Grant Enfinger returns to ThorSport Racing for 2018 season

Posted on January 23, 2018 by Team Release

SANDUSKY, Ohio – Grant Enfinger, the 2015 ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards Champion, will return to ThorSport Racing for the 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) season, piloting the No. 98 Ford F-150. The Fairhope, Alabama, native, who celebrated his 33rd birthday Monday, led 41 laps en route to nine top-five and 15 top-10 finishes in his rookie season for the Sandusky, Ohio-based team in 2017, and plans to build on that success as he competes for the championship title in 2018.

“I couldn’t be more excited to be back with ThorSport Racing for the 2018 season, and also to be back with Ford,” Enfinger said. “A good bit of my earlier years in the ARCA Series were with Ford, and with their support we were able to go to Victory Lane quite a few times. I’ve always maintained a good relationship with those guys, and I feel that we can translate that into success in the Truck Series. I’m very thankful for the opportunity that Duke and Rhonda Thorson have allowed for us this year, and last. I know we can build on what we had last year, and make them proud by seeing their trucks in Victory Lane a lot this year.”

Enfinger’s 2018 campaign will once again be led by veteran crew chief Jeff Hensley, and the 2016 Talladega Superspeedway winner will continue his partnership with Curb Records, and Champion Power Equipment, a market leader in power generation equipment, in 2018.

“This is a great opportunity for Grant (Enfinger), Jeff (Hensley), and the entire No. 98 team, to build on the success we started in 2017,” said David Pepper, General Manager of ThorSport Racing. “We look forward to having everyone back to compete for race wins and a championship title in 2018. As our driver lineup starts to take shape for the upcoming season, everyone at ThorSport Racing is working hard to get our Ford F-150’s built to compete at the top level of the series.”

Enfinger, who earned his first NCWTS Keystone Light Pole Award in the season-opener at Daytona International Speedway (2016), also has two wins in the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards at the 2.5-mile track, and will make his fourth career NCWTS start in the season-opening NextEra Energy Resources 250 on Friday, Feb. 16. All the action will be televised live on FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Channel 90 at 7:30 p.m. ET.

Posted on January 23, 2018January 23, 2018 by Team Release

SANDUSKY, Ohio — Entering his third full-time season in NASCAR’s Camping World Truck Series, Louisville, Kentucky-native Ben Rhodes will return to ThorSport Racing for 2018. Continuing to build on his success, Rhodes has tallied one win, nine top-five and 20 top-10 finishes, two pole awards and led 258 laps over the past two seasons for ThorSport.

Piloting the No. 41 NCWTS entry for the team in 2018, with backing from Ford, Rhodes notes his anticipation for the upcoming season, saying “It’s great to be back this year at ThorSport Racing with Ford behind us. Duke and Rhonda Thorson have given me an excellent opportunity to build on our 2017 performance. We are working hard to start this year off with the momentum we had at Homestead, and after our performance improved with every start last season, I feel this year is going to be no exception. Having a second year with my crew chief Eddie [Troconis], and the same team, is a big plus. All of our foundations are there, which makes winning right out of the gate much easier.”

“Obviously, we’re very excited in having Ben and Eddie back together for a second season,” noted team general manager David Pepper. “They proved they could run up front and win races last year, and we’re looking forward to the possibility of winning more races and having a chance to compete for the championship in 2018.”

Rhodes and the No. 41 ThorSport team kick off the 2018 season at Daytona International Speedway, taking the green flag Feb. 16 for the NextEra Energy Resources 250.

Posted on January 23, 2018January 24, 2018 by George Winkler

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Clint Bowyer is still looking for a breakthrough win with Stewart-Haas Racing after Year 1 with the program, but he enters Year 2 with the same sense of humor that always seems to liven up the Media Tour hosted by Charlotte Motor Speedway at the Charlotte Convention Center.

