Keith McGee, who served in the US Air Force for 8 years, will make his NASCAR Truck début at Richmond in April with Reaume Brothers Racing and sponsorship from the Air Force Reserve.
When the NASCAR Cup and Truck Series run the Bristol dirt race for the first time, heat races and a Friday practice session will precede the main events.
Entering Friday night’s NASCAR Truck Series race on the Daytona road course, much excitement was built over racing at night in the rain. That hype faded as long cautions and three overtimes took their toll, and by the end, Ben Rhodes won for the second week in a row.
Roger Reuse and his younger brother Bobby have joined Jordan Anderson Racing for a part-time NASCAR Truck Series schedule in the #3 Chevrolet. Bobby is set to race first in Friday’s Daytona road course event.
Bill McAnally Racing have teamed up with NASCAR to operate the BMR Drivers Academy, officially turning it into a NASCAR-sanctioned driver development programme.
IndyCar veteran Conor Daly, who made his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series début at Las Vegas last year, will return to the series and Niece Motorsports for the spring race there.
Jett Noland will be the 24th driver to have raced in NASCAR and the Stadium Super Trucks when he makes his Camping World Truck Series début on the Daytona road course for Niece Motorsports.
Michelin Pilot Challenge driver Parker Chase will début in the NASCAR Truck Series on the Daytona RC and at Circuit of the Americas for Kyle Busch Motorsports. KBM’s owner was his team-mate in the 2020 Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona.
Ben Rhodes edges out underdogs Cory Roper and Jordan Anderson for Truck-opening NextEra Energy 250 win
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In a wild overtime finish to an equally chaotic race, Ben Rhodes beat out underdog owner/drivers Cory Roper and Jordan Anderson to the finish to begin the 2021 NASCAR Truck season with a win.
Johnny Sauter, a three-time NASCAR Truck Series winner at Daytona, also added the pole award to his list of successes there as he beat out reigning champion Sheldon Creed to be the fastest qualifier.
In the NASCAR Truck Series’ first practice session since 24 February 2020, 18-year-old rookie Chandler Smith was the fastest. He and his fellow Toyota drivers held nine of the ten fastest lap times.
Toni Breidinger joins Young's for ARCA and Trucks, first female Arab-American in NASCAR national series
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Toni Breidinger, the winningest female driver in USAC history, will race part-time in the ARCA Menards Series and NASCAR Truck Series for Young’s Motorsports. In running the latter, she will be the first female Arabic-American driver to race in NASCAR’s national series.
ThorSport Racing will return to Toyota after 3 years with Ford while Christian Eckes will split the #98 with Grant Enfinger, ironically making him team-mates with Ben Rhodes whom he flipped off at Texas last season.
Tate Fogleman will return to Young’s Motorsports for the 2021 NASCAR Truck season, enabling the team to field three full-time trucks as they did two years ago.
Cory Roper’s family team Roper Racing will run the full NASCAR Truck Series schedule in 2021.
Drew Dollar, Danny Bohn enter Daytona Truck opener; Dollar to run 8 races, Bohn hopes for full schedule
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Drew Dollar will make his NASCAR Truck début at Daytona for Kyle Busch on an 8-race schedule, while Danny Bohn returns to On Point Motorsports for the opener and hopes to go full-time of sponsorship works out.
For the first time since 2016, Timothy Peters will race full-time in the NASCAR Truck Series, driving the #25 for newly-formed Rackley WAR.
