Kaulig Racing announced Sunday that driver Chandler Smith will not return to the organization’s NASCAR Xfinity Series program in 2024.
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Smith, a 2023 Xfinity Series Playoffs contender, has earned one win, three pole awards, eight top fives and 12 top-10 finishes this season with two races remaining. The season finale at Phoenix Raceway will serve as Smith’s final race with Kaulig. Smith enters next week’s race at Martinsville Speedway (Saturday, 3:30 p.m. ET, USA, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) 54 points beneath the provisional elimination line to advance to the Championship 4.
Kaulig’s 2024 driver lineup will be announced in the coming weeks, while Smith’s landing spot is yet to be announced as well.
Smith owns six total national series wins, with five split between 2021-22 while racing a Toyota in the Craftsman Truck Series for Kyle Busch Motorsports. He made three NASCAR Cup Series starts for Kaulig in 2023 as well, finishing no worse than 17th in any of them with a best finish of 11th at Talladega Superspeedway earlier this month.
This story will be updated.