{"id":478841,"date":"2026-02-16T16:52:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T16:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/478841\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T16:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T16:52:09","slug":"adam-andretti-to-join-tricon-for-4-truck-races","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/478841\/","title":{"rendered":"Adam Andretti to Join TRICON for 4 Truck races"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tricongarage.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">TRICON Garage<\/a> (TRICON) announced today that veteran road racer Adam Andretti (pictured) has signed on for a multi-race slate with the championship-winning organization, driving the No. 5 Toyota Tundra TRD Pro for four NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (NCTS) races beginning at EchoPark Speedway.<\/p>\n<p>Following in the footsteps of his father Aldo, brother John, uncle Mario, and cousins Michael and Marco, the second-generation driver hails from a decorated and illustrious motorsports family, having distinguished himself as an accomplished racer with nearly 30 years of competitive experience.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2014, the 46-year-old has been a fixture in the Trans-Am Series, earning TA2 Rookie of the Year honors along with eight wins, five pole positions and nearly 40 podiums across the TA and TA2 divisions. He finished second in the TA2 standings twice (2014 and 2015) and recorded his best career TA Class points result in 2025 with a runner-up finish.<\/p>\n<p>Andretti\u2019s diverse racing background also includes starts in the United States Formula 3 Championship, the NASCAR Pinty\u2019s Series, the NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Series, the SPEED World Challenge, and the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona. He is also a respected performance driving coach, working with several publications and driving schools to help develop the next generation of racers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am at a loss for words for how blessed I feel to be making my first career start in the Craftsman Truck Series. To have the opportunity to represent the best in spray-in bed liner products with TopLiner\u2122 and drive a Toyota Tundra for TRICON, an organization with a proven winning tradition, is something my fans around the world won\u2019t want to miss,\u201d Andretti said.<\/p>\n<p>A sincere thank you to everyone who has helped make this step in my career possible. I can\u2019t wait to hit the track and show what we\u2019re capable of as a team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>TopLiner\u2122 a global leader in spray-on truck bed liner technology will be featured as primary sponsor on all scheduled events, continuing their long-standing partnership with Andretti for the following races:<\/p>\n<p>EchoPark Speedway \u2014 Feb. 21<\/p>\n<p>Grand Prix of St. Petersburg \u2014 Feb. 28<\/p>\n<p>Watkins Glen International \u2014 May 8<\/p>\n<p>Grand Prix of San Diego \u2014 June 19<\/p>\n<p>Andretti will make his NCTS debut at the Fr8 208 at EchoPark Speedway, airing live on FOX Sports 1 on Saturday, February 21, at 1:30 p.m. ET, with radio coverage from SiriusXM and the NASCAR Racing Network<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TRICON Garage (TRICON) announced today that veteran road racer Adam Andretti (pictured) has signed on for a multi-race&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":478842,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,634,82],"class_list":["post-478841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nascar","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=478841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478841\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/478842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=478841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=478841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=478841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}