Motor racing is undoubtedly a sport full of highs and lows. Sometimes those highs can last for many seasons, and the lows can seem longer than the highs even when they aren’t.
In 2021, Kaulig Racing experienced its best NASCAR Xfinity Series season ever in its sixth year of racing. After winning five races in 2020 between two full-time teams and a third running part-time, Kaulig won seven times in 2021 with three full-time entries. Jeb Burton scored his first Xfinity Series career win at Talladega Superspeedway in April, and Justin Haley won the August race at Daytona International Speedway. But AJ Allmendinger stole the Kaulig show by winning five times – at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Michigan International Speedway, Bristol Motor Speedway and the Charlotte Motor Speedway ROVAL.
Saturday’s Alsco 250 at Atlanta Motor Speedway was the season’s halfway point; in many ways, Kaulig’s 2022 is not going as many would have anticipated.
On October 11, 2021, Two days after failing to advance to the Round of 8 in the Xfinity Playoffs, Burton confirmed to Frontstretch that he wouldn’t be returning to the No. 10 Kaulig Chevrolet. About one month prior, sponsor Nutrien Ag Solutions had announced they would not return to sponsor Burton. The company later reversed this decision, but it was too late for Burton. He cited that other drivers had the funding, and he didn’t.
In June 2021, at Nashville Superspeedway, team owner Matt Kaulig announced the team purchased two charters from Spire Motorsports and that Haley would move from the organization’s No. 11 Xfinity Chevrolet to the team’s Cup Series entry in 2022.
Filling the voids left by Burton and Haley were Landon Cassill in the No. 10 and defending Xfinity champion Daniel Hemric in the No. 11. Allmendinger was also set to return to the No. 16 Xfinity entry for Kaulig and a part-time schedule in the team’s all-star car in Cup.
The 2022 Xfinity lineup for Kaulig was lauded for being a potent one, as well as popular. Allmendinger’s return was a no-brainer for most. Hemric was fresh off his championship driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, and Cassill has been the driver to which many within NASCAR and fans alike have attributed the “if only he were in good equipment” saying.
However, the first half of 2022 has not met the expectations of many. It could be classified as a one step forward and two steps back half of racing.
It was bound to be challenging, but not…
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