{"id":1484471,"date":"2022-02-23T00:20:06","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T05:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1484471"},"modified":"2022-02-23T19:36:24","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T00:36:24","slug":"floyd-mayweather-jr-s-nascar-team-has-suffered-first-round-knockout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/floyd-mayweather-jr-s-nascar-team-has-suffered-first-round-knockout\/","title":{"rendered":"Floyd Mayweather Jr.\u2019s NASCAR Team Has Suffered a First-Round Knockout"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

He may have been 50-0 in the ring, but multi-time world boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr.\u2019s<\/a> NASCAR<\/a> Cup Series career is off to an \u201cuh-oh\u201d start. The wheels (well, one of them, anyway) came off the aspiring contender Sunday in the Daytona 500<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a disappointing development, though driver Kaz Grala<\/a> was still running at the end of the race and salvaged a 26th<\/sup>-place finish for Mayweather\u2019s The Money Team Racing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the No. 50 Chevy now faces a rough road ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Floyd Mayweather Jr. is officially a NASCAR team co-owner<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Floyd Mayweather retired from boxing with a 50-0 record and now co-owns the No. 50 Chevy in the NASCAR Cup Series. | Johnny Nunez\/WireImage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Former boxing champion Floyd Mayweather has jumped into NASCAR in a big way as the co-owner of The Money Team Racing, making his Cup Series debut in Sunday\u2019s Daytona 500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI love fast cars and I love to compete,\u201d Mayweather said in a team release. \u201cI know NASCAR will not be easy, but anything easy isn\u2019t worth doing to me. With that being said, this move into auto racing seems to be a perfect fit for the Mayweather brand.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TMT Racing intends to run a partial schedule with Kaz Grala, 23, driving the No. 50 Chevy. Grala, a veteran of the Xfinity and truck series, ran three Cup Series races in 2021 with a best finish of sixth in the Geico 500 at Talladega Speedway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The team, in partnership with Willy Aucmoody, hired NASCAR veteran Tony Eury Jr. as the crew chief. It doesn't have the sponsorship commitments to try running a full schedule, nor does TMT Racing have a charter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A mishap early in the Daytona 500 has implications for Floyd Mayweather Jr.\u2019s team<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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