NASCAR team co-owned by Dale Earnhardt Jr. to enter Justin Allgaier in Daytona 500
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JR Motorsports will enter a car in the Daytona 500 for Justin Allgaier, marking the first time that the organization has fielded a Cup car in a NASCAR race. The Associated Press first reported the news.
It comes in a race that JR Motorsports owner Dale Earnhardt Jr. twice won as a driver (2004 and 2014).
Allgaier's car will be sponsored by 10-time Grammy winner Chris Stapleton's Traveller Whiskey brand.
The Daytona 500 is scheduled for Feb. 16 at Daytona International Speedway. Allgaier, the reigning Xfinity Series champion, will have to qualify for the Daytona 500 since the team does not have a charter.
Allgaier has 82 career Cup starts. He ran one Cup race last year, filling in for Kyle Larson in the Coca-Cola 600 while Larson competed in the Indianapolis 500.
The Xfinity team is owned Earnhardt, sister Kelley Earnhardt Miller and Rick Hendrick. Earnhardt has talked about expanding into the Cup Series but the team has not purchased a charter.
JR Motorsports made its debut in 2005 with one Xfinity race. It has run the full Xfinity schedule since 2006, winning series titles with Chase Elliott (2014), William Byron (2017), Tyler Reddick (2018) and Justin Allgaier (2024).
JR Motorsports' full-time Xfinity teams for 2025 will be Carson Kvapil, Sammy Smith, Connor Zilisch and Allgaier.
