MT. PLEASANT, Mich. Beard Motorsports has announced the addition of a pair of NASCAR Cup Series races on its schedule that will feature 20-year-old NASCAR Xfinity Series regular Jesse Love behind the wheel of its No. 62 Chevrolet.

Love, who drives for Richard Childress Racing in the NASCAR Xfinity Series will drive the Beard entry May 4 at Texas Motor Speedway and in the iconic Brickyard 400 July 27 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

The two races mark the family owned teams first appearances at Texas and Indianapolis since its Cup Series debut in 2017 under the leadership of the late Mark Beard Sr., and which continues under the ownership of Linda Beard, with her children Amie Beard-Deja and Mark Beard Jr., overseeing daily operations.

Among the Beard Chevrolets 30 Cup Series outings to date, 13 have come at Daytona (Fla.) Intl Speedway and 13 at its sister track, Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway, with one apiece at Atlanta Motor Speedway, the Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway Roval, the Daytona road course, and the teams home track, Michigan Intl Speedway.

The week prior to next months Würth 400 at Texas, the No. 62 Beard Chevrolet will compete in the April 27 Jack Links 500 at Talladega with driver Anthony Alfredo and primary sponsor Fortify Building Solutions.

We are very excited to be able to expand our racing program and visit tracks that our new to us, said 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.

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.

In the April 2024 Xfinity Series race at Texas, Love qualified on the pole and finished ninth in his RCR Chevrolet, his fifth of 18 top-10s over the seasons 33 events. He qualified 15th and finished 13th in the July 2024 Xfinity Series race at Indianapolis. Prior to his arrival at RCR, Love was a 12-time winner in 48 career starts in the ARCA Menards Series from 2020 through 2023.

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, Ill 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 theyre a small, family-owned team, the Beards have built a legacy of bringing fast and well-prepared racecars to the track. Im looking forward to seeing what we can do together.

Riding along with Love and the No. 62 Beard Chevrolet at Texas and Indianapolis will be C4 Energy.