1. Chandler Smith competes full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No 38 Ford F-150 for Front Row Motorsports and part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No 66 Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Garage 66.
30 Facts About Chandler Smith
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Chandler Smith was a member of Toyota Racing Development's TD2 driver development system from 2018 until the end of 2022 but rejoined the for 2024, before leaving at the end of the year again.
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In 2013, Smith won the bandoleros national championship after two wins at Atlanta, one at Charlotte and one at Bethel Motor Speedway.
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In 2018, Chandler Smith made his ARCA Menards Series debut at the Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway and won the pole after qualifying was rained out.
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Chandler Smith led 51 laps and finished 5th in the race.
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On September 15,2018, Chandler Smith dominated at Salem Speedway, leading nearly every lap to win his second race.
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Chandler Smith would run mostly short track events due to age restrictions.
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On February 21,2019, Kyle Busch Motorsports announced that Chandler Smith would run a four-race NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series schedule in the team's Nos.
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On March 3,2020, Chandler Smith was announced to return to KBM part-time in the Truck Series for the 2020 season.
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Chandler Smith was promoted to a full-time Truck Series schedule for 2021, driving the No 18 for KBM.
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Chandler Smith almost won the series' inaugural race at Knoxville, but lost the lead to Austin Hill in the closing laps and green-white-checkered attempts.
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Chandler Smith did barely qualify for the playoffs in the 10th and final spot despite being disqualified in the regular-season finale at Watkins Glen.
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At Bristol, in a must-win situation to make the Round of 8 in the playoffs, Chandler Smith won, beating Grant Enfinger and teammate John Hunter Nemechek as Nemechek overshot turn 1 and race leader Sheldon Creed was put into the wall by Chandler Smith and overshot turn 1 and spun finishing 19th.
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Chandler Smith began the 2022 season with a 21st place finish at Daytona.
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Chandler Smith scored wins at Las Vegas and Pocono to make the playoffs.
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Chandler Smith finished third at Phoenix and third in the standings.
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On December 20,2024, Chandler Smith announced his return to the Truck Series full-time, driving for Front Row Motorsports in 2025.
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Chandler Smith would drive the No 38 as Layne Riggs would move over to the No 34 after FRM expanded to two full-time trucks.
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Chandler Smith started the season with a sixth-place finish at Daytona.
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Chandler Smith scored his first win of the season at Bristol.
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Chandler Smith began the season with a 12th place finish at Daytona.
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On December 13,2023, it was announced that Chandler Smith will join Joe Gibbs Racing and drive the No 81 Toyota full-time in 2024 after the team bought out Chandler Smith's contract from Kaulig.
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Chandler Smith started the season with a fifth place finish at Daytona.
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Chandler Smith was eliminated from the playoffs at the conclusion of the Round of 8 at Martinsville.
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Chandler Smith failed to make the Daytona 500 after finishing 18th in Duel 1 of the 2023 Bluegreen Vacations Duels.
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Chandler Smith made his official Cup debut at Richmond, finishing 17th.
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Chandler Smith would fail to qualify after experiencing a hard crash in Duel 1 while running 3rd.
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Chandler Smith attended Pickens High School in Jasper, Georgia and was a part of the graduating class of 2020.
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Smith's father, Mike Smith, is the owner of Smith General Contracting, a business that sponsors much of Chandler's racing endeavors.
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Chandler Smith proposed to his girlfriend Kenzie Grams on New Year's Day in 2021; they were married on July 17,2021.