After two full-time NASCAR Camping World Truck Series seasons at ThorSport Racing, Cameron Hayley won’t return in 2017, a team spokesperson confirmed to CATCHFENCE.com.
Hayley, a native of Calgary, Alberta, Canada joined the Sandusky, OH-based team in 2015 after a successful stint with the now defunct HScott Motorsports in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East and three races in the Truck Series in 2013.
The two seasons aboard the No. 13 Toyota Tundra, Hayley, 20, reeled in 10-top five and 24 top-10 finishes, including a career-best second twice this past season at Atlanta Motor Speedway and Pocono Raceway respectively.
Working with crew chief Eddie Troconis in 2016, the duo earned six top-five and 11 top-10s, but without a win found themselves on the outside in the inaugural Truck Series Chase. Still, the duo closed out the season 10th in series points.
In all, Hayley owns 10 top-five and 26 top-10s in 49 races.
“I’m incredibly thankful for the opportunity I had at ThorSport Racing,” Hayley told CATCHFENCE.com. “Duke, Rhonda, everyone at ThorSport treated me great and I’m appreciative of the opportunity I had to be in competitive equipment and show what I am capable of. Unfortunately, the sponsorship didn’t materialize as we had hoped for this season, so I won’t be back.
“But, I’m not giving up. I’m just going to regroup and hope to be on the track soon.”
Before HScott Motorsports, Hayley spent two seasons (2012 and 2013) in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West with two different teams. Making the leap to the East division in 2014, he finished second in the standings to teammate Ben Rhodes, who was also a teammate at ThorSport last season.
Hayley first found himself in the NASCAR spotlight when he captured the inaugural NASCAR K&N Pro Series UNOH Battle at the Beach at Daytona International Speedway in February 2013.
Hayley mentioned his greatest achievement, however, happened off the track last summer as he and girlfriend Hali Berger became parents to a girl, Blakely Elizabeth Hayley on Jul. 22, 2016.
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