By Sarah Handy, Staff Writer
BRISTOL, Tenn. – As the NASCAR Xfinity Series gets set to race in the Food City 300 on Friday evening from Bristol Motor Speedway, JD Motorsports as a whole will be racing with heavy hearts.
The team announced on their Facebook account on Tuesday morning that their little buddy, Cooper Stout had passed away the previous morning after a battle with cancer.
(Photo: JD Motorsports)
Around this time last year, the team had started a charity drive to help Stout who had become an important part of the JD Motorsports family.
With the help from the NASCAR community involved on social media as well as the IndyCar community, the team was able to send the youngster a few different things that really fueled his passion for racing.
The Xfinity Series team will honor Stout’s ‘courage, bravery and tenacity’ with the special decal seen below on all four of its Flex Seal cars this weekend at the track known as the last great Colosseum.
(Photo: JD Motorsports/Facebook)
You can donate to St. Jude’s Children’s hospital via the link provided on the social media post that the team made earlier in the week.
https://www.facebook.com/JDMotorsports0101/photos/a.128741600602400/1456526514490562/?type=3&theater
The JD Motorsports driver lineup for the 22nd Xfinity Series event of the season will consist of Landon Cassill in the No. 4, BJ McLeod in the No. 15, Garrett Smithley in the No. 0 and Stephen Leicht will pilot the No. 01.
The most cohesive team in #XfinitySeries, @JDMotorsports01.
We’ll show ourselves out. pic.twitter.com/WBJtSMjEhw
— Xfinity Racing (@XfinityRacing) August 15, 2019
The Food City 300 from Bristol Motor Speedway is set for 7:30pm ET on NBCSN, the NBCSN App and PRN.