2023 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series

29th season of third-tier NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
Ben Rhodes, the 2023 Craftsman Truck Series champion.
Grant Enfinger finished second behind Rhodes in the championship.
Carson Hocevar finished third in the championship.
Corey Heim won the regular season championship, but finished fourth in the championship.
Nick Sanchez, the Craftsman Truck Series Rookie of the Year.
Chevrolet won the manufacturers' championship with 868 points and 14 wins.

The 2023 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series was the 29th season of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, a stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in the United States. The season started with the NextEra Energy 250 on February 17 at Daytona International Speedway, and ended with the Craftsman 150[1] on November 3 at Phoenix Raceway.

This was the first season of the Truck Series with Craftsman as the title sponsor since 2008. Camping World, the title sponsor of the series from 2009 to 2022, did not renew their title sponsorship of the series[2] and Craftsman returned as the title sponsor, although the tool company is now owned by Stanley Black & Decker instead of Sears, who owned Craftsman when they were the series title sponsor from 1995 to 2008.[1]

Zane Smith entered the season as the defending champion, returning to the Front Row Motorsports No. 38 truck full-time in 2023 seeking to win a second consecutive championship.[3]

This was also the first season in series history where two drivers with the exact same first and last name who are not related to each other competed together in a Truck Series race. Jason White from Virginia and Jason White from British Columbia, Canada raced against each other in the season-opener at Daytona with the American Jason White driving the No. 1 truck for Tricon Garage in his first Truck Series start since 2014 and the Canadian Jason White driving the No. 34 truck for Reaume Brothers Racing. NASCAR distinguished the two of them on the entry list and race results by using their middle initials.

Corey Heim of Tricon Garage accomplished a rare feat in NASCAR during the season. He was the points leader heading into the 2023 Toyota 200 at Gateway, which he had to miss due to being sick, and after that race, (although only by 1 point) he was still the points leader. At the conclusion of the 2023 Worldwide Express 250 at Richmond, Heim claimed the regular season championship. In addition, Nick Sanchez of Rev Racing won NASCAR Rookie of the Year honors.[4] Ben Rhodes of ThorSport Racing won his second Truck Series championship at season's end.[5]

Teams and drivers

Complete schedule

Manufacturer Team No. Driver Crew chief
Chevrolet CR7 Motorsports 9 Colby Howard[6] Doug George 17
Michael Shelton 6
GMS Racing[7] 23 Grant Enfinger[8] Jeff Hensley[9]
24 Rajah Caruth (R)[10] Chad Walter[9]
43 Daniel Dye (R)[7] Travis Sharpe 7[9]
Blake Bainbridge 16
McAnally-Hilgemann Racing 19 Christian Eckes[11] Charles Denike
35 Chase Elliott 1 Mark Hillman
Jake Garcia (R) 22[11]
Kyle Busch Motorsports 4 Chase Purdy Jimmy Villeneuve[12]
51 Jack Wood 13 Brian Pattie[13]
Kyle Busch 5
William Byron 3[14]
Matt Mills 2
Niece Motorsports 41 Travis Pastrana 1[15] Mike Hillman Jr.[15]
Ross Chastain 7[15]
Bayley Currey 11[15]
Chad Chastain 1[15]
Tyler Carpenter 1[16]
Conor Daly 1
Shane van Gisbergen 1[17]
42 Carson Hocevar Phil Gould
45 Lawless Alan[18] Wally Rogers
Rackley WAR 25 Matt DiBenedetto 20[19] Chad Kendrick
Chandler Smith 1[20]
Trevor Bayne 1[21]
Stefan Parsons 1[22]
Rev Racing 2 Nick Sanchez (R) Danny Stockman Jr.[23]
Young's Motorsports 02 Kris Wright 11[24][25] Andrew Abbott
Chris Hacker 1
Layne Riggs 1
Will Rodgers 2[26]
Stefan Parsons 1
Matt Mills 1
Josh Bilicki 1
Kaden Honeycutt 3
Garrett Smithley 1
Brad Perez 1
12 Spencer Boyd[N 1][28][29] Brad Means 8
Tyler Young 15
20 Derek Kraus 1 Joe Lax
Matt Mills 5
Mason Maggio 1
Ed Jones 1[30]
Stefan Parsons 1
Brad Perez 1[31]
Nick Leitz 4[32][33]
Kaden Honeycutt 2
Chad Chastain 1
Mason Massey 1
Greg Van Alst 5[34][33]
Ford Front Row Motorsports 38 Zane Smith[3] Chris Lawson[3]
Reaume Brothers Racing[35] 33 Mason Massey 7[35] Gregory Rayl 12
Pedro Lopez 3[36]
John Reaume 3
Todd Parrott 5
Mason Maggio 1
Josh Reaume 7
Chase Janes 2
Derek Lemke 2
Memphis Villarreal 2
Keith McGee 2
ThorSport Racing[37] 13 Hailie Deegan[37] Rich Lushes 19[38]
Brian Ross 4
88 Matt Crafton Shane Wilson 11[38]
Jeriod Prince 12[39]
98 Ty Majeski Joe Shear Jr. 18[38]
Ron Calhoun 5
99 Ben Rhodes Jeriod Prince 11[38]
Brian Ross 8[39]
Rich Lushes 4
Toyota Halmar Friesen Racing 52 Stewart Friesen[40] Jon Leonard 2
Blake Bainbridge 5[41]
Bob Heilbrun 16
Hattori Racing Enterprises[42] 16 Tyler Ankrum Doug Randolph[43]
Hill Motorsports[44] 56 Timmy Hill 14[45] Terry Elmore
Tyler Hill 9[46]
Tricon Garage[47] 5 Dean Thompson[48] Derek Smith[49]
11 Corey Heim 22 Scott Zipadelli[49]
Jesse Love 1[50]
15 Tanner Gray Jerame Donley[49]
17 Sammy Smith 1[51] Billy Wilburn 13[49]
Jacob Hampton 10
John Hunter Nemechek 2
Taylor Gray 20

