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Ray Black Jr. tweeted out some Silly Season news of his own on Wednesday afternoon. The 26-year-old Florida native will drive full time for Rick Ware Racing in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series in 2018.
Really happy to say we’re going full time @MonsterEnergy cup racing!! @RickWareRacing put together a really cool opportunity for us! I’m ready to show everyone how good we can be. 💯
– ray black (@RayBlackJr) November 22, 2017
Black made his Monster Energy Series debut at Chicagoland Speedway in September and has three totals starts in the series. He made 54 starts in the NASCAR XFINITY Series over the past two seasons.
Rick Ware Racing used a combination of drivers — Timmy Hill, Cody Ware, Josh Bilicki, B.J. McLeod, Kyle Weatherman and Black — in the No. 51 car in 2017