Michigan International Speedway announced that DQS Solutions & Staffing will sponsor the Craftsman Truck Series race at the track this year. The trucks return to the Irish Hills with the DQS Solutions & Staffing 200 Powered by Precision Vehicle Logistics on Saturday, June 7.

The June race weekend at Michigan International Speedway begins with the ARCA Menards Series Henry Ford Health 200 on Friday, June 6, followed by the Craftsman Truck Series DQS Solutions & Staffing 200 Powered by Precision Vehicle Logistics on Saturday, June 7. The NASCAR Cup Series will cap off the weekend’s action with the FireKeepers Casino 400 on Sunday, June 8.

“At Michigan International Speedway, we’re known for producing high-quality and exciting racing and to partner with DQS Solutions & Staffing who’s located in our backyard makes this partnership special,” said Michigan International Speedway President Joe Fowler. “Winning in the Irish Hills brings a sense of pride to our drivers and OEM’s. To have homegrown roots in this sponsorship while bringing back the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series to Michigan International Speedway this Summer will make for an unforgettable weekend of racing.”

DQS Solutions & Staffing offers staffing and innovative workforce and business solutions across diverse industries, with expertise in the automotive sector. Along with staffing, other services offered include security, warehousing, key management systems, automation, transportation, snow removal, and food truck operations. DQS Solutions & Staffing has been recognized as Michigan’s fastest growing company and gives back to the community through its nonprofit, Foundation for Pops, and partnerships like the River Rouge School District.

“We're excited to be the title sponsor of the DQS 200 at Michigan International Speedway, kicking off what's sure to be an unforgettable summer,” said Joshua Morris, CEO of DQS. “As a Michigan-based company with strong automotive roots, racing is a perfect fit for us. We're thrilled to partner again with Precision Vehicle Logistics and Niece Motorsports, and it is truly an honor to host a race at MIS for the first time. NASCAR brings people together, and we're proud to be part of that, supporting an event that connects fans, teams, and the racing community.”

DQS Solutions & Staffing partners with Masked Owl Technologies, Precision Vehicle Logistics, and AutoVentive to sponsor the Niece Motorsports No. 45 Chevrolet Silverado with Kaden Honeycutt in the Truck Series. The newly-branded truck will make its debut at Daytona International Speedway on Feb. 14, 2025.

“On behalf of every hard-working individual at Precision Vehicle Logistics, we are more than excited and thankful to engage in this event with our partner DQS, for the return of the Truck Series to Michigan International Speedway,” said Jason Wilson, Vice President of Precision Vehicle Logistics. “We look forward to the on-track competition that our partners at Niece Motorsports and Chevrolet will bring to the track in the Irish Hills. This is also a special place for me personally but also down the road from where a lot of us live and work here in the great state of Michigan. I would like to thank Josh Morris and his whole team at DQS for the invitation to the Precision Vehicle Logistics team to be a partner of this event sponsorship."

Tickets are available for purchase via phone at 888-905-7223 or online at mispeedway.com.

DQS Solutions & Staffing is off to the races.

The Dearborn, Michigan-based company, which places employees in a variety of industries in areas like security, warehousing, healthcare, and automotive, is now in the passenger seat of a promising young Truck Series racer making his full-time debut. 

Along with strategic partner Masked Owl Technologies, DQS will support Bayley Currey’s first full-time season in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, which gets underway in February. Currey drives the No. 41 truck for Niece Motorsports. The team’s primary sponsors include Precision Vehicle Logistics and AutoVentive.

“I’m excited to work with everyone at Precision Vehicle Logistics, AutoVentive, Detroit Quality Staffing and Masked Owl Technologies” Currey said. “We can’t do what we love without the support of great partners, so it means a lot that they’ve returned to Niece Motorsports with the 41 team. We’re looking forward to a strong season.”

As we often hear late in a race broadcast, the pay window is now open. And not just for one race, but for the whole shebang.

It’s that time of year where it’s all on the line, and the sport will crown its champions out in Phoenix before heading off into the sunset until February. Whether you like the format or not, we have four drivers who have risen above the rest and have their shot at glory out in the Soronan desert.

Here’s my take on how things will shake out this weekend, as these gladiators take to their chariots for the final time in 2023.

2020 has been the busiest NASCAR Silly Season in years — Jimmie Johnson and Clint Bowyer wrapping up their Cup careers; the surprise return of Matt Kenseth as a fill-in; Matt DiBenedetto holding on to the Wood Brothers ride by the skin of his teeth for one more year with Austin Cindric taking over in 2022; and much more.

Here’s my breakdown of who gets high marks on their new ride transition, and who has a rockier road ahead.

CUP SERIES:

Grade: A
Driver: Bubba Wallace, 23XI Racing
The biggest announcement of 2020 was a home run move for Bubba Wallace. Bubba did what he could to improve the 43 team, and they had a great relationship with him, but in the end it’s all about getting to the next level. Teaming up with the new 23XI Racing team owned by Denny Hamlin and NBA legend Michael Jordan is the perfect scenario for Bubba to succeed and reach new heights in his career. He’ll no doubt have a bevy of sponsors and funding to help boost the competitive nature of the 23 car, and the Toyota team will be affiliated with Joe Gibbs Racing. With everything he’s done to push forward the social justice movement within NASCAR, Bubba is arguably the sport’s most recognizable name outside the core fan base. And if he can be successful in his new ride and run up front regularly and contend for wins, it will be huge boost to the sport as a whole and draw in new fans. He’ll have a lot of people rooting for him to succeed, both inside and outside the sport. 

While it seems like the 2019 season just ended, the start of NASCAR racing in 2020 is just weeks away.

As fans anticipate the new season, here are a handful of stories to keep in the back of your mind that will be worth watching as the year unfolds.

Cup Rookie of the Year Battle
There’s a larger crowd than usual battling for this honor in 2020.

• Christopher Bell in the 95 car (as a temporary stopover until a Gibbs car is vacant)
• Cole Custer in Stewart-Haas Racing’s 41 car
• Tyler Reddick replacing Daniel Hemric in the 8 car for RCR.

Rounding out the ROTY contenders (battling for 4^th, in all honesty, with inferior equipment) are:

• Quin Houff (#00 car — StarCom)
• Brennan Poole (#15 car — Premium)
• John Hunter Nemechek (#38 car — Front Row)

So how will this battle finish up? The way I see it, Custer has the best equipment out the gate; Reddick has a chance at ROTY if he can avoid the wrecks Hemric had; Bell has the most talent of the bunch and ability to get the win that seemed close but eluded Matt DiBenedetto in the 95 in 2019. 

BROOKLYN, Mich. — I’ll start with a proclamation: The Truck Series is the best and most competitive of the three top-tier series in NASCAR, so when Saturday’s race at MIS kicked off, I had high expectations.

In the end, as per usual, I was not disappointed.

With the exception of the opening 20-lap segment, which was dominated by Ross Chastain before he had some bad luck and incurred damage on pit road, the race was one of the best all season.

Ben Rhodes, in a smooth-looking Havoline throwback paint scheme, threatened to take the win and enter the playoffs. Brett Moffitt was in the hunt for yet another win. Young Tyler Ankrum was on the front row for several restarts, and even the KBM trucks made appearances up front as they battled in their final attempt to make the playoffs.