Limited schedule

Manufacturer Team No. Driver Crew chief Rounds
Chevrolet BlackJack Racing 21 Dexter Bean Mario Gosselin 1[52]
Bret Holmes Racing 32 Bret Holmes (R)[53] Jerry Baxter 16[53]
Jeff Stankiewicz 2[54]
R. J. Otto 3 		21
CR7 Motorsports 97 Codie Rohrbaugh Michael Shelton 1[55]
FDNY Racing 28 Bryan Dauzat Jim Rosenblum 3[56]
Henderson Motorsports 75 Parker Kligerman Chris Carrier 8[57]
Sean Hingorani[58] 1
Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Steve Kuykendall 2
NEMCO Motorsports 8 Samuel LeComte Joe Nemechek 1
Niece Motorsports 44 Kaden Honeycutt Cody Efaw 2
Tim Mooney 1 		1
Chad Chastain 1
Danny Bohn 1
Norm Benning Racing 6 Norm Benning Dan Killius 4
Spire Motorsports 7 Corey LaJoie[59] Kevin Manion 2
Alex Bowman[60] 1
Jonathan Davenport[61] 1
Kyle Larson[62] 1[63]
Marco Andretti 3
Austin Hill 1
Layne Riggs 1
Derek Kraus 1
Carson Kvapil 1
77 Derek Kraus[64] Andrew Overstreet[64] 1
Trey Hutchens Racing 14 Trey Hutchens Bobby Hutchens 3
Ford AM Racing[65] 22 Josh Reaume Ryan London 5[N 2]
Max Gutiérrez 1
Logan Bearden 2
Chase Briscoe 1[66]
Stephen Mallozzi 3[N 2][67]
Josh Williams 1
Mason Maggio 3[N 2]
Austin Wayne Self 1
Christian Rose 2[68][69]
Jason M. White 1[N 2]
Front Row Motorsports 34 Brett Moffitt Seth Barbour 1
ThorSport Racing 66 Joey Logano[70] Bud Haefele 1[70]
Conner Jones[71] 9
Jake Drew 1
Toyota Cook Racing Technologies 84 Clay Greenfield Tucker Wingo 1
G2G Racing[72] 46 Norm Benning Tim Silva 1[73]
Brennan Poole 3[72]
Akinori Ogata 2
Dale Quarterley 2
Armani Williams 4
Jerry Bohlman 2[74][N 3]
Memphis Villarreal 3[72][N 3]
Halmar Friesen Racing 62 Jessica Friesen[40] Tripp Bruce 1
Hattori Racing Enterprises 61 Christopher Bell Jon Leonard 2[75]
Jake Drew 5
Sean Hingorani 1
On Point Motorsports 30 Chris Hacker[76] Carol Hines 4[76]
Ryan Vargas[77] 7[77]
Colin Garrett 1
Tanner Carrick[78] 1
Jonathan Shafer 3[79]
Brad Perez 1
Peck Motorsports 96 Todd Peck Frank Fuhrman 1[80]
TC Motorsports 90 Justin Carroll[81] Terry Carroll 6[82]
Tricon Garage[47] 1 Jason A. White Seth Smith[49] 1[83]
Kaz Grala 3[84]
Layne Riggs 1[85]
William Sawalich 6[86]
Toni Breidinger 3[87]
Bubba Wallace 2
David Gilliland 2
Jesse Love 2[88]
Ford G2G Racing 47 Andrew Gordon Tim Viens 1
Toyota Tim Viens Memphis Villarreal 1
Dawson Cram Dan Killius 1[89]
Toyota 1
Chevrolet 1 		GK Racing[90] 95 Clay Greenfield[90] Tucker Wingo 2
Toyota Reaume Brothers Racing 34 Jason M. White Dan Stillman 1
Pedro Lopez 3
Josh Reaume 1
John Reaume 4
Gregory Rayl 2 		1
Ford Josh Reaume 3
Keith McGee 3
Mason Filippi 1
Stephen Mallozzi 1
Mason Maggio 1
Caleb Costner[91] 1
Ford 15
Chevrolet 3 		Roper Racing 04 Kaden Honeycutt Craig Roper 5
Bruce Cook 13 		7[92]
Johnny Sauter 3
Cory Roper 3
Landen Lewis[93] 2[93]
Spencer Davis 3

Notes

  1. ^ Stefan Parsons practiced and qualified the No. 12 truck for Spencer Boyd at COTA due to Boyd's plane flight to the track being delayed.[27]
  2. ^ a b c d Entries were fielded in a collaboration with Reaume Brothers Racing.
  3. ^ a b At Richmond in July (race #16), Jerry Bohlman drove the No. 46 in practice but he was replaced by Memphis Villarreal for qualifying.

Changes

Teams

  • On October 1, 2022, Bret Holmes stated in his post-race interview after the 2022 Chevrolet Silverado 250 that he and his team would like to run full-time in the Truck Series in 2023.[94] On February 3, 2023, Holmes officially announced that he and his team would run full-time in 2023.[53]
  • On October 5, 2022, Kelly Crandall from RACER Magazine reported that David Gilliland Racing would field four full-time trucks in 2023 after a manufacturer switch from Ford to Toyota. DGR fielded three full-time trucks in 2022. The fourth truck would be for a rotation of Toyota development drivers. Toyota's development drivers have driven part-time in the Kyle Busch Motorsports No. 51 truck for several years, but KBM will switch from Toyota to Chevrolet in 2023 as a result of Kyle Busch's move from Joe Gibbs Racing to Richard Childress Racing in the Cup Series.[95] On October 27, DGR officially announced their 2023 plans which included everything Crandall reported except for that the fourth truck for the development drivers (the No. 1) would be fielded part-time instead of full-time and that the team would also change its name to Tricon Garage.[47] On December 5, Tricon announced that they would be adding a fourth full-time truck, the No. 5, making the part-time No. 1 truck a fifth truck for the team.[48] Hill Motorsports, which used the No. 5 in 2022 for a second part-time truck for the team driven by Tyler Hill, will be giving up the number to Tricon. On January 17, 2023, Hill Motorsports announced that they would not field a part-time second truck in 2023 with a different number.[96]
  • On October 25, 2022, GMS Racing announced that they would be fielding a third full-time truck, the No. 43, driven by Daniel Dye. Team President Mike Beam stated that the team would be expanding their Truck Series program although the number of trucks the team will field in 2023 was not specified.[7] Reaume Brothers Racing, which used the No. 43 in 2022, will be giving up the number to GMS. The team revealed on January 24, 2023 that they would renumber their No. 43 truck to the No. 34 (the number of that truck in 2021).[35]
  • On November 4, 2022, Kyle Busch Motorsports announced it would downsize from three truck teams to two in 2023: the No. 4 and the No. 51.[97]
  • On November 4, 2022, ARCA Menards Series team Rev Racing announced that they would expand into the Truck Series, fielding one full-time truck, the No. 2 driven by 2022 main ARCA Series champion Nick Sanchez, in an alliance with Kyle Busch Motorsports.[97]
  • On January 16, 2023, it was revealed that Hattori Racing Enterprises would only field one full-time truck in 2023, the No. 16 driven by Tyler Ankrum. The No. 61 truck, previously driven by Chase Purdy (who left to drive the KBM No. 4 truck), will only be fielded part-time in 2023. The driver lineup and which races it will be entered in have yet to be determined.[75] On March 17, 2023, Hattori announced that Christopher Bell would drive the No. 61 truck in the race at North Wilkesboro, making his first Truck Series start since 2018.
  • On March 27, 2023, a new team based in Pittsburgh, TriPoint Racing, announced that they plan to make their Truck Series debut in the race at Mid-Ohio, fielding the No. 37 truck. The team did not announce their driver, sponsor, crew chief and manufacturer at the time.[98] The team ended up not entering the race at Mid-Ohio.
  • On August 17, 2023, it was revealed that Dexter Bean would re-start his own team, BlackJack Racing, which he and his family fielded in the Cup Series in 2009, and would enter a truck in the race at Milwaukee in his home state of Wisconsin. Bean also ran the last Truck Series race there in 2009. That was also the last year he raced in the Truck Series.[52]
  • On October 26, 2023, Spire Motorsports announced that they would field a second truck, the No. 77, for the first time in the season-finale at Phoenix with Derek Kraus as the driver.[64]

