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Haas Factory Team is an American professional stock car racing team that will compete in the NASCAR Cup Series and the NASCAR Xfinity Series. The team is owned by Haas Automation founder Gene Haas. It will debut in 2025, following the closure of Stewart-Haas Racing at the conclusion of the 2024 season.

The team is based and headquartered in Kannapolis, North Carolina – roughly 10 mi north of Charlotte Motor Speedway – alongside sister team and Formula One entrant Haas F1 Team, but the two teams are treated as separate bodies for legal reasons. It is the same shop Stewart-Haas Racing operated out of prior to its closure.

The team will have one charter from the team that Haas co-owned and operate two Xfinity Series entries. It is expected that the team will run Ford Mustangs.

History
After years of being an associate sponsor of Hendrick Motorsports with his business Haas Automation, Gene Haas formed his own Winston Cup team for the 2003 season. The team would be called Haas CNC and Hendrick would provide cars, engines, and technical support for the team. Haas CNC also fielded a part-time team in the Busch Series that year, going full-time in 2004.

For the 2009 season, Haas teamed up with NASCAR champion Tony Stewart who would join the team as a driver and owner, receiving a 50% stake in the team. The team was renamed Stewart–Haas Racing.

On May 28, 2024, it was announced that Stewart-Haas Racing would be shutting down the team's Cup and Xfinity teams following the 2024 season. Less than a month later, on June 20, Gene Haas announced he will keep one of the team's charters and reorganize the team as Haas Factory Team, with Joe Custer as the team president.

Car TBA
The team owns one charter and will run a full-time entry in a TBA number and driver. The team is expected to run Fords. Sponsorship will be from Haas Automation.

Xfinity Series
During the announcement of the creation of the team, it was acknowledged that two Xfinity Series cars will be entered full-time for the 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series season.