Robert Raymond "Trey" Hutchens III (born May 20, 1998) is an American professional

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driver. He competes part-time in the

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, driving the No. 14

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for his family team,

Trey Hutchens Racing Robert Raymond "Trey" Hutchens III (born May 20, 1998) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 14 Chevrolet Silverado for his family team, Trey Hutchens Rac ...

. He has also competed in what is now the

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part-time since 2013, with most of his starts coming with his own team as well. Hutchens also drove in the former

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for two years.

Racing career

Craftsman Truck Series

Hutchens debuted in the Truck Series in

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, where he drove the No. 66 for

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and finished 16th in that race. He returned to the Truck Series in 2019 at

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driving the No. 14 for his own team, but failed to qualify. He did qualify for the Texas race in June and finished 24th. After failing to qualify for multiple races due to the large number of entries that year, Hutchens moved to the full-time No. 8 truck for

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to run at

, the same thing that

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had done with his upstart team. Hutchens returned to his own No. 14 truck for the 2020 season, planning to make his first attempt of the season at Charlotte as he did the previous year. However, with no qualifying for the weekend and his team not having enough owner points, they were excluded from the race and failed to qualify again. He came back the next weekend at

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, but failed to qualify again. Hutchens qualified at

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and

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, posting a best finish of 29th at Michigan. He came back in 2021, but failed to qualify in the

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, and the

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. He did eventually qualify for his first North Carolina Education Lottery 200 after

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and

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withdrew. He locked up in a bad crash with

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that obliterated Sauter's right side and Hutchens' driver side. Both drivers were okay.

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though, survived the crash after spinning out from Sauter. According to the entry list, Hutchens would make his first start of the 2022 season at

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. He made his first start in 2023 at Texas Motor Speedway, but was taken out in a huge scary crash involving multiple trucks. He says he is not sure whether they will be able to run more races or not because they have a limited number of trucks and only one engine so if it got damaged then he probably would not make it back to the track this year.

Personal life

Hutchens attended

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where he majored in engineering and minored in computer programming. He also is a graduate of

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, where he was the senior class president. He is the son of Bobby Hutchens Jr, a longtime NASCAR race team executive who worked in a variety of positions for

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and was also the competition director for

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and later

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, and is currently the crew chief for his son's No. 14 truck. Hutchens' mother, Sharon, died of breast cancer when he was age eleven and in middle school.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(

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

Craftsman Truck Series

K&N Pro Series East

Whelen Southern Modified Tour

Season still in progress
Ineligible for series points

References

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