IRacer Richard Pruett

In honor of the late Kyle Busch, the next two race weekends at North Wilkesboro and Indianapolis the #24 will carry special tribute paint schemes in all three Nascar Series

A rare Sunday afternoon Craftsman Truck race from Lime Rock. After sweeping Atlanta, we set our sites on the final Nascar Road course race of 2026. The #24 Melendez Online Digital Consulting Silverado struggled to find speed as we qualified outside the top 10. We were able to pick off a few spots but never truely contended for the win. On the final lap a few trucks got together and we caught a piece of it but managed to get a few spots in the final corners and score a top 5 finish with 5th place.

Saturday superspeedway racing under the lights for the Nascar Cup Series at Atlanta. The #24 Melendez Online Digital Consulting Chevrolet started P3. In the pack we were shuffled outside the top 10 but started charging to the front about half way. We fought hard on a restart with about 30 laps to go and got the lead. We were able to hold on and score our 5th Nascar Cup Series WIN of 2026 and it was a Mile Stone win #30 in the Nascar Cup Sereis .

Race Replay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVEnHVj7w-E

Friday night under the lights in Atlanta. The #24 Melendez Online Digital Consulting Chevy started from Pole. We fought extreamly hard to keep the lead as the new version of Atlanta, track position and control of the race are key to success. We did drop out of the top five after a series of pit stops and had some contact when the 29 threw a bad block triggering the big one. Our car was undamaged and we regained the lead to score our 11th O'Reilly WIN of 2026.

Race Replay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b48T7jDUxsQ

Finishing up this July 4th holiday with the Nascar Cup Series at Chicagoland. The #24 Children With Hair Loss Chevrolet started P3 and we were able to take the lead and led the most laps on the day. Late race cautions ended up hurting us badly. We had stayed out for track position and ended up losing the lead to drivers on newer tires. We thought our bed was made but we got another late caution and put on our last set of tires. Overtime, 2 laps and we had to restart in 13th. We soared through the field going from 13th to 2nd Place in just two laps in a thrilling finish. Came up just 0.008 Short of a win

JULY 4TH. Happy 250th America. We celebrated this Independance day with O'Reilly Series race. The #24 Children With Hair Loss Chevy started from P3. We had ourselves a rocketship of a race car leading over half of the race. We were about to cruise to a win but got a late caution. Even though we had to restart from 2nd we retook the and scored our 10th O'Reilly WIN of 2026 on this historic holiday.

Race Replay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls-P2Me3wpk




ChicagolandSpeedway

Race number two of this Friday night double header was the Nascar Craftsman Truck Series. The #24 Children With Hair Loss Silverado started from Pole. We had the dominate truck, leading the most laps, however a series of late cautions put us in the middle of the pack late and while trying to rebound we were collected in a huge crash. Even with a damaged truck, our speed plus our fresh tires helped us get back up to a 7th place finish. Still disappointing after having the best truck.

Starting this Independance Day Holiday Weekend with a Friday night double header. First race, the ARCA Menards series. The #24 Melendez Online Digital Consulting Chevy SS started from P2. We quickly took the lead and led about the first half of the race. Our car had short run speed but fell off late in the run. We would end up fall back to 2nd place and that's where we finished.

Final Road Course of the year for Nascar cup. Our #24 Melendez Online Digital Consulting Chevrolet started from P5. It was not an easy race, we had an off course that sent us way up the hill in the dirt as well as a turn 11 crash. Despite this we still rebounded to a solid 3rd place finish.

Saturday at Sonoma with O'Reilly Series. The #24 Melendez Online Digital Consulting Chevy started from P5. We really struggled this weekend with this car and never quite found the handling. Due to some run-ins other drivers had, we were able to move up on the podium with a 3rd place finish despite having an ill handling racecar.