Is Corey Day on Track for Some Truck Series Starts?

If you’re a NASCAR fan and you haven’t heard the name Corey Day, you better get used to it real quick.

Day is one of the hottest prospects on the dirt scene right now, and he is currently signed with Chevrolet and the JR Motorsports pipeline. He recently made his transition to pavement and late models, and with that came his ARCA Menards Series debut at Salem Speedway back in July with Pinnacle Racing Group.

Day is scheduled for two more ARCA starts in the PRG No. 28, at yet-to-be-disclosed racetracks. However, Day has sponsorship from HendrickCars.com, which likely means he’s in the Hendrick Motorsports pipeline for the long haul. That also means Truck Series starts may not be far off for him.

By “not far off”, I mean as soon as the end of this year.

According to DIRTRACKR, Day is rumored to make some starts before the end of the season, possibly beginning with the next race at Bristol Motor Speedway next Thursday (Sept. 19).

Originally thought to be driving the Spire Motorsports No. 7, a recent update states that those starts may come with McAnally-Hilgemann Racing in the No. 91. The only race that Spire’s No. 7 does not have a driver for is the season finale at Phoenix Raceway, which Day could theoretically slot into. However, MHR’s No. 91 has yet to find a driver for Talladega Superspeedway and Homestead-Miami Speedway.

Day is 18 years of age, so he would be eligible to run both Talladega and Homestead if the seat was available for him to do so. With more races available to him in the MHR No. 91, it does kind of make sense for Day to make some starts there, though he could still run the finale with Spire.

There is one conflict of interest though. Day is rumored to make his truck debut at Bristol Motor Speedway. But Jack Wood, the primary driver of the No. 91, is scheduled to drive the truck at Bristol per his website.

Of course, things change sometimes. Wood hasn’t entirely impressed in his Truck Series starts and is also more focused on chasing an ARCA West championship. It’s entirely possible that Day could get the seat for Bristol if the money is there.

Regardless, a Truck Series start for Day before the end of 2024 doesn’t seem out of the cards. He has the talent, and even though he hasn’t run many races on asphalt, his lone start in ARCA proved that he could hold his own against the frontrunners of the series. He was on…