With the return of qualifying and the inaugural trip to Circuit of the Americas, 43 drivers are entered for the Toyota Tundra 225.
Thirty-six drivers will make the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race, so barring withdrawals, seven drivers will fail to qualify.
Parker Chase will make his second start driving the No. 51 Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota. He finished 23rd after starting 22nd at the Daytona International Speedway road course earlier this season.
Paul Menard will return to NASCAR to drive the No. 66 ThorSport Racing Toyota. Menard will also be joined by Christian Eckes, who will make his fourth start of this season driving the No. 98. Eckes has one top five – fourth at Kansas Speedway – and three top 10s this year.
With Eckes piloting the No. 98, Grant Enfinger will slide over to drive the No. 9 CR7 Motorsports Chevrolet. Enfinger is eighth in the point standings despite missing one race, with one top five – fifth at Darlington Raceway – and four top-10 finishes this year.
ARCA Menards Series driver Jack Wood will make his Truck debut, driving the No. 24 GMS Racing Chevrolet.
CMI Motorsports will field three entries: John Atwell in the No. 49, Sam LeComte in the No. 72 and Brad Gross in the No. 83.
Michele Abbate and Logan Bearden will attempt to make their Truck debuts, driving the No. 30 Toyota and No. 44 Chevrolet, respectively.
Sam Mayer will drive the No. 32 Bret Holmes Racing Chevrolet for his third start of this season and 12th career start.
Reaume Brothers Racing will field Lawless Alan in the No. 34, and although the No. 33 is listed as TBA on the entry list, the team announced Cameron Lawrence will attempt to make his Truck debut.
Kaz Grala is back in Young’s Motorsports’ No. 02, replacing Kris Wright, who will focus on his start in Sam Hunt Racing’s No. 26 in the Xfinity Series.
Spencer Davis Motorsports’ No. 11 is the home this weekend of Camden Murphy, who will attempt to make his second start of 2021.
Roger Reuse will attempt to make his first Truck start of 2021 in Jordan Anderson Racing’s No. 3, which his brother Bobby drove at the Daytona road course.
Bayley Currey shifts to Niece’s No. 45 after piloting its No. 44 the previous race.
Truck Series COTA Entry List
The Toyota Tundra 225 will take place on Saturday, May 22 at 1 p.m. ET, with TV coverage provided by Fox Sports 1.
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Mark Kristl joined Frontstretch at the beginning of the 2019 NASCAR season. He is the site's ARCA Menards Series editor. Kristl is also an Eagle Scout and a proud University of Dayton alum.
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