won again in 2011, both from the pole.
• KBM holds the Craftsman Truck Series records for most career wins (99) and most wins in a single season (14 in 2014). With his victory at Atlanta (Ga.) Motor Speedway last year, Corey Heim became the 18th different driver to win a Truck Series event for KBM. In addition to collecting a series-record seven Owner’s Championships, the organization has produced two championship-winning drivers: Erik Jones (2015) and Christopher Bell (2017).
• With 41 victories, the No. 51 is the winningest number in KBM’s Truck Series fleet.

 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Overview:
Event: Rackley Roofing 200, Race 13 of 23, 150 Laps – 45/50/55; 199.5 Miles
Location: Nashville Superspeedway (1.33-mile, D-shaped oval)
Date/Broadcast: June 23, 2023, at 8 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR 90

‘Chase’n a Playoff Spot:

Chase Purdy and the No. 4 Bama Buggies team head to Nashville Superspeedway for Friday’s Rackley Roofing 200 riding the momentum of a fifth place-finish in the series’ last event at World Wide Technology Raceway. Purdy entered the 2022 season having never earned a top-five result in Truck Series action but has produced two across 12 races in his first season at Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM), including a career-best runner-up finish at Texas Motor Speedway in April. He also has already produced a career-high six top-10 finishes this season, after posting just two each in 2021 and 2022.

With four races remaining in the regular season, Purdy sits 13th in the driver point standings, 31 points below the cutoff line for being one of the 10 drivers to make the Truck Series playoffs.

The 23-year-old driver has recorded an average finish of 14.0 across two career starts at Nashville Superspeedway. He finished 13th in last year’s race and 15th in 2021. He also earned a seventh-place finish in his lone ARCA Menards Series start at the 1.33-mile track in 2018.

Friday’s race will be the third and final race of the 2023 Triple Truck Challenge in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. For the races at Charlotte, World Wide Technology Raceway and Nashville Superspeedway only points earning drivers in the Truck Series were eligible to participate in those events, with each race having extra money on the line. Purdy can earn a $50,000 bonus with a win on Friday night at Nashville as part of the program. If Charlotte winner Ben Rhodes or World Wide Technology winner Grant Enfinger wins Friday, they will earn a $150,000 bonus for winning two of the three events.

Purdy will be trying to etch his mark in the KBM historical archives Friday at Nashville Superspeedway as he looks to collect the organization’s 100th NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series victory. Nashville was the sight of KBM’s first win with owner-driver Kyle Busch in April of 2010. Busch collected KBM’s record-extending 99th-career victory with his dominant win at Las Vegas Motor Speedway earlier this year leaving his organization one win shy of the century mark. Overall, 18 different drivers have won at least one race behind the wheel of a KBM truck, led by Busch’s 47. Four drivers rank second on the list with seven victories: William Byron, Christopher Bell, Erik Jones and John Hunter Nemechek. Two of KBM’s wins have come at Nashville Superspeedway, both with Busch (2010 and 2011).

The Mississippi native is in his third full-time season in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and first with KBM. He enters Friday’s race having totaled two top-five, 11 top-10 finishes, and 20 laps led across his 64 career Truck Series starts. Purdy finished 16th in the Truck Series final standings in 2022 after competing in 22 of the 23 events. He posted two top-10 finishes and nine laps led, with a season-best finish of seventh coming at Talladega Superspeedway in October.

Jimmy Villeneuve is atop the pit box for Purdy and the No. 4 Chevrolet team this season. Prior to being promoted to crew chief for the 2023 season, Villeneuve had served as a Truck Chief at KBM since the 2017 season and in that role was a part of 18 wins, a driver’s championship with Christopher Bell in 2017 and the 2019 owner’s championship with the No. 51 team. Prior to joining KBM the New Hampshire native served as a truck chief at Athenian Motorsports in 2015 when the team won with John Wes Townley at Las Vegas. He was promoted to crew chief five races into the 2016 season. This will be Villeneuve’s first time calling a race at Nashville Superspeedway.