Drivers

  • On October 5, 2022, it was announced that Chandler Smith, who drove the Kyle Busch Motorsports No. 18 truck full-time in 2021 and 2022, would leave to move up to the Xfinity Series full-time in 2023 to drive the Kaulig Racing No. 16 car (replacing A. J. Allmendinger, who would return to the Cup Series full-time in 2023 driving Kaulig's No. 16 Cup car).[99]
  • On October 5, 2022, Kelly Crandall from RACER Magazine reported that Corey Heim would move from Kyle Busch Motorsports, where he drove their No. 51 truck part-time in 2022, to David Gilliland Racing to run full-time in one of their trucks in 2023. DGR would also switch from Ford to Toyota and Heim would remain in Toyota's driver development system after KBM's switch from Toyota to Chevrolet.[95] On October 27, 2022, DGR, which also announced its name change to Tricon Garage for 2023, officially announced that Heim would drive for the team full-time in their new No. 11 truck.[47]
  • On October 10, 2022, Chris Knight from Catchfence reported that 2022 ARCA Menards Series champion Nick Sanchez would likely drive for a Chevrolet team in the Truck Series in 2023. It would be Sanchez's debut in the Truck Series.[100] On November 4, it was announced that Sanchez would drive full-time for Rev Racing (his ARCA team) which would expand into the Truck Series in 2023.[97]
  • On October 10, 2022, NASCAR Whelen Euro Series driver Thomas Krasonis announced that he would make his Truck Series debut in 2023. The team he will drive for has yet to be announced. He would be the first driver from Greece to compete in the series.[101]
  • On October 18, 2022, it was announced that Chase Purdy would not return to the Hattori Racing Enterprises No. 61 truck in 2023.[42] On November 4, it was announced that Purdy would drive the No. 4 truck for Kyle Busch Motorsports in 2023, replacing John Hunter Nemechek.[97]
  • On October 25, 2022, GMS Racing announced that Daniel Dye, who drove for the team full-time in the main ARCA Series in 2022, would move up to the Truck Series full-time in 2023 for the team. He will drive a new third GMS truck, the No. 43, the same number he used for them in ARCA as well as Ben Kennedy Racing and in late model racing. The season-opener at Daytona was Dye's Truck Series debut.[7]
  • On October 27, 2022, David Gilliland Racing, which announced it would rename to Tricon Garage, announced that Taylor Gray would drive their No. 17 truck full-time in 2023 except for the first three races due to his 18th birthday not being until March 25. The first three races are at tracks where 17-year-old drivers cannot compete at as per NASCAR's age restriction policy. Gray drove the No. 17 truck part-time in 2021 and 2022.[47]
  • On October 27, 2022, it was announced that the David Gilliland Racing (Tricon Garage starting in 2023) No. 1 truck, which was driven full-time by Hailie Deegan in 2022, would become a part-time truck for the team in 2023 and would be driven by Toyota Racing Development drivers as part of the team's switch from Ford to Toyota.[47] Deegan will not return to the rebranded team in 2023 as she has a contract with Ford as one of their development drivers. On January 19, 2023, Tricon announced that William Sawalich, the new driver of Joe Gibbs Racing's No. 18 ARCA car, would drive the No. 1 truck part-time in 2023.[86]
  • On November 4, 2022, Kyle Busch Motorsports announced that Jack Wood, who drove the No. 24 truck for GMS Racing full-time in 2022, would drive part-time in the team's No. 51 truck in 2023, sharing it with team owner Kyle Busch as well as other drivers to be named at a later time.[97] On March 9, 2023, KBM announced that Hendrick Motorsports Cup Series driver William Byron would drive their No. 51 truck in three races. Byron drove full-time for the team in 2016 and is able to return to the team now that they switched to Chevrolet, which is Hendrick's manufacturer.[14]
  • On November 30, 2022, Colby Howard revealed to Joseph Srigley from TobyChristie.com that he would not return to the No. 91 truck for McAnally-Hilgemann Racing in 2023. He did get another full-time ride in the Truck Series with another team but did not announce which team it is.[102] On February 7, 2023, it was announced that Howard would return to CR7 Motorsports to drive their No. 9 truck full-time in 2023, replacing Blaine Perkins, who moved up to the Xfinity Series full-time in 2023 driving the No. 07 car for SS-Green Light Racing. Howard drove the same truck part-time in 2021.[6]
  • On December 1, 2022, TobyChristie.com reported that Rajah Caruth would drive the No. 24 truck for GMS Racing in 2023, replacing Jack Wood, who left to drive the Kyle Busch Motorsports No. 51 truck part-time. It will be his first full-time season in the Truck Series. In 2022, Caruth drove part-time in the Truck Series in the No. 7 for Spire Motorsports, part-time in the Xfinity Series for Alpha Prime Racing and full-time in the ARCA Menards Series for Rev Racing.[10]
  • On December 5, 2022, Tricon Garage announced that Dean Thompson would drive for the team in 2023 in their new No. 5 truck. Thompson drove the No. 40 truck full-time for Niece Motorsports in 2022.[48] Thompson was not replaced as Niece would cut back to three full-time trucks in 2023, with the No. 40 truck not being one of them.
  • On December 6, 2022, McAnally-Hilgemann Racing announced that Christian Eckes, who previously drove the No. 98 truck for ThorSport Racing, would drive their No. 19 truck full-time in 2023, replacing Derek Kraus, and Jake Garcia, who drove part-time for the team in 2022, would drive their No. 35 truck in every race except the season-opener at Daytona due to his 18th birthday not coming until after that race.[11]
  • On December 6, 2022, Bob Pockrass from Fox reported that Hailie Deegan may replace Christian Eckes in ThorSport Racing's No. 98 truck in 2023. Eckes left the team to drive the No. 19 truck for McAnally-Hilgemann Racing. If this happens, ThorSport would also switch from Toyota back to Ford, their manufacturer from 2018 to 2020, as Deegan has a contract as a Ford development driver. Deegan lost her ride with David Gilliland Racing when that team (which renamed to Tricon Garage) switched from Ford to Toyota for 2023.[103] On December 15, 2022, ThorSport Racing officially announced that Deegan would drive for them in 2023, replacing Eckes as a full-time driver on the team, but she would drive their No. 13 truck (which ran part-time in 2022 with Johnny Sauter) instead of the No. 98.[37]
  • On January 10, 2023, AM Racing announced that Christian Rose would drive full-time for the team in the main ARCA Series in 2023 in their No. 32 car as well as run part-time in the Truck Series for the team. It will be Rose's debut in the Truck Series.[68] On June 8, the team announced that Rose's first Truck Series start would be at Richmond in their No. 22 truck.[69]
