Trucks Category

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer  Every year in sports there are moments that stand out more than others. The 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season was no different. This article is a countdown of the 10 best moments of the 2017 Truck Series season. Kyle Busch Begins His Second ‘Bristol Sweep.’ The UNOH 200 at Bristol Motor Speedway marked the beginning of the second sweep of the three National Series in NASCAR history. Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series driver Kyle Busch dominated the Truck race, leading 109 of theRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer There is a lot for Austin Wayne Self to be excited for as the 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season draws closer. Self will be returning to full-time competition for the first time since the 2015 season. He will have Justin Fontaine as a teammate, and his team, Niece Motorsports, just announced a technical alliance with GMS Racing. Self has 40 starts in the Truck Series over the past two seasons. In those starts, he earned one top-five and three top-10 finishes. Self’s bestRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer Even breaking his back in a violent crash at Daytona International Speedway can’t keep Justin Fontaine away from track. The 2018 season will mark his first full-time season in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series with Niece Motorsports. Fontaine will pilot the No. 45 Chevrolet Silverado as a teammate to Austin Wayne Self who was announced as the team’s other full-time driver in November. “This is an exciting time in my career and I believe I’m ready for this next challenge with Niece Motorsports,” saidRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer Despite a breakout 2017 season, ARCA Racing Series Champion Austin Theriault’s plans for 2018 are still in the dark. Theriault’s journey to his first national series championship has been a long and winding road. Theriault dominated the 2017 ARCA Racing Series season. In 20 races, he finished in the top-10 19 times. The Fort Kent, ME native also earned seven victories and 16 top-five finishes. Theriault also became the first driver in ARCA history to win on all five styles of racetracks (dirt track, intermediateRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer In recent years, crowdfunding has become a business that many use, and one NASCAR driver that utilizes crowdfunding is Jordan Anderson. Anderson has used a combination of ‘Fueled by Fans’ and ‘Sponsor Jordan’ campaigns to fund his dream of competing in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Anderson’s journey through the 2017 NASCAR season was unlike any other. Early setbacks included failing to qualify for the season opener at Daytona International Speedway and a devastating crash the next race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. After crowdfundingRead More

By David Morgan, NASCAR Editor NASCAR will continue the trend of cost-cutting measures in 2018 as the sanctioning body announced roster limits to the number of pit crew and at-track crew members for each team on a given race weekend. Rosters will be broken down into three categories: Organizational, road crew, and pit crew. The organizational category is comprised of the competition director, technical director, team manager, IT specialists, etc. Starting next year, only three to four people in this category will be allowed at the track. For Monster EnergyRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer A second NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Championship just wasn’t meant to be for Johnny Sauter. Sauter entered the Ford EcoBoost 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway with momentum after winning the two races leading up to the season finale. However, Sauter just didn’t have the truck to compete with eventual champion Christopher Bell. Like Bell, Sauter started mid-pack. Bell made quick work of Sauter as the duo fought to catch the other Championship Four drivers. Sauter’s No. 21 ISM Connect Chevrolet Silverado followed Bell’s No. 4Read More

By Brant James, NASCAR Wire Service MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – Austin Cindric was precocious from the beginning of what would become a racing career. First he had to talk his mother, Megan, and father, Tim, the president of Team Penske, into allowing him to race karts. Then he had to overcome each of the obstacles they intentionally placed before him to make sure he truly wanted it. He overcame each of them in turn. Cindric, 19, could become a precocious NASCAR champion if he betters the three other championship contendersRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer The best thing a driver can do on the day in which they fight for a championship is focus on the race. That is all that Johnny Sauter has to focus on in the Ford EcoBoost 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway as GMS Racing revealed he would return to the No. 21 Chevrolet Silverado in 2018. Sauter joined GMS Racing in 2016 and led the team to their, as well as his own, first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Championship. In 45 races with the team,Read More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer One more race is all that is left to determine a champion. 22 races into the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season eight series regulars have scored a victory (Christopher Bell five times, Johnny Sauter four times, John Hunter Nemechek twice, Austin Cindric, Ben Rhodes, Noah Gragson, Matt Crafton, and Kaz Grala once). Heading into the 23rd and final race of the season, Bell, Cindric, Crafton, and Sauter are the Championship Four. The last time the Truck Series visited Homestead-Miami Speedway, William Byron earned theRead More