"We've been through a lot together": Jesse Love makes feelings clear about the "most special person" in his life

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Jesse Love opened up about his relationship with his father Source: Getty

NASCAR recently featured 2025 Xfinity Series champion Jesse Love in an interview. During the debut episode of RISING, a new documentary series featuring new-generation drivers, Love opened up about his relationship with his father.

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The Richard Childress Racing driver explained how his father helped him become a better driver. He pointed out that despite having a great car and a good setup, his dad would purposely make things difficult for him. Love asserted that his father occasionally adjusted the car's setup to make it either too tight or too loose for his training.

Jesse Love highlighted that his father has “sacrificed” a lot for him to become a race driver, and “racing well” is a form of showing his gratitude. Reflecting on that, Love said:

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"My dad told me this about a few years ago. He was like, if I knew we were going to a weekend and we, like, had an advantage on the field, like, we have fresh motor and had good tires and new shocks and springs and whatnot. He was like, I would make your car plow or make your car super loose, just to make you, like, work at it and not just go out there and learn nothing and lead every lap."
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“He's the most special person in my life. You know, we've been through a lot together, and he just sacrificed a lot for me and put his life on hold. So, yeah, it's the only way I know how to say thank you to him. So it feels he's the reason I want to do this. I feel like that's somewhere the closest.”
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Jesse Love has been competing in the Xfinity Series since 2024 under Richard Childress Racing. Since then, he has logged three wins and one championship title driving the #2 Chevy for the team. He will be driving the same ride for the NASCAR team in the 2026 season.


"I just feel so clean. So relieved": Jesse Love opened up about his maiden Xfinity Series championship title victory

NASCAR driver Jesse Love clinched his first-ever Xfinity Series championship title in his second full-time season. Later, during the post-race interview, the RCR driver expressed his emotions on clinching his maiden title.

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The #2 Chevy driver began the 2025 season with the Daytona International Speedway victory and landed a spot in the playoffs. Since then, he has remained a consistent face among the top ten drivers on the grid and became the sole driver to compete against JR Motorsports drivers in the Championship 4 race.

Jesse Love outperformed the defending champion Justin Allgaier, Conor Zilisch, and Carson Kvapil in the Phoenix race. Recalling his victory, he stated:

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“I just feel so clean. So relieved. It’s been a tough year for me and people like my dad and my whole 2 team to work as hard on my own dream as I have… it just doesn’t feel real.”

Jesse Love has logged three wins, 16 top fives, and 40 top ten finishes in 66 starts in his #2 Chevy. Also, Love had an average start of 9 and an average finish of 11.061 in the 2025 season.

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