Gio Ruggiero, Tanner Gray Back With TRICON for 2026

Gio Ruggiero and Tanner Gray will return to TRICON Garage for the 2026 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season, the team announced Dec. 18.

Their truck numbers for the year weren’t announced, but Gray has piloted the No. 15 during his TRICON tenure, while Ruggiero drove the No. 17 in his rookie season last year.

They join the previously announced Kaden Honeycutt at the team for 2026.

In all, TRICON fielded five full-time trucks in 2025.

Ruggiero earned one win, seven top fives and 11 top 10s in 2025, while Gray scored three top fives and six top 10s in his sixth full-time Truck season.

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