In an announcement made Monday by Mark Richards, the Rocket1 Racing owner revealed that Brandon Sheppard will replace Tim McCreadie for a second stint at the reins of the Rocket Chassis house car, effective immediately, but that doesn't mean McCreadie won't be closely connected to the Shinnston, W.Va-based chassis enterprise in 2025.

Along with Richards' news drop that he's bringing back Sheppard, the four-time World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series titlist in a six-year span with Rocket1 Racing from 2017-22, he's established an alliance with McCreadie as he joins the Boom Briggs-owned Briggs Transport Racing.

Both teams will work closely together as they follow the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series in 2025.

“Tim took on a tall task this year joining our team after the year started and he did a great job for us,” Richards said in a press release. “We’re very grateful for his hard work, and as he moves over to (Briggs’ team) he’ll continue to be an important part of the growth and development we have in motion here at Rocket Chassis.”

McCreadie's tenure with Rocket1 Racing lasted nine months as he filled the iconic ride vacated by Hudson O'Neal in March. McCreadie started 54 total features with Richards' Rocket1 Racing team, taking them to victory lane once in Aug. 17's Topless 100 at Batesville Motor Speedway in Locust Grove, Ark. 

All told, McCreadie finished on the podium 11 times, including Oct. 19's Dirt Track World Championship runner-up at Ohio's Eldora Speedway, while totaling 22 top-fives and 42 top-10s. 

Describing his season, McCreadie said "we fought an uphill battle all year, but nobody with the team ever gave up and we clawed our way into Championship Four with (the) Lucas Oil (series)."

"Boom Briggs and everyone with his team are providing me with an opportunity to continue doing what I love," McCreadie continued. "We’ve got a lot of preparation to do for 2025 and we’re already hard at work with that.”

With McCreadie’s addition, the 53-year-old Briggs is scaling back his personal racing efforts as he'll downsize to a limited schedule.

“Me and Tim have been really good friends for over 20 years,” Briggs said. “Due to my business obligations and him out of a ride, we decided to put this deal together with the support and assistance of Mark Richards. I’m going to still run a limited schedule next year, but our focus sits with giving Tim his best chance to go after another Lucas Oil title and a really successful year.”

Before McCreadie's partnership with Briggs officially starts, he's back aboard the Viper-Big Frog Motorsports No. 58v entry this weekend for Nov. 15-16's Castrol FloRacing Night in America season finale at Senoia Raceway.

McCreadie finished 16th, 18th and 29th, in that order, with the Viper-Big Frog at last weekend's World Finals at The Dirt Track at Charlotte and also finished eighth and 12th during Nov. 2-3's National 100 at East Alabama Motor Speedway.