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By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer 18 races into the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season seven series regulars have scored a victory (Christopher Bell five times, John Hunter Nemechek and Johnny Sauter twice, Austin Cindric, Ben Rhodes, Matt Crafton, and Kaz Grala once). Bell has a 47-point lead over Rhodes heading into the 18th race of the season. This weekend marks the third race, and first round of eliminations, of the 2017 Playoffs for the Truck Series competitors. The last time the Truck Series visited Talladega Superspeedway, Grant Enfinger performedRead More

By Owen A. Kearns, NASCAR Wire Service LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Ben Rhodes took the lead on the final restart and held off Christopher Bell to capture his first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career win in Saturday night’s Las Vegas 350 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Rhodes, who earlier in the season lost what appeared to be a sure victory at Kansas Speedway when a piece of debris punctured his Toyota’s radiator, blocked Bell’s last-gasp effort by going all the way to the track’s apron to take the checkered flag.Read More

By David Morgan, NASCAR Editor Despite multiple setbacks in Saturday night’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, perseverance was the key word of the night for Austin Cindric and his No. 19 Brad Keselowski Racing as the 19-year old rebounded to score a fourth-place finish and keep his hopes of advancing to the next round of the playoffs alive. Starting the night in seventh place, Cindric held steady in the top-10 for the duration of the first stage, finishing in eighth when the green-checkered flagRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer 17 races into the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season six series regulars have scored a victory (Christopher Bell five times, John Hunter Nemechek and Johnny Sauter twice, Austin Cindric, Matt Crafton, and Kaz Grala once). Bell has a 40-point lead over Sauter heading into the 18th race of the season. This weekend marks the second race of the 2017 Playoffs for the Truck Series competitors. The last time the Truck Series visited Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Tyler Reddick took home the victory in dominantRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer 16 races into the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season six series regulars have scored a victory (Christopher Bell four times, John Hunter Nemechek and Johnny Sauter twice, Austin Cindric, Matt Crafton, and Kaz Grala once). Bell has a 15-point lead over Sauter heading into the 17th race of the season. This weekend marks the first race of the 2017 Playoffs for the Truck Series competitors. The last time the Truck Series visited New Hampshire Motor Speedway, William Byron took home the victory in dominantRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer 15 races into the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season six series regulars have scored a victory (Christopher Bell four times, John Hunter Nemechek twice, Austin Cindric, Johnny Sauter, Matt Crafton, and Kaz Grala once). Bell has a 30-point lead over Sauter heading into the 16th race of the season. The Truck Series regulars not already locked into the Playoffs have just one more chance to lock themselves in this weekend. The last time the Truck Series visited Chicagoland Speedway, Kyle Busch took home theRead More

By Stephanie Wallcraft, NASCAR Wire Service BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO – Canadian Tire Motorsport Park has a knack for hosting dramatic finishes, and Austin Cindric created one of his own in today’s Chevrolet Silverado 250 at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. A dramatic last-lap incident saw Cindric push his No. 19 Brad Keselowski Racing Ford into the back of the No. 33 GMS Racing Chevrolet of Kaz Grala to push his way past and punch his ticket into the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series playoffs by claiming his first victory of the year. CindricRead More

By David Morgan, NASCAR Editor Kaz Grala started off the 2017 season with a bang, winning the season-opening race at Daytona to clinch a spot in the playoffs and scoring four top-10 finishes in the first seven races. However, in the next seven races, Grala failed to finish better than 12th and had five finishes of 23rd or worse, making Sunday’s race at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park crucial in getting some momentum back on his side with the playoffs drawing nearer. With a road racing background playing to his advantage,Read More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer For this week’s edition of Climbing the Ladder, Seth Eggert sat down with Brad Keselowski Racing driver Austin Cindric. Cindric is an 18-year-old NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver. He drives the No. 19 Draw-Tite/Reese Brands, LTi Printing, and Fitzgerald Glider Kits Ford F-150. Cindric is campaigning for the 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Championship as well as Rookie of the Year honors. He currently sits 10th in points, 218 points behind points leader Christopher Bell. Seth Eggert: What made you enter the industryRead More

By David Morgan, NASCAR Editor Thursday’s news that Brad Keselowski’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series team, Brad Keselowski Racing, would be closing their doors at the end of the 2017 season sent shockwaves through the sport, but on Friday at Bristol Motor Speedway, the 2012 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series champion noted that he is looking toward the future with the closure of his team. Keselowski had mentioned in the past that he has lost upwards of $1 million a year running the team, but was quick to point outRead More