NASCAR team Kaulig Racing has parted ways with their driver Josh Williams
Josh Williams currently races the No. 11 car for Kaulig Racing in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. He’s run every race for the team this season.
However, the No. 11 car will have a new driver starting this weekend at Iowa Speedway. The team says they will rotate drivers in the car for the remainder of the season.
The 31-year-old has raced full time for the team since the start of the 2024 season. With 240 total Xfinity Series races over a 10-year career, Williams has collected 17 top-10 finishes.
Kaulig Racing announces the departure with Josh Williams
On Wednesday, the team made the following announcement:
“Kaulig Racing announced that is has parted ways with NASCAR Xfinity Series driver, Josh Williams, effective today.”
“Kaulig Racing will field the No. 11 Chevrolet with multiple drivers over the remaining 12 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.”
“More announcements regarding the driver lineup will be forthcoming.”
Josh Williams comments
The driver issued the following statement moments after the team release:
“As most of you have seen, Kaulig Racing has made the decision to release me for the remainder of the season,” Williams opened.
“This has been a difficult day for my family, friends, long-time partners and fans, whom I can’t thank enough for standing by my side through all of this.”
“We will be back soon and looking forward to a much brighter chapter in my racing career. I will nothing but the best for my guys on the 11 team.”
Update: The team has selected a replacement
For this weekend at Iowa Speedway, the team will have Carson Hocevar in the No. 11 car.
Hocevar will run double-duty at Iowa Speedway as he’ll also drive the No. 77 for Spire Motorsports in the NASCAR Cup Series.
Carson Hocevar comments:
“I love to race, anywhere, anytime, so when I was asked to drive the Kaulig Xfinity car at Iowa, I jumped at the opportunity,” said the enthusiastic Hocevar.
Hocevar added, “I’m grateful to the team at Kaulig Racing for believing in me and to Jeff Dickerson and my Spire team for letting me have some fun with the 11 team this weekend. I promise to make the most of it.”
