In the first race of the 2026 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Chase, a non-Chase driver fired the first shot.
With both of its current drivers in the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series moving up to the Cup level next season, Richard Childress Racing needed to fill both rides for 2027. It did just that on Wednesday.
Front Row Motorsports wanted to keep NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver Chandler Smith in their stable for 2027.
A major NASCAR free agency domino fell early Tuesday morning.
Layne Riggs won his third straight NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series pole Friday at Indianapolis Park and will have his Front Row Motorsports teammate, Chandler Smith, beside him when the green flag waves on Friday night.
The July 18 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at North Wilkesboro was dominated by Front Row Motorsports driver Chandler Smith, who led 105 laps and won by over eight seconds.
North Wilkesboro Speedway delivered a weekend packed with old-school NASCAR racing, with both the Craftsman Truck Series and Cup Series putting on entertaining shows at the historic short track.
Smith isn't sure if he's being overlooked as a championship contender in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, but it's clear the 24-year-old driver from Talking Rock, Ga., is capable of winning on any given week.
Smith decimated the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series field on Saturday, winning the the FaithFest 250 at North Wilkesboro Speedway after leading 105 of 250 laps.
A full-time driver competing for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series championship hasn't won since Feb. 28, but the battle at the top of the series standings has been the best in NASCAR. Chandler Smith, who won the season-opener at Daytona, and his Front Row Motorsports teammate in Layne Riggs are the only two series regulars to win this season.
With the regular season a third of the way complete and full season encroaching on being a quarter of the way through, here are three major takeaways from the first six events of 2026.
Front Row Motorsports will not appeal the Chandler Smith disqualification from this past Friday’s NASCAR Truck Series race at Rockingham Speedway, per Bob Pockrass of FOX Sports.
At Daytona, races are truly never, ever over until the checkered flag flies. Chandler Smith was on the right end of that statement on Friday.
In a wild overtime finish to kick off the 2026 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season, there was a four-wide finish at Daytona.
The roar of engines at Daytona International Speedway is about to get a little louder, and the stakes just got a whole lot higher. Chandler Smith, a young talent hungry for his shot at glory, is reportedly gearing up to attempt the Great American Race.
For the third time in four years, Smith will attempt to qualify for the Daytona 500.
Tonight’s P30 finish was not what Chandler Smith wanted coming into the race at Bristol. A sensor flipped his race upside down. Smith had, perhaps, the best truck in the field.
Racing is a sport of soaring highs and crushing lows, and for Chandler Smith, the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series playoff opener at Darlington Raceway was a gut punch.
The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series playoffs started with all the promise and excitement that comes with postseason racing, but for Chandler Smith, the dream turned into a nightmare faster than you could blink.
Before 2025, Chandler Smith last raced full-time in the Truck Series back in 2022. He spent two years in the Xfinity Series and has now returned to race trucks with Front Row Motorsports.
Here's who made the 2025 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series playoffs.
Chandler Smith picked up his second win of the 2025 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season in a wild overtime finish at North Wilkesboro Speedway on Saturday.
Like a gladiator taking down his highly favored opponent in the Roman Colosseum, Chandler Smith held off Kyle Larson and Corey Heim to win Friday's NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series at Bristol Motor Speedway — a track known as "The Last Great Colosseum."
Following Saturday's Fr8 208 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, the first two races of the 2025 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season are in the books. Here are the drivers trending up and down after the first two events of the year.
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