NASCAR announces Youth Series partnership with USAC
TALLADEGA, ALA. — The USAC .25 quarter-midget program will be rebranded as a NASCAR championship, officials announced Sunday.
USAC will continue sanctioning the series but will be branded the NASCAR Youth Series.
Cook Out, the current title sponsor, will continue its partnership with the series. as a sponsor.
USAC .25 alumni include NASCAR Cup Series champions Jeff Gordon and Joey Logano. The series is often regarded as the first step toward the NASCAR Cup Series.
In 2022, the USAC .25 program featured over 55 club programs affiliated with its national championship, which breaks down into four championships: Pavement National, Pavement Super Regional, Dirt National and Dirt Super Regional. The program races at tracks in 12 different states across the country.
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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.
Fjeld has covered a wide array of stories and moments over the years, including Kevin Harvick's final Cup Series season, the first NASCAR national series disqualification in over 50 years, Shane van Gisbergen's stunning win in Chicago and the first Cup Series race at Road America in 66 years – as well as up-and-coming drivers' stories and stories from inside the sport, like the tech it takes for Hendrick Motorsports to remain a top-tier team.
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