TC Daily Pit Stop: Kyle Busch Ends Xfinity Retirement; New Xfinity Team FRS Racing Set For Richmond Debut; Corey LaJoie Going Truck Racing at Daytona; Henderson, Kligerman Returning in 2023
TC Daily Pit Stop: Saturday, February 11th, 2023
Kyle Busch to End “Retirement” From NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2023
PHOTO CREDIT: Kaulig Racing
After a one-year “retirement” from competing in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, Kyle Busch will return to the series in 2023. Busch, who has 102 wins (the all-time record) in the series, will pilot the No. 10 Chevrolet Camaro for Kaulig Racing in five races.
“I’m looking forward to having some fun in the Xfinity Series again,” said Busch. “What Matt Kaulig and Chris Rice have built in just a few short years at Kaulig Racing is impressive, and with the team’s alliance with Richard Childress Racing (RCR), this made for an easy decision to be back competing in a series that I’ve had success in over the years.”
Busch will run Las Vegas (March 4), Phoenix (March 11), Charlotte (May 27), Watkins Glen (August 19), and Darlington (September 2).
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Collin Fern Forges New NASCAR Xfinity Series Team FRS Racing; Set For Richmond Debut
PHOTO CREDIT: TobyChristie.com
Collin Fern, an employee of Brandonbilt Motorsports for nearly seven years, will start his own NASCAR Xfinity Series team — FRS Racing — in 2023. FRS will utilize the No. 96 and will field Chevrolet Camaro race cars with Richard Childress Racing chassis and ECR Engines.
The team is set to make its debut at Richmond Raceway on April 1st.
FRS Racing will reveal its driver roster and sponsors at a later date.
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Schluter Systems Returns to Sponsor Corey LaJoie, Spire Motorsports in NASCAR Cup and Truck Series in 2023
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Schluter Systems, a long-time partner of Corey LaJoie and Spire Motorsports, will officially return as a primary sponsorship partner for the 31-year-old racer in six races during the 2023 season.
The sponsorship will span two different series in the NASCAR National Series ranks — the NASCAR Cup Series, where LaJoie is a full-time competitor and the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.
LaJoie will run the No. 7 Schluter Spire truck in the season-opening event at Daytona and again at Darlington on May 12th. He’ll then run the No. 7 Schluter Cup car for Spire at the NASCAR All-Star Open at North Wilkesboro in May, on back-to-back weekends at Gateway and Sonoma in June and then at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in July.
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Henderson Motorsports Running Daytona With Parker Kligerman; Team to Make 12 Starts in 2023
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The No. 75 Henderson Motorsports team will officially return to the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series in 2023, as the team will compete in a total of 12 events, the team confirmed to TobyChristie.com.
According to the team’s owner Charlie Henderson, Parker Kligerman will reprise his role as the driver of the No. 75 truck in 11 of the team’s races while a to-be-announced driver will run the entry at Mid-Ohio due to Kligerman’s commitments to Big Machine Racing in the NASCAR Xfinity Series.
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