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NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series regular Rajah Caruth will make his return to the Craftsman Truck Series tonight under somber pretenses. Rajah will jump in the truck No. 7 HendricksCars.com Chevrolet for the late Kyle Busch for the Allegiance 200 at Nashville Superspeedway doing double duty this weekend as he will also be piloting the No. 32 HendricksCars.com Chevrolet for Jordan Anderrson Racing in the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Sports Illustrated 250 on Saturday evening.
Rajah competes full time in the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series where he splits his driving duties between JR Motorsports and Jordan Anderson Racing. Over the first 15 races of the 2026 season, he has logged one pole, one top five, five top 10s and sits 13th in points.
Tonight’s start will mark his fourth truck series start on the 1.33-mile Tennessee oval. Last season, Caruth held off a hard-charging Corey Heim and Layne Riggs to earn his second-career CRAFTSMAN Truck Series victory in this very race. After hitting pit road for the final time in the third position, the No. 71 pit crew nailed the stop, putting their driver out front to start the Final Stage where he led the final 51 laps en route to the win. Tonight Rajah will be piloting chassis SMT-089, which is the same Spire Motorsports Chevy Silverado that Carson Hocevar put in Victory Lane last May at Kansas Speedway, and was most recently driven by Kyle Busch to a runner-up finish at Texas Motor Speedway.
“This is a track I’ve really taken a liking to, and I feel more prepared than anything”, said Caruth in a morning Q&A session in the media center. “I’m definitely confident and excited to be back at this track for sure”, he continued.
