Ryan Truex

Ryan Matthew Truex (born March 18, 1992) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 24 Toyota GR Supra for Sam Hunt Racing. As a reserve driver for Joe Gibbs Racing in the Cup and Xfinity Series, he also last competed part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving No. 11 Toyota Camry XSE for JGR.

Truex's older brother Martin was the 2017 NASCAR Cup Series champion.

Racing career

Early career

A native of Mayetta, New Jersey, Truex would make his East Series debut in 2008 at Stafford Motor Speedway in the No. 8 car for Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Truex won the 2009 NASCAR Camping World East Series Championship as a seventeen-year-old high school student at Southern Regional High School.

In the eleven-race season, Truex finished the season with eight top-fives. and Lime Rock Park.

In 2010, Truex won his second consecutive Camping World East Series title in a Michael Waltrip-owned Toyota.

Touring series Truex competed in six NASCAR Nationwide Series events, beginning at Gateway International Raceway on July 17, 2010. Truex was intended to run for Rookie of the Year in 2011 with MWR. However, motocross stunt performer Travis Pastrana ran the No. 99 for seven races. Truex planned to skip ROTY and run ten consecutive races in the Nationwide Series, then twenty races in 2012, though surgery forced him out of the No. 99 at Texas and was replaced by David Reutimann and team owner Waltrip, who drove at the restrictor plate tracks. Waltrip and Ryan's brother Martin also split time in the ride.

Due to a lack of sponsorship in the 99 team, Truex was released from Pastrana Waltrip Racing after the STP 300. Truex returned to the Nationwide Series with Joe Gibbs Racing, running several races late in the 2011 season. In 2012, he drove for Tommy Baldwin Racing in the season-opening DRIVE4COPD 300 at Daytona International Speedway, while he also drove for RAB Racing at Texas Motor Speedway in April.

On June 2, 2012, Truex got a career best finish of second at Dover International Speedway driving for JGR. Racing shortly after an emergency appendectomy, he started the race first after winning his first career Nationwide Series pole, and led late before being caught in lapped traffic by Joey Logano.

National series In February 2013, Truex announced that he would compete in the Camping World Truck Series for Turner Scott Motorsports at Daytona International Speedway; he hoped to compete in further races during the year and registered to compete for the series' Rookie of the Year title. In addition, he signed with Phoenix Racing to compete in the Sprint Cup Series, competing in at least one race at Richmond International Raceway, as well as at Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the team in the Nationwide Series;

On June 2, 2013, it was announced that Truex had signed with Richard Petty Motorsports as a development driver; in mid-July it was announced that he would make his Sprint Cup debut with Phoenix Racing in the Irwin Tools Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway driving James Finch's No. 51. After Harry Scott Jr.'s takeover of the No. 51 team two weeks later, Truex drove for Scott in his first race as team owner at Richmond International Raceway. He drove for Scott again at his home track of Dover International Speedway, finishing 32nd.

In January 2014, Truex drove for BK Racing during testing prior to the 2014 Daytona 500 in the No. 93. He was later assigned to the team's No. 83 for the full season. Truex also drove the No. 32 Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet for Turner Scott Motorsports in the season-opening Camping World Truck Series race at Daytona International Speedway. In August he suffered a sprained wrist and concussion in a practice crash at Michigan International Speedway; he was forced to sit out that weekend's race, being replaced by J. J. Yeley.

In September, Truex was replaced in the No. 83 car by Travis Kvapil in races at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and Dover International Speedway; discussions about his position with the team for the remainder of the season were said to be "ongoing". During the race weekend at Dover, Truex confirmed that he was no longer with BK Racing. After receiving no rides in 2015, Truex was picked up by Biagi-DenBeste Racing to drive three races starting at Richmond in the Xfinity Series.

After not finding a ride in 2015, in 2016, Truex returned to the Truck Series for the season opener at Daytona, driving the No. 81 for Hattori Racing Enterprises. Truex ran in the top-ten for a portion of the race, and was in the lead on the last lap when he lost support from Parker Kligerman. After finishing second, he announced he was running Atlanta, Martinsville, Kansas, and hoped to run the whole season. However, sponsorship had been an issue for the team, he was replaced by Jesse Little for Texas, and was reduced to a limited schedule for the rest of the year. But Truex returned to HRE in 2017, now running the full Truck schedule in the renumbered No. 16. After finishing ninth in points with thirteen top-ten finishes (including eight in the top five) and two poles, he was released by HRE on January 4, 2018. His jobless status would not last long, as he signed with Kaulig Racing to drive their flagship No. 11 car in the NASCAR Xfinity Series for 2018 with sponsorship from partner Bar Harbor Foods. With one top-five and eleven top-ten finishes, Truex finished twelfth in points after being eliminated after the Round Of 12.

Truex lost his ride with Kaulig when Justin Haley was announced as his successor in the No. 11 for 2019. On January 16, Truex announced he would enter the Daytona 500 with Tommy Baldwin Racing, driving the No. 71. On January 25, 2019, it was announced that Truex would drive the No. 8 car for JR Motorsports part-time. Truex cold-texted team owner Dale Earnhardt Jr. to inquire about open rides in the offseason and was able to find a large enough budget to run part-time in the No. 8. In his first race with the team at Phoenix he scored his first top-five since Mid-Ohio by tying his best-career finish of second.

In 2020, Truex returned to the Truck Series as he signed a six-race deal with Niece Motorsports starting with the Texas race in March. Truex initially sought a full-time ride with the team but was unable to bring enough sponsorship to secure a full season.

