CONCORD, N.C. — Noah Gragson will join Front Row Motorsports next year, becoming the third driver from Stewart-Haas Racing to announce a new ride for 2025.
“It’s a a big day for Front Row,” said general manager Jerry Freeze.
Gragson, who turns 26 on Monday, will join 24-year-old Todd Gilliland at Front Row Motorsports. A third driver has yet to be announced for the team.
“With (team owner Bob Jenkins’) vision of wanting to become better and better each and every year, it seemed like the right place,” Gragson said of the move. “He’s obviously very financially invested in the team. There are a lot of great partners over there and they want to grow and build and his investment into a third charter, he wants to expand this thing.”
Front Row Motorsports will announce a crew chief, the car number, and partners for Gragson later this season.
“There’s still work to do in ‘24, but really excited where the lineup is going at Front Row with the youth we have in Todd Gilliland really coming into his own this year, with Noah kind of in a similar place in his career,” Freeze said. “Layne Riggs driving our truck is the future for Front Row and I think we’re gonna have another exciting piece to the puzzle here in the next few weeks.”
Stewart-Haas Racing will close its shop after this season. Chase Briscoe will drive the No. 19 at Joe Gibbs Racing next season in place of Martin Truex Jr., who will no longer run full-time in the series. Josh Berry will move to Wood Brothers racing next year and drive the No. 21 car. Ryan Preece has yet to announce where he’ll race next season.
This will be Gragson’s third team in three years. He drove 21 races with Legacy Motor Club in 2022 before parting ways. He is in his first season at Stewart-Haas Racing this year.
While Gragson’s Cup career has yet to get untracked — he has seven top 10s in 59 series starts — he showed his talent in the Xfinity Series. He won 13 races in that series and finished second in the points in 2022.
Front Row Motorsports is going through an expansion. The team purchased one of the Stewart-Haas Racing charters for next season, making Front Row a three-car team in 2025. The organization is looking to fill two seats for next year with Michael McDowell moving to Spire Motorsports.
I think people will look at Front Row Motorsports and say, ‘This is a team that could be together for a long time,’” Jenkins said. “So, the thing I’m most excited about with Noah is that he’s not even really hit his ceiling. He’s still growing in this sport and getting better every week and I’m just excited to see where it goes.”