Flying fists, intentional incidents and ending empires made up just a few of the many storylines in the 2023 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season.
Questions abounded ahead of the season opener at Daytona in February. Would Kyle Busch Motorsports find success in its switch to Chevrolet? How would TRICON Garage fare as the top Toyota team?
Could funny hat guy Carson Hocevar clean up his act and earn his first win? Would Hailie Deegan find success with her new ThorSport Racing team?
All that and more was answered throughout the 2023 season, culminating with Ben Rhodes winning his second series title.
As a whole, the 2023 season featured abundant storylines and moments, some of which caught national attention. Here are the top five storylines of the 2023 Truck season.
5. Kyle Busch Motorsports Earns 100th Win
In 2023, Kyle Busch Motorsports made the switch from Toyota to Chevrolet. The team didn’t miss a beat to start the season, as owner Kyle Busch won the second race of the season at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
As the season continued, however, the KBM trucks and drivers did not show their typical race-contending speed. Entering the event at Pocono Raceway in late July, KBM still needed one more victory to earn their 100thwin.
TRICON’s Corey Heim led a race-high 27 laps, but a restart with five laps remaining left Busch drew a bead on the lead.
On the final lap, Busch brazenly drove deep into the tunnel turn, making his way past Heim and into the lead.
As fate would have it, the last-lap heroics helped KBM earn its last major milestone of its championship-winning history.
4. GMS Racing Ceases Operations
In a surprising announcement at the end of August, GMS Racing announced its intent to close its doors at the end of the 2023 season.
Just four days later, GMS driver Grant Enfinger earned his third win of the season at The Milwaukee Mile.
The championship-winning team started as an ARCA Menards Series organization in 2012, making its first Truck starts in 2013 and running full time in 2014.
Over the past nine seasons, GMS became a dominant force in Truck and ARCA competition, fielding entries for stars like Kyle Larson, Justin Haley, Chase Elliott, Sam Mayer and Zane…
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