Overview
- JR Motorsports confirmed its second Cup attempt in a social video after a merchandise email leak, naming Justin Allgaier as the driver.
- Traveller Whiskey and longtime partner Brandt will sponsor the Daytona entry, continuing support from the 2025 effort.
- Earnhardt Jr. warned that without a charter JRM may need to race in through the Duels again, noting last year’s weak single-car qualifying pace.
- Chevrolet’s revised Camaro ZL1 body, drawing on the Carbon Performance Package with a larger hood dome, revised grille and more pronounced rocker panels, brings aero unknowns that NASCAR will vet through its approval process.
- JRM is using the start to gather real-race data on the new body, with Earnhardt Jr. expressing a preference to reunite last year’s group led by Greg Ives, though staffing remains to be finalized.