As he prepares for his NASCAR Truck Series rookie year, Rajah Caruth will run a limited Xfinity slate for Alpha Prime Racing.
Dexter Stacey, who last raced in the NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2016, will return for the 2023 season opener at Daytona with MBM Motorsports.
Despite hopes of a Daytona 500 run in 2023, Hélio Castroneves will not take part as a deal wasn’t reached with The Money Team Racing. TMT is reportedly eyeing fellow IndyCar driver Conor Daly for the seat.
Chase Briscoe has added more seasons to his contract with Stewart-Haas Racing, keeping him with the team beyond the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season.
After being a road course specialist for Sam Hunt Racing in 2022, Parker Chase will begin the 2023 season on an oval at Daytona as part of a multi-race schedule.
Lawless Alan will have a second season with Niece Motorsports for the 2023 NASCAR Truck Series.
A fire broke out at NASCAR Truck team Reaume Brothers Racing’s shop in Mooresville on Thursday morning. It was quickly extinguished, but three were treated for injuries with two taken to hospital.
Chase Elliott will run the NASCAR Truck Series season opener at Daytona as a substitute for Jake Garcia, who is too young to run the larger speedways.
Like in 2019, Gray Gaulding will run the full NASCAR Xfinity Series schedule for SS-Green Light Racing.
NASCAR Truck team Reaume Brothers Racing has formed a new partnership with Ford Performance, fielding two Ford F-150s with one for Mason Massey in his first full-time season.
Brad Pérez will once again race for Emerling-Gase Motorsports in the 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series starting at COTA. Other starts are planned at (to quote Pérez), “idk yet”, “we will figure it out”, and “yeah” (all TBA).
For NASCAR Cup testing at Phoenix this week, Brad Keselowski’s #6 RFK Ford Mustang will sport a tribute to Ken Block’s rallycross Ford Fiesta that he ran in the Projekt E series in 2020.
2× NASCAR Xfinity Series champion Tyler Reddick will make his first starts in the series as a Toyota driver when he runs a part-time slate for Sam Hunt Racing.
In tribute to their late former driver, Ford Performance will have Ken Block decals on their vehicles, including rally, NASCAR, and IMSA, during the 2023 season.
With Landon Cassill no longer the full-time driver of Kaulig Racing’s #10 car, the team has turned it into a multi-driver entry with their Cup driver Justin Haley running it at Daytona.
16-year-old William Sawalich, a Toyota and Joe Gibbs Racing development driver set to race in the ARCA Menards Series, will also run six NASCAR Truck Series events for TRICON Garage.
Ryan Vargas will both race for CHK Racing for the 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series and work as a team consultant.
