Niece Motorsports
Niece Motorsports is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. Owned by Al Niece, it currently fields No. 40 Chevrolet Silverado full-time for TBA, No. 42 Chevrolet Silverado full-time for Carson Hocevar, No. 44 Chevrolet Silverado full-time for TBA, No. 45 Chevrolet Silverado full-time for Lawless Alan, and the No. 41 part-time for TBA. Niece Motorsports formerly had a technical alliance with GMS Racing.
| Owner(s) | Al Niece |
|---|---|
| Base | Statesville, North Carolina |
| Series | NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series |
| Race drivers | Craftsman Truck Series: 40. TBA 41. TBA 42. Carson Hocevar 44. TBA 45. Lawless Alan |
| Sponsors | Craftsman Truck Series: 40. TBA 41. TBA 42. Worldwide Express, Unishippers and GlobalTranz. 44. TBA 45. AutoParkIt.com, Texas Asphalt Pavement Association |
| Manufacturer | Chevrolet |
| Opened | 2016 |
| Career | |
| Debut | Xfinity Series: 2018 Zippo 200 at the Glen (Watkins Glen) Camping World Truck Series: 2016 Striping Technology 350 (Texas) ARCA Menards Series: 2021 General Tire #AnywhereIsPossible 200 (Pocono) |
| Latest race | Xfinity Series: 2018 Zippo 200 at the Glen (Watkins Glen) Truck Series: 2022 Lucas Oil 150 (Phoenix) ARCA Menards Series: 2021 Reese's 150 (Kansas) |
| Races competed | 134 |
| Drivers' Championships | 0 |
| Race victories | 4 |
| Pole positions | 2 |
Xfinity Series
Car No. 17 history
In 2018, the team attempted to make their NASCAR Xfinity Series debut with Victor Gonzalez Jr. driving at Watkins Glen.
Camping World Truck Series
Truck No. 22 history
On October 30, 2017, it was announced that Austin Wayne Self moved to Niece Motorsports to drive the No. 22 truck full-time in 2018.[1]
Truck No. 22 results
| Year | Driver | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | NCWTC | Pts | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Austin Wayne Self | 22 | Chevy | DAY 20 | ATL 15 | LVS 16 | MAR 27 | DOV 15 | KAN 13 | CLT 27 | TEX 17 | IOW 15 | GTW 16 | CHI 13 | KEN 14 | ELD 18 | POC 18 | MCH 11 | BRI 13 | MSP 21 | LVS 9 | TAL 12 | MAR 23 | TEX 16 | PHO 19 | HOM 23 | 12th | 480 | [2] |
Truck No. 38 history
In 2017, the No. 38 truck ran two races with T. J. Bell as a start-and-park team.
In 2018 the No. 38 truck planned to run at least four races with Max McLaughlin as the driver, starting at Eldora. McLaughlin qualified for the race and finished 12th in his NASCAR debut. However, the deal fell through and McLaughlin only ran at Eldora. Ross Chastain ran 3 races (Bristol, Texas 2 and Homestead-Miami) with the best finish of 12th at Bristol. Bell returned to the No. 38 in Las Vegas in September and finished 21st due to a crash. Landon Huffman also drove for the team, he failed to qualify at Martinsville 2 and finished 25th at ISM Raceway.
In 2019, Bell returned once again to the No. 38 as a field-filler at Kansas, since only 30 trucks showed up. Chastain drove the No. 38 with sponsorship from TruNorth Global at Texas 2 and finished 10th.
Truck No. 40 history
In 2020, the team fielded the No. 40 and it is being shared by Ross Chastain, Garrett Smithley, Ryan Truex, T. J. Bell, Travis Pastrana, Carson Hocevar, Trevor Bayne, and Bayley Currey.