Bama Buggies, your one-stop shop for all the biggest names in powersports and utility vehicles, will be the primary sponsor on Purdy’s No. 4 Chevrolet Friday night and for the majority of the events on the 2023 schedule. They are Central Alabama’s powersports experts, serving as an authorized dealer of Polaris, Slingshot, and Seadoo.
Chase Purdy, Driver Q&A:

How will you approach the final four races of the regular season with currently being below the cutoff?

“Obviously, we need to take it race-by-race, but everyone on this Bama Buggies team knows that we have a goal to accomplish and the only way to accomplish that goal is to go out there and be able to run up front and collect as many points as possible the next four weeks.”

Nashville is a unique track. How do you approach racing there?

“It’s a fun race track that I personally really like. It’s definitely a track that is full of its own challenges. One being that it’s not like our typical ovals, this one is concrete, so in my opinion there is going to be a lot of rubber laid down. By the time we get to our race Friday evening, both Xfinity and Cup will have had hour-long practice sessions after our practice and qualifying. What I remember from last year is that after we got through the first stage, you could run a little bit of the second groove in Turns 1 and 2 and Turns 3 and 4. We preach that track position is key every week, but I think that track position is going to be even more important this week at Nashville.”

Chase Purdy Career Highlights:

• Across 64 career Truck Series starts, has produced 20 laps led, two top-five and 11 top-10 finishes. Posted a career-best runner-up finish at Texas Motor Speedway in April of 2023.
• Finished 16th in Truck Series championship standings in 2022.
• Finished fourth in the 2018 ARCA Menard’s Series championship standings after recording 84 laps led, 10 top-five and 14 top-10 finishes.
• Earned the 2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East rookie of the year honors and finished fourth in the championship standings after posting four poles, 200 laps led, five top-five and eight top-10 finishes across 14 starts.
• Won the prestigious Snowflake 100 Pro Late Model race at 5 Flags Speedway in Pensacola, Fla., in Dec. of 2018.

Chase Purdy’s No. 4 Chevrolet Silverado RST:

KBM-38: The No. 4 Bama Buggies team will unload KBM-38 for Friday’s race at Nashville. Purdy finished seventh with this Silverado earlier this season at Atlanta Motor Speedway and 16th most recently with it at Charlotte Motor Speedway. “38 Special” has seven career victories. Its most recent victory came with John Hunter Nemechek at Texas Motor Speedway in June of 2021. Nemechek raced KBM-38 three times in 2022, with a best result of fourth coming in June at Nashville.

KBM-38 Performance Profile:

KBM Notes of Interest:

• KBM drivers have collected two wins, two poles, 319 laps led, two top-five and four top-10 finishes resulting in an average finish of 12.0 across eight starts at Nashville.
• Owner-driver Kyle Busch picked up the organization’s first-ever victory at the 1.33-mile oval in 2010 and won again in 2011, both from the pole.
• KBM holds the Craftsman Truck Series records for most career wins (99) and most wins in a single season (14 in 2014). With his victory at Atlanta (Ga.) Motor Speedway last year, Corey Heim became the 18th different driver to win a Truck Series event for KBM. In addition to collecting a series-record seven Owner’s Championships, the organization has produced two championship-winning drivers: Erik Jones (2015) and Christopher Bell (2017).
• The No. 4 has 18 career victories at KBM and was the number for both of the organization’s driver championships.

Mooresville, NC (June 20, 2023) – Today, NASCAR Driver Spencer Boyd and long-time partner, Record Rack® premium wildlife feed (brand owned by Cargill, Inc.), announced the 2023 Bucks for the Brave charity events. Veterans (no longer serving) and retired First Responders (Law Enforcement, Firefighters, EMTs) can win the hunting experience of a lifetime. And for the first time, Bucks for the Brave will also feature a women-only hunt. The window for nominations will be open on July 4 through September 11, 2023.

