23XI Racing has confirmed that it’ll develop so as to add a 3rd full-time NASCAR Cup Collection entry starting in 2025 with Riley Herbst.
Herbst will drive the No. 35 Toyota Camry with sponsorship from Monster Vitality. Davin Restivo will function Herbst’s crew chief, becoming a member of him within the transfer to 23XI Racing. Each beforehand labored collectively within the Xfinity Collection at Stewart-Haas Racing.
“It’s an honor to hitch 23XI and Toyota for the chance to race within the Cup Collection every week,” Herbst mentioned. “Racing full-time within the Cup Collection has been my aim since I began in NASCAR, and I’m excited to begin my Cup profession with such an completed and pushed workforce. What 23XI has completed in a short while is spectacular, and I stay up for constructing on their success because the group grows. It’s additionally nice to proceed representing Monster and I’m enthusiastic about including to their legacy in NASCAR.”
The 2025 season shall be Herbst’s first full 12 months within the Cup Collection. Nonetheless, he has made eight begins over the past two seasons whereas competing within the Xfinity Collection.
Herbst has three wins in 175 begins within the Xfinity Collection. He spent 5 full seasons within the sequence.
“As 23XI enters our fifth season subsequent 12 months, we felt the time was proper to proceed the expansion of our group by including a 3rd workforce, and Riley is a driver we expect shall be a fantastic match for us,” mentioned 23XI workforce president Steve Lauletta. “We now have a really strong basis with each Bubba and Tyler, and we all know they are going to be a fantastic useful resource for Riley as he begins his journey within the Cup Collection.”
Tyler Reddick and Bubba Wallace shall be Herbst’s teammates. There was no announcement of a constitution for Herbst’s workforce as 23XI Racing continues its litigation with NASCAR over the 2025 constitution settlement. The group intends to buy one of many Stewart-Haas Racing charters, however the sale has not been accomplished.
23XI Racing, by means of its lead lawyer Jeffrey Kessler, introduced on Nov. 16 that it is going to be capable of race as open groups in 2025 as NASCAR has eliminated the anticompetitive launch requirement within the open settlement. Nonetheless the workforce continues to be going by means of with its attraction of the preliminary injunction movement to race as a constitution workforce subsequent 12 months.
