Niece Motorsports

Owner(s)	Josh Morris Greg Fowler
Base	Salisbury, North Carolina
Series	NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
Race drivers	Craftsman Truck Series: 42.Tyler Reif (part-time) TBA.Landen Lewis Dirt Late Models: 4.Bayley Currey Late Model Stock Cars: 4.Connor Hall 27.Matt Gould
Manufacturer	Chevrolet
Opened	2016
Career
Debut	Xfinity Series: 2018Zippo 200 at The Glen (Watkins Glen) Craftsman Truck Series: 2016Striping Technology 350 (Texas) ARCA Menards Series: 2021General Tire #AnywhereIsPossible 200 (Pocono) ARCA Menards Series East: 2021Shore Lunch 150 (Iowa) ARCA Menards Series West: 2022General Tire 200 (Sonoma)
Latest race	Xfinity Series: 2018Zippo 200 at The Glen (Watkins Glen) Craftsman Truck Series: 2025NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Championship Race (Phoenix) ARCA Menards Series: 2022Shore Lunch 200 (Toledo) ARCA Menards Series East: 2022Sprecher 150 (Milwaukee Mile) ARCA Menards Series West: 2022Desert Diamond Casino West Valley 100 (Phoenix)
Races competed	Total: 220 Xfinity Series: 1 Craftsman Truck Series: 208 ARCA Menards Series: 7 ARCA Menards Series East: 2 ARCA Menards Series West: 2
Drivers' Championships	Total: 0 Xfinity Series: 0 Craftsman Truck Series: 0 ARCA Menards Series: 0 ARCA Menards Series East: 0 ARCA Menards Series West: 0
Race victories	Total: 9 Xfinity Series: 0 Craftsman Truck Series: 9 ARCA Menards Series: 0 ARCA Menards Series East: 0 ARCA Menards Series West: 0
Pole positions	Total: 2 Xfinity Series: 0 Craftsman Truck Series: 2 ARCA Menards Series: 0 ARCA Menards Series East: 0 ARCA Menards Series West: 0

Niece Motorsports is an American professionalstock car racing team that currently competes in theNASCAR Craftsman Truck Series as well as inDirt Late Models andLate Model Stock Cars. Owned by Josh Morris & Greg Fowler, it currently fields the No. 42Chevrolet Silverado forTyler Reif, and the No. TBAChevrolet Silverado part-time forLanden Lewis.

In 2018, the team attempted to make theirNASCAR Xfinity Series debut withVictor Gonzalez Jr. driving at Watkins Glen.

On October 30, 2017, it was announced thatAustin Wayne Self moved to Niece Motorsports to drive the No. 22 truck full-time in 2018.^[1] After the2018 season, it was announced that Self would go toAM Racing for the2019 season.^[2]

In 2017, the No. 38 truck ran two races withT. J. Bell as a start-and-park team.

In 2018 the No. 38 truck planned to run at least four races withMax McLaughlin as the driver, starting at Eldora. McLaughlin qualified for the race and finished 12th in his NASCAR debut. However, the deal fell through and McLaughlin only ran at Eldora.Ross Chastain ran three races (Bristol, Texas in June and Homestead-Miami) with the best finish of twelfth at Bristol. Bell returned to the No. 38 in Las Vegas in September and finished 21st due to a crash.Landon Huffman also drove for the team, he failed to qualify at Martinsville in October and finished 25th atISM Raceway.

In 2019, Bell returned once again to the No. 38 as a field-filler at Kansas, since only thirty trucks showed up. Chastain drove the No. 38 with sponsorship from TruNorth Global at Texas in June and finished tenth.

In 2020, the team fielded the No. 40 and it was shared byRoss Chastain,Garrett Smithley,Ryan Truex,T. J. Bell,Travis Pastrana,Carson Hocevar,Trevor Bayne, andBayley Currey.

In 2021, Truex returned to the No. 40 for full-time schedule.^[4]

In 2022,Dean Thompson would drive this truck full-time.^[5] However, it was announced on December 5, 2022 thatThompson would not return to Niece Motorsports. Instead, he would drive the No. 5 forTricon Garage in the2023 season.^[6]

In 2022,Ross Chastain would drive this fifth Niece Motorsports truck atAtlanta,Darlington,Texas,Charlotte, andSonoma. He would win in the No. 41 truck atCharlotte. Later on,Tyler Carpenter would drive this truck at Knoxville after winning the Gateway Nationals.Justin Marks would race atMid-Ohio.Chad Chastain would run the No. 41 truck atIRP.

The2023 season would have the No. 41 truck rotating drivers, but the truck would run full-timeTravis Pastrana would start the season off with a thirteenth place finish atDaytona.Ross Chastain ran seven races, with his best result being 4th at theCOTA.Bayley Currey would run most of the races in the No. 41 truck. He would finish fourth atAtlanta.Chad Chastain,Tyler Carpenter,Conor Daly, andShane van Gisbergen would run one race each with this truck.

On October 26, 2023, it was announced thatBayley Currey would run the No. 41 full-time in the2024 season.^[7]

In 2020,Ross Chastain announced that he would drive the No. 42 part-time.Mark Smith,Conor Daly,James Buescher, andCarson Hocevar also drove this truck.