“This will be the sixth annual Bucks for the Brave that I will be associated with,” mentioned Spencer Boyd. “I look forward to it every year and am humbled to represent all Veterans and First Responders on my truck. What Record Rack does to authentically engage my fellow NASACR fans that love hunting and their country is truly inspiring. I love being a part of it and am honored to help promote nominations.”

Bucks for the Brave is an all-expense paid trip that will take place in the Fall of 2023. The events will be hosted at Trinity Oaks’ Thumbtack Ranch in Batesville, TX, which is the only nationally recognized Purple Heart Ranch in the United States. Four women plus one winner from each of our eight categories will be chosen: Army Veteran, Marine Corps Veteran, Navy Veteran, Air Force Veteran, Coast Guard Veteran, Retired Firefighter, Retired Law Enforcement and Retired EMT.

The No. 12 Buck’s for the Brave Silverado will have a number of partners supporting the charitable events that are also on board – Rural King, Ft. Worth Stockyards Whiskey & Wine, Wrangler National Patriot, Camp Cowboy, Stem Ciders, and Trinity Oaks.

“This is a chance for family and friends to nominate the true heroes in our country. Bucks for the Brave is a way for us to give a little something back, to honor and recognize them for their service,” said Wildlife Marketing Lead, Jodi Cornelison. “I encourage everyone to read all the accounts of these heroes’ lives on our website to better understand how courageous these men and women are, and the sacrifices they have made for us. We are proud to offer Sportman’s Choice® & Record Rack feeds, that help people enjoy the outdoors even more as a restorative and therapeutic activity.”

The Bucks for the Brave Truck will race at Nashville Superspeedway on Friday, June 23 at 8pm ET. The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series event will be televised on FS1.

About Cargill
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Rackley Roofing 200 | Nashville Superspeedway (150 Laps / 199.5 Miles)
Friday, June 23 | Nashville,Tennessee| 7:00p.m. CT
TV: FS1 | Radio: Motor Racing Network (MRN) and Sirius XM Ch. 90

Team: No. 45 AUTOChargit Chevrolet Silverado
Driver: Lawless Alan (Los Angeles, California) | Crew Chief: Wally Rogers
Follow the Team: Twitter: @NieceMotorsport | Instagram: @NieceMotorsports | Facebook: /NieceMotorsports | Web: www.niecemotorsports.com
Follow Lawless Alan: Twitter: @lawlessalan25 | Instagram: @lawless_alan | Facebook: /LawlessAlanRacing | Web: www.lawlessalanracing.com

Gateway Recap: Lawless Alan brought home a 21st-place finish two weeks ago at World Wide Technology Raceway. Alan ran in the top-20 for most of the day before a late incident took him out of contention for a season-best finish.

Alan on Last Race at World Wide Technology Raceway: “Once we got the handling of the truck balanced-out, we were able to make big gains to run just outside the top-15. Obviously, the ending of the race wasn’t ideal, but we have to move on and focus on the next few races.”

Alan at Nashville Superspeedway: Lawless Alan will make his third start at Nashville Superspeedway this Friday night. In two starts at the 1.5-mile track, Alan has a best-finish of 24th which came a year ago.

Alan on Friday’s Race at Nashville Superspeedway: “Our trucks have been really solid at the intermediate tracks this season. So, I’m excited to get back to another intermediate track this weekend in Nashville. Although we didn’t get the finish we wanted the last time we were there, these Niece Motorsports trucks were fast and I’m expecting the same when we hit the track on Friday.”

On the Truck: The No. 45 Chevrolet Silverado will carry the AUTOChargit colors this weekend at Nashville Superspeedway. AUTOChargit designs, manufactures and installs EV charging systems for automated and conventional parking applications.

