Nick Sanchez
24-Year-Old Driver
Big Machine Racing
2024 Stats
Points
2280
Starts
23
Wins
2
Poles
2
Top 5
11
Top 10
14
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Sanchez is another fast-track prospect driver who'll get a shot at full-time competition in the Xfinity Series in 2025. The 23-year-old Floridian is coming off two strong truck series campaigns where Sanchez racked up a couple victories and better-than 50-percent Top-10 rate over two seasons. Big Machine Racing has signed him to drive the No. 48 Chevrolet team's seat and replace the outgoing Parker Kligerman. Kligerman posted 15 Top-10 finishes with this team in 2024 and finished a respectable 10th-place in the final driver standings so it is a competitive outfit. Sanchez will look to take them to the next level and grow his experience and performance in the process. He has little experience in this division of NASCAR with just eight starts, so there will be some learning curve to be expected. Read Past Outlooks
Wins First Career Victory
Sanchez won the Focused Health 250 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at EchoPark Motor Speedway on Friday night.
ANALYSIS
This race would largely be dominated by Aric Almirola, but the nine different caution periods due to accidents would jumble things up a bit and thin the field. Sanchez would rebound after a late-race spin through the grass to take the lead down the stretch. He'd win a battle in the closing laps with Jesse Love after the final restart to grab the win at EchoPark Speedway and his first-career Xfinity Series victory.
This race would largely be dominated by Aric Almirola, but the nine different caution periods due to accidents would jumble things up a bit and thin the field. Sanchez would rebound after a late-race spin through the grass to take the lead down the stretch. He'd win a battle in the closing laps with Jesse Love after the final restart to grab the win at EchoPark Speedway and his first-career Xfinity Series victory.
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2024
2023
Last season's Rookie of the Year winner will return to the No. 2 Rev Racing squad. Despite having a winless campaign, Sanchez would check a lot of boxes last season. The young driver would grab two Top-5 and 12 Top-10 finishes. In addition, he'd storm to five pole positions. It would all add up to a very surprising sixth-place finish in the final driver standings. What will Sanchez do for an encore? We believe he'll makes some big strides and likely grab his first-ever truck series win. He'll have to do it with a new crew chief as Danny Stockman moves up to the Xfinity Series. No replacement has been named at the time of this writing, but the team situation is good enough to endorse without the piece of the puzzle yet.
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Best Finish of the Season
Sanchez finished third in the BetMGM 300 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Saturday evening.
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Tops Bristol Xfinity Practice
Sanchez was fastest in Happy Hour practice for the SciAps 300 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway on Saturday. He turned a fast lap of 122.396 mph.
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Leads Darlington Xfinity Practice
Sanchez was fastest in Happy Hour practice for The Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Help A Hero 200 NASAR Xfinity Series race at Darlington Raceway on Saturday. He turned a fast lap of 164.694 mph.
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Tops Homestead Truck Practice
Sanchez was fastest in Happy Hour practice for the Baptist Health 200 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Friday afternoon. He turned a fast lap of 165.695 mph.
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Tops Kansas Truck Practice
Sanchez was fastest in Happy Hour practice for Kubota Tractor 200 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Kansas Speedway Friday afternoon. He turned a fast lap of 173.449 mph.
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