Statesville, NC (December 23, 2022) – MBM Motorsports is proud to announce that Argentine driver Baltazar Leguizamon is working towards his NASCAR national series debut for the team in the 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series season.
The 22-year-old has raced in both open-wheel and touring car series on his climb up the motorsports ladder, highlighted by winning the 2018 Atlantic Championship Series in dominant fashion and achieving a 2nd place championship finish in the inaugural season of F3 Americas. He is a race winner on multiple continents and has already racked up 56 podiums in 165 starts, a rate better than one in every three races.
The man born in La Luisa is poised to be the first driver from Argentina to race in NASCAR.
“I am really proud to be the first Argentinean with a NASCAR national series license. It’s been a long way on my career living my dream in international motorsports. All the hard work is paying off right now,” said Leguizamon.
“I am very thankful to everyone involved with this project: the NASCAR administration; my manager and agent of eight years, Bruce Bohlander; and Carl Long of MBM Motorsports, who opened this door for me and is helping me to reach this level. We’ve won in seven different series, and we want to keep going at this very seriously. Still, we need to find sponsors.”
If Leguizamon can secure the financial backing he needs, there are a lot of opportunities in the 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series championship. Of the 33-race calendar, a record-setting eight events will be contested on road and street courses. The first of these will take place on March 25th at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas.
“This is huge for us, for my country, and for South America. It’s my childhood dream beginning to come true,” reflected Leguizamon.
Fans can connect with Baltazar on Facebook @BaltaLeguizamon, Instagram @baltazarleguizamon, and Twitter @BaltaLeguizamon. Prospective sponsors can reach out to Bruce Bohlander via email at 1957racer@gmail.com.
About MBM Motorsports: Motorsports Business Management LLC is an American professional stock car racing team owned by NASCAR veteran Carl Long and operating out of Statesville, NC. The team has competed part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series since 2017 and full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series since 2015. MBM has amassed more than 730 race starts between the two championships, providing opportunities to numerous drivers. Visit MBMMotorsports.com for more information.
