2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series

Matt Crafton, the 2019 Gander Outdoors Truck Series champion.
Ross Chastain finished second behind Crafton in the championship.
Brett Moffitt, the 2018 champion, finished third in the championship.
Stewart Friesen finished fourth in the championship.
Grant Enfinger won the regular season championship, but finished sixth in the overall championship.
Tyler Ankrum won the rookie of the year title and was eighth in the overall championship.
Toyota won the Manufacturer's championship with 12 wins and 860 points.
The No. 51 for Kyle Busch Motorsports won the NASCAR owner's championship.

The 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series was the 25th season of the third highest stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in North America. It marks the transition of the series' corporate sponsor from Camping World to its subsidiary Gander Outdoors.[1]

Matt Crafton won his third series championship, his first since his consecutive titles in 2013 and 2014. It was the first time in Truck Series history that the champion went winless during the season. Crafton's ThorSport Racing teammate Grant Enfinger won the regular-season championship.[2]

Teams and drivers

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Complete schedule

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Manufacturer Team No. Race driver Crew chief
Chevrolet AM Racing 22 Austin Wayne Self 21 Eddie Troconis
Bubba Wallace 2
GMS Racing 2 Sheldon Creed (R) Doug Randolph 13
Jeff Stankiewicz 6
Darren Fraley 4
24 Brett Moffitt Jerry Baxter
Halmar Friesen Racing 52 Stewart Friesen Tripp Bruce
Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb 20 Steve Kuykendall 14
Melvin Burns Jr. 1
Tim Silva 8
Juan Manuel González 2
Joey Gase 1
Jordan Anderson Racing 3 Jordan Anderson 22 Kevin Eagle 11
Darren Fraley 1
Wally Rogers 11
Carson Hocevar 1
Niece Motorsports 44 Timothy Peters 3 Tim Mooney 1
Doug George 2
Cody Efaw 10
Kevin Eagle 10
Reid Wilson 2
Angela Ruch 8
Ross Chastain 1
Kyle Benjamin 1
Spencer Davis 1
Jeb Burton 2
Bayley Currey 2
Jeffrey Abbey 1
Gary Klutt 1
Ty Majeski 1
45 Ross Chastain 21 Phil Gould
Kyle Benjamin 2
Young's Motorsports 02 Tyler Dippel (R) 22 Chad Kendrick
D. J. Kennington 1
12 Gus Dean (R) Jeff Stankiewicz 13
Ryan London 10
20 Spencer Boyd 18 Andrew Abbott 14
Bruce Cook 1
Buddy Sisco 8
Landon Huffman 2
Dylan Lupton 1
Colby Howard 2
Ford ThorSport Racing 13 Johnny Sauter 22 Joe Shear Jr.
Myatt Snider 1
88 Matt Crafton Carl Joiner Jr.
98 Grant Enfinger Jeff Hensley
99 Ben Rhodes Matt Noyce
Toyota DGR-Crosley 17 David Gilliland 1 Kevin Manion 22
Chris Lawson 1
Anthony Alfredo (R) 2
Ryan Reed 1
Tyler Ankrum (R) 18
Raphaël Lessard 1
54 Natalie Decker (R) 19 Frank Kerr 22
Chris Lawson 1
David Gilliland 1
Anthony Alfredo (R) 1
Kyle Strickler 1
Raphaël Lessard 1
Hattori Racing Enterprises 16 Austin Hill Scott Zipadelli
Kyle Busch Motorsports 4 Todd Gilliland Marcus Richmond 8
Wes Ward 11
Michael Shelton 4
18 Harrison Burton (R) Mike Hillman Jr.
51 Christian Eckes 8 Rudy Fugle
Kyle Busch 5
Brandon Jones 5
Greg Biffle 1
Chandler Smith 2
Alex Tagliani 1
Riley Herbst 1
Chevrolet NEMCO Motorsports 8 Angela Ruch 2 Gere Kennon Jr. 19
Darren Wolfe 2
Duke Whiseant 1
Joe Nemechek 6
Austin Dillon 1
Camden Murphy 4
Tony Mrakovich 2
Trey Hutchens 1
Colt Gilliam 1
John Hunter Nemechek 5
Toyota Reaume Brothers Racing Josh Reaume 1[N 1] Aaron Moore
Chevrolet 18
Toyota 5
33 Josh Reaume 10 John Reaume 7
Gregory Rayl 2
Sean Kenyon 3
Maurice Bachand 5
Josh Reaume 4
Steve Bachand 1
Matthew Wolper 1
Daniel Sasnett 1
Ryan Sieg 2
C. J. McLaughlin 1
Josh Bilicki 2
Mason Massey 3
Mike Marlar 1
Dan Corcoran 1
Dawson Cram 1
Carson Ware 1

