Niece Motorsports is an American professional

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team that currently competes in the

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. Owned by Al Niece, it currently fields No. 40

Chevrolet Silverado The Chevrolet Silverado is a range of trucks manufactured by General Motors under the Chevrolet brand. Introduced for the 1999 model year, the Silverado is the successor to the long running Chevrolet C/K model line. Taking its name from th ...

full-time for

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, No. 42

full-time for

Carson Hocevar Carson S. Hocevar (born January 28, 2003) is an American professional dirt track and stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 42 Chevrolet Silverado for Niece Motorsports. He has also ...

, No. 44

full-time for

Kris Wright Kristofer Cole Wright (born July 17, 1994) is an American professional racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 68 Chevrolet Camaro for Brandonbilt Motorsports. He has also competed in sports car, ope ...

and

Chad Chastain Chad James Chastain (born October 31, 1998) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 41 Chevrolet Silverado for Niece Motorsports and part-time in the NASCAR ...

, No. 45

full-time for Lawless Alan, and the No. 41 part-time for

Ross Chastain Ross Lee Chastain (born December 4, 1992) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series driving the No. 1 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Trackhouse Racing Team. He is the older brother of NASCAR Ca ...

Tyler Carpenter Tyler Eugene Carpenter (born January 3, 1991) is an American professional stock car racing and dirt track racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 41 Chevrolet Silverado for Niece Motorsports and f ...

and Justin Marks. Niece Motorsports formerly had a technical alliance with

GMS Racing Petty GMS Motorsports, also known as GMS Racing in the Craftsman Truck Series, is an American professional stock car racing team formed by Richard Petty and Maurice J. Gallagher Jr. and operated by GMS Racing. In the NASCAR Cup Series they field t ...

Xfinity Series

Car No. 17 history

In 2018, the team attempted to make their

NASCAR Xfinity Series The NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) is a stock car racing series organized by NASCAR. It is promoted as NASCAR's second-tier circuit to the organization's top level Cup Series. NXS events are frequently held as a support race on the day prior to a ...

debut with

Victor Gonzalez Jr. Victor Gonzalez Jr. (born July 18, 1975) is a Puerto Rican professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 17 Chevrolet Camaro for Niece Motorsports. Twice a competitor in the 24 Hou ...

driving at Watkins Glen.

Camping World Truck Series

Truck No. 22 history

On October 30, 2017, it was announced that

Austin Wayne Self Austin Wayne Self (born March 5, 1996) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 22 Chevrolet Silverado for his family team, AM Racing and part-time in t ...

moved to Niece Motorsports to drive the No. 22 truck full-time in 2018.

Truck No. 22 results

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

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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.

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 Landon D. Huffman (born January 30, 1996) is an American stock car racing driver. Huffman has raced in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and CARS Tour. He is the son of Robert Huffman. Racing career Gander Outdoors Truck Series Huffman dr ...

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

Garrett Smithley Garrett K. Smithley (born April 27, 1992) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 78 Chevrolet Camaro for B. J. McLeod Motorsports. He has also competed in the ARCA ...

Ryan Truex Ryan M. Truex (born March 18, 1992) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 19 Toyota Supra for Joe Gibbs Racing. Truex's older brother Martin was the 2017 ...

, T. J. Bell,

Travis Pastrana Travis Alan Pastrana (born October 8, 1983) is an American professional motorsports competitor and stunt performer who has won championships and X Games gold medals in several disciplines, including supercross, motocross, freestyle motocross, an ...

Trevor Bayne Trevor Mitchell Bayne (born February 19, 1991) is an American professional stock car racing driver, dirt racing driver, team owner, and businessman. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 18 Toyota Supra for Joe ...

, and Bayley Currey. In 2021, Truex returned to the No. 40 for full-time schedule. In 2022,

would drive this truck full-time.

Truck No. 40 results

Truck No. 41 history

would drive this 5th Niece Motorsports truck at Atlanta, Darlington, Texas, Charlotte, and Sonoma. Later on,

would drive this truck at Knoxville after winning the Gateway Nationals.

Truck No. 41 results

Truck No. 42 history

In 2020,

announced that he would drive the No. 42 part-time. Mark Smith,

Conor Daly Conor J. Daly (born December 15, 1991) is an American professional racing driver who competes in the NTT IndyCar Series, driving the No. 20 Chevrolet for Ed Carpenter Racing, and part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 50 Chevrolet C ...

James Buescher James H. Buescher (born March 26, 1990) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He is the 2012 Truck Series champion. After parting ways with NTS Motorsports in 2015, Buescher became a real estate agent. He owns and operates his ow ...

