Team AmeriVet is proud to announce that Casey Caudill, founder of Prime Gate Holdings and a long-time supporter of the team, has officially joined its ownership group. Caudill brings with him a strong entrepreneurial track record and a lifelong passion for motorsports that will be invaluable as Team AmeriVet continues its journey in the NASCAR Cup Series.

Caudill is the driving force behind Prime Gate Holdings and its family of brands—C3 Skids, C3 Pressure Washing Store of Concord, C3 Renovations, and American Services. With a business philosophy centered on dedication, discipline, and strategic growth, he has established a reputation for turning vision into success.

“This is more than just a business move for me—it’s personal,” said Caudill. “Racing has always been a part of my life, and I see incredible potential in the 50 team. With additional leadership, sponsorship, and vision, I truly believe we can build something special that competes at the highest level.”

Team owner Becky Auchmoody reflected on the relationship that led to this moment. “We met Casey at our first Daytona 500 in 2022—his C3 Skids brand was a sponsor, and he’s been with us ever since. This transition into ownership is an amazing next step for him and we’re thrilled to have him officially on board. We look forward to continuing to build something impactful together—on and off the track.”

In addition to competing on NASCAR’s biggest stage, Team AmeriVet remains deeply committed to supporting the veteran community through its signature 50 Vets a Week program. This groundbreaking initiative aims to relieve over $5,000,000 in veteran debt during the 2025 NASCAR season, using the team’s national platform to create real, measurable change for those who served. Each week the 50 car races, the team erases the medical or personal debt of at least 50 veterans.  The Program is run by ForgiveCo. The program is a core part of Team AmeriVet’s mission to help our nation’s veteran community.

With Caudill’s addition to the leadership team, Team AmeriVet is poised to expand both its schedule and its community impact.

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For the second straight Saturday, Rick Ware Racing (RWR) earned a pair of victories across two very different racing disciplines some 2,800 miles apart.

Driver Carson Ware won the zMAX CARS Tour Pro Late Model race at Ace Speedway in Altamahaw, North Carolina, one week after Luke Baldwin delivered RWR’s first CARS Tour win last Saturday at Orange County Speedway in Rougemont, North Carolina. A few hours later in Chico, California, Progressive American Flat Track (AFT) rider Briar Bauman won the Mission AFT SuperTwins feature at Silver Dollar Speedway to deliver a third straight SuperTwins victory to RWR and Harley-Davidson.

“To have Carson win our second CARS Tour race and for Briar to keep our streak alive in AFT SuperTwins, all on the same day, that’s the kind of weekend you dream about,” said team owner Rick Ware. “Carson has been putting in the work, and to see it pay off with his first CARS Tour win means a lot, especially so soon after Luke’s victory. And what Briar is doing is remarkable. Three straight wins in SuperTwins speaks to his grit and determination. These are the moments that define a team’s identity, and I’m proud of what we’re achieving and building at RWR.”

In securing his first career CARS Tour win, the 25-year-old Ware outlasted the competition and the weather. He took the lead for the first time after deftly navigating an oily racing surface from the blown engine of Dylan Garner. Then, on the ensuing restart, Ware pulled away from a hard-charging Ben Maier. Shortly thereafter, the yellow caution flag waved for rain. CARS Tour officials were forced to stop the race just past the halfway mark, making the result official with Ware the winner.

“I had some big shoes to fill with Luke winning last weekend. I’m glad we could do it again this weekend,” said Ware in victory lane.

“Troy (Smith), my crew chief, was talking to me before the race. We knew it was going to be pretty aggressive out of the gate and we were going to have to try to get as much track position as possible. Luckily, my spotter did an awesome job and we were able to get through turn one and we had it covered from there.”

Once the rain came, it was up to Ware to hang on until the yellow flag waved.

“It was a little sketchy through (turns) three and four. I felt pretty good through (turns) one and two. We were just trying to adjust the line,” Ware said.

“This car is phenomenal, this team is phenomenal, and I can’t thank my sponsors enough. This year, we really decided to dive deep into this CARS Tour series. FURY Race Cars, all the guys, Troy Smith and everybody that works on these things, they’re top-tier, so I couldn’t do it without them. I’m extremely grateful for this opportunity.”

With a second CARS Tour win in as many weeks, there was a palpable sense of déjà vu within the RWR camp even before Bauman hopped onto his No. 3 Parts Plus/Latus Motors Harley-Davidson XG750R ahead of the Silver Dollar Short Track feature. The two-time Grand National Champion proceeded to make a calculated charge to the front, swallowing up second-place Dallas Daniels and then leader James Ott to take the point. Bauman then extended his lead, crossing the stripe 1.969 seconds ahead of runner-up Davis Fisher.

Bauman’s back-to-back-to-back victories gives him the most wins so far this season, and it earned him an edge in the championship, with the 29-year-old expanding his advantage over second-place Daniels to 10 points (107-97) with five races down and 11 to go.

“I’m going to ride this high for a little while,” said Bauman, who now has 29 career SuperTwins wins, the last seven coming since joining RWR in 2023. “It’s been a little bit of time, and I know what it feels like to not be in this position. I’m going to keep it going. I’m going to love it.”

Making the win even more special for Bauman is that before the event even started, he and his wife, Shayna, who serves as RWR’s team manager for its AFT program, announced they are expecting their first child later this year.

“To announce that we’re having our first child – all the credit to my wife and all that she’s been going through lately,” Bauman said. “Thank you so much to my whole team for everything. I know I’m on a roll right now, and I’m not going to take it for granted, but I feel really good.”