The 13-year veteran of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series had the quip machine rolling Tuesday. Here were some of the best lines the driver from Emporia, Kansas, blessed us with:

On why Dale Earnhardt Jr. fans should get behind him now that their favorite driver has retired:

“I’m just going to have to see what (Alex) Bowman does I guess. If he fails ’em, I’m coming for him. I’m going to give (Bowman) a month and then I’m going to start my campaign.”

On what he did during his offseason:

“These kids change your life in the offseason. No more vacations, no more gallivanting around, it’s dad duty.

“I was home probably, I think, five weeks. I think the most I’ve ever been home since I moved to North Carolina has been three weeks. So I was like champing at the bit. I had a friend call and say, ‘Hey you want to go to Nashville,’ and I was like, ‘I can start walking now.’ ”

On the one thing he’d change from his car last year:

“Confetti, more confetti. That’s what I would want to change. Yeah, that’s right.”

On being a good radio guest and listening to himself on radio:

“Hell no (I don’t listen), but people remind you all week long. … I ought to get a damn trophy for it, though. That’s what makes me mad. If you’re going to use me, at least pay me.”

On whether new teammate Aric Almirola is a good dude and he’d hang out with him:

“Of course he’s a good dude. I think he’s a great asset to an already great organization. He’s a good guy, he really is. … You can tell a lot about a guy by how his kids act, and he has great kids.”

On what we can tell by how his kids act:

“I apologize, I failed miserably. But no, my kid is way more mild-mannered and calm and chilled than I’ve ever been. I’m like, are you sure honey (he’s mine)?

“There’s other kids you see running around and you’re like, ‘Yup, that’s exactly what I thought he’d act like.’ ”

On last year’s performance:

“We were spraying it all over the place. It was good runs, good qualifying efforts sometimes and back up with two terrible ones and then run good again. And it was like, ‘What the hell is going on?’ … You couldn’t figure out a pattern.”

On the marketing push for young drivers:

“I haven’t noticed that (said with a smile). … No, I don’t care, they’re good kids and I understand. They are filling some pretty big voids. You got someone getting into Jeff Gordon’s car, you got someone getting in Dale Jr.’s car. We have to figure out how to fill that void somehow, and it can’t always be on the same old guys that have been there.”

Posted on January 23, 2018January 23, 2018 by Zack Albert

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Joe Gibbs Racing enters the 2018 season with a new team dynamic — a mix of two second-year drivers with two established stars of the sport. For Kyle Busch, who fits into the latter category, it’s an opportunity to continue a mentorship that pre-dates the young drivers’ rise to NASCAR’s top division.

Busch, 32, and 37-year-old Denny Hamlin bring a wealth of experience to JGR’s lineup for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series campaign; both are perennial playoff contenders with 10 or more years with the same organization. Daniel Suarez, 26, is in just his second year with the Gibbs group, and 21-year-old Erik Jones is the team’s newbie, having just completed his rookie season with JGR ally Furniture Row Racing.

But Suarez and Jones are far from fresh-faced newcomers sporting name tags and needing awkward introductions.

Busch has had a working relationship with both drivers for years.

“Obviously, it’s a unique opportunity for me being one of the elder statesmen, if you will, of the sport, let alone Joe Gibbs Racing and being able to lead our younger guys,” Busch said Tuesday morning during the NASCAR Media Tour hosted by Charlotte Motor Speedway. “Erik and Daniel, those guys have come through Kyle Busch Motorsports, so it’s been fun to watch them progress through the years through the Truck Series, Xfinity Series and now being into the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series.

“I’m looking forward to working with them and continuing to see their progress, but also working to continue to be one of the leadership guys at our team and being able to race on for championships for years to come.”

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Hamlin said Tuesday that Matt Kenseth’s voice will be missed at team meetings, but he expects to lean on Jones and Suarez for information, as well.

“Erik was already there last year in the meetings, so we don’t really bring someone in new. Erik started to become more outspoken as the year went on, and so did Daniel. I’m sure their second year in will be even more magnified,” Hamlin said.

