The 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series was the 27th season of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, a Pickup truck racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in the United States. The season began at Daytona International Speedway with the NextEra Energy 250 on February 12. The regular season ended with the race at Watkins Glen International on August 7. The NASCAR playoffs ended with the Lucas Oil 150 at Phoenix Raceway on November 5.
This season marks the 13th for Camping World Holdings as the series' title sponsor. After two years of advertising their Gander Outdoors retail chain in the title sponsorship, company CEO Marcus Lemonis announced on September 15, 2020, that the sponsorship would switch back to the Camping World brand beginning in 2021, which was the same name of the series from 2009 to 2018. Following the Corn Belt 150 at Knoxville Raceway, John Hunter Nemechek of Kyle Busch Motorsports clinched the Regular Season Championship one race early. Toyota claimed its 12th Manufacturer Championship following the United Rentals 200 at Martinsville Speedway. At the season finale, Ben Rhodes of ThorSport Racing became the 2021 Truck Series champion.
Teams and drivers Complete schedule Manufacturer Team Race driver Crew chief Chevrolet AM Racing 22 Austin Wayne Self Ryan Salomon GMS Racing 2 Sheldon Creed Jeff Stankiewicz 21 Zane Smith Kevin Manion 23 Chase Purdy (R) Jeff Hensley A. J. Allmendinger 24 Raphaël Lessard Chad Walter Ryan Reed Jack Wood Chase Elliott Doug Coby 26 Tyler Ankrum Charles Denike Jordan Anderson Racing 3 Jordan Anderson Bruce Cook Andrew Patterson Jordan Anderson Danny Gill Teddy Brown Bobby Reuse J. R. Heffner Howie DiSavino III Roger Reuse Keith McGee Parker Price-Miller Sage Karam Niece Motorsports 40 Ryan Truex Wally Rogers Cody Efaw Matt Weber 42 Carson Hocevar (R) Cody Efaw Phil Gould 45 Brett Moffitt Phil Gould Matt Noyce Wally Rogers Bayley Currey Erik Darnell Ross Chastain Jett Noland Chad Chastain Jake Griffin Lawless Alan Chris Hacker Rackley W.A.R. 25 Timothy Peters Chad Kendrick Josh Berry Brett Moffitt Willie Allen Young's Motorsports 02 Kris Wright (R) Eddie Troconis Steven Dawson Kaz Grala Josh Berry Daniel Suárez Chris Windom 12 Tate Fogleman Ryan London 20 Spencer Boyd Joe Lax Kyle Strickler Ford David Gilliland Racing 1 Hailie Deegan (R) Mike Hillman Jr. 15 Tanner Gray Shane Wilson Seth Smith Jacob Hampton Marcus Richmond Chad Johnston Wes Ward Front Row Motorsports 38 Todd Gilliland Chris Lawson David Gilliland Toyota Halmar Friesen Racing 52 Stewart Friesen Tripp Bruce Jon Leonard Hattori Racing Enterprises 16 Austin Hill Scott Zipadelli Kyle Busch Motorsports 4 John Hunter Nemechek Eric Phillips 18 Chandler Smith (R) Paul Andrews Danny Stockman Jr. 51 Drew Dollar Mardy Lindley Parker Chase Kyle Busch Martin Truex Jr. Corey Heim Brian Brown Derek Griffith Dylan Lupton McAnally–Hilgemann Racing 19 Derek Kraus Matt Noyce Mark Hillman On Point Motorsports 30 Danny Bohn Steven Lane Michele Abbate Brennan Poole ThorSport Racing 13 Johnny Sauter Joe Shear Jr. Bud Haefele 88 Matt Crafton Junior Joiner 98 Grant Enfinger Jeriod Prince Christian Eckes 99 Ben Rhodes Rich Lushes Chevrolet Toyota Reaume Brothers Racing 33 Jason White John Reaume Andrew Abbott Paul Clapprood George Ingram Josh Reaume Matthew Wolper Jesse Iwuji Akinori Ogata Myatt Snider Keith McGee B. J. McLeod Cameron Lawrence Josh Reaume Devon Rouse Armani Williams Ryan Ellis C. J. McLaughlin Chris Hacker Toyota Chevrolet 34 Jesse Iwuji Andrew Abbott Paul Clapprood John Reaume Frank Kerr Lawless Alan B. J. McLeod Ryan Ellis Jake Griffin Josh Reaume C. J. McLaughlin Akinori Ogata Chris Hacker At the Gateway race, which did not have qualifying, Chris Hacker was initially entered in the No. 31 truck for On Point Motorsports, which was excluded due to the team being too low in owner points as there were over 40 trucks on the entry list. As a result, OPM partnered with Reaume Brothers Racing, and Hacker moved to that team's No. 34 truck, which had previously been TBA on the entry list. Dylan Lupton Will Rodgers
