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• Cole Custer Wins Second Xfinity Pole of 2024 at Phoenix
It is the 20th pole of his career. Source...2024
• Cole Custer wins Xfinity Series pole award at Phoenix, second pole in a row

For the second week in a row, Cole Custer wins the pole award in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. This time, it comes at Phoenix. Custer now has 20 career pole awards in the Xfinity Series....2024
• NASCAR Race Weekend Recap (Las Vegas)

#NASCAR Race Weekend Recap (Las Vegas) Winners: Kyle Larson (Cup); John Hunter Nemechek (Xfinity); Rajah Caruth (Trucks) NASCAR Cup Kyle Larson holds off Tyler Reddick for the #Win Kyle Larson had to use all his consummate skills behind the wheel to hold off Tyler Reddick after a restart with 27 laps left. Larson had short-run speed, enough to build significant advantages early in a ...2024
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• Nemechek Goes All-In for Liuna Crown

Nemechek Goes All-In for Liuna Crown John Hunter joined his father, Joe, as NXS winners at Las Vegas Motor Speedway It was a race that will soon have its own page in the Nemechek family scrapbook, as John Hunter Nemechek joined his father, Joe, as NASCAR Xfinity Series winners Saturday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. It was the younger Nemechek’s 10th win in the series. Nemechek ...2024
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• Nemechek cruises to dominant NASCAR Xfinity win at Las Vegas

Nemechek and Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Chandler Smith battled back-and-forth for the lead much of the race but it was Nemechek who was out front at the start of the final round of green flag pit stops late in the final stage.Once all the cars cycled through their stops, Nemechek emerged with a more than five-second lead and eventually took the checkered flag by 4.360 seconds over Cole Custer as .....2024
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• Cole Custer wins pole award for The LiUNA! 300 at Las Vegas

Tomorrow’s The LiUNA! 300 will be led to green by Cole Custer. The reigning NASCAR Xfinity Series champion wins the pole award. Chandler Smith and AJ Allmendinger gave Cole Custer a run for his money....2024
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• NASCAR championship contender hit with major penalty
NASCAR Xfinity Series driver Cole Custer was docked 20 points and five playoff points following Saturday’s race at Michigan International Speedway. The splitter of Cole Custer’s No. 00 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford was confiscated by NASCAR officials during pre-race inspection ahead of Saturday’s Xfinity Series race Michigan International Speedway this past weekend, and Custer and his...2023
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• Cole Custer, No. 00 team hit with L1 penalty over confiscated splitter

NASCAR has come down hard on Stewart-Haas Racing Xfinity Series wheelman Cole Custer’s No. 00 team. Over the weekend at Michigan International Speedway, NASCAR confiscated Custer’s splitter, believing it to be in violation, and it’s evident where there was smoke, there was fire....2023
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• 2023 Production Alliance Group 300 at Fontana Highlights | NASCAR on FOX

