STATESVILLE, N.C. — Christian Rose is set to join AM Racing this season to contest the full ARCA Menards Series schedule.
Rose, a former Division One baseball player for the University of Maryland Eastern Shore has traded the glove and bat in for a steering wheel and helmet. It’ll be Rose’s first full season of stock car competition aboard the team’s flagship No. 32 Ford Mustang.
Rose joins AM Racing on the heels of a limited ARCA schedule last season, competing in a series of races on ARCA’s platform with Cook Racing Technologies. He earned a career-best seventh-place finish at Kansas Speedway in October.
Additionally, Rose earned two additional top-10 finishes at Five Flags (Fla.) Speedway and Dover (Del.) Motor Speedway, respectively.
“I am incredibly humbled by this opportunity to compete full-time in the ARCA Menards Series for AM Racing,” said Rose. “I have learned so much over the past two seasons of a part-time ARCA schedule that I am excited to elevate my schedule this year which includes visiting new tracks of new disciplines with the goal of being in contention to win races and compete for the championship.”
AM Racing, which combined forces with Win-Tron Racing at the start of the 2020 ARCA Menards Series season will return to the series full time for the first time since 2018.
“We are excited to return to the ARCA Menards Series full-time in 2023,” said AM Racing team principal Kevin Cywinski. “We have a lot of positivity surrounding our team with the launch of our Xfinity program with Brett (Moffitt) and now returning to ARCA with Christian.
“I strongly believe that the two programs will complement each other and work together to achieve the goal of bringing checkered flags back to the shop throughout the season.
“Christian is a very passionate and dedicated driver who won us over with his positive outlook and contagious work ethic. We look forward to helping him strengthen his racing resume immensely this season.”
In addition to ARCA, Rose and AM Racing also plan to compete in a limited number of NASCAR Crafstman Truck Series races which will be announced at a later date.