Pitbull Is Leaving NASCAR's Trackhouse Racing, Effective Immediately
Just ahead of NASCAR's season opener this weekend with the Daytona 500, Armando Christian Pérez — the rapper and singer known worldwide as Pitbull — announced on the social media platform X that the partnership between him and Trackhouse Racing has ended, effective immediately. The rapper bought in as an owner in 2021, ahead of the team's debut season in 2022.
Ending partnership with Trackhouse Racing. Over the past five years, we've made history by introducing NASCAR to a whole new audience and falling in love with NASCAR fans at the same time. We have made the decision to terminate the partnership with Trackhouse Racing, effective… pic.twitter.com/jnUkyj7IM6
— Pitbull (@pitbull) February 14, 2025
Together, Pitbull and co-owner Justin Marks have seen seven wins split between their two drivers, Daniel Suarez with two and Ross Chastain with the remaining five. Suarez and Chastain have made five playoff appearances, with Chastain reaching the Championship Four in 2022.
Heading into the 2025 season, Trackhouse Racing grows to a three-car team, with Australian Supercar champion Shane van Gisbergen moving up from the Xfinity series to tackle his rookie year in the Cup. On top of the excitement around van Gisbergen's promotion, Trackhouse is running a fourth car through their Project 91 Program with 4-time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves.
All in all, it's a weird time to announce that you're moving on from a team. But Marks's follow-up post adds a little more clarity to the move and how he sees it beneficial to both sides. Commenting on Trackhouse Racing's goodbye post to the rapper, Marks said this separation was a "business success story" for both sides, explaining that as Trackhouse grew bigger and brought in more investors, Pitbull was rewarded. (Reading between the lines, a buyout may have been involved.)
"Armando came in when we had no certainty of any material success and took a chance to help build a brand," Marks wrote. "Now that we've scaled up and have new [partners], he's been able to be rewarded for the impact he's made. A great investment on both ends."
This is a great business story. Armando came in when we had no certainty of any material success and took a chance to help build a brand. Now that we've scaled up and have new parters, he's been able to be rewarded for the impact he's made. A great investment on both ends.… https://t.co/9pUvcoXS2C
— Justin Marks (@JustinMarksTH) February 14, 2025
With four cars including Castroneves, who will start 41st after taking the Open Exemption Provisional, the 2025 Daytona 500 is set to be one of the biggest races for Trackhouse since Ross Chastain made it to the Championship Four in 2022 with his 'Hail Melon' move at Martinsville. While the race is meaningful for the team, it also is for Pitbull, a Florida residence who was set to perform the pre-race performance last year before a rainout moved the 500 to Monday; NASCAR invited him back to perform for this year's race, due to the scheduling conflict.
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