Kaulig Racing

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Kaulig Racing
Kaulig Racing logo.jpg
Owner(s)Matt Kaulig
BaseWelcome, North Carolina
SeriesNASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series
Race driversCup Series:
16. AJ Allmendinger, Noah Gragson, Daniel Hemric
31. Justin Haley
Xfinity Series:
10. Landon Cassill
11. Daniel Hemric
16. AJ Allmendinger
SponsorsCup Series:
16. TBA
31 TBA
Xfinity Series:
10. Voyager
11. LeafFilter
16. Ellsworth Advisors, Hyperice, Pit Boss Grills, Ramco Specialties Inc., Barger Precast, Gold Fish Casino Slots, Andy's Frozen Custard
ManufacturerChevrolet
Opened2016
Career
DebutXfinity Series:
2016 PowerShares QQQ 300 (Daytona) Cup Series:
2020 Daytona 500 (Daytona)
Latest raceXfinity Series:
2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race (Phoenix)


Cup Series:
2021 Bank of America Roval 400 (Charlotte Roval)
Races competed335
Drivers' Championships0
Race victories15 (1 Cup win, 14 Xfinity wins)
Pole positions3

Kaulig Racing is an American professional stock car racing team that competes in the NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series. The team is owned by Matt Kaulig, an owner of team sponsor LeafFilter. Kaulig Racing fields two Cup Series Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE teams: the No. 16 that'll be split between A.J. Allmendinger, Noah Gragson, and Daniel Hemric, and the No. 31 full-time for Justin Haley. It also fields three Xfinity Chevrolet Camaro SS teams: the No. 10 full-time for Landon Cassill, the No. 11 full-time for Daniel Hemric, and the No. 16 full-time for A.J. Allmendinger. The team has a technical alliance with Richard Childress Racing,[1] and formerly operated out of the NTS Motorsports facility.[2]

Cup Series[]

Car No. 16 history[]

A. J. Allmendinger in the No. 16 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2021

On January 10, 2020, Kaulig Racing announced they would make their NASCAR Cup Series debut at the Daytona 500, fielding the No. 16 for Justin Haley.[3] The Fraternal Order of Eagles would sponsor Haley's entry. On February 8, Kaulig announced the team was looking to do more races in 2020. The next day, Haley made the field by posting the fastest qualifying speed of all the non-charter teams (190.018 mph; 31st overall).[4] After failing to run more Cup races in 2020 in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the team announced plans during the offseason to run the superspeedways and road course races in 2021. On January 13, 2021, it was announced that Kaz Grala would attempt to qualify for the Daytona 500 in the No. 16 car for Kaulig.[5] Grala also attempted the GEICO 500 at Talladega, finishing a career best 6th place.[6] A. J. Allmendinger returned to Cup by racing at the Daytona RC, then Circuit of the Americas.

On April 28, 2021, Matt Kaulig announced on SiriusXM Radio that Kaulig Racing would race full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series in the 2022 season.[7] On June 18, the team announced that it purchased two charters from Spire Motorsports and will have Haley drive full-time in 2022.[8] On August 15, Allmendinger gave Kaulig Racing their first Cup Series win at the Indianapolis road course in only the team's seventh Cup Series start.[9] At the 2021 Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona, Grala suffered a foot injury from one of the race's accidents.[10]

In 2022, A.J. Allmendinger, Daniel Hemric and Noah Gragson will split the seat time in the #16.

Car No. 16 results[]

Year Driver No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Owners Pts
2020 Justin Haley 16 Chevy DAY
13 		LVS CAL PHO ATL HOM TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV MAR CLT KAN MCH SON CHI POC POC IND KEN NHA MCH GLN DOV DAY DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL CLT KAN TEX MAR PHO 42nd 24
2021 Kaz Grala DAY
28 		TAL
6 		KAN DAR DOV DAY
36 		DAR RCH BRI LVS 37th 193
A.J. Allmendinger DAY
7 		HOM LVS PHO ATL BRI MAR RCH COA
5 		CLT SON NSH POC POC ROA
29 		ATL NHA GLN IND
1 		MCH CLT
38 		TEX KAN MAR PHO
Justin Haley TAL
20

Car No. 31 history[]

In 2022, Justin Haley will drive this car full-time.

