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Chandler Smith Secures Full-Time NASCAR Drive After Joe Gibbs Racing Exit

Chandler Smith Secures Full-Time NASCAR Drive After Joe Gibbs Racing Exit

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Chandler Smith has actually protected a full-time drive with Front Row Motorsports in the NASCAR Truck Series for the 2025 season after his exit from Joe Gibbs Racing.Smith, who had a good efficiency in the 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series with JGR, has actually discovered a brand-new home following a season loaded with strong surfaces however eventually without a champion win.Born in 2001, Chandler Smith has actually gradually constructed his credibility within the NASCAR world, growing through the ranks of the sport. Throughout the 2024 season with JGR he drove the # 81 Toyota and protected triumphes at Phoenix and Richmond.Smith commemorated 17 top-five surfaces, leading various laps throughout numerous tracks. In spite of his strong proving, the champion stayed evasive, triggering Smith to a...
Previous IndyCar chauffeur Ed Jones to run 3 NASCAR Xfinity races

Previous IndyCar chauffeur Ed Jones to run 3 NASCAR Xfinity races

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Jim Utter Mar 6, 2024, 5:52 PM Upd: Mar 6, 2024, 9:54 PM The group on Wednesday revealed Jones, 29, will drive among SHR's Toyotas in 3 roadway course occasions in 2024-- March 23 at COTA, June 1 at Portland and June 8 at Sonoma, Calif. Jones, the 2013 Euro F3 Open Champion, is a roadway course regular who is making the shift to stock automobile racing following a profession in IndyCar, IMSA and FIA's World Endurance Championship. He is the 2016 Indy Lights (now Indy NXT) champ and has actually gathered 3 IndyCar podi...
Jason Burdett called team chief for Jimmie Johnson

Jason Burdett called team chief for Jimmie Johnson

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A veteran member of the market, Burdett signs up with the 3rd LMC Toyota Camry XS entry, which will run part-time with Johnson driving. 3 races have actually currently been revealed consisting of the Coke 600 at Charlotte, with numerous more anticipated. Burdett has actually delighted in fantastic success as a JR Motorsports team chief in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, winning 18 times in almost 300 races atop the pit box. He was an important part of NASCAR Hall of Famer Dale Jarrett's 1999 champion kept up Robert Yates Racing, and later on Jeff Gordon's 2001 champion season with Hendrick Motorsports. Throughout his period at HMS, he likewise dealt with Johnson. In 2007, he reunited with Jarrett as a team chief at Michael Waltrip Racing, before going back to HMS the list below year as a cars a...