Andrés Pérez de Lara - Navy 250 Race Preview
Event: Navy 250 (50 laps / 170 miles)
Round: 13 of 25 (Regular Season)
Track: Qualcomm Circuit at Naval Base Coronado
Location: Coronado, CA
Date & Time: Friday, June 19 | 7:00 PM ET
Tune-In: FOX Sports 1 | NASCAR Racing Network (NRN) | SiriusXM Ch. 90
Team Stats & Notes
- Niece Motorsports Road Course Stats:
NOAPS Starts: 1; Best Finish: 31st (Victor Gonzalez, Jr. - Watkins Glen, 2018)
NCTS Starts: 60; Poles: 2 (Carson Hocevar - Sonoma, 2022 & Ross Chastain - COTA, 2023) Top-Fives: 5; Top-10s: 16; Best Finish: 3rd (Carson Hocevar - Mid-Ohio, 2023 & Shane van Gisbergen - Watkins Glen, 2026).
- New Track: Friday’s Navy 250 will mark the first time that NASCAR has hosted a race at the Qualcomm Circuit on Naval Base Coronado. San Diego is the second new road course on the schedule this year - with the first being the St. Petersburg Grand Prix.
- Coronado Connection: Niece Motorsports’ Team Founder, Al Niece, has special ties to Naval Base Coronado. While enlisted with the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War, Niece was stationed on the base in 1968. He will return to the base for the first time in 56 years when the race takes place.
- Honoring Those Who Have Served: All three of Niece Motorsports’ entries will feature a special tribute on the bed tops including over 160 names of veterans. The list is mostly comprised of relatives of the team’s crew, partners, and ownership group. ‘SGT Al Niece’ will appear on the passenger side name rail locations on the trucks, and a list of KIA soldiers who fought alongside Niece are also represented.
No. 44 Acceptance Insurance Military / First Responder Discounts Chevrolet Silverado RST
Driver: Andrés Perez de Lara | Crew Chief: Wally Rogers
- Pérez de Lara's NASCAR Road Course Stats:
Andrés Pérez de Lara will make his first-career NCTS start at St. Petersburg on Saturday.
NCTS Starts: 5; Top-10s: 1; Best Finish: 7th (St. Petersburg, 2026).
ARCA Starts: 4; Top-Fives: 1; Top-10s: 2; Best Finish: 4th (Watkins Glen, 2024).
- Rogers' NASCAR Road Course Stats:
Wally Rogers will make his first-career NCTS start as a crew chief at San Diego on Friday.
NCS Starts: 9; Best Finish: 17th (Sonoma, 2010 & Watkins Glen, 2012).
NOAPS Starts: 15; Top-10s: 2; Best Finish: 7th (Watkins Glen, 2007).
NCTS Starts: 15; Top-10s: 2; Best Finish: 7th (Lime Rock, 2025 & St. Petersburg, 2026).
- 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. His truck features a unique military-inspired paint scheme this week, promoting Acceptance’s Military / First Responder Discount program. To learn more about this program, click here.
- Recapping Michigan: Andrés Pérez de Lara and the McLaren Transport team faced a challenging day in Michigan. The No. 44 truck made slight contact with the wall in practice, but Pérez de Lara was still able to run well after qualifying mid-pack. Lacking the assist of drafting help, the No. 44 was mired in traffic for most of the race. In the final run to the checkered, the Mexico City native finished the event in 19th-place.
- Driver Points Outlook: Pérez de Lara’s 19th-place finish in Michigan dropped him one position in the driver point standings to 16th-place overall. Entering San Diego, the driver is five points behind Justin Haley in 15th, and is four points ahead of Tanner Gray in 17th. In order to qualify for the Chase, Pérez de Lara needs to make up a 53-point deficit to Jake Garcia who currently holds onto the cutline spot.
- Quoting Pérez de Lara: You picked up your first top-10 of the season on the streets of St. Petersburg, so what do you need to replicate that effort this weekend?
“I’m really excited for the NASCAR San Diego event. Obviously, the fact of it being a road course, and a very technical one at that, gets me even more excited. Our sim work went well, and it’s all going to be about how quickly we can adapt. I feel like our Acceptance Chevy will be fast, and I always feel good on these types of tracks. I’m ready to go execute in practice and qualify well to get a good starting position so we can be up front most of the race.”
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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