Former NASCAR Cup Series team owner Tommy Baldwin has begun the next chapter in his motorsports career, announcing Monday on the Door Bumper Clear (DBC) podcast that he’s joined championship-winning ARCA Menards Series team Nitro Motorsports ahead of 2027.
Baldwin has spent more than two decades working at the highest levels of NASCAR’s National Series, serving as a crew chief in the 2000s for Bill Davis Racing and Evernham Motorsports – which included a major triumph for Ward Burton and BDR in the 2002 DAYTONA 500. In 2009, Baldwin transitioned into an ownership role with Tommy Baldwin Racing (TBR), where he remained until 2018.
In April 2023, Baldwin joined forces with Rick Ware Racing (RWR) to serve as the NASCAR Cup Series team’s Competition Director, a role he held for more than three years before announcing his split from the team in late-July over a misalignment of interests.
“I started at Nitro Motorsports last week. Got six full-time teams next year. It’s good,” Baldwin said. “We flipped the whole place upside down obviously, everybody jumped on board and we moved everything around, we moved the fab shop, we moved the put together room, we moved the setup shop to another building, I mean we probably got until this Friday when everything is complete. It’ll be race shop ready and everybody’s digging, we’re already working on our Speedway cars getting ready for the January test. Got a good bunch of guys there who want to get better and win some races.”
“Yeah, a lot of information [from Toyota], just getting started with all that, I’m excited about all that and excited to working with a couple of those drivers there that are full-time and crew chiefs that are really good guys, that’ve been around a long time, yeah, let’s go, I’m ready.”
Baldwin revealed that Nitro Motorsports will field six full-time entries across the ARCA Menards Series platform in 2027 – which team owner Nick Tucker later clarified on X will mean four in the National division, one in the East Series, and one in the West Series.
No drivers have been announced for 2027, as of yet.
