Daniel Wayne Dye (born December 4, 2003) is an American professionalstock car racing driver. He competes full-time in theNASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. TBARam 1500 forKaulig Racing. He has previously competed in theNASCAR Xfinity Series and theARCA Menards Series.
Dye would first race in theARCA Menards Series East in 2020, driving the No. 43 forBen Kennedy Racing.[1] Dye would race two races that season, retiring atNew Smyrna Speedway and finishing seventh atFive Flags Speedway.
Dye would come back in the 2021 season, this time with a scheduled full-time ride withBen Kennedy Racing.[2] However, Dye would only compete for four of the scheduled eight races before eventually switching teams. For the last four races of the season, Dye would race the No. 21 forGMS Racing.[3] Dye, combined with his results from Ben Kennedy Racing and GMS Racing, would finish second in the final standings, only being beaten bySammy Smith.
Dye would first race in theARCA Menards Series West as a one-off race atPhoenix Raceway, driving the No. 22 forGMS Racing in2021. He would finish twelfth. In 2022, he ran at Phoenix again in a companion event with the ARCA Menards Series, finishing second.
Dye would run a part-time schedule in theARCA Menards Series in 2021 withGMS Racing, driving the No. 21 along with his full-time schedule in theARCA Menards Series East. He would run six races in the 2021 season. After a seventh-place finish in his debut at the2021 Menards 250, Dye would dominate the next race atBerlin Raceway in the2021 Zinsser SmartCoat 200, scoring his first-everARCA Menards Series win in just his second-ever start in the series.[4]
In 2022, he planned to run a full-time schedule forGMS Racing in the No. 43. Dye was instead charged withfelonybattery[5] after striking a fellow student in thescrotum[6] in what witnesses described as a "game".[7] Dye was indefinitely suspended from ARCA competition after three races.[8] Prior to the race at theKansas Speedway, Dye was reinstated by ARCA after his charges were dropped from felony to misdemeanor and went on to compete in the event, finishing third.[9][10] Despite not winning a race, he nearly won the championship until a mechanical issue relegated him to an eighteenth place finish at the season finale in Toledo, which resulted in a runner-up toNick Sanchez by fourteen points in the final standings. Despite this, he won Rookie of the Year honors ahead of Sanchez's teammateRajah Caruth.
On October 25, 2022, GMS Racing announced that Dye would compete full-time in the2023 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, making his series debut in the No. 43Chevrolet Silverado.[11]
On September 27, 2023, Dye signed withMcAnally–Hilgemann Racing for2024. Dye would continue using the No. 43.[12] He finished eighth at Richmond, earning enough points to secure a spot in the Playoffs.
On October 29, 2025,Kaulig Racing announced Dye will join theirRam Trucks team in2026.[13]
On September 17, 2023, it was announced that Dye would run three races in theNASCAR Xfinity Series forAlpha Prime Racing, driving the No. 44Chevrolet with sponsorship from Champion Container.[14]
In 2024, Dye ran a partial schedule withKaulig Racing, driving the No. 10Chevrolet Camaro.[15]
On August 23, 2024, Kaulig Racing announced that Dye will pilot the No. 10 full-time in2025.[16]
Dye is a second-generation driver, the son of Stacy Rumbaugh and Randy Dye, a businessman in Daytona Beach, Florida who owns two auto dealerships: Daytona Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram and Maserati Alfa Romeo of Daytona.[17] Randy Dye was a formerPro Late Model driver who since July 2017 has served on the board of directors forThe NASCAR Foundation. He is a cousin ofMLB player for theKansas City Royals,Josh Dye.
