Anthony Alfredo

Early career

After becoming a racing fan and watching on television, Alfredo started his racing career in go-kart racing. After a half-decade hiatus to play other sports, he jumped back into racing in 2014, piloting Legends cars. He later signed a deal with noted short track racer Lee Faulk to run limited late model races with his team, winning the 2016 Southeast Limited Late Model Series Pro Division championship.^[2] Alfredo was selected to drive for Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s JR Motorsports (JRM) team in the Late Model division of the CARS Tour in 2017, and finished second in the championship to his teammate, Josh Berry.^[2] He continued to race late models stocks in 2018, teaming up with Peyton Sellers.^[3]

ARCA

Alfredo signed with MDM Motorsports to run the entirety of the 2018 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East schedule.^[4] He earned his first win at South Boston Speedway in March,^[5] He was in position to win late at Langley Speedway in April until Tyler Dippel used a bump-and-run tactic to secure the win.^[6] As part of MDM Motorsports, Alfredo entered two ARCA Racing Series events in 2018, scoring the best finish of seventh at Gateway Motorsports Park.^[7]

NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series

On December 6, 2018, it was announced that Alfredo would join the Truck Series in the No. 17 truck for DGR-Crosley in 2019, starting at Atlanta.^[8] In his Truck debut, he finished in seventeenth after qualifying in 27th.

NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series

On December 3, 2019, Richard Childress Racing announced Alfredo would drive the No. 21 for the team in the NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2020, sharing the car with Myatt Snider and Kaz Grala.^[9] At the Kansas Speedway race in October, Alfredo ran in the top five for much of the day before being involved in a wreck with Justin Allgaier on a late restart that caused his car to hit the wall and flip over; Alfredo was unharmed in the crash.^[10] Later in the month at Texas Motor Speedway, he scored a career-best finish of third after battling for the lead but was unable to take the position.^[11]

On December 16, it was announced that Alfredo would drive full-time for Our Motorsports in their No. 23 Chevrolet in the Xfinity Series in 2022.^[12] On January 11, 2023, it was announced that Alfredo would drive the No. 78 B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet in the Xfinity Series. On November 14, 2023, it was announced that Alfredo would not return to the team in a press statement by team owner B. J. McLeod.^[13] On December 7, 2023, it was announced Alfredo rejoined Our Motorsports in the No. 5 full-time in 2024.^[14]

In the 2024 season finale at Phoenix, Alfredo was parked for two laps by NASCAR for reckless driving after right rear hooking fellow driver Stefan Parsons in retaliation for Parsons forcing Alfredo into the wall. Three days later, it was announced that NASCAR had fined Alfredo US$25,000 and docked him 25 driver points.^[15][16]

On January 14, 2025, it was announced that Alfredo would run full-time in the Xfinity Series in 2025, driving the No. 42 Chevrolet for Young's Motorsports. He started the season with a 22nd-place DNF at Daytona.

On December 4, 2025, it was announced that Alfredo would run full-time in the O'Reilly Auto Parts Series in 2026, driving the No. 96 Chevrolet for Viking Motorsports.^[17] After failing to qualify for Viking, he started the season with a 11th-place finish at Daytona for Alpha Prime Racing. At the Coronado Street Course race in June, Alfredo ran in the top ten for much of the day before being involved in a massive wreck with Sam Mayer on a late restart that caused his car to hit the concrete wall; Alfredo said 'it was the hardest hit of his life' and was unharmed in the crash. The following week at Sonoma, he won his first career stage.^[18]

NASCAR Cup Series

On January 6, 2021, Front Row Motorsports announced that Alfredo would drive the No. 38 car full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, replacing previous driver John Hunter Nemechek.^[19] He finished 30th in the final standings with just one top-ten finish. On November 9, FRM announced that Alfredo would not return to the team in 2022.

For the 2024 season, Beard Motorsports signed Alfredo to drive the No. 62. Alfredo finished 27th at the 2024 Daytona 500 and scored a career-best sixth-place finish at Talladega.^[20]

For the 2025 season, Beard signed Alfredo to drive the No. 62 for multiple races.^[21][22] After failing to qualify for the Daytona 500, Alfredo would show a strong performance at Talladega, by leading nineteen laps, but finished 28th after the disqualifications of Joey Logano and Ryan Preece.

Alfredo originally qualified for the 2026 Daytona 500, beating out B. J. McLeod and J. J. Yeley in Duel 2, but was disqualified after failing inspection and subsequently disallowed from entering the race.^[23]

Career summary

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Menards Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.)