

I think that you can run to 45, heck, 47 (years old). “I mean, you look at it, we’ve got Justin Haley that’s young, and then you look at our other guys, and they’re older, right? And he’s youth. “Youth,” Kaulig team president Chris Rice said when asked about Smith’s attributes. Smith will be inheriting a ride that Allmendinger has carried to 12 wins in the last four years, but he also arrives as a bright prospect and fresh face in a veteran Kaulig Racing lineup. That includes three victories in this year’s campaign, where Smith is currently ranked as the top points-earner still contending in the series’ playoffs.
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The youngster has blossomed since joining the Camping World Truck Series full-time in 2021, winning five races for Kyle Busch Motorsports. Hopefully, I can actually bring something to the table to help build it even faster.” I feel like everything that they’re building here is what I want to be a part of. And at the end of the day, I have a newborn baby, I have a family to provide for, and this is where I need to be for the long term. “I had a lot of different opportunities to go elsewhere other than where my path was to go. “I think it’s no secret that what they’re building here is going to be really big one day, and I’m 20 years old, I’m really young in my career,” Smith told. RELATED: Truck Series playoff standings | Charlotte weekend schedule The agreement places him up a rung on the NASCAR national-series ladder but also positions him well for his driving future. Smith, 20, described the transition to Kaulig as a place to plant roots in his racing career. Smith was introduced as his replacement during Kaulig’s Fan Day festival at the team’s race shop in Welcome, North Carolina, with Allmendinger figuratively and literally handing him the keys during a news conference.

16 Camaro, will move to Kaulig’s Cup Series operation full-time next year.
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The move comes in conjunction with the announcement that AJ Allmendinger, the current driver of the No. Kaulig Racing solidified a key vacancy in its NASCAR Xfinity Series program Wednesday, announcing that top talent Chandler Smith will drive the team’s No.
