Matt DiBenedetto and David Ragan won't drive for BK Racing in 2017

BK Racing will have new full-time drivers next season.

The team confirmed that Matt DiBenedetto and David Ragan wouldn’t be returning in 2017. DiBenedetto tweeted Thursday that he wouldn’t drive for the team for a second full season.

Ragan finished 33rd in the 2016 standings in his first year with the team. He joined BK after leaving Front Row Motorsports after the 2015 season. He made appearances for Joe Gibbs Racing in 2015 as a substitute driver for Kyle Busch while Busch was recovering from injuries suffered in February at Daytona.

DiBenedetto was 35th in the standings and drove in 35 of 36 races. He missed the fall Texas race after crashing in the Xfinity Series race the day before and was held out by doctors because of a possible concussion. He drove most of the season in the No. 83 car but made a few appearances in the No. 93 car and one appearance in the No. 49.

He finished 6th at Bristol in the spring, his career-best finish and BK Racing’s best-ever finish.

BK has competed in the Cup Series since 2012 and got its only other top-10 finish courtesy of Travis Kvapil at Talladega in 2012. Landon Cassill (2012) and Kvapil (2013) are the best-finishing drivers in the points standings for the team. Each finished 31st.

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