About Niece Motorsports:

Niece Motorsports is owned by United States Marine Corps Veteran Al Niece. In 2023, Niece Motorsports enters its eighth season in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. Niece also owns Niece Equipment, which has for over 40 years provided clients with reliable products at competitive prices. Niece Equipment’s reputation is built on service, integrity and dependability. The company provides water and fuel/lube trucks that are engineered with quality and durability in mind for the construction and mining industry. Follow the team on Facebook and Instagram @NieceMotorsports as well as Twitter @NieceMotorsport.

Media Inquiries: media@niecemotorsports.com | www.niecemotorsports.com

About AUTOChargit:

AUTOChargit designs, manufactures and installs EV charging systems for automated and conventional parking applications. AUTOChargit can decrease capital expenditures by up to 75 percent by providing automated coupling and decoupling of EV charging stalls from the power source. For conventional parking applications, a single 40-AMP circuit coupled with a single AUTOChargit System can be multiplexed to four, eight, or 12 stalls. Each charging stall is individually metered for the exact tracking of electricity usage. The AUTOParkit Mobile APP provides a touchless experience for the user.

About AUTOParkit:

AUTOParkit™ designs, manufactures, and constructs fully automated parking systems for new and existing buildings. AUTOParkit system structural steel and modular design can provide double the capacity of a traditional parking garage, providing up to 17 LEED points and drastically reducing construction time.

AUTOParkit automated systems are 40 percent less expensive to operate, safer for the user and reduces carbon emissions associated with parking by more than 80 percent. AUTOParkit’s charging pallets provided by AUTOChargit, are a fast and convenient way of charging EVs and Hybrids. AUTOChargit’s patented technology allows for shuffling charged vehicles cutting infrastructure costs by up to 80 percent.

For more information on AUTOParkit, visit www.autoparkit.com

Rackley Roofing 200 | Nashville Superspeedway (150 Laps / 199.5 Miles)
Friday, June 23 | Nashville,Tennessee | 7:00p.m. CT
TV: FS1 | Radio: Motor Racing Network (MRN) and Sirius XM Ch. 90

Team: No. 42 Worldwide Express Chevrolet Silverado
Driver: Carson Hocevar (Portage, Michigan) | Crew Chief: Phil Gould
Follow the Team: Twitter: @NieceMotorsport | Instagram: @NieceMotorsports | Facebook: /NieceMotorsports | Web: www.niecemotorsports.com
Follow Carson Hocevar: Twitter: @CarsonHocevar | Instagram: @CarsonHocevar | Facebook: /carsonhocevarracing | Web: www.CarsonHocevar.com

Gateway Recap: After a lap one incident two weeks ago in Gateway, Carson Hocevar rebounded for a fourth-place finish. The Michigan-born driver spent most of the early portion of the race repairing damage from the incident. But, he was able to secure stage points in the first stage. In the end, Hocevar’s fourth-place finish marked his fourth top-five finish in a row and advanced him to seventh in the driver’s points standings.

Feeling Like a Rockstar: Hocevar enters this weekend at Nashville as the only driver to finish inside the top-five, or top-10, in each of the last four races. Since his 31st-place finish in Kansas, Hocevar has climbed from 16th to 7th in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series standings.

Hocevar on Last Race at World Wide Technology Raceway: “It feels so good to be running as good as we are after a shaky start to the year. This truck was beat up after the Lap One incident. So, to be able to leave Gateway with a top-five just shows how hard Phil Gould and our Worldwide Express team works to build fast trucks.”

Hocevar at Nashville Superspeedway: In two starts at Nashville Superspeedway, Hocevar has finished 16th and third, with his best finish coming a year ago. Additionally, Hocevar has qualified 11th and 3rd in 2021 and 2022, respectively.

Hocevar on Friday’s Race at Nashville Superspeedway: “Nashville is a fun track and we had a really quick truck last year. It came down to me, [Ryan] Preece, and Zane [Smith] battling for the win at the end we finished third. We’re coming into Nashville carrying a lot of momentum from the last few races and I’m hoping our speed carries into this weekend.”