“Me and Kyle are both vocal enough in our meetings that it just depends on what happened to who that weekend who gives the most information,” he said, adding the weight of performing well rests on all of the team’s shoulders.

Both young drivers excelled during their time with Kyle Busch Motorsports. Jones landed seven victories in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series for KBM, and Suarez scored one before his move to Xfinity competition for Gibbs.

Suarez will be rounding into his second year with Joe Gibbs Racing, continuing with the No. 19 Toyota that Carl Edwards vacated with his sudden retirement before 2017 season. Jones shifted into the No. 20 team, replacing Kenseth, after a year of seasoning with a place-holder Furniture Row Racing team.

Jones said he’s still getting familiar with his new team, but having crew chief Chris Gayle make the same move with him has helped smooth out any kinks.

“There were a lot of unknowns last year at this point for myself at least, going into a new series with a new team, a new group of guys — it was just a lot of things that were really unsettled and weren’t really all figured out yet,” Jones said. “At least having everybody in place and knowing Chris, knowing the Cup Series one year better than I did last, it’s definitely an advantage. I have a better feel for the cars and everything to expect there in what’s going to be week-in and week-out and how the season kind of rolls and progresses.

“We’ll see how it all goes, but I’m definitely at a more comfortable point with the Cup Series than I was a year ago.”

Posted on January 23, 2018January 23, 2018 by

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Kurt Busch’s immediate sights are set on defending his 2017 Daytona 500 crown. But in the long term, the No. 41 driver also has an eye on other projects, from sports cars to broadcasting.

“I feel like I have a lot more to do in racing, whether it’s the NASCAR level or anything else, sports cars,” Busch said at Charlotte Motor Speedway Media Tour on Tuesday. “Done some drag racing, done some Indy Cars. But to me, I’m just trying to learn more about the whole product that happens with racing and that is to work with guys like FOX or NBC. … Just trying to continue to move forward and to learn all that I can.”

He’s getting a head start this offseason, too; the Stewart-Haas Racing driver will serve as a guest commentator at a Supercross event next week, as well as help ESPN with coverage of the X Games in Aspen, Colorado, which run from Jan. 25-28.

Busch signed a one-year contract with Stewart-Haas Racing on Dec. 12, 2017, after spending more than four months as a free agent when SHR didn’t pick up his contract option in August.

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Nonetheless, Busch assures that his interest in other ventures doesn’t mean that he’s hanging up his NASCAR fire suit after this season. He says he likes “to have options.”

“There are still so many balls in the air but you have to be smart in this day and age,” Busch said. “You can’t just have one plan because things change pretty quickly.”

Busch wouldn’t be the first driver to transition from racing to broadcasting if he were to choose that path; Dale Earnhardt Jr. will spend his first year in racing retirement covering NASCAR, as well as the Super Bowl and the Winter Olympics for NBC. Jeff Gordon is a regular member of the FOX booth, a move he made following his retirement at the end of the 2015 season. Other drivers such as Kevin Harvick, Brad Keselowski and Clint Bowyer have participated in race coverage for Xfinity or Camping World Truck Series events.

Posted on January 23, 2018 by Staff Report

Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s full-time Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career may have come to a close, but his longtime partnership with Nationwide Insurance isn’t going anywhere.

Nationwide announced Tuesday that Earnhardt will continue his role as a company spokesperson, a relationship that originated in 2008 — his first season with Hendrick Motorsports.

The multiyear personal services agreement not only entails the promotion of Nationwide’s products and services, but Earnhardt will also make appearances for the company at various national sales conferences and industry events.

“I’m excited to be continuing my partnership with Nationwide,” said Earnhardt in a company press release. “The relationship I have them is very special to me. They’ve been with me through most of my life — as a sponsor and also a company that I’ve come to depend upon to protect the many different aspects of my life. I’m proud to represent them and look forward to sharing my Nationwide experience with others for years to come.”