  • On January 17, 2023, it was announced that Ryan Vargas would drive the No. 30 truck for On Point Motorsports part-time in 2023 starting at Atlanta. Despite having competed in the Xfinity Series since 2019, it will be Vargas' Truck Series debut.[77]
  • On January 24, 2023, Reaume Brothers Racing announced that Mason Massey would drive full-time for them in 2023 in their No. 33 truck. In 2022, Massey drove all but six races in the DGM Racing No. 91 car in the Xfinity Series. He also drove part-time for RBR in the Truck Series in 2019. It is the first time RBR has ever had one driver run the full season in one of their trucks.[35]
  • On January 31, 2023, Roper Racing announced that Kaden Honeycutt would drive the No. 04 truck in the first six races of the season. Honeycutt ran part-time in the Truck Series for G2G Racing and On Point Motorsports in 2022.[92] On April 19, Roper Racing announced that Johnny Sauter would replace Honeycutt.[104]
  • On February 1, 2023, it was announced that Derek Kraus, who lost his full-time ride in the McAnally-Hilgemann No. 19 truck to Christian Eckes for 2023, would drive the Young's Motorsports No. 20 truck in the season-opener at Daytona. He could run more races for the team if sponsorship is found.[105] On March 11, it was announced that IndyCar driver Ed Jones would drive the No. 20 truck at COTA. It would be his debut in NASCAR and the Truck Series.[30]
  • On January 28, 2023, Dale Quarterley announced that he would attempt to qualify for the race at COTA after buying an old Toyota from Kyle Busch Motorsports, which switched to Chevrolet for 2023. He stated in an interview with Frontstretch that the plan is to drive for his own team, 1/4 Ley Racing, which he has fielded in ARCA although it is possible that he could partner with another team with owner points to have a better chance of qualifying for the race. It would be his and his team's debut in the Truck Series.[106] On February 2, Tim Viens, the owner of G2G Racing, announced in an interview with TobyChristie.com that Quarterley would drive for his team in that race.[72] He drove their No. 46 truck in that race as well as in the race at Mid-Ohio.
  • On February 2, 2023, Tim Viens, the owner of G2G Racing, announced in an interview with TobyChristie.com that Memphis Villareal would run seven races (the only one that has been announced so far is COTA) for his team in 2023, making his debut in NASCAR and Truck Series. Additionally, Viens announced that B. J. McLeod and Brennan Poole would drive for G2G at Las Vegas and Atlanta with one driver in the No. 46 truck and the other in the No. 47.[72] Although Poole would drive the No. 46 at Las Vegas, the No. 47 truck was not entered into either race with McLeod and Poole was replaced by Akinori Ogata in the No. 46 for Atlanta.
  • On February 8, 2023, Young's Motorsports announced that Kris Wright would return to the team in 2023, driving their No. 02 truck full-time. It is the same truck he drove for the majority of the 2021 season before he left to drive the No. 44 truck for Niece Motorsports in 2022.[24] On May 30, the team announced that they had parted ways with Wright.[25] Chris Hacker would drive the No. 02 truck at Gateway, moving over from the On Point Motorsports No. 30 truck which was withdrawn from the race after he got the ride in the No. 02. Layne Riggs drove the No. 02 truck at Nashville. On July 3, it was announced that Will Rodgers would drive the No. 02 truck at Mid-Ohio.[26]
  • On February 13, 2023, it was announced that Conner Jones would drive part-time for ThorSport Racing in 2023 in their No. 66 truck with Ty Majeski now driving the No. 98 truck full-time. Jones competed part-time in ARCA for Venturini Motorsports in 2022 and is doing so again in 2023 despite Venturini being a Toyota team and ThorSport now being a Ford team.[71]
  • On February 14, 2023, Johnny Sauter was replaced by Norm Benning in the No. 46 G2G Racing truck on the entry list for the season-opener at Daytona. The reason for the driver change is unknown.[73]
  • On May 8, 2023, Spire Motorsports revealed that Alex Bowman would not drive their No. 7 truck in the race at North Wilkesboro due to Bowman's injury in a sprint car race on April 25 that had been sidelining him from racing in the Cup Series at the time. On May 11, it was announced that Kyle Larson would fill in for Bowman, his Hendrick Motorsports Cup Series teammate, in the truck in that race.[63][62]
  • On July 3, 2023, Reaume Brothers Racing announced that Caleb Costner would attempt to make his Truck Series debut in the race at Mid-Ohio in their No. 34 truck. Costner has competed part-time in all three ARCA series since 2021.[91]
  • On August 2, 2023, Niece Motorsports announced that Shane van Gisbergen would be attempting to make his Truck Series debut, as well as his oval debut in NASCAR, in the race at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park.[17]
  • On August 9, 2023, Young's Motorsports announced that Greg Van Alst would drive the No. 20 truck for the rest of the season, starting with his Truck Series debut in the race at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park.[34] On September 30, Van Alst was injured in a crash in the race at Talladega and had to be sent to the hospital. He would not recover in time for the races at Homestead-Miami and Phoenix and Nick Leitz would drive the No. 20 truck instead.[33] (Leitz had been announced on May 1 to drive the No. 20 truck at Homestead-Miami[32] and would likely have been moved to the team's No. 02 truck and driven it instead of Brad Perez if Van Alst was still able to race.)
  • On August 17, 2023, NASCAR suspended Chris Hacker and Jason White indefinitely for violating Section 4.4. D. of the NASCAR Rule Book, stating actions detrimental to stock car racing - particularly on being charged with or convicted of significant criminal violations. Hacker was arrested on August 15 while White was arrested on August 3; both were charged with DWI.[107]
  • On September 19, 2023, after he was eliminated from the playoffs, Rackley WAR removed Matt DiBenedetto from their No. 25 truck after the Bristol night race. DiBenedetto had already announced he would not be returning to the team in 2024.[108] On September 26, Chandler Smith was announced as the driver of the No. 25 at Talladega.[109] On October 17, the team announced that Trevor Bayne would drive the No. 25 truck at Homestead-Miami.[21] On October 19, it was announced that Stefan Parsons would drive the No. 25 truck in the season-finale at Phoenix.[22]
  • On October 27, 2023, Henderson Motorsports announced that Sean Hingorani would drive their No. 75 truck in the season-finale at Phoenix. Hingorani will be driving a Chevrolet in this race despite being a Toyota development driver for Venturini Motorsports in the ARCA Series.[58]

