MT. PLEASANT, Mich. — The workforce of Beard Motorsports, accomplice Fortify Constructing Options and driver Anthony Alfredo will make their collective return to the race observe when the NASCAR Cup Sequence heads to the two.66-mile Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway oval on April 27 for the Jack Hyperlink’s 500.
It should mark the thirty first look for the workforce, which made its Cup Sequence debut in 2017 below the management of the late Mark Beard Sr., and continues below the possession of Linda Beard, together with her kids Amie Beard-Deja and Mark Beard Jr. overseeing every day operations.
Beard Motorsports kicked off its ninth season of participation in choose Cup Sequence occasions final month at Daytona (Fla.) Int’l Speedway, the place Alfredo and the No. 62 Fortify Constructing Options Chevrolet fell simply in need of the workforce’s seventh Daytona 500 look because the second-highest finisher among the many open groups within the second Duel on the Daytona qualifying race.
“We share a heightened dedication with the Beard household to neighborhood, perseverance and, nicely, velocity,” stated Heather Hollis, vp of promoting at Cornerstone Constructing Manufacturers. “Showcasing Hypersteel cold-formed buildings on the No. 62 Fortify Constructing Options Chevrolet helps us share an thrilling story about how prospects can get a brand new personalized metallic constructing quicker and simpler.
“Our partnership with Anthony Alfredo underscores our dedication to hurry and endurance.”
Alfredo returns to the cockpit for his forty second profession Cup Sequence outing and fifth tour of obligation for Beard Motorsports. On this race a yr in the past, the native of Ridgefield, Connecticut who turns 26 on March 31, certified Twenty fourth and rallied for a sixth-place end, main 4 laps alongside the way in which. It was the workforce’s greatest end in 13 Cup Sequence begins at Talladega, eclipsing Brendan Gaughan’s eighth-place end within the Beard Motorsports Chevrolet within the April 2019 GEICO 500.
“We’ll head to Talladega feeling like there’s some unfinished enterprise to care for in additional methods than one,” stated Beard-Deja, government vp of Beard Motorsports. “Regardless of the unbelievable preparation that’s the hallmark of this workforce, starting with our crew chief Darren Shaw, issues simply didn’t go our manner at Daytona this time, and that’s the way in which it goes on this extremely aggressive area, significantly for a small, single-car, open workforce. It’s definitely disappointing, nevertheless it solely strengthens our resolve as we put together for Talladega. Anthony and the workforce did a exceptional job there final spring, and we’ll look to enhance on that this time round.”
Beard-Deja added, “We welcome Anthony again for his fifth race with the workforce, and we’re thrilled to have Fortify Constructing Options and Cornerstone Constructing Manufacturers again with us for the third time after making their debut on the No. 62 Chevrolet at Talladega final fall. We’re pulling out all of the stops to ship a prime outcome.”
Alfredo’s sixth-place end at Talladega within the No. 62 Beard Motorsports Chevrolet final spring was not solely the workforce’s greatest on the observe, it was his profession greatest in 41 Cup Sequence begins. He returned with the workforce to Talladega final October for a Twenty fourth-place end in his fourth profession Cup Sequence begin on the observe.
His first two, within the April and October 2021 races for Entrance Row Motorsports, resulted in finishes of twelfth and tenth, respectively. Alfredo has seven Talladega begins within the NASCAR Xfinity Sequence, the place he’s driving fulltime this season for Younger’s Motorsports. Better of these was his third-place end final April, the day earlier than his sixth-place Cup Sequence end within the Beard Motorsports Chevrolet. Alfredo’s lone NASCAR Craftsman Truck Sequence begin at Talladega resulted in a Fifteenth-place end within the October 2019 race for David Gilliland Racing.
“I echo Amie’s sentiments once I say we positively have some unfinished enterprise subsequent month at Talladega,” Alfredo stated. “We went to Daytona feeling very assured after making the five hundred on qualifying velocity final yr. We executed flawlessly throughout our Duel, had an superior, green-flag pit cease, however we had been outnumbered with the shortage of drafting alternatives with different Chevrolets.
“I really feel grateful to be again at Talladega with the Beard household and Fortify Constructing Options. I’m excited to push for a outcome even higher than our sixth-place end final yr, showcasing the Hypersteel product and our shared dedication to being hyper quick.”
