Noah Gragson is heading to Front Row Motorsports in 2025.
The group introduced Wednesday that Gragson would take over one among its three automobiles subsequent season. Gragson is the third Stewart-Haas Racing driver to discover a journey for subsequent yr after SHR stated earlier this season that it will shut down on the finish of 2024.
Gragson, 26, is at the moment twenty third in the factors standings with one prime 5 and 6 top-10 finishes. He’d be twenty first in the standings if it wasn’t for a 35-point penalty for a technical infraction on his automobile earlier this season.
Front Row can be Gragson’s third Cup Series group in as many seasons. He was a rookie in 2023 for Legacy Motor Club however was suspended 22 races into the season after he preferred a social media meme mocking the dying of George Floyd.
He was employed by Stewart-Haas Racing to substitute Aric Almirola forward of this season. His greatest end thus far is a 3rd at Talladega this spring.
Gragson’s announcement leaves Ryan Preece as the one SHR driver with out introduced plans for 2025. Chase Briscoe is heading to Joe Gibbs Racing to substitute the retiring Martin Truex Jr. and Josh Berry will take over the No. 21 Wood Brothers automobile for Harrison Burton subsequent season.
SHR co-owner Gene Haas is retaining one of many group’s charters and can run a Cup Series automobile subsequent season together with two Xfinity Series groups. The Cup Series driver for that group hasn’t been introduced, but it surely could possibly be Cole Custer, the son of SHR govt Joe Custer. Cole Custer has pushed in the Cup Series for SHR — and received at Kentucky in 2020 — and at the moment drives for the group in the Xfinity Series.
Gragson’s arrival at Front Row leaves another spot for the group to fill forward of subsequent season. Michael McDowell is leaving for Spire Motorsports, whereas Todd Gilliland is returning to the group. Front Row at the moment fields two Cup Series automobiles however has already introduced that it’s buying a constitution from SHR for 2025 and can broaden to three groups.
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