TC Daily Pit Stop: Wendy's Teams up With Gragson for Daytona 500; Conner Jones Joins ThorSport; Ben Rhodes Daytona Sponsor Revealed; Daytona Entry Lists!
TC Daily Pit Stop: Tuesday, February 14th, 2023
Noah Gragson, LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Partner with Wendy’s for 2023 Daytona 500
Photo Credit: LEGACY MOTOR CLUB
Noah Gragson will be bringing the beef to Daytona International Speedway in the NASCAR Cup Series season-opening Daytona 500 as Wendy’s will serve as the primary sponsor of the No. 42 Chevrolet Camaro.
Gragson and LEGACY MOTOR CLUB made the announcement on Monday.
“Welcoming Wendy’s on my No. 42 Chevy in the NASCAR Cup Series is just perfect. I love their food and I’m not afraid of a little beef,” said Gragson. “The partnership matches my personality, and we (me and the fans) are going to have fun with it. For my first Daytona with LEGACY MOTOR CLUB and the No. 42 team, I can’t wait to get on the track and give it our all.”
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Conner Jones Joins ThorSport Racing Part-Time in No. 66 Truck
Photo Credit: ThorSport Racing
ThorSport Racing will continue utilizing the No. 66 truck in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series in 2023 as Conner Jones has joined the team to run nine races in 2023. The 16-year-old will make his NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series debut at Martinsville Speedway on April 14th.
Here is the full 2023 NASCAR Truck Series schedule for Jones:
Martinsville Speedway, April 14
North Wilkesboro Speedway, May 20
World Wide Technology Raceway, June 3
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, July 8
Richmond Raceway, July 29
Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, August 11
Milwaukee Mile, August 27
Bristol Motor Speedway, September 14
Phoenix Raceway, November 3
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Ben Rhodes Carrying Clark’s Pump-N-Shop on No. 99 at Daytona
Photo Credit: ThorSport Racing
Ben Rhodes will have a new primary sponsorship partner on his No. 99 Ford F-150 in the season-opening NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series event at Daytona in Clark’s Pump-N-Shop.
“Brent and I look forward to seeing the No. 99 Clark’s Pump-N-Shop Ford truck on the track at Daytona with fellow Kentuckian, Ben Rhodes, behind the wheel,” said Rick Clark, owner of Clark’s Pump-N-Shop.
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There are 42 cars [for 40 spots] on the entry list for the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series Daytona 500. The 36 chartered entries are locked into the show, while the six open entries will battle it out for the four remaining spots.
Notable Chartered Entries: No. 15 Riley Herbst, No. 78 BJ McLeod
Open Entries: No. 13 Chandler Smith, No. 36 Zane Smith, No. 50 Conor Daly, No. 62 Austin Hill, No. 67 Travis Pastrana, No. 84 Jimmie Johnson
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There are 43 cars [for 38 spots] on the entry list for the NASCAR Xfinity Series Beef. It’s What’s For Dinner. 300 at Daytona International Speedway.
Notable Entries: No. 02 David Starr, No. 5 Jade Buford, No. 10 Justin Haley, No. 13 Timmy Hill, No. 19 Myatt Snider, No. 24 Parker Chase, No. 34 Jesse Iwuji, No. 35 CJ McLaughlin, No. 36 Alex Labbe, No. 38 Ryan Sieg, No. 39 Joe Graf Jr., No. 45 Caesar Bacarella, No. 53 Joey Gase, No. 66 Dexter Stacey and No. 91 Josh Bilicki.
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There are 42 trucks [for 36 spots] on the entry list for the 2023 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series NextEra Energy 250 at Daytona.
Notable Entries: No. 04 Kaden Honeycutt, No. 1 Jason White (USA), No. 7 Corey LaJoie, No. 17 Sammy Smith, No. 20 Derek Kraus, No. 22 Josh Reaume, No. 30 Chris Hacker, No. 34 Jason White (Canada), No. 35 Chase Elliott, No. 41 Travis Pastrana, No. 46 Johnny Sauter, No. 51 Jack Wood, No. 75 Parker Kligerman, No. 84 Clay Greenfield
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