{"id":269051,"date":"2025-01-18T16:29:59","date_gmt":"2025-01-18T16:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/18\/viking-motorsports-unveils-the-return-of-matt-dibenedetto-in-a-stellar-promo-video-for-2025-nascar-campaign\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:09:40","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:09:40","slug":"viking-motorsports-unveils-the-return-of-matt-dibenedetto-in-a-stellar-promo-video-for-2025-nascar-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/18\/viking-motorsports-unveils-the-return-of-matt-dibenedetto-in-a-stellar-promo-video-for-2025-nascar-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Viking Motorsports unveils the return of Matt DiBenedetto in a stellar promo video for 2025 NASCAR campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-content\" data-postid=\"4734002\" data-slug-id=\"2326689\">\n<div class=\"vidazoo-player-container\">\n<span class=\"vidazoo-close-btn  hidden \"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/cmc-predictor\/v2\/cross-icon.png?w=40\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" alt=\"close\"\/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Viking Motorsports signed Matt DiBenedetto to compete full-time in the 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series season after running part-time last season with the organization in a partnership with RSS Racing. Viking Motorsports, which opened last year, officially announced DiBenedetto\u2019s return for the 2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/nascar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">NASCAR<\/a> campaign through a cinematic video on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Matt DiBenedetto will drive full-time in the #99 Chevrolet, beginning with the United Rentals 300 at Daytona International Speedway on February 15. The upcoming season will be his first consecutive season as a full-time NASCAR Xfinity Series driver.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement video began with a shot of DiBenedetto working out when he received a phone call from an unknown caller telling him: \u201cIt\u2019s time to make a decision.\u201d He jumped into his Chevrolet Camaro and went to a race shop. The shop belonged to none other than Viking Motorsports.<\/p>\n<p><template id=\"also-read-articles-template\"><\/p>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<p>Watch DiBenedetto\u2019s announcement video below:<\/p>\n<p>On signing the veteran driver for 2025, Viking Motorsports team owner, Don Sackett, said in a team release:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe are thrilled to have Matt DiBenedetto join the team. Matt&#8217;s experience and racing savvy are exactly what we need to build the foundation for this team. His leadership both on and off the track will be invaluable as we work toward making a strong run in the Xfinity Series. We are confident that together, we will accomplish great things.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In December 2024, Viking Motorsports switched from Ford to Chevrolet with technical support from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/team\/richard-childress-racing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Richard Childress Racing<\/a>, ending their partnership with RSS Racing.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2><strong>Matt DiBenedetto excited to return to Viking Motorsports in 2025<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The 33-year-old Nevada City, California, native contested in 28 NASCAR <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/go\/nascar-xfinity-series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Xfinity Series<\/a> races during the 2024 season. He scored three top-10 finishes, with a best finish of P7, which he achieved twice at Iowa Speedway and Michigan International Speedway. He ended the season in 26th place in the points table.<\/p>\n<p>Expressing his excitement about working with Viking Motorsports full-time in 2025, here\u2019s what DiBenedetto said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI&#8217;m beyond excited to join Viking Motorsports full-time for the 2025 season. Viking Motorsports has a clear vision and a lot of potential, and I&#8217;m ready to give it my all behind the wheel of the No. 99 Chevrolet. I believe we can achieve great things together, and I can&#8217;t wait to hit the track and get started.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Watch Matt DiBenedetto in action when the 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series season kicks off at the Daytona International Speedway on Feb. 15.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-post-rating-widget\">\n<p><template id=\"post-rating-feedback-modal-template\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-rating-feedback-feedback-box\">\n<div class=\"post-rating-feedback-content\">\n<div class=\"post-rating-feedback-data\">\n<p>Why did you not like this content?<\/p>\n<p><textarea id=\"dislike-feedback-text\" rows=\"4\" placeholder=\"Please type your feedback...\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<button class=\"close\">Cancel<\/button><br \/>\n<button class=\"submit\">Submit<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-rating-widget-parent hidden\">\n<div class=\"rating-parent-container\">\n<div class=\"rating-content-holder\">\n<p>Was this article helpful?<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-rating-action-container\">\n<div class=\"like-container\">\n<button class=\"post-rating-like-button post-rating-button\" data-action=\"like\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"post-like-image post-rating-image\" src=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/like-articles\/upvote-icon-grey.svg\" height=\"20\" width=\"20\" alt=\"like selected\"\/><br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dislike-container\">\n<button class=\"post-rating-dislike-button post-rating-button\" data-action=\"dislike\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"post-dis-like-image post-rating-image\" src=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/like-articles\/upvote-icon-grey.svg\" height=\"20\" width=\"20\" alt=\"avatar selected\"\/><br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\nThank You for feedback\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<span class=\"publisher-name\">Edited by Yash Soni<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script> \nvar fbPixelFired = false;\nvar pixelID = \"952063904834769\";\ndocument.addEventListener(\"scroll\", loadFBPixel, { once: true, passive: true });\ndocument.addEventListener(\"mousemove\", loadFBPixel, { once: true, passive: true });\nfunction loadFBPixel() {\nif(fbPixelFired) {\nreturn;\n}\nfbPixelFired = true;\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod? \nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, \ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', pixelID); \nfbq('track', \"PageView\");\nfbq('track', 'ViewContent');\ndocument.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", loadFBPixel);\ndocument.removeEventListener(\"mousemove\", loadFBPixel);\n}\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/nascar\/news-viking-motorsports-unveils-return-matt-dibenedetto-stellar-promo-video-2025-nascar-campaign\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Viking Motorsports signed Matt DiBenedetto to compete full-time in the 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series season after running part-time last season with the organization in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":269052,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[180],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269051"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269051\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/269052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}