Limited schedule

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Manufacturer Team No. Race driver Crew chief Rounds
Chevrolet Chad Finley Racing 42 Robby Lyons Bruce Cook 1
Chad Finley 4
Garrett Smithley 1
CMI Motorsports 49 Ray Ciccarelli Joe Lax 10
Stefan Parsons 1
Copp Motorsports 63 Bobby Gerhart Mark Freeman 1
Timmy Hill 1
Scott Stenzel 1
Dawson Cram Clinton Cram 1
FDNY Racing 28 Bryan Dauzat Jim Rosenblum 3
GMS Racing 21 Sam Mayer Mardy Lindley 3
CR7 Motorsports 9 Codie Rohrbaugh Michael Shelton 1
Mark Huff 1
Doug George 10
12
Henderson Motorsports 75 Parker Kligerman Chris Carrier 3
Hill Motorsports 56 Timmy Hill Greg Ely 9
Timmy Hill 1
5
Tyler Hill 5
Jordan Anderson Racing Bobby Reuse[N 2] Danny Ketterman Jr. 1
Carson Hocevar[N 2] Darren Fraley 1
Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing 0 Jennifer Jo Cobb Daniel Griggs 4
Joe Majenski 4
2
Gregory Rayl 1
Joey Gase 1
Daniel Sasnett 2
Ray Ciccarelli 1
Cody McMahan 1
Lou Goss Racing 74 Lou Goss Tim Goulet 1
Jerry Kennedy 1
2
Darwin Peters Jr. Alan Collins Jr. 1
Mike Affarano Motorsports 03 Jake Griffin David McClure 1
NEMCO Motorsports 87 Joe Nemechek John Hunter Nemechek 1
Duke Whiseant 12
Gere Kennon Jr. 2
7
Timmy Hill 2
Tyler Ankrum (R) 2
Camden Murphy 2
Tony Mrakovich 1
Timothy Peters 1
Niece Motorsports 38 T. J. Bell Adam Crigger 2
Cody Efaw 4
3
Ross Chastain 1
Mark Smith[N 3] 1
Colin Garrett 1
Norm Benning Racing 6 Norm Benning Thomas Lauffer 5
Adam Hagen 6
Brian Poff 7
18
Ted Minor Motorsports 25 Ted Minor Garry Stephens 1
Tony Mrakovich Racing 43 Tony Mrakovich Tristan Mrakovich 1
Trey Hutchens Racing 14 Trey Hutchens Bobby Hutchens Jr. 3
Jordan Anderson Racing 04 Roger Reuse[N 4] Shane Whitbeck 1
Ford Roper Racing Cory Roper 11
Jacob Wallace Racing 80 B. J. McLeod Tracy Wallace 1
Justin Shipley Wayne Hansard 1
JJL Motorsports 97 Jesse Little J. R. Norris 2
Bill Henderson 7
Bruce Cook 1
10
RBR Enterprises 92 Austin Theriault Michael Hester 2
Timothy Peters 2
ThorSport Racing 27 Myatt Snider Bud Haefele 2
Chase Briscoe 1
Toyota Bill McAnally Racing 19 Derek Kraus Kevin Bellicourt 5
All Out Motorsports 7 Korbin Forrister Wally Rogers 7
Danny Gill 1
8
DGR-Crosley Tanner Gray Seth Smith 2
5 Dylan Lupton Blake Bainbridge 4
15 Chris Lawson 11
Blake Bainbridge 1
Seth Smith 1
2
Anthony Alfredo (R) 10
Tanner Gray 1
Glenden Enterprises 47 Chris Fontaine Kevin Ingram 1
Kyle Busch Motorsports 46 Raphaël Lessard Michael Shelton 3
Marcus Richmond 3
3
Riley Herbst 2
Chandler Smith 2
On Point Motorsports 30 Brennan Poole Steven Lane 13
Danny Bohn 3
Kart Idaho Racing 08 Tim Ward Sonny Wahl 1
Justin Johnson[N 5] 1
34
Chevrolet 15
Toyota 6
Reaume Brothers Racing Jason White Gregory Rayl 13
Steve Bachand 4
Matthew Wolper 2
Josh Reaume 1
Maurice Bachand 1
2
Jesse Iwuji 6
Josh Reaume 3
Josh Bilicki 3
Scott Stenzel 1
Mason Massey 3
Bryant Barnhill 1
J. J. Yeley 1
Kyle Plott 1
Chevrolet 2
Toyota 3
32 Daniel Sasnett John Reaume 3
Maurice Bachand 1
Matthew Wolper 1
1
Mason Massey 1
Bryant Barnhill 1
Devin Dodson 1
Gregory Rayl 1
Chevrolet 3
Toyota 3
Beaver Motorsports 1 Stefan Parsons Brian Wertman 1
Mike Harmon 1
Jason Dorman 1
Jerry Kennedy 3
1
Travis Kvapil 1
Bayley Currey 2[N 6]
Cody McMahan 1
B. J. McLeod 1[N 6]
Chevrolet 1
Toyota 3
Clay Greenfield Motorsports 68 Clay Greenfield Danny Gill 1
Gary Mann 1
Andrew Abbott 1
Michael Shelton 1
4
Ford 2
Toyota 3
Rette Jones Racing 11 Spencer Davis Mark Rette 5

Notes

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  1. ^ It was a Reaume Brothers Racing entry using NEMCO Motorsports' owner points.
  2. ^ a b It was a Jordan Anderson Racing entry using Hill Motorsports' owner points.
  3. ^ Entry was fielded in a collaboration with Jordan Anderson Racing.
  4. ^ It was a Jordan Anderson Racing entry using Roper Racing's owner points.
  5. ^ Justin Johnson drove at Las Vegas in September with the No. 34. Jesse Iwuji, the driver of the No. 34 Chevrolet for Reaume Brothers Racing, crashed in qualifying but still qualified for the race by owner points. His team didn't have a backup truck, so they could not start the race. Johnson, who did not qualify for the race, took over the No. 34 and was able to start with his (previously No. 08) Kart Idaho Racing Toyota.
  6. ^ a b Entries were fielded in a collaboration with Vizion Motorsports.

