Event: NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Championship Race (134 laps / 201 miles)
Round: 25 of 25 (Season Finale)
Track: Homestead-Miami Speedway
Location: Homestead, FL
Date & Time: Friday, November 6 | 7:30 PM ET
Tune-In: FOX Sports 1 | NASCAR Racing Network (NRN) | SiriusXM Ch. 90
Team Stats & Notes
- Niece Motorsports Homestead-Miami Stats:
NCTS Starts: 23; Wins: 1 (Carson Hocevar, 2023); Top-Fives: 4; Top-10s: 7.
- New Late Model Driver: Niece Motorsports welcomes Hudson Sharp, son of 1996 NTT INDYCAR SERIES co-champion, Scott Sharp, to its Late Model Stock Car (LMSC) team for this weekend’s Fall Brawl race at Hickory Motor Speedway. The 17-year-old recently finished third in his ARCA Menards Series West debut at Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway, and has run select races in LMSC competition throughout the year for Lee Falk Racing and Development.
- Thank you, CRAFTSMAN: Friday’s race at Homestead-Miami Speedway will mark the end of CRAFTSMAN’s tenure as the title sponsor of the NASCAR Truck Series. Since its return in 2023, and throughout its founding years, CRAFTSMAN has been a loyal supporter of the series. In 2027, the series will rebrand to the NASCAR FedEx Freight Truck Series, or NFXFTS for short.
No. 44 Freeway Insurance Chevrolet Silverado RST
Driver: Andrés Perez de Lara | Crew Chief: Wally Rogers
- Pérez de Lara's Homestead-Miami Stats:
NCTS Starts: 1; Best Finish: 25th (2025).
- Rogers' Homestead-Miami Stats:
NCS Starts: 4; Best Finish: 21st (2014).
NOAPS Starts: 5; Poles: 1 (Greg Biffle, 2003); Top-10s: 1; Best Finish: 6th (2002).
NCTS Starts: 9; Top-Fives: 1; Top-10s: 3; Best Finish: 5th (2004).
- On the Truck: Pérez de Lara's No. 44 Chevrolet Silverado RST will race with support from Freeway Insurance, the Official Insurance Partner of NASCAR. Freeway Insurance first joined on as the primary sponsor for Pérez de Lara in Phoenix, and will close out the season with the No. 44 team.
- Recapping Martinsville: Andrés Pérez de Lara and the Telcel team managed a great race in Martinsville, resulting in their best finish of the season. Pérez de Lara rolled off the starting line from 13th, but it didn’t take him long to advance into the top-10. He stayed consistent by finishing ninth in both of the opening two stages, and continued to move forward as the laps clicked off. Everything went to plan for the No. 44 team, and the speed was reflected in the end result. Pérez de Lara was thrilled as he picked up his career-best finish in sixth-place.
- Driver Points Outlook: Pérez de Lara’s sixth-place finish at Martinsville gained him one spot in the driver point standings, now up to 15th overall. Entering Homestead-Miami, the driver is 14 points behind Brenden “Butterbean” Queen in 14th, and five points ahead of Justin Haley in 16th.
- No. 44 Team Season Highlights: As the team’s lone full-time driver, Andrés Pérez de Lara put up a valiant fight during his sophomore campaign. Pérez de Lara and the No. 44 team led by Wally Rogers were able to improve in several areas in comparison to last year. Last weekend, the driver earned his career-best finish of sixth-place at Martinsville. He also picked up more top-10s (four), and is currently one spot higher in the point standings than where he was at the end of his rookie season.
- Quoting Pérez de Lara: What are your thoughts heading into the season finale at Homestead-Miami this weekend?
“I am really excited to head to Homestead. I feel like we have some good momentum to close out the year, especially coming after Martinsville. Homestead is a track that I really enjoy racing at, and everyone is ready to go give it our all to finish the season on a high note and see what we can build from there. I am very thankful to all of the team at Niece Motorsports, Freeway Insurance, and everybody who has supported me this season. Let’s make this weekend count!”
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.
Follow the Team: To keep up to date with the latest team news, visit niecemotorsports.com or connect on Facebook and Instagram (@NieceMotorsports) as well as X (@NieceMotorsport).
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