Trey Hutchens Explained

Trey Hutchens
Birth Name:Robert Raymond Hutchens III
Birth Date:20 May 1998
Birth Place:Lexington, North Carolina, U.S.
Total Truck Races:13
Years In Truck:7
Truck Car Team:No. 14 (Trey Hutchens Racing)
Prev Truck Pos:75th
Prev Truck Year:2023
Best Truck Pos:54th (2019)
First Truck Race:2017 M&M's 200 (Iowa)
Last Truck Race:2024 Wright Brand 250 (North Wilkesboro)
Truck Wins:0
Truck Top Tens:0
Truck Poles:0
Updated:May 20, 2024

Robert Raymond "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.

Racing career

Craftsman Truck Series

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.

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

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.[3] 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,[4] 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

NASCAR

(key) (

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

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223PtsRef
2017Bolen Motorsports66ChevyDAYATLMARKANCLTDOVTEXGTWIOW
KENELDPOCMCHBRIMSPCHINHALVSTALMARTEXPHOHOM57th21[5]
2019Trey Hutchens Racing14ChevyDAYATLLVSMARTEXDOVKANCLT
TEX
MCH
BRIMSPLVSTALMARPHOHOM54th42[6]
NEMCO Motorsports8ChevyIOW
GTWCHIKENPOCELD
2020Trey Hutchens Racing14ChevyDAYLVSCLT
ATL
HOMPOCKEN
TEXKANKANMCH
DAYDOVGTWDARRCHBRILVSTALKANTEX
MARPHO67th18[7]
2021DAYDAYLVSATL
BRIRCH
KAN
DAR
COACLT
TEXNSH
POCKNXGLNGTWDARBRILVSTALMARPHO80th9[8]
2022DAYLVSATLCOAMARBRIDARKAN
TEXCLTGTWSONKNXNSH
MOHPOCIRPRCH
KAN
BRITALHOMPHO70th8[9]
2023DAYLVSATLCOATEX
30
BRDMARKANDARNWSCLTGTWNSH
DNQ
MOHPOCRCH
DNQ
IRPMLWKANBRITALHOMPHO75th7[10]
2024DAYATLLVSBRI
35
COAMARTEXKANDARNWS
36
CLTGTWNSHPOCIRPRCH
DNQ
MLWBRIKANTALHOMMARPHO-*-*[11]

K&N Pro Series East

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
YearTeamNo.Make12345678910111213141516PtsRef
2013Spraker Racing Enterprises37ChevyBRIGREFIFRCHBGSIOWLGY
COLIOWVIRGRE31st91[12]
Trey Hutchens Racing14ChevyNHA
Jim Weller Jr.31ChevyDOV
RAL
2014Trey Hutchens Racing14ChevyNSMDAYBRI
GRERCH
BGS
FIFLGYNHA
COLIOW
GLNVIR22nd195[13]
23IOW
Hattori Racing Enterprises1ToyotaGRE
DOV
2015Trey Hutchens Racing14ChevyNSMGREBRI
NHA
RCH
DOV
20th185[14]
23IOW
BGSLGYCOLIOW
GLNMOTVIR
201614NSM
MOB
GRE
BRI
NHA
DOV
18th230[15]
Marsh Racing31ChevyVIR
DOMSTACOL
Trey Hutchens Racing15ChevyIOW
GLNGRENJE
201714NSM
GREBRI
SBOSBOMEM
BLNTMPNHA
IOW
GLNLGYNJEDOV
14th171[16]
2018NSMBRILGYSBOSBOMEM
NJETMPNHA
IOWGLNGTWNHADOV35th55[17]

Whelen Southern Modified Tour

NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour results
YearCar ownerNo.Make1234567891011PtsRef
2015Trey Hutchens Racing14ChevyCRW
CRW
SBO
LGY
CRW
BGS
BRILGY
SBO
CLT
11th281[18]
2016CRWCON
SBOCRWCRW
BGS
BRIECA
SBO
CRW
CLT
12th236[19]

Season still in progress
Ineligible for series points

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sal . Sigala Jr. . Racing Director Bobby Hutchens' Wife Sharon Loses Bout To Breast Cancer . . . December 24, 2009 . May 26, 2020.
  2. News: Hutchens to make Truck debut in Iowa for Bolen. ESPN.com. 2017-06-24.
  3. Web site: About Trey Hutchens . Trey Hutchens . Digital Momentum . May 26, 2020.
  4. Web site: Deb . Williams . Racing isn’t easy for Hutchens, but the time spent with his father is special . . September 3, 2015 . May 26, 2020.
  5. Web site: Trey Hutchens – 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. May 14, 2019.
  6. Web site: Trey Hutchens – 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. June 16, 2019.
  7. Web site: Trey Hutchens – 2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. November 11, 2020.
  8. Web site: Trey Hutchens – 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. December 30, 2021.
  9. Web site: Trey Hutchens – 2022 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. November 17, 2022.
  10. Web site: Trey Hutchens – 2023 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 2, 2023.
  11. Web site: Trey Hutchens – 2024 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. March 16, 2024.
  12. Web site: Trey Hutchens – 2013 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. June 16, 2019.
  13. Web site: Trey Hutchens – 2014 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. June 16, 2019.
  14. Web site: Trey Hutchens – 2015 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. June 16, 2019.
  15. Web site: Trey Hutchens – 2016 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. June 16, 2019.
  16. Web site: Trey Hutchens – 2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. June 16, 2019.
  17. Web site: Trey Hutchens – 2018 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. June 16, 2019.
  18. Web site: Trey Hutchens – 2015 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. June 16, 2019.
  19. Web site: Trey Hutchens – 2016 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. June 16, 2019.