Beard Motorsports and Anthony Alfredo will once again partner to attempt the 2025 Daytona 500, the team confirmed Thursday.
Alfredo, who competed in multiple NASCAR Cup Series events with the organization last season, will drive the No. 62 Fortify Building Solutions Chevrolet in the season-opener in February.
Founded by the late Mark Beard Sr., Beard Motorsports is owned and operated by the Beard family with Linda Beard at the helm, and her children Amie Beard-Deja and Mark Beard Jr., overseeing the daily operations.
“It’s an honor to be talking about our ninth season competing in the NASCAR Cup Series,” said Beard-Deja, executive vice president of Beard Motorsports. “This obviously started as a passion project for my dad and has become a labor of love for our family. We put in a lot of hard work and that is evident by the product we bring to the track every time we show up. It’s a credit to the team of people that we have assembled to prepare our racecars, and it all starts with our crew chief Darren Shaw, who has been busy preparing the car for the 2025 Daytona 500.
The 2025 campaign will be the ninth for Beard Motorsports at NASCAR’s top level, and the season-opening Daytona 500 will mark the team’s seventh start in the prestigious event, since debuting at that event in 2017.
“We are thrilled to have Anthony Alfredo back behind the wheel of the No. 62 Chevrolet and are very honored to continue the relationship we have started with Fortify Building Solutions. To have that brand continue its support of Beard Motorsports means a lot.”
Fortify Building Solutions, part of Cornerstone Building Brands, offers North America’s most extensive selection of high-quality metal roofing, wall panels, and metal building solutions to local builders, contractors, and homeowners through retail storefronts across the country.
The company previously partnered with Beard Motorsports and Anthony Alfredo in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs event at Talladega Superspeedway last October.
“We are thrilled to continue this partnership with the Beard family and Anthony Alfredo,” said Rayome Soupiset, general manager of retail direct at Cornerstone Building Brands. “Fortify Building Solutions is about serving our communities at the local level and positively contributing to the communities we operate in. As we expand our footprint in Florida and across the Southeast, we’re excited to be a part of the 2025 Daytona 500 and share in the excitement of NASCAR with our customers and employees. We believe the NASCAR platform is an excellent way to amplify the Fortify Building Solutions brand, but more importantly, that this partnership with the Beard family and Anthony represents a shared commitment to local community, perseverance, and excellence.”
Since debuting in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series in 2019, Anthony Alfredo has been making a name for himself, spending time in each of NASCAR’s National Series on a full-time basis.
Over the last three seasons, the Ridgefield, Connecticut-native has been competing in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, most recently for Our Motorsports in the No. 5 Chevrolet.
“The NASCAR Cup Series is the goal for every driver that goes the NASCAR route,” Alfredo said. “The Beards gave me this chance to race for them last year and I couldn’t be happier to be back competing with them again in 2025. They are such a great family and the team does a great job bringing fast cars to the track. We learned a lot together in 2024 and I think it will be a difference-maker for us going into this season.
In three prior starts with Beard Motorsports in the NASCAR Cup Series, Alfredo earned a career-best sixth-place result in the GEICO 500 at Talladega in April.
“And to further this relationship with Fortify Building Solutions is an amazing opportunity. It’s a relationship that means a lot to me, given my family’s background in the metal building construction industry. As the brand expands nationally through local storefronts, it’s providing faster service to the communities they serve without losing the personal touch. I think we have a great opportunity to do some amazing things to promote the speed and service their customers can expect.”
More information regarding the 2025 NASCAR plans for Beard Motorsports will be announced at a later date.
