JR Motorsports announced Tuesday afternoon that two-time CARS Tour champion Carson Kvapil is being promoted to the NASCAR Xfinity Series as a full-time driver for the team in 2025.

It’s now been more than 570 days since anybody not named Carson Kvapil has gone to CARS Tour victory lane at Ace Speedway. When the CARS Tour goes back to Ace Speedway later this year in August, it will have been 672 days since anyone other than Carson Kvapil had won a CARS Tour Late Model Stock car race at Ace.

Brenden Queen did all he could do at Caraway Speedway. He put his Lee Pulliam Performance No. 03 on the pole, which clinched him the most poles bonus point. He led a lap and got a bonus point there. He led the most laps for another bonus point. And he went out and won the race, leading all 125 circuits on Saturday afternoon at the North Carolina short track. But in the end, it still wasn't enough to overcome his 21-point gap entering the race weekend to Carson Kvapil.

Defending CARS Tour champion and current CARS Tour points leader Carson Kvapil will make his NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series debut next week at Bristol Motor Speedway for Spire Motorsports, the team announced Tuesday evening.

It had amazingly been more than three months since defending CARS Tour champion Carson Kvapil visited victory lane before he took the checkered flag on Friday night at Ace Speedway. Kvapil's win ended a dry spell that dated back to May 5 when the series last visited the 4/10-mile Ace Speedway, and it completed a sweep of the series' two trips to the Altamahaw, North Carolina track.