On the Truck: Hocevar’s No. 42 Worldwide Express Chevrolet Silverado will race with support from the WWEX group of brands, which comprises Worldwide Express, Unishippers and GlobalTranz, and offers full-service logistics expertise to more than 115,000 customers across the country.

About Niece Motorsports:

Niece Motorsports is owned by United States Marine Corps Veteran Al Niece. In 2023, Niece Motorsports enters its eighth season in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. Niece also owns Niece Equipment, which has for over 40 years provided clients with reliable products at competitive prices. Niece Equipment’s reputation is built on service, integrity and dependability. The company provides water and fuel/lube trucks that are engineered with quality and durability in mind for the construction and mining industry. Follow the team on Facebook and Instagram @NieceMotorsports as well as Twitter @NieceMotorsport.

Media Inquiries: media@niecemotorsports.com | www.niecemotorsports.com

About Worldwide Express:

The WWEX group of brands, which comprises Worldwide Express, Unishippers and GlobalTranz, offers full-service logistics expertise to more than 115,000 customers across the country. With access to industry-leading small package, truckload, less-than-truckload and managed transportation solutions, its customers benefit from enhanced visibility and value for their supply chains. The company is the second-largest privately held freight brokerage and largest non-retail UPS Authorized Reseller® in the U.S. , with an annual systemwide revenue nearing $5 billion through a network of company-owned, franchise and agent locations. A highly selective carrier portfolio, proprietary technology, unique data assets and business intelligence capabilities provide clients with unmatched options and flexibility to meet their shipping needs. The WWEX Racing initiative was borne of a desire to address the complex but underserved logistic needs of the performance motorsports industry, using the unique combination of capabilities offered by the three brands’ combined 80+ years of insight. To learn more about the WWEX Racing program, visit www.wwexracing.com. For media inquiries, contact racing@wwex.com.

Rackley Roofing 200 | Nashville Superspeedway (150 Laps / 199.5 Miles)
Friday, June 23 | Nashville,Tennessee| 7:00p.m. CT
TV: FS1 | Radio: Motor Racing Network (MRN) and Sirius XM Ch. 90

Team: No. 41 Unishippers Chevrolet Silverado
Driver: Bayley Currey (Driftwood, Texas) | Crew Chief: Mike Hillman Jr.
Follow the Team: Twitter: @NieceMotorsport | Instagram: @NieceMotorsports | Facebook: /NieceMotorsports | Web: www.niecemotorsports.com
Follow Bayley Currey: Twitter: @BayleyCurrey | Instagram: @bayleycurrey05 | Facebook: /bayleycurrey05 | Web: www.bcurrey.com/

Gateway Recap: In his first career start at World Wide Technology Raceway, Bayley Currey ran a fifth-place time in practice and backed it up with an 11th-place qualifying effort. Currey ran just outside the top-10 for a majority of the Toyota 200, before ultimately ending up with a 16th-place finish.

Currey on Last Race at World Wide Technology Raceway: “It was my first start at Gateway, so to come out there and run quick laps in practice and qualifying definitely helped my confidence. We continued to learn throughout the race and felt we were in a good spot until a mistake late. Overall, we had a really fast Unishippers Silverado and I’m super appreciative of opportunities like this.”

Currey at Nashville Superspeedway: Friday night will mark Currey’s first start at Nashville Superspeedway in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. But, Currey participated in the NASCAR Xfinity Series events in both 2021 and 2022 finishing in 30th and 31st, respectively.

Currey on Friday’s Race at Nashville Superspeedway: “I’ll be going into Nashville much like I did at Gateway. It’ll be my first time racing there in the Truck Series, so it will be a learning curve for sure. I have a couple Xfinity Series starts there, so I’m hoping to use my knowledge from those races to help be in a good place come Friday night.”