Crew chiefs

  • On November 9, 2022, Kyle Busch Motorsports announced that Brian Pattie would be the new crew chief of the No. 51 truck in 2023. Pattie previously worked for JTG Daugherty Racing as the crew chief of Ricky Stenhouse Jr.'s No. 47 car in the Cup Series.[13] He replaces Mardy Lindley, who was announced on November 17 to be moving to JR Motorsports to crew chief Sam Mayer's No. 1 car in the Xfinity Series in 2023.[110]
  • On November 14, 2022, Scott Zipadelli announced his departure as crew chief of the Hattori Racing Enterprises No. 16. He served as the truck's crew chief for six seasons and won one championship with Brett Moffitt in 2018.[111] On January 13, 2023, Hattori announced that Doug Randolph would replace Zipadelli as crew chief of Ankrum's No. 16 truck. He previously was the crew chief of the No. 68 Brandonbilt Motorsports car in the Xfinity Series and prior to that was a crew chief in the Truck Series for Brad Keselowski Racing and GMS Racing.[43]
  • On December 6, 2022, it was announced that Chad Walter, who was the crew chief of the No. 27 Our Motorsports car driven by Jeb Burton in 2022, would be leaving for GMS Racing to crew chief the team's No. 24 truck driven by Rajah Caruth in the Truck Series in 2023. Walter is returning to GMS after having crew chiefed for the team in 2020 and 2021. He replaces Tom Ackerman, whose 2023 plans have yet to be announced.[9]
  • On December 6, 2022, GMS Racing announced that Travis Sharpe would be the crew chief for their new No. 43 truck driven by Daniel Dye in 2023. Sharpe previously worked for Bill McAnally Racing (whose Truck Series affiliate, McAnally-Hilgemann Racing, has had an alliance with GMS since 2022) and won the 2021 ARCA Menards Series West championship with Jesse Love. He has also crew chiefed Dye in late model racing.[9]
  • On December 7, 2022, Kyle Busch Motorsports announced that Jimmy Villeneuve would be the crew chief of their No. 4 truck driven by Chase Purdy in 2023, replacing Eric Phillips. He had been a truck chief for the team since 2017 and prior to that was a crew chief in the Truck Series for John Wes Townley's Athenian Motorsports No. 05 truck in 2016.[12] On January 17, 2023, it was announced that Phillips would join Cup Series team 23XI Racing as the crew chief for their new part-time No. 67 car driven by Travis Pastrana in the 2023 Daytona 500.[112]
  • On December 7, 2022, it was announced that Danny Stockman Jr, who was the crew chief of the No. 18 truck for Kyle Busch Motorsports (which closed down in 2023) driven by Chandler Smith in 2022, would move to Rev Racing to crew chief their new Truck Series team which has an alliance with KBM. He will crew chief the No. 2 truck driven by Nick Sanchez.[23]
  • On December 15, 2022, ThorSport Racing revealed that Rich Lushes, who was the crew chief for their No. 99 truck driven by Ben Rhodes in 2021 (where they won the championship) and 2022, would be the crew chief for their No. 13 truck driven by Hailie Deegan in 2023. When it was announced that Deegan's number would be the No. 13, it was replacing the No. 98 truck in ThorSport's lineup of full-time trucks. Jeriod Prince, who was the crew chief of the No. 98 in 2022 (when it was driven by Christian Eckes), will move to the No. 99 to crew chief Rhodes in 2023.[38][71] On February 13, 2023, it was announced that driver Ty Majeski and crew chief Joe Shear Jr's No. 66 truck would be renumbered to the No. 98 with the No. 66 becoming a part-time fifth ThorSport truck driven by Conner Jones in 2023.[71]
  • On February 3, 2023, it was announced that Jerry Baxter would be the crew chief for the No. 32 Bret Holmes Racing truck in 2023, replacing Shane Huffman. He previously crew chiefed for David Gilliland Racing (now Tricon Garage) on Tanner Gray's No. 15 truck and then Hailie Deegan's No. 1 truck in 2022.[53] On March 3, it was announced that Huffman would be the crew chief and team manager for a new ARCA team, Pinnacle Racing Group, in 2023.[113]
  • On February 7, 2023, Niece Motorsports announced that Mike Hillman Jr. would be the crew chief of their No. 41 truck in 2023. He previously crew chiefed for David Gilliland Racing (now Tricon Garage) on Hailie Deegan's No. 1 truck and then Tanner Gray's No. 15 truck in 2022.[15]
  • On February 8, 2023, Tricon Garage (previously David Gilliland Racing) announced their 2023 crew chief lineup:
    • Scott Zipadelli, previously the crew chief of the No. 16 Hattori truck, will crew chief the team's new No. 11 truck driven by Corey Heim.
    • Jerame Donley, who crew chiefed the No. 42 Petty GMS Motorsports (now Legacy Motor Club) car in the Cup Series driven by Ty Dillon in 2022, will crew chief the No. 15 truck driven by Tanner Gray, replacing Mike Hillman Jr, who left to crew chief the Niece Motorsports No. 41 truck.[15]
    • Billy Wilburn, who crew chiefed for Penske, Yates Racing and Petty Enterprises in the Cup Series in the 2000s, will crew chief the No. 17 truck, replacing Chad Johnston, who left to crew chief the Stewart-Haas Racing No. 41 car in the Cup Series.[114]
    • Brothers Derek and Seth Smith return to the team with Derek crew chiefing the team's new No. 5 truck driven by Dean Thompson and Seth crew chiefing the team's No. 1 truck, replacing Jerry Baxter, who left to crew chief the Bret Holmes Racing No. 32 truck.[53]
  • On March 13, 2023, when the entry list for the race at Atlanta was released, Blake Bainbridge was listed as the crew chief of Stewart Friesen's No. 52 truck instead of Jon Leonard. During the race on March 18, color commentators Phil Parsons and Michael Waltrip confirmed that Bainbridge had replaced Leonard as the permanent crew chief of the No. 52 truck, stating that Halmar Friesen Racing wanted "something different- a fresh change".[41]
  • On October 26, 2023, Spire Motorsports announced that Andrew Overstreet would be the crew chief of their new No. 77 truck driven by Derek Kraus in the season-finale at Phoenix. He is the engineer for JR Motorsports' No. 1 car in the Xfinity Series driven by Sam Mayer. Overstreet also served as the interim crew chief for Mayer in 4 races in 2022 and 1 race in 2023.[105]

Interim crew chiefs

  • On March 21, 2023, NASCAR suspended Reaume Brothers Racing No. 33 truck crew chief Gregory Rayl for three races after the truck, driven by Mason Massey, lost its ballast during the race at Atlanta. Pedro Lopez was the interim crew chief for the No. 33 truck for the races at COTA, Texas and the Bristol dirt race.[36]
  • On August 29, 2023, NASCAR suspended ThorSport Racing No. 98 crew chief Joe Shear Jr. for four races and fined him US$25,000 after the truck, driven by Ty Majeski, was discovered to have an illegal right rear wheel and tire during the inspection prior to the 2023 Clean Harbors 175 at Milwaukee. In addition, the No. 98 team was docked 75 owner and driver points and 5 playoff points.[115]

