Front Row Motorsports
Car No. | Driver | Manufacturer |
|---|---|---|
4 | Noah Gragson | Ford |
34 | Todd Gilliland | Ford |
38 | Zane Smith | Ford |
Front Row Motorsports, which humbly opened its NASCAR Cup Series program in 2004 under the banner of a part-time team named Mach 1 Racing, has turned up the wick in recent years. After another solid season in 2024, Front Row Motorsports will expand to three full-time entries and will feature some truly talented up-and-coming driver talents behind the wheel of its race cars in 2025.
Heading into the 2025 season, Front Row Motorsports has four victories on the team's record book, the first of which came at Talladega Superspeedway in 2013 as David Ragan utilized incredible teamwork from his FRM stablemate David Gilliland to win the race. The two David's helped FRM slay the goliaths of the sport that day.
Chris Buescher was the first driver to take Front Row Motorsports to the Playoffs as he achieved the feat with a win in the fog-shortened event at Pocono Raceway in 2016. Michael McDowell joined the organization heaing into the 2018 season, and the journeyman driver and the underdog organization grew together.
Eventually, Michael McDowell scored his first career win for the team on the biggest stage in the 2021 Daytona 500, which secured McDowell his first career Playoff berth. Two years later, McDowell added a second win as he topped Chase Elliott to win on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course to lock in his second-career Playoff berth in 2023.
For the 2025 season, Front Row Motorsports will have Todd Gilliland sliding into the No. 34 Ford Mustang after the announced departure of Michael McDowell, who ran for the team for seven seasons. Gilliland, who had his best season to date in 2024, will be joined by Noah Gragson, who will drive the team's new No. 4 Ford Mustang Dark Horse, and Zane Smith, who will pilot the team's No. 38 entry this season.
All three of Front Row Motorsports' three entries are Chartered entries in 2025 as the team acquired a Team Charter from the now-defunct Stewart-Haas Racing team last season.
Toby Christie is the Editor-in-Chief of Racing America. He has 15 years of experience as a motorsports journalist and has been with Racing America since 2023.
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