JR Motorsports announced Jan. 15 it will field a Cup entry for February's Daytona 500, with 2024 Xfinity champion Justin Allgaier as pilot.

After 24 years in NASCAR, JR Motorsports enters the Daytona 500 with Justin Allgaier, marking their first-ever Cup race. A dream come true for the team and their fans.

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.

JR Motorsports is trying its hand at the Cup Series, starting with the 2025 Daytona 500. But will they be a fixture in the series moving forward?

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

Justin Allgaier will attempt to qualify for the 2025 Daytona 500 driving the No. 40 Chevrolet Camaro owned by Dale Earnhardt Jr. Greg Ives — Earnhardt Jr.'s crew chief in the Cup Series from 2015 to 2017 — will serve as the crew chief for the team.

The NASCAR team owned by Hall of Famer Dale Earnhardt Jr. will attempt to make its Cup Series debut in the Daytona 500 with a champion driver and a partnership with a Grammy Award-winning artist. JR Motorsports has entered reigning Xfinity Series champion Justin Allgaier into next month's season-opening “Great American Race” in a Chevrolet sponsored by the whiskey label created by 10-time Grammy winner Chris

Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Kelley Earnhardt Miller, co-owners of JR Motorsports; Chris Stapleton, 10-time Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and musician; and Justin Allgaier, 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series Champion;

JR Motorsports is thought to be making a major leap into the NASCAR Cup Series by potentially entering the 2025 Daytona 500.

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.