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.
The 2016 Xfinity Series champion from Monterrey, Mexico, led nine of 260 laps and edged Blaney by 0.003 seconds and Kyle Busch by 0.007 seconds to snap a one-year winless drought and return to Victory Lane at Atlanta.
The 2021 Truck Series champion from Louisville, Kentucky, withstood four overtime shootouts and avoided a series of late carnages to claim his second series' title with a top-five finish in the desert state, one spot ahead of title rival Grant Enfinger.
Eleven days after announcing his move to the NASCAR Cup Series for the 2024 season, Carson Hocevar will receive an opportunity to contend for this year's NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series championship.
The 2018 Craftsman Truck Series champion from Grimes, Iowa, led 22 of 99 over-scheduled laps and regained the lead on the final lap amid an overtime shootout to notch his first Truck victory in three seasons and first driving for Front Row Motorsports.
The reigning NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series champion from Huntington Beach, California, will pilot a Cup Series entry for Spire Motorsports in alliance with Trackhouse, beginning in 2024.
The 21-year-old Heim from Marietta, Georgia, overtook Christian Eckes with six laps remaining to become the first Playoff competitor to transfer to this year's Championship 4 round by winning at Thunder Valley.
The 22-year-old Eckes from Greenville, New York, led the final two of 134-scheduled laps and capitalized through two late-race cautions to score his third Truck Series victory of the 2023 season in the Round of 10 finale amid a final lap overtake on Playoff rivals Corey Heim and Zane Smith.
The 37-year-old Enfinger from Fairhope, Alabama, led a race-high 95 of 175-scheduled laps and notched an emphatic and dominant Truck victory at Milwaukee four days after the announcement of GMS Racing's closure at season's end.