Dye attendedFather Lopez Catholic High School.[18] While a student at Father Lopez, Dye was arrested on April 26, 2022 and booked in Volusia County Branch Jail on charges of felonybattery, later reduced to misdemeanor battery. According to a police report, Dye "began dancing andgrinding with his groin and pelvic areanear his classmate's face" and then "came up from behind the boy and punched him in the groin", with the victim suffering "a possible ruptured testicle."[19][20] Dye was granted a deferred prosecution agreement and ordered to complete an eight-houranger management course, 25 hours of community service, and compensate the victim an undisclosed amount.[21]
At the end of 2018 with hisPro Late Model debut on the horizon, he created theRace to Stop Suicide campaign in partnership withThe NASCAR Foundation andHalifax Health with help from his father Randy who serves on the board of directors forThe NASCAR Foundation.[citation needed]
In October 2019, at only fifteen years old, Dye himself raised and donated over $15,000 towardsHalifax Health's mental health programs.[22]
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
| NASCAR Xfinity Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | NXSC | Pts | Ref |
| 2023 | Alpha Prime Racing | 44 | Chevy | DAY | CAL | LVS | PHO | ATL | COA | RCH | MAR | TAL | DOV | DAR | CLT | PIR | SON | NSH | CSC | ATL | NHA | POC | ROA | MCH | IRC | GLN | DAY | DAR | KAN | BRI | TEX 17 | ROV | LVS 21 | HOM | MAR | PHO PR† | 95th | 01 | [23] |
| 2024 | Kaulig Racing | 10 | Chevy | DAY 27 | ATL | LVS | PHO | COA | RCH | MAR | TEX 24 | TAL | DOV 20 | DAR | CLT | PIR | SON | IOW 10 | NHA | NSH | CSC | POC 17 | IND 7 | MCH 34 | DAY | DAR | ATL | GLN | BRI | KAN 34 | TAL | ROV | LVS 12 | HOM | MAR | PHO 17 | 89th | 01 | [24] |
| 2025 | DAY 38 | ATL 7 | COA 17 | PHO 19 | LVS 12 | HOM 9 | MAR 7 | DAR 17 | BRI 13 | CAR 9 | TAL 10 | TEX 11 | CLT 31 | NSH 38 | MXC 13 | POC 31 | ATL 8 | CSC 19 | SON 32 | DOV 21 | IND 8 | IOW 36 | GLN 17 | DAY 35 | PIR 11 | GTW 10 | BRI 26 | KAN 12 | ROV 36 | LVS 17 | TAL 25 | MAR 33 | PHO 28 | 20th | 604 | [25] | |||
| † – Replaced byLeland Honeyman before qualifying. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | NCTC | Pts | Ref |
| 2023 | GMS Racing | 43 | Chevy | DAY 30 | LVS 19 | ATL 16 | COA 18 | TEX 25 | BRD 22 | MAR 30 | KAN 13 | DAR 19 | NWS 14 | CLT 19 | GTW 11 | NSH 22 | MOH 14 | POC 17 | RCH 21 | IRP 22 | MLW 28 | KAN 23 | BRI 21 | TAL 6 | HOM 21 | PHO 32 | 18th | 389 | [26] | ||
| 2024 | McAnally–Hilgemann Racing | Chevy | DAY 21 | ATL 9 | LVS 24 | BRI 13 | COA 28 | MAR 13 | TEX 6 | KAN 9 | DAR 23 | NWS 9 | CLT 19 | GTW 12 | NSH 2 | POC 16 | IRP 27 | RCH 8 | MLW 8 | BRI 32 | KAN 27 | TAL 3 | HOM 7 | MAR 32 | PHO 24 | 10th | 2141 | [27] | |||
| 2026 | Kaulig Racing | TBA | Ram | DAY | ATL | STP | DAR | CAR | BRI | TEX | GLN | DOV | CLT | NSH | MCH | COR | LRP | NWS | IRP | RCH | NHA | BRI | KAN | ROV | PHO | TAL | MAR | HOM | |||
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
| ARCA Menards Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | AMSC | Pts | Ref |
| 2021 | GMS Racing | 21 | Chevy | DAY | PHO | TAL | KAN | TOL | CLT | MOH | POC | ELK 7 | BLN 1* | IOW 2 | WIN 13 | GLN | MCH | ISF | MLW 3 | DSF | BRI 12 | SLM | KAN | 18th | 231 | [28] |
| 2022 | 43 | DAY 3 | PHO 2 | TAL 17 | KAN 3 | CLT 6 | IOW 17 | BLN 7* | ELK 5 | MOH 8 | POC 5 | IRP 4 | MCH 3 | GLN 4 | ISF 7 | MLW 3 | DSF 4 | KAN 4 | BRI 5 | SLM 3 | TOL 18 | 2nd | 956 | [29] | ||
| ARCA Menards Series East results | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | AMSEC | Pts | Ref |
| 2020 | Ben Kennedy Racing | 43 | Chevy | NSM 19 | TOL | DOV | TOL | BRI | FIF 7 | 15th | 112 | [30] | ||
| 2021 | NSM 6 | FIF 9 | NSV 8 | DOV 6 | 2nd | 401 | [31] | |||||||
| GMS Racing | 21 | Chevy | SNM 6 | IOW 2 | MLW 3 | BRI 12 | ||||||||
| 2022 | 43 | NSM | FIF | DOV | NSV | IOW 17 | MLW 3 | BRI 5 | 11th | 157 | [32] | |||
| ARCA Menards Series West results | |||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | AMSWC | Pts | Ref |
| 2021 | GMS Racing | 22 | Chevy | PHO | SON | IRW | CNS | IRW | PIR | LVS | AAS | PHO 12 | 51st | 32 | [33] | ||
| 2022 | 43 | PHO 2 | IRW | KCR | 36th | 84 | [34] | ||||||||||
| Bill McAnally Racing | PIR 4 | SON | IRW | EVG | PIR | AAS | LVS | PHO | |||||||||
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| CARS Super Late Model Tour results | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | CSLMTC | Pts | Ref |
| 2020 | Ben Kennedy Racing | 43 | Chevy | SNM | HCY | JEN | HCY | FCS | BRI 4 | FLC | N/A | 0 | [35] | |
| 43D | NSH 25 | |||||||||||||
| 2021 | 43 | HCY | GPS | NSH | JEN | HCY | MMS | TCM 15 | SBO | N/A | 0 | [36] | ||
