2024 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series

The 2024 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series was the 30th season of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, a pickup truck racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in the United States. The season started on February 16 with the Fresh From Florida 250 at Daytona International Speedway and ended with the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Championship Race on November 8 at Phoenix Raceway.

Ben Rhodes of ThorSport Racing entered the season as the defending NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series champion. Christian Eckes claimed the regular season championship. In addition, Layne Riggs of Front Row Motorsports won NASCAR Rookie of the Year honors. Ty Majeski of ThorSport Racing won his first Truck Series championship at season's end.

Teams and drivers

Complete schedule

Limited schedule

Notes

Other confirmed changes

Teams

On August 23, 2023, GMS Racing announced that they would close down after the 2023 season. Team owner Maury Gallagher will focus his efforts on the Cup Series team that he co-owns with Jimmie Johnson, Legacy Motor Club, starting in 2024. GMS fielded three full-time trucks in 2023: the No. 23 driven by Grant Enfinger, the No. 24 driven by Rajah Caruth, and the No. 43 driven by Daniel Dye.
In July 2024, Young's Motorsports acquired the No. 46 from Faction46, which had only run the first 13 races of the season.
In October 2024, Bret Holmes Racing shut down its operations, with Late Model team owner Chris Hettinger purchasing the team's assets and renaming it Hettinger Racing.

Drivers

Matt DiBenedetto would not return to the Rackley W.A.R. No. 25 in 2024, after being with the team full-time in 2022 and 2023. After he was eliminated from the 2023 playoffs and had already announced his plans not to return to the team in 2024, Rackley W.A.R. removed DiBenedetto from the No. 25 early.
Hailie Deegan would move to the Xfinity Series full-time in 2024 driving for AM Racing.
Colby Howard would not return to the CR7 Motorsports No. 9 truck in 2024.

Crew chiefs

On November 4, 2023, Wally Rogers announced his retirement from crew chiefing in NASCAR after working for numerous teams in the Cup, Xfinity, and Truck Series for over 20 years. He worked for Niece Motorsports since partway through the 2020 season and crew chiefed their No. 45 truck driven by Lawless Alan in 2023. His replacement has yet to be announced.
On December 29, 2023, Rackley W.A.R. announced that crew chief Chad Kendrick would not return to the team in 2024, with Ty Dillon, who will drive for the team in 2024, indicating that Kendrick is looking to step up into the Xfinity Series.

Interim crew chiefs

On April 16, 2024, Chris Carrier, crew chief of the Henderson Motorsports No. 75 truck driven by Stefan Parsons, was suspended for the Heart of America 200 at Kansas Speedway and fined 5,000 when post-race inspection after the 2024 SpeedyCash.com 250 at Texas Motor Speedway revealed improperly installed lug nuts.

Schedule

The entire schedule was released on October 4, 2023, consisting of 22 ovals and 1 road course; no dirt tracks would appear on the schedule for the first time since 2020.

The Triple Truck Challenge races are listed in bold.

Results and standings

Race results

Drivers' championship

() Bold Ã¢ÂÂ Pole position awarded by time. Italics Ã¢ÂÂ Pole position set by competition-based formula. * Ã¢ÂÂ Most laps led. 1 Ã¢ÂÂ Stage 1 winner. 2 Ã¢ÂÂ Stage 2 winner. 1-10 Ã¢ÂÂ Regular season top 10 finishers. . Ã¢ÂÂ Eliminated after Round of 10 . Ã¢ÂÂ Eliminated after Round of 8

Owners' championship (Top 15)