Roper Racing Explained

Roper Racing is an American professional stock car racing team that competes in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, fielding the No. 04 Chevrolet Silverado part-time for Cory Roper, Marco Andretti, Clayton Green, and Andrés Pérez de Lara.

History

Craftsman Truck Series

Truck No. 04 history

The team debuted in the spring Martinsville race in 2018 with team owner Cory Roper driving. Roper started 17th and finished 13th.^[2] 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 Martinsville Speedway. In 2019, Roper attempted 11 races, scoring a best finish of 9th at Texas Motor Speedway and 3 other top 20 finishes. However, he also failed to qualify at Bristol Motor Speedway and Las Vegas Motor Speedway. 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.

In 2021, Roper was leading in the NextEra Energy 250 on the last lap but was passed by race winner Ben Rhodes and Jordan Anderson, finishing third. NASCAR Cup Series driver Chase Briscoe went on to drive three races, which included the team's second top-five finish at Bristol Motor Speedway.

The team did not attempt to qualify at any races during the 2022 season.

On January 31, 2023, the team announced that Kaden Honeycutt would be driving the entry during the first six races of the season.^[3] On February 22, Roper was indefinitely suspended by NASCAR for violating the substance abuse policy.^[4] He was reinstated on March 21.^[5]

For the 2024 season the No. 04 was shared between Roper and Marco Andretti. Roper finished 22nd at Daytona. At the Circuit of the Americas, Andretti finished 31st after the rear end assembly completely detached from his truck.^[6]

Truck No. 04 results

Year	Driver	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23		Pts	Ref
2018	Cory Roper	04	Ford	DAY	ATL	LVS	MAR 13	DOV	KAN	CLT	TEX	IOW 18	GTW	CHI	KEN	ELD	POC	MCH	BRI 25	MSP	LVS 25	TAL	MAR	TEX 28	PHO	HOM 17	37th	96	[7]
2019				DAY 20	ATL 16	LVS 24	MAR 31	TEX 12	DOV	KAN	CLT 20	TEX 9	IOW	GTW	CHI	KEN	POC	ELD	MCH 28	BRI DNQ		LVS DNQ	TAL	MAR	PHO	HOM 27	30th	158	[8]
	Roger Reuse[9]		Chevy																		MSP 26								[10]
2020	Cory Roper		Ford	DAY 14	LVS 26	CLT 32	ATL 23	HOM 21	POC 25	KEN 23	TEX 17	KAN 20	KAN 36	MCH 24	DRC 26	DOV	GTW	DAR	RCH	BRI	LVS	TAL	KAN	TEX	MAR	PHO	29th	161	[11]
2021	Cory Roper			DAY 3	DRC 34	LVS 36	ATL 27		RCH 31		DAR 40	COA 30	CLT 25	TEX 18	NSH 31	POC			GTW 17	DAR	BRI 20	LVS 28	TAL 6	MAR 37	PHO 30		25th	184	[12]
	Chase Briscoe							BRD 5		KAN 19							KNX 36	GLN
2023	Kaden Honeycutt			DAY DNQ	LVS 25	ATL 33	COA 15	TEX Wth	BRD 9	MAR 28																	32nd	206
	Johnny Sauter										KAN 19	DAR 28	NWS 36	CLT	GTW
	Cory Roper															NSH 21		POC 23	RCH					TAL 22
	Landen Lewis		Chevy														MOH 24			IRP 28	MLW
	Spencer Davis		Ford																			KAN 36	BRI		HOM 32
			Chevy																							PHO 17
2024	Cory Roper			DAY 22	ATL	LVS	BRI																TAL 16				35th	79
	Marco Andretti							COA 31	MAR	TEX	KAN	DAR						IRP 25	RCH	MLW 31	BRI DNQ	KAN 34		HOM 30	MAR
	Clayton Green												NWS 34	CLT	GTW	NSH	POC
	Andrés Pérez de Lara																									PHO 31

Season still in progress
Ineligible for series points

Notes and References

1. Web site: Home - Roper Racing . Roper Racing . Natasha Reyes . January 30, 2021 . "Roper Racing Team Headquarters is based in Mont Belvieu, Texas, just outside of Houston".
2. Web site: Michael . Massie . Cory Roper, the Definition of Grassroots Racing . June 12, 2018 . March 6, 2019.
3. Web site: Kaden Honeycutt Joins Roper Racing Team for First Six Races of Truck Series Season . Srigley . Joseph . TobyChristie.com . January 31, 2023 . January 31, 2023 . en-US.
4. Web site: Daytona penalty announced . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC . February 22, 2023 . February 23, 2023.
5. Web site: Atlanta penalty report: Xfinity Series driver Josh Williams suspended one race . . March 21, 2023 . March 22, 2023.
6. Web site: Corey Heim roars to Craftsman Truck Series win in overtime at COTA . Holly . Cain . . March 23, 2024 . March 24, 2024.
7. Web site: Cory Roper – 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. February 18, 2019.
8. Web site: Cory Roper – 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. February 18, 2019.
9. Reuse drove a Jordan Anderson Racing entry using Roper's owner points.
10. Web site: Roger Reuse – 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. January 30, 2021.
11. Web site: Cory Roper – 2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. July 11, 2020.
12. Web site: Cory Roper – 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. December 29, 2021.