Tim Brown will drive Rick Ware Racing’s No. 15 car for the inaugural Busch Light Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium on Feb. 2, the team announced Tuesday (Dec. 17).
“I’ve worked my whole life to try to be a Cup driver,” Brown said. “I’m good with working on race cars for a living because it’s still a pretty cool gig, but I always wanted to drive for a living. For Rick Ware and everybody involved here at RWR to give me the chance to go run a Cup race is so humbling and so heartwarming. It’s really cool.”
Brown, 53, is the winningest driver in the history of Bowman Gray with 101 wins and 12 track championships in the Modified Division. He’ll now have the opportunity to compete in the track’s return to the NASCAR Cup Series schedule for the first time since 1971.
In addition to serving as his first foray into the Cup Series, the Clash will mark his first start in NASCAR’s top three series since 2009, when he scored a 27th-place finish at Martinsville Speedway in his lone NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race.
RWR has yet to announce a driver for the remainder of the 2025 Cup schedule.
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