NASCAR's Xfinity Series race at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana was suspended on Saturday and postponed to Sunday. Cole Custer finished first in the first and second stage, but placed 27th on the final lap. John H. Nemechek of Joe Gibbs Racing won the final lap followed by Sam Mayer in second and Justin Allgaier in third. Nemechek earned his third career Xfinity Series victory and won the final rac...2023
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• Cole Custer crew chief leaves Stewart-Haas Racing for rivals RCR
NASCAR announced on Tuesday it has reinstated Mike Shiplett Cole Custer SHR crew chief after a penalty late last season that led to his suspension. Tuesday morning it was also made public that Shiplett will be the new Xfinity Series competition director at Richard Childress Racing after leaving SHR according to reports. Shiplett was suspended … Cole Custer crew chief leaves Stewart-Haas Ra...2023
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• “Wouldn’t waste my time” – Tony Stewart prefers not to be in “another NASCAR race the rest of the year” if he could
Stewart-Haas Racing owner Tony Stewart expressed his displeasure at NASCAR for penalizing one of his drivers. The driver in question is Cole Custer who was deducted 50 championship points and fined $100,000. His crew chief was also fined $100,000 and suspended indefinitely. Cole Custer penalized 50 points for deliberately blocking drivers to secure Chase Briscoe … “Wouldn’t waste my ...2022
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• Kurt Busch to start at rear, serve pass through penalty
Kurt Busch will have to start Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway from the read while serving a pass trough penalty after his No. 1 Chevrolet failed pre-race inspection three times. NASCAR also announced that the cars of Corey LaJoie (failed inspection two times), Garrett Smithley (failed inspection two times), Cole Custer […]...2020
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• Auto Club Speedway post-race penalties announced
NASCAR has released the post-race penalty report for the XFINITY and Cup races at Auto Club Speedway. There were three lug nut penalties. In Cup, the teams of #8-Tyler Reddick [crew chief Randall Burnett] and #41-Cole Custer [crew chief Mike Shiplett] were penalized. In XFINITY, #18-Riley Herbst [crew chief Dover Rogers] was penalized. The fine […]...2020
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• NXS: Kyle Busch Dominates Pocono for Victory
(via NASCAR Wire Service) LONG POND, Pa. Â— A new high-downforce, restrictor-plate competition package at Pocono Raceway brought a familiar result on Saturday Â— at least where the NASCAR Xfinity Series is concerned. Overcoming a pit road speeding penalty that sent him to the back of the field for the start of the second 25-lap stage in the Pocono Green 250, Kyle Busch clawed his way through ...2018
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• Koch Leads Sole XFINITY Series Practice at Richmond
Blake Koch led the sole NASCAR XFINITY Series practice at Richmond Raceway on Friday Morning. Koch turned a fast lap time of 21.967 around the 0.75-mile track with a speed of 122.139 MPH. William Byron wound up second followed by Brandon Jones, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Ryan Reed. Brad Keselowski, Cole Custer, Ty Dillon, Spencer Gallagher, and Brennan Poole rounded out the top-10. Noticeable absent f...2017
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• Hornish Finally Lands Victory at Home Track
Sam Hornish Jr. was finally able to secure the victory at his home track for the first time today. Hornish had to battle with Brendan Gaughan on a final restart but the No. 62 was forced into the grass by the No. 22 causing Gaughan to lose a several positions, ultimately ending Gaughan’s chance at a win. Daniel Hemric, who ran a strong race all day, finished second followed by Matt Tifft, Australi...2017
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2024
"300 will be led to green by Cole Custer."

2023
"Cole Custer is set to return to Stewart-Haas Racing’s NASCAR Xfinity Series team for the 2024 season, taking him out of the running to replace Aric Almirola."

2022
"Ryan Preece replacing Cole Custer in Cup; Custer moving to Xfinity Series with Stewart-Haas Racing UPDATE"

2021
"Cole Custer is looking to build on the success he had in his first season as a NASCAR Cup Series driver last year with Stewart-Haas Racing."

2020
"After just one season at the Stewart-Haas Racing NASCAR Cup Series team, Daniel Suarez was replaced by Stewart-Haas Racing Xfinity Series driver Cole Custer behind the wheel of […] NASCAR: New possible landing spot for Daniel Suarez in 2020?"

2019
"We don't think Cole Custer wants crew chief Mike Shiplett to become a weatherman anytime soon after Richmond win."

2018
"NASCAR drivers Cole Custer, Austin Cindric, Chase Briscoe and Ty Majeski, none older than 23, are getting valuable seat time and together time at the World's Center of Racing."

2017
"Austin Dillon will face no further penalties after wrecking Cole Custer"

2016
"After running 10 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races for JR Motorsports in 2015, Cole Custer will run the full season and hopes to contend for the championship trophy."

2015
"Cole Custer sped away on a final restart with five laps to go, taking the top spot when leader Tyler Reddick sputtered, and cruised to victory in Saturday night's Camping World Truck Series race at Gateway Motorsports Park."

2014
"The driver of the Number 51 Toyota Tundra finished ahead of Matt Crafton and Cole Custer in the Lucas Oil 150."

