Who is Kaz Grala? Meet the NASCAR driver for Floyd Mayweather's The Money Team

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Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s racing team will make their NASCAR Cup Series debut on the grand stage of the Daytona 500.

Kaz Grala will be behind the wheel of The Money Team Racing's number 50 car, which earned one of the final two places at the Dayton 500 in Duel 1 on 17 February.

In what position will the Grala start?

He would race in the fifth NASCAR Cup Series of his career.

The Grala will start at 35th position.

As Grala and Mayweather look to make an impact on the NASCAR Cup Series, The Sporting News explains how the pair came together, and provides all the information you need to know before the Daytona 500.

Kaz Grala Racing History

Grela has long been considered one of the top up-and-coming drivers in NASCAR, and his racing history shows that he has always been ahead of the curve.

Born in 1998, Grala ran for success at an early age, winning a go-kart race in Boston at the age of 4. He claimed titles at the Outlaws Summer Shootout Championship in 2011 and the Winter Heat Championship at Charlotte Motor Speedway in the Legend Car Pro Division in 2012.

In 2013, he won the UARA race at Hickory Motor Speedway to be the youngest winner in the history of the series. He was also the youngest driver ever to compete in an IMSA event, when he raced in the Michelin Pilot Challenge at age 15, and in 2014, he won the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series at Martinsville Speedway and Caraway Speedway. Won in. At age 15, his victory at Caraway Speedway made him the youngest NASCAR champ on the track.

The Grala continued to set age records as the racing ranks rose. Driving with Kyle Busch Motorsports, he was the youngest driver in team history when he won at South Boston Speedway.

As the years passed, he gained experience in other forms of racing. At the age of 17, he was the youngest driver to compete in the 2016 Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona.

He made his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut in 2016 and spent a full season in 2017. He began the campaign and ended the season with a victory at Daytona to become the youngest winner on the track in history at just 18. Youngest NASCAR playoff driver.

The following year, he began running in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. He started the 2018 campaign with a fourth place at Daytona. He split that season between JGL Racing and FURY Race Cars. The following year, he surpassed Richard Childress Racing's number 21, reaching fifth (Ceetech Manufacturing 180) in a part-time schedule.

Grala made his Cup Series debut in the 2020 Go Bowling 235, where he finished seventh after starting in the No. 10 position.

He almost bounced back in 2021 after starting the year in the race for 28th place in the Daytona 500 for Coulig Racing. He later finished eighth at the same track in the Camping World Truck Series. That year, he placed sixth in the 2021 Geico 500 and the Cup Series in the 2021 Coke Zero Sugar 400, and placed second in the Toyota Tundra 225 in the Camping World Truck Series.

Tom Brady for the sponsorship?

Grala will be running on the team of a leading athlete, but he made a pitch in 2021 to be sponsored by another.

Back in March 2021, Boston native Grala reached out to Tom Brady to see if the then Buccaneers quarterback would join NASCAR, leaving Michael Jordan, Joe Gibbs, and Pitbull already in the NASCAR world.

"Why should you sponsor me? Well, I've run in all three series in NASCAR. I'm a first generation American living my family's dreams and, well, we both moved south to Boston. So far, it seems like it's working out great for both of us," said Grala. "I mean, name a better pair. We have Batman and Robin, Peanut Butter and Jelly, Tom and Kaz. If only I was named Jerry. So let's skip 'Your people, my people.' And contact me directly... I look forward to hearing from you. I'll turn on my ringer."

Brady didn't respond to the sponsorship idea, but it looks like things are working out well for Grala, who is now in a position to start the year at Daytona with Mayweather.

Money Team Racing Start-up

Grala announced on 1 February that he would be behind the wheel of TMT Racing's number 50, the number chosen to represent Mayweather's entire 50–0 career. His car in the Daytona 500 is sponsored by the sunglasses company Pit Viper.

Money Team Racing has been trying to hit the road for some time. Adam Stern reported in 2019 that The Money Team was starting, one of the first reports of the team's existence.

The team did not stop fielding any teams in 2020, despite an attempt by Jeffrey Earnhardt as the number 50 driver to qualify for the eNASCAR iRacing Dixie Vodka 150.

Near the end of the year, Stern revealed that The Money Team and Spire Motorsport were discussing a partnership that would see Mayweather return to Spire in 2021. Then in 2022, TMT will use a spire charter to race full-time.

The partnership never materialized, and now, at the start of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season, The Money team is hoping to run a part-time schedule, according to Bob Pokras. A Fox Sports reporter said Tony Yuri Jr. will be the team's crew chief and day-to-day operations will be handled by co-owner Willie Ouchmudi.

According to Pokras, Ochmoody said, "This deal has been a long time coming, and we're finally on the starting line." "Every time we thought we'd be able to hit the track, something happened, including a global pandemic."

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