Truck Series

By David Morgan, NASCAR Editor Driving for the underdog Halmar Friesen Racing team, Stewart Friesen, a dirt racing specialist, had the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Eldora Speedway circled on the calendar as one race that his team could pull off the upset and score his first win. After Wednesday night’s Eldora Dirt Derby, the Truck Series field certainly knew that Friesen was there. Friesen kicked off the day by scoring the pole for the race and then going out and backing it up by winning his qualifyingRead More

By David Morgan, NASCAR Editor In a truck that looked like it had been in a demolition derby rather than a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race, Christopher Bell made the best out of a bad situation and brought home a top-10 finish for Kyle Busch Motorsports on a night at Eldora that could have ended much worse. With three wins to his record already in 2017, Bell entered the night as one of the favorites to take home his second Golden Shovel trophy on the historic dirt track. StartingRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer Despite having no prior experience on dirt, Noah Gragson scored a Top 10 finish at Eldora Speedway. Gragson scored a seventh-place finish after staying out of trouble in his No. 18 Switch Toyota Tundra. With no experience on a slick dirt surface, Gragson focused on keeping his nose clean in the Eldora Dirt Derby. By doing so, he ran towards the front all night long, slowly climbing up through the field in the final laps. Several times throughout the race, Gragson narrowly avoided trouble. TheRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer 11 races into the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season only four series regulars have scored a victory (Christopher Bell three times, John Hunter Nemechek twice, Johnny Sauter and Kaz Grala once). Even though Bell has two more wins than Sauter, Sauter leads the points standings, having a 28-point advantage over Bell. The Truck Series regulars will have their hands full once again in Wednesday night’s race with many dirt specialists entered in the field. The last time the Truck Series visited the only dirtRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer For the fifth straight year, Ken Schrader will be competing in the Aspen Dental 150 at Eldora Speedway. Schrader expressed interest in the race in an interview, and a phone call later, he had a ride in the No. 66 Chevrolet Silverado for Bolen Motorsports. In the four previous NASCAR Camping World Trucks Series starts at the lone dirt track on the schedule, Schrader has a best finish of fourth in 2014. He has never finished outside the Top 15. Schrader also has the distinctionRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer For this week’s edition of Climbing the Ladder, Seth Eggert sat down with Kyle Busch Motorsports driver Harrison Burton. Burton is a 16-year-old NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver that drives the No. 51 DEX Imaging Toyota Tundra. Burton competes full-time in the NASCAR K&N Pro East Series in the No. 8 Dex Imaging Toyota Camry for MDM Motorsports where he currently leads the standings by 22 points over Todd Gilliland. He also competes part-time in the No. 28 Dex Imaging Toyota Camry in theRead More

By: Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service SPARTA, Ky. – Christopher Bell survived an accident and an early spin to win Thursday night’s Buckle Up In Your Truck 225 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Kentucky Speedway. Bell picked up his third victory of the season, his first at Kentucky and the fifth of his career, holding off runner-up Brandon Jones by .187 seconds at the end of a closing 32-lap green-flag run. “This is pretty special,” Bell said in Victory Lane. “We had our ups and downs. Practice (onRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer Entering the Buckle Up In Your Truck 225 at Kentucky Speedway, Austin Hill will have a new partner, Whitetail Heaven Outfitters, on board his No. 02 Young’s Motorsports Ford F-150. This will be Hill’s second trip to the 1.5-mile oval in Sparta, Kentucky. The last time he visited Kentucky Speedway, he started 19th and finished 18th. Tevis McCauley, owner Whitetail Heaven Outfitters, was excited to see a truck with his companies’ logos on the track. “Everyone at Whitetail Heaven Outfitters is really excited about expandingRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer 10 races into the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season only four series regulars have scored a victory (Christopher Bell and John Hunter Nemechek twice, Johnny Sauter and Kaz Grala once). Even though Bell has one more win than Sauter, Sauter leads the points standings, having a 42-point advantage over Bell. The Truck Series regulars will have their hands full in Thursday night’s Buckle Up In Your Truck 225 with Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series driver Kyle Busch entered in the field. The last time theRead More