Ryan Truex

Ryan Truex (born March 18, 1992) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, driving the No. 40 Chevrolet Silverado for Niece Motorsports. Truex's older brother Martin is the 2017 NASCAR Cup Series champion.

Ryan Truex
Truex at Bristol Motor Speedway in 2018
Born	(1992-03-18) March 18, 1992 Mayetta, New Jersey
Achievements	2009 Camping World East Series champion 2010 K&N Pro Series East champion
NASCAR Cup Series career
26 races run over 2 years
2019 position	65th
Best finish	39th (2014)
First race	2013 Irwin Tools Night Race (Bristol)
Last race	2014 MyAFibStory.com 400 (Chicagoland)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
78 races run over 6 years
2019 position	33rd
Best finish	12th (2018)
First race	2010 Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250 (Gateway)
Last race	2019 Kansas Lottery 300 (Kansas)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 24 1
NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series career
46 races run over 6 years
Truck no., team	No. 40 (Niece Motorsports)
2017 position	9th
Best finish	9th (2017)
First race	2012 Kroger 200 (Martinsville)
Last race	2020 Henry Ford Health System 200 (Michigan)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 19 2
Statistics current as of August 7, 2020.

Racing career

Early career

Truex's CW East championship car

Truex in 2012 at Texas Motor Speedway

A native of Mayetta, New Jersey, Truex won the 2009 NASCAR Camping World East Series Championship as a 17-year-old high school student at Southern Regional High School.[1]

In the 11-race season, he finished the season with eight Top 5s.[1] He had three wins at Watkins Glen, Thompson,[2] and Lime Rock Park.[3]

In 2010, he won his second consecutive Camping World East Series title in a Michael Waltrip-owned Toyota.[4]

Touring series

Truex competed in six NASCAR Nationwide Series events, beginning at Gateway International Raceway on July 17, 2010.[5] Truex was intended to run for Rookie of the Year in 2011 with MWR. However, motocross stunt performer Travis Pastrana ran the No. 99 for 7 races. Truex's plan was to skip ROTY and run 10 consecutive races in the Nationwide Series, then 20 races in 2012, though surgery forced him out of the 99 at Texas and was replaced by David Reutimann and team owner Waltrip, who drove at the restrictor plate tracks. Waltrip and Ryan's brother Martin also split time in the ride.

Due to a lack of sponsorship in the 99 team, Truex was released from Pastrana Waltrip Racing after the STP 300. Truex returned to the Nationwide Series with Joe Gibbs Racing, running several races late in the 2011 season. In 2012, he drove for Tommy Baldwin Racing in the season-opening DRIVE4COPD 300 at Daytona International Speedway,[4] finishing 31st. He ran a limited schedule for JGR,[6] while he also drove for RAB Racing at Texas Motor Speedway in April.[7]

On June 2, 2012, Truex got a career best finish of second at Dover International Speedway driving for JGR. Racing shortly after an emergency appendectomy,[8] he started the race first after winning his first career Nationwide Series pole,[9] and led late before being caught in lapped traffic by Joey Logano.[10]

National series

In February 2013, Truex announced that he would compete in the Camping World Truck Series for Turner Scott Motorsports at Daytona International Speedway;[11] he hoped to compete in further races during the year, and registered to compete for the series' Rookie of the Year title. In addition, he signed with Phoenix Racing to compete in the Sprint Cup Series, competing in at least one race at Richmond International Raceway, as well as at Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the team in the Nationwide Series;[11] his debut in the Sprint Cup Series and his Nationwide Series race were later delayed due to Truex suffering a broken collarbone.[12]

On June 2, 2013, it was announced that Truex had signed with Richard Petty Motorsports as a development driver;[13] in mid-July it was announced that he would make his Sprint Cup debut with Phoenix Racing in the Irwin Tools Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway driving James Finch's No. 51.[14] After Harry Scott Jr.'s takeover of the No. 51 team two weeks later, Truex drove for Scott in his first race as team owner at Richmond International Raceway. He drove for Scott again at his home track of Dover International Speedway, finishing 32nd.[15]

In January 2014, Truex drove for BK Racing during testing prior to the 2014 Daytona 500 in the No. 93.[16] He was later assigned to the team's No. 83 for the full season.[17] Truex also drove the No. 32 Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet for Turner Scott Motorsports in the season-opening Camping World Truck Series race at Daytona International Speedway.[18] In August he suffered a sprained wrist and concussion in a practice crash at Michigan International Speedway; he was forced to sit out that weekend's race, being replaced by J. J. Yeley.[19]

In September, Truex was replaced in the No. 83 car by Travis Kvapil in races at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and Dover International Speedway; discussions about his position with the team for the remainder of the season were said to be "ongoing".[20] During the race weekend at Dover, Truex confirmed that he was no longer with BK Racing.[21] After receiving no rides in 2015, Truex was picked up by Biagi-DenBeste Racing to drive three races starting at Richmond in the Xfinity Series.