The company also noted they will continue to work alongside Earnhardt in his efforts to support Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.

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Nationwide will also serve as a primary sponsor on the No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet during the 2018 Monster Energy Series season, driven by Alex Bowman. Earnhardt and Bowman will come together for various social and media events in support of the primary sponsorship throughout the year.

Posted on January 23, 2018February 18, 2018 by Staff Report

The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series will hit Daytona International Speedway in February for the highly anticipated Speedweeks to kick off the 2018 season for all three national series. Check out the tentative full schedule below, subject to change.

Note: All times are ET

Sunday, Feb. 18
Run of show

1:49:00: Daytona 500 pre-race show featuring Rascal Flatts
2:14:00: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series drivers introductions
2:45:00: Presentation of colors & invocation: USCG Component Joint Service Honor Guard, Jacksonville, Florida
2:45:20: Invocation: Sonny Gallman, Central Baptist Church, Daytona Beach, Florida
2:46:00: National Anthem by Navy Band Southeast
2:47:15: Fly by TOT: United States Air Force Thunderbirds (Backstretch to Frontstretch)
2:53:00 “Drivers, Start Your Engines” by: Dale Earnhardt Jr.

On Track
2:30 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Daytona 500 (200 laps, 500 miles), FOX (TSN 1, 3, 4, 5) (Results)

Press Pass (Watch live)
10:30 a.m.: Special NASCAR media presentation
10:45 a.m.: USAF Thunderbirds
11 a.m.: Dale Earnhardt Jr., Grand Marshal
11:20 a.m.: Rascal Flatts and Sam Bass
11:30 a.m.: Daytona 500 legends AJ Foyt, Bobby Allison, Richard Petty and Bill Elliott.
11:50 a.m.: Charlize Theron, Honorary Starter
6 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series post-race

Saturday, Feb. 10
10:35-11:55 a.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series final practice, FS1 (Canada: TSN2) (Advance Auto Parts Clash) (Results)
1:05-1:55 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series first practice, FS1 (TSN2) (Results)
3:05-3:55 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice, FS1 (TSN2) (Results)

Press Pass (Watch live)
9:15 a.m.: Kurt Busch
10 a.m.: Alex Bowman
11:45 a.m.: Danica Patrick
2:15 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Season Preview (Steve O’Donnell, Elton Sawyer, Ben Kennedy, Brad Moran, Jeff Wohlschlaeger)

Sunday, Feb. 11
12:15 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series qualifying (single vehicle/two rounds), FOX (TSN2) (Results)
3:00 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Advance Auto Parts Clash (75 laps, 187.5 miles), FS1 (TSN2) (Results)

Press Pass (Watch live)
11 a.m.: Richard Rawlings
1:45 p.m.: Post-Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Daytona 500 qualifying
4:30 p.m.: Post-Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Advance Auto Parts Clash race

Wednesday, Feb. 14
Noon-5:20 p.m.: Daytona 500 Media Day (Watch live)
Noon-5:20 p.m.: Daytona 500 Media Day in 360 view (Watch live)

Thursday, Feb. 15
11:35 a.m.-12:55 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series first practice, FS1 (Results)
2:25-3:25 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series second practice, FS1 (Results)
4:35-5:25 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series final practice, FS1 (Results)
7:00 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Can-Am Duel 1 (60 laps, 150 miles), FS1 (TSN 1, 4) (Results)
9:00 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Can-Am Duel 2 (60 laps, 150 miles), FS1 (TSN 1, 4) (Results)

Press Pass (Watch live)
3 p.m.: Click n’ Close/Victory Junction
3:30 p.m.: NASCAR on FOX
4 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series: Jill Gregory, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, NASCAR; Matt Lederer, Executive Director, Partnership Marketing, Comcast; the past three Xfinity champions: William Byron, Daniel Suarez and Chris Buescher.
8:15 p.m.: Post-Can-Am Duel 1 race
9:30 p.m.: Post-Can-Am Duel 2 race

