Kaulig Competing are set to join the NASCAR Cup Series on a permanent basis for the 2022 season, and also with not simply one yet 2 autos.
Earlier in the year, Kaulig Racing revealed their plans to make the transfer to the NASCAR Mug Collection on a full time basis for the 2022 season.
The Matt Kaulig-owned group have actually competed full-time in the Xfinity Series considering that the 2016 season, and also they made their Mug Series launching in 2015’s Daytona 500 at Racing Daytona International Speedway with Justin Haley behind the wheel of the # 16 Chevrolet.
They upped their Cup Series initiative for the 2021 season, going into not simply the Daytona 500 yet the other superspeedway races and also the roadway course races as well.
Now they have validated a full-time initiative for the 2022 season, and also with two cars.
Justin Haley, that contends for the team on a permanent basis in the Xfinity Series, is readied to drive one of those 2 automobiles on a full-time basis following year, and also A.J. Allmendinger, that likewise competes for the group on a full time basis at NASCAR’s second highest level, is the first vehicle driver to be announced for a part-time initiative in the 2nd vehicle.
Yet most notably, possibly even more significant than the chauffeur verifications in this day and age, they introduced that they have acquired two charters for their 2 autos.
This is a remarkable achievement, thinking about the fact that there are just 36 charters along with the reality that the marketplace prices for charters Racing among the really limited number that are in fact available for purchase– have actually increased in recent times.
The competition to purchase charters is intense, as well as with a lot of teams wanting to either go into the Mug Collection or broaden their existing Cup Collection efforts in 2022 with the Next Gen auto readied to be released, pulling off the purchase of not one but 2 charters is quite the task.
They acquired 2 of Spire Motorsports’ charters, including the one that is presently being used by the Justin Marks and Pitbull-owned Trackhouse Racing Group.
Spire Motorsports have three charters. They use one to run the # 7 Chevrolet full time for Corey LaJoie, and also they use one more to run the # 77 Chevrolet full time for numerous vehicle drivers. Remarkably, Haley is the main vehicle driver of that automobile this year, as well as he is the main beneficiary of this transaction for following year.
The team’s third charter was leased to Trackhouse Competing Team ahead of their initial period in the series this year. That charter is utilized to the run the # 99 Chevrolet permanent for Daniel Suarez.
Using the one charter they did not sell, Apex Motorsports strategy to continue to run the # 7 Chevrolet for LaJoie following year.