Limited schedule Manufacturer Team Race driver Crew chief Rounds Chevrolet AM Racing 37 Brett Moffitt Jamie Jones Bret Holmes Racing 32 Bret Holmes Shane Huffman Sam Mayer Ty Dillon CMI Motorsports 72 Samuel LeComte Steve Kuykendall Tim Silva 83 Tim Viens (R) Tim Silva Matt Cooper Trevor Collins Brad Gross CR7 Motorsports 9 Codie Rohrbaugh Doug George Grant Enfinger Colby Howard FDNY Racing 28 Bryan Dauzat Jim Rosenblum Niece Motorsports 44 James Buescher Tim Mooney Matt Noyce Cody Efaw Wally Rogers Matt Weber Jett Noland Conor Daly Ross Chastain Kyle Larson Bayley Currey Logan Bearden Morgan Alexander Dean Thompson Norm Benning Racing 6 Norm Benning Ken Causey Mark Tolbert Charlie Langenstein Peck Motorsports 96 Todd Peck Keith Wolfe Rackley W.A.R. 27 William Byron Willie Allen Trey Hutchens Racing 14 Trey Hutchens Bobby Hutchens Jr. NEMCO Motorsports 8 Camden Murphy Gere Kennon Jr. Ford Joe Nemechek David Gilliland Racing 17 David Gilliland Chad Johnston Seth Smith Riley Herbst Bill Lester Kevin Harvick Ryan Preece (R) Donny Schatz Taylor Gray DCC Racing 39 Ryan Newman Frank Kerr Roper Racing 04 Cory Roper Shane Whitbeck Chase Briscoe Toyota Clay Greenfield Motorsports 68 Clay Greenfield Jeff Hammond Tucker Wingo Halmar Friesen Racing 62 Jessica Friesen Adam Crigger Tripp Bruce On Point Motorsports 31 Chris Hacker Rick Markle ThorSport Racing 66 Paul Menard Bud Haefele Joe Shear Jr. Ty Majeski Chevrolet Toyota Ford CMI Motorsports 49 Ray Ciccarelli Matt Cooper Tim Silva Roger Reuse Andrew Gordon Ryan Reed John Atwell J. J. Yeley Keith McGee Chevrolet Toyota Cram Racing Enterprises 41 Dawson Cram Brian Keselowski Kevin Cram Cody Erickson Todd Peck Will Rodgers Keith McGee Chevrolet Toyota Henderson Motorsports 75 Parker Kligerman Chris Carrier Sam Mayer Chevrolet Toyota Hill Motorsports 56 Gus Dean Greg Ely Patrick Magee Timmy Hill Tyler Hill Mike Marlar Chevrolet Ford Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Danny Gill Allen Chambers Steve Kuykendall Joe Majenski Rick Lind Toyota Chevrolet Spencer Davis Motorsports 11 Spencer Davis Jerry Babb Danny Gill Melvin Burns Jr. Bubba Wallace Camden Murphy Clay Greenfield
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Changes Teams On June 10, 2020, Ray Ciccarelli announced that he would be closing down his CMI Motorsports team after the 2020 season as a result of him disagreeing with NASCAR's decision to ban the Confederate Battle Flag (related with Sir Lewis Hamilton's FIA End Racism campaign, since NASCAR is a member of the Automobile Competition Committee for the United States, the national sporting authority for motorsport (ASN) as authorised by the FIA), meaning his No. 49 and No. 83 trucks will not be returning in 2021. However, CMI hinted in a tweet on October 30 that they would return for the 2021 season in some capacity. The team would later announce that Tim Viens would run a full season in the No. 49 while the No. 83 would continue to run part-time with and a rotation of drivers, including Ciccarelli himself. On July 15, 2020, ARCA Menards Series team owner/driver Justin Carroll announced that his TC Motorsports team would run part-time in the Truck Series in 2021 after they purchased a race truck in the summer of 2020. The team's first race was going to come at the Daytona Road Course, but they later postponed their debut to Richmond (which they did not enter) with additional starts planned at Bristol in September (which they also did not enter) and Martinsville. On July 31, 2020, eventual 2020 ARCA Menards Series champion Bret Holmes told reporter Chris Knight that he was looking at debuting in the Truck Series for select races in 2021. On January 14, 2021, Holmes announced that he would be driving for his own team as it expands into the Truck Series. He