Spire Motorsports is now three-of-four in having Hendrick Motorsports drivers in the #7 Chevrolet Silverado as Chase Elliott has been appointed as its pilot for the NASCAR Truck Series’ Bristol Dirt Race.
William Byron led the final 84 laps at Martinsville to win his 8th career NASCAR Truck race and first for Spire Motorsports at that level.
A contractual disagreement involving G2G Racing and Matt Jaskol, as well as his sponsor 4Less Group, has resulted in Jaskol leaving the team. In his place, Kaden Honeycutt will make his NASCAR Truck Series début tonight at Martinsville.
Alongside the full-time #1 of Hailie Deegan and #15 of Tanner Gray, as well as the #17 for multiple drivers including Harrison Burton, David Gilliland Racing will field the #54 for Joey Logano at the Bristol Dirt Race.
William Byron, who dominated the 2016 NASCAR Truck Series, will make another one-off in 2022 as he enters Thursday’s Martinsville race for Spire Motorsports.
Harrison Burton will run his first NASCAR Truck Series race since 2019 as he enters 16 April’s Bristol Motor Speedway Dirt race for David Gilliland Racing.
Late model racer and former Drive for Diversity Youth Driver member Blake Lothian will run his maiden NASCAR Truck Series race this Thursday at Martinsville Speedway, driving the #43 for Reaume Brothers Racing.
Michael “Buddy” Kofoid, the 2021 USAC National Midget Champion, will make his NASCAR début in the Truck dirt race at Bristol. He will drive the #51 for Kyle Busch Motorsports.
Air Force veteran Keith McGee, who ran five NASCAR Truck Series races in 2021, will make his 2022 début in the Bristol Dirt Race for Reaume Brothers Racing.
Jessica Friesen will once again run the NASCAR Truck Series dirt races at Bristol and Knoxville alongside her husband Stewart.
Alex Bowman and Stewart Friesen ran wide into Kyle Busch on the final lap as they fought for the lead, upon which Zane Smith capitalised to win the NASCAR Truck race at Circuit of the Americas.
Joey Logano will run the NASCAR Truck Series’ Bristol Dirt Race for David Gilliland Racing. It will be his eighth series start and first since winning at Martinsville in a one-off in 2015.
Alex Bowman will race in the NASCAR Truck Series for the first time since 2017 when he enters the Circuit of the Americas round for Spire Motorsports.
2020 NASCAR Truck Series champion and Xfinity Series rookie Sheldon Creed will make his first Truck start of 2022 at Circuit of the Americas for Young’s Motorsports.
Brad “Bread” Perez, an SCCA Spec Miata driver and NASCAR tyre specialist, will take his first step into national series competition when he runs the Truck Series round at Circuit of the Americas for Reaume Brothers Racing.
In addition to the flagship #22 for Austin native Austin Wayne Self, AM Racing will field the #37 at Circuit of the Americas in Austin for fellow Austinite Logan Bearden.
Corey Heim, in his fifth career NASCAR Truck Series start, passed Kyle Busch Motorsports team-mate Chandler Smith on the final lap with help from KBM driver John Hunter Nemechek to win at Atlanta.
