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Kaulig Racing hauler involved in accident on way to Kansas Speedway

NASCAR Xfinity Series Drive for the Cure 250 presented by Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina

CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA - SEPTEMBER 28: A J Allmendinger, driver of the #10 Digital Ally Chevrolet, races during the NASCAR Xfinity Series Drive for the Cure 250 presented by Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina at Charlotte Motor Speedway on September 28, 2019 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images)

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Kaulig Racing announced Wednesday night the hauler for its No. 10 team was involved in an accident on the way to Kansas Speedway for Saturday’s Xfinity Series race.

Team president Chris Rice said in a statement released on social media that Kaulig’s two drivers for the hauler were alert and had been transported to a hospital for evaluation.

According to 13 WLOS, the accident occurred around 5 p.m. ET, and a state trooper said the truck’s driver and passenger were taken to Mission Hospital by ambulance with serious but non-life threatening injuries.

According to told Fox Carolina, the North Carolina Highway Patrol said the hauler was traveling westbound on I-40 in McDowell County when it went off the right side of the road near mile marker 93. It went through a guard rail and down an embankment before stopping in the woods.

Rice said the team still planned to field two cars in Saturday’s race.

Ross Chastain is entered in the No. 10 Chevrolet this weekend for his fifth start of the year with the team. Chastain was announced Tuesday as the full-time driver of the car next season.

Kaulig also will field the No. 11 Chevy of Justin Haley in Saturday’s race.

UPDATE: Kaulig Racing announced Thursday morning its hauler drivers had been released from the hospital and were recovering at home. It said the team had been “working diligently through the night to prepare an additional primary for Kansas, with help from our technical alliance partners at (Richard Childress Racing).”

Thursday afternoon the team confirmed that RCR’s No. 21 Xfinity Series hauler is transporting Chastain’s new primary and backup cars to Kansas, where it is expected to arrive around 8 a.m. Friday.