Viking Motorsports signed Matt DiBenedetto to compete full-time within the 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Collection season after working part-time final season with the group in a partnership with RSS Racing. Viking Motorsports, which opened final yr, formally introduced DiBenedetto’s return for the 2025 NASCAR marketing campaign by means of a cinematic video on social media.
Matt DiBenedetto will drive full-time within the #99 Chevrolet, starting with the United Leases 300 at Daytona Worldwide Speedway on February 15. The upcoming season shall be his first consecutive season as a full-time NASCAR Xfinity Collection driver.
The announcement video started with a shot of DiBenedetto understanding when he acquired a cellphone name from an unknown caller telling him: “It’s time to decide.” He jumped into his Chevrolet Camaro and went to a race store. The store belonged to none apart from Viking Motorsports.
Watch DiBenedetto’s announcement video beneath:
On signing the veteran driver for 2025, Viking Motorsports staff proprietor, Don Sackett, mentioned in a staff launch:
“We’re thrilled to have Matt DiBenedetto be a part of the staff. Matt’s expertise and racing savvy are precisely what we have to construct the inspiration for this staff. His management each on and off the monitor shall be invaluable as we work towards making a powerful run within the Xfinity Collection. We’re assured that collectively, we are going to accomplish nice issues.”
In December 2024, Viking Motorsports switched from Ford to Chevrolet with technical help from Richard Childress Racing, ending their partnership with RSS Racing.
Matt DiBenedetto excited to return to Viking Motorsports in 2025
The 33-year-old Nevada Metropolis, California, native contested in 28 NASCAR Xfinity Collection races throughout the 2024 season. He scored three top-10 finishes, with a finest end of P7, which he achieved twice at Iowa Speedway and Michigan Worldwide Speedway. He ended the season in twenty sixth place within the factors desk.
Expressing his pleasure about working with Viking Motorsports full-time in 2025, right here’s what DiBenedetto mentioned:
“I am past excited to affix Viking Motorsports full-time for the 2025 season. Viking Motorsports has a transparent imaginative and prescient and lots of potential, and I am prepared to offer it my all behind the wheel of the No. 99 Chevrolet. I consider we are able to obtain nice issues collectively, and I am unable to wait to hit the monitor and get began.”
Watch Matt DiBenedetto in motion when the 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Collection season kicks off on the Daytona Worldwide Speedway on Feb. 15.
Edited by Yash Soni