Spade Racing’s 2026 Previews TRUCK SERIES: Pick Your Game

When we go to the casino, we like to picture ourselves playing massive bets like James Bond.  In reality, we’re mostly middle class people just trying to make a little extra cash and have fun while doing it—just like most of the Truck Series!  Here’s a preview of the 2026 season, with a matching casino game to boot.


KEY: #. Driver name Car # & Team

#—predicted finish in the regular season standings

Chevrolet, Dodge/Ram, Ford, Toyota

Special thanks to Jayski for most of the information here, all of which is subject to change

Full-time teams/drivers only

All pictures courtesy Wikipedia


1. Ty Majeski #88 ThorSport Racing: High-stakes baccarat, in the room you can only enter if you’re wearing a suit or a cocktail dress.


2. Grant Enfinger #9 CR7 Motorsports: No-limit poker, where every player has a free casino jacket on.


3. Tyler Ankrum #18 McAnally-Hilgemann Racing: Dollar slots where you get a free drink every hour for playing.


4. Layne Riggs #34 Front Row Motorsports: Craps, but the kind where people actually know how the heck to play it.


5. Kaden Honeycutt #11 Tricon Garage: Blackjack with a really pretty dealer.


6. Jake Garcia #98 ThorSport Racing: Sports book “exotics” betting where everybody has “a system”.


7. Ben Rhodes #99 ThorSport Racing: Regular baccarat, with most of the players there because their casino guidebook told them to.


8. Justin Haley #16 Kaulig Racing: Progressive jackpot slots.


9. Daniel Hemric #19 McAnally-Hilgemann Racing: “Exotic” poker games that, deep down, you know you can’t win.


10. Chandler Smith #38 Front Row Motorsports: OTB parimutuel horse race betting (the kind where the median age of the bettors is about 80).


11. Brenden “Butterbean” Queen  #12 Kaulig Racing: Blackjack with an average-looking dealer—and the guy next to you is wearing pajama pants.


12. Tanner Gray #15 Tricon Garage: That one gigantic slot machine with the huge lever to pull every casino seems to have.


13. Gio Ruggiero #17 Tricon Garage: Low-limit poker with at least one player who used to be a day trader.


14. Cole Butcher #13 ThorSport Racing: The “big wheel” that nobody ever wins at.


15. Stewart Friesen #13 Halmar Friesen Racing: Double-zero roulette.


16. Christian Eckes #91 McAnally-Hilgemann Racing: Craps, but the kind where nobody knows what the heck they’re doing.


17. Andres Perez de Lara #44 Niece Motorsports: Triple-zero roulette.


18. Daniel Dye #10 Kaulig Racing: Penny slots, aka the best way to drain $100 in fifteen minutes.


19. Dawson Sutton #26 Rackley W.A.R.: Sports book betting where everyone is paying for their wagers in crumpled-up bills.


20. Kris Wright #81 McAnally-Hilgemann Racing: Pin the tail on the donkey.


21. Frankie Muniz #33 Team Reaume: I’m thinking of a number between 1 and 10.



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