Changes

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Teams

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  • On December 5, 2018, it was announced that Chad Finley Racing would field a full-time effort in 2019 with the No. 42 Chevrolet Silverado. Chad Finley and Robby Lyons were announced as drivers, while Bruce Cook was announced as crew chief. CFR ran part-time in the 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.[3] However, the team elected to not run at Las Vegas as the team's hauler was damaged when exiting Atlanta. They ended up running part-time for the rest of the year.
  • On December 8, 2018, MDM Motorsports announced that they would no longer field an entry in the Truck Series, as they will focus their efforts on the ARCA Racing Series and NASCAR K&N Pro Series.[4]
  • On January 28, 2019, On Point Motorsports announced they would run their No. 30 Toyota Tundra full-time in 2019 with Brennan Poole, who was without a ride for most of 2018 after his Xfinity team from 2016 and 2017 shut down.[5] Ultimately, the team ended up going down to part-time due to lack of sponsorship and to focus on finishing better at the races they did run (Poole finished an impressive 2nd after the team skipped a race).
  • On January 31, 2019, Niece Motorsports announced that they would field Timothy Peters in a second truck, the No. 44, for the first three races of the season.[6] The No. 44 replaced the No. 22 as Niece's second truck, after AM Racing went back to being its own team independent from Niece. After originally anticipating for it to run just part-time, the No. 44 then became full-time in March after Angela Ruch joined the team for a 12 race schedule.[7] Reid Wilson, Ross Chastain, Kyle Benjamin, Spencer Davis, Bayley Currey, and Jeffrey Abbey also ran races in the No. 44 throughout the season.
  • On February 5, 2019, AM Racing announced that they would be returning in 2019, splitting away from Niece Motorsports after the two teams had merged in 2018.[8]
  • On March 14, 2019, Hill Motorsports announced an entry into the sport with plans to run about ten races over the course of the season. They purchased trucks and equipment from the closed MDM No. 99 team. Owner Timmy Hill and his brother Tyler were announced as drivers.[9]
  • On July 30, 2019, Jordan Anderson Racing and Niece Motorsports announced a partnership to field Niece's No. 38 Chevrolet for Mark Smith at the Eldora Dirt Derby.[10]
  • On August 6, 2019, Copp Motorsports owner D. J. Copp announced that the future of his team is uncertain, commenting that "some people make it hard to love the sanctioning body."[11]

