Alpha Energy Solutions 250 Tag

By Brian Eberly, Contributing Writer Saturday at Martinsville Speedway was great for Ben Rhodes and the ThorSport Racing organization. The 21-year-old driver kicked off the day by putting the No. 41 Ford on the pole for the fourth race of the 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season. Teammates Matt Crafton and Grant Enfinger qualified second and third, respectively, to give ThorSport Racing their first 1-2-3 qualifying effort in team history. The pole was the third of Rhodes’ career in his 54th Truck Series start and his second at the 0.526-mileRead More

By NASCAR Wire Service MARTINSVILLE, Va. — In a race delayed for two days by a freak snowstorm in southern Virginia, John Hunter Nemechek charged to the front on a restart with 31 laps left on Monday and held off Kyle Benjamin to win the Alpha Energy Solutions 250 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race by a mere .106 seconds. The victory was the first at Martinsville for Nemechek, who had two previous runner-up finishes at the .526-mile short track. This time, despite Benjamin pounding his rear bumper in theRead More

By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer  A top-10 finish after a slightly longer off-season than most is a good start for Timothy Peters. The Alpha Energy Solutions 250 at Martinsville Speedway was the first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series start for Peters since the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway last year. Peters finished seventh in the No. 92 BTS Tire & Wheel Ford F-150 after a relatively quiet race for the Providence, NC-native. He narrowly avoided several late incidents, including one that wiped out past champions Matt Crafton and Johnny Sauter.Read More

By David Morgan, NASCAR Editor For the second day in a row at Martinsville Speedway, Mother Nature got the upper hand, postponing all Sunday track activity to Monday due to snow. The wintry weather that set in around the half-mile track on Saturday never let up throughout the night, dropping several inches of snow, and forcing NASCAR’s hand as dawn broke on Sunday morning. NASCAR’s Executive Vice President and Chief Racing Development Officer, Steve O’Donnell would tweet the news out, noting the need to dedicate local resources toward any issuesRead More

By Luis Torres, Staff Writer Wintry conditions was the word around the NASCAR garage Saturday instead of spring climate and racing action, as both the Camping World Truck Series race and Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series qualifying have been impacted by inclement weather. With weather being a concern, the Alpha Energy Solutions 250 truck race started several minutes early to get as much racing possible. The 32-truck field managed to run 23 laps until it was halted for rain and snow. Not wasting time, NASCAR postponed the race until Sunday evening,Read More

By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer For the first three NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races of the season, Todd Gilliland has been forced to watch as others drive his truck. Gilliland has to wait until his 18th birthday on May 15 before he is eligible to compete on tracks greater than 1.1-miles in length. He will pilot the No. 4 Mobil 1 Toyota Tundra in the Alpha Energy Solutions 250 at Martinsville Speedway for Kyle Busch Motorsports. Gilliland did compete in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East season opener atRead More

By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer It’s the first visit of the season to a short track for the next NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race. The Series goes back to its’ roots as it visits Martinsville Speedway. Teams using the NT1 Spec Engine versus those using OEM engines, drivers making their debut, and stage racing are just some of the storylines heading into the fourth race of the season at Martinsville. Coverage for the Alpha Energy Solutions 250 is scheduled to start Saturday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. ET. Martinsville SpeedwayRead More

By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer Another new face will be behind the wheel in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series as Kyle Benjamin will make his debut. Benjamin will drive the No. 54 Toyota Tundra for DGR-CROSLEY in the Alpha Energy Solutions 250 at Martinsville Speedway. In six career NASCAR Xfinity Series starts, Benjamin has one top-five and two top-10s. He also has 33 NASCAR K&N Pro Series Starts with five victories, 14 top-fives, and 19 top-10s. “Everyone at DGR-CROSLEY is excited to have Kyle in the truck this weekend,”Read More

By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer The trend of NASCAR Camping World Truck Series drivers making their debut at Martinsville Speedway continues with Reid Wilson. Wilson will make his debut in the Alpha Energy Solutions 250 with Young’s Motorsports. Wilson will pilot the No. 20 TrüNorth™ / OEM2 Chevrolet Silverado at the 0.500-mile oval. The 21-year-old has made 20 career starts in the X-1R Pro Cup Series. He scored a best finish of third in the points standings in 2014, despite missing two races. In those 20 races, Reid scored sevenRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer The start of the 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season has not gone as planned for Kyle Busch Motorsports rookie Noah Gragson. After getting wiped out in a lap two melee at Daytona International Speedway and being involved in a lap two incident at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Gragson was looking for some redemption at Martinsville Speedway. Gragson and his No. 18 Switch Toyota Tundra team unloaded with speed. In the first and only practice session for the Alpha Energy Solutions 250, he was thirdRead More