Rajah Caruth to return to Hendrick in NASCAR Xfinity race at Kansas
CONCORD, N.C. — Hendrick Motorsports tabbed Rajah Caruth to race its No. 17 Chevrolet in the Sept. 27 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Kansas Speedway.
Kansas will mark Caruth’s second Xfinity Series start with Hendrick. His first start was at Phoenix Raceway in the 2023 season finale. He finished 14th after starting 13th.
“I feel extremely excited and thankful for the opportunity and for me, I think about how much I’ve grown since the last time I was fortunate enough to drive a race car out of this building,” Caruth told Hendrick Motorsports. “I believe my experience I’ve accumulated the last few years in the Truck Series, and my partial Xfinity stuff will put me right where I need to be to run up front and hopefully have a good race.”
Since then, Caruth has raced full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series at Spire Motorsports with support from HendrickCars.com. He won in just his second race with Spire – at Las Vegas in 2024 – and returned to victory lane at Nashville Superspeedway in 2025 to earn his second consecutive playoff berth.
Caruth sits 14 points above the Truck playoff cutline as an elimination looms Saturday, Sept. 20, at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. If he can advance in the Truck playoffs, he’ll get a week off to run for Hendrick in the Xfinity Series before the playoffs resume Oct. 3 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval road course.
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Jonathan Fjeld is the co-owner of the The Racing Experts, LLC. He has been with TRE since 2010.
A Twin Valley, MN, native, Fjeld became a motorsports fan at just three years old (first race was the 2002 Pennsylvania 500). He worked as a contributor and writer for TRE from 2010-18. Since then, he has stepped up and covered 24 NASCAR race weekends and taken on a larger role with TRE. He became the co-owner and managing editor in 2023 and has guided the site to massive growth in that time.
Fjeld has covered a wide array of stories and moments over the years, including Kevin Harvick's final Cup Series season, the first NASCAR national series disqualification in over 50 years, Shane van Gisbergen's stunning win in Chicago and the first Cup Series race at Road America in 66 years – as well as up-and-coming drivers' stories and stories from inside the sport, like the tech it takes for Hendrick Motorsports to remain a top-tier team.
Currently, he resides in Albuquerque, N.M., where he works for KOB 4, an NBC station. He works as a digital producer and does on-air reports. He loves spending time with friends and family, playing and listening to music, exploring new places, being outdoors, reading books and writing among other activities. You can email him at fjeldjonathan@gmail.com