Trucks Category

By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer For the first three NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races of the season, Todd Gilliland has been forced to watch as others drive his truck. Gilliland has to wait until his 18th birthday on May 15 before he is eligible to compete on tracks greater than 1.1-miles in length. He will pilot the No. 4 Mobil 1 Toyota Tundra in the Alpha Energy Solutions 250 at Martinsville Speedway for Kyle Busch Motorsports. Gilliland did compete in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East season opener atRead More

By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer It’s the first visit of the season to a short track for the next NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race. The Series goes back to its’ roots as it visits Martinsville Speedway. Teams using the NT1 Spec Engine versus those using OEM engines, drivers making their debut, and stage racing are just some of the storylines heading into the fourth race of the season at Martinsville. Coverage for the Alpha Energy Solutions 250 is scheduled to start Saturday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. ET. Martinsville SpeedwayRead More

By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer Another new face will be behind the wheel in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series as Kyle Benjamin will make his debut. Benjamin will drive the No. 54 Toyota Tundra for DGR-CROSLEY in the Alpha Energy Solutions 250 at Martinsville Speedway. In six career NASCAR Xfinity Series starts, Benjamin has one top-five and two top-10s. He also has 33 NASCAR K&N Pro Series Starts with five victories, 14 top-fives, and 19 top-10s. “Everyone at DGR-CROSLEY is excited to have Kyle in the truck this weekend,”Read More

By Luis Torres, Staff Writer Ricky Benton Racing will make their season debut in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in March 24th’s Alpha Energy Solutions 250 at Martinsville Speedway, with veteran Timothy Peters strapping in the No. 92 BTS Tire and Wheel Distributors/Carquest Auto Parts/Valvoline Ford F-150. It’ll mark Benton’s first Truck Series start this season after spending its early season efforts in the Daytona 500 with David Gilliland in February. In Benton’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series debut as an owner, Gilliland brought the No. 92 Ford FusionRead More

By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer The trend of NASCAR Camping World Truck Series drivers making their debut at Martinsville Speedway continues with Reid Wilson. Wilson will make his debut in the Alpha Energy Solutions 250 with Young’s Motorsports. Wilson will pilot the No. 20 TrüNorth™ / OEM2 Chevrolet Silverado at the 0.500-mile oval. The 21-year-old has made 20 career starts in the X-1R Pro Cup Series. He scored a best finish of third in the points standings in 2014, despite missing two races. In those 20 races, Reid scored sevenRead More

By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer The Stratosphere 200 looked like it was going to be a battle between Brett Moffitt and Kyle Busch, until lapped traffic changed that. In two separate incidents, lapped traffic altered the outcome of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race, costing Moffitt, leaving him in third, and allowing Busch to finally win at his home track, Las Vegas Motor Speedway. In the final run to the finish, Moffitt, Johnny Sauter, and Grant Enfinger were chasing Busch for the lead. Moffitt’s No. 16 AISIN Group ToyotaRead More

By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service LAS VEGAS – Holding off a hard-charging Johnny Sauter and Brett Moffit in the closing laps of a thrilling NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race, Kyle Busch claimed a milestone victory at his home track and kept alive the possibility of a three-race sweep at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Busch crossed the finish line .437 seconds ahead of Sauter, who outdueled Moffit for the runner-up position. Last week’s winner at Atlanta, Moffitt held the lead until contact of his No. 16 Toyota with the lappedRead More

By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer Kyle Busch has won just about everywhere and in everything. However, he has never won in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at his home track, Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Busch’s only start at the 1.5-mile tri-oval came in 2001 while driving for Roush Racing at the age of 16. The 2015 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Champion will be running all three races in the Las Vegas triple header. In the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Stratosphere 200 on Friday night, he will beRead More

By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer It’s on to the next race for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. The Series shifts out West for the first of two tripleheaders at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Teams using the NT1 Spec Engine versus those using OEM engines, Kyle Busch’s second appearance of the season, and stage racing are just some of the storylines heading into the second race of the season at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Coverage for the Stratosphere 200 is scheduled to start Friday night at 9:00 p.m. ET. 2018Read More

By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer Teams in all three of NASCAR’s National Series were penalized following the race weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Lug nuts were the main culprit, accounting for three of the four penalties that NASCAR issued on Wednesday. Following the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500, the race winning car of Kevin Harvick was found to have an improperly installed lug nut. Harvick’s Stewart-Haas Racing crew chief Rodney Childers was fined $10,000 as a result. The same lug nut issue was found afterRead More