MOORESVILLE, N.C. — Following a robust season in his first yr at Entrance Row Motorsports driving the No. 38 Ford F-150, Chandler Smith is now set to return to the group for the 2026 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Collection season.
Increasing to a two-truck crew operation on the finish of the 2024 season, Entrance Row Motorsports tapped Smith to take the reins of the No. 38 Ford F-150 for the 2025 Truck Collection season.
Smith went on to win two races, dominating at Bristol within the Spring and capturing an announcement victory on the historic North Wilkesboro Speedway. Over the course of the season, he earned 5 top-five and 16 top-10 finishes.
“It’s unimaginable what this group completed in only one season,” mentioned Smith. “Once I got here to Entrance Row on such brief discover, nobody anticipated us to make a playoff run — however this crew by no means backed down. The work, the idea, and the hassle they put in made all of the distinction. I’m excited for what’s forward and assured in what we will obtain collectively.”
Jon Leonard will return to Entrance Row Motorsports to name the pictures for Smith and the No. 38 crew. This will likely be Leonard’s sixth yr within the Truck Collection and sixth yr as a Truck Collection crew chief.
“I’m trying ahead to working with Chandler (Smith) once more,” mentioned Leonard. “Now we have a mutual belief for one another; we simply click on. He is aware of what he wants out of the truck to be higher and he communicates that effectively. That degree of readability makes my job simpler, and collectively I feel we will construct one thing sturdy proper out of the gate.”
Smith and the No. 38 crew will now shift their focus to the Recent From Florida 250 on the Daytona (Fla.) Worldwide Speedway, an occasion that FRM has received two occasions in 2022 and 2023.
