Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s JR Motorsports is making its NASCAR Cup Series debut at the 2025 Daytona 500 with Justin Allgaier behind the wheel of the No. 40 Chevrolet.

JR Motorsports has run in the second-tier Xfinity Series since 2006, but a Daytona 500 attempt with Justin Allgaier marks the team's first-ever Cup Series entry.

For the first time in JR Motorsports history, the team co-owned by two-time Daytona 500 winner Dale Earnhardt Jr. and his sister Kelley Earnhardt Miller will field an entry in the Daytona 500 with NASCAR Xfinity Series champion Justin Allgaier as the driver.

Reigning Xfinity Series champion Justin Allgaier will head up JR Motorsports' attempt to make its NASCAR Cup Series debut in February, the group announced Wednesday.

JR Motorsports will field a NASCAR Cup Series entry for the first time next month as it attempts to qualify for the Daytona 500 with Justin Allgaier. Allgaier, the reigning Xfinity Series champion

Dale Earnhardt Sr. is survived by his wife Teresa Earnhardt and four children: Kerry Earnhardt, Kelley Earnhardt Miller, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Taylor Nicole Earnhardt. The 2025 Daytona 500 will take place at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 16 at the Daytona International Speedway.

The NASCAR team owned by Hall of Famer Dale Earnhardt Jr. will attempt to make its Cup Series debut in the biggest race with a champion driver and a partnership with a Grammy Award-winning artist

This marks the first time JR Motorsports has entered a car in a Cup race and it comes at the event Dale Earnhardt Jr. won twice as a driver.

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