A.J. Allmendinger mentioned his handle Kaulig Competing for the 2022 NASCAR season and what that implies for him regarding the Cup Series is worried, noting that nothing has actually been confirmed.
In among the biggest moves of NASCAR silly season pertaining to the 2022 Mug Collection period so far, Kaulig Racing validated that they had bought 2 charters from Spire Motorsports and also now plan to run permanent in the Cup Collection following year.
One of those 2 charters is presently used Racing to run Apex Motorsports’ # 77 Chevrolet and one is currently rented to Trackhouse Competing Group to run their # 99 Chevrolet.
Kaulig Competing likewise introduced that existing Xfinity Collection chauffeur Justin Haley is set to drive among the group’s autos on a full-time basis following year which fellow Xfinity Series driver A.J. Allmendinger is readied to join him in the 2nd auto in select races.
The Matt Kaulig-owned group presently contend in the Cup Series, however with simply one car and also in just 6 of the 7 road as well as road program races and the 4 superspeedway races. Allmendinger is the road and also street program vehicle driver while Kaz Grala is the superspeedway motorist.
While it was assumed that Allmendinger’s offer for next year would certainly include at the very least the road program races as well as the superspeedway races, the 39-year-old Los Gatos, The golden state native told Beyond the Flag that a particular timetable for him behind the wheel of the team’s second cars and truck has actually not been verified.
Actually, he isn’t even certain if he will certainly be contacted to contend in the Daytona 500, a race in which he hasn’t completed considering that 2018.
” I don’t know that yet,” Allmendinger informed Past the Flag. “When it involves the Cup Series next year, I will claim Matt Kaulig does love superspeedway races. That’s something that he’s always appreciated.
” So I believe several of it boils down to the new car being available in, like the amount of parts you have for the automobile– spare components, or do you have sufficient parts to have a 2nd automobile, points of that nature, I assume are going to determine a little bit, especially at the beginning of the year, what races we’re going to run.
” But with his history, he likes superspeedway Racing , he’s always appreciated it. Obviously my background is roadway training course auto racing, and also there are an increasing number of those on the timetable, so I love doing that. That’s something that I love.”.
He did claim that his timetable would probably include a mix of superspeedway races as well as road training courses, as many have actually assumed.