• NASCAR Xfinity: look back 2019 standings
SUBMITTED ARTICLE The 2019 NASCAR season was a memorable one, as we now move into the current 2020 season. Kyle Busch landed the Cup series and will be looking to do so again this season. There are offers for new customers that are available, that are proving popular on this market. But what happened in the Xfinity series? Here we cover the top finishers from last season. 1) Tyler Reddick The winn...2020
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• NASCAR: Can Xfinity Series make up for lost talent in 2020?
The NASCAR Xfinity Series was stacked with talent in the 2019 season. But much of that talent has left the series, and only a few wins worth of it were replaced. The “Big 3” highlighted the 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series season, with Richard Childress Racing’s Tyler Reddick, Stewart-Haas Racing’s Cole Custer and Joe Gibbs Racing’s […] NASCAR: Can Xfinity Series make...2020
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• NASCAR: The major ramification of Daniel Suarez’s decision
If Daniel Suarez signs with Gaunt Brothers Racing for the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series season as expected, it would have one major effect on the rest of the field. After it was announced in mid-November that Daniel Suarez would be replaced by rookie Cole Custer after just one season behind the wheel of the #41 […] NASCAR: The major ramification of Daniel Suarez’s decision - Beyond the Flag -...2020
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• ARCA: Matt Kurzejewski gels with new Ken Schrader Racing teammates; defending ARCA superspeedway champ ready for Daytona opener
TOLEDO, Ohio (January 26, 2016) – Defending General Tire Superspeedway Challenge champion Matt Kurzejewski not only got reacquainted with Daytona Int’l Speedway during the recent ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards open test, the Mansfield, Pennsylvania driver also had the opportunity to get to know his new Ken Schrader Racing teammates. “The whole team is just phenomenal,” Kurzejewski said. “...2016
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• JR Motorsports breaking new ground with Martinsville truck race
Cole Custer turned a lot of heads last year when at the tender age 16 he became the youngest driver in history to reach Victory Lane in one of NASCAR's top three divisions. Among those particularly impressed by Custer were Dale Earnhardt Jr. and his sister, Kelley Earnhardt Miller, whom made the young driver an offer he couldn't refuse -- to wheel a Camping World Truck Series entry for JR Motorspo...2015
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• Nemechek Goes All-In for Liuna Crown
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• NASCAR championship contender hit with major penalty
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• “Wouldn’t waste my time” – Tony Stewart prefers not to be in “another NASCAR race the rest of the year” if he could
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• Cole Custer penalized 50 points for deliberately blocking drivers to secure Chase Briscoe Round of 8 qualification
Cole Custer was docked 50 points and fined $100,000 for his actions to deliberately block drivers in the race at the Charlotte Roval. Custer’s Stewart-Haas Racing teammate Chase Briscoe owe his qualification for the Round of 8 to Custer as the driver blocked Erik Jones and Austin Dillon. In doing that, Custer made sure that … Cole Custer penalized 50 points for deliberately blocking ...2022
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• NASCAR penalizes Cole Custer, crew chief for manipulating finish Sunday

NASCAR fined Cole Custer and docked him points for what was seen as an attempt to help his teammate in Sunday's race, Bob Pockrass reports....2022
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• NASCAR Xfinity COTA results: Allmendinger wins

Allmendinger led 27 laps en route to the race win. It is his 11th career NXS victory and his first of the 2022 season.Austin Hill was second with Cole Custer third.The race was slowed by four cautions, two for stage breaks. Five different drivers took a turn out front and there were eight lead changes. Ross Chastain was one of the most dominant drivers, leading 14 laps before getting ...Keep readi...2022
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• NASCAR Xfinity Series Las Vegas results: Ty Gibbs wins

Ty Gibbs, 19, now has five NXS victories in his young NASCAR career.Gibbs joins Austin Hill (Daytona winner) as the only drivers locked into the 2022 playoffs. Cole Custer, a Cup Series regular, won at Auto Club Speedway last weekend.The race was slowed by 11 cautions, as well has a 41-minute red flag for inclement weather. Noah Gragson led the way in both Stage 1 and Stage 2. Justin ...Keep readi...2022
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• NASCAR Xfinity Fontana Results: Custer wins

Making his first NXS start of the 2022 season, Cup Series regular Cole Custer delivered SS Green Light Racing the checkered flag.Custer now has ten victories in the Xfinity Series, beating Noah Gragon and Trevor Bayne.The race went into triple overtime and was even halted for over 20 minutes due to cleanup of sand barrels that were struck by Brandon Jones. Check out the full race results ...Keep r...2022
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• 2021 NASCAR Preseason Power Rankings, No. 16: Tyler Reddick
Entering off the heels of a competitive rookie season, Tyler Reddick comes into 2021 set to do more in his sophomore season. Reddick, driving the No. 8 Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing, finished 19th in points in 2020 after posting three top fives and nine top 10s. He was bested by Cole Custer for last …...2021
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• Cole Custer is 2020 NASCAR Cup Series Rookie of the Year
Cole Custer was officially awarded Sunoco Rookie of the Year honors in the NASCAR Cup Series after the conclusion of Sunday‘s season-ending event at Phoenix Raceway. Custer topped Tyler Reddick, Christopher Bell, John Hunter Nemechek, Brennan Poole and Quin Houff in the Rookie of the Year standings. Harrison Burton (Xfinity Series) and Zane Smith (Gander […]...2020
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• NASCAR Race Weekend Recap (Las Vegas)
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• Nemechek Goes All-In for Liuna Crown
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• Cole Custer and wife Kari announce pregnancy, will have baby boy in August