On the Truck: Currey’s No. 41 Unishippers Chevrolet Silverado will race with support from the WWEX group of brands, which comprises Worldwide Express, Unishippers and GlobalTranz, and offers full-service logistics expertise to more than 115,000 customers across the country.

About Niece Motorsports:

Niece Motorsports is owned by United States Marine Corps Veteran Al Niece. In 2023, Niece Motorsports enters its eighth season in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. Niece also owns Niece Equipment, which has for over 40 years provided clients with reliable products at competitive prices. Niece Equipment’s reputation is built on service, integrity and dependability. The company provides water and fuel/lube trucks that are engineered with quality and durability in mind for the construction and mining industry. Follow the team on Facebook and Instagram @NieceMotorsports as well as Twitter @NieceMotorsport.

Media Inquiries: media@niecemotorsports.com | www.niecemotorsports.com

About Worldwide Express:

The WWEX group of brands, which comprises Worldwide Express, Unishippers and GlobalTranz, offers full-service logistics expertise to more than 115,000 customers across the country. With access to industry-leading small package, truckload, less-than-truckload and managed transportation solutions, its customers benefit from enhanced visibility and value for their supply chains. The company is the second-largest privately held freight brokerage and largest non-retail UPS Authorized Reseller® in the U.S. , with an annual systemwide revenue nearing $5 billion through a network of company-owned, franchise and agent locations. A highly selective carrier portfolio, proprietary technology, unique data assets and business intelligence capabilities provide clients with unmatched options and flexibility to meet their shipping needs. The WWEX Racing initiative was borne of a desire to address the complex but underserved logistic needs of the performance motorsports industry, using the unique combination of capabilities offered by the three brands’ combined 80+ years of insight. To learn more about the WWEX Racing program, visit www.wwexracing.com. For media inquiries, contact racing@wwex.com.

Nashville Superspeedway Competition Notes

 TEAM AND RACE NOTES:

Zane Smith and the No. 38 Ford F-150 team head to Nashville (Tenn.) and the Nashville Superspeedway this Friday evening. It will be a one-day show for the No. 38 team. Track activity will begin on Friday at 3:00 p.m. ET with practice and qualifying. Friday’s race is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. ET on FS1.

Fleetguard, a partner of Love’s and Speedco, will make their debut and join Speedco on the No. 38 Ford for the 150-lap race.

Fleetguard, a global leading filtration brand within the Atmus Filtration Technologies portfolio, offers a full suite of filtration products for nearly all makes of vehicles and equipment across the truck, bus, agriculture, construction, mining, marine and power generation vehicle, and equipment markets.

COMPETITION NOTES

Front Row Motorsports (FRM) has two runner-up finishes in their first two starts at the track in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series. Both Todd Gilliland and Smith finished second in the Speedco No. 38 Ford F-150.

Now, Smith, who already has two wins and five top-five finishes this season, is looking to break into victory lane at the track.

CREW CHIEF CHRIS LAWSON

“This is a track where our 38 team has seen success. We have back-to-back second-place finishes at Nashville and it’s time to get that win.”

DRIVER ZANE SMITH

“Nashville has been good to us and we’ve been so close there- especially last year. We’ve got to break this skid of bad races. Our Ford trucks have been fast, but we need to stay out of trouble and get a solid result.”

ABOUT FRONT ROW MOTORSPORTS

Front Row Motorsports (FRM) is a winning organization in the NASCAR Cup and CRAFTSMAN Truck Series. The team is the 2021 Daytona 500 and 2022 CRAFTSMAN Truck Series champions. The team was founded in 2004 and is owned by successful entrepreneur, Bob Jenkins. FRM fields the No. 34 and the No. 38 NASCAR Cup Series teams along with the No. 38 CRAFTSMAN Truck Series team from its Mooresville, N.C. headquarters. Visit teamfrm.com and follow FRM on social media: Twitter at @Team_FRM, Instagram at @team_frm and Facebook at facebook.com/FrontRowMotorsports.

