Pitbull is not part of Trackhouse Racing.
The musician introduced in a social media put up on Friday that he was parting methods “efficient instantly” with the NASCAR Cup Collection staff.
Ending partnership with Trackhouse Racing. Over the previous 5 years, we’ve made historical past by introducing NASCAR to an entire new viewers and falling in love with NASCAR followers on the identical time. Now we have made the choice to terminate the partnership with Trackhouse Racing, efficient…
Trackhouse introduced that Pitbull had joined the staff’s possession group forward of its 2021 debut season. The staff owned primarily by Justin Marks purchased the belongings of Chip Ganassi Racing on the finish of that season and expanded to 2 vehicles.
“As quickly as I met Justin, [team president] Ty Norris and [driver Daniel Suarez], we had been on the identical web page,” Pitbull mentioned in that announcement. “They welcomed me aboard, and now we’re going to point out the world NASCAR is just not solely a sport however it’s a tradition.”
Pitbull will nonetheless be in attendance on the Daytona 500 on Sunday as he’s the pre-race live performance. Pitbull was scheduled to carry out earlier than the 2024 race, however it was delayed a day as a result of rain. The live performance was then pushed again to 2025.
As a part of his duties as a pre-race performer, Pitbull will attend a information convention earlier than the race the place he might expound on his resolution to half methods with the staff.
Trackhouse is fielding three full-time vehicles within the Cup Collection this season for Suarez, Ross Chastain and Shane van Gisbergen. The staff’s drivers have gained eight races over 4 seasons and Chastain completed second within the factors standings in 2022.
