page_title: Kaz Grala
section_title: Xfinity Series
hierarchical_section_title: Kaz Grala / Racing career / Stock car racing / Xfinity Series
caption_attribution_description: English: No. 61 Ford Mustang on track at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Driven by Kaz Grala during practice.
context_page_description: Kaz Edward Grala is an American professional stock car racing driver from Boston. He is the youngest NASCAR winner in the history of Daytona International Speedway and the youngest person to ever compete in an International Motor Sports Association event. Grala currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 21 Chevrolet Camaro for Richard Childress Racing, and part-time in RCR's No. 3 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE in the NASCAR Cup Series, substituting for Austin Dillon.
context_section_description: On November 15, 2017, it was announced that Grala would join JGL Racing full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series as a 2018 Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender, driving the No. 24 Ford. Grala finished fourth in his debut at Daytona. However, on May 15, the team shut down the No. 24 program, leaving Grala without a ride. Three days later, Grala announced he would run the next four Xfinity races for Fury Race Cars, driving the No. 61 Mustang beginning at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Grala drove to an impressive 10th-place finish in FURY's debut as a team. With sponsorship support from IT Coalition, DMB Financial, Kiklos and HotScream, Grala was able to add another eight races to his schedule beyond the original four. Grala's best finish with the organization was a top five at Daytona International Speedway, which he achieved in a 10-year-old borrowed car slated to be retired as a show car.
  In 2019, Grala joined Richard Childress Racing's No. 21 Xfinity car for a part-time schedule. He was originally going to run part-time with FURY with the amassed sponsorship, but Grala took the sponsorship to RCR to lower costs. He stayed with the team for the 2020 season.
  Grala's 2020 schedule began in July at Kansas, where he finished 13th. He ran the next race at Road America and tied his career-best fourth-place finish. The following week, Grala was called by RCR to substitute for Austin Dillon in their No. 3 NASCAR Cup Series car at the Daytona road course after Dillon tested positive for COVID-19; the Go Bowling 235 would see Grala finish seventh in his Cup debut.
caption: Grala in the No. 61 for Fury Race Cars at the Charlotte oval, the team's Xfinity Series debut.
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