CONCORD, N.C. — There’s a new driver of the Bill Rose Racing No. 6 in 2026, and his name is Kasey Jedrzejek.
The 21-year-old has teamed with the longtime racer for his rookie World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series season.
Jedrzejek joins Ashton Torgerson, Scotty Thiel, and Scott Bogucki as the fourth competitor committed to chasing Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year honors.
Jedrzejek and Rose’s plan to join forces materialized quickly after the two connected at the Rumble in Fort Wayne last month. One thing led to another, and suddenly, Jedrzejek is preparing for his first tour with The Greatest Show on Dirt.
“A week or so after that, me and Bill got in contact, and we just started talking about possibly putting a deal together at that point,” Jedrzejek said. “Then I went out to Bill’s shop, checked everything out, and we put a deal together.
“I’m really excited to work with Bill and see how we get things going down in Florida in a couple weeks. Last year, I think they showed a lot of speed with Zach (Hampton), and I’m looking forward to getting in the seat and seeing what I can do. I think it’ll be great having Bill as an asset, not only as a crew chief, but he’s raced for 50 years as well.”
Jedrzejek spent the last two-plus years honing his talents aboard the Ed Neumeister No. 11n primarily in Ohio. The pairing picked up 11 wins together, including Jedrzejek’s first All Star Circuit of Champions triumph at Wayne County Speedway.
The LaGrange, Ohio, native also sat on the pole of the Kings Royal last July at Eldora Speedway. Two months later he notched his first career World of Outlaws top five at Millstream Speedway.
“They’ve helped me a lot grow as a driver the past two years,” Jedrzejek said. “I think we really built Ed’s program back up to where it was a couple years before I got there. The first year racing with them, we were just more of an average car out there, weren’t great weren’t bad. But then last year we really started to mesh a lot better together, I feel like, started being a lot more consistent up in the front and more consistently getting wins. They did a lot for me.”
The focus now moves to competing with the best drivers Sprint Car racing has to offer on a weekly basis as Jedrzejek readies for his debut campaign with The Greatest Show on Dirt. It’s not a position he expected to be in so quickly, but he’s ready to make the most of the chance as he takes a major step in his career.
“It’s crazy to think that I’m going to be racing with the Outlaws this year,” Jedrzejek said. “It went pretty smoothly putting a deal together with Bill. It was a lot of thinking on what would be best for me, and if this was something I wanted to go do. I came to the conclusion if I want to be able to race for a living and be on the tour, then I need to do this now. I’m just very excited for the opportunity Bill has given me.”
