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Justin Haley will return to GMS Racing for his first full season in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in 2018.
GMS and Haley made a joint announcement through their Twitter feeds Monday morning. Crew chief Kevin Bellicourt and primary sponsor Fraternal Order of Eagles will also return to the No. 24 Chevrolet team, GMS announced.
“GMS is a very professional team. They treat it just like Hendrick or Penske would,” Haley told SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. “It’s basically a Cup team but in Truck form. We obviously have an Xfinity team as well, but bringing three, four, five trucks to the race track every weekend, it’s quite the superteam. They give me and everyone else all the resources we need to win. Now it’s just up to me to figure out how to do that.”
Haley, 18, will team with former Camping World Truck Series champion Johnny Sauter and GMS newcomer Dalton Sargeant. Sauter signed a contract extension last November with the No. 21 Chevrolet group, and Sargeant was announced as driver of the No. 25 Chevy last Friday.
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Haley drove in 21 of the series’ 23 races last year, joining the circuit in April for the balance of the schedule. NASCAR rules restricting drivers under age 18 from racing at tracks greater than 1.25 miles kept Haley out of the first two events, at Daytona and Atlanta.
Haley notched three top-five results last season, including a best finish of third place at Kentucky Speedway in July. He also posted his first pole position, leading qualifying at Texas Motor Speedway in November.
Haley won the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East in 2016. He also won two of the three ARCA Racing Series events he competed in last season, prevailing at Talladega Superspeedway and Pocono Raceway.