Truck Series

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer The last time the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series visited Daytona International Speedway, Johnny Sauter took home the victory in the . The race ended under caution after a multi-truck accident that saw Christopher Bell flip multiple times. Sauter is the only former winner in the Truck Series at Daytona in the field this weekend. There are no Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series regulars entered in Friday night’s race. J.J. Yeley, Scott Lagasse Jr., and Todd Peck are the only NASCAR Xfinity Series regulars enteredRead More
By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer  After the closure of Michael Waltrip Racing at the end of the 2015 season, MWR development driver, Brett Moffitt, was left without a ride. Moffitt spent most of the 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season filling in for Matt Tifft who had under-gone surgery for a brain tumor. In this substitute role in the Red Horse Racing No. 11 Toyota Tundra, Moffitt scored his first NASCAR National Series victory in dramatic fashion at Michigan International Raceway. After this upset win, he will now pilotRead More
By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer Travis Kvapil will team up with Mark Beaver and Beaver Motorsports for the third straight season in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. MAKE Motorsports was recently rebranded as Beaver Motorsports. After two partial seasons for Kvapil as the primary driver for Beaver Motorsports, 2017 will be a full-time effort. Kvapil will pilot the No. 50 Chevrolet Silverado at Daytona International Speedway in the NextEra Energy Solutions 250 with sponsorship from the Florida Lottery. Beaver Motorsports has been competing in both the NASCAR Camping WorldRead More
By David Morgan, NASCAR Contributor After a return to the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series last season, Regan Smith found himself without a ride for the 2017 season, but on Thursday, the 33-year old New York native was able to land a part-time entry in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series for Ricky Benton Racing. Starting with the season opening NextEra Energy Resources 250 at Daytona, Smith and RBR will have a 12 race schedule for the 2017 season. The team will run the first six races of the season,Read More
By David Morgan, NASCAR Contributor Heading into the 2017 season for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Thorsport Racing will be featuring a revamped driver lineup that will include some familiar faces in the team’s Toyota Tundras and some new ones to the team as well. Two-time Truck Series champion Matt Crafton and second year driver Ben Rhodes will make their return to the Sandusky, Ohio based team in 2017 to pilot the No. 88 and No. 27 trucks, respectively. Crafton scored two wins, eight top-five finishes, 16 top-10 finishes,Read More
By Toby Christie, NASCAR Editor As the 2017 NASCAR season quickly approaches and our daydreams of watching cars and trucks fly around Daytona International Speedway becomes closer to being a reality, the field in the Camping World Truck Series is starting to really take shape. Sunday, Brad Keselowski Racing announced their 2017 full-time driver roster. In a team press release it was revealed that Austin Cindric and Chase Briscoe will take over full-time driving duties of the No. 19 and No. 29 Ford F-150s for the team. Cindric has drivenRead More
By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer Recently, Shigeaki Hattori moved his Hattori Racing Enterprises team to a new race shop. When the move was announced, Hattori stated that his No. 81 Toyota Tundra would compete full-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. With the move from a shop next to Germain Racing Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series team to the shop that once housed Rusty Wallace Racing nearing completion, Hattori named the driver of his Toyota Tundra as Ryan Truex. Truex piloted the No. 81 Toyota Tundra in 15 racesRead More
By Toby Christie, NASCAR Editor One of the power house organizations in the Truck Series, ThorSport Racing is making a slew of changes to their team this offseason. An interview with Rico Abreu with Motorsport.com revealed that the young short track superstar will not run full-time with the organization in 2017. Abreu cited sponsorship as the reason in the interview. “The way sponsorship goes, sometimes things change. That’s just the way things go. I’m not going to give up on it. I’m just going to take a step back,” saidRead More
By David Morgan, NASCAR Contributor After announcing that Austin Cindric would fill one of the team’s two driver slots for 2017, Brad Keselowski Racing completed their driver lineup on Thursday as they announced that Chase Briscoe would be coming on board full-time in their second team truck. Briscoe, who won the championship in the ARCA Racing Series in 2016 with six wins, becomes the first driver in Ford’s newly announced driver development program, which starts with Brad Keselowski Racing in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, but will also encompassRead More