Robert Ray "Trey" Hutchens III[1] (born May 20, 1998) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 14 Chevrolet Silverado for his family team, Trey Hutchens Racing. He has also competed in what is now the ARCA Menards Series East part-time since 2013, with most of his starts coming with his own team as well. Hutchens also drove in the former NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour for two years.

Trey Hutchens
BornRobert Ray Hutchens III
(1998-05-20) May 20, 1998 (age 26)
Lexington, North Carolina, U.S.
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
13 races run over 7 years
Truck no., teamNo. 14 (Trey Hutchens Racing)
2023 position75th
Best finish54th (2019)
First race2017 M&M's 200 (Iowa)
Last race2024 Wright Brand 250 (North Wilkesboro)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
ARCA Menards Series East career
33 races run over 6 years
Best finish14th (2017)
First race2013 Visit Hampton VA 175 (Langley)
Last race2018 United Site Services 70 (Loudon)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 6 0
Statistics current as of May 20, 2024.

Racing career

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Craftsman Truck Series

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Hutchens debuted in the Truck Series in 2017 at Iowa,[2] where he drove the No. 66 for Bolen Motorsports and finished 16th in that race.

He returned to the Truck Series in 2019 at Charlotte driving the No. 14 for his own team but failed to qualify. He did qualify for the Texas race in June and finished 24th. After failing to qualify for multiple races due to the large number of entries that year, Hutchens moved to the full-time No. 8 truck for NEMCO Motorsports to run at Iowa, the same thing that Tony Mrakovich had done with his upstart team.

Hutchens returned to his own No. 14 truck for the 2020 season, planning to make his first attempt of the season at Charlotte as he did the previous year. However, with no qualifying for the weekend and his team not having enough owner points, they were excluded from the race and failed to qualify again. He came back the next weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway but failed to qualify again. Hutchens qualified at Kentucky Speedway, Michigan Speedway and Texas Motor Speedway, posting a best finish of 29th at Michigan.[3]

He came back in 2021, but failed to qualify in the Fr8Auctions 200, ToyotaCare 250, WISE Power 200, and the LiftKits4Less.com 200. He did eventually qualify for his first North Carolina Education Lottery 200 after Spencer Davis and Ray Ciccarelli withdrew. He locked up in a bad crash with Johnny Sauter that obliterated Sauter's right side and Hutchens' driver side. Both drivers were okay. Drew Dollar though, survived the crash after spinning out from Sauter.

According to the entry list, Hutchens would make his first start of the 2022 season at Kansas Speedway. He made his first start in 2023 at Texas Motor Speedway but was taken out in a huge scary crash involving multiple trucks. He says he is not sure whether they will be able to run more races or not because they have a limited number of trucks and only one engine so if it got damaged then he probably would not make it back to the track this year.

Personal life

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Hutchens attended North Carolina State University where he majored in engineering and minored in computer programming. He also is a graduate of North Davidson High School, where he was the senior class president.[4] He is the son of Bobby Hutchens Jr., a longtime NASCAR race team executive who worked in a variety of positions for Richard Childress Racing and was also the competition director for Stewart-Haas Racing and later JTG Daugherty Racing,[5] and is currently the crew chief for his son's No. 14 truck.

Hutchens' mother, Sharon, died of breast cancer when he was age eleven and in middle school.[1]

Motorsports career results

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NASCAR

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(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Craftsman Truck Series

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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 NCTC Pts Ref
2017 Bolen Motorsports 66 Chevy DAY ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW IOW
16
KEN ELD POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 57th 21 [6]
2019 Trey Hutchens Racing 14 Chevy DAY ATL LVS MAR TEX DOV KAN CLT
DNQ
TEX
24
MCH
16
BRI MSP LVS TAL MAR PHO HOM 54th 42 [7]
NEMCO Motorsports 8 Chevy IOW
29
GTW CHI KEN POC ELD
2020 Trey Hutchens Racing 14 Chevy DAY LVS CLT
DNQ
ATL
DNQ
HOM POC KEN
36
TEX KAN KAN MCH
29
DRC DOV GTW DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL KAN TEX
36
MAR PHO 67th 18 [3]
2021 DAY DRC LVS ATL
DNQ
BRD RCH
DNQ
KAN
DNQ
DAR
DNQ
COA CLT
32
TEX NSH
33
POC KNX GLN GTW DAR BRI LVS TAL MAR PHO 80th 9 [8]
2022 DAY LVS ATL COA MAR BRD DAR KAN
29
TEX CLT GTW SON KNX NSH
DNQ
MOH POC IRP RCH
DNQ
KAN
DNQ
BRI TAL HOM PHO 70th 8 [9]
2023 DAY LVS ATL COA TEX
30
BRD MAR KAN DAR NWS CLT GTW NSH
DNQ
MOH POC RCH
DNQ
IRP MLW KAN BRI TAL HOM PHO 75th 7 [10]
2024 DAY ATL LVS BRI
35
COA MAR TEX KAN DAR NWS
36
CLT GTW NSH POC IRP RCH
DNQ
MLW BRI KAN TAL HOM MAR PHO 74th 3 [11]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

