Jesse Love, who competed in his NASCAR Cup Series debut this past weekend in the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway, has announced two additional NASCAR Cup Series starts. Love, 20, will pilot the No. 62 Beard Motorsports Chevrolet at Texas Motor Speedway on May 4 and in the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on July 27.
C4 Energy, which served as Love’s primary sponsor in his NASCAR Cup Series debut driving the No. 33 Richard Childress Racing entry, will reprise its role as Love’s sponsor at Texas and Indianapolis.
Love, who finished 31st last weekend, says making his NASCAR Cup Series debut at Bristol allowed him to check off an aspiration he’s had his entire life, and he’s excited to compete more regularly in the NASCAR Cup Series.
“Making my Cup Series debut last week at Bristol was a moment that I had been working towards my entire life,” Love said. “Thanks to the Beard family, I’ll have a chance to at least do it a couple more times this season. The goals are to keep collecting experience and learning the Cup car. Both races at Texas and Indy will allow me to gain knowledge of how this car races at different tracks, which will hopefully set me up to pounce on future opportunities. Even though they’re a small, family-owned team, the Beards have built a legacy of bringing fast and well-prepared racecars to the track. I’m looking forward to seeing what we can do together.”
The addition of two races to Love’s NASCAR Cup Series schedule also marks the addition of two unexpected NASCAR Cup Series attempts for the No. 62 Beard Motorsports team, which typically competes at Daytona International Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway each season, but has also dabbled in starts at Atlanta Motor Speedway, the Charlotte Motor Speedway ROVAL, and Michigan International Speedway over the years.
The organization is ready for the expansion of its program in 2025.
“We are very excited to be able to expand our racing program and visit tracks that our new to us,” said Amie Beard-Deja, executive vice president of Beard Motorsports. “When my dad started this program we wanted to focus on the superspeedways. Our plan was to make that our niche and to do it well and we feel like we have been able to do that very thing. During the last couple of seasons we had partners that were interested in races outside of those that take place at Daytona and Talladega and that presented a different challenge and we enjoyed it.”
Having Love, a two-time NASCAR Xfinity Series race winner behind the wheel is another thing that the race team is excited about heading into Texas and Indianapolis.
“We have been watching Jesse Love in his racing endeavors and have certainly been impressed with what he has been doing so it was a no-brainer for us to take on the challenge of preparing cars for and competing in the races that will take place this season at Texas and Indianapolis,” said Beard-Deja.
Love, who won the season-opening NASCAR Xfinity Series event at Daytona International Speedway in February, sits third in the NASCAR Xfinity Series championship standings after the opening nine races. The California native has two top-five finishes and six top-10s so far in 2025.
