NASCAR has reinstated Ryan Hess, a former crew member in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, and Curtis Martin Jr., a former crew member in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, upon their successful completion of NASCAR’s Substance Abuse Policy Road to Recovery Program.
After taking on a superspeedway and a short track to begin the season, Roush Fenway Racing (RFR) heads to the mile-and-a-half speedway of Las Vegas Motor Speedway (LVMS); one of the organization’s most storied tracks.
This weekend, Dakoda Armstrong will make his second start at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. He has one previous start at the mile-and-a-half track in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, where he earned a 16th-place finish.
Not only will Marcos Ambrose debut the colors of DEWALT for the first time this season, but the team will also bring a new downforce chassis to the track with the purpose of increasing performance at tracks similiar to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
JTG Daugherty Racing has some of the greatest household brand names in their stable sponsoring AJ Allmendinger’s No. 47 Chevrolet SS. Today they welcome associate sponsor Southeastern Mills' branded products in efforts to promote Shore Lunch® Premium Soup Mixes and Southeastern Mills® Gravy Mixes at select NASCAR Sprint Cup Series events this season.
Aric Almirola hopes to best his 16th-place finish last year at Las Vegas (Nev.) Motor Speedway, his career-best at the mile-and-a-half track, this weekend in the No. 43 Farmland Ford. With nine NASCAR National Series starts under his belt, Almirola proved successful at the Las Vegas track, posting three top-10 finishes in the Truck Series and a top-15 finish in the Nationwide Series.
The 26-year-old Ferguson from Lincolnton, North Carolina, will make his second career Truck start with Kaulig Racing more than a month after making his Truck debut at Bristol.
Spire Motorsports has earned one win and three top five finishes. Rajah Caruth took the checkered flag in last year's Rackley Roofing 200 after leading 61 laps.
In 12 previous NASCAR Cup Series starts at Nashville (Tenn.) Superspeedway, Spire Motorsports has two top-five finishes with a best result of second earned twice by Zane Smith (2024) and Carson Hocevar (2025).