Friday, Feb. 16
12:05-12:55 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series practice, FS1 (TSN GO) (Results)
1:05-1:55 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice, FS1 (TSN GO) (Results)
2:05-2:55 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series final practice, FS1 (TSN GO) (Results)
3:05-3:55 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice, FS1 (TSN 1) (Results)
4:30 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series qualifying (single vehicle/two rounds), FS1 (Results)
7:30 p.m. NASCAR Camping World Truck Series NextEra Energy Resources 250 (100 laps, 250 miles), FS1 (Results)

Press Pass (Watch live)
9:30 a.m.: Aric Almirola and Tony Stewart
11:15 a.m.: 2018 Chevrolet Season Preview: Jim Campbell, Chevrolet U.S. Vice President of performance vehicles and motorsports; Richard Childress, Chip Ganassi, Rick Hendrick, Richard Petty.
11:45 a.m.: Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
2:15 p.m.: Toyota with Denny Hamlin
4 p.m. NASCAR Hall of Famers Ray Evernham, Dale Inman and Richard Petty
9:30 p.m.: Camping World Truck Series post-race

Saturday, Feb. 17
9:35 a.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series qualifying (single vehicle/two rounds), FS1 (TSN GO) (Results)
12:05-12:55 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series final practice, FS1 (TSN 2) (Results)
2:30 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series PowerShares QQQ 300 (120 laps, 300 miles), FS1 (TSN 1, 3, 4) (Results)

Press Pass (Watch live)
10:40 a.m.: 2018 Toyota Season Preview: Ed Laukes, Group Vice President, Marketing for Toyota Motor North America; Joe Gibbs, Barney Visser.
11 a.m.: AXALTA
1 p.m.: 2018 Ford Season Preview: Mark Rushbrook, Global Director, Ford Performance Motorsports; Roger Penske, Jack Roush, Tony Stewart, Eddie Wood.
4:30 p.m.: Xfinity Series post-race

Posted on January 22, 2018February 5, 2018 by Staff Report

Danica Patrick will drive in the Daytona 500 for Premium Motorsports, finalizing the first stage in her plan to compete in the “Danica Double” in 2018. She will pilot the No. 7 GoDaddy Chevrolet for Premium Motorsports with Tony Eury Jr. atop the pit box, reuniting her with both the number and crew chief with which she began her NASCAR career.

The Associated Press first reported the news.

“I couldn’t have written a better story about how this would all fall into place,” Patrick said in a press release. “Going with the flow is working out beautifully. … It all makes my last NASCAR race just that much sweeter.”

Patrick’s plans for the second leg of the “Danica Double” — the Indianapolis 500 — have not yet been finalized.

Eury Jr. served as Patrick’s crew chief from 2010-12 in the NASCAR Xfinity Series and welcomes the chance to rejoin Patrick for one final race.

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“It wouldn’t be just any opportunity that could coax me back to the pit box,” Eury said. “Working with Danica and GoDaddy again at Daytona is going to be fun – when you can do what you love and be in your element … well, I can tell you, it doesn’t get any better. Danica and I have shared success before in Daytona, and she has a lot more experience under her belt now, so I look forward to seeing what we can achieve during Speedweeks.”

Premium Motorsports has a charter for Patrick’s entry, guaranteeing her a spot in the field.

Patrick announced in November that the 2017 season would mark her last full-time campaign in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. In that same emotional news conference, Patrick also announced her intent to compete in both the Daytona 500 and the Indianapolis 500 this season.

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She has competed six times in the Daytona 500 with a best finish of eighth (twice); she also won the pole position for the 2013 running.

Patrick competed in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series for the last five seasons with Stewart-Haas Racing. Last September, Patrick announced she would part ways with SHR.

She has since branched into several other careers and projects for her life after racing, including her own line of athletic apparel, a self-penned fitness book and ownership of a California vineyard.