Truex (No. 19) leads the pack in a restart in the 2023 Xfinity Series race at Dover which he would go on to win. Truex returned to the Xfinity Series, driving the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 18 on a part-time basis in 2022. He was scheduled to run only five races in 2022 but Auto-Owners Insurance (which sponsors his brother Martin’s No. 19 Cup car) joined him last minute for a race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. His best finish that season was third at Atlanta. He would return to the renumbered No. 19 car in 2023 after Sammy Smith would move to the No. 18 full-time. Truex would finish second at Phoenix Raceway to his teammate, Smith. He scored his first career win at Dover, the site of his brother, Martin’s first Cup Series win in 2007. Martin won the Cup race two days later, becoming the fifth set of brothers to win on the same race weekend.

For 2024, Truex returned to JGR part-time, alternating between the No. 19 and No. 20 teams. He brought the No. 20 to victory lane at Dover. Truex scored his second win of the season at the Daytona summer race. He returned to Sam Hunt Racing to drive their No. 26 car in the race at Homestead-Miami for the first time since the season-opener at Daytona in 2022.

In 2025, Truex was a reserve driver for Joe Gibbs Racing's Cup and Xfinity teams. In the Cup Series, he would fill in for Denny Hamlin in the No. 11 Toyota at Mexico City after Hamlin's fiancée had given birth to their third child. This will be Truex's first Cup Series start since 2014. He started 36th and finished 23rd.

In the Xfinity Series, Truex would make two starts at Daytona in February and Dover, driving the No. 24 Toyota for Sam Hunt Racing.

Personal life Truex is the younger brother of 2017 Cup Series champion and two-time Busch Series champion Martin Truex Jr., 2014 BK Racing 83 Toyota

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O'Reilly Auto Parts Series NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts 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 Pts Ref 2010 Diamond-Waltrip Racing 00 Toyota DAY CAL LVS BRI NSH PHO TEX TAL RCH DAR DOV CLT NSH KEN ROA NHA DAY CHI GTW28 IRP IOW GLN MCH12 BRI CGV ATL RCH26 DOV 60th 673 99 KAN15 CAL CLT37 GTW15 TEX PHO23 HOM 2011 Pastrana-Waltrip Racing DAY PHO14 LVS19 BRI20 CAL17 TEX TAL NSH16 RCH8 DAR25 DOV18 IOW34 CLT CHI20 MCH ROA DAY KEN NHA NSH IRP IOW GLN CGV BRI CLT34 TEX 22nd 459 Joe Gibbs Racing 20 Toyota ATL11 RCH4 CHI13 DOV8 KAN10 PHO8 HOM 2012 Tommy Baldwin Racing 36 Chevy DAY31 PHO LVS 23rd 298 Joe Gibbs Racing 20 Toyota BRI10 CAL TAL11 DAR IOW CLT DOV2 MCH ROA KEN DAY GLN15 CGV BRI ATL HOM38 RAB Racing 09 Toyota TEX32 RCH Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Toyota NHA10 CHI10 IND IOW RAB Racing 99 Toyota RCH14 CHI KEN DOV16 CLT KAN TEX PHO 2013 Richard Petty Motorsports 9 Ford DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX RCH TAL DAR CLT DOV IOW MCH ROA KEN DAY NHA CHI IND IOW GLN MOHQL† BRI ATL RCH CHI KEN DOV KAN CLT TEX PHO HOM N/A – 2015 Biagi-DenBeste Racing 98 Ford DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL IOW CLT DOV MCH CHI DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH31 CHI KEN28 DOV CLT17 KAN TEX20 PHO HOM 43rd 80 2018 Kaulig Racing 11 Chevy DAY7 ATL9 LVS15 PHO15 CAL12 TEX13 BRI10 RCH7 TAL38 DOV11 CLT6 POC10 MCH10 IOW14 CHI15 DAY13 KEN13 NHA13 IOW8 GLN18 MOH5 BRI22 ROA25 DAR15 IND22 LVS8 RCH11 ROV16 DOV10 KAN11 TEX33 PHO13 HOM15 12th 2160 2019 JR Motorsports 8 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO2 CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW CHI DAY KEN8 NHA7 IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR IND LVS14 RCH ROV10 DOV KAN38 TEX PHO HOM 33rd 169 2022 Sam Hunt Racing 26 Toyota DAY12 CAL 34th 162 Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Toyota LVS30 PHO ATL COA RCH MAR7 TAL DOV DAR30 TEX6 CLT PIR NSH ROA ATL3 NHA POC IRC MCH GLN DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX TAL ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO 2023 19 DAY CAL LVS PHO2 ATL3 COA RCH MAR12 TAL17 DOV1* DAR35 CLT PIR SON NSH CSC ATL NHA POC ROA MCH IRC GLN DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO 31st 197 2024 DAY21 ATL9 LVS PHO COA RCH MAR 28th 319 20 TEX7 TAL34 DOV1 DAR CLT PIR27 SON IOW NHA NSH CSC POC19 IND MCH DAY1 DAR ATL10 GLN BRI5 KAN TAL ROV LVS Sam Hunt Racing 26 Toyota HOM21 MAR PHO 2025 24 DAY17 ATL COA PHO LVS HOM MAR DAR BRI CAR TAL TEX CLT NSH MXC POC ATL CSC SON DOV18 IND IOW GLN DAY PIR GTW BRI KAN ROV LVS TAL MAR PHO 46th 39 † – Qualified for Marcos Ambrose

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