Niece Motorsports has made a change for the rest of the 2022 season. The Tenting World Truck Collection workforce and driver Kris Wright have parted methods after 17 races.
Questions on Wright’s standing with the workforce surfaced on August 8 with the discharge of the entry record for the Truck Collection race at Richmond Raceway. The No. 44 had Chad Chastain as an alternative of Wright, who had managed it for the primary 17 races of the 2022 season. FOX Sports activities’ Bob Pockrass reached out to Niece Motorsports and acquired affirmation that the workforce and Wright had parted methods.
In response to Pockrass, Chastain might be within the No. 44 for the journey to Richmond. Nevertheless, there are nonetheless questions on which driver — or drivers — will take over for the remaining races on the 2022 Tenting World Truck Collection schedule.
Chastain has made two begins for Niece Motorsports over the previous two seasons. He drove the No. 45 Chevrolet at Watkins Glen Worldwide in 2021 after which he drove the No. 41 Chevrolet at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park in 2022.
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Wright Joined Niece Motorsports Forward of the 2022 season
Wright, who was in his first full-time Truck Collection season, began the primary 17 races and completed all however 4 of them. He posted a mean end of 25.5 whereas handing over a season-best end of fifteenth at Circuit of the Americas.
Previous to becoming a member of Niece Motorsports, the Pennsylvania native spent the 2021 season in two totally different collection. He made 16 begins for Younger’s Motorsports whereas driving the No. 02 Chevrolet Silverado, and he secured a career-best end of twelfth at Daytona Worldwide Speedway.
Alongside along with his time within the Truck Collection, Wright additionally made his debut within the Xfinity Collection. He joined Sam Hunt Racing for seven street course races and managed the No. 26 Toyota Supra. Wright secured two top-20 finishes throughout his inaugural run within the Xfinity Collection. He completed 18th on the Daytona Highway Course and seventeenth at Watkins Glen Worldwide.
Mechanical points disrupted two of his begins whereas crashes ended two others. The race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s street course, specifically, noticed Wright catching air within the No. 26 after hitting a bit of the curb.
Niece Motorsports Modified Its Method for 2022
Niece Motorsports has labored with a wide range of drivers since first taking over the Tenting World Truck Collection in 2016. Such names as TJ Bell, Travis Pastrana, Jeb Burton, Austin Wayne Self, and Trevor Bayne have all made begins together with a number of others.
The 2021 season, specifically, had two full-time drivers in Carson Hocevar and Ryan Truex. They ran the total schedule whereas a number of different drivers rotated begins all through the season.
Niece Motorsports made a significant change for the 2022 marketing campaign. Hocevar returned to the No. 42 after making the playoffs as a rookie, however the workforce introduced in three different full-time drivers. Lawless Alan took over the No. 45 Chevrolet whereas Dean Thompson took over the No. 40 Chevrolet. Wright was the final driver to hitch the group.
Together with the quartet of full-time drivers, Niece Motorsports has additionally used a fifth entry for some part-time runs. Chad Chastain, Tyler Carpenter, and Trackhouse Racing proprietor Justin Marks all drove the No. 41 Chevrolet for one race every whereas Ross Chastain managed it for 5 races.
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