Posted on January 22, 2018January 22, 2018 by Zack Albert

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CONCORD, N.C. — NASCAR and track officials revealed a revised layout Monday for the Charlotte Motor Speedway road course, which will make its debut in September’s race weekend.

The new layout, which combines the 1.5-mile oval with the infield road-racing section, removes what was labeled Turn 8 on the original track map, released last October. The final version of the circuit will be 2.28 miles over 17 turns instead of 2.4 miles over 18 turns, reducing lap times and making the infield section less technical.

The final layout was the centerpiece of Speedway Motorsports Inc.’s kickoff to the annual NASCAR Media Tour, a three-day stretch of announcements and media availabilities. Marcus Smith, SMI’s president and chief operating officer, said the new layout should save 15-20 seconds per lap, with benefits from the addition of a short straightaway before the infield portion transitions onto the oval.

“It’s really fun to drive, but felt like maybe the best racing would be if we bypassed that lower loop area and created a faster short chute to the turn onto the main track,” Smith said. “It’s really fun. Driving for fun is a lot different than driving it to win a race, so the testing that’ll happen out here in March, I’m really excited to see it.”

The layout is scheduled to host the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series’ Bank of America 500 on Sept. 30. The race is scheduled as the finale to the Round of 16 in the playoffs, with four drivers eliminated from postseason eligibility.

That placement on the schedule drew the attention of defending series champion Martin Truex Jr., on hand for the festivities in the Charlotte Motor Speedway infield. According to Truex’s view, the 10-race postseason stretch may have just added another wild-card event.

“I would throw this in the category of Talladega in that round,” Truex said. “It’s a wild-card for sure, and it’s not a place you want to come to and have to do something or have to have a great day, and especially needing a win. It’s going to break some people’s hearts, there’s no doubt about it.”

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Teams have already had some experience with the concept of a combination oval and road course at Charlotte, having a limited test here last Oct. 18. A Goodyear tire test at the 2.28-mile track is scheduled March 20-21.

Steve O’Donnell, NASCAR Executive Vice President and Chief Racing Development Officer, indicated there was some initial talk of prepping the road-course circuit for last year’s playoffs, but that NASCAR and track officials opted to make sure the track had sufficient vetting and testing before it was approved for competition.

“We all collectively took a pause and said, hey, let’s do this and make sure we’re right,” O’Donnell said. “Get Goodyear involved as much as we could and have some contingency plans. Same with the race teams, let them go out and experience the course a little bit. Think we feel real comfortable about what it is. It shouldn’t be a surprise to anybody. We’ll have proper testing and be ready to go.”

The weekend will also feature the NASCAR Xfinity Series in the Drive for the Cure 300 presented by Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina on Sept. 29. It’s set as the second event in the Xfinity Series’ seven-race playoffs and will be run on the road course.

Posted on January 22, 2018January 22, 2018 by Team Release

SANDUSKY, Ohio — ThorSport Racing will partner with Ford Performance for the upcoming 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season and beyond. Racing into its 23rd year of competition, the team looks to add to its notable history with support from the manufacturer.

“With 23 years in the NCWTS, we look forward to our new partnership with Ford Performance in NASCAR,” said team owner Duke Thorson. “Our pursuit of wins and championships remains at the forefront of our objectives.”

“We’re excited that ThorSport Racing has decided to switch to a F-Series truck for the 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series,” said Mark Rushbrook, global director, Ford Performance Motorsports. “ThorSport is a proven championship-level team in the series, and we look forward to providing them the aero and simulation technical support that will ensure they remain at the top level of the Truck Series.”

Matt Crafton returns for his 14th consecutive season, continuing his partnership with Menards in the NCWTS. A full driver and sponsor lineup for ThorSport Racing will be released in the near future ahead of the season-opening NextEra Energy Resources 250, Friday, Feb. 16, at Daytona International Speedway.