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Jesse Love sets plans for 2025 NASCAR season

Jesse Love has set his plans for the 2025 NASCAR season. He will return to Richard Childress Racing.

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The championship-winning organization announced the news on Thursday ahead of a trip to Martinsville Speedway. The team confirmed that Love will return to the No. 2 Chevrolet Camaro. He will have Whelen Engineering back as an anchor sponsor for his sophomore campaign.

"We're thrilled to extend our partnership with Richard Childress Racing and Jesse Love in 2025," said Peter Tiezzi, General Manager of Motorsports for Whelen Engineering, in a statement.

"It's been an honor to watch Jesse grow as a driver and ambassador for Whelen and RCR in his rookie season. Our shared commitment to excellence and community impact makes this partnership truly special, and we can't wait to see what we achieve together next year!"

Whelen, which has a long history in NASCAR, previously served as the primary sponsor of Sheldon Creed in 2022-23. The organization stayed with RCR in 2024 as Creed moved to Joe Gibbs Racing and Love moved up from the ARCA Menards Series.

This partnership has led to success on the track. Love kicked it off by winning the pole in the first two Xfinity races of his career. He then continued his rookie season by winning at Talladega Superspeedway and locking up a spot in the playoffs.

Love has seven top-five finishes and 17 top-10 finishes in the first 31 races of the season. He is still in championship contention heading to Martinsville Speedway. A win at the historic short track would put him into the Championship 4 as a rookie.

Even if Love does not make it to the final round of the playoffs, he will still win Rookie of the Year. His main competition, Shane van Gisbergen, was eliminated in the previous round of the playoffs.

"Entering the NASCAR Xfinity Series and being paired with Whelen, a company that values and protects first responders, has been an honor," Love said in a statement. "Since I joined Richard Childress Racing, the entire company at Whelen has welcomed me with open arms.

"From touring both of their facilities in Connecticut and New Hampshire to unveiling the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation scheme at FDIC International and participating in Sonny Whelen's Racing for a Cure charity go-kart event, I've been able to see firsthand all the work that Whelen does to enrich our communities.

"I'll always be grateful that we were able to give Whelen their first NASCAR win earlier this season, and I know we have more victories in our future together."