Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) has officially solidified its four-driver lineup for the 2025 ARCA Menards Series campaign, the team confirmed on Wednesday.
The championship-winning team will continue to field the No. 18 Toyota Camry across the ARCA Menards Series, ARCA Menards Series East, and ARCA Menards Series West with drivers Max Reaves, Brent Crews, William Sawalich, and Giovanni Ruggiero.
“There is a lot of talent and youth in this group that we’re looking forward to developing throughout the year.” Said Steve DeSouza, Executive Vice President of NASCAR Xfinity Series and Development at JGR. “Each of these young men has a promising future and I’m quite proud that we were able to get them all together under the JGR banner. We’re looking forward to continuing the winning legacy of our ARCA Menards Series program with these guys in 2025.”
Max Reaves leads the four-driver brigade with 10 races on his 2025 schedule between the ARCA Menards Series and ARCA Menards Series East.
Reaves will make his season debut at Five Flags Speedway and then will also contest the races at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway, Flat Rock, Berlin, Elko, Springfield, Madison, DuQuoin, Salem, and Toledo.
The 15-year-old driver is the youngest of the group but is no stranger to JGR, being signed as the team’s development driver last year.
The youngster has collected many accolades in his racing career including the 2024 Carolina Pro Champion Late Model Championship, multiple quarter midget championships, an INEX Florida Winter Nationals National Qualifier Race Championship, and most recently was crowned the 2025 Redeye winner at New Smyrna Speedway
Cook Out will serve as the primary sponsor of the No. 18 Toyota Camry when Reaves is behind the wheel.
Brent Crews will join the fray at Joe Gibbs Racing in 2025 with a nine-race schedule across the ARCA Menards Series platforms. Crews will make his season debut at Phoenix Raceway, and then will compete at Rockingham Speedway, Lime Rock, Dover Motor Speedway, Indianapolis Raceway Park, Iowa Speedway, Watkins Glen International, Bristol Motor Speedway, and will finish his campaign at Phoenix in November.
The 16-year-old driver arrives at the championship-winning organization with a growing list of accomplishments, including three CARS Late Model Tour victories, and multiple dirt midget victories, and holds the record for the youngest winner and champion in the TransAm TA2 division.
A native of Denver, North Carolina, Crews will make his debut with Joe Gibbs Racing at Phoenix Raceway, and will continue to run select events throughout the season with support from JBL and Mobil 1.
At just 18 years old, William Sawalich is the veteran of Joe Gibbs Racing’s ARCA Menards Series program in 2025, taking on a seven-race schedule in the series in conjunction with his upcoming rookie campaign in the NASCAR Xfinity Series.
Sawalich will contest the season-opening event at Daytona International Speedway as well as Rockingham Speedway, Talladega Superspeedway, Kansas Speedway, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Sonoma Raceway, and Portland International Raceway.
Sawalich will have Starkey/SoundGear returning as the primary sponsor of the No. 18 Toyota Camry in his seven-race slate in the ARCA Menards Series.
Finally, Gio Ruggiero will join Joe Gibbs Racing for a pair of ARCA Menards Series events in 2025. Ruggiero will compete at Michigan and the second Kansas Speedway event this year.
The 18-year-old driver scored seven top-fives, nine top-10s, and one pole in ARCA competition last season for Venturini Motorsports, while also competing for the ARCA Menards Series East championship, where he scored his first win at Five Flags Speedway.
Matt Ross will continue to serve as the crew chief of the No. 18 Toyota Camry in the ARCA Menards Series throughout the season, in hopes of following up his 2024 AMS Owner’s Championship and 2024 AMSE Championship campaigns.
All four drivers will be driving the No. 18 Toyota Camry in 2025, with the exception of Rockingham, where Joe Gibbs Racing will enter two cars — the No. 18 for William Sawalich and the No. 81 for Brent Crews.
