There are 41 trucks [for 36 spots] on the preliminary entry list for Saturday’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Weather Guard Truck Race on Dirt at Bristol Motor Speedway. The sixth event of the 2023 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season.
Among those entered in the event are the series regulars competing for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series championship from week to week. That includes Carson Hocevar, who scored his first career victory last weekend at Texas Motor Speedway.
Heading into this weekend’s event, the only dirt track on the 2023 NASCAR Truck Series schedule, several full-time organizations have elected to put ‘dirt ringers’ in their vehicles, in hopes of scoring some solid finishes.
Jonathan Davenport, who is set to make his NASCAR Cup Series debut on Sunday, will also make his NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series debut this weekend, getting behind the wheel of the No. 7 Chevrolet Silverado for Spire Motorsports.
Davenport joins Tanner Carrick as the two drivers that will attempt to make their series debut in Saturday’s event at Bristol. Carrick will pilot the No. 30 Toyota Tundra TRD Pro for On Point Motorsports.
Other so-called ‘dirt ringers’ in the field for Saturday’s event include Tyler Carpenter (No. 41 Niece Motorsports), Jerry Bohlman (No. 46 G2G Racing), Andrew Gordon (No. 47 G2G Racing), and Jessica Friesen (No. 62 Halmari Friesen Racing).
Adding more new faces into the mix is the influx of NASCAR Cup Series drivers who are set to compete in Saturday’s event, which includes William Byron, who will drive for Kyle Busch Motorsports.
Joey Logano will pilot a fifth entry for ThorSport Racing, No. 66, in Saturday’s event, while Chase Briscoe will get behind the wheel of AM Racing’s No 22 Ford F-150 to make his second Truck Series start at Bristol on the dirt.
Norm Benning (No. 6) and Parker Kligerman (No. 75) will also return to the series after hiatus of varying lengths, with Norm Benning Racing making their first attempt of the 2023 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season.
2023 NCTS Weather Guard Truck Race on Dirt Entry List:
| Entry | No. | Driver | Team | Crew Chief |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 02 | Kris Wright | Young's Motorsports FNB Corporation Chevrolet | Andrew Abbott |
| 2 | 04 | Kaden Honeycutt | Roper Racing Team Ford | Bruce Cook |
| 3 | 2 | Nick Sanchez | Rev Racing Gainbridge Chevrolet | Danny Stockman |
| 4 | 4 | Chase Purdy | Kyle Busch Motorsports Bama Buggies Chevrolet | Jimmy Villenueve |
| 5 | 5 | Dean Thompson | TRICON Garage Thompson Pipe Group Toyota | Derek Smith |
| 6 | 6 | Norm Benning | Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet | TBA |
| 7 | 7 | Jonathan Davenport | Spire Motorsports Nutrien Ag Solutions Chevrolet | Kevin "Bono" Manion |
| 8 | 9 | Colby Howard | CR7 Motorsports Project Hope Foundation Chevrolet | Doug George |
| 9 | 11 | Corey Heim | TRICON Garage Safelite Toyota | Scott Zipadelli |
| 10 | 12 | Spencer Boyd | Young's Motorsports FR8 / logik Chevrolet | Brad Means |
| 11 | 13 | Hailie Deegan | ThorSport Racing Ford Performance Ford | Rich Lushes |
| 12 | 15 | Tanner Gray | TRICON Garage Mobil 1 Toyota | Jerame Donley |
| 13 | 16 | Tyler Ankrum | Hattori Racing Enterprises LiUNA! Toyota | Doug Randolph |
| 14 | 17 | Taylor Gray | TRICON Garage JBL Toyota | Bill Wilburn |
| 15 | 19 | Christian Eckes | McAnally-Hilgemann Racing NAPA Auto Care Chevrolet | Charles Denike |
| 16 | 20 | TBA | Young's Motorsports Chevrolet | Joe Lax |
| 17 | 22 | Chase Briscoe | AM Racing Production Alliance Group Ford | Ryan London |
| 18 | 23 | Grant Enfinger | GMS Racing Champion Power Equipment Chevrolet | Jeff Hensley |
| 19 | 24 | Rajah Caruth | GMS Racing Wendell Scott Foundation Chevrolet | Chad Walter |
| 20 | 25 | Matt DiBenedetto | Rackley WAR Rackley Roofing Chevrolet | Chad Kendrick |
| 21 | 30 | Tanner Carrick | On Point Motorsports CVC Concrete Toyota | Carol Hines |
| 22 | 32 | Bret Holmes | Bret Holmes Racing Chevrolet | Jerry Baxter |
| 23 | 33 | Mason Massey | Reaume Brothers Racing BRUNT Workwear Ford | Pedro Lopez |
| 24 | 34 | Josh Reaume | Reaume Brothers Racing Ford | John Reaume |
| 25 | 35 | Jake Garcia | McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet | Mark Hillman |
| 26 | 38 | Zane Smith | Front Row Motorsports Love's / Speedco Ford | Chris Lawson |
| 27 | 41 | Tyler Carpenter | Niece Motorsports AutoVentive Chevrolet | Mike Hillman, Jr. |
| 28 | 42 | Carson Hocevar | Niece Motorsports Worldwide Express Chevrolet | Phil Gould |
| 29 | 43 | Daniel Dye | GMS Racing Race to Stop Suicide Chevrolet | Travis Sharpe |
| 30 | 45 | Lawless Alan | Niece Motorsports AUTOParkIt Chevrolet | Wally Rogers |
| 31 | 46 | Jerry Bohlman | G2G Racing Toyota | Tim Silva |
| 32 | 47 | Andrew Gordon | G2G Racing Toyota | |
| 33 | 51 | William Byron | Kyle Busch Motorsports HendrickCars.com Chevrolet | Brian Pattie |
| 34 | 52 | Stewart Friesen | Halmar Friesen Racing Ferris Mowers Toyota | Blake Bainbridge |
| 35 | 56 | Timmy Hill | Hill Motorsports ShopHillMotorsports.com Toyota | Terry Elmore |
| 36 | 62 | Jessica Friesen | Halmar Friesen Racing AIM Autism Toyota | Trip Bruce |
| 37 | 66 | Joey Logano | ThorSport Racing Ford | Bud Haefele |
| 38 | 75 | Parker Kligerman | Henderson Motorsports Swiffer / Food Country USA Chevrolet | Chris Carrier |
| 39 | 88 | Matt Crafton | ThorSport Racing Menards / Great Lakes Flooring Ford | Shane Wilson |
| 40 | 98 | Ty Majeski | ThorSport Racing Road Ranger Ford | Joe Shear, Jr. |
| 41 | 99 | Ben Rhodes | ThorSport Racing Ford | Jeriod Prince |
| WD | 1 | -- | TRICON Garage Toyota | Seth Smith |
| WD | 44 | -- | Niece Motorsports Chevrolet | Cody Efaw |
