Cole Custer back to NASCAR Cup Series in 2025
SPEEDWAY, Ind. — Defending NASCAR Xfinity Series champion Cole Custer will head back to the NASCAR Cup Series in 2025, he announced Saturday.
Custer will drive the No. 41 Haas Automation Ford Mustang for the Haas Factory Team in the NASCAR Cup Series. This puts Ryan Preece, the current driver of the No. 41 Ford, in limbo as he hasn’t announced any plans.
HFT is forming from the remnants of Stewart-Haas Racing, whom they race for now. HFT also plans to field two Xfinity Series cars next year.
Cole Custer raced for three seasons in the Cup Series in the No. 41 SHR Ford. He produced just a win, two Top-5 finishes and 12 Top-10s from 2020-22.
Custer moved back to the Xfinity Series last year. In year one, he earned three wins, 14 Top-5 finishes, 21 Top-10s and the championship. In his title defense, he has a win, eight Top-5s and 15 Top-10s in the first 19 races – plus seven weeks atop the points standings.
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Jonathan Fjeld is the co-owner of the The Racing Experts, LLC. He has been with TRE since 2010.
A Twin Valley, MN, native, Fjeld became a motorsports fan at just three years old (first race was the 2002 Pennsylvania 500). He worked as a contributor and writer for TRE from 2010-18. Since then, he has stepped up and covered 24 NASCAR race weekends and taken on a larger role with TRE. He became the co-owner and managing editor in 2023 and has guided the site to massive growth in that time.
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