UPDATE: AM Racing confirmed today the organization will launch a second part-time NASCAR Camping World Truck Series team beginning with Saturday afternoon’s XPEL 225 at Circuit of the Americas (COTA).
Logan Bearden, a native of Austin, Texas will serve as a teammate to fellow Austin, Texas driver Austin Wayne Self aboard the No. 37 Bearden Automotive | Parker Electric Chevrolet Silverado RST.
In addition to COTA, Bearden, 26, is expected to pilot the No. 37 AM Racing Chevrolet Silverado RST in select races, while also moving to North Carolina next month where he’ll work full-time out of the team’s headquarters in Statesville, N.C.
AM Racing team principal Kevin Cywinski says the team’s second part-time team will see a rotation list of drivers this season, with the intention to expand the team to full-time alongside Self’s No. 22 team in 2023.
“We’ve been patiently waiting to launch a second AM Racing team and we feel like the opportunity with Logan (Bearden) at COTA is the time to do it,” explained Cywinski. “We tested the waters last year with Brett Moffitt at Knoxville and immediately saw the benefits of a two-truck team.
Longtime industry crew chief Jamie Jones will lead Bearden’s efforts at COTA.
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Original post: With the green flag just waiving on the 2022 Truck Series season, AM Racing is already thinking ahead to its future.
In the coming weeks, the team will unveil its plan for fielding a second NASCAR Camping World Truck Series truck to their team this season.
The Statesville, N.C. team has built the equipment and ramped up the personnel to expand their footprint in 2022 by fielding a teammate to Austin Wayne Self throughout the season.
Last year, the organization tested the waters of a second Truck Series effort at Knoxville Raceway.
Brett Moffitt drove the No. 37 Concrete Supply | Destiny Homes Chevrolet Silverado in the event. Moffitt contended for a top-five finish before a late-race accident relegated the former Truck Series champion and team to a 38th place finish.
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