Xfinity Series[]

Car No. 10 history[]

Ross Chastain in the No. 10 at Pocono Raceway in 2020

On August 24, 2018, Kaulig Racing announced it will field a second entry for Austin Dillon at the September 8 Xfinity race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.[11]

On January 31, 2019, Kaulig Racing announced that Ross Chastain would drive the No. 10 car for three races from Daytona, Chicagoland, and Texas. Dillon returned to the team for the Las Vegas spring race,[12] while Elliott Sadler, who had retired from full-time racing after the 2018 season, drove the No. 10 at Richmond and the fall Vegas event.[13] A. J. Allmendinger joined the team on March 21 for a five-race schedule at Daytona, Watkins Glen, Mid-Ohio, Road America, and the Charlotte Roval.[14][15] At the 2019 Circle K Firecracker 250 at Daytona, Allmendinger finished third, but was disqualified after a post-race vacuum inspection revealed a discrepancy in his car's engine.[16][17] Allmendinger was once again disqualified at the 2019 Zippo 200 at The Glen at Watkins Glen International on August 3, 2019, when his second-place finishing car was discovered to be too low on both rear corners during post-race inspection.[18] He held off Tyler Reddick to win at the Charlotte Roval, scoring Kaulig Racing's second win of the season. Days prior to the Kansas race, the No. 10's hauler lost control on a North Carolina highway and crashed, leaving the hauler's drivers injured and the race car damaged.[19]

The team would run full-time in 2020 with Alex Yontz as crew chief. On October 15, 2019, it was announced that the driver, competing full-time for the Xfinity Series championship, would be Ross Chastain.[20] It was also announced a month later that his replacement in 2021 would be Jeb Burton, moving over from JR Motorsports. Despite not winning a race and failing to qualify for the team at Daytona, Chastain finished a career-best 7th in the final standings in Kaulig's No. 10, including five runner-ups, and 27 top-tens (the most out of all drivers that season). Chastain would depart from the team and series after 2020 to replace Matt Kenseth in Chip Ganassi Racing's No. 42 Cup car in 2021.

On April 24, 2021, Burton recorded his first career victory at Talledega after taking the lead from his cousin Harrison Burton in lap 82 and staying in front with 23 laps left after a caution caused by a seven-car wreck before NASCAR called the race finished due to heavy rain. It was also the second career victory for Kaulig's No. 10. Despite this, Kaulig Racing confirmed on September 21st that Burton's primary sponsor Nutrien Ag Solutions would depart from the team after the season and leave NASCAR entirely amid executive changes at the company. On October 11th, Burton announced that he would not return to Kaulig Racing in 2022. He finished 11th in the final standings.

On December 9th, 2021, Kaulig Racing announced Landon Cassill as Burton's replacement in the No. 10, bringing sponsorship funding from Voyager Digital as it signed a two-year extension.

Car No. 10 results[]

Year Driver No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 NXSC Pts
2018 Austin Dillon 10 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW CHI DAY KEN NHA IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR IND
8 		LVS RCH CLT DOV KAN TEX PHO HOM 45th 30
2019 Ross Chastain DAY
13 		ATL TAL
30 		DOV CHI
8 		KAN
10 		TEX
2 		PHO HOM 25th 412
Austin Dillon LVS
4 		PHO CAL TEX BRI CLT
28 		POC
10 		MCH IOW IND
34
Elliott Sadler RCH
12 		LVS
10 		RCH
A. J. Allmendinger DAY
38 		KEN NHA IOW GLN
37* 		MOH
3 		ROA
24 		DAR CLT
1 		DOV
Joe Graf Jr. BRI
DNQ
2020 Ross Chastain DAY
DNQ 		LVS
10 		CAL
8 		PHO
9 		DAR
8 		CLT
4 		BRI
28 		ATL
7 		HOM
9 		HOM
3 		TAL
2* 		POC
2* 		IND
6 		KEN
3 		KEN
4 		TEX
9 		KAN
5 		ROA
7 		DAY
36 		DOV
3 		DOV
2 		DAY
6 		DAR
2 		RCH
5 		RCH
3 		BRI
2 		LVS
16 		TAL
6 		CLT
5 		KAN
12 		TEX
16 		MAR
5 		PHO
7 		7th 2270
2021 Jeb Burton DAY
4 		DAY
5 		HOM
4 		LVS
10 		PHO
6 		ATL
25 		MAR
11 		TAL
1 		DAR
20 		DOV
11 		COA
10 		CLT
9 		MOH
16 		TEX
32 		NSH
7 		POC
8 		ROA
14 		ATL
2 		NHA
11 		GLN
8 		IND
23 		MCH
29 		DAY
4 		DAR
5 		RCH
10 		BRI
24 		LVS
36 		TAL
7 		CLT
13 		TEX
11 		KAN
12 		MAR
37 		PHO
23 		11th 2161

