NASCAR: Alpha Prime Racing Announces New Driver For Homestead-Miami
Alpha Prime Racing has announced Mason Maggio as the new driver for their No. 45 Chevrolet Camaro at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
The 20-year-old’s racing career, including his experience in both the NASCAR Xfinity Series and the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, offers a glimpse into his potential on the track. Maggio is relatively new to the NASCAR Xfinity Series. He has competed in just one other Xfinity Series race this year and took part in five races last season.
He has completed in 11 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series races this season, a personal record. His achievements include a career-high 18th-place finish at Talladega Superspeedway on October 4th while representing No. 22 Reaume Brothers Racing. Last year, he took part in six races, and in 2022 he raced in four.
The race at Homestead-Miami Speedway is a huge opportunity for Maggio. The support and advanced resources provided by Alpha Prime Racing present Maggio with potentially the most competitive setup he has driven in the NASCAR Xfinity Series.
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Maggio shared the news to social media along with the Alpha Prime Racing team. He wrote:
“Racing in the home state this weekend. Excited to be working with @TeamAlphaPrime and the 45 team this Saturday with Sparks Boat Works & F2 Ocean Coating riding with us as our primary partners. Ready to rip the fence for 200 laps around @HomesteadMiami!”
Maggio joined Ryan Ellis and Brennan Poole, who are also competing with Alpha Prime Racing. Although Maggio is not able to score any championship points this weekend, Ellis is currently in the 23rd position in the standings with 398 and Poole is in 16th with 515 points. Unfortunately, neither driver is in the Xfinity Series Playoffs.
NASCAR Xfinity Series: Current Standings
- Justin Allgaier – 3088 points
- Cole Custer – 3072 points
- Chandler Smith – 3064 points
- AJ Allmendinger – 3063 points
- Austin Hill – 3056 points
- Jesse Love – 3051 points
- Sam Mayer – 3041 points
- Sammy Smith – 3011 points
- Sheldon Creed – 2131 points
- Riley Herbst – 2126 points
- Parker Kligerman – 2112 points
- Shane Van Gisbergen – 2103 points
- Ryan Sieg – 773 points
- Brandon Jones – 651 points
- Anthony Alfredo – 588 points
- Brennan Poole – 515 points
- Josh Williams – 477 points
- Parker Retzlaff – 450 points
- Jeb Burton – 445 points
- Leland Honeyman – 442 points
- Jeremy Clements – 429 points
- Aric Almirola – 407 points
- Ryan Ellis – 398 points
- Kyle Sieg – 383 points
- Kyle Weatherman – 371 points
- Matt DiBenedetto – 360 points
- Blaine Perkins – 314 points
- Ryan Truex – 303 points
- Josh Bilicki – 247 points
- Carson Kvapil – 227 points
- Garrett Smithley – 179 points
- Hailie Deegan – 174 points
- Austin Green – 146 points
- Joey Gase – 138 points
- David Starr – 134 points
- Patrick Emerling – 127 points
- Connor Zilisch – 97 points
- Joe Graf Jr – 93 points
- JJ Yeley – 90 points
- BJ McLeod – 78 points
- Jordan Anderson – 75 points
- Ed Jones – 71 points
- Alex Labbe – 69 points
- Logan Bearden – 62 points
- Nick Leitz – 59 points
- Sage Karam – 59 points
- CJ McLaughlin – 47 points
- Caesar Bacarella – 46 points
- Brad Perez – 44 points
- Preston Pardus – 34 points
- Dylan Lupton – 33 points
- Dale Earnhardt Jr – 32 points
- Myatt Snider – 32 points
- Bubba Pollard – 31 points
- Nathan Byrd – 29 points
- Natalie Decker – 27 points
- Chad Finchum – 27 points
- Justin Bonsignore – 25 points
- Patrick Gallagher – 25 points
- Tommy Joe Martins – 24 points
- Carson Ware – 24 points
- Conor Daly – 23 points
- Thomas Annunziata – 23 points
- Greg Van Alst – 21 points
- RC Enerson – 19 points
- Dexter Bean – 17 points
- Daniil Kvyat – 16 points
- Andre Castro – 16 points
- Ryan Vargas – 13 points
- Glen Reen – 10 points
- Boris Said – 9 points
- Mike Skeen – 7 points
- Armani Williams – 4 points
- Morgen Baird – 4 points
- Timothy Viens – 2 points
- Gus Dean – 1 point
- Alon Day – 1 point