In 2021, Truex returned to the No. 40 for full-time schedule.[3]
In 2022, Dean Thompson would drive this truck full-time.[4]
Truck No. 40 results
| Year | Driver | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | NCWTC | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Ross Chastain | 40 | Chevy | DAY 8 | LVS 14 | POC 6 | KAN 34 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Garrett Smithley | CLT 36 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ryan Truex | ATL 13 | KEN 27 | TEX 13 | MCH 19 | LVS 12 | KAN 12 | TEX 34 | MAR 30 | PHO 21 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Garrett Smithley | HOM 35 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Travis Pastrana | KAN 22 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Carson Hocevar | DAY 28 | DOV 12 | GTW 15 | RCH 22 | BRI 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Trevor Bayne | DAR 27 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bayley Currey | TAL 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Ryan Truex | DAY 4 | DAY 31 | LVS 38 | ATL 15 | BRI 20 | RCH 40 | KAN 20 | DAR 11 | COA 20 | CLT 12 | TEX 16 | NSH 26 | POC 18 | KNX 13 | GLN 17 | GTW 13 | DAR 33 | BRI 16 | LVS 9 | TAL 5 | MAR 33 | PHO 19 | 16th | 404 | |||
| 2022 | Dean Thompson | DAY 36 | LVS 11 | ATL 34 | COA 29 | MAR 36 | BRI 16 | DAR 15 | KAN 22 | TEX 29 | CLT 28 | GTW 14 | SON 24 | KNX 23 | NSH 14 | MOH 27 | POC 24 | IRP 29 | RCH 35 | KAN 23 | BRI 32 | TAL 34 | HOM 23 | PHO 21 | 23rd | 279 | ||
Truck No. 41 history
Ross Chastain would drive this 5th Niece Motorsports truck at Atlanta, Darlington, Texas, Charlotte, and Sonoma. Later on, Tyler Carpenter would drive this truck at Knoxville after winning the Gateway Nationals.
Truck No. 41 results
| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | NCWTC | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Ross Chastain | 41 | Chevy | DAY | LVS | ATL 23 | COA | MAR | BRI | DAR 26 | KAN | TEX 12 | CLT 1 | GTW | SON 4 | |||||||||||||
| Tyler Carpenter | KNO 36 | NSH | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Justin Marks | MOH 31 | POC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chad Chastain | IRP 30 | RCH | KAN | BRI | TAL | HOM | PHO | |||||||||||||||||||||
Truck No. 42 history
In 2020, Ross Chastain announced that he would drive the No. 42 part-time. Mark Smith, Conor Daly, James Buescher, and Carson Hocevar also drove this truck.
In 2021, Carson Hocevar announced that he would drive the No. 42 full-time.[5] He returned to the 42 truck in 2022. On June 4, Hocevar was injured during the final lap of the Gateway race when his truck was broadsided by Tyler Hill.[6] He underwent surgery on his tibia prior to the Sonoma race.[7] Hocevar took the pole position before wrecking on turn 10.[8] On lap 11, he was relieved by Daniel Suárez, who took the No. 42 to a sixth place finish.[9]
Truck No. 42 results
| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | NCWTC | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Ross Chastain | 42 | Chevy | DAY | LVS | CLT 11 | ATL 6 | HOM | POC | KEN | TEX 10 | KAN | KAN | MCH | DOV | GTW | DAR | RCH | BRI 8 | TAL | KAN | |||||||
| Mark Smith | DAY 36 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conor Daly | LVS 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| James Buescher | TEX 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Carson Hocevar | MAR 13 | PHO 32 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | DAY 5 | DAY 14 | LVS 24 | ATL 12 | BRI 21 | RCH 12 | KAN 23 | DAR 3 | COA 7 | CLT 2 | TEX 11 | NSH 16 | POC 13 | KNX 16 | GLN 10 | GTW 8 | DAR 11 | BRI 6 | LVS 22 | TAL 25 | MAR 12 | PHO 9 | 10th | 2204 | ||||
| 2022 | DAY 9 | LVS 13 | ATL 27 | COA 8 | MAR 17 | BRI 2 | DAR 2 | KAN 15 | TEX 4 | CLT 16* | GTW 24 | SON 6 | KNX 35* | NSH 3 | MOH 3 | POC 5 | IRP 21 | RCH 10 | KAN 2 | BRI 19 | TAL 28 | HOM 12 | PHO 10 | 10th | 2186 | |||
Truck No. 44 history
On January 31, 2019, Timothy Peters announced that he would join Niece for the first three events of the 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series schedule.[10] After two top-tens in his first two events, Peters said that there is the possibility to run more races with the team.[11] Reid Wilson drove the No. 44 truck in 2 races (Martinsville 1 and Dover) with a best finish of 13th at Dover.[12] Angela Ruch is scheduled to drive the No. 44 truck in 12 races in 2019. Jeb Burton drove the truck in the July race at Kentucky.[13] Ty Majeski drove the truck at ISM.[14]
Natalie Decker signed with the team for the 2020 season. On February 14, 2020, she finished fifth at Daytona, becoming the highest-finishing female driver in Truck Series history.[15] She missed the Pocono race after being hospitalized for bile duct complications related to her gall bladder surgery in December 2019.[16] On September 25, Decker was not medically cleared to race at Las Vegas; because her truck had cleared inspection and was placed on the starting grid, she was credited with a last-place finish in the race.[17]
In 2021, James Buescher raced at season opening at Daytona.[18] Jett Noland drove at Daytona Road Course and Richmond. Conor Daly drove at Vegas.[19] Logan Bearden failed to qualify at the Toyota Tundra 225 and Morgan Alexander crashed at the Corn Belt 150. Dean Thompson will race at the season finale before moving full-time to the team next year.
