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Rick Ware Racing: Corey LaJoie/Kaz Grala Kansas Advance

by Mike
Rick Ware Racing: Corey LaJoie/Kaz Grala Kansas Advance

Corey LaJoie, driver of the No. 51 Children’s Mercy Kansas City Ford Mustang Dark Horse, will make his first start for Rick Ware Racing (RWR) Sunday at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City. LaJoie has 12 previous Cup Series starts at the 1.5-mile oval. His best finish there was a 19th-place result earned in May 2022.

Kaz Grala is set to make his first Kansas start in the NASCAR Cup Series in Sunday’s Hollywood Casino 400. Grala has two NASCAR Xfinity Series starts at the 1.5-mile oval – a 13th-place finish from the third starting position in July 2020, and a 10th-place finish from the 31st starting position in September 2023. (more…)

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Rick Ware Racing: Justin Haley/Kaz Grala Bristol Advance

by Mike
Rick Ware Racing: Justin Haley/Kaz Grala Bristol Advance

Justin Haley, driver of the No. 51 Pinnacle Home Improvements Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Rick Ware Racing (RWR), will make his fifth NASCAR Cup Series start at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway in Saturday’s Bass Pro Shops Night Race. When the series last visited Bristol on March 17, it was a race full of attrition due to unusual tire wear. Haley used pit strategy and tire conservation to work his way into the top-15 within the first 100 laps of the 500-lap race. Without a caution in the final 121 laps, Haley was forced to  pit from 10th place under green for his final stop for fresh tires. He finished the race 17th, his second of 11 top-20 finishes this year.

Kaz Grala, driver of the No. 15 Meat N’ Bone Ford Mustang Dark Horse for RWR, will make his second Cup Series start at Bristol in Saturday night’s race. In March, Grala started 33rd and drove to a 19th-place finish at The Last Great Colosseum. (more…)

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Rick Ware Racing: Justin Haley/Kaz Grala Watkins Glen Advance

by Mike
Rick Ware Racing: Justin Haley/Kaz Grala Watkins Glen Advance

Justin Haley will make his fourth start at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International with the No. 51 Pinnacle Home Improvements team in Sunday afterrnoon’s Go Bowling at The Glen. Haley earned an 18th-place finish at The Glen in 2022, marking his best result on the 2.45-mile, seven-turn road course.

Kaz Grala is set to make his first Cup Series start at Watkins Glen in the No. 15 Meat N’ Bone Ford Mustang Dark Horse. In five starts on road courses in the Cup Series, the 25-year-old has one top-10 finish, earned in his first start in the series. It came in 2020 on the Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway road course, where Grala started 10th in the field of 39 cars piloting the No. 3 Richard Childress Racing entry, and he led three laps en route to a seventh-place finish. (more…)

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Rick Ware Racing: Justin Haley/Kaz Grala Darlington Advance

by Mike
Rick Ware Racing: Justin Haley/Kaz Grala Darlington Advance

Justin Haley, driver of the No. 51 NC Fraternal Order of Police Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Rick Ware Racing (RWR), returns to Darlington (S.C.) Raceway looking to build on a solid performance in the May 12 Goodyear 400  at the 1.366-mile egg-shaped oval. His ninth-place finish was his  first of two top-10s this season, his third top-10 at Darlington, and it marked RWR’s best finish at a non-superspeedway-type track.

Kaz Grala returns to the No. 15 Meat N’ Bone Ford Mustang Dark Horse for his second Cup Series start at Darlington after earning an 18th-place finish in his Darlington debut in May.

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JUSTIN HALEY | KAZ GRALA Busch Light Clash at The Coliseum

by Mike
JUSTIN HALEY | KAZ GRALA Busch Light Clash at The Coliseum

Justin Haley, driver of the No. 51 Walmart Health & Wellness Ford Mustang for Rick Ware Racing (RWR) in the NASCAR Cup Series, is set to make his first start with the team in the non-points Busch Light Clash at The Coliseum. The 24-year-old driver has started in each of the previous two Clash events on the purpose-built, quarter-mile, asphalt oval inside the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. (more…)

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Kaz Grala to Attempt Daytona 500 with Front Row Motorsports

by Mike
Kaz Grala to Attempt Daytona 500 with Front Row Motorsports

MOORESVILLE, N.C. (January 23, 2024) – Front Row Motorsports (FRM) will once again attempt a third entry in the Great American Race. This year, Kaz Grala will be behind the No. 36 Ford Mustang Dark Horse during Daytona Speedweek. Ruedebusch Development and Construction will partner with FRM and Grala to qualify for the most prestigious race in NASCAR. (more…)

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New England Native Kaz Grala Returns to Hometrack of New Hampshire Motor Speedway

by Lou Modestino
New England Native Kaz Grala Returns to Hometrack of New Hampshire Motor Speedway

LOUDON, N.H. – Kaz Grala, a native of Boston, Mass., will make his return to his hometrack of New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS) for the first time since 2019. On Saturday, July 15, Grala will pilot the No. 26 Toyota GR Supra in the Ambetter Health 200 NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) race at “The Magic Mile” on the hunt for the trophy and Sam Hunt Racing’s first win. (more…)

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Kaz Grala: Richmond ‘Was Our Best Race of the Year’

by Lou Modestino
Kaz Grala: Richmond ‘Was Our Best Race of the Year’

The rough start of the 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series season for Kaz Grala and Sam Hunt Racing was shaken off with a top-five finish in the team’s home race at Richmond Raceway.

The Boston, MA native ran well inside the top-10 throughout much of the Toyota Care 250. Grala battled with Cole Custer, Sheldon Creed, and Josh Berry over the course of the final Stage of the 250-lap race. (more…)

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Grala Set to Join TRICON Stable at Las Vegas Motor Speedway

by Lou Modestino
Grala Set to Join TRICON Stable at Las Vegas Motor Speedway

MOORESVILLE, N.C. (February 24, 2023) — TRICON Garage (TRICON) is excited to unveil that NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) full-timer Kaz Grala will join its NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series stable as the series invades Las Vegas Motor Speedway (LVMS). Grala is the second NXS regular to join the TRICON driver roster in as many days as the team announced John Hunter Nemechek will drive the No. 17 at LVMS. (more…)

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Kaz Grala and Sam Hunt Racing Fuel Up with Fire Department Coffee in 2023

by Lou Modestino
Kaz Grala and Sam Hunt Racing Fuel Up with Fire Department Coffee in 2023

MOORESVILLE, N.C. (February 2, 2023) – Sam Hunt Racing (SHR) announces today that Fire Department Coffee (FDC), a veteran-owned company dedicated to handcrafting great-tasting coffee and supporting first responders, will partner with Kaz Grala (from Boston, MA) and SHR throughout the 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) season. FDC will be the primary partner on the No. 26 Toyota GR Supra for ten races throughout the season with season-long associate branding. (more…)

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Kaz Grala joins Sam Hunt Racing for Phoenix Xfinity

by Lou Modestino
Kaz Grala joins Sam Hunt Racing for Phoenix Xfinity

The last time Boston’s Kaz Grala drove a Toyota was in the now-ARCA Menards Series East in 2016. Since then, he has primarily been in Chevrolets save for a single NASCAR Xfinity Series season with Ford in 2018. On 5 November, he will return to the Toyota camp for a one-off as he pilots the #26 GR Supra for Sam Hunt Racing at Phoenix Raceway. (more…)

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