Our Motorsports has crammed a vital gap in its 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Sequence driver lineup.
Kris Wright, a 30-year-old driver from Pittsburgh, Pa., was tapped to drive the No. 5 Chevrolet Camaro within the Xfinity Sequence in 2025 on Wednesday, changing Anthony Alfredo. 2025 might be Wright’s first full-time season of NASCAR Xfinity Sequence competitors.
Wright has beforehand run full-time in each the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Sequence and the ARCA Menards Sequence. He’s nonetheless looking for his first victory in a NASCAR collection. Alfredo’s plans for the 2025 season are nonetheless unknown.
Wright has made 16 begins within the Xfinity Sequence, making his debut on the Daytona street course in February 2021. His most up-to-date Xfinity Sequence begin got here at Phoenix Raceway within the 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Sequence Championship Race.
The transfer comes as Our Motorsports is predicted to have a brand-new Xfinity Sequence lineup in 2025, which Wright will make up half of. For a crew looking for stability because it improves its efficiency, signing a veteran comparable to Wright may very well be pivotal to its future success.
At 30 years outdated, Wright’s profession path is extra akin to that of a driver within the Nineteen Eighties or Nineteen Nineties moderately than the host of younger expertise at present making its means via the ranks of NASCAR. Nonetheless, taking the scenic route on his path up the ladder is probably not a foul factor, as many prior prospects who have been rushed of their improvement shortly fell to the wayside.
In Wright’s first full-time alternative with a crew that’s a playoff contender, he’ll be capable to put his skills on show.
