On Wednesday, Kaulig Racing announced that Kaz Grala will race for the team on a limited schedule for 2021, starting with the Daytona 500 in the No. 16 Chevrolet Camaro. Kaulig Racing announced that partners and additional races would come out at a later date.
🚨 Presenting the driver of the No. 16 Kaulig Racing Camaro ZL1 1LE for the 63rd annual @DAYTONA 500!! 🚨#NASCAR | #CupSeries | #Daytona500 pic.twitter.com/OIZIzGGnap — Kaulig Racing (@KauligRacing) January 13, 2021
The 22-year-old from Boston, MA, competed in one race in the Cup Series, substituting for Austin Dillon at the Daytona Road Course and finished in seventh place. He also competed in the Xfinity Series in five races for Richard Childress Racing. He had one top-five and three top-ten finishes and one race in the Camping World Truck Series with Niece Motorsports, where he had a ninth-place finish at Talladega.
Grala released a statement on joining Kaulig Racing said, “This is a huge opportunity for me both personally and professionally. I’ve grown up dreaming of reaching the NASCAR Cup Series, so it will be really special to get more chances to race against my heroes, with Kaulig Racing being the perfect team to take that next step with. I can’t thank Matt Kaulig and Chris Rice enough for trusting me in their Cup program, as well as RCR for helping shape my career the past couple seasons. I have already worked with many of the Kaulig team members before, so hopefully that will help us hit the ground running next month. Bring on the DAYTONA 500!”
In 2017, Grala competed full time with GMS Racing in the Camping World Truck Series. He won the pole and the race at Daytona to go with five top-five and eleven top-ten finishes. He has started in 66 races with one pole, one win, nine top-five, and twenty-five top-ten finishes between all three NASCAR series.
The President of Kaulig Racing, Chris Rice’s statement on adding Grala, said, “We’re super excited to have Kaz join our team in 2021, and we can’t wait to get started with him at Daytona. He has had some great success in different series and layouts at Daytona, so we think he will be a great addition to our team beginning with the Daytona 500.”
The 2021 Daytona 500 takes place on Sunday, February 14th, at 2:30 pm on FOX.
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