A lot has been said and done ahead of NASCAR’s 2024 rendition of its iconic Stock Car racing extravaganza which will be flagged off in February at L.A. Coliseum. And if you think that the 2023 season was exciting, then chances are that the upcoming season will be a blockbuster with the silly season updates already taking the fandom to the edge.

With days remaining for the grand season opener, Rick Ware Racing Team Manager Bobby Benton has shared what to expect from the Ford camp going into 2024. Despite being rattled by Cody Ware’s controversial arrest and its following legalities, the RWR official got real about the upcoming opportunity and how the team has strived constantly in the previous years to get where it is today and what opened the doors for its elevation.

Rick Ware Racing’s higher-up divulges the team’s development

In all sports, there are power dynamics—an evident distinction that separates the best from the rest, the winners from the losers, and the top teams from the bottom dwellers. NASCAR in that aspect is no different at all; in fact, it also has its top teams that have constantly evolved its game to be where it is today and also has low-ranking teams that were barely holding on.

Even though drivers got the worst end of this revolution, the teams have become more competitive than ever. The RFK Racing resurgence is a perfect instance to prove our point here. While Stewart-Haas Racing, the Ford powerhouse, met its match, failing miserably in 2023, the smaller Ford team maximized its efforts and got both of its two drivers into the playoff. Ahead of the 2024 season, another Ford faction, Bobby Benton has come off the woodwork to reveal expectations and how the organization’s new generation platform has helped it close the gap.

Speaking to Fronstretch, Benton said, “There has always been that element of larger teams versus smaller teams and I think there’s been an element at the back of the field where there’s always been participants and I’ve always said there’s a difference between a participant and a competitor and I think what you’ve seen out of RWR is an opportunity to elevate itself into a competitor and the Next-Gen platform has definitely helped a lot.” He also thinks the 2024 season will be the“most competitive season.” 

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RWR ropes in Kaz Grala for 2024

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After a rather controversial season with its driver Cody Ware getting suspended owing to his off-track altercation that got him arrested, proud Ford camp, Rick Ware Racing is looking to turn it around with major changes for its 2024 campaign. With young and upcoming talent Justin Haley already switching sides from the Chevy camp at Kaulig Racing to pilot the #51 Ford here at RWR, the team announced its #15 driver.

25-year-old Kaz Grala, who has spent much of his eight-season tenure bobbing between different organizations, has found a new home for the 2024 season, competing in the NASCAR Cup Series for Rick Ware Racing. He will take up the full-time responsibility of RWR’s second entry, contesting a 25-race schedule in the #15 Ford Mustang, starting with the pre-season exhibition event at the LA Memorial Coliseum.

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Reflecting on Rick Ware Racing’s new combination, Rick Ware himself said, “Kaz is another crucial piece of our organization and for the same reasons we brought Justin Haley on board, we feel Kaz can also contribute immediately, Kaz wants to make a difference and, above all, he wants to perform. That’s the kind of drive and determination all of us have at RWR.”