K&N Pro Series East

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NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 NKNPSEC Pts Ref
2013 Spraker Racing Enterprises 37 Chevy BRI GRE FIF RCH BGS IOW LGY
18
COL IOW VIR GRE 31st 91 [12]
Trey Hutchens Racing 14 Chevy NHA
15
Jim Weller Jr. 31 Chevy DOV
8
RAL
2014 Trey Hutchens Racing 14 Chevy NSM DAY BRI
33
GRE RCH
20
BGS
17
FIF LGY NHA
13
COL IOW
16
GLN VIR 22nd 195 [13]
23 IOW
14
Hattori Racing Enterprises 1 Toyota GRE
17
DOV
27
2015 Trey Hutchens Racing 14 Chevy NSM GRE BRI
16
NHA
17
RCH
7
DOV
15
20th 185 [14]
23 IOW
10
BGS LGY COL IOW
14
GLN MOT VIR
2016 14 NSM
14
MOB
21
GRE
20
BRI
13
NHA
8
DOV
11
18th 230 [15]
Marsh Racing 31 Chevy VIR
24
DOM STA COL
Trey Hutchens Racing 15 Chevy IOW
11
GLN GRE NJE
2017 14 NSM
15
GRE BRI
17
SBO SBO MEM
10
BLN TMP NHA
9
IOW
30
GLN LGY NJE DOV
12
14th 171 [16]
2018 NSM BRI LGY SBO SBO MEM
15
NJE TMP NHA
18
IOW GLN GTW NHA DOV 35th 55 [17]

Whelen Southern Modified Tour

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NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour results
Year Car owner No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NWSMTC Pts Ref
2015 Trey Hutchens Racing 14 Chevy CRW
DNQ
CRW
14
SBO
8
LGY
13
CRW
13
BGS
14
BRI LGY
11
SBO
9
CLT
13
11th 281 [18]
2016 CRW CON
11
SBO CRW CRW
10
BGS
9
BRI ECA
9
SBO
12
CRW
11
CLT
10
12th 236 [19]

References

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  1. ^ a b Sigala Jr., Sal (December 24, 2009). "Racing Director Bobby Hutchens' Wife Sharon Loses Bout To Breast Cancer". Bleacher Report. Turner Broadcasting System. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  2. ^ "Hutchens to make Truck debut in Iowa for Bolen". ESPN.com. Retrieved June 24, 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Trey Hutchens – 2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  4. ^ "About Trey Hutchens". Trey Hutchens. Digital Momentum. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  5. ^ Williams, Deb (September 3, 2015). "Racing isn't easy for Hutchens, but the time spent with his father is special". Charlotte Observer. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  6. ^ "Trey Hutchens – 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
  7. ^ "Trey Hutchens – 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
  8. ^ "Trey Hutchens – 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
  9. ^ "Trey Hutchens – 2022 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
  10. ^ "Trey Hutchens – 2023 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
  11. ^ "Trey Hutchens – 2024 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 16, 2024.
  12. ^ "Trey Hutchens – 2013 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
  13. ^ "Trey Hutchens – 2014 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
  14. ^ "Trey Hutchens – 2015 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
  15. ^ "Trey Hutchens – 2016 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
  16. ^ "Trey Hutchens – 2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
  17. ^ "Trey Hutchens – 2018 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
  18. ^ "Trey Hutchens – 2015 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
  19. ^ "Trey Hutchens – 2016 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
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