In 2022, Kris Wright would drive the No. 44 truck full-time.[20] Wright was dropped from the team before the Richmond race, with Chad Chastain filling in for him.
Truck No. 44 results
| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | NCWTC | Pts |
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Truck No. 45 history
Niece Motorsports made their debut in 2016 with Casey Smith driving for two races.
The team returned in 2017, at first planning on running only part-time but were able to run the full schedule with various drivers, with T. J. Bell driving most of the races.
In 2018, it was announced that Justin Fontaine would drive the No. 45 truck full-time.[21] Fontaine started the season with a top 10 finish at Daytona and Las Vegas.
On January 18, 2019, it was announced that Ross Chastain and Reid Wilson would split driving duties for the upcoming season.[12] Chastain started off the year with two of the best results in team history, a third at Daytona and a sixth at Atlanta.[11] In April, Kyle Benjamin joined the team for a seven-race schedule starting at Texas in June.[22] On May 10, 2019 Ross Chastain delivered his first truck win and the team's first win at Kansas after Stewart Friesen's underfueled truck ran out of gas with three laps remaining.[23] In June, he announced his intention to switch to Truck Series points to compete for a championship in the series.[24] Chastain finished the season with 3 wins, 10 Top-5, 19 Top-10, 1 pole and finishing 2nd in the standings.[25]
On December 10, 2019, it was announced that Ty Majeski would drive this truck full-time for the 2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series season, replacing Chastain.[26] After 15 races Majeski was replaced by Trevor Bayne for undisclosed reasons.[27]
In 2021, it was announced that Brett Moffitt would drive the No. 45 truck full time.[28] After 6 races Moffitt switched to Xfinity points.[29] Bayley Currey came in as replacement [30] and Erik Darnell return to truck competition for one race at Darlington. [31] Chastain drove at Texas Motor Speedway.
In 2022, Lawless Alan would drive this truck full-time.[32]
Truck No. 45 results
| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | NCWTC | Pts |
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ARCA Menards Series
Car No. 40 history
In 2021, the fields the No. 40 Chevrolet SS for Dean Thompson at Kansas Speedway.[33]
In 2022, the team will field the No. 40 Chevrolet SS for Matt Gould, son of crew chief Phil Gould, at Milwaukee Mile.
Car No. 40 results
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
| ARCA Menards Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | AMSC | Pts | |
| 2021 | Dean Thompson | 40 | Chevy | DAY | PHO | TAL | KAN | TOL | CLT | MOH | POC | ELK | BLN | IOW | WIN | GLN | MCH | ISF | MLW | DSF | BRI | SLM | KAN 8 | |||
| 2022 | Matt Gould | DAY | PHO | TAL | KAN | CLT | IOW | BLN | ELK | MOH | POC | IRP | MCH | GLN | ISF | MLW 10 | DSF | KAN | BRI | SLM | TOL | |||||
Car No. 50 history
In 2021, the team attempted to make their ARCA Menards Series debut with Jett Noland at Pocono Raceway. The team would later make starts with Morgan Alexander and Carson Hocevar.
