For the second time this season, Nelson Motorsports will field two cars in a zMAX CARS Tour race.
The team announced July 1 that Trevor Ward will pilot the No. 12 for the team in this week’s CARS race at Caraway Speedway.
Ward currently leads the track championship standings at South Boston Speedway driving his own No. 77.
Through 10 races at South Boston, Ward has racked up four wins and nine top fives, leading Peyton Sellers in the standings by a narrow margin.
Ward becomes the second driver to pilot the No. 12 for Nelson this season, joining Jonathan Shafer, who ran the car at North Wilkesboro Speedway.
Ward will race alongside teammate Carson Loftin, the driver of Nelson’s full-time flagship No. 22. Through eight CARS starts in 2025, Loftin sits 11th in points with two top-five finishes and three top 10s.
CARS action at Caraway is set to take place on Wednesday, July 2, with racing action scheduled for approximately 9 p.m. ET.
Chase began working with Frontstretch in the spring of 2023 as a news writer, while also helping fill in for other columns as needed. Chase is now the main writer and reporter for Frontstretch.com's CARS Tour coverage, a role which began late in 2023. Aside from racing, some of Chase's other hobbies include time in the outdoors hunting and fishing, and keeping up with all things Philadelphia sports related.