Our 2022 Silly Season Tracker is below, listing what we know for full-time NASCAR Xfinity and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series teams in 2021. We’ll update this page as teams finalize their plans for next season. Anything highlighted in red indicates news on that driver and ride for beyond 2021, and clicking on the red line will give you more information on the move and its impact.
NASCAR Xfinity Series Silly Season
No.
Driver
Crew Chief
Team
0
TBD
Paul Clapprood
JD Motorsports w/ Gary Keller
Jeffrey Earnhardt announced he won”t be returning to JD Motorsports for the “22 season.
02
Brett Moffitt
Tucker Scanlon
Our Motorsports
07
Joe Graf Jr.
Joe Williams
SS Green Light Racing
1
Michael Annett
Mike Bumgarner
JR Motorsports
Annett will retire from full-time competition at the end of the 2021 season. Sam Mayer is committed to a full-time ride for JRM in 2022, could this be the car number?
2
Sheldon Creed
Andy Street
Richard Childress Racing
Creed will be moving up to the Xfinity Series with RCR.
4
Landon Cassill
Tommy Machek
JD Motorsports w/ Gary Keller
5
Matt Mills
George Ingram
BJ McLeod Motorsports
6
Ryan Vargas
Kase Kallenbach
JD Motorsports w/ Gary Keller
7
Justin Allgaier
Jason Burdett
JR Motorsports
Allgaier will be returning to JRM for a seventh season with the Dale Earnhardt Jr.-owned organization.
8
Josh Berry
Taylor Moyer
JR Motorsports
After part-time duty in 2021 with JRM, Berry has landed a full ride with Dale Earnhardt Jr.”s team for the 2022 season.
9
Noah Gragson
TBD
JR Motorsports
JR Motorsports announced at the end of August that Gragson would return for a fourth season with the organization. Dave Elenz will not be the crew chief as he is moving to the Cup Series with Richard Petty Motorsports.
10
Jeb Burton
Bruce Schlicker
Kaulig Racing
11
Daniel Hemric
Alex Yontz
Kaulig Racing
Daniel Hemric will move to Kaulig to replace Justin Haley, who is making the jump to the Cup Series in 2022 to pilot the Kaulig entry full-time.
15
Colby Howard
Wayne Carroll Jr.
JD Motorsports w/ Gary Keller
Howard is joining McAnally-Hilgemann Racing in the Camping World Truck Series for the 2022 season.
16
AJ Allmendinger
Jason Trinchere
Kaulig Racing
AJ Allmendinger agreed to a contract extension to remain at Kaulig Racing in 2022 full-time in the Xfinity Series, while also piloting a second Cup Series entry part-time.
18
N/A
Dave Rogers
Joe Gibbs Racing
With Daniel Hemric moving to Kaulig, JGR now has another open seat to fill in the Xfinity Series.
19
Brandon Jones
Jeff Meendering
Joe Gibbs Racing
Jones will be back at JGR in 2022 for a fifth season.
20
N/A
Jason Ratcliff
Joe Gibbs Racing
Harrison Burton will be driving the No. 21 Wood Brothers Ford in the 2022 Cup Series season. This leaves the No. 20 seat currently vacant.
22
N/A
TBD
Team Penske
With Austin Cindric moving up to the Cup Series to pilot the No. 2 Ford in 2022, that leaves his current seat vacant. Team Penske has yet to confirm if they will field a full-time Xfinity Series entry next season.
26
N/A
Allen Hart
Sam Hunt Racing
Allen Hart comes over to be the crew chief and technical director after multiple years as a race engineer at JR Motorsports.
31
Myatt Snider
Arthur Haire
Jordan Anderson Racing
After a playoff season and his first Xfinity win with RCR, Snider will join Jordan Anderson”s Xfinity team for a full season.
36
Alex Labbe
Mario Gosselin
DGM Racing
39
Ryan Sieg
Shane Wilson
RSS Racing
RSS Racing will have a technical alliance with Stewart-Haas Racing in 2022.
44
Assorted drivers
Dan Stillman
Alpha Prime Racing
Tommy Joe Martins and Caesar Bacarella are partnering to form a new team where they will have seat time, along with newcomer Rajah Caruth during the 2022 season. Ryan Ellis will also drive the car. Andy Lally will run the road courses.
47
Kyle Weatherman
Mike Harmon
Mike Harmon Racing
48
Jade Buford
Patrick Donahue
Big Machine Racing
Buford will be back for a second season and the organization is entering an enhanced partnership with RCR while relocating to RCR”s Welcome, North Carolina campus.
