JOHN HUNTER NEMECHEK DURING DRIVER INTRODUCTIONS IN ATLANTA – MOTORSPORT AMERICA PHOTO
Josh Berry Top Candidate: Sources
Legacy Motor Club and John Hunter Nemechek will part ways at the end of this NASCAR season, sources briefed on the decision told The Athletic. Those sources were granted anonymity to speak about an evolving situation.
Team leadership informed Nemechek of the news Monday, with the team opting to go a different direction even though the sides had recently agreed to a contract extension to keep Nemechek driving the No. 42 Toyota for the 2027 season.
The leading candidate to replace Nemechek is Josh Berry, according to those sources. Berry currently drives for Wood Brothers Racing, but he is out of that seat at the end of the season, as the team informed him in June it would not exercise the option in his contract.