What to know about Corey Day: Driver replacing Kyle Busch in Truck Series race
Corey Day will be manning the wheel of the No. 7 Hendricks.com Patriotic Chevrolet on Friday during NASCAR’s Truck Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
The 20-year-old driver was announced as the late Kyle Busch’s replacement driver prior to the NASCAR legend’s death on Thursday. Spire Motorsports announced the change after Busch’s family released a statement that Busch had been hospitalized with a severe illness on Thursday morning. The family, in a joint statement with Richard Childress Racing, announced Busch’s death roughly seven hours later.
With Day taking Busch’s place in the Truck Series, Austin Hill will take the wheel as Busch’s replacement in the Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday.
Day, though, will be the first to hit the track as NASCAR’s big weekend in Charlotte begins with the racing community mourning one of its icons.
Who is Corey Day?
Day, a Clovis, California, native, won’t turn 21 until November. But he’s already posted two career wins, including the 2026 BetRivers 200 in Dover, Delaware last week.
Day is part of the Hendricks Motorsports team. He runs full-time in the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series races this season, and through 14 starts, he’s notched two wins, 10 top-10 finishes and five top-five finishes. That output places him fourth in the O’Reilly points standings.
He drives the Hendrick Motorsports’ No. 17 Chevrolet in the O’Reilly Series, the organization’s first full-time O’Reilly Series entry in 20 years.
His Truck Series experience is 13 starts — nine in 2025 and four in 2024. His average overall finish is 17.1. He led three Truck Series laps in 2025. He has never won a truck race.
How to watch Corey Day in Truck Series
The North Carolina Education Lottery 200 will take place at the Charlotte Motor Speedway on Friday at 7:30 p.m.
The race will be shown on FOX Sports 1 and the NASCAR Racing Network. It’ll also be broadcast on SiriusXM.
This story was originally published May 22, 2026 at 1:59 PM with the headline "What to know about Corey Day: Driver replacing Kyle Busch in Truck Series race."
