HAMPTON, Ga. – What seemed like a clouded racing season for Ty Majeski is starting to see some horizon.
Earlier this week, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that Majeski, a current member of the NASCAR Next class will make his NASCAR XFINITY Series debut this summer for Roush Fenway Racing.
“Everyone knows how tough this business is,” the Roush Fenway Racing development driver told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “The biggest thing is you’ve got to be patient.”
Majeski, the three-time consecutive ARCA Midwest Tour champion will make his XFINITY Series debut on Jun. 24 at Iowa Speedway. Eric Peterson, the team’s driver development coordinator confirmed.
Afterward, Majeski is set to run some sort of partial schedule in ARCA and XFINITY.
“We hope to have that shored up a little more in the next two weeks,” Peterson said.
“But the XFINITY side, we’re for sure going to run a small number of races and we’re working on building on that right now.”
To accommodate his venture, Majeski, 22 recently moved to North Carolina, not far from the team’s shop in Concord, N.C.
The Seymour, Wisconsin native will work with the aerodynamic and shock departments, which will allow him to use his education in engineering and his hands-on experience to the fullest.
Majeski is also expected to travel to some races with one of the RFR XFINITY Series teams.
Currently, RFR fields two full-time teams with Ryan Reed and Darrell Wallace Jr. Reed delivered his second career XFINITY Series victory on Feb. 25 at Daytona.
“I’ve got all kinds of things to do,” Majeski told the MJS. “Instead of just being in one specific department, doing it this way will help me be more well-rounded and help me learn a little more.”
That up close involvement comes at the expense of education, as Majeski has put his remaining two years in pursuing an engineering degree.
Roush Fenway Racing hasn’t finalized on which team Majeski will join for a handful of ARCA races on intermediate tracks this year, Peterson said.
Majeski did drive a Cunningham Motorsports car in the series’ pre-season test at Daytona. The 2016 ARCA championship team has strong ties to Ford. Majeski ran four races last year driving
for Roulo Bros. Racing, the same team that steered RFR driver Chris Buescher to his ARCA championship in 2012.
“Obviously it takes funding to run these cars, and performance helps to secure that,” Peterson added. “The reason we have him and we’re excited about him is because of performance.
“He’s gotten opportunities to this point and the ones he’s going to get in the future are because of his talent and not because of money. He’s one of the few here recently that are making it that way.”
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