Complete schedule Limited schedule Notes Changes Drivers • NASCAR Next driver
Noah Gragson will drive the No. 18
Toyota Tundra for
Kyle Busch Motorsports in the 2017 season, replacing
William Byron. Gragson competed in the
2016 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East and
West where he finished 5th and 3rd, respectively, in the points standings and drove two races for
Wauters Motorsports in 2016 at Phoenix and Homestead. • After having driven a partial schedule in 2016,
Austin Cindric will drive full-time for
Brad Keselowski Racing in 2017. •
Kaz Grala is promoted to a full-time ride with GMS Racing to pilot the No. 33 Chevrolet, replacing
Ben Kennedy. Grala competed the No. 33 and No. 24 trucks part-time last season with the same team. • 2016
K&N Pro Series East champion
Justin Haley will drive the No. 24 for
GMS Racing, starting at Martinsville due to age restrictions.
Scott Lagasse Jr. will drive the truck for Daytona and
Alex Bowman will drive at Atlanta. •
Kyle Busch along with young drivers Myatt Snider,
Harrison Burton, and K&N West Champion
Todd Gilliland will share the No. 51 Truck for 2017, replacing
Cody Coughlin and
Daniel Suárez. Gilliland competed in the
K&N Pro Series West for Billy McAnally Racing where he secured his first championship in 2016. Burton competed in the
K&N Pro Series East for
HScott Motorsports with
Justin Marks and drove one race for KBM in 2016 at Martinsville. Snider did one race for
AM Racing at Martinsville in October. •
Justin Fontaine will drive
AM Racing's second truck part-time. Fontaine drove one race for the team in 2016 at Phoenix. • As a part of
Ford Performance's driver development program,
Chase Briscoe will drive for
Brad Keselowski Racing in 2017. Briscoe won the
2016 ARCA Racing Series championship. •
Spencer Boyd and
Cody Ware will share driving duties for
Rick Ware Racing in 2017.
Jordan Anderson will drive the truck at Atlanta and Martinsville. •
Joe Nemechek will return to the truck series part-time driving the No. 87 for his team
NEMCO Motorsports. • After having driven a partial schedule for
Kyle Busch Motorsports and
Athenian Motorsports in 2016,
Cody Coughlin will drive the No. 13 full-time for
ThorSport Racing in 2017, replacing
Cameron Hayley. •
Grant Enfinger will drive a truck full-time for
ThorSport Racing, replacing
Rico Abreu. Enfinger drove a partial schedule for
GMS Racing in 2016. • After driving full-time for
Tommy Baldwin Racing in the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Season,
Regan Smith will return to the Truck Series driving the No. 92 RBR Enterprises Ford part-time in 12 races. Smith's last Truck start was in 2008, in the Cool City Customs 200 at the
Michigan International Speedway. •
Parker Kligerman will drive the No. 75 Truck for Henderson Motorsports, sharing driving duties with
Caleb Holman. Kligerman drove the No. 92 RBR Enterprises Ford part-time last season. •
J. J. Yeley returned to the Truck Series, driving the No. 22
AM Racing Toyota at the NextEra Energy Resources 250.
Austin Wayne Self, who will drive for this team the rest of the season except at Atlanta where the team skipped the race, also will drive the No. 32 at the opener. •
Wendell Chavous will attempt to run for the Rookie of the Year honors in the 2017 season. He will drive the No. 49 Chevrolet for
Premium Motorsports. Chavous's last start was in 2015. •
T. J. Bell returned to the Truck Series, driving part-time the No. 45 Chevrolet for
Niece Motorsports starting at Daytona and 5 other races. • After running part-time for
Red Horse Racing and scoring a win in the 2016 season,
Brett Moffitt returned to the team, driving the No. 7 (renumbered from 11) for the first 5 races of the season before the team shutting down. •
Korbin Forrister will return to drive full-time in the 2017 season. He will be driving the No. 5 Toyota for
Wauters Motorsports. However, the team withdrew before the spring Martinsville race for unknown reasons and have not run since. •
Todd Peck drove the new No. 83 Chevy for the new
Copp Motorsports team at Daytona, Atlanta, and Kansas.
Donnie Levister drove the truck at Martinsville. •
Terry Jones drove the No. 30 Ford for
Rette Jones Racing at Daytona. •
Victor Gonzalez Jr. drove the No. 45 Chevrolet for
Niece Motorsports at Mosport Park. •
Ted Minor returned to NASCAR after almost 3 years absence at
Iowa driving for a new team:
Long Motorsports. •
Alex Tagliani drove the 02 for Young's Motorsports at Canadian Motorsports Park. •
Cale Gale drove the 99 for MDM Motorsports at Martinsville Speedway. •
Jeb Burton drove the 20 for Young's Motorsports at Martinsville Speedway. It was Burton's first truck start in almost two years.
Teams •
JR Motorsports announced on January 3 that it would suspend its Truck Series team.
Cole Custer drove the truck full-time in 2016. The team later sold six trucks and their No. 00 owners points to
Halmar Friesen Racing. •
Rick Ware Racing announced that it would return to the Truck Series full-time in 2017, having purchased the owners points of
SS-Green Light Racing's No. 07 truck. •
Athenian Motorsports announced on January 10 that it would cease operations due to the retirement of driver
John Wes Townley. •
Hattori Racing Enterprises expands from part-time to full-time with
Ryan Truex returning to the team and renumbered from No. 81 to No. 16. •
NEMCO Motorsports will expand to a two truck team with
Joe Nemechek driving the No. 87
Chevrolet Silverado part-time in the first 3 races. After that, they sold their owner points to
JJC Racing. The No. 87 returned at
Gateway. •
Martins Motorsports announced on February 9 a partnership with
Brandonbilt Motorsports for the 2017 season.
Brandon Brown will drive the No. 44 Chevrolet at 4 races. On April 14, it was announced that Martins Motorsports will shut down their Truck Series program to move on a part-time basis in
Xfinity Series. They sold the owner points to
Faith Motorsports. However, after 7 races Martins Motorsports returned. • After running full-time between the 2015 and 2016 seasons,
GMS Racing's No. 23 Chevrolet will run part-time in 3 races.
Spencer Gallagher at Daytona,
Chase Elliott at Atlanta and Martinsville. Elliott won Martinsville race. After that, they switch the owner points with No. 24, so the No. 24 is locked for all races until the end of the season because is a race winner in the season and also will make the owners' championship playoffs. The former No. 24 owner points they sold to
Norm Benning Racing. •
Contreras Motorsports has sold their assets to
Copp Motorsports who now runs the No. 83 Chevrolet. •
MDM Motorsports will run the No. 99 Chevrolet full-time after running part-time in 2016. The team had purchased the owners points of Athenian Motorsports' No. 05 truck. •
Red Horse Racing announced on May 22 that it would suspend operations effective immediately due to a lack of funding. The team had fielded two full-time trucks for
Brett Moffitt and
Timothy Peters. •
Brad Keselowski Racing announced on August 17 that will shut down following the conclusion of the 2017 season. ==Rule changes==