Truex's 2018 car at Road America

After not finding a ride in 2015, in 2016, Truex returned to the Truck Series for the season opener at Daytona, driving the No. 81 for Hattori Racing Enterprises.[22] Truex ran in the top ten for a portion of the race, and was in the lead on the last lap when he lost support from Parker Kligerman.[23] After finishing 2nd, he announced he was running Atlanta, Martinsville, Kansas and hoped to run the whole season. Unfortunately not, sponsorship had been an issue for the team and he was replaced by Jesse Little for Texas. Truex returned to HRE in 2017, running the full Truck schedule in the No. 16.[24][25] After finishing ninth in points with 13 top-ten finishes (including eight in the top five) and two poles, he was released by HRE on January 4, 2018.[26] However, his jobless status would not last long, as he signed with Kaulig Racing to drive their flagship No. 11 car in the NASCAR Xfinity Series for 2018 with sponsorship from partner Bar Harbor Foods. With 1 top 5 and 11 top 10 finishes, Truex finished 12th in points after being eliminated after the Round Of 12.

Truex lost his ride with Kaulig when Justin Haley was announced as his successor in the No. 11 for 2019. On January 16, Truex announced he would enter the Daytona 500 with Tommy Baldwin Racing, driving the No. 71.[27] On January 25, 2019, it was announced that Truex would drive the No. 8 car for JR Motorsports part-time.[28] In his first race with the team at Phoenix he scored his first top-five since Mid-Ohio by tying his best-career finish of 2nd.

In 2020, Truex returned to the Truck Series as he signed a six-race deal with Niece Motorsports starting with the Texas race in March.[29]

Personal life

He is the younger brother of 2017 Cup Series champion and two-time Busch Series champion Martin Truex Jr.,[1] and the son of former Busch Series driver Martin Truex Sr.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

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

Monster Energy Cup Series

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	MENCC	Pts	Ref
2013	Phoenix Racing	51	Chevy	DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	MAR	TEX	KAN	RCH	TAL	DAR	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	KEN	DAY	NHA	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI 42	ATL	RCH 35	CHI	NHA	DOV 32	KAN	CLT	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	68th	0^1	[30]
2014	BK Racing	83	Toyota	DAY DNQ	PHO 35	LVS 35	BRI 42	CAL 31	MAR 30	TEX DNQ	DAR 40	RCH 31	TAL 31	KAN 43	CLT 38	DOV 32	POC 32	MCH DNQ	SON 41	KEN 33	DAY 32	NHA 36	IND 41	POC 20	GLN 39	MCH INQ^†	BRI 37	ATL 36	RCH 42	CHI 42	NHA	DOV	KAN	CLT	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	39th	193	[31]
2019	Tommy Baldwin Racing	71	Chevy	DAY DNQ	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	MAR	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	DOV	KAN	CLT	POC	MCH	SON	CHI	DAY	KEN	NHA	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	IND	LVS	RCH	CLT	DOV	TAL	KAN	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	65th	0^1	[32]
^† – Qualified but replaced by J. J. Yeley

Daytona 500

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
2014	BK Racing	Toyota	DNQ
2019	Tommy Baldwin Racing	Chevrolet	DNQ

