Legacy Motor Club announced Monday that crew chief Ben Beshore will join the No. 42 Toyota team, keeping intact his pairing with driver John Hunter Nemechek as both move to the NASCAR Cup Series in 2024.
Beshore helped guide Nemechek to a seven-win campaign and a Championship 4 berth in the Xfinity Series with Joe Gibbs Racing this season. Next year will mark a full-time return to the Cup Series for both: Nemechek for the first time since 2020, and Beshore after a one-year break. Legacy M.C.’s offseason manufacturer shift from Chevrolet will also keep both in the Toyota system.
“The driver-crew chief relationship is something I know well and it’s such an important part of the performance foundation,” team co-owner Jimmie Johnson said in a news release. “We are so thankful to see Ben join the Club. His experience with John Hunter and Toyota will help us with the transition and his on-track experience will elevate us in so many ways. I have learned that Ben is a highly focused person and that he believes in the future potential of an organization that is going through a lot of change. He’s a great fit.”
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Beshore spent time as a car chief and engineer — first with RFK Racing and later joining JGR in 2014 — before moving to a crew-chief role for the 2019 season. The 42-year-old Pennsylvania native was atop the pit box for eight wins in two seasons – four with Kyle Busch and four more with Harrison Burton.
That experience led to Beshore’s first full-time stint as a Cup Series crew chief with Busch and the No. 18 team, starting in 2021. Their time together produced three victories before he was teamed with Nemechek this season.
Nemechek’s arrival coincides with the organization’s second season of competition under the Legacy Motor Club banner. He’ll be a teammate to Erik Jones, who has been behind the wheel of the No. 43 ride the last three seasons.
“The partnership between driver and crew chief requires a type of chemistry that is hard to find,” Nemechek said. “As a driver, if you’re lucky enough to find a crew chief that you mesh with as well as Ben and I do, you do everything possible to stick together. I look forward to building on our competitive partnership and fighting for more wins and championships.”