STATESVILLE, N.C. — Mike Rockenfeller, a two-time Le Mans winner, has been chosen to exchange suspended driver Noah Gragson within the subsequent two NASCAR Cup Sequence races.

Legacy Motor Membership CEO Cal Wells introduced Tuesday that Rockenfeller can be within the No. 42 Chevrolet this week on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway highway course and within the following race at Watkins Glen.

Gragson has not been launched, in line with Wells.

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“Noah is suspended indefinitely by NASCAR, so we must determine drivers to compete within the No. 42 within the interim,” Wells mentioned. “NASCAR will decide the timeline when Noah can return to the game. We’re working with Noah and his illustration by means of this course of.”

Gragson was suspended indefinitely by NASCAR on Saturday after liking an insensitive meme with a photograph of George Floyd’s face. Floyd, who was Black, was murdered in 2020 when a white Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck for 9½ minutes.

NASCAR mentioned Gragson violated the member conduct of its rulebook, with out offering particulars.

The 25-year-old Gragson, a Cup Sequence rookie from Las Vegas, is in his first full season within the Cup Sequence and is No. 33 in factors. Gragson posted on social media that he was disillusioned in himself.

The 39-year-old Rockenfeller, who’s from Germany, completed twenty ninth and thirtieth in two Cup races final 12 months.

Josh Berry crammed in for Gragson within the FireKeepers 400 at Michigan Worldwide Speedway and was thirty fourth within the 37-car discipline.