Freedom Racing Enterprises hasn’t had a great rookie season within the Truck Collection, however they’re hoping a personnel change will proper the ship.
On Monday, it was introduced that veteran crew chief Mike Hillman Jr. would take the reins as crew chief on the No. 76 truck, changing interim crew chief Jeff Hammond.
Hammond, whose official place with FRE is that of common supervisor, has served because the interim crew chief for the reason that fourth Truck Collection race of the season at Bristol. Greg Ely was the crew chief for FRE and driver Spencer Boyd for the primary three races of the yr, however went over to the No. 33 truck and Lawless Alan at Bristol.
Freedom Racing Enterprises is a staff in its rookie marketing campaign as a company owned by Boyd and co-owner Chris Miller. Whereas expectations weren’t tremendous excessive for the brand new staff in 2024, the staff has accomplished a stable job navigating the tough waters of NASCAR, even ending fifth within the season opener at Darlington.
Midway by the season, nonetheless, Boyd and the No. 76 staff sit simply twenty sixth in factors, second-to-last amongst all full-time drivers. Whereas the end result at Daytona was an amazing begin, good outcomes have been arduous to return by for the younger staff since, with their finest non-superspeedway efforts being nineteenth at Darlington and twentieth at Charlotte.
The staff is hoping Hillman, a warfare wagon veteran of practically twenty years within the Truck Collection, will help FRE end out the season with a pair extra flashy runs. The staff’s finest likelihood at one other top-10 — and probably a win — will probably be on the Talladega Superspeedway in October, a monitor Boyd gained at in 2019.
Hillman’s first race on the pit field for Boyd will probably be Friday’s Rackley Roofing 200 at Nashville Superspeedway.
