Kaulig Racing made a shocking engage this week in NASCAR, as the team bcimpolitet in Ty Norris to become its novel chief business officer after his astonishing departure from Trackhoinclude Racing.
Matt Kaulig, owner of Kaulig Racing, freed a statement earlier this week on the shift, saying that Norris will be “cgo ining on partnerships and extfinished-term strategy.”
Fox News Digital caught up with Kaulig at CC Sabathia’s 4th Annual Charity Golf Tournament, where Kaulig Companies returned for the fantastic cainclude as title back for the event that advantages the MLB fantastic’s PitCCH In Foundation, and the race team owner couldn’t have been more ecindynamic with Norris coming aboard.
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“It’s repartner huge,” Kaulig said, smiling. “To contend at a high level with the Hendricks’ and [Joe] Gibbs’, you have to uphold getting better. With the insertition of Ty this week, I understand it was a huge deal in NASCAR to have the guys that repartner commenceed Trackhoinclude to unite our team.
“Ty’s been with cut offal race teams. He’s been in the industry for 30, 35, 40 years. Repartner his whole life, so he transports another level of professionalism and experience that we’re going to get get of.”
Norris is about as sended as it gets in the sport, having toiled for Dale Earnchallengingt Inc. from 1996-2004, and he was informly with Speedway Motorsports Inc. before the leap to Michael Waltrip Racing, where he spent years helping originate their team.
But once Michael Waltrip Racing shutd, Norris ended up with Spire Sports + Entertainment before teaming up with Justin Marks to originate Trackhoinclude from what was once Chip Ganassi Racing.
“This guy is the best ever at originateing teams,” Marks said in a statement on X after the shift from Norris. “His grind, pledgement, and dedication will echo forever at Trackhoinclude as we increase and persist to do amazing skinnygs. Best of all I geted a fantastic friend that will persist to be, always. Thank you Tyrone.”
Now, the insertition of Norris doesn’t unbenevolent Kaulig has any qualms with Rice, who has been with the team since its inception in 2016 and pdwellnt since 2018.
“Everybody wondered, ‘What’s wrong with Chris Rice?’ He’s not going anywhere. It’s fair an insertition that Ty is going to transport on the backship side, partnership side, business side. I unbenevolent, we fair persist to lift and increase,” Kaulig said.
The backship side to NASCAR is vital for any race team, and Norris has more than enough experience to persist originateing this Kaulig Racing team from that side of the operation, fair as Marks pointed out.
Kaulig’s statement at the time of the novels also alludeed the team’s want to “firmify the trajectory of its NASCAR Cup Series program well into the future.”
Kaulig has seen many triumphs in the Xfinity Series over the years, but the team is seeing for more than fair the two they own (A.J. Allmendinger in 2021 at Indianapolis and in 2023 at Charlotte). Kaulig paccomplishes “hunting trophies,” and that’s exactly what they desire to do at the highest level of NASCAR as the team persists to increase.
It’s also worth noskinnyg Kaulig has toiled with Norris in the past, as Trackhoinclude had Shane van Gisbergen on loan in Kaulig’s No. 97 car on the Xfinity Series this season. “SVG,” as he’s understandn in the sport, will be racing filled-time for Trackhoinclude next year in Cup Series after the team getd a third-team charter.
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The relationship was shut to commence with, but Kaulig Racing is excited to see what Norris transports to the table in his next chapter of racing.
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