NextEra Energy 250 | Daytona International Speedway Race Advance
Team: No. 45 TrüNorth™/Paul Jr.Designs Chevrolet Silverado
Driver: Ross Chastain
Follow the Team: @NieceMotorsport; @RossChastain
PR Contact: Michelle Brachowski; mbrachowski@niecemotorsports.com
Chastain on Racing at Daytona: “I’m excited to get this seasonstarted,” said Chastain. “This is goingto be a great year, and I’m looking forward to Friday’s race with this NieceMotorsports group. I know that they’ve beenworking really hard this off season to get everything ready for 2019, so I knowPhil and the team will have a strong truck on Friday.”
Chastain at Daytona: Friday’s season-opening race at DaytonaInternational Speedway will mark Chastain’s fifth NASCAR Gander Outdoors TruckSeries start at the track. In his fourprevious starts, Chastain’s best finish of 14th came in 2013.
Additionally,Chastain has one Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series start at Daytona, and nineNASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) starts at the 2.5-mile track. In those nine NXS starts, Chastain has earnedfive top-10 finishes and seven top-20 finishes.
It will be abusy weekend in Daytona for Chastain who looks to race in all three of NASCAR’smajor touring series this weekend.
On the Truck: TheNo. 45 Chevrolet will carry the TrüNorth™colors at Daytona International Speedway. TrüNorth™ is the leading provider of commercial asset related warrantyprograms and services for dealers, fleets, owner-operators, and commercial financecompanies.
The paint scheme that Chastain will run atDaytona was designed by Paul Teutul, Jr. of Paul Jr. Designs and star of“American Chopper”, in partnership with TrüNorth™. Paul Jr. will attend this Friday’s NGOTSrace.
TrüNorth™ partnered with Paul Jr. to build the first TrüNorth™ custom bike, whichwas unveiled in early November at the UTA Convention in Orlando. That bike build will appear in the secondepisode of the new season of “American Chopper” on Discovery Channel inFebruary.
Additionally,Paul Jr. will build a second TrüNorth™ custom bike for the launch of a newbrand from TrüNorth™. This bike will be unveiled at Daytona inconjunction with the NGOTS race.
About Niece Motorsports:
Niece Motorsports is owned by United States Marine CorpsVeteran Al Niece. In 2019, Niece Motorsports enters its fourth season inthe NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series, with drivers Ross Chastain, ReidWilson and Timothy Peters. Niece alsoowns Niece Equipment, which has for over 40 years provided clients withreliable products at competitive prices. Niece Equipment’s reputation isbuilt on service, integrity and dependability. The company provides water and fuel / lube trucks that are engineeredwith quality and durability in mind for the construction and mining industry. Follow the team on Facebook and Instagram @NieceMotorsports as well as Twitter @NieceMotorsport.
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