, and

also drove this truck. In 2021,

announced that he would drive the No. 42 full-time. 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. He underwent surgery on his

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prior to the Sonoma race. Hocevar took the pole position before wrecking on turn 10. On lap 11, he was relieved by

Daniel Suárez Daniel Alejandro Suárez Garza (born January 7, 1992) is a Mexican professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 99 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Trackhouse Racing Team. He previously drove in t ...

, who took the No. 42 to a sixth place finish.

Truck No. 42 results

Truck No. 44 history

On January 31, 2019,

Timothy Peters Timothy J. Peters (born August 29, 1980) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 25 Chevrolet Silverado for Rackley WAR. He was a member of the Bob ...

announced that he would join Niece for the first three events of the

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schedule. After two top-tens in his first two events, Peters said that there is the possibility to run more races with the team. Reid Wilson drove the No. 44 truck in 2 races (Martinsville 1 and Dover) with a best finish of 13th at Dover.

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is scheduled to drive the No. 44 truck in 12 races in 2019.

Jeb Burton John Edward "Jeb" Burton IV (born August 6, 1992) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 27 Chevrolet Camaro for Our Motorsports. He is the son of Ward Burton, ...

drove the truck in the July race at Kentucky.

Ty Majeski Tyler B. Majeski (born August 18, 1994) is an American professional stock car racing driver who mainly competes in late model racing. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 66 Ford F-150 for ThorSport Rac ...

drove the truck at ISM.

Natalie Decker Natalie Marie Decker (born June 25, 1997) is an American professional stock car racing driver. She last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 33 Toyota Supra for Reaume Brothers Racing, the No. 28 Ford Mustang for RSS Ra ...

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. She missed the Pocono race after being hospitalized for bile duct complications related to her gall bladder surgery in December 2019. On September 25, Decker was not medically cleared to race at

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; because her truck had cleared inspection and was placed on the starting grid, she was credited with a last-place finish in the race. In 2021,

raced at season opening at Daytona.

Jett Noland Jett Noland (born November 12, 2003) is an American professional racing driver who last competed part-time for Niece Motorsports in both the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the Nos. 44 and 45 Chevrolet Silverados, and the ARCA Menards ...

drove at Daytona Road Course and Richmond.

drove at Vegas.

Logan Bearden Logan Geariety Bearden (born November 3, 1995) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 22 Ford F-150 for AM Racing. Racing career After growing up helping h ...

failed to qualify at the Toyota Tundra 225 and Morgan Alexander crashed at the

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will race at the season finale before moving full-time to the team next year. In 2022,

would drive the No. 44 truck full-time. Wright was dropped from the team before the Richmond race, with

filling in for him.

Truck No. 44 results

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. Fontaine started the season with a top 10 finish at Daytona and Las Vegas. On January 18, 2019, it was announced that

and Reid Wilson would split driving duties for the upcoming season. Chastain started off the year with two of the best results in team history, a third at

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and a sixth at

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. In April,

Kyle Benjamin Kyle S. Benjamin (born November 3, 1997) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He most recently competed part-time in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, driving the No. 15 for LFR Chassis, and part-time in the NASCAR Gander Outdoors ...

joined the team for a seven-race schedule starting at Texas in June. 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. In June, he announced his intention to switch to Truck Series points to compete for a championship in the series. Chastain finished the season with 3 wins, 10 Top-5, 19 Top-10, 1 pole and finishing 2nd in the standings. On December 10, 2019, it was announced that

would drive this truck full-time for the

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season, replacing Chastain. After 15 races Majeski was replaced by

for undisclosed reasons. In 2021, it was announced that

Brett Moffitt Brett B. Moffitt (born August 7, 1992) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 25 Ford Mustang for AM Racing. He won Rookie of the Year Honors in 2015 in the NASCAR ...

would drive the No. 45 truck full time. After 6 races Moffitt switched to Xfinity points. Bayley Currey came in as replacement and

Erik Darnell Erik Darnell (born December 2, 1982) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He is the grandson of former USAC and NASCAR driver Bay Darnell, who also started three NASCAR races (including one for Holman Moody). Darnell formerly dro ...

return to truck competition for one race at Darlington. Chastain drove at

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. In 2022, Lawless Alan would drive this truck full-time.

Truck No. 45 results

ARCA Menards Series

Car No. 40 history

In 2021, the fields the No. 40

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for

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. In 2022, the team will field the No. 40

for Matt Gould, son of crew chief Phil Gould, at

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Car No. 40 results

(

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) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Car No. 50 history

In 2021, the team attempted to make their

ARCA Menards Series The ARCA Menards Series is an American stock car series, the premier division of the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA). It is considered a minor, semi-professional league of stock car racing, used as a feeder series into the three national ...

debut with

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. The team would later make starts with Morgan Alexander and

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