Manufacturers

  • On September 14, 2022, it was announced that Kyle Busch Motorsports will switch from Toyota to Chevrolet due to team owner Kyle Busch leaving Joe Gibbs Racing (a Toyota team) to drive for Richard Childress Racing, a Chevrolet team, in the Cup Series. The drivers, sponsors and crew chiefs for KBM as well as how many trucks the team will field in 2023 have all yet to be determined.[116]
  • On October 5, 2022, Kelly Crandall from RACER Magazine reported that David Gilliland Racing would switch from Ford to Toyota in 2023. The team switched to Ford in 2020 after having previously been a Toyota team in 2018 and 2019.[95] On October 27, DGR officially announced this manufacturer change as well as the team's rebranding to Tricon Garage in 2023.[47]
  • On December 15, 2022, ThorSport Racing announced that they would switch from Toyota back to Ford, their manufacturer from 2018 to 2020, in order for Ford development driver Hailie Deegan to drive their No. 13 truck in 2023. (She would replace Christian Eckes, who left the team to drive the No. 19 truck for McAnally-Hilgemann Racing.)[103][37]
  • On January 24, 2023, Reaume Brothers Racing announced that they would switch to Ford in 2023. It is the first time RBR has ever had one manufacturer for each race of the season. The team previously ran a mixture of Chevrolets and Toyotas in the Truck Series since their first season in 2018.[35]

Sponsorship

Rule changes

  • In Austin, there were no caution flags at the end of each stage. NASCAR added this rule to all road course races in the top three series for 2023 that are paired with Cup Series races.
  • The Texas race, moved back to INDYCAR weekend for the first time since 2019, will join Mid-Ohio as races governed by standalone races. At Texas, the first stage of 77 laps is split with a controlled competition caution around Lap 35 with the same rules as pit stops at the end of the stage. The other two stages are 45 laps each.

Schedule

The North Carolina Education Lottery 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in May
The CRC Brakleen 150 at Pocono Raceway in July

The entire schedule was released on September 14, 2022.[117]

Notes: Race names and title sponsors are subject to change. Not all title sponsors/names of races have been announced for 2023. (New series title sponsor Craftsman will become the title sponsor for the season-finale at Phoenix.[1]) For the races where a 2023 name and title sponsor has yet to be announced, the title sponsors/names of those races in 2022 are listed.

No Race title Track Location Date
1 NextEra Energy 250 Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida February 17
2 Victoria's Voice Foundation 200 Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas, Nevada March 3
3 Fr8 208 Atlanta Motor Speedway Hampton, Georgia March 18
4 XPEL 225 Circuit of the Americas Austin, Texas March 25
5 SpeedyCash.com 250 Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, Texas April 1
6 Weather Guard Truck Race on Dirt Bristol Motor Speedway (Dirt) Bristol, Tennessee April 8
7 Long John Silver's 200 Martinsville Speedway Ridgeway, Virginia April 14
8 Heart of America 200 Kansas Speedway Kansas City, Kansas May 6
9 Buckle Up South Carolina 200 Darlington Raceway Darlington, South Carolina May 12
10 Tyson 250 North Wilkesboro Speedway North Wilkesboro, North Carolina May 20
11 North Carolina Education Lottery 200 Charlotte Motor Speedway Concord, North Carolina May 26
12 Toyota 200 presented by CK Power World Wide Technology Raceway Madison, Illinois June 3
13 Rackley Roofing 200 Nashville Superspeedway Lebanon, Tennessee June 23
14 O'Reilly Auto Parts 150 at Mid-Ohio Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio July 8
15 CRC Brakleen 150 Pocono Raceway Long Pond, Pennsylvania July 22
16 Worldwide Express 250 for Carrier Appreciation Richmond Raceway Richmond, Virginia July 29
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Playoffs
Round of 10
17 TSport 200 Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park Brownsburg, Indiana August 11
18 Clean Harbors 175 Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin August 27
19 Kansas Lottery 200 Kansas Speedway Kansas City, Kansas September 8
Round of 8
20 UNOH 200 presented by Ohio Logistics Bristol Motor Speedway Bristol, Tennessee September 14
21 Love's RV Stop 250 Talladega Superspeedway Lincoln, Alabama September 30
22 Baptist Health Cancer Care 200 Homestead-Miami Speedway Homestead, Florida October 21
Championship 4
23 Craftsman 150[1] Phoenix Raceway Avondale, Arizona November 3

Broadcasting

Fox will air the entirety of the schedule on TV in 2023. It is the second-to-last year of their contract to broadcast the Truck Series on TV which goes through 2024.

Vince Welch, who had been the play-by-play announcer for the Truck Series since 2016, tweeted on December 31, 2022 that he would not be back with Fox in 2023. Fox will rotate between Xfinity Series lead Adam Alexander[119] and ARCA lead Jamie Little.[120][121]

Results and standings

Race results

No. Race Pole position Most laps led Winning driver Manufacturer No. Winning team Report
1 NextEra Energy 250 Nick Sanchez Christian Eckes
Corey LaJoie[N 1] 		Zane Smith Ford 38 Front Row Motorsports Report
2 Victoria's Voice Foundation 200 Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Chevrolet 51 Kyle Busch Motorsports Report
3 Fr8 208 Zane Smith John Hunter Nemechek Christian Eckes Chevrolet 19 McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Report
4 XPEL 225 Ross Chastain Zane Smith Zane Smith Ford 38 Front Row Motorsports Report
5 SpeedyCash.com 250 Nick Sanchez Nick Sanchez Carson Hocevar Chevrolet 42 Niece Motorsports Report
6 Weather Guard Truck Race on Dirt Zane Smith Joey Logano Joey Logano Ford 66 ThorSport Racing Report
7 Long John Silver's 200 Zane Smith Corey Heim Corey Heim Toyota 11 Tricon Garage Report
8 Heart of America 200 Christian Eckes Grant Enfinger Grant Enfinger Chevrolet 23 GMS Racing Report
9 Buckle Up South Carolina 200 Corey Heim Christian Eckes Christian Eckes Chevrolet 19 McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Report
10 Tyson 250 Corey Heim Kyle Larson Kyle Larson Chevrolet 7 Spire Motorsports Report
11 North Carolina Education Lottery 200 Tanner Gray Corey Heim Ben Rhodes Ford 99 ThorSport Racing Report
12 Toyota 200 presented by CK Power Ty Majeski Grant Enfinger Grant Enfinger Chevrolet 23 GMS Racing Report
13 Rackley Roofing 200 Nick Sanchez Corey Heim Carson Hocevar Chevrolet 42 Niece Motorsports Report
14 O'Reilly Auto Parts 150 at Mid-Ohio Corey Heim Corey Heim Corey Heim Toyota 11 Tricon Garage Report
15 CRC Brakleen 150 Nick Sanchez Corey Heim Kyle Busch Chevrolet 51 Kyle Busch Motorsports Report
16 Worldwide Express 250 Ty Majeski Ty Majeski Carson Hocevar Chevrolet 42 Niece Motorsports Report
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Playoffs
Round of 10
17 TSport 200 Christian Eckes Ty Majeski Ty Majeski Ford 98 ThorSport Racing Report
18 Clean Harbors 175 Grant Enfinger Grant Enfinger Grant Enfinger Chevrolet 23 GMS Racing Report
19 Kansas Lottery 200 Chase Purdy Nick Sanchez Christian Eckes Chevrolet 19 McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Report
Round of 8
20 UNOH 200 Christian Eckes Christian Eckes Corey Heim Toyota 11 Tricon Garage Report
21 Love's RV Stop 250 Chase Purdy Nick Sanchez Brett Moffitt Ford 34 Front Row Motorsports Report
22 Baptist Health Cancer Care 200 Nick Sanchez Corey Heim Carson Hocevar Chevrolet 42 Niece Motorsports Report
Championship 4
23 Craftsman 150 Corey Heim Ty Majeski Christian Eckes Chevrolet 19 McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Report
  1. ^ Eckes and LaJoie both led 19 laps.