Drivers

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  • On November 9, 2018, Sheldon Creed announced that he would compete full-time for GMS Racing in 2019 in the organization's No. 2 entry. Creed drove for MDM Motorsports in the ARCA Racing Series in 2018, winning the championship. The No. 2 truck had been primarily driven by Cody Coughlin in 2018 before his release.[12][1]
  • On November 14, 2018, Kyle Busch Motorsports announced that Harrison Burton would compete full-time in the No. 18 Toyota Tundra, replacing Noah Gragson, who moved up to the NASCAR Xfinity Series.[13][1]
  • On November 30, 2018, DGR-Crosley announced that they have added Natalie Decker to their driver development program for 2019, where she would run a select number of Truck Series races with the No. 54 Toyota and made her debut at Daytona.[14]
  • On December 6, 2018, it was announced that 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Champion Brett Moffitt was released from the Hattori Racing Enterprises No. 16 team due to financial issues. The team had planned to replace Moffitt with a driver who has sponsorship backing.[15][16][17] On January 8, 2019, Hattori Racing Enterprises announced that Austin Hill had signed to drive the No. 16 Toyota full-time in 2019.[18][19]
  • On December 6, 2018, it was announced that Anthony Alfredo would compete part-time with DGR-Crosley, sharing the No. 54 with Natalie Decker.[20] He made his debut in the Atlanta race in the team's No. 17 since that truck's normal driver, Tyler Ankrum, had not yet turned 18 and was ineligible to race at the mile-and-a-half track.[21] Alfredo would end up running most of his schedule in the part-time No. 15 truck after Decker ended up running almost the full season in the No. 54.
  • On December 14, 2018, it was announced that Tyler Ankrum would run with DGR-Crosley in 2019. Ankrum will miss the first three races of the season due to age restrictions but then run the final twenty races of the season in the organization's No. 17 entry.[22] On February 20, 2019, it was announced that Ryan Reed will drive the No. 17 Toyota at the Strat 200 at Las Vegas.[23] On June 12, 2019, it was reported that Ankrum will run the season part-time due to a lack of sponsorship. However, he joined NEMCO Motorsports to run the No. 87 car at Iowa.[24]
  • On January 2, 2019, Tony Mrakovich announced that he would compete part-time in 2019 with his own team, Tony Mrakovich Racing.[25]
  • On January 7, 2019, Young's Motorsports announced that Spencer Boyd would drive the No. 20 truck full-time in 2019. Andrew Abbott returns as the crew chief.[26] On July 30, Landon Huffman was announced to substitute for Boyd at the Eldora Dirt Derby, as Boyd was suffering from back problems.[27] Boyd returned the next race at Michigan, but then announced on August 14, 2019, after missing the playoffs, he had decided to run only part-time the rest of the season in the Truck Series in order to concentrate on running more Cup Series races. He had made his Cup debut driving the No. 53 car for Rick Ware Racing that same weekend. Huffman would return to the No. 20 truck at Bristol.[28]
  • On January 9, 2019, Young's Motorsports announced that Gus Dean would drive the No. 12 truck full-time in 2019. LG Air Conditioning Technologies will be the main sponsor for the truck in 8 races, and former MDM Motorsports crew chief Jeff Stankiewicz will lead the team's efforts this season.[29]
  • On January 9, 2019, GMS Racing announced that Johnny Sauter would not return to the No. 21 truck for the 2019 season.[30] Speaking to Sirius XM NASCAR Radio, Sauter said that current series champion Brett Moffitt would replace him. On January 10, GMS confirmed that Moffitt will join the team but he will drive the No. 24 truck, replacing Justin Haley. The No. 21 truck will turn into a part-time truck, driven by Sam Mayer.[31]
  • On January 18, 2019, Young's Motorsports announced that Tyler Dippel will drive the No. 02 Chevrolet full-time in 2019. Dippel drove in 2018 for DGR-Crosley and GMS Racing.[32] On August 23, NASCAR announced that Dippel had been suspended indefinitely for violation of the sport's Code of Conduct.[33][34] D. J. Kennington served as his substitute replacement for the race at Canada.[35] Dippel was reinstated the following week on August 28, 2019.[36]
  • On January 23, 2019, Bill McAnally Racing announced that Derek Kraus will drive the No. 19 Toyota for select races in 2019.[37]
  • On January 28, 2019, it was announced that Brennan Poole will run full-time with On Point Motorsports in the No. 30 Toyota while also running for Rookie of the Year honors.[5]
  • On January 28, 2019, Kyle Busch Motorsports announced that team owner Kyle Busch will run five Truck Series races in the No. 51 Toyota.[38]
  • On February 13, 2019, it was announced that Johnny Sauter would be re-joining ThorSport Racing, the team he drove for from 2009 to 2015, in the No. 13 Ford, in 2019, replacing Myatt Snider, who was demoted to a part-time schedule in the team's No. 27 truck.[39] On June 18, 2019, Sauter was suspended for the Gateway race after intentionally wrecking Austin Hill at Iowa.[40] Snider was announced to substitute for Sauter at Gateway.[41]
  • On February 15, 2019, it was announced that Raphaël Lessard would drive the No. 46 for Kyle Busch Motorsports at Martinsville, Dover, and Bristol. On February 21, 2019, it was announced that Chandler Smith would drive the No. 46 at Gateway and ISM Raceway, and would drive the No. 51 for Kyle Busch Motorsports at Iowa and Bristol.[42]
  • On February 22, 2019, it was announced that U.S. Navy officer Jesse Iwuji would drive for Reaume Brothers Racing at Las Vegas.[43]
  • On March 21, 2019, AM Racing announced that Bubba Wallace would race the No. 22 Chevrolet at Martinsville.[44] Wallace would also drive the truck in the next race at Texas after the truck's normal driver, Austin Wayne Self, was suspended indefinitely on April 1, 2019, for violating NASCAR's substance abuse policy.[45] Self's suspension was lifted on April 30, 2019, after he completed the Road to Recovery Program.[46]
  • On March 23, 2019, it was announced that Angela Ruch would be joining Niece Motorsports driving the No. 44 truck for 12 races. She had started the season driving a select number of races in the No. 8 for NEMCO Motorsports, including Daytona where she got a top 10 finish, but there were more races open for her to run at Niece.[7] She ended up not running in all of her originally scheduled races, leading some to think that she left the team, however, she returned at Bristol in August (her last race being two months prior). Reporter Chris Knight tweeted on August 15, 2019, that she would drive the No. 44 for the rest of the year except for Canada.
  • On March 28, 2019, Kyle Busch Motorsports announced that former Roush Fenway Racing Cup Series driver Greg Biffle would come out of retirement to drive the No. 51 Toyota at Texas.[47]
  • On June 7, 2019, Ross Chastain announced that he would be running for Truck Series championship points instead of chasing the NASCAR Xfinity Series championship. Because of this last-minute decision, his Truck Series points started at the June Texas race, and his win at Kansas did not count to lock himself into the playoffs.[48]
  • On June 13, 2019, Dylan Lupton announced that he would join DGR-Crosley for six Truck Series races starting at Chicagoland.[49]
  • On July 23, 2019, Niece Motorsports announced that Bayley Currey would drive the No. 44 Chevrolet at Pocono and Michigan.[50] On August 15, Currey was indefinitely suspended for violating NASCAR's Substance Abuse Policy.[51][52] On September 18, he was reinstated by NASCAR after successfully completing his Road to Recovery Program.[53]
  • On July 24, 2019, NEMCO Motorsports announced that dirt racer Colt Gilliam would drive their No. 8 Chevrolet at the Eldora Dirt Derby. John Hunter Nemechek was originally scheduled for this race, but had a commitment with GMS in the Xfinity Series.[54]
  • On July 25, 2019, DGR-Crosley announced that dirt racer Kyle Strickler would drive their No. 54 Toyota at the Eldora Dirt Derby (instead of normal driver Natalie Decker).[55]
  • On July 25, 2019, Jordan Anderson announced that ARCA driver Carson Hocevar would drive his No. 3 Chevrolet at the Eldora Dirt Derby (instead of himself).[56]
  • On July 26, 2019, Reaume Brothers Racing announced that Devin Dodson would make his series debut in the No. 34 Chevrolet in the Eldora Dirt Derby.[57] Dodson later ended up driving the No. 32 in that race, swapping trucks with teammate Mason Massey.
  • On September 4, 2019, it was announced that four-time Las Vegas Motor Speedway Bullring track champion Justin Johnson would make his Truck Series return in the Kart Idaho Racing No. 08 Toyota at Las Vegas. It was his first start in the series since 2011.[58]
  • On September 11, 2019, it was announced that Colin Garrett will make his Truck debut in the Niece Motorsports No. 38 Chevrolet at Las Vegas.[59]
  • On November 4, 2019, it was announced that Ty Majeski would drive the Niece Motorsports No. 44 Chevrolet at Phoenix.[60]

