The 21-year-old Caruth from Washington D.C. led 38 of 134-scheduled laps, including the final 21, to become the second first-time winner of the 2024 Truck season and the third African-American competitor to win across NASCAR's top three national touring series.
NASCAR travels to Las Vegas Motor Speedway this weekend with a full schedule as all series compete on the 1.5-mile track. Hendrick Motorsports driver, Kyle Larson, is the defending Cup Series race winner.
The Cup debut of Kraus, Almirola's return and three Cup competitors entered for Friday's Truck Series action highlights NASCAR's upcoming triple-header weekend feature at Sin City.
Daniel Dye will lead the field to green in the Craftsman Truck Series Fr8 208 race at Atlanta Motor Speedway after winning his first career pole Friday afternoon. He topped the charts with a lap time of 31.817 seconds at 174.246 mph in the No. 43 McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet Silverado.
The 22-year-old Sanchez from Miami, Florida, led a race-high 26 of 101 over-scheduled laps and dodged a final-lap multi-truck wreck amid an overtime shootout to become the seventh different competitor to achieve a first Truck Series career win at Daytona.
The 22-year-old Howard from Simpsonville, South Carolina, becomes the third competitor announced to pilot TRICON's No. 1 "all-star" entry throughout the 2024 Truck Series campaign.
The 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season officially begins Sunday, Feb. 18 with the Daytona 500. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has been named as the Grand Marshal for the event which will be broadcast at 2:30 p.m. ET on FOX with radio coverage provided by MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
The 2024 NASCAR season openers at Daytona generates an expansive list of notables, new and familiar, who will contend for a first victory in their respective series and at Daytona.
