Austin Dillon rejoins Kaulig for Fontana Xfinity
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Austin Dillon will once again drop down to the NASCAR Xfinity Series when he runs the Fontana race for Kaulig Racing in the #10.
As Taylor Gray is too young to run the first three races of the 2023 NASCAR Truck season, Sammy Smith will take over his ride at TRICON Garage for the opener at Daytona.
2020 ARCA champion Bret Holmes will race for 2023 NASCAR Truck Series Rookie of the Year honours in 2023 for his own team.
Tanner Reif, who finished runner-up in the points standings in the 2022 ARCA West season, will join Bill McAnally Racing for the 2023 season.
Jade Buford will race the #5 for Big Machine Racing Team at Daytona. He was previously the team’s full-time driver in the #48 now piloted by Parker Kligerman.
Trevor Boys, one of the early major Canadian drivers in NASCAR’s top level, passed away Thursday morning. He was 65.
After racing part-time for the family team in 2021 and 2022, Kyle Sieg will upgrade to the full 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series season with RSS Racing.
Joe Graf Jr. will enter five NASCAR Xfinity Series races for Joe Gibbs Racing starting at Fontana.
Now having left McAnally-Hilgemann Racing, Derek Kraus will race the 2023 NASCAR Truck season opener at Daytona for Young’s Motorsports.
While Bobby Labonte and Ryan Newman return for the full 2023 Superstar Racing Experience, Brad Keselowski and Hailie Deegan have also committed to the entire season now that SRX races don’t clash with their NASCAR obligations. Denny Hamlin will also race the opener at Stafford.
After running the final six races of the 2022 NASCAR Truck season, Kaden Honeycutt will join Roper Racing for the first six rounds of the 2023 slate.
NASCAR Xfinity regular Riley Herbst will enter the Cup Series for the first time as he runs a part-time schedule for Rick Ware Racing starting with the Daytona 500. He will also race the other superspeedway events.
NASCAR has implemented multiple rule changes for 2023 including removing stage cautions for road courses, banning Ross Chastain’s wallride move, a choose rule for superspeedway and dirt, and allowing all full-time drivers regardless of points standing to be playoff eligible.
NASCAR Truck/Mexico Series racer Max Gutiérrez and his brother Federico, the 2022 Mexico Challenge Rookie of the Year, were involved in a car crash Sunday that killed the latter; “Fico” was 17.
Ty Dillon will rejoin his grandfather’s team Richard Childress Racing for the first time since 2018 when he runs a part-time NASCAR Xfinity schedule starting at Darlington in May.
NASCAR great Jimmie Johnson, 2010 Le Mans winner Mike Rockenfeller, and 2009 Formula One Champion Jenson Button will join forces to race the NASCAR Cup Next Gen car at Le Mans in June.
After departing SS-Green Light Racing, Joe Graf Jr. has found his way to RSS Racing where he will run approximately 28 races starting with the NASCAR Xfinity Series season opener at Daytona.