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	NXSC	Pts	Ref
2010	Diamond-Waltrip Racing	00	Toyota	DAY	CAL	LVS	BRI	NSH	PHO	TEX	TAL	RCH	DAR	DOV	CLT	NSH	KEN	ROA	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY 28	IRP	IOW	GLN	MCH 12	BRI	CGV	ATL	RCH 26	DOV								60th	673	[33]
		99																														KAN 15	CAL	CLT 37	GTY 15	TEX	PHO 23	HOM
2011	Pastrana-Waltrip Racing			DAY	PHO 14	LVS 19	BRI 20	CAL 17	TEX	TAL	NSH 16	RCH 8	DAR 25	DOV 18	IOW 34	CLT	CHI 20	MCH	ROA	DAY	KEN	NHA	NSH	IRP	IOW	GLN	CGV	BRI						CLT 34	TEX				22nd	459	[34]
	Joe Gibbs Racing	20	Toyota																										ATL 11	RCH 4	CHI 13	DOV 8	KAN 10			PHO 8	HOM
2012	Tommy Baldwin Racing	36	Chevy	DAY 31	PHO	LVS																																	23rd	298	[35]
	Joe Gibbs Racing	20	Toyota				BRI 10	CAL			TAL 11	DAR	IOW	CLT	DOV 2	MCH	ROA	KEN	DAY					GLN 15	CGV	BRI	ATL									HOM 38
	RAB Racing	09	Toyota						TEX 32	RCH
	Joe Gibbs Racing	18	Toyota																	NHA 10	CHI 10	IND	IOW
	RAB Racing	99	Toyota																									RCH 14	CHI	KEN	DOV 16	CLT	KAN	TEX	PHO
2013	Richard Petty Motorsports	9	Ford	DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	TEX	RCH	TAL	DAR	CLT	DOV	IOW	MCH	ROA	KEN	DAY	NHA	CHI	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH QL^†	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	KAN	CLT	TEX	PHO	HOM			NA	-	[36]
2015	Biagi-DenBeste Racing	98	Ford	DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	IOW	CLT	DOV	MCH	CHI	DAY	KEN	NHA	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ROA	DAR	RCH 31	CHI	KEN 28	DOV	CLT 17	KAN	TEX 20	PHO	HOM			43rd	80	[37]
2018	Kaulig Racing	11	Chevy	DAY 7	ATL 9	LVS 15	PHO 15	CAL 12	TEX 13	BRI 10	RCH 7	TAL 38	DOV 11	CLT 6	POC 10	MCH 10	IOW 14	CHI 15	DAY 13	KEN 13	NHA 13	IOW 8	GLN 18	MOH 5	BRI 22	ROA 25	DAR 15	IND 22	LVS 8	RCH 11	CLT 16	DOV 10	KAN 11	TEX 33	PHO 13	HOM 15			12th	2160	[38]
2019	JR Motorsports	8	Chevy	DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO 2	CAL	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	DOV	CLT	POC	MCH	IOW	CHI	DAY	KEN 8	NHA 7	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ROA	DAR	IND	LVS 14	RCH	CLT 10	DOV	KAN 38	TEX	PHO	HOM			33rd	169	[39]
^† – Qualified for Marcos Ambrose

Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series

NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	NGTC	Pts	Ref
2012	Hillman Racing	27	Chevy	DAY	MAR	CAR	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX	KEN	IOW	CHI	POC	MCH	BRI	ATL	IOW	KEN	LVS	TAL	MAR 19	TEX	PHO 9	HOM		90th	0^1	[40]
2013	Turner Scott Motorsports	30	Chevy	DAY 28	MAR	CAR	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX	KEN	IOW	ELD	POC	MCH	BRI	MSP	IOW	CHI	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM		73rd	16	[41]
2014		32		DAY 4	MAR	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX	GTW	KEN	IOW	ELD	POC	MCH	BRI	MSP	CHI	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM		93rd	0^1	[42]
2016	Hattori Racing Enterprises	81	Toyota	DAY 2	ATL 20	MAR 12	KAN 6	DOV 8	CLT 22	TEX	IOW	GTW 26	KEN	ELD	POC	BRI	MCH 23	MSP 21	CHI 15	NHA 16	LVS	TAL 8	MAR 14	TEX 21	PHO	HOM 32	18th	250	[43]
2017		16		DAY 28	ATL 13	MAR 10	KAN 6	CLT 4	DOV 10	TEX 4	GTW 7	IOW 20	KEN 23	ELD 20	POC 3	MCH 4	BRI 16	MSP 5	CHI 4	NHA 2	LVS 12	TAL 28	MAR 13	TEX 8	PHO 19	HOM 4	9th	772	[44]
2020	Niece Motorsports	40	Chevy	DAY	LVS	CLT	ATL 13	HOM	POC	KEN 27	TEX 13	KAN	KAN	MCH 19	DAY	DOV	GTW	BRI	LVS	TAL	MAR	PHO					-*	-*	[45]

K&N Pro Series East

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	NKNPSEC	Pts	Ref
2008	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.	8	Chevy	GRE	IOW	SBO	GLN	NHA	TMP	MCM	ADI	LRP	MFD	NHA	DOV	STA 11		61st	130	[46]
2009	Michael Waltrip Racing	00	Toyota	GRE 14	TRI 16	IOW 19	SBO 3	GLN 1	NHA 2	TMP 1	ADI 2	LRP 1	NHA 3	DOV 8				1st	1719	[47]
2010				GRE 14*	SBO 3	IOW 5	MAR 2	NHA 1*	LRP 5	LEE 2	GRE 7	NHA 1*	DOV 3					1st	1662	[48]
2017	Hattori Racing Enterprises	11	Toyota	NSM	GRE	BRI 25	SBO	SBO	MEM	BLN	TMP	NHA	IOW					39th	46	[49]
		01												GLN 19	LGY	NJM	DOV

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

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External links

• Official website
• Ryan Truex driver statistics at Racing-Reference

Sporting positions
Preceded by Matt Kobyluck	K&N Pro Series East champion 2009–2010	Succeeded by Max Gresham