Chase Elliott returning to Trucks, GMS for Texas
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Chase Elliott will return to the NASCAR Truck Series on 12 June at Texas, driving the #24 for GMS Racing.
Donny Schatz, one of the greatest dirt track racers of all time with ten World of Outlaws sprint car championships and 299 career wins, will dabble in NASCAR for the first time when he runs the Truck race at Knoxville in July for David Gilliland Racing.
Chris Hacker will race in the NASCAR Truck Series for the first time at Nashville on 18 June, driving the #94 for Cram Racing Enterprises.
Timothy Peters has been released by Rackley WAR despite being halfway through their first season together. The fledgling team has tabbed Josh Berry for the next three Truck races at Texas, Nashville, and Pocono.
Phoenix Raceway will once again host NASCAR Championship Weekend in 2022, marking the third consecutive year that the Arizona mile-long oval is the final track of the year for the Cup, Xfinity, and Trucks.
Despite GMS Racing drivers winning the first two stages, it was points leader John Hunter Nemechek who took the victory in Friday’s Truck Series action at Charlotte.
Austin Dillon, Riley Herbst, and Austin Hill led the way in the NASCAR Cup, Xfinity, and Truck Series’ practices at Charlotte on Friday.
Tim Viens has revealed Glory 2 God Racing, a team that hopes to compete in the NASCAR Truck Series in 2022. Viens had purchased Toyota Tundras from Kyle Busch Motorsports the previous week.
COVID-19 travel restrictions between the United States/Canada border have forced the NASCAR Trucks’ playoff race at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park to be moved to Darlington Raceway.
Todd Gilliland took the lead from pole winner Tyler Ankrum with 4 laps left to win the Trucks at Circuit of the Americas, becoming the first NASCAR race winner at the track.
In the NASCAR Xfinity and Truck Series’ first dances around Circuit of the Americas with Friday practice, Austin Cindric and Zane Smith led the way.
From Paul Menard in his first race since 2019 to Kevin Harvick, from the bevy of sports car stars to the reigning Xfinity champ, NASCAR’s COTA weekend has a multitude of unique entries in store.
ARCA Menards Series driver Jack Wood will run two NASCAR Truck races for GMS Racing at Circuit of the Americas and Charlotte. They will mark his first starts in the Trucks.
Ty Majeski will run the NASCAR Truck races at Charlotte and Nashville in a fifth truck for ThorSport Racing. It will be his first races in the series since losing his full ride midseason last year.
The last stage of Friday’s NASCAR Truck race at Darlington was plagued by numerous wrecks. A strong overtime restart by Sheldon Creed enabled him to become the first non-Toyota winner in 2021.
In celebration of NASCAR’s throwback weekend at Darlington, various teams will race with special liveries honouring the past.
For NASCAR’s Throwback Weekend at Darlington, Brad Keselowski, A.J. Allmendinger, John Hunter Nemechek will start on the poles. Ironically, Allmendinger is the only pole-sitter who will have a throwback livery.
