As reported by TobyChristie.Com, Nolan Wilson, who competed in four NASCAR Goody’s Dash Series events over a three-year span from 2000 to 2002 including three starts at Daytona International Speedway, is set to return to the high banks of Daytona in 2025 at the age of 50.
On Tuesday, Wilson announced his intentions to pilot the No. 69 Kimmel Racing Ford Mustang for the 2025 ARCA Menards Series season-opening race at Daytona International Speedway. Wilson will serve as a teammate to Scott Melton, who will compete in the team’s No. 68 Ford Fusion. The team is excited to have two cars in the pack at Daytona, and they feel it will allow them to compete well in the 200-mile race in February.
“We are really excited for Daytona 2025. Excited to have Nolan in the Mustang and Scott in the Fusion,” said team owner Bill Kimmel Jr. “Hopefully, we can benefit from having two cars that can help each other not only in testing but also the race itself.”
Wilson, a native of Sanford, Florida, is a longtime driving instructor at Daytona International Speedway, where, in an interview with the Orlando Sentinel in 2000, he estimated he had logged more than 10,000 laps behind the wheel of a race car.
However, it’s been 22 years since Wilson has been in a competitive race at the 2.5-mile superspeedway.
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