Big news for the reigning NASCAR Xfinity Series champion Cole Custer and his wife Kari who will welcome a baby boy in August this year. It is going to be a busy year for Custer as he tries to defend his title and becomes a father....2024
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• Congrats Cole and Kari Custer

Cole Custer announced on Friday evening that he and his wife Kari are expecting their first child, a boy, in August. Baby Custer 2024! Extremely excited and blessed! pic.twitter.com/p7hmal8hWx — Cole Custer (@ColeCuster) February 10, 2024...2024
• Cole Custer to replace Brad Keselowski in Phoenix qualifying after wife goes into labor

Cole Custer is preparing for a chance at the NASCAR Xfinity Series title on Saturday, but his day is even more action packed than that. Prior to readying for his Xfinity trek, Custer will qualify Brad Keselowski’s No....2023
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• NASCAR Xfinity Series: Pacific Office Automation 147 at Portland Highlights | NASCAR on FOX

The drivers at the Xfinity Series: Pacific Office Automation 147 showed their aggressiveness throughout the entire race. Sheldon Creed battled it out with John Hunter Nemechek and got the Stage 1 victory. Stage 2 brought the intensity, as John Hunter Nemechek bumped Sheldon Creed out of the way to take the lead. However, Cole Custer was able to gain momentum and pass John Hunter Nemechek to squeez...2023
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• General Tire 150 at Phoenix Raceway

General Tire 150 at Phoenix RacewayARCA Menards Series West Phoenix Raceway, the traditional host of the 2023 ARCA Menards Series West opener, welcomes the stars of the ARCA platform once again this Friday for the running of the General Tire 150. The event, which will also serve as Round 2 of the ARCA Menards Series season following the season-opener at Daytona International Speedway la...2023
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• NXS: Brad Keselowski earns his first win at Darlington Raceway after Chastain and Harvick tangle
DARLINGTON, S.C. — Brad Keselowski won the Sports Clips Haircuts VFW 200 for his first victory at Darlington Raceway. He won the 167 lap race by 0.738 seconds over NASCAR Xfinity regular Cole Custer. Chastain won both the first and second stage in his debut race with Chip Ganassi Racing.Â When the race restarted for the third and final stage Chastain was tasked with holding off Brad Keselowski. On...2018
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• NXS: Cole Custer on Pole for ToyotaCare 250
RICHMOND, VA — Cole Custer has won the pole for the ToyotaCare 250 with a time of 22.253 seconds around the .75-mile oval. This pole is Custer’s second in a row, second on the year, and second of his NASCAR Xfinity Series career. Last week Custer started from the same position, and even though he earned a top-ten, he didn’t have the race he was hoping for. Â“We were pretty fast at the start an...2018
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• Custer Finishes Regular Season on High Note
Cole Custer was able to step up against some of the best Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series drivers Saturday in the NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Chicago to finish seventh. However, the finish wasn’t exactly indicative of how well the rookie ran. Custer and the No. 00 Haas Automation team led 41 laps, and ran in the top-five, ahead of Cup drivers all race long. “I was happy with that today. That is ...2017
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• Cole Custer wins Gateway truck race after Crafton, Jones wreck late
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• Cole Custer to run full Camping World Truck Series schedule for JR Motorsports
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• JR Motorsports to run select NCWTS races with Cole Custer
JR Motorsports announced Monday morning the team would make the transition into the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series during the 2015 season with Cole Custer behind the wheel. The organization co-owned by Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Kelley Earnhardt Miller has competed in the NASCAR Xfinity Series in some capacity for the past 10 years, winning the 2014 series championship with driver Chase Elliott. Th...2015
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• JR Motorsports to run select NCWTS races with Cole Custer
JR Motorsports announced Monday morning the team would make the transition into the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series during the 2015 season with Cole Custer behind the wheel....2015
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• Ryan Preece replacing Cole Custer in Cup; Custer moving to Xfinity Series with Stewart-Haas Racing UPDATE

