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Ben Rhodes, the defending Truck Series champion.

The 2024 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series will be the 30th season of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, a stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in the United States. The season will start on February 16 with the Fresh From Florida 250 at Daytona International Speedway and will end with the Craftsman 150 on November 8 at Phoenix Raceway.[1][2]

Ben Rhodes of ThorSport Racing enters the season as the defending 2023 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series champion.[3]

Confirmed teams and drivers

Full-time teams

Manufacturer Team No. Driver Crew chief
Chevrolet Bret Holmes Racing 32 Bret Holmes[4] Mike Shiplett[4]
CR7 Motorsports 9 Grant Enfinger[5] Jeff Stankewicz[5]
Faction46 46 Thad Moffitt (R)[6][7] Doug George[7]
Freedom Racing Enterprises 76 Spencer Boyd[8] Greg Ely[8]
McAnally-Hilgemann Racing 18 Tyler Ankrum[9] Mark Hillman[9]
19 Christian Eckes[10] Charles Denike[10]
43 Daniel Dye[11] TBA
Niece Motorsports 41 Bayley Currey[12] TBA
42 Matt Mills[13] TBA
45 Johnny Sauter 1[14] Phil Gould[14]
Kaden Honeycutt 12[14]
Ross Chastain 5[14]
Connor Mosack TBA[14]
Rackley WAR 25 Ty Dillon[15] Shane Wilson[16]
Rev Racing 2 Nick Sanchez[17][18] Kevin Manion[19]
Spire Motorsports 7 Corey LaJoie 1[20] Brian Pattie[20]
Kyle Busch 5[21][22]
TBA 17
71 Rajah Caruth[23] Chad Walter[23]
77 Chase Purdy[24][17][25] Jason Trinchere[22]
Ford Front Row Motorsports 38 Layne Riggs (R)[26][27][28] Dylan Cappello[28]
Reaume Brothers Racing 22 TBA[29] TBA
33 Lawless Alan[30] TBA
ThorSport Racing 13 Jake Garcia[31][32][33] TBA
88 Matt Crafton[33] TBA
98 Ty Majeski[33] TBA
99 Ben Rhodes[33] TBA
Toyota Halmar Friesen Racing 52 Stewart Friesen[34] Jimmy Villeneuve[34]
Hill Motorsports 56 Timmy Hill[35] TBA
Tricon Garage 5 Dean Thompson[36] TBA
11 Corey Heim[37] TBA
15 Tanner Gray[38] TBA
17 Taylor Gray[39] Jeff Hensley[40]

All other teams that ran full-time in the Truck Series in 2023 have yet to announce their 2024 plans.

Part-time teams

Manufacturer Team No. Driver Crew chief Races
Chevrolet CR7 Motorsports 97 Codie Rohrbaugh[41] TBA 2
FDNY Racing 28 Bryan Dauzat[42] TBA 1
GK Racing 95 Clay Greenfield[43] Tucker Wingo[43] 4
Henderson Motorsports 75 Stefan Parsons[44] TBA TBA
Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb[45] TBA 1
McAnally-Hilgemann Racing 91 Jack Wood[46] Kevin Bellicourt[46] 14
Zane Smith[47] 4
Roper Racing[N 1] 04 Cory Roper[48] TBA 2
Marco Andretti[49] 7
TBA TBA Connor Zilisch[50][51] TBA TBA
TBA[N 2] TBA Shane van Gisbergen[52] TBA TBA
Ford Reaume Brothers Racing 27 Keith McGee[53] TBA 6
ThorSport Racing 66 Conner Jones[33] TBA TBA
Toyota Floridian Motorsports 21 Mason Maggio[54] TBA 1
Hattori Racing Enterprises TBA TBA[55] TBA TBA
Tricon Garage 1 Toni Breidinger[56] TBA 1
William Sawalich[57] 9
TBA 1/4 Ley Racing TBA Dale Quarterley[58] TBA 1
G2G Racing 47 TBA[59] TBA TBA

Notes

  1. ^ Entry will be fielded in a collaboration with Cook Racing Technologies.
  2. ^ Entry will be fielded in a collaboration with Trackhouse Racing.

