Andrés Pérez de Lara - North Carolina Education Lottery 200 Race Preview
Event: North Carolina Education Lottery 200 (134 laps / 201 miles)
Round: 10 of 25 (Regular Season)
Track: Charlotte Motor Speedway
Location: Concord, North Carolina
Date & Time: Friday, May 22 | 7:30 PM ET
Tune-In: FOX Sports 1 | NASCAR Racing Network (NRN) | SiriusXM Ch. 90
Team Stats & Notes
- Niece Motorsports Charlotte Stats:
NCTS Starts: 26; Wins: 1 (Ross Chastain, 2022) Top-Fives: 7; Top-10s: 10.
- Road Tripping: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Ross Chastain look to run a marathon weekend in Charlotte. Stenhouse Jr. hopes to complete 800 miles between Friday’s North Carolina Education Lottery 200 and Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600, while Chastain aims for a staggering 1100 miles in a triple-duty NCTS-NOAPS-NCS weekend.
- School Days: Niece Motorsports drivers Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Connor Hall visited Park View Elementary School on Monday to read books to kindergarten, first, and second grade children. On Tuesday, Tyler Reif, Conner Jones, and Parker Eatmon visited East Mooresville Intermediate School to read to third, fourth, and fifth-graders. The team transported a race truck and hauler to the school to give the children an up-close look into their office on wheels.
No. 44 Acceptance Insurance Chevrolet Silverado RST
Driver: Andres Perez de Lara | Crew Chief: Wally Rogers
- Pérez de Lara's Charlotte Stats:
NCTS Starts: 1; Best Finish: 16th (2025).
ARCA Starts: 2; Poles: 1 (2024); Top-Fives: 1; Top-10s: 2; Best Finish: 3rd (2024).
- Rogers' Charlotte Stats:
NCS Starts: 12; Best Finish: 21st (2010).
NOAPS Starts: 12; Best Finish: 14th (2007).
NCTS Starts: 8; Top-Fives: 1; Top-10s: 2; Best Finish: 2nd (2025).
- 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. The truck will run a unique patriotic paint scheme in honor of Memorial Day weekend.
- Recapping Dover: Andrés Pérez de Lara and the Precision Vehicle Logistics De Mexico team brought a fast Chevrolet to Dover, but flat tires derailed their finish. Pérez de Lara started off strong with his second top-10 qualifying run of the season in ninth-place. He was in position for a solid outing, but picked up a vibration and was forced to pit under green with a flat right-front tire. The team had to make several stops throughout the remainder of the race and came home in 28th-place.
- Driver Points Outlook: Pérez de Lara’s 28th-place finish at Dover kept him sitting in 15th-place in the driver point standings. Heading into Charlotte, Pérez de Lara is 40 points below current Chase cutline driver, Tyler Ankrum. He is 29 points behind Justin Haley in 14th-place, and is tied with Tanner Gray for 15th.
- Crew Chief Milestone: Friday’s North Carolina Education Lottery 200 will mark Wally Rogers’ 200th-career start as a crew chief in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series. Rogers has been a mainstay in the sport since the mid-1990’s, and has been an integral part of Niece Motorsports since 2020.
- Quoting Pérez de Lara: What are some key characteristics to watch out for at Charlotte?
“The bumps on the entry of turn three and turn four are very noticeable at Charlotte. It’s one of the most fun mile-and-a-half tracks we have because there are so many options on where to run at that place. Niece Motorsports has been really strong here the past couple of years, so I’m really excited about this weekend’s race. I feel like I know my way around this track; I qualified on the pole here in an ARCA car and had a shot at winning the race a couple of years ago, so I’m feeling pretty confident that we can have a good result on Friday night with our Acceptance Chevy.”
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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