29th season of third-tier NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
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
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Complete schedule
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Limited schedule
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Notes
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- ^
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]
- ^
a
b
c
d
Entries were fielded in a collaboration with
Reaume Brothers Racing
.
- ^
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
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Teams
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
[
edit
]
- 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
[
edit
]
- 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]
Rule changes
[
edit
]
- 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
[
edit
]
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
[
edit
]
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
[
edit
]
Race results
[
edit
]
- ^
Eckes and LaJoie both led 19 laps.
Drivers' championship
[
edit
]
(
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
Owners' championship (Top 15)
[
edit
]
(
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
Manufacturers' championship
[
edit
]
See also
[
edit
]
References
[
edit
]
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a
b
c
d
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.
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b
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a
b
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a
b
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a
b
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.
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.
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.
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a
b
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.
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.
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.
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a
b
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.
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a
b
c
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.
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.
- ^
a
b
"Greg Van Alst to pilot Young's Motorsports Chevrolet for remainder of Truck Series season"
.
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. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. August 9, 2023.
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a
b
c
d
e
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.
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.
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a
b
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.
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.
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a
b
c
d
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.
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b
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e
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.
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a
b
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.
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a
b
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.
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.
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b
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.
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.
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.
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a
b
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.
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.
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.
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