{"id":728707,"date":"2026-06-11T01:11:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T01:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/728707\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T01:11:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T01:11:10","slug":"trackhouse-team-owner-justin-marks-to-race-for-spire-in-san-diego-truck-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/728707\/","title":{"rendered":"Trackhouse team owner Justin Marks to race for Spire in San Diego Truck race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Trackhouse founder and team owner Justin Marks is putting his helmet back on for a start in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series at Naval Base Coronado. He will drive the No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet, with sponsorship from Jockey.<\/p>\n<p>Marks founded Trackhouse Racing in 2021, a team that has since won 15 NASCAR Cup races, including the 2025 Coca-Cola 600. They field the No. 1 of Ross Chastain, the No. 88 of Connor Zilisch, and the No. 97 of Shane van Gisbergen.<\/p>\n<p>But before becoming the owner of a race-winning Cup team, Marks was an accomplished racer. Marks has starts in all three national levels of NASCAR, and won a NASCAR O&#8217;Reilly race at Mid-Ohio in 2016.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This will be his 40th Truck Series start, with his most recent appearance at Mid-Ohio during the 2022 season. Marks has never won a Truck race, but has two poles and a best finish of eighth.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Marks also won won eight races as a driver in the Rolex Grand-Am Sports Car Series (now IMSA), including a 2009 class win the Rolex 24 Hours at\u00a0Daytona.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a unique opportunity to drive in the inaugural Truck Series race at San Diego Naval Base,&#8221; said Marks. &#8220;I&#8217;ll enjoy getting behind the wheel every once in a while, and I&#8217;m thankful to do it with Spire&#8217;s help and with a longtime partner like Jockey. They are celebrating their 150th anniversary and are very supportive of our military which makes the endeavor even more special. There is a lot of excitement surrounding the upcoming race weekend and it&#8217;s an honor to be a part of it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/justinmarks.jpg\" alt=\"Justin Marks\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" loading=\"lazy\"\/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"title\">Justin Marks<\/p>\n<p>Both Van Gisbergen and Zilisch have made starts in Spire Trucks this year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our relationship with Justin goes back a long way, from his time coming up through the sport, so it means a great deal to have him in Spire\u00a0Motorsports&#8217; No. 77 Chevy Silverado for this race,&#8221; said Bill Anthony, Spire Motorsports president. &#8220;We know how important this event is for Justin and Jockey, and we&#8217;re proud to support that opportunity while recognizing the tremendous impact Justin continues to have as one of NASCAR&#8217;s best advocates and forward-thinking leaders.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Marks won&#8217;t be the only Cup Series team owner in the Truck race at San Diego either. Seven-time NASCAR Cup champion Jimmie Johnson, who is the co-owner at Legacy Motor Club, will be driving a TRICON Garage entry.<\/p>\n<p>Read Also:<\/p>\n<p>            We want your opinion!<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-auto\">What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"#\" class=\"ms-link text-link font-bold\">Take our 5 minute survey.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-1 text-body\">&#8211; The Motorsport.com Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Trackhouse founder and team owner Justin Marks is putting his helmet back on for a start in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":728708,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,40256,634,3628,18242,15822,14556,18143,82,36998,262688],"class_list":["post-728707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-justin-marks","tag-nascar","tag-nascar-cup","tag-nascar-truck","tag-naval-base-coronado","tag-san-diego","tag-spire-motorsports","tag-sports","tag-trackhouse-racing-team","tag-trackhouse-team-owner-justin-marks-to-race-for-spire-in-san-diego-truck-race"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728707","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=728707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/728708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=728707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=728707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=728707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}