New NASCAR Drivers Take the Stage at Nashville Superspeedway

NASCAR is headed to the Music City this weekend with yet another tripleheader of races at Nashville Superspeedway. Fitting as it is, the city of entertainment will provide plenty of it through an array of part-time entries across all 3 races. The stars in action include Cleetus McFarland, Jesse Love on double duty, and Corey Heim in the Cup Series.

Truck Series Part-Time Entries

• Brandon Jones - The Joe Gibbs Racing driver from the O'Reilly Auto Parts Series will make his 4th Truck Series start of the season in the TRICON Garage No. 1 Toyota. All 3 starts have been top-7 finishes.
• William Sawalich - Joe Gibbs Racing continues its strong ties with TRICON Garage through its Toyota connection. Sawalich will make his 5th Truck Series start of the season. He has not finished any better than 10th place in any of those races.
• Rajah Caruth - He will make his 2026 Truck Series debut in the Spire Motorsports No. 7 truck. The late Kyle Busch was originally to race in this vehicle this upcoming weekend. Spire will continue to run the No. 7 with Caruth being this week's taker. He will run double-duty with the Jordan Anderson Racing No. 32 in the O'Reilly Auto Parts Series, which will wear the HendrickCars.com paint scheme. Hendrick Motorsports has a partnership with Spire and Jordan Anderson.
• Ross Chastain - The schedule for Chastain in the Truck Series is vast, where Nashville will mark his 7th start of the season with Niece Motorsports. Chastain began the season with back-to-back top-4 finishes, but he has yet to earn a top-10 since Bristol on April 10.
• Parker Retzlaff - Retzlaff will make his 2026 Truck Series debut racing for Halmar-Friesen Racing in their Toyota. Retzlaff, a Chevrolet driver, makes a unique move here by racing a Toyota. Retzlaff is hyped for an upgraded ride in 2026 in the O'Reilly Auto Parts Series and a long-shot chance at a Cup Series ride. If Toyota offers him a better opportunity than Chevrolet, it is reasonable to expect Retzlaff to switch.
• Jesse Love - Love makes his 2026 debut in a truck and only his 4th ever start in the Truck Series, which were all for TRICON Garage. Love now makes his debut for Spire Motorsports in their No. 77 truck, sporting the Delaware Life paint scheme often hailed by Carson Hocevar, who has run 8 of the 10 Truck Series races this season.

O'Reilly Auto Parts Series Part-Time Entries

• Cleetus McFarland - The YouTube star with millions of subscribers will make his 2nd start of his career and the season for Richard Childress Racing in the O'Reilly Auto Parts Series. NASCAR has tasked McFarland with racing on shorter tracks, such as Nashville Superspeedway, which is 1.33 miles long. He finished 32nd at Rockingham in April.
• Kyle Larson - Larson replaces Alex Bowman in the No. 88, with no cited reason for the switch. Fans speculate that Bowman is not feeling up to the task with his prior vertigo issues this year, which sidelined him for about one month. Nothing is confirmed, and Larson will now race for the 5th time this season in the series, searching for his 3rd win of the year.

Cup Series Part-Time Entries

• Corey Heim - The Truck Series Champion continues his part-time campaign for 23XI Racing, which fans speculate Heim will race for full-time in 2026. The hype commands legitimacy with rumors that Riley Herbst could be moving to LEGACY MOTOR CLUB. This will be Heim's 6th start of the season, with his best finish being 15th at Kansas.
• Austin Hill - Richard Childress Racing swapped out the No. 8 car for the No. 33 in the wake of Kyle Busch's tragic passing. The team will run this number for the remainder of the season. Hill has not been confirmed to race the remainder of the season, but he will start for the 2nd weekend in a row for Richard Childress Racing.

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This story was originally published May 27, 2026 at 11:59 AM.