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NASCAR Xfinity Series: Matt DiBenedetto to drive for Joe Gibbs Racing at Road America

By Asher Fair

DAYTONA BEACH, FL - FEBRUARY 10: Matt DiBenedetto, driver of the #95 Procore Toyota, stands on the grid during qualifying for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series 61st Annual Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 10, 2019 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
DAYTONA BEACH, FL - FEBRUARY 10: Matt DiBenedetto, driver of the #95 Procore Toyota, stands on the grid during qualifying for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series 61st Annual Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 10, 2019 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images) /
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Matt DiBenedetto is set to drive for Joe Gibbs Racing in next Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race, the CTECH Manufacturing 180, at Road America.

Matt DiBenedetto signed with Leavine Family Racing for the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season after the team announced that they would be switching manufacturers from Chevrolet to Toyota and forming a technical alliance with Joe Gibbs Racing.

Now DiBenedetto is set to drive for Joe Gibbs Racing for the first time in nearly a decade.

The 28-year-old Grass Valley, California native is set to drive the #18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota in next Saturday afternoon’s Xfinity Series race, the CTECH Manufacturing 180, at Road America.

Jeffrey Earnhardt was slated to compete in this race, but he lost his ride behind the wheel of the #18 Toyota after he and sponsor iK9 parted ways last week, which also resulted him losing his ride in this past Saturday’s race at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course to Jack Hawksworth.

DiBenedetto confirmed this news on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/mattdracing/status/1161251676394840064

He did correct one small error in this statement.

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DiBenedetto has competed in 68 Xfinity Series races throughout his career, but he has not competed in the series since the 2016 season. He drove for Joe Gibbs Racing in a combined seven races between the 2009 and 2010 seasons.

DiBenedetto has made three starts at the 14-turn, 4.048-mile (6.515-kilometer) Road America natural terrain road course in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin in his Xfinity Series career, including one in the 2010 season driving the #20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota. He finished this race in 29th place.

He also competed at the track in the 2012 and 2014 seasons driving for The Motorsports Group. He failed to finish the race in the 2012 season and was scored in 41st place but finished in 11th in the 2014 season.

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The CTECH Manufacturing 180 is set to be broadcast live on NBC Sports Network from Road America beginning at 3:00 p.m. ET on Saturday, August 24, so be sure to tune in to Matt DiBenedetto’s first NASCAR Xfinity Series start in nearly three years and his first driving for Joe Gibbs Racing in nearly nine.

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