Vizion Motorsports (formerly NextGen Motorsports) was an American professional
stock car racing
Stock car racing is a form of automobile racing run on oval tracks and road courses measuring approximately . It originally used production-model cars, hence the name "stock car", but is now run using cars specifically built for racing. It ori ...
team that last competed in the
NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series and the
ARCA Menards Series. In the Truck Series, the team currently fielded a
Toyota Tundra
The Toyota Tundra is a pickup truck manufactured in the United States by the Japanese manufacturer Toyota since May 1999. The Tundra was the second full-size pickup to be built by a Japanese manufacturer (the first was the Toyota T100), but the ...
part-time for
Josh White and in the ARCA Menards Series, the team fielded the No. 36 Toyota part-time for
Josh White as well as the No. 35 Toyota. The team (when it was known as NextGen Motorsports) had also competed in the
ARCA Menards Series East
The ARCA Menards Series East (formerly Busch East Series, Busch North Series, Camping World East Series, and NASCAR K&N Pro Series East) is a regional stock car racing series owned and operated by the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) and ...
and
NASCAR Xfinity Series
The NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) is a stock car racing series organized by NASCAR. It is promoted as NASCAR's second-tier circuit to the organization's top level Cup Series. NXS events are frequently held as a support race on the day prior to a ...
in the past.
Xfinity Series
In 2017, the team made their first foray into the series, helping
MBM Motorsports to field two of their drivers in MBM's Nos. 13/40 cars at the road-course races:
Enrique Baca
Enrique "Tatita" Baca (born January 30, 1996) is a Mexican professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes in the NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series, driving the No. 9 for Alpha Racing-Rolcar Motorsport.
Racing career Xfinity Series
Baca made ...
at Watkins Glen and Mid-Ohio and
Ernie Francis Jr.
Ernie Francis Jr. (born January 23, 1998) is an American sports car racing and stock car racing driver who currently competes in Indy NXT driving for Force Indy. He previously ran full time in the Trans-Am Series, running the 98 car for Breathles ...
at
Road America
Road America is a motorsport road course located near Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, United States on Wisconsin Highway 67. It has hosted races since the 1950s and currently hosts races in the NASCAR Cup and Xfinity Series, WeatherTech SportsCar Champ ...
. Later that year, NextGen fielded an Xfinity team on their own for the first time, the No. 55 Toyota, in two races. Their first attempt was at Kansas in mid-October with
Josh Berry, finishing 33rd. The second attempt was at Homestead with
Matt Mills, but he did not qualify for the race, which would have been Mills fourth Xfinity start.
Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series
In 2018, NextGen made their Truck debut, initially planning to do so at
Martinsville in March 2018 when they entered the No. 35 Chevrolet for
Travis Kvapil, but the team wound up withdrawing the entry when there was rain in the forecast and they would have failed to qualify due to having no owner points.
They later attempted the race at Kentucky, fielding the No. 83 for
Tyler Matthews in a partnership with
Copp Motorsports. Matthews made contact with the wall on lap one and finished 32nd.
NextGen announced on October 24, 2018 that Inspectra Thermal Solutions would sponsor
Parker Kligerman
Parker L. Kligerman (born August 8, 1990) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series driving the No. 48 Chevrolet Camaro for Big Machine Racing. Kligerman is a former development driver ...
at
Texas Motor Speedway in the
JAG Metals 350, however, Kligerman later decided to back out and
Brennan Poole was named as his replacement. A 15th-place finish was marred by a practice penalty for losing ballast weight. The penalty suspended NextGen's crew chief, truck chief and chief mechanic until after the 2019
NextEra Energy Resources 250. The team returned two weeks later renamed as Vizion Motorsports in the Truck Series season finale at
Homestead-Miami Speedway with Poole, finishing 19th.
On February 9, 2019, announced that
Bayley Currey
Bayley Alexander Currey (born October 29, 1996) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 41 Chevrolet Silverado for Niece Motorsports. He has also competed in ...
would pilot the No. 35 in select races in the 2019 season. Continuing to enter select events part time, the team used the owner points from the
Beaver Motorsports No. 1 truck for Currey because of the large number of entries in the Truck Series at the start of the season. The No. 1 already had some owner points while if Vizion were to attempt to run on their own using the No. 35, they would have none and less of a chance of qualifying for the races they attempted.
On December 19, 2019, Vizion announced they would be returning in 2020 after missing most of the 2019 season due to financial problems.
Josh White will run some Truck and ARCA races for the team, and they also mentioned he could run Trucks full-time in 2021 if he does well enough in 2020 and if sponsorship is found,
but nothing ever materialized.
ARCA Menards Series East
The team fielded three part-time cars (No. 5, No. 9 and No. 25) in
2017
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. The No. 5 and the No. 25 returned in 2018, and the team also added a third car, the No. 55.
Car No. 5 history
In 2017, they fielded No. 5 Chevrolet for
Enrique Baca
Enrique "Tatita" Baca (born January 30, 1996) is a Mexican professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes in the NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series, driving the No. 9 for Alpha Racing-Rolcar Motorsport.
Racing career Xfinity Series
Baca made ...
and Luis Rodriguez, Jr. In 2018, the team returned with
Juan Manuel González and
Dale Quarterley behind the wheel.
Car No. 9 history
In 2017, in a partnership with Troy Williams' team, NextGen fielded the No. 9 Ford for Baca, Brandon Lynn and Woody Pitkat.
Car No. 25 history
In 2017, they fielded No. 25 Chevrolet/Toyota for Baca and
David Levine. Levine returned once again in 2018 for
New Jersey Motorsports Park race.
Car No. 55 history
In 2018, they fielded No. 55 Toyota for
Abraham Calderón
Abraham Calderón (born November 25, 1988) is a Mexican racecar driver from Monterrey. He currently drives the No. 2 ARRIS Toyota in the NASCAR Mexico Series. In 2014 he won the Toyota Series championship; previously he had already won the 2006 ...
and
Marcos Gomes.
ARCA Menards Series
Car No. 35 history
The team announced plans to debut in ARCA starting in 2019, with rookie Brenden Queen set to run full time in the No. 35 Toyota. However, due to lack of sponsorship, he only ended up attempting the season opener at
Daytona that year.
Vizion later ran the No. 35 at Charlotte with
Devin Dodson
Devin L. Dodson (born March 15, 1999) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the ARCA Menards Series West, driving the No. 7 Ford Fusion for JP Racing.
Racing career
Dodson started his career in go-ka ...
. Also,
Bobby Dale Earnhardt tried to run some races with the team, but sponsorship was not found.
Car No. 36 history
A second car for Vizion, the No. 36, driven by Paul Williamson, ran at Daytona along with the No. 35 of Queen.
Salvatore Iovino
Salvatore Iovino (born July 15, 1983) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He is also a team owner for Holleran-Iovino Racing (HIR) in the K&N Pro Series East, competing under the Patriot Motorsports Group banner. Prior to compet ...
was originally going to drive that car at Daytona as well as some other races throughout the season with sponsorship from Body Symmetry MD, which did not end up happening.
In September 2019, it was reported by ThePitLane.com that
Josh White signed with Vizion to potentially run the ARCA season opener at Daytona and some Truck races if the team can find sponsorship.
This was later confirmed by the team on December 19, 2019. White will drive the No. 36 Toyota at Daytona and other races during the 2020 ARCA season, and possibly the full schedule if sponsorship is found.
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