Long-time partner J.F. Electric to serve as primary sponsor at Richmond and Milwaukee

MOORESVILLE, N.C. (June 16, 2023) – Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM) announced today that Matt Mills will get behind the wheel of the No. 51 Chevrolet Silverado for two NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series races this season. J.F. Electric, an electrical contractor that’s in the business of creating connections, will be the primary sponsor adorning Mill’s Silverado for races at Richmond Raceway July 29 and The Milwaukee Mile Speedway Aug. 27. Mills will also carry associate sponsorship from Utilitra, a women-owned utility and technology solutions provider with a diverse team of specialized professionals, and Thompson Electric, a full-service electrical contracting company, for his two-race schedule.

Mills has 19 career starts in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, including four this season. He registered a season-best 19th-place finish in the Truck Series’ most recent event at World Wide Technology Raceway. He produced a career-best starting position of fourth at Michigan International Speedway in 2018 and a career-best 15th-place finish at Las Vegas Motors Speedway in 2022.

In the NASCAR Xfinity Series, the Virginia native has made 121 career starts with a best result of 10th coming at Daytona International Speedway in 2019. He also made one NASCAR Cup Series start at Kansas Speedway in 2021.

Mills has made seven Xfinity Series starts at Richmond, registering a track-best 13th-place finish twice. He has not competed in a Truck Series race at Richmond and has not made a start in any series at The Milwaukee Mile Speedway.

“I’m really excited that KBM is providing me with an opportunity to showcase my abilities driving two races in the No. 51 Silverado,” Mills said. “It makes it even more exciting that Richmond is the first race because I was born about an hour from there and I’ve had some strong runs there in the Xfinity Series, so I couldn’t think of a better track to make my KBM debut at. J.F. Electric has been a long-time supporter, and this wouldn’t be possible without them, Utilitra and Thompson Electric.”

“J.F. Electric and Utilitra are proud to continue our sponsorship of Matt Mills in 2023,” said J.F. Electric owner Greg Fowler. “We are excited for Matt to have the opportunity to race with Kyle Busch Motorsports in the upcoming Craftsman Truck Series races at Richmond and Milwaukee. We are rooting for Matt to have safe, successful and electrifying performances!”

“We’re excited to see Matt get behind the wheel of the No. 51 Silverado for two races and thankful to the sponsors that came onboard to make it possible,” said KBM President Mike Verlander. “Brian Pattie (crew chief) and everyone on that team will provide Matt with everything that he needs to get acclimated to our organization quickly and we feel like the tracks that he will be competing at are places where he can be successful.”

The No. 51 team currently ranks fourth in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series owner point standings. The team has produced one win, two poles, 163 laps led, five top-five and eight top-10 finishes resulting in an average finish of 10.2. Since KBM originated in 2010, the No. 51 has registered 41 of the organization’s record-breaking 99 victories.

ABOUT KYLE BUSCH MOTORSPORTS:

Since debuting in 2010, Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM) has quickly established itself as one of the most successful teams in all of NASCAR. Owned by two-time Cup Series champion Kyle Busch and fueled by his passion for winning, the organization holds the Craftsman Truck Series records for most career wins (99) and most wins in a single season (14 in 2014). In addition to collecting a series-record seven Owner’s Championships, the organization has produced two championship-winning drivers: Erik Jones (2015) and Christopher Bell (2017).

KBM prepares a fleet of race-winning vehicles out of its state-of-the art 77,000-square-foot facility in Mooresville, N.C. Fans can stay up-to-date with all the latest KBM news online at www.KyleBuschMotorsports.com, by liking the team on Facebook (KBMteam) and by following the team on Instagram (KBMteam), and Twitter (@KBMteam).

