While Rajah Caruth is the first driver of the No. 88 Chevrolet for JR Motorsports, the automotive pushed full-time a 12 months in the past by Connor Zilisch, the team only signed him for 23 of 33 races on the 2026 NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series schedule.
The 4 full-time Hendrick Motorsports Cup Series drivers are also splitting time in the car this 12 months, with Kyle Larson and William Byron each having already finished so on a number of events.
Byron made his first begin of the season at Phoenix Raceway in March and completed in thirteenth place, and after Larson competed at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Darlington Raceway, and Bristol Motor Speedway, Byron returned for this previous weekend’s race at Kansas Speedway.
After Byron’s sixth place end, Caruth is about to return to the No. 88 Chevrolet this weekend at Talladega Superspeedway.
Rajah Caruth set to interchange William Byron at Talladega
In the 5 races he is spent not behind the wheel of the No. 88 automotive this 12 months, Caruth has been competing for Jordan Anderson Racing behind the wheel of the No. 32 Chevrolet. He is twelfth within the standings, making him the ultimate driver above the playoff reduce line. He is 25 factors forward of the cutoff.
With Caruth again at JR Motorsports, full-time McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Craftsman Truck Series driver Tyler Ankrum is about to make his collection debut within the No. 32 automotive this weekend.
As for the No. 88 automotive, there are 5 extra races during which the Hendrick Motorsports Cup drivers are lined as much as compete this 12 months. Larson is about to run subsequent weekend’s race at Texas Motor Speedway, and Alex Bowman, who was supposed to compete at Darlington before Larson replaced him on account of his vertigo prognosis, is about to compete at Nashville Superspeedway in late May.
Byron is about to make his third and ultimate begin of the O’Reilly Series season at Pocono Raceway in June, whereas Chase Elliott is about to compete within the July races at Chicagoland Speedway and Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Caruth is about to drive the No. 88 Chevrolet within the ultimate two races of the common season and all through your complete nine-race postseason. Should he qualify for the playoffs, this full-time stint to shut out the 12 months must be a serious increase, given the truth that the No. 88 crew is second within the proprietor standings, whereas the No. 32 crew is barely sixteenth.
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