Chevrolet Silverado 250 Tag

By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer For the 17th race of the season, the series travels North of the border to begin the 2018 Playoffs at the 2.459-mile Canadian Tire Motorsports Park for the Chevrolet Silverado 250. Road course ringers, teams using the NT1 Spec Engine versus those using OEM engines, the possibility of racing in the rain, stage racing, and the Playoffs are just some of the storylines heading into the 17th race of the season at Mosport. Coverage for the Chevrolet Silverado 250 is scheduled to start Sunday at 2:30 p.m. ET.Read More

By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer  Adding to a season of firsts for Jesse Iwuji, the United States Navy Lieutenant will make his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut in the Chevrolet Silverado 250. Lt. Iwuji will pilot the No. 34 BBMC Mortgage / Zulu Audio / SHITI Coolers Chevrolet Silverado for Reaume Brothers Racing at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park. Although Lt. Iwuji has never competed at the 2.459-mile, 10-Turn road course, he has five road course starts in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West. His best road course finish, 12th, came atRead More

By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer Veteran NASCAR driver DJ Kennington will return to Premium Motorsports for two upcoming races. The NASCAR Pinty’s Series regular will compete in one NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and one Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race for the Jay-Robinson owned team. The two-time NASCAR Pinty’s Series Champion will drive the No. 49 APC Chevrolet Silverado at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park. He has one victory at the 2.459-mile track in the Pinty’s Series in 2011. Kennington has two previous starts in the Chevrolet Silverado 250. InRead More

By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer SPARTA, Ky. – For the second year in a row, Alex Tagliani will have a chance to compete in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at the series’ only stop in Canada. Tagliani will return to Young’s Motorsports to drive a third truck for the team, the No. 12 Chevrolet Silverado in the Chevrolet Silverado 250 at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park. Tagliani, a veteran of the Verizon IndyCar Series has recently been competing full-time in the NASCAR Pinty’s Series. He has eight starts in NASCAR’sRead 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 Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer Despite winning the second stage of the Chevrolet Silverado 250, Ryan Truex is now on the outside, looking in for the 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Playoffs. Truex, who finished fifth, was bumped from the Playoffs, when Austin Cindric took the checkered flag, with just one race left to get in. Truex ran up front all race long even though many teams were on different strategies. For just the second time this season, he picked up a stage win in Stage 2 at CanadianRead 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 Kyle Busch Motorsports’ Noah Gragson, the Chevrolet Silverado 250 at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park presents an opportunity. Despite having zero starts at the Canadian road course, Gragson, a Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender, has had success on road courses. In four road course starts in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West, Gragson has two victories, three top-fives, and four top-10s. His two victories came at the Utah Motorsports Campus in 2016. Gragson also has four road course starts in the K&N Pro SeriesRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer 14 races into the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season five series regulars have scored a victory (Christopher Bell four times, John Hunter Nemechek twice, Johnny Sauter, Matt Crafton, and Kaz Grala once). Bell has a 42-point lead over Sauter heading into the 15th race of the season. The Truck Series regulars will have their hands full as they will have several road course ringers in Sunday’s field. The last time the Truck Series visited Canadian Tire Motorsports Park, Nemechek took home the victory inRead More