A new rumor circulating in the NASCAR community suggests that 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoff team AM Racing may undergo a significant change ahead of the 2026 season.
After a trying 2024 season, AM Racing took a new approach for the 2025 season.
Initially, Hailie Deegan was set to drive their No. 15 team for the entire 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series season. However, the team and driver would part ways after race 17 of the season at Nashville Superspeedway.
While the details were not known at the time, the team regrouped, opting to field six drivers, including Joey Logano and Josh Berry, among others, to round out the season.
For 2025, the team went a different direction, looking towards Xfinity Series veteran Harrison Burton, who had just lost his NASCAR Cup Series ride, to drive a newly renumbered No. 25 this season.
Although they have not yet reached victory lane, the team qualified for the NASCAR Xfinity Series playoffs. However, since their elimination from the playoffs, the team has been in a state of flux.
Of course, we already know that AM Racing will not be the same in 2026, as the team announced on October 8 that Harrison Burton would not return for a second season.
Now, a new rumor, which claims that the team could see even more changes ahead of 2026, is making its way through the NASCAR community. This rumor, originating from a well-known Instagram account, even claims that they have heard that an ARCA Menards Series team, Sigma Performance Services, could be a potential buyer.
As of presstime, neither of these teams has announced such a plan or any related details, and this is, as always, just a rumor, one that could fizzle out as we enter the offseason.
Following the announced departure of their driver, reports that Burton would move to Sam Hunt Racing (which the team announced this past weekend) gave fans the impression that this was more about Burton returning to Toyota than a sign of an impending overhaul at AM Racing.
In fact, most assumed that the team’s ARCA Menards Series driver, Kole Raz, who has made two Xfinity Series starts this year in the team’s first-ever part-time entry, would take over full-time duties at AM Racing in 2026.
Furthermore, the rumor that Sigma might buy the team has seemingly emerged out of nowhere. The team, an ARCA Regular, may not be a household name to race fans, as Sigma is mostly known for its entries in the series’ regional series, the ARCA Menards Series East and West.
Although they field competitive cars in ARCA, a dramatic leap to the NASCAR National Series by Sigma would be just as shocking as the thought of AM Racing not returning in 2026.
Nonetheless, NASCAR Xfinity Series (soon to be the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series) Silly Season has been as chaotic as advertised. For example, another team, Kaulig Racing, has already announced that it is placing its storied program on pause for the time being amid the addition of a five-truck Craftsman Truck Series team.
If this rumor is an indication of anything, the 2026 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Silly Season is far from over, and after the checkered flag falls on the 2025 season Saturday night, even more moves could be on the way.
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