Andrés Pérez de Lara - TSport 200 Race Preview
Event: TSport 200 (200 laps / 137.2 miles)
Round: 16 of 25 (Regular Season)
Track: Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park
Location: Indianapolis, IN
Date & Time: Friday, July 24 | 7:30 PM ET
Tune-In: FOX Sports 1 | NASCAR Racing Network (NRN) | SiriusXM Ch. 90
Team Stats & Notes
- Niece Motorsports IRP Stats:
NCTS Starts: 15; Top-Fives: 1; Top-10s: 2; Best Finish: 4th (Carson Hocevar, 2023).
- Keep Up the Good Work: Last Saturday’s Faith Fest 250 marked the sixth race in a row where at least one Niece Motorsports truck has finished inside the top-10. The No. 45 team is on a hot streak of their own, locking in three straight top-five results at San Diego, Lime Rock, and North Wilkesboro.
No. 44 Acceptance Insurance Chevrolet Silverado RST
Driver: Andrés Perez de Lara | Crew Chief: Wally Rogers
- Pérez de Lara's IRP Stats:
NCTS Starts: 1; Best Finish: 22nd (2025).
ARCA Starts: 2; Top-Fives: 1; Top-10s: 2; Best Finish: 2nd (2024).
- Rogers' IRP Stats:
NOAPS Starts: 6; Top-Fives: 1; Top-10s: 2; Best Finish: 5th (2007).
NCTS Starts: 6; Top-Fives: 1; Top-10s: 3; Best Finish: 3rd (2005).
- 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 North Wilkesboro: Andrés Pérez de Lara and the BLAC / GoKartMania Academy team experienced an up-and-down afternoon in North Wilkesboro. Rolling off from 20th, the No. 44 team made advancements through the opening stage. A strategy call to stay out and pick up points resulted in a seventh-place finish in stage two, aiding the team’s Chase bid. In the final run, Pérez de Lara fought an uphill battle with his seat burning in the overwhelmingly hot conditions. The driver was credited with a 23rd-place finish.
- Driver Points Outlook: Pérez de Lara’s 23rd-place finish at North Wilkesboro dropped him one position in the point standings to 15th. Despite losing a spot, the Mexico City native didn’t lose any ground to the cutline. With three races left until the start of the Chase, Pérez de Lara is still just 31 points below cutline driver, Stewart Friesen.
- Quoting Pérez de Lara: When you compare IRP to other short tracks, what are some of the characteristics that set this place apart?
“IRP is a very technical track, especially considering the fact that we run the higher lane and there’s not much banking. It’s a track that used to be really good to me in ARCA, but last year wasn’t great to me in the truck race. I’ve been putting in the work with the team on the simulator to figure out how to be better there this year, so hopefully we can turn it around.”
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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