Rain forced NASCAR’s Cup, Xfinity, and Truck Series to cancel practice on Friday and qualifying. As a result, Chase Briscoe (Cup), Noah Gragson (Xfinity), and Chandler Smith (Truck) will start on the poles for their respective races.
McAnally-Hilgemann Racing will expand to three trucks for five races starting at Martinsville in April. The third truck, the #35, will be piloted by 17-year-old late model racer and NASCAR Truck Series newcomer Jake Garcia.
Kyle Busch will race on a road course in the NASCAR Truck Series for the first time at Circuit of the Americas. He won the inaugural Xfinity race there in 2021.
Niece Motorsports will open a fifth truck for Saturday’s NASCAR Truck Series race at Atlanta, the #41 which Ross Chastain will drive. Chastain has been involved with the team since 2018.
Hailie Deegan, a NASCAR Truck Series sophomore and a former short course off-road racer, makes her return to non-pavement this weekend in the Mint 400.
Hickory Motor Speedway late model racer Chase Janes will race in the NASCAR Truck Series for the first time when he runs the Martinsville event on 7 April for Reaume Brothers Racing.
A final-lap battle of the Smiths ended with Chandler Smith beating Zane Smith for the win in Las Vegas (though Zane would be disqualified for a lug nut infraction).
Reigning NASCAR Whelen Euro Series champion Loris Hezemans will compete in the NASCAR Truck Series for the first time when he runs Friday’s race at Las Vegas in the #33 for Reaume Brothers Racing.
Parker Kligerman and Henderson Motorsports will run 12 more races after Daytona: COTA, Martinsville, Bristol 1 and 2, Darlington, Charlotte, Sonoma, Nashville, Mid-Ohio, Indianapolis, Talladega, and Homestead.
In his first race for Front Row Motorsports, Zane Smith led coming to the white flag before a wreck resulted in overtime, then another wreck on overtime’s white flag clinched him the Daytona win.
Spire Motorsports’ NASCAR Truck Series team will race for the first time in the season opener at Daytona with Austin Hill as driver of the #7 Chevrolet Silverado RST.
After running four races in 2021 for the team, Ty Majeski will get another shot at a full-time NASCAR Truck Series season with ThorSport Racing.
Matt Mills will race in the NASCAR Truck Series for the first time since 2018 when he runs four races for Young’s Motorsports.
Thad Moffitt will race in the NASCAR Truck Series at Daytona, driving a truck adorned with the legendary #43 with STP branding, in the first of multiple races for GMS Racing.
Christan Eckes is back in a full-time NASCAR Truck Series ride as he will contest the entire 2022 season for ThorSport Racing.
The #02 of Young’s Motorsports will be shared by Jesse Little and Kaz Grala, with the former running 12 races and 11 for the latter in the 2022 NASCAR Truck Series.
G2G Racing will run two full-time trucks in the 2022 NASCAR Truck Series. The #46 will be piloted by Matt Jaskol, while the #47 is split between Johnny Sauter, Roger Reuse, and owner Tim Viens.