Car No. 11 history[]

Blake Koch in the No. 11 at Richmond Raceway in 2017

In June 2015, Blake Koch announced he and longtime sponsor LeafFilter Gutter Protection would re-sign with TriStar Motorsports for the 2016 season.[21] However, in the 2015 offseason, LeafFilter owner Matt Kaulig decided to start his own team, Kaulig Racing. He brought along Koch, who he had sponsored the past two seasons, to pilot the No. 11 Chevy. Longtime NASCAR crew chief Chris Rice was hired as the team's general manager and crew chief. Kaulig Racing formed a technical alliance with Richard Childress Racing for the 2016 season.[2][21][22][1] The team also used the owner's points of TriStar's former No. 8 team.[21] In the team's debut, they finished 9th at Daytona after a strong showing, followed by a 20th-place finish at Atlanta the following week. For the team's third race Koch was running solidly in the top 15 before mechanical problems regulated him to a 26th-place finish six laps down. At Fontana, Koch finished 12th and on the lead lap, after running in the top 10 for much of the day. The team would later have several top-10 and top-15 runs, enough to get into the new Xfinity Chase, and also made to the 2nd round as well, but was unable to get to the final round, as he missed out by 7 points after finishing a strong 8th after running in or near the Top 5 all day. Blake finished 7th in the points, a Career best for Koch and Kaulig. On January 9, 2018, Kaulig Racing announced that they parted ways with Koch and had signed Camping World Truck Series driver Ryan Truex to drive the No. 11. Truex finished 7th in his team's debut.

After a mediocre 2018 season with only one top-five finish, the team announced on December 1, 2018, that Truex would be replaced by NASCAR Truck series title contender Justin Haley, who will compete for Sunoco Rookie of the Year honors in 2019. Haley would finish 12th in the points standings in 2019, but the next year scored 3 wins at both Talladega races and the summer Daytona race and wound up making the Final 4 round of the playoffs, finishing a team-best third in the points standings. Haley was in October 2020 confirmed to drive the car again in 2021. On September 25th, 2021, Kaulig Racing announced that Daniel Hemric would pilot the No. 11 in 2022, replacing Justin Haley as he moved to Kaulig's No. 31 in the Cup Series full-time.

Car No. 11 results[]