UPDATE: Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) has promoted Ryan Preece from his reserve driver role with the organization to the NASCAR Cup Series where the 32-year-old racer from Berlin, Connecticut, will drive the team‘s No. 41 Ford Mustang beginning in 2023. Preece has spent 2022 performing simulator work that has benefitted the entire team and its Cup […]...2022
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• Austin Dillon will face no further penalties after wrecking Cole Custer
Dillon intentionally wrecked Custer in Saturday's XFINITY Series race at Phoenix....2017
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• NASCAR penalizes Cole Custer, crew chief for manipulating finish Sunday
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• Ryan Preece to drive Stewart-Haas Racing No. 41 car in NASCAR Cup Series

A new driver will be behind the wheel of the No. 41 car in the NASCAR Cup Series, with Ryan Preece replacing Cole Custer....2022
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• NASCAR Race Weekend Recap (Las Vegas)
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• Nemechek Goes All-In for Liuna Crown
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• Nemechek cruises to dominant NASCAR Xfinity win at Las Vegas
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• Fanttik partners with Stewart-Haas Racing to sponsor Noah Gragson, Cole Custer

Fanttik, the trailblazing and award-winning brand in the automotive accessories industry, has partnered with Stewart-Haas Racing, the championship-winning NASCAR team co-owned by NASCAR Hall of Famer Tony Stewart and Haas Automation founder Gene Haas. The agreement will have Fanttik serve as the primary sponsor for two races — one in the NASCAR Cup Series with […]...2024
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• Driver Line-Up for Today’s NASCAR Events

Driver Line-Up for Today’s #NASCAR Events UpDate: Xfinity Race Reschedule to 9:00 pm tonight due to more rain. Xfinity and Cup Series at Daytona Due to wet weather, the Xfinity Series opening race – the United Rentals 300 - was postponed to Monday hours ahead of the Cup race at the Daytona International Speedway. United Rentals 300 Xfinity Series Line-Up #2 - Jesse Lov...2024
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• Reigning Xfinity Series champion Cole Custer begins title defense

By Dustin Albino When Stewart-Haas Racing announced prior to the 2023 season that Cole Custer would return to the Xfinity Series following a bumpy three-year stint in the Cup Series, high expectations were set. Custer‘s foray back into the series, primarily competing against new competitors, didn‘t start off well. He dominated the second race of […]...2024
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• Ford Xfinity teams running Dark Horse decal package in 2024

Ford Performance announced on Thursday evening that its Xfinity Series teams will run the Dark Horse decal package in 2024. The Mustang body, however, will not change from the 2023 season. Cole Custer is the defending series champion, driving the No. 00 Ford. The manufacturer’s full-time lineup rounds out with Riley Herbst, Hailie Deegan, Ryan […]...2024
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• Andy's Frozen Custard sponsoring Cole Custer in three Xfinity races during 2024 season

Andy‘s Frozen Custard® has partnered with Stewart-Haas Racing and reigning NASCAR Xfinity Series champion Cole Custer to sponsor the No. 00 Ford Mustang in 2024. The multiyear agreement will feature Andy‘s™, the award-winning frozen custard and treat shop, as the primary sponsor for Custer in three Xfinity Series races in 2024 — the Andy‘s Frozen […]...2024
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• Denny Hamlin explains why John Hunter Nemechek lost position in Xfinity Series Championship

Denny Hamlin tried to make sense of John Hunter Nemechek failing to capture the 2023 Xfintiy Series title. It was Cole Custer who brought his car to Victory Lane last weekend, and in turn won the biggest honor in the racing series, as he raced his way into the history books....2023
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• Ford Captures All Three 2023 NASCAR Championships

Ford Captures All Three 2023 NASCAR Championships Ryan Blaney (Cup); Cole Custer (Xfinity); Ben Rhodes (Trucks) Ryan Blaney Wins Cup Series Title Team Penske’s Ryan Blaney drove Mustang to its second straight NASCAR Cup Series title by winning the championship race at Phoenix Raceway, capping a weekend that saw Ford claim all three of NASCAR’s major touring titles for the first time in its...2023
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