Trucks Category

By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer After David Gilliland Racing merged with CROSLEY Sports Group, the new NASCAR Camping World Truck Series team has named a driver. 2015 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Champion Chris Eggleston will pilot the team’s No. 17 Toyota Tundra in select races. DGR-CROSLEY will utilize trucks and equipment purchased from the defunct-Red Horse Racing. Eggleston’s first start is scheduled for Charlotte Motor Speedway. Eggleston has six career Truck Series starts with a best finish of 11th in his debut at Martinsville Speedway. He also has 45Read More

By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer Kyle Busch Motorsports adds three more up-and-coming drivers to complete their formidable line-up. Brandon Jones, Spencer Davis, and Riley Herbst will each have the opportunity to drive a KBM Toyota Tundra in the 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season. Jones will make four starts in the No. 51 Toyota Tundra, with his debut coming at Kansas Speedway. He will also make appearances at Chicagoland Speedway, Kentucky Speedway, and Las Vegas Motor Speedway’s second Truck race in September. KBM will field a fourth truck, theRead More

By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer The only difference NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver Grant Enfinger will see in 2018 is a manufacturer change. After a successful rookie season with ThorSport Racing, Enfinger will return to the No. 98 Champion Power Equipment / Curb Records Ford F-150. In 37 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starts, Enfinger has one victory at Talladega Superspeedway in 2016. He also has 11 top-five finishes, nine of which were earned last year. Enfinger also tripled his career top-10s in 2017, ending the season with 10Read More

By David Morgan, NASCAR Editor It’s been a week full of news coming out of the Sandusky, Ohio based ThorSport Racing team and Tuesday was no exception as they announced that Ben Rhodes would be returning for a third year with the team in 2018. Rhodes, a native of Louisville, Kentucky, broke through with the best season of his career in 2017, scoring his first win in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (Las Vegas) and a fifth place finish in points. In his last two seasons with ThorSport, RhodesRead More

By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer Ford Performance is making gains in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the season hasn’t even started yet. After gaining ThorSport Racing, JJL Motorsports will follow suit, moving from Toyota Racing’s Tundras to a Ford F-150. JJL Motorsports will use equipment acquired from the now-defunct Brad Keselowski Racing. The team will have Jesse Little behind the wheel for about eight to 10 races. Little has 13 Truck Series starts, including a ninth-place finish at Iowa Speedway last season. He has driven for his uncles’Read More

By David Morgan, NASCAR Editor After announcing last week that they would be parting ways with Toyota, Thorsport Racing announced on Monday that they will be moving their operation over to the Ford Perfromance camp, running the manufacturer’s F-Series truck for the 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season. Ford looked to be on the outs in the Truck Series after their main team, Brad Keselowski Racing, shuttered operations at the end of the 2017 season, but Monday’s news gives both the manufacturer and Thorsport new life heading into 2018.Read More

By Holly Cain, NASCAR Wire Service Note: This is the fourth in a five-part series of features detailing the careers of each of the five inductees for the NASCAR Hall of Fame Class of 2018. The inductees, who will be officially enshrined on Jan. 19 (8 p.m. ET on NBCSN, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio), are Red Byron, Ray Evernham, Ron Hornaday Jr., Ken Squier and Robert Yates. For tickets to the Induction Ceremony, visit nascarhall.com/inductees/induction-ceremony.  The genuine excitement and gratitude for earning a place in the NASCAR Hall of FameRead More

By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer Kyle Busch Motorsports will continue to groom young talent as they add Todd Gilliland to the Rookie of the Year battle in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Gilliland, who will turn 18 on May 15, will pilot the No. 4 Toyota Tundra in 19 of the 23 events. Gilliland, who made his Truck Series debut last year, has two top-fives and three top-10s in six starts. He also won back-to-back NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Championships in 2016 and 2017, as well as finishingRead More

By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer GMS Racing is quickly becoming the powerhouse of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series as they expand to a four-truck team. Joining 2016 Series Champion Johnny Sauter, sophomore Justin Haley, and rookie Dalton Sargeant will be second-year driver Cody Coughlin. Coughlin will take the wheel of the No. 2 JEGS Chevrolet Silverado for GMS. Coughlin has 35 career starts in the Truck Series. To date he has one top-five (third-place at ISM Raceway) and three top-10 finishes, all of which came in 2017. Coughlin finishedRead More

By David Morgan, NASCAR Editor With less than a month until the 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season begins at Daytona, ThorSport Racing announced on Tuesday that they will be parting ways with manufacturer Toyota. Thorsport has had a successful run with Toyota since the 2012 season, when they made the switch over from Chevrolet. In their six years together, Thorsport captured two championships in 2013 and 2014, 19 wins, 117 top-five finishes, 227 top-10 finishes, 10 poles, and 2900 laps led in Toyota-powered trucks. Last season, Matt CraftonRead More