In 2021,Carson Hocevar announced that he would drive the No. 42 full-time.^[8] He returned to the 42 truck in 2022. On June 4, Hocevar was injured during the final lap of theGateway race when his truck was broadsided byTyler Hill.^[9] He underwent surgery on histibia prior to theSonoma race.^[10] Hocevar took the pole position before wrecking on turn 10.^[11] On lap eleven, he was relieved byDaniel Suárez, who took the No. 42 to a sixth place finish.^[12]

Hocevar started the2023 season with a twelfth place finish atDaytona. He scored his first career win atTexas on double-overtime after race leaderNick Sanchez made contact withZane Smith on the final lap and Hocevar spun Sanchez from behind.^[13] Hocevar also scored wins atNashville andRichmond.^[14][15] He won atHomestead to make the Championship 4.^[16] Hocevar finished 29th atPhoenix afterCorey Heim slammed him on the fourth turn wall in retaliation for spinning him earlier in the race; he also finished fourth in the final points standings.^[17] After Heim was penalized 25 driver points for intentionally wrecking him, Hocevar officially finished third in the points standings.

On October 12, 2023, Niece Motorsports announced thatMatt Mills will drive the No. 42 full-time in2024, as Hocevar would move up to the Cup Series in theSpire Motorsports No. 77.^[18] Mills was renewed for a second season in 2025.^[19] At2024 Baptist Health 200, he was injured afterConner Jones intentionally sent him to the third turn wall.^[20]

Towards the end of the2025 season,Landon Polinski was named crew chief of the No. 42 truck for the final 8 races of the season, starting atDarlington.^[21][22]

On January 31, 2019,Timothy Peters announced that he would join Niece for the first three events of the2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series schedule.^[23] After two top-tens in his first two events, Peters said that there is the possibility to run more races with the team.^[24]Reid Wilson drove the No. 44 truck in two races (Martinsville in April and Dover) with a best finish of thirteenth at Dover.^[25]Angela Ruch was originally scheduled to drive the No. 44 truck in twelve races in 2019.Jeb Burton drove the truck in the July race at Kentucky.^[26]Ty Majeski drove the truck atISM.^[27]

Natalie Decker signed with the team for the2020 season. On February 14, 2020, she finished fifth at Daytona, becoming the highest-finishing female driver in Truck Series history.^[28] She missed thePocono race after being hospitalized for bile duct complications related to her gall bladder surgery in December 2019.^[29] On September 25, Decker was not medically cleared to race atLas Vegas; because her truck had cleared inspection and was placed on the starting grid, she was credited with a last-place finish in the race.^[30]

In 2021,James Buescher raced at season opening at Daytona.^[31]Jett Noland drove at Daytona Road Course and Richmond.Conor Daly drove at Vegas.^[32]Logan Bearden failed to qualify at theToyota Tundra 225 andMorgan Alexander crashed at theCorn Belt 150.Dean Thompson will race at the season finale before moving full-time to the team next year.

In 2022,Kris Wright would drive the No. 44 truck full-time.^[33] Wright was dropped from the team before the Richmond race, withChad Chastain filling in for him.

In 2024,Conor Daly was announced as the driver of the No. 44 for three races.^[34] On August 16, 2024, it was announced thatMatt Gould would run therace at Milwaukee.^[35]

Niece Motorsports made their debut in 2016 withCasey Smith driving for two races.

The team returned in 2017, at first planning on running only part-time but were able to run the full schedule with various drivers, withT. J. Bell driving most of the races.

In 2018, it was announced thatJustin Fontaine would drive the No. 45 truck full-time.^[36] Fontaine started the season with a top-ten finish at Daytona and Las Vegas.

On January 18, 2019, it was announced thatRoss Chastain andReid Wilson would split driving duties for the upcoming season.^[25] Chastain started off the year with two of the best results in team history, a third atDaytona and a sixth atAtlanta.^[24] In April,Kyle Benjamin joined the team for a seven-race schedule starting at Texas in June.^[37] On May 10, 2019, Chastain delivered his first truck win and the team's first win at Kansas after Stewart Friesen's underfueled truck ran out of gas with three laps remaining.^[38]In June, he announced his intention to switch to Truck Series points to compete for a championship in the series.^[39] Chastain finished the season with three wins, ten top-fives, nineteen top-tens, one pole and finishing second in the standings.^[40]

On December 10, 2019, it was announced thatTy Majeski would drive this truck full-time for the2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series season, replacing Chastain.^[41] After 15 races Majeski was replaced byTrevor Bayne for undisclosed reasons.^[42]

In 2021, it was announced thatBrett Moffitt would drive the No. 45 truck full time.^[43] After six races, Moffitt switched to Xfinity points.^[44]Bayley Currey came in as replacement^[45] andErik Darnell return to truck competition for one race at Darlington.^[46] Chastain drove atTexas.

In 2022,Lawless Alan drove the No. 45 truck full-time.^[47]

Prior to the2024 season, Alan parted ways with Niece Motorsports.^[48] The No. 45 was shared betweenJohnny Sauter,Kaden Honeycutt,Connor Mosack, and Chastain. On May 11, Chastain won atDarlington.^[49]

On October 1, 2024, it was announced thatKaden Honeycutt would drive full-time for Niece starting in 2025.^[50] After sixteen races, he was released from the team due to signing with a different manufacturer for the 2026 season.^[51]Connor Zilisch andBayley Currey filled out the remaining nine races.

In 2021, the team fielded the No. 40Chevrolet SS forDean Thompson atKansas Speedway.^[52]

In 2022, the team fielded the No. 40Chevrolet SS forMatt Gould, son of crew chief Phil Gould, atMilwaukee Mile.

In 2021, the team attempted to make theirARCA Menards Series debut withJett Noland atPocono Raceway. The team would later make starts withMorgan Alexander andCarson Hocevar.

In 2022, the team would field the No. 40Chevrolet SS forMatt Gould, son of crew chief Phil Gould, atMilwaukee Mile.

In 2021, the team would field the No. 50Chevrolet SS forMorgan Alexander atIowa.

In 2022, the team would field the No. 40Chevrolet SS forDean Thompson atSonoma and forCarson Hocevar atPhoenix.

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