There’s a new ace in town at JR Motorsports.
In a tale of a star driver meeting a superstar team, Connor Hall will take the reins of the JR Motorsports late model program in 2025, with hopes of capturing a CARS Tour championship.
Hall already has plenty of accomplishments on his late model resume, most notably being the two-time defending NASCAR Advanced Auto Parts Weekly Series National Champion.
When it was announced Hall would drive for Nelson Motorsports in 2024, many thought the combination would lead to strong runs and potentially a CARS title. The success came quickly, but the team fell just short of a title. Hall picked up a CARS Tour victory and a win in the South Boston 200, but he ultimately came up one spot shy of the CARS Late Model Stock title, losing to longtime rival Brenden Queen.
The Virginia native starts a new chapter in 2025, looking to capture the trophies that got away in 2024 and forge his path to NASCAR much like Carson Kvapil and Josh Berry before him.
Frontstretch caught up with Hall ahead of the CARS Tour championship race at North Wilkesboro Speedway, covering everything from his racing upbringing to his first contract conversations with Dale Earnhardt Jr. and a reflection of his 2024 season with Nelson Motorsports.
Chase Folsom, Frontstretch: It was recently announced that you’re moving to JR Motorsports in 2025 to join their late model program. … How did that deal come about, when did you and Dale [Earnhardt Jr.] start those conversations and what are your expectations for next year?
Connor Hall: It kind of started at Hampton Heat. Dale obviously came and ran, and we got to chatting about the track and different things about his experience there, really just kind of chatting like anybody would as far as just the race weekend.
By the end of the chat he kind of was like ‘Hey, what do you have going on next year, we might have a unique opportunity to get someone in the car,” and just to come talk to him and Kelly [Earnhardt-Miller] and L.W. [Miller] about it. So I moseyed on down to Mooresville and we had a pretty productive chat. (Now) here we are.
Folsom: A lot of people probably don’t know what your upbringing in racing was like, so how did you get your start in racing and what’s been the journey for you to this point?
Hall: When I was little, I was a big BMX motorcycle kid, or I guess dirt bike kid. I…
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