{
  "id": 5796129,
  "title": "Alpha Prime Racing partners with Ford for 2027 NASCAR O'Reilly season",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/alpha-prime-racing-partners-with-ford-for-2027-nascar-oreilly-season",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-05T15:50:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Motorsport.com",
    "slug": "motorsport-com",
    "url": "https://www.motorsport.com/nascar-os/news/alpha-prime-racing-partners-with-ford-for-2027-nascar-oreilly-season/10852618/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Alpha Prime Racing has partnered with Ford for the 2027 NASCAR O Reilly Auto Parts Series season. The team will compete with Ford Mustangs under the No. 44 and No. 45 entries, driven by Brennan Poole and Lavar Scott. Alpha Prime's co-owners include Tommy Joe Martins, Caesar Bacarella, and Craig Martins, with Jusan Hamilton serving as the team president. Poole currently holds a 17th position in the driver standings, while rookie Scott is 26th. The team has previously fielded a third entry, the No. 4 car. Historically, Alpha Prime has not had a full-time presence in NASCAR, but plans to gradually introduce Ford equipment throughout the 2026 season. The current NASCAR field features only six full-time Toyota teams, leaving Chevrolet with a significant majority of full-time entries.",
  "summary": "Starting in 2027, Alpha Prime Racing will field Ford Mustangs in the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series with its No. 44 and No. 45 entries. Brennan Poole and Lavar Scott are the current full-time drivers for Alpha Prime. Ford has had no full-time presence in the secondary level of NASCAR this year, following the shuttering of Am Racing early in the year. Alpha Prime said of the OEM change ... Keep…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Motorsport.com",
        "title": "What Alpha Prime's Ford O'Reilly Series deal is and is not",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/what-alpha-primes-ford-oreilly-series-deal-is-and-is-not",
        "published": "2026-09-05T17:30:44.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}