Hendrick tabs Boris Said, full-time drivers for Xfinity ride
Hendrick Motorsports announced the initial lineup of races and drivers for its No. 17 entry in the NASCAR Xfinity Series.
The initial schedule will consist of 10 races. HMS’s four full-time NASCAR Cup Series will fill each race, except for the June 8 race at Sonoma Raceway.
Boris Said will climb aboard the No. 17 Chevrolet at Sonoma. It is his second time driving this car.
At the Charlotte Roval last October, Said needed to get into the field based on his qualifying time. In qualifying, however, his car started leaking fluid and eventually went up in smoke.
Said missed the race. Meanwhile, HMS took responsibility for the mishap and vowed to have him back.
Said will have Greg Ives as his crew chief at Sonoma. Ives will also serve as crew chief for Kyle Larson at Circuit of the Americas in March and the Chicago Street Course in July and for Chase Elliott at Charlotte in May and Darlington in August.
William Byron will have his lead engineer, Brandon McSwain, as his crew chief in the other four races — Phoenix in March, Darlington in May, Pocono in July and Watkins Glen in September.
Byron finished second at COTA last year, the best finish for the No. 17 HMS entry in 2023. The entry was in six Xfinity races last year, resulting in three top-5 finishes and a ninth-place finish at Watkins Glen with Alex Bowman. Kyle Larson also earned a pole at Sonoma and led 53 of 79 laps before finishing third.
Full 2024 schedule for Hendrick Motorsports’ No. 17 NASCAR Xfinity Series Chevrolet
- March 9, Phoenix Raceway (William Byron)
- March 23, Circuit of The Americas (Kyle Larson)
- May 11, Darlington Raceway (William Byron)
- May 25, Charlotte Motor Speedway (Chase Elliott)
- June 8, Sonoma Raceway (Boris Said)
- June 22, New Hampshire Motor Speedway (Alex Bowman)
- July 6, Chicago Street Course (Kyle Larson)
- July 13, Pocono Raceway (William Byron)
- Aug. 31, Darlington Raceway (Chase Elliott)
- Sept. 14, Watkins Glen International (William Byron)
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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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