For the primary time, Jr. Motorsports will try a NASCAR Cup Sequence race.
Justin Allgaier will try and qualify for the 2025 Daytona 500 driving the No. 40 Chevrolet Camaro owned by Dale Earnhardt Jr. Greg Ives — Earnhardt Jr.’s crew chief within the Cup Sequence from 2015 to 2017 — will function the crew chief for the group.
“It’s been actually particular,” Allgaier advised NASCAR.com. “To be at a corporation like this and to have the ability to make a group debut on the Daytona 500, that’s particular. Clearly, now we have to qualify our manner in. We have now numerous work to do. It’s going to be troublesome. However there wouldn’t be anyone that I’d fairly deal with this chance with than [JRM co-owners] Dale [Earnhardt Jr.] and Kelley [Earnhardt Miller] and LW [Miller, JRM director] and all people on the race store.”
Allgaier’s No. 40 automotive will likely be sponsored by Traveller Whiskey, a model created by nation music star Chris Stapleton. Allgaier should make the race by setting a quick sufficient time in qualifying on Feb. 12 or by racing his manner in by way of his duel race on Feb. 13.
The race will likely be Jr. Motorsports’ maiden voyage within the Cup Sequence. If Allgaier makes the sector, it will likely be his first Cup Sequence begin because the 2024 Coca-Cola 600, the place he stuffed in for Kyle Larson. Allgaier has not made a Daytona 500 begin since 2015, and has a mean end of 26.8 on the monitor in 4 Cup Sequence begins. In Xfinity Sequence competitors at Daytona, Allgaier has made 28 begins, together with a win in August 2023.
Allgaier gained the 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Sequence championship driving Jr. Motorsports’ No. 7 automotive, and he’ll start his Xfinity Sequence title protection the day earlier than the Daytona 500 on Feb. 16.
Even when Allgaier fails to qualify for the Nice American Race, the pairing between Earnhardt Jr. and Stapleton is certain to create loads of buzz across the storage space. If Allgaier is ready to make the sector, don’t be stunned if the veteran driver finds himself in rivalry for the win late.
