Joey Logano will substitute Hailie Deegan in AM Racing’s No.15 Ford Mustang on this weekend’s NASCAR Xfinity Collection race in Chicago.
Logano will pilot the No. 15 Klutch Vodka Ford Mustang. The transfer was made so AM Racing may get suggestions from a NASCAR veteran in hopes of enhancing its efficiency within the second half of the season.
“The extent of competitors within the Xfinity Collection is as aggressive because it’s ever been,” group president Wade Moore mentioned. “It’s our purpose at AM Racing to area a aggressive race group by way of our technical alliance with Stewart-Haas Racing and supply any of our drivers one of the best tools and alternative to achieve success on monitor every weekend.
“With that being mentioned, we haven’t had the success on monitor that we have been hoping for within the first half of the season. When the chance to have Joey within the automotive at Chicago turned a chance, we felt we would have liked to benefit from the information and suggestions that the two-time NASCAR Cup Collection champion may present to our group’s development. We supposed to take the suggestions and information from the Chicago race weekend and apply it to constructing higher race vehicles every week, so AM Racing could be a stronger second half of the season.”
Deegan, a rookie, has a mean end of 26.8 by way of the primary 17 races. She has three DNFs and 4 top-20 finishes. The group’s finest outcome was a Twelfth-place end at Talladega Superspeedway. Her finest outcome on a non-superspeedway was a Fifteenth-place lead to Las Vegas.
On the highway programs, Deegan has completed twenty third (Austin), thirty third (Portland), and thirty second (Sonoma). Deegan is twenty seventh within the driver championship standings, whereas the automotive is thirty fourth within the proprietor championship standings.
Logano has made 747 begins throughout all three NASCAR nationwide sequence. He has 30 wins within the Xfinity Collection.
“Racing within the rain on Chicago’s road course final 12 months was a problem inside itself,” Logano mentioned. “Any further seat time is all the time a optimistic for distinctive tracks akin to this one. Driving the NASCAR Xfinity Collection vehicles are a number of enjoyable, and I’m wanting ahead to climbing behind the wheel of the No. 15 AM Racing Ford Mustang with excessive hopes to wheel it to the entrance.”