and Sam Mayer will run partial schedules in the No. 32 truck. On March 6, 2021, it was revealed that the team had purchased the owner points of the No. 28 FDNY Racing truck, which attempted the season-opener at Daytona, in order to be more likely to qualify for races without qualifying if an entry list had over 40 trucks. On October 8, 2020, Trey Hutchens revealed that he and his team planned on expanding their part-time schedule to between 8 and 12 races in 2021, after previously attempting 5 and 3 races in 2020 and 2019, respectively. On November 13, 2020, it was announced that Lira Motorsports would be returning to the series for the first time since 2016, fielding a part-time entry for late model and NASCAR Roots driver Logan Misuraca. She and the team also announced that they would run part-time in the ARCA Menards Series in 2021. Misuraca revealed in an interview in April that her deal with Lira had fallen through. Soon after, she joined On Point Motorsports to potentially drive the No. 30 with Camping World sponsorship during Marcus Lemonis' efforts to get all trucks in each race sponsored. She filmed a video to try to get Camping World and Lemonis to sponsor her, but as of August 2021, no deal has been put together. On December 1, 2020, McAnally–Hilgemann Racing announced that they would field a truck at the season-finale at Phoenix that will be driven by one of the drivers who participated in their new Driver Academy Series. All of the drivers who win a race in that series will be put into a drawing, and the winner of that drawing will get to drive this truck in this one race. With Derek Kraus returning to the team's No. 19 in 2021, this entry for the team at Phoenix will be a second part-time McAnally truck. On December 18, 2020, driver Willie Allen and Rackley Roofing owner Curtis Sutton announced the formation of the team Rackley W.A.R., fielding the No. 25 full-time for Timothy Peters. On June 1, 2021, the team announced that Peters would be released and replaced with JR Motorsports Xfinity Series driver Josh Berry for the next three races. On June 3, Rackley W.A.R. announced that Hendrick Motorsports Cup Series driver William Byron would make his first Truck Series start since his seven-win full season in the series in 2016, driving a part-time second truck, the No. 27, for the team. On January 13, 2021, it was announced that Hattori Racing Enterprises would be adding a part-time second truck in 2021 for Max McLaughlin. The races that it will be entered in and its number have yet to be announced. McLaughlin, the son of retired NASCAR driver Mike McLaughlin, ran full-time for the team in their ARCA Menards Series East No. 1 car in 2019 and 2020, but will not return to that ride in 2021 in order to concentrate on his dirt racing efforts. Max has one prior Truck start, which came in the 2018 Eldora Dirt Derby for Niece Motorsports. On January 14, 2021, it was announced that Win-Tron Racing would merge into AM Racing, a Truck Series team that they have had an alliance with for multiple years and that they have shared a race shop with beginning in 2020. On January 22, 2021, Spencer Davis announced that he and his team would be running the full season in 2021, after previously running part-time in 2020. After failing to qualify for the season-opener at Daytona, they did not attempt the next two races (the Daytona Road Course and Las Vegas). The team returned in the next race at Atlanta, as it was announced on March 20 that Davis had acquired the owner points of the No. 8 NEMCO Motorsports truck, which would allow his team to run the entire season since the No. 8 had attempted the first two races of the season. On March 18, the team announced that full-time Cup Series driver and 2014 Eldora Dirt Derby winner Bubba Wallace would return to the Truck Series to drive their No. 11 in the Bristol dirt race, which would be fielded in a collaboration with Hattori Racing Enterprises for this race.