The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Collection season-opener at Daytona Worldwide Speedway will function a number of attention-grabbing names, together with Cleetus McFarland (actual identify Garrett Mitchell), and Travis Pastrana.
As beforehand introduced, they are going to be teammates at Niece Motorsports with Mitchell driving the No. 4 Chevrolet Silverado and Pastana behind the wheel of the No. 42. Whereas Mitchell is making his NCTS debut, Pastrana does have some prior expertise within the division, together with an Eleventh-place end within the 2023 Daytona 500.
BRUNT Workwear will be a part of as the first sponsor for the Pastrana truck, whereas the Black Riffle Espresso Firm will be a part of Mitchell as a main sponsor.
We received our first take a look at the vans the desire drive this week, which you’ll be able to see beneath:
Travis Pastrana
“I’m pumped to get again on monitor at Daytona,” mentioned Pastrana in a launch from the staff. “This will probably be my first NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Collection race since 2023, so leaping again into the Niece Chevrolet goes to be a blast. Daytona is a kind of locations the place something can occur, and lining up with Cleetus and Ricky [Stenhouse Jr.] simply provides to the enjoyable. BRUNT and Black Rifle Espresso Firm have been superior companions, from the whole lot we’re doing at Pastranaland to Channel 199, so it’s fairly cool to tackle this subsequent problem collectively and see the way it performs out.”
Cleetus McFarland
Added Mitchell: “I’ve been fortunate to drive numerous actually cool stuff, however Daytona in a NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck is a complete new stage. That is my first time within the collection, so I do know it’s going to push me manner outdoors my consolation zone, and that’s what makes it so thrilling. I’m extremely grateful to have companions like Black Rifle Espresso Firm, BRUNT and Niece Motorsports backing us each step of the best way. We’re going to go have some enjoyable and see what this factor can do.”
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