Crew chiefs

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  • In January 2019, it was announced that Frank Kerr had joined DGR-Crosley to be crew chief for Natalie Decker in her part-time Truck and ARCA schedules in the No. 54 truck and car, respectively.[61] Kerr crew chiefed for TriStar Motorsports (which closed down) for the last three years on the No. 44 Xfinity car and then the No. 72 Cup car. Kerr replaced Kevin Manion who moved to the No. 17 DGR-Crosley truck which expanded to full-time in 2019 after running part-time in 2018.
  • On January 22, 2019, it was announced that Phil Gould would be the crew chief for the No. 45 truck of Ross Chastain and Reid Wilson for Niece Motorsports. Gould was previously the crew chief for Ryan Reed's No. 16 Xfinity Series team for Roush, which closed down.[62] He replaced Matt Weber, who was the last of five different crew chiefs the No. 45 team had in 2018. Weber went back to the ARCA Menards Series working for Chad Bryant Racing.
  • On January 25, 2019, Jesse Little announced that J.R. Norris would be his crew chief in 2019, replacing Matt Noyce, who would later move over to ThorSport Racing, who his team has an alliance with.[63] Norris' last time as a crew chief was in 2016 where he briefly crew chiefed the No. 81 (now the No. 16) Hattori Racing Enterprises truck for both Little and Ryan Truex, and then as the first ever crew chief for Niece Motorsports late that year with driver Casey Smith. After just two races, Norris was replaced by Bill Henderson. Henderson was not a crew chief for any team in 2018, but he did crew chief both the No. 22 AM Racing truck and the No. 33 Win-Tron Racing ARCA car in 2017.
  • On January 29, 2019, Kyle Busch Motorsports announced its 2019 crew chief lineup: Ryan Fugle in the No. 51, Mike Hillman Jr. in the No. 18, and Marcus Richmond in the No. 4.[64] On June 5, 2019, KBM announced changes to their crew chief lineup, with Marcus Richmond moving from Todd Gilliland's No. 4 to their part-time No. 46 truck and Michael Shelton (who had been crew chiefing the No. 46) and Wes Ward sharing crew chief duties for the No. 4.[65]
  • On February 5, 2019, Eddie Troconis was announced as the crew chief for the No. 22 AM Racing team in 2019 (after the team broke back away from Niece Motorsports). He was previously a crew chief with ThorSport Racing for three years, crew chiefing the No. 13 truck of Cameron Hayley in 2016 and then the No. 27/41 (now the No. 99) truck of Ben Rhodes for the next two years.[66]
  • On February 11, 2019, it was revealed (through the Daytona entry list) that Matt Noyce would be the new crew chief for Ben Rhodes at ThorSport Racing after Troconis left for AM Racing. In 2018 (as well as 2016), Noyce was the crew chief for Jesse Little's team (which has an alliance with ThorSport).
  • On July 9, 2019, Jordan Anderson tweeted that Wally Rogers had replaced Kevin Eagle (who got a job with Niece Motorsports as the No. 44 crew chief) as crew chief for his No. 3 Chevrolet. Rogers was previously crew chief of Korbin Forrister's No. 7 Toyota.[67]
  • On July 22, 2019, GMS Racing announced that Jeff Stankiewicz will replace Doug Randolph as the crew chief of the No. 2 Chevrolet driven by Sheldon Creed. The duo won the ARCA Menards Series title in 2018.[68] On August 6, 2019, NASCAR suspended Stankiewicz, truck chief Austin Pollak, and engineer Jonathan Stewart for three races through September 10 after the No. 2 truck was discovered to have a ballast container violation during post-race inspection following the 2019 Eldora Dirt Derby. Darren Fraley will serve as interim crew chief during Stankiewicz's suspension.[69]
  • On July 26, 2019, Young's Motorsports announced that Ryan London would replace Jeff Stankiewicz as the crew chief of the No. 12 Chevrolet driven by Gus Dean after Stankiewicz reunited with Creed at GMS Racing. London previously worked for GMS and the closed Mason Mitchell Motorsports team as a Truck and ARCA crew chief, respectfully.[70]

Rule changes

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  • On February 4, 2019, NASCAR announced a new post-race inspection rule in all three series, where race-winning teams found to be in violation of the rule book will automatically be disqualified. Following a race, the first-place and second-place teams, along with at least one randomly selected car, will undergo post-race inspection. The inspection should take between 90 minutes and two hours to complete before the race winner is officially declared. The car that fails the inspection will receive last-place points and will be stripped of playoff and stage points.[71]
  • On February 4, 2019, NASCAR announced the introduction of the Triple Truck Challenge. The three-race program gives drivers the chance to win bonus money. Set to take place at Texas on June 7, Iowa on June 15, and Gateway on June 22, the winning team collects a $50,000 bonus on any of the three events. The team that wins two of the three races collects an additional $150,000, while winning all three races results in a total bonus of $500,000. Only drivers who declare points for the Gander Outdoors Truck Series are eligible for the Triple Truck Challenge.[74]
  • On February 4, 2019, NASCAR announced a change in the qualifying schedule procedures for majority of its tracks. For short tracks and intermediate speedways, the first round will be shortened from 15 minutes to 10 minutes, while the second and third rounds will remain at 10 and five minutes, respectively. The down time intervals at all tracks will be reduced from seven minutes to five minutes. Superspeedway qualifications will retain their untimed two-round intervals of single-lap qualifying while road courses will continue to use two qualifying rounds: 25 minutes for the first round and 10 minutes for the final round.[75]
  • On May 1, 2019, following continued gamesmanship and other actions causing multi-car qualifying to become "untenable," NASCAR formally returned to single-car qualifying at all oval tracks.[76]
    • At oval tracks 1.25 miles and larger, each car will get a single timed lap.
    • At oval tracks 1.25 miles and smaller, each car will get two timed laps with the faster lap counting as their official time.
    • The qualifying order draw will be determined in part by the previous race's starting lineup. The top 20 starters from the previous race will draw to take their qualifying lap in positions 21-40 (the second half of qualifying). The remainder of cars will draw to qualify in positions 1-20.
    • The next car will be sent once the preceding car takes the white flag. This should ensure qualifying is completed in roughly 40 minutes baring any interruptions for crashes, debris, or weather.
    • There will be two-minute TV breaks built into qualifying to ensure every car gets covered live during the session.
    • Broadcasters FOX and NBC have committed to using ghost car graphics and impose other technologies to make the session more exciting to TV viewers.
    • Each car must complete their lap for the session to be counted, otherwise all times will be erased and cars will start by owner points.
    • Multi-car qualifying will remain at road course events.