51
Jeremy Clements
Mark Setzer
Jeremy Clements Racing
52
Gray Gaulding
Tim Brown
Means Motorsports
54
N/A
Chris Gayle
Joe Gibbs Racing
The No. 54 car was shared by multiple drivers in 2021 including Kyle Busch, Martin Truex Jr., Christopher Bell, and Ty Gibbs. Expect JGR to do something similar going forward if they continue with four cars.
68
Brandon Brown
Doug Randolph
Brandonbilt Motorsports
78
Jesse Little
Keith Wolfe
BJ McLeod Motorsports
92
TBD
Eddie Troconis
DGM Racing
Josh Williams will not be returning to this ride for the 2022 season.
98
Riley Herbst
Richard Boswell II
Stewart-Haas Racing
Herbst will be back at SHR for a second season in the No. 98 Ford.
##
Jesse Iwuji
TBD
Jesse Iwuji Motorsports
Jesse Iwuji has partnered with NFL Hall of Famer Emmitt Smith to create Jesse Iwuji Motorsports, where he will be a co-owner and compete full time in the Xfinity Series in 2022.
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Austin Hill
TBD
Richard Childress Racing
After three seasons and eight wins with Hattori, Hill will move up to the Xfinity Series with Richard Childress Racing for the 2022 season. No number has been announced for the full-time effort.
##
Stefan Parsons
TBD
BJ McLeod Motorsports
Parsons will run a full season in 2022 in a car number to be determined.
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Silly Season
No.
Driver
Crew Chief
Team
1
Hailie Deegan
Mike Hillman Jr.
David Gilliland Racing
2
TBD
Jeff Stankiewicz
GMS Racing
Creed is moving up to the Xfinity Series with Richard Childress Racing in 2022.
4
John Hunter Nemechek
Eric Phillips
Kyle Busch Motorsports
Nemechek is returning to KBM for the 2022 season.
12
Tate Fogelman
Ryan London
Young”s Motorsports
13
Johnny Sauter
Joe Shear Jr.
ThorSport Racing
15
Tanner Gray
Jerry Baxter
David Gilliland Racing
Veteran crew chief Jerry Baxter will lead the team after two years as a Cup crew chief. He has 16 wins atop a Truck pit box.
16
TBD
Scott Zipadelli
Hattori Racing Enterprises
FOX Sports reported during its coverage of the Talladega playoff race that Hill is not returning to the organization in 2022.
18
Chandler Smith
Danny Stockman Jr.
Kyle Busch Motorsports
19
Derek Kraus
Mark Hillman
McAnally-Hilgemann Racing
McAnally-Hilgemann Racing will field Chevrolets in 2022 and have an alliance with GMS Racing.
20
Spencer Boyd
Joe Lax
Young”s Motorsports
21
Zane Smith
Kevin Manion
GMS Racing
22
Austin Wayne Self
Ryan Salomon
AM Racing
23
Grant Enfinger
Jeff Hensley
GMS Racing
Enfinger will be moving to GMS — the organization where he scored his first Truck win in 2016. He has a two-year deal to drive full time for the organization. Chase Purdy drove this truck in 2021.
24
Jack Wood
Chad Walter
GMS Racing
Wood will return to GMS Racing for the 2022 season, the team announced in August.
26
Tyler Ankrum
Charles Denike
GMS Racing
GMS Racing President Mike Beam told reporters that the team doesn”t expect Tyler Ankrum to return in 2022.
38
Todd Gilliland
Chris Lawson
Front Row Motorsports
Per a team release, Front Row is analyzing its Truck operation. No word on if the organization plans to field a team in 2022.
40
Ryan Truex
Cody Efaw
Niece Motorsports
42
Carson Hocevar
Phil Gould
Niece Motorsports
Niece Motorsports announced Hocevar would return in 2022 for a full-time ride.
45
Lawless Alan
Matt Noyce
Niece Motorsports
Alan will run full time for the team after making a handful of starts to close out the 2021 season.
52
Stewart Friesen
Jon Leonard
Halmar Friesen Racing
88
Matt Crafton
TBD
ThorSport Racing
Longtime crew chief Junior Joiner told FOX Sports 1 he is stepping away after the 2021 season.
98
TBD
Jeriod Prince
ThorSport Racing
Grant Enfinger and Christian Eckes split this ride in 2021. Enfinger is off to GMS Racing, while Eckes” plans are unknown at this point.
99
Ben Rhodes
Richard Lushes
ThorSport Racing
##
Colby Howard
TBD
McAnally-Hilgemann Racing
Howard is joining McAnally-Hilgemann Racing as the organization looks to expand its Truck operation to two teams in 2022.
##
Dean Thompson
TBD
Niece Motorsports
Thompson will run a full season in 2022 and is set to make his Truck debut in the 2021 season finale at Phoenix. He ran the bulk of the ARCA West season in 2021 as well.