Year Driver No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 NXSC Pts
2016 Blake Koch 11 Chevy DAY
9 		ATL
20 		LVS
26 		PHO
16 		CAL
12 		TEX
34 		BRI
37 		RCH
8 		TAL
24 		DOV
12 		CLT
14 		POC
15 		MCH
13 		IOW
13 		DAY
22 		KEN
14 		NHA
32 		IND
15 		IOW
13 		GLN
35 		MOH
12 		BRI
8 		ROA
18 		DAR
19 		RCH
15 		CHI
15 		KEN
11 		DOV
14 		CLT
12 		KAN
9 		TEX
14 		PHO
8 		HOM
20 		16th 796
2017 DAY
15 		ATL
40 		LVS
12 		PHO
13 		CAL
12 		TEX
16 		BRI
9 		RCH
11 		TAL
31 		CLT
19 		DOV
32 		POC
27 		MCH
17 		IOW
25 		DAY
38 		KEN
23 		NHA
13 		IND
17 		IOW
8 		GLN
22 		MOH
11 		BRI
14 		ROA
7 		DAR
11 		RCH
11 		CHI
9 		KEN
17 		DOV
19 		CLT
25 		KAN
23 		TEX
13 		PHO
6 		HOM
16 		15th 698
2018 Ryan Truex DAY
7 		ATL
9 		LVS
15 		PHO
15 		CAL
12 		TEX
13 		BRI
10 		RCH
7 		TAL
38 		DOV
11 		CLT
6 		POC
10 		MCH
10 		IOW
14 		CHI
15 		DAY
13 		KEN
13 		NHA
13 		IOW
8 		GLN
18 		MOH
5 		BRI
22 		ROA
25 		DAR
15 		IND
22 		LVS
8 		RCH
11 		CLT
16 		DOV
10 		KAN
11 		TEX
33 		PHO
13 		HOM
15 		14th 868
2019 Justin Haley DAY
17 		ATL
8 		LVS
10 		PHO
12 		CAL
10 		TEX
7 		BRI
7 		RCH
10 		TAL
7 		DOV
17 		CLT
5 		POC
9 		MCH
10 		IOW
13 		CHI
7 		DAY
2 		KEN
10 		NHA
13 		IOW
8 		GLN
14 		MOH
9 		BRI
34 		ROA
6 		DAR
11 		IND
5 		LVS
15 		RCH
17 		CLT
31 		DOV
4 		KAN
7 		TEX
32 		PHO
7 		HOM
33 		11th 2155
2020 DAY
6 		LVS
12 		CAL
5 		PHO
5 		DAR
10 		CLT
29 		BRI
17 		ATL
3 		HOM
13 		HOM
6 		TAL
1 		POC
23 		IND
2 		KEN
7 		KEN
3 		TEX
8 		KAN
6 		ROA
11 		DAY
38 		DOV
8 		DOV
12 		DAY
1 		DAR
13 		RCH
2 		RCH
6 		BRI
16 		LVS
10 		TAL
1 		CLT
35 		KAN
4 		TEX
7 		MAR
12 		PHO
8 		3rd 4029
2021 DAY
29 		DAY
9 		HOM
6 		LVS
8 		PHO
26 		ATL
8 		MAR
8 		TAL
8 		DAR
14 		COA
9 		CLT
19 		MOH
2 		TEX
9 		NSH
19 		POC
38 		ROA
10 		ATL
4 		NHA
6 		GLN
9 		IND
3 		MCH
17 		DAY
1 		DAR
4 		RCH
2 		BRI
6 		LVS
9 		TAL
6 		CLT
4 		TEX
7 		KAN
4 		MAR
33 		PHO
5 		7th 2243
Zane Smith DOV
36

Car No. 16 history[]

A. J. Allmendinger in the No. 16 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in 2021

On June 27, 2019, Kaulig announced Ross Chastain would drive a third car, the No. 16, at the 2019 Circle K Firecracker 250 at Daytona.[23] After a grueling race at Daytona, Chastain led 49 laps, won stage one, and later went on to score Kaulig Racing's first win.[17] A.J. Allmendinger won at Atlanta for the team, giving Kaulig Racing their third career win and their second with Allmendinger.[24] Allmendinger would go on to win again that season at the Charlotte Roval for a second year in a row. On December 1, 2020, Kaulig announced Allmendinger would drive the No. 16 on a full-time basis for the 2021 Xfinity season.[25]

In his first full-time season with Kaulig, Allmendinger scored wins at Las Vegas, Mid-Ohio, Michigan, and Bristol and stayed consistent enough to clinch the Regular Season Championship.[26]

Car No. 16 results[]

Year Driver No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 NXSC Pts
2019 Ross Chastain 16 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW CHI DAY
1* 		KEN NHA IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR IND LVS RCH CLT DOV KAN TEX PHO HOM 42nd 59
2020 A.J. Allmendinger DAY
DNQ 		LVS CAL PHO DAR CLT BRI
10 		ATL
1 		HOM HOM
4 		TAL
7 		POC IND
4 		KEN KEN TEX KAN ROA
2 		DAY
4 		DOV DOV DAY
15* 		DAR RCH RCH BRI LVS TAL
24 		CLT
1 		KAN TEX MAR
26 		PHO 33rd 366
2021 DAY
5 		DAY
35 		HOM
14 		LVS
1 		PHO
5 		ATL
5 		MAR
13 		TAL
3 		DAR
13 		DOV
4 		COA
2 		CLT
33 		MOH
1 		TEX
6 		NSH
5 		POC
5 		ROA
4 		ATL
13 		NHA
12 		GLN
2 		IND
2 		MCH
1* 		DAY
2* 		DAR
20 		RCH
18 		BRI
1 		LVS
7 		TAL
39 		CLT
1 		TEX
6 		KAN
3 		MAR
7 		PHO
14 		4th 4023

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