Schedule

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The TruNorth Global 250 at Martinsville Speedway in March

The schedule for the 2019 season was released on June 13, 2018.[77] The only changes are the Eldora Dirt Derby and the Gander RV 150 switching spots and the Vankor 350 being moved from the second race of the Round of 6 to the fifth race of the season, with the rest of the races afterwards being bumped one spot back as a result.[78]

No Race title Track Date Start Time (et) TV
1 NextEra Energy 250 Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach February 15 7:30 p.m. FS1
2 Ultimate Tailgating 200 Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton February 23 4:30 p.m.
3 Strat 200 Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas March 1 9:00 p.m.
4 TruNorth Global 250 Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway March 23 2:00 p.m. Fox
5 Vankor 350 Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth March 29 9:00 p.m. FS1
6 JEGS 200 Dover International Speedway, Dover May 3 5:00 p.m.
7 Digital Ally 250 Kansas Speedway, Kansas May 10 8:30 p.m.
8 North Carolina Education Lottery 200 Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord May 17
9 SpeedyCash.com 400 Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth June 7 9:00 p.m.
10 M&M's 200 Iowa Speedway, Newton June 16[N 1] 12:00 p.m.
11 CarShield 200 presented by CK Power World Wide Technology Raceway, Madison June 22 10:00 p.m.
12 Camping World 225 Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet June 28 9:00 p.m.
13 Buckle Up in Your Truck 225 Kentucky Speedway, Sparta July 11 7:30 p.m.
14 Gander RV 150 Pocono Raceway, Long Pond July 27 1:00 p.m. Fox
15 Eldora Dirt Derby Eldora Speedway, Rossburg August 1 9:00 p.m. FS1
16 Corrigan Oil 200 Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn August 10 1:00 p.m.
NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series Playoffs
Round of 8
17 UNOH 200 Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol August 15 8:30 p.m. FS1
18 Chevrolet Silverado 250 Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Bowmanville August 25 2:30 p.m.
19 World of Westgate 200 Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas September 13 9:00 p.m.
Round of 6
20 Sugarlands Shine 250 Talladega Superspeedway, Lincoln October 12 1:30 p.m. FS1
21 NASCAR Hall of Fame 200 Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway October 26
22 Lucas Oil 150 ISM Raceway, Avondale November 8 8:30 p.m.
Championship 4
23 Ford EcoBoost 200 Homestead–Miami Speedway, Homestead November 15 8:00 p.m. FS1
  1. ^ The Iowa race was postponed to Sunday, June 16, due to rain.

Results and standings

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Race results

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No. Race Pole position Most laps led Winning driver Manufacturer No. Winning team Report
1 NextEra Energy 250 Christian Eckes Austin Hill Austin Hill Toyota 16 Hattori Racing Enterprises Report
2 Ultimate Tailgating 200 Austin Hill Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Toyota 51 Kyle Busch Motorsports Report
3 Strat 200 Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Toyota 51 Kyle Busch Motorsports Report
4 TruNorth Global 250 Stewart Friesen Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Toyota 51 Kyle Busch Motorsports Report
5 Vankor 350 Grant Enfinger Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Toyota 51 Kyle Busch Motorsports Report
6 JEGS 200 Brett Moffitt Brett Moffitt Johnny Sauter Ford 13 ThorSport Racing Report
7 Digital Ally 250 Matt Crafton Stewart Friesen Ross Chastain Chevrolet 45 Niece Motorsports Report
8 North Carolina Education Lottery 200 Matt Crafton Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Toyota 51 Kyle Busch Motorsports Report
9 SpeedyCash.com 400 Todd Gilliland Grant Enfinger Greg Biffle Toyota 51 Kyle Busch Motorsports Report
10 M&M's 200 Chandler Smith Ross Chastain Brett Moffitt[N 1] Chevrolet 24 GMS Racing Report
11 CarShield 200 presented by CK Power Christian Eckes Christian Eckes Ross Chastain Chevrolet 45 Niece Motorsports Report
12 Camping World 225 Austin Hill Brett Moffitt Brett Moffitt Chevrolet 24 GMS Racing Report
13 Buckle Up in Your Truck 225 Grant Enfinger Tyler Ankrum Tyler Ankrum Toyota 17 DGR-Crosley Report
14 Gander RV 150 Austin Hill Ross Chastain Ross Chastain Chevrolet 45 Niece Motorsports Report
15 Eldora Dirt Derby Chase Briscoe Chase Briscoe Stewart Friesen Chevrolet 52 Halmar Friesen Racing Report
16 Corrigan Oil 200 Ross Chastain Austin Hill Austin Hill Toyota 16 Hattori Racing Enterprises Report
NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series Playoffs
Round of 8
17 UNOH 200 Brett Moffitt Ross Chastain Brett Moffitt Chevrolet 24 GMS Racing Report
18 Chevrolet Silverado 250 Brett Moffitt Brett Moffitt Brett Moffitt Chevrolet 24 GMS Racing Report
19 World of Westgate 200 Christian Eckes Ross Chastain Austin Hill Toyota 16 Hattori Racing Enterprises Report
Round of 6
20 Sugarlands Shine 250 Matt Crafton Johnny Sauter Spencer Boyd Chevrolet 20 Young's Motorsports Report
21 NASCAR Hall of Fame 200 Christian Eckes Brett Moffitt Todd Gilliland Toyota 4 Kyle Busch Motorsports Report
22 Lucas Oil 150 Austin Hill Ben Rhodes Stewart Friesen Chevrolet 52 Halmar Friesen Racing Report
Championship 4
23 Ford EcoBoost 200 Stewart Friesen Austin Hill Austin Hill Toyota 16 Hattori Racing Enterprises Report
  1. ^ Moffitt initially finished second in the race behind Ross Chastain, but was awarded the victory after Chastain was stripped of the win as a result of his truck failing post-race inspection.

