LOUDON, NEW HAMPSHIRE - AUGUST 21: Tanner Gray, driver of the #15 Place of Hope Toyota, enters his truck during qualifying for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Team EJP 175 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on August 21, 2026 in Loudon, New Hampshire. (Photo by Meg Oliphant/Getty Images) | Getty Images
LOUDON, NEW HAMPSHIRE - AUGUST 21: Tanner Gray, driver of the #15 Place of Hope Toyota, enters his truck during qualifying for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Team EJP 175 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on August 21, 2026 in Loudon, New Hampshire. (Photo by Meg Oliphant/Getty Images) | Getty Images

Tanner Gray crew chief to miss Phoenix race

Jeff Hensley, who has been leading the No. 15 Toyota Tundra TRD Pro team since the beginning of 2024, will not be making the trip to Avondale, Arizona this weekend due to an illness, and will thus hand over shot-calling duties to long-time TRICON Garage employee Jacob Hampton.

Hampton has recorded 36 races of experience as a crew chief in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series, working first with Taylor Gray in the second half of the 2023 campaign, before being promoted to the full-time crew chief of the No. 1 Toyota Tundra TRD Pro in 2025.

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