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JR Motorsports will attempt the 2025 Daytona 500 with Justin Allgaier

Justin Allgaier will attempt the 2025 Daytona 500 for his longtime Xfinity Series owner Dale Earnhardt Jr. and JR Motorsports. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)

JR Motorsports enters a NASCAR Cup Series race for the first time.

Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s team will compete in the 2025 Daytona 500 with Justin Allgaier behind the wheel. Allgaier won the 2024 Xfinity Series title and has driven for JR Motorsports in NASCAR’s No. 2 series since 2016.

The car is sponsored by musician Chris Stapleton’s whiskey brand.

“We have been waiting for the right time for JR Motorsports,” Junior said in a statement. “With Justin winning the Xfinity Series championship and the undeniable star power of Chris Stapleton, the planets were aligned for this perfect opportunity to compete in this year’s Daytona 500.”

Allgaier has finished in the top five of the Xfinity Series standings each of the past six seasons. His title in November was the first of his career.

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JR Motorsports has been a mainstay of the Xfinity Series since its launch in 2005. However, the team has not attempted to move up to the top series in NASCAR, as many other Xfinity Series teams have done over the past two decades. Junior retired from full-time NASCAR competition at the end of the 2017 season and has made at least one Xfinity Series start in every season since for the team he co-owns with his sister Kelley Earnhardt-Miller.

The team’s Daytona 500 entry officially means more than 40 cars will attempt to enter the 40-car 2025 Daytona 500 field. Car No. 40 is the 41st confirmed entry with cars expected to be fielded for Martin Truex Jr. and Jimmie Johnson. The No. 66 MBM Motorsports team has said it is entering the race but now needs a driver.

MBM said Mike Wallace would drive his car, but inexplicably made the announcement before Wallace was officially approved by NASCAR. On Monday, the team announced that Wallace had not been cleared by NASCAR. Wallace, 65, has not competed in a national NASCAR race on an oval since 2015.

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Helio Castroneves is among the drivers competing in the race and is guaranteed a spot thanks to a new injunction recently announced by NASCAR. If Castroneves does not qualify for the 500 at speed through qualifying or through the Duel Qualifying race, he will be added to the field as the 41st car.

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