[autotag]TRICON Garage[/autotag] announced on Monday afternoon that [autotag]Dean Thompson[/autotag] will return to the No. 5 truck on a full-time basis for the 2024 NASCAR Truck Series season. Thompson is currently in his first full-time year with TRICON Garage and has run well for a rookie driver. Through 22 races, he has two top-5 finishes, four top-10 finishes, and a 23.0 average finishing position.
Thompson will return with Corey Heim, who was also announced for a second season in the No. 11 truck for TRICON Garage. While Thompson hasn’t seen the same amount of success compared to Heim, he has still run well with four top-16 finishes in the last five races. He would have seen more success if he didn’t have significant issues in 10 races that didn’t let him finish.
The No. 5 stays HIS.
Dean Thompson is back with TRICON for 2024!! 🤝 pic.twitter.com/VhRugfTjCi
— TRICON (@TRICONGarage) October 23, 2023
Overall, this is a good decision by TRICON Garage as Thompson deserves another opportunity in the No. 5 truck. It has been a rough year for the 22-year-old driver but the organization believes he can turn it around and run even better during the 2024 NASCAR season.
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