will try and qualify for the 68th operating of the Daytona 500 subsequent month. He’ll pilot the No. 36 Entrance Row Motorsports Ford Mustang. FRM additionally has three chartered vehicles with locked in spots — the No. 4 of , the No. 34 of , and the No. 38 of .
Smith additionally competes full-time within the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Sequence with FRM. He has made two earlier makes an attempt on the Daytona 500 in each 2023 and 2025, failing to qualify each instances. This will probably be his third totally different workforce as he goals to make the sector for NASCAR’s greatest race.
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In 2023, he drove for Kaulig Racing and completed 18th in Duel #1, lacking out on the massive present by ten positions. In 2025, he joined Storage 66 and whereas operating up entrance in Duel #1, he was concerned in a race-ending crash.
Smith has three Cup begins, and impressively completed inside the highest 20 each time. He positioned seventeenth at Richmond, fifteenth at Daytona (summer time race), and thirteenth at Talladega through the 2023 season.
The 23-year-old can be a confirmed winner within the decrease two nationwide divisions, gathering three wins as a driver within the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Elements Sequence and 7 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Sequence wins. He additionally has ten wins as an ARCA driver.
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The 2026 Daytona 500 is anticipated to have a deep area of open entries together with (JR Motorsports), (RFK Racing), Corey Heim (23XI Racing), Anthony Alfredo (Beard Motorsports), (Dwell Quick Motorsports), (NY Racing Staff), and (Storage 66).
There’s additionally within the No. 84 Legacy Motor Membership Toyota, however he’s locked in by way of the Open Exemption Provisional, leaving eight drivers to struggle for the 4 open spots on the grid.
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