Jake Garcia

ThorSport Racing
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Garcia had a bet of a letdown in his second full season in the truck series last year. The move to ThorSport Racing didn't go seamlessly and the young driver struggled to produce results. So, we've taken a bit of a reserved approach to his prospects for 2025. Garcia showed he has much more to offer in his 2023 campaign when he chalked up nine Top-10 finishes and a 13th-place points finish for former boss, Bill McAnally. He'll look to rediscover that success with another campaign at ThorSport. Garcia should have all the equipment and personnel to succeed in the upcoming season, but a lot of responsibility and pressure will be on him to perform. Read Past Outlooks
Scores Best Finish of Season
Craftsman Truck Series
March 29, 2025
Garcia finished third in The Boys & Girls Club of the Blue Ridge 200 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Martinsville Speedway on Friday night.
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The young driver scored his first Top 5 and best finish of the season with his third-place at Martinsville Friday night. Garcia would race among the Top 10 all evening but didn't have the speed to lead laps. The battles among the leaders down the stretch would send several contenders spinning out of contention, but Garcia would survive this battle. He would hold off Chandler Smith in the closing laps to secure the impressive third-place finish.
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2024
2023
Garcia wound up second in the ROTY chase last season, but he still had a very successful rookie campaign. He would grab three Top-5 and nine Top-10 finishes with his former team at McAnally-Hilgemann Racing. The 18-year-old talent now moves into the No. 13 Ford of ThorSport Racing that was piloted by Hailie Deegan last season. They'll not only have a new driver for 2024, but new sponsors and a new crew chief. So the No. 13 team is hitting the reset button to a good extent. However, it's the same team excellence that we've come to expect from ThorSport Racing. With Garcia behind the wheel, this should easily be a Top-10 team at season's end.
The soon to be 18-year-old (March) dipped his toes into the truck series pool last season to the tune of five starts. Garcia was reasonably competitive in those races, collecting a pair of Top-20 finishes and learning a lot of lessons in that seat time. He now moves to full-time and will compete in what is a very deep rookie class for the upcoming season. The good news is that veteran crew chief, Chad Norris, has been tabbed to guide Garcia this season. The two worked together last year and began establishing some chemistry. Garcia's background is not quite as deep as some of the other rookie drivers this season, so he faces an uphill battle to perform in this team's third truck.
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Runner-up Finish in Phoenix
Craftsman Truck Series
November 4, 2023
Garcia finished second in the Craftsman 150 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Phoenix Raceway Friday night.
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Going full-time in 2023
Gander Outdoors Truck
December 6, 2022
McAnally Hilgermann Racing announced on Tuesday that Garcia will race full-time in the No. 35 Chevrolet in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series in 2023.
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Select Truck Series Starts
Gander Outdoors Truck
March 17, 2022
McAnally-Hilgemann Racing has announced plans to field a third entry at select NASCAR Camping World Truck Series events this year, with 17-year-old Garcia behind the wheel.
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