NASCAR
Stewart-Haas Racing to End NASCAR Tenure at Seasons End
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. – Announced Tuesday, Stewart-Haas Racing will exit NASCAR competition at the end of 2024. The two time Cup Series championship-winning team will no longer be a constant on the grid. A joint statement from team owners Tony Stewart and Gene Haas is below.
“We have made the difficult decision to close Stewart-Haas Racing at the conclusion of the 2024 season. It is a decision that did not come easily, nor was it made quickly.
“Racing is a labor-intensive, humbling sport. It requires unwavering commitment and vast resources, with a 365-day mindset to be better than everyone else. It’s part of what makes success so rewarding.
“But the commitment needed to extract maximum performance while providing sustainability is incredibly demanding, and we’ve reached a point in our respective personal and business lives where it’s time to pass the torch.
“We’re proud of all the wins and championships we’ve earned since joining together in 2009, but even more special is the culture we built and the friendships we forged as we committed to a common cause – winning races and collecting trophies.
“That is the same commitment we made to our personnel, our partners and our fans coming into this year, and that commitment will remain through the season finale at Phoenix.
“We have tremendous respect and appreciation for all of our employees, and we will work diligently to assist them during this transition to find new opportunities beyond the 2024 race season.”
Stewart-Haas Racing has been a part of the NASCAR Cup Series since 2009. They won the Cup title in 2011 with Tony Stewart, and 2014 with Kevin Harvick. In their 16-year run to date, they have collected 69 Cup wins and 25 Xfinity wins. Despite going winless in Cup for the first time last year, they did pick up the 2023 Xfinity Series title with Cole Custer. SHR has not won a Cup Series race in almost two years, since Kevin Harvick’s final victory at Richmond in August 2022. SHR’s current highest driver in points is Chase Briscoe. The No. 14 Ford is 16th in the Playoff standings.
Between Cup and Xfinity, there are now six free agent drivers on the market resulting from SHR’s dissolution. Where these drivers and their four Cup charters end up remains to be seen. The silly season is seemingly in full swing now however, with this major domino falling into place.
Written by Peter Stratta
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