Contemporary off his first profession NASCAR Xfinity Sequence championship, Justin Allgaier will try and make the Daytona 500 at Daytona (Fla.) Int’l Speedway in February with JR Motorsports and a particular partnership.
On Wednesday afternoon, JRM introduced that Allgaier will pilot the group’s first NASCAR Cup Sequence entry with backing from Traveller Whisky, a label created by nation music star, Chris Stapleton.
The whisky is mixed and bottled at Buffalo Hint Distillery in Franklin County, Ky.
“We’ve been ready for the suitable second for JR Motorsports,” mentioned co-owner Dale Earnhardt Jr. “With Justin successful the Xfinity Sequence championship and Chris Stapleton’s plain star energy, the planets aligned for this good alternative to enter this yr’s Daytona 500.”
Allgaier will compete as a non-chartered entry, that means he’ll need to qualify his approach into the sphere or race his approach right into a beginning spot by the Daytona Duels aboard the No. 40 Chevrolet.
Greg Ives will function Allgaier’s crew chief for the occasion.
“Traveller Whiskey becoming a member of JR Motorsports for his or her inaugural entry into the Cup Sequence on the Daytona 500 appears like a really pure partnership,” mentioned Stapleton. “I’m honored to be part of this historic second with Dale and Kelley (Earnhardt Miller), and excited to see Justin race the No. 40 Traveller Whiskey Chevrolet in Daytona.”
The 38-year-old has two earlier begins within the Nice American Race with a finest results of twenty seventh in 2014 whereas competing for HScott Motorsports.
“That is an unimaginable honor to be driving JR Motorsports’ inaugural entry into the Cup Sequence, and to do it with not solely Dale and Kelley, however Chris Stapleton and Traveller Whiskey makes this much more particular,” mentioned Allgaier. “Getting into into the Daytona 500 has been a objective of this firm for a very long time and I do know that we’re going to have every little thing we have to exit and contend for the win.
“That is going to be particular for positive.”
Allgaier has one earlier victory at Daytona within the Xfinity Sequence through the summer time occasion in 2023.