The respective victories by Ware and Bauman represented wins six and seven on the season for RWR. In addition to Bauman’s three SuperTwins triumphs, his AFT Singles teammate, Chase Saathoff, won March 29 at the Senoia Short Track in Georgia. That victory was Saathoff’s first with RWR and the fourth of his career. The 19-year-old joined RWR this year after spending 2022-2024 as an independent AFT Singles rider.

Not to be outdone by his two-wheeled counterparts, NHRA Top Fuel driver Clay Millican has also contributed to RWR’s 2025 win tally. On March 30 in the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals at In-N-Out Pomona Dragstrip in California, Millican drove his RWR-prepared Mighty Fire Breaker/Parts Plus dragster to a final round victory. It was Millican’s eighth career Top Fuel win in the NHRA Mission Food Drag Racing Series, the last five of which have come since he joined RWR in late 2022.

The next CARS Tour race for RWR is May 15 at North Wilkesboro (N.C.) Speedway where Baldwin is back in the seat. AFT, meanwhile, has a month-long break before returning to action June 7 at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Missouri.

The NHRA Mission Food Drag Racing Series lights up May 15-18 at Route 66 Raceway in the Chicago suburb of Elwood, Illinois.

The NASCAR Cup Series remains ever present, with Cody Ware wheeling RWR’s No. 51 Arby’s Ford Mustang Dark Horse in today’s Würth 400 presented by LIQUI MOLY at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth before heading to Kansas Speedway in Kansas City for next Sunday’s AdventHealth 400.

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Race Winner: Joey Logano of Team Penske (Ford)

Stage 1 Winner: Austin Cindric of Team Penske (Ford)

Stage 2 Winner: Kyle Larson of Hendrick Motorsports (Chevrolet)

Beard Motorsports Finish:           

● Jesse Love Jr. (Started 35th, Finished 31st / Accident, completed 217 of 267 laps)

Notes:                 

● Making just his second career start in the NASCAR Cup Series Love lined up 35th to start the Würth 400 at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth. He exercised a little self-preservation during the opening stage, noting early that the No. 62 Chevrolet was handling on the tight side.

● A handful of adjustments were made on a pit stop that took place during the first caution. After making several laps Love reported that the adjustments had made the car way too free. Trying to hang onto the car Love lost a lap to the leaders. A caution at the end of the first stage allowed Love to earn his way back onto the lead lap through the “lucky dog” rule which places the first car one-lap down back on the lead lap.

● Love once again quietly logged laps to start the second stage. Caution waved on lap 126 for a single-car accident and Love used the break in action to report that the car’s handling had improved compared to the end of the first stage. Throughout the next several laps he was advised on racing lines and made adjustments based on feedback from the team.

● As the race continued Love continued to log laps, learning the track and the car. He was scored in 28th position when another driver drove underneath him to make a pass. The move caused the No. 62 C4 Ultimate Energy Chevrolet to get loose and Love started sliding and made contact with the inside retaining wall. Unable to drive the car back to the garage he was towed to the work area where the team determined that the car would not be able to meet NASCAR requirements to return to the track.

Race Notes:        

● Joey Logano won the Würth 400 to score his 37th career NASCAR Cup Series victory, his first of the season and his second at Texas. His margin of victory over second-place Ross Chastain was .346 of a second.

● There were 12 caution periods for a total of 73 laps.

● Only 23 of the 38 drivers in the race finished on the lead lap.

● William Byron remains the championship leader after Texas with a 13-point advantage over second-place Kyle Larson.

Jesse Love Jr., driver of the No. 62 C4 Ultimate Energy Chevrolet:

“I definitely feel like I learned a lot today. The difference between the Cup car and the Xfinity car here is pretty big. The car was really tight in that first stage and I felt like I just couldn’t carry any speed down the straightaway. The team kept adjusting on the car and I felt like we were going in the right direction. The pass there that caused us to wreck for some reason just disrupted the balance so much. I hate how it ended for C4 Energy but am very thankful to the Beard family for the opportunity to drive their car this weekend.”

Next Up:

Beard Motorsports will be on hiatus for the next two months before making its return to the NASCAR Cup Series at the iconic Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the July 27 Brickyard 400.

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Two-time Cup Series champion Kyle Busch has admitted that he wants to emulate NASCAR rival Denny Hamlin by winning races into his 40s.

Busch turned 40 years old on May 2 and has been asked in several interviews about his NASCAR career past and present after hitting the milestone.

Reflecting on his time in the sport, Busch says he takes a lot from ‘the good old days’, but was clear that he wants to win races beyond 40, pointing to Hamlin as an example of such success.

“You kind of see some of that stuff and you think back to the good old days, and certainly take a lot from those days,” he said to Bob Pockrass.

“I tried as much as I could in those times to be able to hold those days together and carry the dream team as long as I could, but it just wasn’t meant to be.

“Here we are today, kind of reminiscing on that. Wanting to get back to the ways of being competitive and up front, and winning races.

“Denny has done a great job. He’s 43-44, he’s still winning races, winning them at more than one clip a year, so that’s admirable and something that I wanna do.”

Can Busch return to his winning ways in NASCAR?

Busch’s last Cup Series win was at World Wide Technology Raceway in 2023, and his Richard Childress Racing team has failed to aid him to a 64th career win since.

The 40-year-old’s best finish of the year so far was P5 at COTA, a result that has been tricky to replicate, prompting RCR’s Vice President of Competition Keith Rodden to issue a statement on their performance.

Rodden stated that Busch and Austin Dillon needed to be in the top five regularly, so that the team can learn what they need to do to improve and fight for wins.

Busch finished P27 last time out at Talladega, where he was involved in a Stage 1 wreck with Brad Keselowski and Ryan Blaney, and was later handed a penalty for exiting pit road too fast.

The wait for a win went on at Texas on Sunday, too, with Busch involved in multiple wrecks during the race.

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