Matt Mills

Matthew Robert Mills (born November 14, 1996) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 42 Chevrolet Silverado RST for Niece Motorsports and part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 91 Chevrolet Camaro SS for DGM Racing with Jesse Iwuji Motorsports. He has also previously competed in the NASCAR Cup Series.

Racing career Early years Mills started racing at age twelve in go-karts. A year later, he moved up to Junior Champ Karts and spent three years racing those. Mills started racing Open Wheel Modifieds at Midvale Speedway in 2012, winning Rookie of the Year and moving up to Outlaw Super Late Models in 2013. He attended a rookie seminar for NASCAR at Daytona Beach, Florida the following year and received clearance to race in the ARCA Racing Series and K&N Pro Series,

Craftsman Truck Series On June 29, 2016, it was announced that Mills would join SS-Green Light Racing for "select races" in the 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. He made his first start at Bristol Motor Speedway in August, finishing 27th. Mills ran four more races for SS-Green Light in 2016, scoring the best finish of 21st in the season's penultimate race at Phoenix International Raceway.

In 2017, Mills joined Faith Motorsports for three races because the team's primary driver Donnie Levister was unapproved by NASCAR to run intermediate tracks. He ran seventeenth in two of them, career-best finishes, before he joined Martins Motorsports to run in multiple races in the truck No. 42 with sponsorship from Thompson Electric Inc. starting in Iowa. The truck never hit the track at Iowa and was never entered thereafter, however, the truck was included in the original edition of the 2017 video game NASCAR Heat 2. He drove the No. 44 for Martins the following week but fell out due to an accident. He then start and parked with Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing for a few races in the latter part of 2017.

Mills drove the No. 20 truck for Young's Motorsports part-time in 2022 in addition to running the majority of the Xfinity Series season for B. J. McLeod Motorsports in their No. 5 car. He returned to the team in 2023 to drive their No. 20 truck again in Las Vegas in March.

On October 12, 2023, Niece Motorsports announced that Mills would drive the No. 42 full-time in 2024, with Carson Hocevar moving up to the Cup Series in the Spire Motorsports No. 77. At 2024 Baptist Health 200, he was injured after Conner Jones intentionally sent him to the turn 3 wall. Jones was held for two laps during the race, then suspended for the following race at Martinsville, for the contact.

On September 24, 2024, Niece Motorsports announced that Mills would continue on the team for 2025.

Xfinity Series In March 2017, Mills was named the driver for B. J. McLeod Motorsports' No. 8 entry at Phoenix in what looked to be a one-race deal, replacing regular driver Jeff Green who had been signed to run the full season. Mills finished 30th in his debut. He returned to the series over a month later at Richmond, again driving McLeod's No. 8. His next start in the series came at Chicago in September with JD Motorsports, start and parking their fourth car, the No. 15. In the season's final weekend, he failed to qualify with startup team NextGen Motorsports.

On February 2, 2018, it was announced that Mills would drive the No. 15 car for all but one race in 2018, skipping the season-opening race at Daytona International Speedway. He had previously been in consideration for the team's No. 0 car, which ultimately was driven by Garrett Smithley. He did not qualify for the Texas race in April because of inspection issues. The agreement wound up falling through, as Mills was replaced by Joe Nemechek for the Fitzgerald Glider Kits 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Mills returned for a couple more races but parted ways with JDM after the June Michigan race. He made a start for DGR-Crosley in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at Michigan in August, but wrecked, self-admittedly due to inexperience.

Mills returned to B. J. McLeod Motorsports for some fall Xfinity races, eventually becoming the team's full-time driver of the No. 8 in 2019. However, the number changed to 5 after the team agreed to give up their No. 8 for JR Motorsports in a number swap, and McLeod's team received the No. 5, the car number JRM dropped so they could get the No. 8.

On August 27, 2025, it was announced that Mills would drive the No. 91 DGM Racing with Jesse Iwuji Motorsports Chevrolet for Gateway.

Cup Series On April 26, 2021, B. J. McLeod Motorsports announced that they would be fielding a Cup Series car in the spring race at Kansas, the No. 55, and that Mills would be the driver. It was his debut in the series. Although BJMM uses Chevrolets or Toyotas in the Xfinity Series, the car in this race was a Ford from McLeod's Live Fast Motorsports team, which he fielded in the Cup Series but was a separate entity from BJMM.

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.)

