All posts by Seth Eggert

By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer CONCORD, N.C. – Tonight, a dream will come true for Charlotte, N.C. native Myatt Snider, as he competes in the North Carolina Education Lottery at the 1.5-Mile Charlotte Motor Speedway. Snider, has driven at the fifth-mile and the quarter-mile ‘Legends Oval’ at Charlotte, but never the 1.5-mile Quad Oval, until now. Snider has nine starts on 1.5-mile tracks in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series with two top-10 finishes. 37 of the 38 laps that the ThorSport Racing driver has led in his career haveRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer For this week’s edition of Climbing the Ladder, Seth Eggert sat down with ThorSport Racing driver Ben Rhodes to revisit an interview from 2016. That interview can be found here. Rhodes is a 21-year-old NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver. He drives the No. 41 Alpha Energy Solutions Ford F-150. Rhodes is campaigning for the 2018 Camping World Truck Series Championship and currently sits fifth in the Championship Standings. Seth Eggert: You’re first race was when you were seven-years-old. How did you convince your parents toRead More

By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer Rental car company Hertz has become the latest to sponsor Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series driver William Byron. Hertz joins Axalta, Liberty University, and UniFirst as primary sponsors of the No. 24 made famous by NASCAR Hall of Famer Jeff Gordon. The company will also serve as a primary sponsor for the remainder of 2018 as well as the 2019 season. Hertz has previous experience in NASCAR sponsorship, adorning Team Penske’s No. 22 Ford Mustang in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. “We’re incredibly excited about theRead More

BySeth Eggert, Staff Writer NASCAR Camping World Truck Series regulars have won four of the six races so far in the 2018 season. For the seventh race of the season, the series visits 1.5-mile Charlotte Motor Speedway for the North Carolina Education Lottery 200. Teams using the NT1 Spec Engine versus those using OEM engines, the return of Kyle Busch, and stage racing are just some of the storylines heading into the seventh race of the season at Charlotte. Coverage for the North Carolina Education Lottery 200 is scheduled toRead More

By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series return for Matt Kenseth could not have been worse. Through no fault of his own, Kenseth’s first run in the No. 6 Wyndham Rewards Ford Fusion at Kansas Speedway was far from stellar. The 2003 Premier Series Champion struggled throughout the entirety of the KC Masterpiece 400 race weekend. In the waning laps of the race, Kenseth had found himself mired deep in the field, three laps down. On a restart with 14 laps to go, the Roush FenwayRead More

By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer  If it wasn’t for bad luck, Stewart Friesen would likely have no luck at all. The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver seemed poised to score his first victory in the 37 Kind Days 250 at Kansas Speedway. However, the pieces did not fall into place for Friesen, who ended up settling for a third-place finish. On the final restart, Friesen jumped to the inside in his No. 52 Halmar International “We Build America” Chevrolet Silverado. He made quick work of Kyle Busch, John HunterRead More

By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer After a four-year hiatus behind the wheel, Parker Kligerman will return to the driver’s seat in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. Kligerman will strap into the Gaunt Brothers Racing No. 96 Toyota Camry at Charlotte Motor Speedway for the Coca-Cola 600. Kligerman last competed in NASCAR’s Premier Series for Swan Racing. In a short 10-race stint, the Westport, CT native earned an impressive 18th-place finish in his debut at Texas Motor Speedway. Since the closure of Swan Racing, Kligerman has become a journeyman driver,Read More

By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer Despite a relative lack of experience in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Brett Moffitt has become an early favorite for the Championship. Moffitt enters Kansas Speedway with a new sponsor on his No. 16 Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota Tundra, Concrete Supply / Central Plains Cement Company. Friday night’s 37 Kind Days 250 will mark his second trip to the Kansas City, Kansas track in the Truck Series. In Moffitt’s only other trip in the Truck Series to Kansas, he started and finished seventh. OnRead More

BySeth Eggert, Staff Writer NASCAR Camping World Truck Series regulars have won three of the five races so far in the 2018 season. For the sixth race of the season, the series visits 1.5-mile Kansas Speedway. Teams using the NT1 Spec Engine versus those using OEM engines, the return of Kyle Busch and Darrell ‘Bubba’ Wallace, Jr., and stage racing are just some of the storylines heading into the sixth race of the season at Kansas. Coverage for the 37 Kind Days 250 is scheduled to start Friday night atRead More

By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer When Landon Cassill competes in the Monster Energy All-Star Race weekend and Coca-Cola 600 race weekend, he will have a new sponsor onboard. Dairi-O, a North Carolina restaurant chain, will adorn his StarCom Racing No. 00 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1. This will be Dairi-O’s first foray into the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. Cassill has 15 career starts at Charlotte Motor Speedway with two top-20 finishes. His best Charlotte finish came in 2012 when he finished 18thdriving for BK Racing. Cassill also has seven Monster EnergyRead More