The Rick Ware Racing team announced a mid-December deal that will put Black in the No. 51 car for the upcoming season. He will be a Rookie of the Year candidate since he only has three-career starts in NASCAR's top division, although he'll be a long-shot odds to win the honor. Black made three starts with this team last season and averaged a 37.3 finish across those handful of starts. A lot of the team's details are sketchy at this point, including crew chief and some of the sponsorship, however, RWR does have a charter for this team and they are guaranteed to start the full season. As far as Black and this team's chances go, well it is about as shoestring as an operation gets in NASCAR's top division.

After years of competition in the Camping World Truck Series, SS Green Light Racing will make their first full-time foray into the Xfinity Series in 2016. They bring with them young driver Black for this first campaign. The 24-year-old Floridian raced the full truck series schedule for SS GLR in 2015 and finished a respectable 11th in the final driver standings. Jason Miller is expected to be the team’s crew chief, and he’ll face an uphill battle trying to get the team established and get Black more experience. We don’t expect to see the No. 07 Chevrolet among the Top-20 finishers very much in the coming year.