Roper Racing is an American professional

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team that competes in the

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, fielding the No. 04

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part-time for

Cory Roper Micah Cory Roper (born July 31, 1977) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 04 Chevrolet Silverado for Roper Racing. He is not related to Ton ...

Marco Andretti Marco Michael Andretti (born March 13, 1987) is an American professional auto racing driver. He last competed part-time in the IndyCar Series, driving the No. 98 Dallara- Chevrolet for Andretti Global. He formerly drove in the IndyCar Series fo ...

, Clayton Green, and

Andrés Pérez de Lara Andrés Pérez de Lara González (born April 2, 2005) is a Mexican professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 77 Chevrolet Silverado RST for Spire Motorsports and part-time in ...

History

Craftsman Truck Series

Truck No. 04 history

The team debuted in the spring Martinsville race in

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with team owner

driving. Roper started 17th and finished 13th. Roper would then run more races, specifically at Iowa, Bristol, the second Las Vegas and Texas races, and the season finale at Homestead throughout the year, scoring a best finish of 13th at

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. In 2019, Roper attempted 11 races, scoring a best finish of 9th at

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and 3 other top 20 finishes. However, he also failed to qualify at

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and

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. In 2020, Roper attempted the first 12 races before not attempting another race that season. He got 3 top-20 finishes, including a 14th-place finish in the

NextEra Energy 250 The Fresh From Florida 250 is the first race of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season at Daytona International Speedway and as of 2004 has been held under the lights. It is the Truck Series event of Speedweeks – the series of races leading up ...

. In 2021, Roper was leading in the

on the last lap but was passed by race winner Ben Rhodes and Jordan Anderson, finishing third.

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driver

Chase Briscoe Chase David Wayne Briscoe (born December 15, 1994) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 19 Toyota Camry, Toyota Camry XSE for Joe Gibbs Racing. He also ...

went on to drive three races, which included the team's second top-five finish at

. The team did not attempt to qualify at any races during the 2022 season. On January 31, 2023, the team announced that

Kaden Honeycutt Kaden Wade Honeycutt (born June 23, 2003) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 45 Chevrolet Silverado RST for Niece Motorsports, part-time in the CARS Lat ...

would be driving the entry during the first six races of the season. On February 22, Roper was indefinitely suspended by NASCAR for violating the substance abuse policy. He was reinstated on March 21. For the 2024 season the No. 04 was shared between Roper and

. Roper finished 22nd at

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. At the

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, Andretti finished 31st after the rear end assembly completely detached from his truck.

History

Craftsman Truck Series

Truck No. 04 history

Truck No. 04 results

References

External links