Drivers' championship

(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by competition-based formula. * – Most laps led. 1 – Stage 1 winner. 2 – Stage 2 winner. 1-10 – Regular season top 10 finishers.
. – Eliminated after Round of 10 . – Eliminated after Round of 8

Pos. Driver DAY LVS ATL COA TEX BRD MAR KAN DAR NWS CLT GTW NSH MOH POC RCH IRP MLW KAN BRI TAL HOM PHO Pts. Stage Bonus
1 Ben Rhodes 11 3 5 10 10 19 6 16 18 33 1 7 9 51 9 12 16 16 25 7 2 2 5 4032 – 134
2 Grant Enfinger 5 9 19 12 17 5 14 1* 14 10 5 1*1 13 11 5 9 12 1*12 17 3 13 4 6 4031 – 245
3 Carson Hocevar 12 72 31 34 1 17 34 31 5 4 42 4 1 12 11 1 4 2 62 4 11 1 29 4008 – 227
4 Corey Heim 8 4 34 6 7 15 1*12 2 8 61 2*1 4*2 1* 2* 6 8 4 4 1 5 3*12 18*2 3994 – 301
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Playoffs cut-off
Pos. Driver DAY LVS ATL COA TEX BRD MAR KAN DAR NWS CLT GTW NSH MOH POC RCH IRP MLW KAN BRI TAL HOM PHO Pts. Stage Bonus
5 Christian Eckes 3*1 6 11 301 15 30 15 30 1*1 25 6 2 23 3 7 11 2 3 1 2*12 19 20 1 2319 36 266
6 Nick Sanchez (R) 26 30 2 7 16*12 18 11 6 11 30 9 8 3 9 19 8 11 24 8*1 9 7*1 17 10 2258 45 78
7 Zane Smith 1 21 20 1* 14 21 3 3 22 32 23 20 21 2 3412 3 5 12 5 24 32 34 25 2194 32 223
8 Ty Majeski 6 5 11 3 4 2 4 252 31 2 7 30 31 72 6 2*12 1*12 7 18 19 21 9 14*1 2185 55 162
9 Matt Crafton 9 11 92 33 13 4 26 11 12 7 12 25 15 6 14 7 9 5 33 16 24 7 11 2167 11 210
10 Matt DiBenedetto 20 12 6 29 32 10 7 29 25 3 8 6 7 8 10 17 10 27 3 10 2102 2 29
11 Chase Purdy 17 8 7 27 2 28 10 33 32 8 16 5 6 13 18 22 14 6 14 8 28 10 3 582 76 –
12 Stewart Friesen 28 14 22 14 3 23 31 4 2 13 22 32 18 4 32 27 30 30 7 14 34 6 24 537 86 1
13 Jake Garcia (R) 10 18 19 5 6 13 8 26 23 15 10 10 16 35 4 13 9 11 11 29 15 2 534 28 –
14 Tanner Gray 2 13 24 8 27 8 5 18 3 18 27 21 11 20 36 16 15 11 26 29 25 11 9 533 65 –
15 Taylor Gray (R) 11 24 34 8 9 21 21 10 13 14 15 3 14 20 13 2 5 18 13 23 490 41 –
16 Rajah Caruth (R) 29 29 25 13 19 11 25 34 6 34 11 15 32 29 16 19 7 14 12 6 12 8 12 482 49 –
17 Tyler Ankrum 72 15 26 4 26 33 27 10 15 26 28 16 8 10 12 13 34 20 9 23 33 25 22 456 47 1
18 Daniel Dye (R) 30 19 16 18 25 22 30 13 19 14 19 11 22 14 17 21 22 28 23 21 6 21 32 389 2 –
19 Hailie Deegan 35 32 12 16 6 13 20 12 20 20 33 32 28 26 13 15 31 22 30 17 8 28 15 385 18 –
20 Dean Thompson 36 16 30 35 28 12 21 32 9 35 3 34 33 33 8 25 32 15 15 35 3 16 7 370 32 –
21 Colby Howard 4 18 27 24 20 27 17 35 17 24 20 12 29 36 15 24 35 17 19 22 23 30 21 340 15 –
22 Lawless Alan DNQ 20 32 17 18 DNQ 32 17 30 19 17 22 36 17 27 28 24 21 22 28 10 19 13 317 9 –
23 Bret Holmes (R) 31 34 13 23 23 20 22 14 23 15 21 14 34 32 29 29 25 19 20 27 16 303 10 –
24 Bayley Currey 4 13 17 5 18 10 21 13 31 5 31 260 21 –
25 Timmy Hill 16 22 8 25 25 19 24 31 18 16 21 23 24 26 222 2 –
26 Jack Wood 27 10 9 18 29 30 31 18 16 36 14 12 27 198 4 –
27 Kaden Honeycutt DNQ 25 33 15 Wth 9 28 10 17 20 27 25 8 190 10 –
28 Spencer Boyd DNQ 23 21 32 22 16 23 26 33 27 31 26 25 25 25 35 33 32 31 31 DNQ 33 DNQ 165 – –
29 Kris Wright 22 28 15 21 12 32 16 28 29 22 32 150 – –
30 William Sawalich 9 27 10 6 26 30 138 24 –
31 Jake Drew 12 17 10 20 20 33 116 6 –
32 Ryan Vargas 14 8 27 26 23 30 17 114 – –
33 Conner Jones 18 29 33 28 20 27 18 15 34 111 – –
34 Matt Mills 26 31 30 19 22 5 23 25 108 3 –
35 Tyler Hill Wth 22 24 21 26 29 30 22 20 102 – –
36 Josh Reaume 19 35 23 21 DNQ Wth 24 DNQ DNQ 29 23 DNQ 26 36 DNQ 33 101 – –
37 Jesse Love 9 13 4 85 – –
38 Toni Breidinger 15 24 17 55 – –
39 Mason Maggio 35 27 25 20 35 27 53 – –
40 Cory Roper 21 23 22 45 – –
41 Nick Leitz 21 19 23 19 41 – –
42 Marco Andretti 19 18 35 39 – –
43 David Gilliland 14 35 32 7 –
44 Jonathan Shafer 29 24 26 32 – –
45 Chris Hacker 25 12 27 29 36 31 – –
46 Logan Bearden 22 21 31 – –
47 Justin Carroll DNQ 23 34 31 29 DNQ 31 – –
48 Johnny Sauter 19 28 36 28 – –
49 Memphis Villarreal 24 35 QL 33 29 27 – –
50 Christian Rose 32 16 26 – –
51 Spencer Davis 36 32 17 26 – –
52 Jason M. White 21 27 26 – –
53 Sean Hingorani 23 26 25 – –
54 Stephen Mallozzi 36 31 24 32 25 – –
55 Greg Van Alst 36 34 32 34 26 23 – –
56 Jason A. White 15 22 – –
57 Norm Benning DNQ 24 DNQ 28 DNQ 22 – –
58 Landen Lewis 24 28 22 – –
59 Akinori Ogata 17 Wth 20 – –
60 Chase Janes 26 28 20 – –
61 Conor Daly 18 19 – –
62 Will Rodgers 34 26 19 5 –
63 Shane van Gisbergen 19 18 – –
64 Colin Garrett 20 17 – –
65 Max Gutiérrez 21 16 – –
66 Armani Williams 29 35 DNQ 31 16 – –
67 Mason Filippi 26 11 – –
68 Tanner Carrick 26 11 – –
69 Dale Quarterley 28 35 11 – –
70 Austin Wayne Self 30 10 3 –
71 Derek Lemke 33 31 10 – –
72 Derek Kraus 18‡ 8‡ 28 9 – –
73 Tyler Carpenter 29 8 – –
74 Stefan Parsons QL† 36± 28± 30 7 – –
75 Trey Hutchens 30 DNQ DNQ 7 – –
76 Keith McGee 36 33 36 DNQ DNQ 6 – –
77 Clay Greenfield 34 35 DNQ 5 – –
78 Codie Rohrbaugh 33 4 – –
79 Chad Chastain 34 DNQ DNQ 3 – –
80 Jennifer Jo Cobb 34 DNQ 3 – –
81 Ed Jones 36 1 – –
82 Tim Viens 36 1 – –
83 Bryan Dauzat DNQ DNQ 36 1 – –
Todd Peck DNQ 0 – –
Samuel LeComte DNQ 0 – –
Jerry Bohlman DNQ DNQ 0 – –
Jessica Friesen DNQ 0 – –
Caleb Costner DNQ 0 – –
Danny Bohn DNQ 0 – –
Ineligible for Craftsman Truck championship points
Pos. Driver DAY LVS ATL COA TEX BRD MAR KAN DAR NWS CLT GTW NSH MOH POC RCH IRP MLW KAN BRI TAL HOM PHO Pts. Stage Bonus
Kyle Busch 1* 22 2 71 1
Joey Logano 1*12
Kyle Larson 1*2
Brett Moffitt 1
William Byron 3 42 11
John Hunter Nemechek 31 3*
Layne Riggs 28 27 3
Christopher Bell 16 4
Chandler Smith 4
Ross Chastain 24 5 12 5 13 9 30
Bubba Wallace 7 5
Chase Briscoe 7
Kaz Grala 17 9 31
Parker Kligerman 32 31 31 34 DNQ 22 18 92
Chase Elliott 10
Mason Massey 24 27 29 DNQ 11 35 33 34
Carson Kvapil 12
Travis Pastrana 13
Sammy Smith 14
Jonathan Davenport 14
Trevor Bayne 14
Garrett Smithley 15
Corey LaJoie 23* 16
Brennan Poole 33 20 36
Brad Perez 35 35 24
Josh Williams 28
Austin Hill 33
Dawson Cram 35
Josh Bilicki 36
Alex Bowman DNQ
Andrew Gordon DNQ
Dexter Bean DNQ
Pos. Driver DAY LVS ATL COA TEX BRD MAR KAN DAR NWS CLT GTW NSH MOH POC RCH IRP MLW KAN BRI TAL HOM PHO Pts. Stage Bonus
† – Stefan Parsons practiced and qualified for Spencer Boyd at COTA due to Boyd's plane flight to the track being delayed.[27]
‡ – Derek Kraus started to receive points at Phoenix.
± Stefan Parsons started to receive points at Phoenix.

