Truck Series

By Chris Knight, NASCAR Wire Service BRISTOL, Tenn. – Ben Kennedy stole the lead from William Byron with 20 laps to go in Wednesday night’s UNOH 200 and later withstood an intense six-lap shootout with Brett Moffitt to the finish line to earn his first career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series victory at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway. With his triumph in his 63rd career series start, Kennedy, the great-grandson of NASCAR Founder Bill France Sr., became the first France family member to win a NASCAR national series race. “I can’tRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer The last time the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series visited Bristol Motor Speedway, Ryan Blaney took home the victory in dramatic fashion, coming from the back after being penalized for jumping a restart early. Blaney beat Kyle Busch by just over half a second. John Hunter Nemechek was the highest finishing Truck Series regular in third. The last time a contender for the Truck Series Championship took home the victory was in 2012 when Timothy Peters took home the checkered flag. There are no NASCARRead More

By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service LONG POND, Pa. – Saturday’s Pocono Mountains 150 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event at Pocono Raceway featured no Sprint Cup drivers in the field. Then again, the race didn’t need any representation from NASCAR’s top division, as dominant as William Byron was. The 18-year-old from Charlotte, N.C., led 44 of 60 laps in the No. 9 Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota in a caution-filled event and pulled away to beat runner-up Cameron Haley to the finish line by a comfortable 1.407 seconds. The victoryRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer The last time the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series visited Pocono Raceway, Kyle Busch took home the victory in dominating fashion, beating Kevin Harvick by over a second. Tyler Reddick was the highest finishing Truck Series regular in third. The last time a contender for the Truck Series Championship took home the victory in Pocono was in 2013 when Ryan Blaney captured the checkered flag. There are no NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers entered in this weekend’s race, nor are any past Pocono winners entered.Read More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer One of the top stories over the past few weeks has been Dale Earnhardt Jr. being sidelined with concussion-like symptoms. At the same time, John Wes Townley has been sidelined from races in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, and the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menard’s with the same type of injury. Townley joined “The Morning Drive” on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio where he spoke about the incidents that he believes led to his concussion like symptoms. Townley’s concussion symptoms beganRead More

By Chris Knight, NASCAR Wire Service Battling back from all kinds of adversity, Kyle Larson sailed away on a late race restart with 16 laps to go to win Wednesday night’s fourth annual Aspen Dental Eldora Dirt Derby 150 at Eldora Speedway. “It means a lot, especially losing the way I did the two years I ran,” said Larson from Victory Lane. “Thanks to everyone on this GMS Racing team, DC Solar for coming on-board for this, this is very special for them. I knew running a blue No. 24Read More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer The last time the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series visited Eldora Speedway, Christopher Bell took home the victory in a thrilling finish as he held off a hard charging Bobby Pierce. Bell scored the victory on half-mile dirt oval in his third career Truck Series race, while Pierce scored the first ever top five for his MB Motorsports team. Truck Series Chase 10 races into the 2016 Camping World Truck Series Season, there have been six different winners. Only one of those winners, Kyle Busch,Read More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer For this week’s edition of Climbing the Ladder, Seth Eggert sat down with ThorSport Racing driver Rico Abreu. Abreu is a 24-year-old NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver. Abreu suffers from achondroplasia, which is a genetic disorder and the most common cause of dwarfism. As a result, Abreu needs modifications to his truck in order to reach the petals. Abreu drives the Carolina Nut Company, Curb Records, Safelite No. 98 Toyota Tundra. Abreu is campaigning for both the 2016 Camping World Truck Series Championship andRead More

By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service SPARTA, KY. – William Byron didn’t have the fastest truck at the end of Thursday night’s Buckle Up In Your Truck 225 at Kentucky Speedway. But Byron had the most important ingredient in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at the newly repaved and reconfigured 1.5-mile track. Byron held the top spot for all 42 laps after the final restart of the event on lap 108 of 150. It was no cakewalk. Byron had to stave off assaults from both runner-up John HunterRead More