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These Drivers are on the Outside Looking In for 2025

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The 2025 NASCAR season is right around the corner. However, some former part-time and full-time drivers have not announced their plans for the new season. While the green flag is yet to drop at Daytona, these drivers will be on the outside looking in if they can’t find rides in time.

Former Truck Series Regulars

Bayley Currey

After a successful part-time 2023 schedule, Bayley Currey made his full-time NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series debut with Niece Motorsports in 2024. However, Currey failed to match his stats from his part-time 2023 season in a full season of work.

Throughout the end of the 2024 season and into the offseason, Niece announced their full-time lineup for 2025. To date, the team has yet to announce that Currey will be back for 2025. Niece has announced, however, multiple drivers for 2025 and that the No. 45, the team’s 2024 part-time entry, will go full-time with Kaden Honeycutt. Despite all these announcements, there is no word on Currey’s future with the team.

Bret Holmes

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Veteran Bret Holmes announced in October that his team, Bret Holmes Racing, would shut down and not enter races for the rest of the season or the 2025 season.

Despite this closure, there was talk following the announcement that Holmes would continue his racing career in 2025. However, Holmes has yet to announce any plans for the 2025 season; while there could be options for the former ARCA Menards Series Champion, a full-time option is unlikely.

Chase Purdy

Chase Purdy’s departure from Spire Motorsports, a quiet yet interesting story of a team and driver parting ways following last season, was announced via X prior to the season finale at Phoenix. This departure followed a 2023 campaign in which Purdy scored just two top fives and six top tens.

While Purdy seems to get consistent rides in the Truck Series, he has notably changed his Instagram bio to state “NASCAR Driver (former).” While this does not mean it is the end of Purdy’s racing career, options for the veteran are drying up.

Conner Jones

Conner Jones had a controversial part-time season in Thorsport Racing’s No. 66. While his on-track stats failed to meet expectations, Jones found himself suspended following his intentional wrecking of Matt Mills at Homestead Miami Speedway. Mills went to the hospital, and NASCAR suspended Jones for the following race at Martinsville.

As the 2025 season draws closer, fans have noticed that Thorsport no longer lists Jones as a driver on their website. While this does not mean Jones is out of a ride for 2025, he is notably the only driver from the team’s 2024 lineup removed from the team’s online roster page.

Stefan Parsons

In 2024, Stefan Parsons made two NASCAR Xfinity Series starts and 11 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series starts. While he earned three top tens with Henderson Motorsports, Parsons has yet to announce any plans for the 2025 season.

There is a report that Henderson Motorsports will return this year. However, that is likely going to be with Parker Kligerman behind the wheel. While this could open up opportunities for Parsons, his options continue to slim as the season begins.

Former Xfinity Series Regulars

Dawson Cram

Dawson Cram made a career-high 21 starts in the NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2024. However, his options ran low after the mid-season closure of JD Motorsports. While DGM Racing allowed Cram to make a few more starts towards the end of the season, an inconsistent spot soured what was once a promising season.

Cram has yet to announce his plans for 2025. Of his 2024 entries, JD Motorsports is not returning, and DGM Racing has already signed Ryan Ellis to driver full-time. That’s not to say the team wouldn’t field a second full-time or even part-time car like they did in 2025.

Jeffrey Earnhardt

Fan favorite Jeffrey Earnhardt has not had a full-time Xfinity Series ride since 2014. Despite quality runs and a consistent sponsorship from ForeverLawn, Earnhardt has settled for part-time seasons, some of which he had set out for with full-time plans.

In 2024, Earnhardt made just six starts with Sam Hunt Racing. While he started strong with an eighth-place finish at Atlanta, his stats slipped as the season went forward. His odds of a full-time ride at SHR are gone as the team signed Dean Thompson to drive their full-time ride in 2025; however, if the team re-enters a part-time car, an option could lie there for the veteran.

Former Cup Series Regulars

Corey LaJoie

Corey LaJoie is the only full-time driver from the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season not to have a ride for 2025. As far as Silly Season goes entering January, LaJoie’s former ride, the No. 51 at Rick Ware Racing, was the only open ride left at the Cup Series level.

Unfortunately, while early rumors stated he could be back in the No. 51 for 2025, the team opted to go with Ware’s sone Cody for their full-time option in 2025. While LaJoie has claimed he has offers, these are likely on a part-time basis at varying levels of the NASCAR National Series.

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