Yahoo Autos Alfredo lands part-time NASCAR Cup Series ride with Beard Motorsports
Beard Motorsports will continue with its limited NASCAR Cup Series schedule in 2024 with Anthony Alfredo behind the wheel.
Alfredo will attempt to qualify the No. 62 Chevrolet for the season-opening Daytona 500 (Feb. 18) and the first event at Talladega Superspeedway. Beard Motorsports will also enter the summer race at Daytona (Aug. 24) and the fall Talladega Superspeedway race (Oct. 6) but a driver for those events was not announced.
“The 2024 season marks our eighth year competing in the NASCAR Cup Series,” said Amie Beard, executive vice president of Beard Motorsports. “It’s surreal to even be referencing year number eight. This race team is a passion project for all of us. My dad loved the sport and it’s a passion that we now share as a family. It’s what drives this team.
“We are so excited to be back on track for 2024. Our crew chief Darren Shaw and the majority our crew guys and pit crew are all back for this season. Darren has been busy getting the car ready, and preparations for the Daytona 500 are well underway. Our schedule will go beyond the Daytona 500 and we have some exciting things in the works that we look forward to sharing a little later. Overall, though, we are just looking forward to getting back to the track and doing what we do best – competing while having fun.”
Beard Motorsports debuted in 2017 with Brendan Gaughan as its driver. Gaughan drove the car through the 2020 season before handing it over to Noah Gragson for three races in 2022. Justin Allgaier also ran a race for the team that season.
Austin Hill competed for Beard Motorsports in five races last season on a mix of racetracks. The organization traditionally competes at the superspeedway races, but after missing the Daytona 500, Hill qualified for the events at Talladega Superspeedway, Atlanta Motor Speedway, Michigan International Speedway, Daytona, and the Charlotte Roval.
In 26 career starts, Bard Motorsports has five top-10 finishes in the Cup Series. Gragson earned the organization its best finish, fifth, in the 2022 Daytona 500.
It will be a return to the Cup Series for Alfredo, who ran a full rookie season in 2021. Alfredo has one top-10 finish in 38 career starts.
“I’m so thankful for this opportunity,” Alfredo said. “Every driver that runs stock cars wants to race in the NASCAR Cup Series and the Daytona 500. I’ve been blessed to race at this level against drivers that are childhood heroes of mine. This opportunity with the Beard family is very exciting. They have always fielded great cars in these superspeedway races, so I’m thrilled to get behind the wheel of their No. 62 Chevrolet.”