Drivers' standings

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(keyBold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or owner's points. * – Most laps led. 1 – Stage 1 winner. 2 – Stage 2 winner. 1-10 – Regular season top 10 finishers.
. – Eliminated after Round of 8 . – Eliminated after Round of 6

Pos. Driver DAY ATL LVS MAR TEX DOV KAN CLT TEX IOW GTW CHI KEN POC ELD MCH BRI MSP LVS TAL MAR PHO HOM Pts. Stage Bonus
1 Matt Crafton 5 14 3 8 5 5 6 51 2 71 9 8 132 6 10 10 7 11 30 8 23 6 2 4035 11
2 Ross Chastain 3 6 10 42† 7 10 1 10 10 32* 1 7 4 1*1 12 301 3*1 82 2*12 22 2 9 4 4033 169
3 Brett Moffitt 26 4 2 3 19 2*1 8 19 11 1 5 1* 7 5 29 42 12 1*1 7 4 29*1 10 5 4032 342
4 Stewart Friesen 10 18 4 5 2 12 15*12 3 20 5 3 3 2 32 1 8 4 7 19 52 6 1 11 4026 144
NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series Playoffs cut-off
Pos. Driver DAY ATL LVS MAR TEX DOV KAN CLT TEX IOW GTW CHI KEN POC ELD MCH BRI MSP LVS TAL MAR PHO HOM Pts. Stage Bonus
5 Austin Hill 1* 7 30 16 27 7 4 6 8 12 11 5 31 30 32 1* 10 5 1 6 26 13 1*12 2298 37 173
6 Johnny Sauter 232 2 8 9 3 12 22 17 131 27 18 10 8 21 12 11 6 29 14* 3 8 6 2238 46 910
7 Grant Enfinger 2 3 11 7 41 4 7 9 4* 4 612 162 24 10 3 7 5 13 31 10 4 5 7 2236 30 191
8 Tyler Ankrum (R) 19 6 9 11 27 3 31 30 13 1* 2 9 25 20 9 11 7 25 26 22 2182 19 5
9 Ben Rhodes 14 5 25 2 10 6 2 4 212 22 8 32 19 9 14 23 8 3 8 12 16 4*1 12 773 182
10 Sheldon Creed (R) 171 12 6 17 22 27 19 12 6 6 7 11 211 25 2 2 6 4 4 91 11 12 9 726 142
11 Todd Gilliland 19 9 7 15 14 15 3 7 27 10 2 6 17 7 5 24 9 18 5 2 1 14 8 723 134
12 Harrison Burton (R) 18 8 5 11 31 3 10 11 5 3 16 4 3 32 31 11 23 21 9 11 18 7 13 707 108
13 Tyler Dippel (R) 29 11 17 23 8 18 12 13 25 19 15 12 12 11 8 3 24 26 31 30 15 18 454 25
14 Austin Wayne Self 9 27 15 19 27 21 19 14 17 25 6 15 13 5 15 14 17 29 19 18 19 442 28
15 Gus Dean (R) 15 15 22 32 29 14 14 26 32 20 19 15 25 14 28 13 18 17 15 20 14 20 15 413 14
16 Jordan Anderson 25 19 21 26 21 21 13 15 15 18 18 20 30 13 14 28 16 14 21 12 28 21 397 12
17 Spencer Boyd (R) 4 25 29 27 11 22 17 22 23 16 20 17 29 18 22 20 1 15 338 6
18 Brennan Poole 24 13 20 29 9 23 2 7 11 15 19 6 26 300 23
19 Natalie Decker (R) 32 24 13 17 25 31 22 17 27 14 27 16 27 25 25 16 22 22 20 281
20 Christian Eckes 22 14* 4 6 15 3 17 3 271 59
21 Jennifer Jo Cobb DNQ 22 27 18 25 23 DNQ 18 25 24 21 22 21 19 19 22 23 24 27 27 DNQ 28 268
22 Anthony Alfredo (R) 17 18 28 8 12 12 9 31 26 12 15 24 32 240 3
23 Josh Reaume 6 30 23 32 31 20 28 14 23 20 18 26 31 Wth 179
24 Chandler Smith 8 4 2 3 171 40
25 Norm Benning DNQ 29 28 DNQ DNQ 32 21 17 24 25 29 DNQ 22 22 32 24 18 24 171
26 Jesse Little 23 19 13 29 14 22 21 32 DNQ 17 149 2
27 Cory Roper 20 16 24 31 12 20 9 28 DNQ DNQ 27 146
28 Dylan Lupton 10 5 27 19 10 16 DNQ 145 10
29 Codie Rohrbaugh DNQ DNQ 23 29 30 14 17 DNQ 16 24 10 26 144
30 Joe Nemechek 16 32 25 26 24 32 28 28 32 28 20 32 14 144
31 Angela Ruch 8 16 30 16 23 29 30 22 28 29 139
32 Raphaël Lessard 14 11 9 12 10 135 6
33 Ray Ciccarelli 28 26 DNQ 16 24 DNQ 19 9 29 21 31 130
34 Korbin Forrister DNQ 21 14 25 24 30 25 13 107
35 Timothy Peters 7 10 12 DNQ DNQ 23 98 2
36 Myatt Snider 21 6 10 94 20
37 Mason Massey 21 26 18 17 23 28 32 94
38 Spencer Davis DNQ 20 27 8 18 DNQ 81 6
39 Jesse Iwuji 26 17 22 21 QL 19 80
40 Clay Greenfield 12 16 26 25 73 4
41 Parker Kligerman 20 13 10 72 4
42 Tyler Hill 20 26 11 DNQ 23 68
43 Derek Kraus 18 8 27 31 DNQ 64
44 Riley Herbst 9 15 3 61 5
45 Tony Mrakovich DNQ 26 12 13 60
46 Tanner Gray 20 17 16 59 1
47 David Gilliland 13 12 56 7
48 Bayley Currey Wth 29 23 6 54 1
49 Kyle Benjamin 31 13 13 54
50 Sam Mayer 21 282 19 54 10
51 Danny Bohn 8 27 25 53 2
52 Chad Finley 28 18 28 26 48
53 Greg Biffle 1 45 5
54 Trey Hutchens DNQ 24 29 16 42
55 Bryan Dauzat 31 24 17 39
56 Alex Tagliani 2 38 3
57 Mike Marlar 4 36 3
58 Landon Huffman 24 16 34
59 Ryan Reed 9 31 3
60 T. J. Bell 26 26 29 30
61 Colby Howard 21 24 29
62 Carson Hocevar 25 23 29 3
63 Kyle Strickler 18 27 8
64 Bobby Gerhart 11 26
65 Justin Shipley 11 26
66 Ty Majeski 11 26
67 Scott Stenzel 32 16 26
68 Daniel Sasnett 30 26 29 DNQ 26
69 Gary Klutt 12 25
70 Bryant Barnhill 22 27 25
71 Dawson Cram DNQ 13 24
72 D. J. Kennington 15 23 1
73 Mark Smith 15 22
74 Reid Wilson 24 28 22
75 Tim Ward 16 21
76 Darwin Peters Jr. 17 20
77 Jason White DNQ 20 17
78 Jeffrey Abbey 20 17
79 Bobby Reuse 22 15
80 Justin Johnson 23 14
81 Gregory Rayl 32 28 14
82 Cody McMahan 29 32 13
83 Roger Reuse 25 12
84 Kyle Plott 25 12
85 Jake Griffin 26 11
86 Chris Fontaine 27 10
87 Colt Gilliam 27 10
88 Dan Corcoran 27 10
89 Travis Kvapil 28 9
90 Josh Bilicki 18± DNQ 19± 20± 30 7
91 Juan Manuel González DNQ 30 7
92 Robby Lyons 30 7
93 Devin Dodson 30 7
94 Carson Ware 30 7
95 Lou Goss 31 DNQ 6
Ted Minor DNQ 0
Ineligible for Gander Outdoors Truck Series championship points
Pos. Driver DAY ATL LVS MAR TEX DOV KAN CLT TEX IOW GTW CHI KEN POC ELD MCH BRI MSP LVS TAL MAR PHO HOM Pts. Stage Bonus
Kyle Busch 1*12 1*12 1*1 1*2 1*2
Brandon Jones 13 5 21 23 22
Timmy Hill 31 21 26 28 16 24 17 5
John Hunter Nemechek 29 32 30 7 29
Chase Briscoe 7*12
Jeb Burton 9 9
Bubba Wallace 10 20
Austin Dillon 13
Ryan Sieg 16 14
Garrett Smithley 15
Colin Garrett 21
Austin Theriault DNQ 22
Camden Murphy 30 28 23 28 31 DNQ
C. J. McLaughlin 23
Stefan Parsons 31 24
Joey Gase 30 31
B. J. McLeod DNQ 30
J. J. Yeley 31
Pos. Driver DAY ATL LVS MAR TEX DOV KAN CLT TEX IOW GTW CHI KEN POC ELD MCH BRI MSP LVS TAL MAR PHO HOM Pts. Stage Bonus
Ross Chastain started receiving points at Texas 2.
Riley Herbst started receiving points at Iowa.
±Josh Bilicki started receiving points at Homestead-Miami.

