In just his 13th career ARCA Menards National Series start, Truck Series regular Gio Ruggiero earned his first career win in the series at Daytona International Speedway on a late race restart.
The 23-year-old Smith from Talking Rock, Georgia, led eight of 102 over-scheduled laps and went from third to sixth and first on the final lap to win the first Truck event of 2026 at the World Center of Racing.
Beginning in 2025, Jake Hampton returns atop the pit box for the No. 1 "all-star" entry, Derek Smith and Scott Zipadelli will remain as crew chiefs for the Nos. 5 and 11 entries, and Jeff Hensley and Jerame Donley swap teams to lead Nos. 15 and 17 entries, respectively.
