25-year-old scored first top-five finish in 2014 at Talladega
GMS Racing announced Tuesday that Spencer Gallagher will expand his driving duties to a full-time schedule in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in 2015.
Gallagher, 25, will pair with crew chief Jeff Stankiewicz on the No. 23 Chevrolet team. The truck will carry sponsorship from Allegiant Travel, a Las Vegas-based agency that backed Gallagher’s part-time efforts last season.
Gallagher will serve as a teammate to 17-year-old Brandon Jones, who is slated to run 16 races in the team’s No. 33 Chevy this season.
“A full season in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series for GMS Racing is something I have been looking forward to for a long time,” said Gallagher, who will be running a full schedule for the first time in an NASCAR national series. “We all made a lot of progress and noise throughout 2014. I cannot wait to be behind the wheel for all 23 events. I know Brandon and I have the equipment and personnel behind us to go race for wins.”
Gallagher drove in nine truck series events last season for GMS, logging a best finish of third in a frantic finish last fall at Talladega Superspeedway. His startling aerodynamic boost through traffic near the checkered flag led to one of the season’s best quotes, with Gallagher making a Biblical misapplication in the post-race news conference by saying it was a case of “Noah parting the seas.”
Gallagher also notched his first victory in ARCA competition in the 2014 finale at Kansas Speedway.
Stankiewicz spent last season as crew chief for driver Joey Coulter, who posted three top-five finishes in 2014. Earlier in January, the team announced that Coulter would move from the cockpit to take the role of team relations coordinator for GMS.