For the primary time ever this weekend, NASCAR is coming to .
Every of the game’s prime three nationwide touring sequence will race on a 3.4-mile highway course designed for Naval Base Coronado off the coast of San Diego. The motion begins Friday with a Craftsman Truck Sequence race, the Navy 250, with an entry record that is stuffed with recognizable names and former stars of the game.
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The headliner of the group is former . A local of Southern California, the 50-year-old — who’s now the co-owner of a Cup Sequence staff, Legacy Motor Membership — couldn’t cross up the chance to get behind the wheel in San Diego.
“Rising up simply miles from San Diego, I dreamed about racing right here in a NASCAR automobile sometime, however I by no means thought it could be doable. I simply got here to the belief that there could be no method NASCAR might race in that metropolis – as there could be nowhere to place a monitor,” Johnson mentioned in an announcement earlier this 12 months. “So, it’s simply mind-blowing to me that NASCAR made this a actuality.”
It’ll be simply the second time in Johnson’s motorsports profession that he is competed within the Truck Sequence, final doing so in 2008 at Bristol for a staff that was owned by Corridor of Fame NFL extensive receiver Randy Moss. Johnson led 29 laps in that race earlier than crashing out and ending thirty fourth. Within the Navy 250, he’ll be piloting the No. 1 Toyota for TRICON Storage, with Jerame Donley serving as his crew chief.
Johnson will even race in Sunday’s Cup Sequence race, the Anduril 250, driving the No. 84 Toyota for Legacy Motor Membership because the staff’s third automobile within the race. Since retiring from full-time racing after the 2020 season, Johnson has competed in a handful of Cup Sequence races and ran the Daytona 500 yearly — ending third in 2025.
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In his NASCAR profession, Johnson has only one highway course win, taking the checkered flag at Sonoma in 2010.
The present factors chief within the Truck Sequence is Layne Riggs, driver of the No. 34 Ford, with three wins. Kaden Honeycutt, driver of the No. 11 Toyota, is second within the standings and gained the final truck race at a highway course, taking the checkered flag at Watkins Glen in Could.
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Listed below are the opposite huge names in Friday’s Truck Sequence race, which begins at 7 p.m. ET on FS1.
Jamie McMurray
In 16 seasons as a Cup Sequence driver, McMurray gained a pair of NASCAR’s crown jewels, driving into victory lane on the Daytona 500 and Brickyard 400 in 2010. He was NASCAR’s Rookie of the 12 months in 2003, gained an all-star race and was additionally a part of a staff that gained the Rolex 24 at Daytona in 2013.
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The 50-year-old McMurray dabbled within the Truck Sequence in his profession, competing in 25 races and successful one in 2004 at Martinsville. His final truck race was in 2008. McMurray can be driving the No. 25 Ram for Kaulig Racing.
Brendan Gaughan
A flexible driver who has gained a number of stockcar and off-road competitions — together with the 2025 Baja 1000 Class 1 — Gaughan is a veteran of the Truck Sequence. He was the Rookie of the 12 months in 2002 and voted because the Most Fashionable Driver of the sequence in 2003. In 217 races over 14 seasons, he notched 80 top-10 finishes and gained eight races. In his last full-time season within the Truck Sequence, Gaughan completed within the prime 5 10 occasions in 2013.
Gaughan, 50, gained a highway course race in 2014, taking the checkered flag at Highway America within the second-tier O’Reilly Auto Components Sequence. On the Cup Sequence degree, he completed seventh within the 2020 Daytona 500.
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The California native and two-time champion of the Winston West Sequence will pilot the No. 20 Chevrolet for McAnally Hilgemann Racing.
Kaz Grala
In 2017, Grala grew to become the youngest driver to win a NASCAR race at Daytona, taking the checkered flag on the age of 18 within the Truck Sequence race that 12 months. However that’s nonetheless Grala’s solely victory within the prime three ranges of NASCAR.
He has two top-10 finishes within the Cup Sequence and ran a full-time schedule on the prime degree of the game for Rick Ware Racing in 2024. Grala, now 27 years previous, has 19 top-10 finishes within the Truck Sequence in 51 races. For the previous two seasons, he has been Legacy Motor Membership’s reserve and simulation driver, and has raced part-time for Sam Hunt Racing within the O’Reilly Sequence. Final 12 months within the second-tier sequence, he ran nicely at two highway programs, putting eleventh at Watkins Glen and fourth on the Charlotte Roval.
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Grala can be driving the No. 62 Toyota for Halmar Friesen Racing.
Adam Andretti
Sure, he’s from that well-known racing household. Adam is the youthful brother of the late John Andretti and the nephew of Mario Andretti. This would be the fifth time the 47-year-old has raced within the Truck Sequence this season, with a finest end of twelfth at Atlanta.
Andretti can be behind the wheel of the No. 5 Toyota for TRICON Storage.
Justin Marks
Marks is the proprietor of Trackhouse Racing, the Cup Sequence staff that options Ross Chastain, Connor Zilisch and highway course ace Shane van Gisbergen. However Marks can also be an completed wheelman.
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He completed twelfth within the 2018 Daytona 500 and in 2016, gained an O’Reilly Sequence race on the Mid-Ohio Sports activities Automobile Course. He additionally has 4 top-10 finishes within the Truck Sequence. Marks will pilot the No. 77 Chevrolet for Spire Motorsports in San Diego.
