William Sawalich will make his first NASCAR Xfinity Series start at Charlotte Motor Speedway this weekend. The Eden Prairie native will race in the BetMGM 300 at the Concord, North Carolina, track on Saturday, May 24.

Sawalich will gain experience on the mile-and-a-half oval before Saturday’s Xfinity Series race by running the ARCA Menards Series event Friday night in the No. 18 Starkey Toyota Camry. It will be his fifth ARCA Menards Series start of the year. He has finished second in three of his four races so far this year and earned two pole awards.

Sawalich’s No. 18 Toyota GR Supra will feature a patriotic red, white and blue scheme this weekend in honor of Memorial Day. Sponsor Starkey, a privately held global hearing technology company based in Eden Prairie, is the only American-owned provider of hearing technologies. The company states that it proudly supports the U.S. military.

The BetMGM 300 is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Central time Saturday. It will air on The CW and be broadcast on PRN Radio and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.