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Cole

Custer

Born: January 23, 1998

Hometown: Ladera Ranch, CA

Cole Custer, a native of Ladera Ranch, California, has grown from racing quarter midgets at the early age of four, to winning a NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship (2023), and competing at NASCAR’s highest level, the Cup Series (NCS). Custer is one of just ten drivers who have won a race in all three of the sport’s national touring series – Cup, Xfinity, and Truck – as well as ARCA and a NASCAR developmental series (K&N Pro Series).

The 2025 campaign will mark Custer’s return to the NASCAR Cup Series, where he will drive the No. 41 Haas Automation Ford Mustang for Haas Factory Team. After being promoted to Stewart-Haas Racing’s Cup Series program in 2020, Cole Custer took the sport by storm, becoming the first rookie to win a Cup Series race in four years. The win at Kentucky Speedway helped propel Custer to the NASCAR Playoffs and earned him Sunoco Rookie of the Year honors. The 2018 and 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series seasons served as breakout campaigns for the young driver.

Tallying eight wins, 31 top fives, 50 top tens, 12 poles, Custer finished second in the championship standings in back-to-back years. In 2017, as an Xfinity Series rookie, Custer won at the final race of the season at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Leading for 182 laps, Custer set a record for the most laps led in a single NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Homestead while driving away from his competition to win by an unbelievable 15.405 seconds. The win capped off an impressive year, with seven top five and 19 top-ten finishes.

Before his first three full-time seasons in NASCAR’s Xfinity Series, Cole Custer competed in NASCAR’s K&N Pro Series, ARCA Series, and the sport’s Truck Series. In just his third NASCAR Truck Series start at Gateway, Custer set the record as the youngest pole winner in national touring series history at 16 years, four months and 22 days. With his first Truck Series win at New Hampshire, Custer became the youngest race winner in NASCAR national series history at 16 years, seven months, and 28 days. In 2015, Custer became the youngest superspeedway winner in ARCA history while also setting the record for the youngest pole winner in ARCA history at Daytona the next year. Cole resides in Davidson, NC, with his wife, Kari, son Cal and the family’s dog, Honey. When he’s not at the track, Cole is an avid golfer, grill master, and enjoys time outdoors with his friends and family.

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Aaron

Kramer

Born: November 4, 1988

Hometown: Wellsville, NY

No. 41 Cup Series Team Crew Chief

Aaron Kramer, formerly the lead race engineer for Chris Buescher and the No. 17 RFK Racing team, is set to join the brand-new Haas Factory Team for the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series campaign, serving as the crew chief for Cole Custer and the No. 41 Ford Mustang Dark Horse.

A native of Wellsville, New York, Aaron started with RFK Racing in 2016, rising from an electrical and data systems engineer who oversaw the team's 8-post advanced track simulator rig, to lead race engineer on RFK's No. 60 NASCAR Xfinity Series team in 2018.

Kramer was promoted to the NASCAR Cup Series in 2019, where he worked as the secondary race engineer for two years with the No. 6 team and driver Ryan Newman, before moving to the No. 17 team in 2021 with Chris Buescher.