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Sage Karam to run Daytona Xfinity race with Sam Hunt Racing
Karam, a 28-year-old driver, has had a total of 25 starts in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. He began his career in 2021 with four races, then increased to nine races in 2022 and 12 races in 2023. He has driven for five different teams, but his best performance was with Same Hunt Racing. At Road America last year, he came close to winning the race and achieved a career-best fourth-place finish. In 2024, Karam will continue to race with Same Hunt Racing on a partial schedule, starting with the season-opener at Daytona International Speedway, where he had a top-five finish in his first attempt in 2022. He will be driving the No. 26 CRC Auto Brakleen car. Karam also has experience in open-wheel racing, with 25 IndyCar starts and nine appearances in the Indianapolis 500. In the 2021 Indy 500, he finished as high as seventh place, and his best IndyCar finish was third at Iowa in 2015. He also won the 2013 Indy Lights title. Recently, Sam Hunt Racing announced a multi-race deal with Jeffrey Earnhardt for the 2024 season.