References
- ^ "Austin Wayne Self to join Niece Motorsports in 2018". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
- ^ "Austin Wayne Self – 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
- ^ Estrada, Chris (November 24, 2020). "Ryan Truex lands full-time Truck ride at Niece Motorsports". NBC Sports. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
- ^ "Dean Thompson Joins the Niece Motorsports Lineup for a Full Time Effort in 2022". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. November 2, 2021. Retrieved November 4, 2021.
- ^ Kristl, Mark (September 24, 2020). "Carson Hocevar Joining Niece Full Time for 2021". Frontstretch. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
- ^ "Carson Hocevar will attempt to start Saturday's Truck race at Sonoma". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. June 8, 2022. Retrieved June 10, 2022.
- ^ "Carson Hocevar Had Surgery on Right Tibia, Cleared to Practice at Sonoma". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. June 10, 2022. Retrieved June 11, 2022.
- ^ "Carson Hocevar secures Camping World Trucks pole at Sonoma, crashes". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. June 11, 2022. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
- ^ "Kyle Busch wins Truck Series race at Sonoma Raceway". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. June 11, 2022. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
- ^ DeGroot, Nick. "Timothy Peters joins Niece Motorsports for three Truck races". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
- ^ a b Massie, Michael. "Ross Chastain, Timothy Peters Continue Niece Motorsports' Strong Start". Fontstretch. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
- ^ a b Brooks, Amanda. "Ross Chastain and Reid Wilson to drive for Niece Motorsports in 2019". Jayski's Silly Season Site. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
- ^ Utter, Jim. "Angela Ruch joins Niece Motorsports for 12-race Truck schedule". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
- ^ Brooks, Amanda (November 4, 2019). "Majeski joins Niece at ISM Raceway". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
- ^ "Natalie Decker scores best finish by a female competitor in NASCAR Truck Series history". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. February 15, 2020. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
- ^ McFadin, Daniel (June 26, 2020). "Natalie Decker to miss Pocono Truck race due to hospitalization". NBC Sports. Retrieved September 26, 2020.
- ^ "Natalie Decker not medically cleared for Las Vegas Truck race". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. September 25, 2020. Retrieved September 26, 2020.
- ^ "James Buescher rejoins Niece Motorsports for Daytona Truck race". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. February 9, 2021.
- ^ Srigley, Joseph (February 16, 2021). "Jett Noland Joining Niece Motorsports for Six-Race Schedule, Beginning at Daytona RC". TobyChristie.com.
- ^ "Kris Wright to Drive No. 44 Niece Motorsports Entry in 2022". TobyChristie.com. 2021-12-07. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
- ^ "Justin Fontaine to run Trucks full-time with Niece Motorsports in 2018". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
- ^ Nolen, Bryan (April 29, 2019). "Kyle Benjamin, Niece Motorsports Team for 7 Races". Frontstretch. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
- ^ "Ross Chastain scores first career Gander Trucks win". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. May 10, 2019. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
- ^ "Chastain Switches Gears, To Chase Truck Title". Speed Sport. June 4, 2019. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
- ^ "Ross Chastain". Racing Reference.
- ^ Brooks, Amanda (December 10, 2019). "Ty Majeski joining Niece Motorsports full time in 2020". Jayski's Silly Season Site. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
- ^ Winningham, Brett. "NGROTS: Trevor Bayne to Pilot No. 45 Niece Motorsports Entry at Richmond". www.speedwaydigest.com. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
- ^ "Brett Moffitt to Compete Full Time for Niece Motorsports in 2021". Niece Motorsports. December 2, 2020. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
- ^ "Brett Moffitt Declares for Xfinity Points". Jayski's Silly Season Site. April 22, 2021. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
- ^ Srigley, Joseph (April 28, 2021). "Bayley Currey Piloting Niece Motorsports No. 45 in Wise Power 200 at Kansas". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
- ^ Carey, Michael (May 3, 2021). "Erik Darnell Returning To Truck Series With NIECE Motorsports For Darlington". TobyChristie.com.
- ^ Srigley, Joseph (November 4, 2021). "Lawless Alan Joins Niece Motorsports for Full NCWTS Slate in 2022". TobyChristie.com.
- ^ Srigley, Joseph (October 18, 2021). "Dean Thompson Joins Niece Motorsports for ARCA Event at Kansas, Truck Finale at Phoenix". TobyChristie.com.
External links
- Niece Motorsports owner statistics at Racing-Reference