FORT WORTH, Texas — Spire Motorsports is bringing some serious additional firepower to Friday night’s SpeedyCash.com 250 at Texas Motor Speedway as it will field four entries for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series event.
In addition to regulars Rajah Caruth and Andrés Pérez de Lara, NASCAR Cup Series driver Carson Hocevar will make his first start in the series since 2023, when he picked up the first of his four Truck Series victories at the 1.5-mile Fort Worth track.
In the No. 07 is full-time NASCAR Xfinity Series driver Nick Sanchez, who won the pole for the two most recent Truck Series races at Texas and finished third last year before moving up to his current ride with Big Machine Racing in the Xfinity ranks.
“I’m really excited to get behind the wheel of a truck again,” said Hocevar, who also drives for Spire in the Cup Series. “It has been a while since I’ve run in the series, but I’m really looking forward to it. I won my first truck race there and will be with one of the best teams in the garage and with one of the most experienced crew chiefs (Brian Pattie).”
Hocevar is driving the No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet on Friday.
To take the checkered flag, however, the Spire contingent will have to contend with TRICON Garage’s Corey Heim, who leads all active drivers with a 5.3 average finishing position at Texas.
A two-time winner this season, Heim also leads the series standings by 22 points over Chandler Smith in second.
Tyler Ankrum comes to Texas riding a streak of six top-10 finishes, including the April 18 win at Rockingham that ended a 130-race drought—the most starts between wins in Truck Series history.