SALISBURY, N.C. (June 15, 2023) – Conor Daly will return to the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on July 8. Daly will team up with Niece Motorsports for this third start in the series, piloting the No. 41 WWEX Racing Unishippers Chevrolet Silverado.

“I can’t wait to work with everyone at Niece Motorsports again,” said Daly. “Even though we’ve only done a few races together, it feels like I’m part of their family. I have a lot of respect for Al Niece and the supportive partners of the team like Unishippers and Worldwide Express. It means a lot to get to represent for them as well as Chevrolet. Mid-Ohio is one of my favorite tracks and with the experience I have there I think it will be really beneficial in getting me up to speed quickly.”

Daly has seven INDYCAR starts at the Ohio road course, leading 22 laps and completing all but two laps. His best finish at the track came in 2016; a sixth-place result. In addition, the Indiana native has five top-15 finishes in those seven starts.

“We’ve enjoyed working with Conor in the past and are excited to have him join our team again this season,” said Niece Motorsports General Manager Cody Efaw. “Conor’s experience on road courses, especially at Mid-Ohio, should be a big benefit for him this weekend. We’re looking forward to getting on track with the Unishippers Chevrolet.”

Unishippers, along with its sister brands of Worldwide Express and GlobalTranz, provides access to industry-leading small package, truckload and less-than-truckload shipping solutions and managed transportation services.

Together, the three brands are the Official Logistics Partner of Niece Motorsports, Trackhouse Racing and NASCAR, and provide sponsorships across the sport as WWEX Racing.

“We’re excited to have Conor take the helm of the No. 41 this season,” said Alissa Cherry, VP of Brand and Content Marketing for Worldwide Express. “He is a multi-faceted, well-regarded driver, and we’re so pleased to have him as a steward of our Unishippers brand.”

Daly, who raced in the DAYTONA 500 this season, also has two NASCAR Cup Series starts at road courses. He raced at Circuit of the Americas earlier this season and at the Charlotte Motor Speedway road course in 2022.

In addition to his multiple Cup Series starts, Daly competed in the NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Road America in 2018. In Truck Series competition, Daly has two starts, both at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Between those two starts, Daly has a best finish of 18th.

The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series visits the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course for the O’Reilly Auto Parts 150 on Saturday, July 8. The race will air live on FS1, The Motor Racing Network (MRN) and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio at 1:30 p.m. ET.

About Niece Motorsports:
Niece Motorsports is owned by United States Marine Corps Veteran Al Niece. In 2023, Niece Motorsports enters its eighth season in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. Niece also owns Niece Equipment, which has for over 40 years provided clients with reliable products at competitive prices. Niece Equipment’s reputation is built on service, integrity and dependability. The company provides water and fuel/lube trucks that are engineered with quality and durability in mind for the construction and mining industry. Follow the team on Facebook and Instagram @NieceMotorsports as well as Twitter @NieceMotorsport.

Media Inquiries: media@niecemotorsports.com | www.niecemotorsports.com

About Worldwide Express:
The WWEX group of brands, which comprises Worldwide Express, Unishippers and GlobalTranz, offers full-service logistics expertise to more than 115,000 customers across the country. With access to industry-leading small package, truckload, less-than-truckload and managed transportation solutions, its customers benefit from enhanced visibility and value for their supply chains. The company is the second-largest privately held freight brokerage and largest non-retail UPS Authorized Reseller® in the U.S., with an annual systemwide revenue nearing $5 billion through a network of company-owned, franchise and agent locations. A highly selective carrier portfolio, proprietary technology, unique data assets and business intelligence capabilities provide clients with unmatched options and flexibility to meet their shipping needs. The WWEX Racing initiative was borne of a desire to address the complex but underserved logistic needs of the performance motorsports industry, using the unique combination of capabilities offered by the three brands’ combined 80+ years of insight. To learn more about the WWEX Racing program, visit www.wwexracing.com. For media inquiries, contact racing@wwex.com.