Kaulig Racing

Kaulig Racing
Owner(s) Matt Kaulig
Base Welcome, North Carolina
Series NASCAR Xfinity Series
Car numbers 10, 11
Race drivers 10. Austin Dillon (part-time)
11. Ryan Truex
Sponsors 10. TBA
11. Bar Harbor/Sea Watch International, Phantom Fireworks, Leaf Filter Gutter Protection
Manufacturer Chevrolet
Opened 2016
Career
Debut 2016 PowerShares QQQ 300 (Daytona)
Latest race 2018 Bar Harbor 200 (Dover)
Races competed 66
Drivers' Championships 0
Race victories 0
Pole positions 1

Kaulig Racing is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. The team is owned by Matt Kaulig, an owner of team sponsor LeafFilter. The team currently fields the No. 10 Chevrolet Camaro part-time for Austin Dillon and the No. 11 Camaro full-time for Ryan Truex. The team has a technical alliance with Richard Childress Racing, and formerly operated out of the NTS Motorsports facility.[1]

Xfinity Series

Car No. 10 history

In August 24, 2018, Kaulig Racing announced it will field a second entry for Austin Dillon at the Sept. 8 Xfinity race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.[2]

Car No. 11 history

Blake Koch pilots the No. 11 LeafFilter Chevy Camaro at Daytona International Speedway.

In June 2015, Blake Koch announced he and longtime sponsor LeafFilter Gutter Protection would re-sign with TriStar Motorsports for the 2016 season.[3] 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.[1][3][4] The team also used the owner's points of TriStar's former No. 8 team.[3] 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.

References

  1. 1 2 Team release (January 20, 2016). "KAULIG RACING INC. TO JOIN NASCAR XFINITY SERIES IN 2016". nascar.com. Mooresville, North Carolina.
  2. ↑ https://www.kauligracing.com/news/kaulig-racing-taps-cup-talent-for-second-car-at-indianapolis/
  3. 1 2 3 Knight, Chris (January 20, 2016). "Blake Koch Prepares For XFINITY Championship Bid With New Team". Catchfence.com. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  4. ↑ "KAULIG RACING™ INC. TO JOIN NASCAR XFINITY SERIES IN 2016". Kaulig Racing. January 20, 2016. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
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