MOORESVILLE, N.C. – Bucked Up Energy and Joe Graf Jr. have announced a new multi-year, multi-race agreement in NASCAR Xfinity Series competition, beginning with Saturday afternoon’s Hooters 250 at Homestead-Miami (Fla.) Speedway.
“We are super excited to join forces with Joe Graf and also excited about getting our foot in the door with NASCAR,” said Bucked Up Energy CEO Ryan Gardner. “The sport and the fans are incredible and we can’t wait to see what happens next.”
Graf will make his Homestead-Miami Speedway debut this weekend on the heels of a career-best NASCAR Xfinity Series finish with SS Green Light Racing at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway earlier this month.
“I’m super pumped to bring Bucked Up Energy as new sponsor to NASCAR. I have been using their workout supplements for a long time and they are awesome,” said Graf. “When I learned they were launching an energy drink, I pitched them on NASCAR being the perfect platform for their products.”
“It’s a new product with a lot of potential and a drink that I feel resonates with the NASCAR fanbase,” he added. “I’m looking forward to debuting our No. 08 Bucked Up Energy Chevrolet Camaro on the track and look forward to a great relationship with Ryan and the rest of the Bucked Up team.”
Bucked Up will be featured on Graf’s No. 08 SS GreenLight Racing Chevrolet Camaro throughout the remainder of the Xfinity Series season, including this weekend’s Homestead doubleheader.
Graf, 21, graduated to the NASCAR Xfinity Series full-time in 2020 after spending the last two seasons in the ARCA Menards Series for Chad Bryant Racing. In 39 races, Graf earned seven top-five and 21 top-10 finishes, including his first win at Berlin (Mich.) Raceway.
He finished a career-high fifth in the championship standings in 2019.
Additionally last season, Graf made three Xfinity Series starts for Richard Childress Racing as well as served as a marketing and communications intern for the team through New York University, a role that he will continue in 2020.