All posts by Seth Eggert

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer  The 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season includes a number of firsts for rookie Kaz Grala. Grala earned his first career win at Daytona International Speedway as well as the pole position. His win and pole also made series history as he became the youngest pole sitter and race winner at Daytona. Grala also made his first career start on a 1.5-mile track at Atlanta Motor Speedway. This weekend, Grala will make his first start on Charlotte Motor Speedway’s 1.5-mile layout with a newRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer The Go Bowling 400 at Kansas Speedway was a battle against loose conditions for the 2017 Sunoco Rookie of the Year (ROTY) contenders in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. Several found their cars to be so loose that it affected their position on track. Of the five ROTY contenders only Gray Gaulding has no previous experience at Kansas. Daniel Suarez qualified the best of the rookies once again, placing his No. 19 STANLEY Toyota Camry 15th on the starting grid. Suarez ran well often,Read More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer As the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series enters Kansas Speedway for the Toyota Tundra 250, Spencer Boyd will be competing in his first race of 2017. Boyd attempted the season opening NextEra Energy Resources 250 at Daytona International Speedway, but failed to qualify. He was one of 10 drivers that ultimately failed to qualify for the 32-Truck field. Now Boyd will once again climb behind the wheel of the No. 12 GruntStyle.com Chevrolet Silverado for Rick Ware Racing. On top of the pit box forRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer The last time the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series visited Kansas Speedway, William Byron took home his first career victory in thrilling fashion. Byron assumed the lead after race leaders Johnny Sauter and Ben Rhodes crashed in overtime. Matt Crafton, Sauter, and Kyle Busch are the only former winners in the Truck Series at Kansas in the field this weekend. There is only one Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series regular entered in Friday night’s race, Kyle Busch. NASCAR Xfinity Series regular Ross Chastain is alsoRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer The last time Cale Conley competed in the NASCAR Xfinity Series was Kansas in 2015 for Tri-Star Motorsports. Unfortunately for Conley, sponsorship money dried up with three races left in the season. Now he has a new opportunity thanks to JGL Racing’s “Young Guns” program. Conley joins previously announced Scott Lagasse Jr., Corey LaJoie, Drew Herring, Jeb Burton and Dylan Lupton as members of JGL Racing’s “Young Guns” program. The first scheduled race for Conley is in the No. 24 Toyota Camry in the Hisense 300Read More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer In 2016, Matt DiBenedetto just missed earning a spot in the NASCAR All-Star race after running a social media campaign that even included changing his name on the car to ‘DiBurrito.’ This year, DiBenedetto will once again have a social media presence as he will represent Reddit on the Go Fas Racing No. 32 Ford Fusion. DiBenedetto has been an active Reddit user, participating in ‘Ask Me Anything’ question and answer sessions, and recently explained the fun he has had on Reddit. “I’ve really gotten toRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer After earning his best career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series finish in the season opening NextEra Energy Resources 250 at Daytona International Speedway, Austin Wayne Self has not made a Truck race since. At Atlanta Motor Speedway, his team, AM Racing, chose to withdraw to focus on Martinsville Speedway. Unfortunately for Self, he was one of four that failed to qualify for the Alpha Energy Solutions 250 at Martinsville. Now the Truck Series heads to Kansas Speedway for the Toyota Tundra 250 where Self willRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer The 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season marked a return to Front Row Motorsports for David Ragan, who last drove for the organization in the 2015 Daytona 500. Entering the GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, Ragan had yet to finish better than 19th this season. In the abbreviated first practice, Ragan and his No. 38 Camping World/Good Sam team elected to make single car runs. He placed his No. 38 Ford Fusion 30th on the speed charts of the 31 teams that took time.Read More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer The GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway was an adventure for the 2017 Sunoco Rookie of the Year (ROTY) contenders in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. Of the five ROTY contenders, two drivers, Corey LaJoie and Gray Gaulding, have no previous experience at Talladega. Gaulding has no previous experience at any restrictor plate track. Ty Dillon placed his No. 13 GEICO Chevrolet SS 28th on the starting grid. A caution midway through Stage 2 allowed Dillon to take an alternate strategy. he moved up toRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer Before the season began, Jeff Green, the 2000 NASCAR Xfinity Series Champion announced another full-time NASCAR Xfinity Series season with BJ McLeod Motorsports. Entering the Sparks Energy 300 at Talladega Superspeedway, Green had a season best finish of 25th at Bristol Motor Speedway. In the first practice session, Green’s unsponsored No. 8 Toyota Camry was the slowest of the 41 cars. In the final practice, he improved to 16th out of the 20 cars that took time. In qualifying, Green had to utilize his PastRead More