Andrés Pérez de Lara - Allegiance 200 Race Preview
Event: Allegiance 200 (150 laps / 199.5 miles)
Round: 11 of 25 (Regular Season)
Track: Nashville Superspeedway
Location: Lebanon, TN
Date & Time: Friday, May 29 | 8:00 PM ET
Tune-In: FOX Sports 1 | NASCAR Racing Network (NRN) | SiriusXM Ch. 90
Team Stats & Notes
- Niece Motorsports Nashville Stats:
NCTS Starts: 16; Wins: 1 (Carson Hocevar, 2023) Top-Fives: 3; Top-10s: 6.
No. 44 Acceptance Insurance Chevrolet Silverado RST
Driver: Andres Perez de Lara | Crew Chief: Wally Rogers
- Pérez de Lara's Nashville Stats:
NCTS Starts: 1; Best Finish: 19th (2025).
- Rogers' Nashville Stats:
NOAPS Starts: 11; Poles: 1 (Randy LaJoie, 2003); Top-Fives: 2; Top-10s: 4; Best Finish: 4th (twice - 2001 & 2003).
NCTS Starts: 5; Top-10s: 2; Best Finish: 7th (2004).
- On the Truck: Pérez de Lara's No. 44 Chevrolet Silverado RST will race with support from Acceptance Insurance, who serves as the team's anchor partner this season.
- Recapping Charlotte: Andrés Pérez de Lara and the Acceptance Insurance team showcased resilience in Charlotte. Pérez de Lara had to start towards the rear of the field once qualifying was cancelled due to rain, but he navigated through the pack in the opening stage. The No. 44 truck had speed, and his pit crew gained him spots on multiple occasions. While running just outside the top-10 in the final stage, however, Pérez broke loose while running under another truck and went for a spin. Luckily, the truck did not sustain any damage, and Pérez was able to continue on in the race. He was credited with a 19th-place finish.
- Driver Points Outlook: Pérez de Lara’s 19th-place finish at Charlotte dropped him two positions in the driver point standings. Now sitting in 17th-place overall, Pérez de Lara is eight points behind Grant Enfinger in 16th, and 21 points ahead of Dawson Sutton in 18th. The sophomore driver is 40 points below the Chase cutline heading into the 11th race of the season in Nashville.
- Quoting Pérez de Lara: What characteristics separate this track from most others on the circuit?
“Nashville is smaller than a mile-and-a-half track, so there’s a lot more involved when it comes to how you have to approach the corners here. I think the fact that this place is concrete makes it trickier than what we’re used to. There’s a track in Mexico called Aguascalientes that is exactly the same. It feels very similar, and I’ve won there before in the NASCAR Mexico Series, so that gives me confidence. Last year, we didn’t have a great race here, but I feel like if we have a good handling Acceptance Insurance Chevy this weekend, we can put together a good race. Pit stops are going to be important here, and our pit crew is really good, so I’m looking forward to it.”
About Niece Motorsports: Niece Motorsports is a professional auto racing team that has competed in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series since 2016. The team is owned by Josh Morris of DQS Solutions and Staffing and the Fowler Family of J.F. Electric and Utilitra, and was founded by United States Marine Corps Veteran Al Niece. At its 80,000 sq. ft. headquarters in Salisbury, NC, Niece Motorsports is a full-service race vehicle build shop as well as a customizable fabrication shop for any manufacturing needs.
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