Cup Series 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 Pts Ref 2021 B. J. McLeod Motorsports 55 Ford DAY DRC HOM LVS PHO ATL BRD MAR RCH TAL KAN38 DAR DOV COA CLT SON NSS POC POC ROA ATL NHA GLN IRC MCH DAY DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL ROV TEX KAN MAR PHO 67th 01

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 Pts Ref 2017 B. J. McLeod Motorsports 8 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO30 CAL TEX BRI RCH31 TAL CLT DOV POC MCH IOW DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH 109th 01 JD Motorsports 15 CHI40 KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO NextGen Motorsports 55 Toyota HOMDNQ 2018 JD Motorsports 0 Chevy DAY ATL36 LVS27 53rd 43 15 PHO38 CAL37 TEXDNQ BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC27 MCH36 IOW CHI DAY KEN NHA IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR IND LVS B. J. McLeod Motorsports 78 Chevy RCH27 ROV 8 DOV28 KAN TEX PHO HOM 2019 5 Toyota DAY26 TAL17 POC30 DAY10 21st 372 Chevy ATL30 LVS29 PHO28 CAL23 TEX27 BRI21 RCH28 DOV31 CLT26 MCH24 IOW26 CHI27 KEN23 NHA20 IOW18 GLN MOH BRI18 ROA DAR31 IND25 LVS24 DOV24 KAN20 99 RCH28 ROV 78 TEX18 PHO19 HOM30 2020 5 Toyota DAY31 TAL38 KEN30 KEN19 TEX26 KAN26 ROA DAY16 LVS30 TAL21 ROV25 KAN25 TEX13 25th 346 Chevy LVS25 CAL27 PHODNQ DAR34 CLT30 BRI25 ATL30 HOM27 HOM24 POC25 IRC30 DRC22 DOV33 DOV30 RCH13 RCH13 BRI22 MAR38 PHO35 99 DAR22 2021 5 DAY16 LVS39 PHO35 ATL34 MAR33 DAR40 CLT35 NSS25 POC23 ROA ATL26 NHA32 MCH14 DAR23 RCH21 LVS28 MAR29 PHO29 29th 271 Toyota DRC19 HOM29 TAL25 DOV27 COA MOH23 TEX26 GLN38 IRC DAY33 TAL23 ROV30 99 Chevy BRI36 TEX32 KAN25 2022 5 DAY25 CAL23 LVS35 PHO ATL31 COA MAR18 TAL31 DOV31 DAR31 TEX37 ATL37 TEX16 TAL ROV LVS35 HOM32 MAR35 PHODNQ 96th 01 55 RCHDNQ CLT20 PIR 99 NSSDNQ ROA 78 NHA22 POC IRC MCH38 GLN Toyota DAY24 DAR KAN BRI 2023 Emerling-Gase Motorsports 53 Ford DAY CAL LVS PHO ATL COA RCH MAR22 TAL DOV DAR28 CLT PIR SON NSS CSC ATL NHA POC ROA MCH IRC GLN DAY 96th 01 Toyota DAR27 HOMDNQ MAR PHO Chevy KAN19 BRI TEX ROV LVS 2025 DGM Racing withJesse Iwuji Motorsports 91 Chevy DAY ATL COA PHO LVS HOM MAR DAR BRI CAR TAL TEX CLT NSS MXC POC ATL CSC SON DOV IND IOW GLN DAY PIR GTW21 BRI KAN ROV LVS TAL MAR PHO 95th 01

Craftsman Truck Series NASCAR Craftsman 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 24 25 Pts Ref 2016 SS-Green Light Racing 07 Chevy DAY ATL MAR KAN DOV CLT TEX IOW GTW KEN ELD POC BRI27 MCH MSP CHI NHA23 LVS TAL MAR TEX29 PHO21 HOM 42nd 32 2017 Faith Motorsports 44 Chevy DAY ATL MAR KAN17 CLT24 DOV17 TEX GTW IOW 42nd 50 Martins Motorsports KEN29 ELD Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing 0 Chevy POC27 MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS25 TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 2018 DGR-Crosley 54 Toyota DAY ATL LVS MAR DOV KAN CLT TEX IOW GTW CHI KEN ELD POC MCH31 BRI MSP LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 113th 01 2022 Young's Motorsports 20 Chevy DAY LVS15 ATL35 COA MAR BRD DAR KAN34 TEX CLT34 GTWDNQ SON KNX NSS MOH POC IRP RCH KAN BRI TAL HOM PHO 97th 01 2023 DAY LVS26 ATL COA TEX31 BRD MAR KAN DAR NWS CLT30 GTW19 NSS MOH22 POC 34th 108 Kyle Busch Motorsports 51 Chevy RCH5 MLW25 KAN BRI TAL HOM PHO Young's Motorsports 02 Chevy IRP23 2024 Niece Motorsports 42 Chevy DAY26 ATL27 LVS31 BRI25 COA24 MAR29 TEX26 KAN23 DAR11 NWS18 CLT4 GTW23 NSS8 POC11 IRP22 RCH35 MLW24 BRI25 KAN33 TAL31 HOM34 MAR19 PHO25 23rd 328 2025 DAY29 ATL13 LVS16 HOM14 MAR15 BRI20 CAR30 TEX20 KAN12 NWS25 CLT7 NSS22 MCH23 POC20 LRP26 IRP21 GLN9 RCH17 DAR29 BRI16 NHA23 ROV17 TAL19 MAR27 PHO11 17th 456

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