Other confirmed changes

Teams

Drivers

  • Matt DiBenedetto will not return to the Rackley WAR No. 25 in 2024, after being with the team full-time in 2022 and 2023.[61] After he was eliminated from the 2023 playoffs and had already announced his plans not to return to the team in 2024, Rackley WAR removed DiBenedetto from the No. 25 early.[62]
  • Hailie Deegan will move to the Xfinity Series full-time in 2024 driving for AM Racing.[63]
  • Colby Howard will not return to the CR7 Motorsports No. 9 truck in 2024.[64]

Crew chiefs

  • On November 4, 2023, Wally Rogers announced his retirement from crew chiefing in NASCAR after working for numerous teams in the Cup, Xfinity and Truck Series for over 20 years. He worked for Niece Motorsports since partway through the 2020 season and crew chiefed their No. 45 truck driven by Lawless Alan in 2023. His replacement has yet to be announced.[65]
  • On December 29, 2023, Rackley WAR announced that crew chief Chad Kendrick won't return to the team in 2024, with Ty Dillon, who will drive for the team in 2024, indicating that Kendrick is looking to step up into the Xfinity Series.[66]

Schedule

The entire schedule was released on October 4, 2023 and consists of 22 ovals and 1 road course, no dirt tracks will appear on the schedule for the first time since 2020.[67]

Notes: Race names and title sponsors are subject to change. Not all title sponsors/names of races have been announced for 2024. For the races where a 2024 name and title sponsor has yet to be announced, the title sponsors/names of those races in 2023 are listed.

No Race title Track Location Date TV Radio
1 Fresh From Florida 250  O  Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida February 16 FS1 MRN
2 Fr8Auctions 208  O  Atlanta Motor Speedway Hampton, Georgia February 24
3 Victoria's Voice Foundation 200  O  Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas, Nevada March 1
4 Weather Guard Truck Race  O  Bristol Motor Speedway Bristol, Tennessee March 16
5 XPEL 225  R  Circuit of the Americas Austin, Texas March 23
6 Long John Silver's 200  O  Martinsville Speedway Ridgeway, Virginia April 5
7 SpeedyCash.com 250  O  Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, Texas April 12
8 Heart of America 200  O  Kansas Speedway Kansas City, Kansas May 4
9 Buckle Up South Carolina 200  O  Darlington Raceway Darlington, South Carolina May 10
10 Tyson 250  O  North Wilkesboro Speedway North Wilkesboro, North Carolina May 18
11 North Carolina Education Lottery 200  O  Charlotte Motor Speedway Concord, North Carolina May 24
12 Toyota 200 presented by CK Power  O  World Wide Technology Raceway Madison, Illinois June 1 FOX
13 Rackley Roofing 200  O  Nashville Superspeedway Lebanon, Tennessee June 28 FS1
14 CRC Brakleen 150  O  Pocono Raceway Long Pond, Pennsylvania July 12
15 TSport 200  O  Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park Brownsburg, Indiana July 19
16 Worldwide Express 250 for Carrier Appreciation  O  Richmond Raceway Richmond, Virginia August 10
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Playoffs
Round of 10
17 Clean Harbors 175  O  Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin August 25 FS1 MRN
18 UNOH 200 presented by Ohio Logistics  O  Bristol Motor Speedway Bristol, Tennessee September 19
19 Kansas Lottery 200  O  Kansas Speedway Kansas City, Kansas September 27
Round of 8
20 Love's RV Stop 250  O  Talladega Superspeedway Lincoln, Alabama October 4 FS1 MRN
21 Baptist Health Cancer Care 200  O  Homestead–Miami Speedway Homestead, Florida October 26
22 United Rentals 200  O  Martinsville Speedway Martinsville, Virginia November 1
Championship 4
23 Craftsman 150  O  Phoenix Raceway Avondale, Arizona November 8 FS1 MRN
O Oval track
R Road course

See also

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