It has been a long road for Legacy Motor Club since the organization rebranded from Richard Petty Motorsports.
The team has gone through ownership, manufacturer and driver changes in its brief history. It took until this past weekend’s Southern 500 for both of its cars to finish in the top five.
Erik Jones finished third with John Hunter Nemechek one spot behind him. Both cars and drivers had winning speed from lap one to lap 367.
Was the Southern 500 the best race for Legacy Motor Club in its brief rebranded history? Can the team snag a win this year?
Kevin Nix answers this week’s question for NASCAR Mailbox on Frontstretch’s YouTube Channel.
Kevin Nix has been with Frontstretch since February 2023. Hailing from Gilbert, Arizona, his dream is to be in the NASCAR media sphere full-time. He is a video assistant, working on the back end to streamline video and audio quality of all at-track interviews. Nix also writes about news every Monday for the site.
Nix graduated with a Master's Degree in Sports Journalism from ASU's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication in Phoenix, Arizona. He also has bachelor's degrees in Communications and Political Science. In his downtime, he likes to read, play video games and take walks in the Arizona weather - when it's not too hot.
It’s ONE event. Give them a chance to get back to normal.
I heard JJ is moving back to the US because everyone in the UK thought he was a football coach. The Rodney Dangerfield of racing.