Season Preview: Overstreet, Kvapil Go Full-Time with JRM’s No. 1 Team

February 10, 2025

MOORESVILLE, N.C. (Feb. 10, 2025) – Andrew Overstreet and Carson Kvapil made noise last season, earning three top-five and four top-10 finishes in nine NASCAR Xfinity Series starts.

In 2025, the now-full-time duo is looking to pump up the volume.

Kvapil, who won a pair of zMAX CARS Tour Late Model Stock Car championships at the wheel of the legacy JRM Chevrolet, made his first start at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway in April last year and finished a solid fourth. He followed that by very nearly winning at Dover Motor Speedway, losing out to veteran Ryan Truex in overtime.

Kvapil showed that short tracks were not his only specialty at Michigan later in the year, leading into Turn 3 late in the race before an accident took him out.

Overstreet, who was crew chief for Kvapil (9), Bubba Pollard, team owner Dale Earnhardt Jr., Sam Mayer, Connor Mosack and Connor Zilisch (4) in 2024, logged his first victory with Zilisch on a dominant day at Watkins Glen last season. Advancing to full-time this year with Kvapil, the North Carolina native is bent on building out the foundation laid last season.

TEAM ROSTER: Crew chief: Andrew Overstreet; Car Chief: Mike Hoffman; Lead Engineer: Eric Long; Second Engineer: Michael Toner; Mechanic: Gregg Buchanan; Mechanic: Sean Verwys; Spotter: TJ Majors; Truck Driver: Adam Lowe.

EXPECTATIONS FOR 2025: “We just need to manage our expectations,” Overstreet said. “The biggest thing is just executing and getting base hits. We will try to get solid finishes and establish our footing at the start of the year, and if you can come out of Las Vegas (the fifth race) in a good points position, you’re not fighting from behind all year. That’s been an approach I’ve had for a long time as a race engineer, and if you can just have those solid finishes. If the opportunity arises where you can win, go ahead and do that but don’t put yourself in a bad spot where you come out of Vegas with two or three DNFs. Then, you are 20th in points and trying to fight an uphill battle. It sets the tone for the rest of the year.”

ON HIS FIRST FULL SEASON ATOP THE PIT BOX: “It (the 2024 season) was a big learning experience for me. I’m trying to make sure that I keep calm and be that calming person when that does arise. I’m going to try and make the most of the opportunity I’ve been given, making sure everything is right, that I look at all the details. My guys can tell I’m getting antsy because I want everything to be right, and I’m trying not to be too OCD about everything. I am ready to see what kind of product we can put out there. I’m trying to teach Eric and Sean how I like stuff. Having Mike and Gregg back, they know what I want and expect. We’re just building off the program from last year, trying to execute and have a good season. We want to try and start off running top-10, and then start running top-five. We started off that way last year and had a good run. We definitely have a chance to win quite a few. We know it’s his rookie season. We are OK with being the underdog and we’re also OK with showing them all up.”

ON DRIVER CARSON KVAPIL: “He’s very smart for a young driver, won’t put himself in a bad spot where he’s going to tear the car up. He has the mentality of making sure the car stays in one piece so you can keep working on it the next week. You’re not going to learn anything if you knock the front clip off of it and keep having to build new cars. You’re behind because you’re out of parts. Our whole group, Carson especially, was pretty good and they came back to the shop only having to change the front bumper or something small like that. You didn’t see quarter panels knocked off of it. He was really good at not tearing his stuff up.”