Owners' championship (Top 15)

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(keyBold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led. 1 – Stage 1 winner. 2 – Stage 2 winner. 1-10 – Owners' regular season top 10 finishers.
. – Eliminated after Round of 8 . – Eliminated after Round of 6

Pos. No. Car Owner DAY ATL LVS MAR TEX DOV KAN CLT TEX IOW GTW CHI KEN POC ELD MCH BRI MSP LVS TAL MAR PHO HOM Points Bonus
1 51 Kyle Busch 22 1*12 1*12 1*1 1*2 13 5 1*2 1 8 14* 21 23 4 6 15 2 2 3 3 17 22 3 4034 152
2 45 Al Niece 3 6 10 42 7 10 1 10 31 13 1 7 4 1*1 12 301 3*1 82 2*12 22 2 9 4 4033 216
3 24 Maurice J. Gallagher Jr. 26 4 2 3 19 2*1 8 19 11 1 5 1* 7 5 29 42 12 1*1 7 4 29*1 10 5 4032 323
4 52 Chris Larsen 10 18 4 5 2 12 15*12 3 20 5 3 3 2 32 1 8 4 7 19 52 6 1 11 4026 135
NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series Playoffs cut-off
5 16 Shigeaki Hattori 1* 7 30 16 27 7 4 6 8 12 11 5 31 30 32 1* 10 5 1 6 26 13 1*12 2296 15
6 13 Duke Thorson 232 2 8 9 3 12 22 17 131 27 10 18 10 8 21 12 11 6 29 14* 3 8 6 2237 8
7 98 Mike Curb 2 3 11 7 41 4 7 9 4* 4 612 162 24 10 3 7 5 13 31 10 4 5 7 2236 191
8 17 David Gilliland 13 17 9 19 6 9 11 27 3 9 12 13 1* 2 9 25 20 9 5 7 25 26 22 2182 5
9 88 Rhonda Thorson 5 14 3 8 5 5 6 41 2 71 9 8 132 6 10 10 7 11 30 8 23 6 2 841
10 99 Duke Thorson 14 5 25 2 10 6 2 4 212 22 8 32 19 9 14 23 8 3 8 12 16 4*1 12 773
11 2 Maurice J. Gallagher Jr. 171 12 6 17 22 27 19 12 6 6 7 11 211 25 2 2 6 4 4 91 11 12 9 726
12 4 Kyle Busch 19 9 7 15 14 15 3 7 27 10 2 6 17 7 5 24 9 18 5 2 1 14 8 723
13 18 Kyle Busch 18 8 5 11 31 3 10 11 5 3 16 4 3 32 31 11 23 21 9 11 18 7 13 707
14 22 Tim Self 9 27 15 10 20 19 27 21 19 14 17 25 6 15 13 5 15 14 17 29 19 18 19 489
15 02 Randy Young 29 11 17 23 8 18 12 13 25 19 15 12 12 11 8 3 24 15 26 31 30 15 18 477
Pos. No. Car Owner DAY ATL LVS MAR TEX DOV KAN CLT TEX IOW GTW CHI KEN POC ELD MCH BRI MSP LVS TAL MAR PHO HOM Points Bonus

Manufacturers' Championship

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Pos Manufacturer Wins Points
1 Toyota 12 860
2 Chevrolet 10 844
3 Ford 1 759

See also

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