Owners' championship (Top 15)

(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by competition-based formula. * – Most laps led. 1 – Stage 1 winner. 2 – Stage 2 winner. 1-10 – Regular season top 10 finishers.
. – Eliminated after Round of 10 . – Eliminated after Round of 8

Pos. No. Truck Owner DAY LVS ATL COA TEX BRD MAR KAN DAR NWS CLT GTW NSH MOH POC RCH IRP MLW KAN BRI TAL HOM PHO Points Bonus
1 99 Duke Thorson 11 3 5 10 10 19 6 16 17 33 1 7 9 51 9 12 16 16 25 7 2 2 6 4032 134
2 23 Maurice J. Gallagher Jr. 5 9 19 12 17 5 14 1* 14 10 5 1*1 13 11 5 9 12 1*12 17 3 13 4 7 4031 245
3 11 Johnny Gray 8 4 34 6 7 15 1*12 2 8 61 21 9 4*2 1* 2* 6 8 4 4 1 5 3*12 18*2 4019 301
4 42 Al Niece 12 72 31 34 1 17 34 31 5 4 42 4 1 12 11 1 4 2 62 4 11 1 29 4008 218
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Playoffs cut-off
5 19 Bill McAnally 3*1 6 11 301 15 30 15 30 1*1 25 6 2 23 3 7 11 2 3 1 2*12 19 20 1 2319 266
6 2 Max Siegel 26 30 2 7 16*12 18 11 6 11 30 9 8 3 9 19 8 11 24 8*1 9 7*1 17 10 2257 59
7 38 Bob Jenkins 1 21 20 1* 14 21 3 3 20 32 23 20 21 2 3412 3 5 12 5 24 32 34 25 2194 223
8 98 Mike Curb 6 5 11 3 4 2 4 252 31 2 7 30 31 72 6 2*12 1*12 7 18 19 21 9 14*1 2185 162
9 25 Curtis Sutton 20 12 6 29 32 10 7 29 25 3 8 6 7 8 10 17 10 27 3 10 4 14 30 2164 110
10 51 Kyle Busch 27 1* 10 22 9 3 2 71 42 11 18 29 30 31 1 5 18 25 16 36 14 12 27 2105 47
11 88 Rhonda Thorson 9 11 92 33 13 4 26 11 12 7 12 25 15 6 14 7 9 5 33 16 24 7 11 614 1
12 4 Kyle Busch 17 8 7 27 2 28 10 33 32 8 16 5 6 13 18 22 14 6 14 8 28 10 3 582 –
13 17 David Gilliland 14 31 3* 11 24 34 8 9 21 21 10 13 14 15 3 14 20 13 2 5 18 13 23 561 –
14 35 William Hilgemann 10 10 18 19 5 6 13 8 26 23 15 10 10 16 35 4 13 9 12 11 29 15 2 561 –
15 52 Chris Larsen 28 14 22 14 3 23 30 4 2 13 22 32 18 4 32 27 30 30 7 14 34 6 24 537 1
Pos. No. Truck Owner DAY LVS ATL COA TEX BRD MAR KAN DAR NWS CLT GTW NSH MOH POC RCH IRP MLW KAN BRI TAL HOM PHO Points Bonus

Manufacturers' championship

Pos Manufacturer Wins Points
1 Chevrolet 14 868
2 Ford 6 795
3 Toyota 3 788

See also

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