Eldora Speedway Tag

By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Championship contender Brett Moffitt has one less race to worry about sponsorship. Moffitt, and his Hattori Racing Enterprises team will have iRacing adorn the No. 16 Toyota Tundra in the Eldora Dirt Derby at Eldora Speedway on July 18. iRacing, the world’s leader in the online racing simulation and gaming market, which is celebrating its 10thanniversary added dirt racing to its’ simulation service last year. While some teams and drivers may use iRacing as a tool to prepare for Eldora,Read More

By Chris Knight, NASCAR Wire Service ROSSBURG, Ohio – Using a late-race restart 18 laps from the finish and a strategy to ‘go where the others aren’t,’ Matt Crafton muscled past veteran dirt racer Stewart Friesen to win Wednesday night’s fifth annual Eldora Dirt Derby 150 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Eldora Speedway. Over the last forty laps of the race, Crafton patiently worked his way from the bottom of the top-10 and took advantage of a Lap 127 caution to position himself to challenge a dominant Friesen forRead More

By David Morgan, NASCAR Editor Driving for the underdog Halmar Friesen Racing team, Stewart Friesen, a dirt racing specialist, had the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Eldora Speedway circled on the calendar as one race that his team could pull off the upset and score his first win. After Wednesday night’s Eldora Dirt Derby, the Truck Series field certainly knew that Friesen was there. Friesen kicked off the day by scoring the pole for the race and then going out and backing it up by winning his qualifyingRead More

By David Morgan, NASCAR Editor In a truck that looked like it had been in a demolition derby rather than a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race, Christopher Bell made the best out of a bad situation and brought home a top-10 finish for Kyle Busch Motorsports on a night at Eldora that could have ended much worse. With three wins to his record already in 2017, Bell entered the night as one of the favorites to take home his second Golden Shovel trophy on the historic dirt track. StartingRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer Despite having no prior experience on dirt, Noah Gragson scored a Top 10 finish at Eldora Speedway. Gragson scored a seventh-place finish after staying out of trouble in his No. 18 Switch Toyota Tundra. With no experience on a slick dirt surface, Gragson focused on keeping his nose clean in the Eldora Dirt Derby. By doing so, he ran towards the front all night long, slowly climbing up through the field in the final laps. Several times throughout the race, Gragson narrowly avoided trouble. TheRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer 11 races into the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season only four series regulars have scored a victory (Christopher Bell three times, John Hunter Nemechek twice, Johnny Sauter and Kaz Grala once). Even though Bell has two more wins than Sauter, Sauter leads the points standings, having a 28-point advantage over Bell. The Truck Series regulars will have their hands full once again in Wednesday night’s race with many dirt specialists entered in the field. The last time the Truck Series visited the only dirtRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer For the fifth straight year, Ken Schrader will be competing in the Aspen Dental 150 at Eldora Speedway. Schrader expressed interest in the race in an interview, and a phone call later, he had a ride in the No. 66 Chevrolet Silverado for Bolen Motorsports. In the four previous NASCAR Camping World Trucks Series starts at the lone dirt track on the schedule, Schrader has a best finish of fourth in 2014. He has never finished outside the Top 15. Schrader also has the distinctionRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer For the third year in a row, Bobby Pierce will No. 63 Premier Waste Services / Allgayer / Oakwood Tire Chevrolet Silverado for MB Motorsports at Eldora Speedway. There, Pierce and the team will attempt to finally win the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Aspen Dental 150 after coming up short in the two previous attempts. Two years ago, Pierce exploded onto the scene, earning the pole and tearing the Silverado apart en-route to a second-place finish. Last year, he dominated before spinning late andRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer Chris Larsen and Stewart Friesen have announced that they will campaign the full 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season, as well as the formation of Halmar Friesen Racing. Friesen will pilot the No. 52 Chevrolet Silverado, with Halmar International as the primary sponsor. Veteran NASCAR owner and crew chief, Tommy Baldwin Jr., will handle the day-to-day operations of the new team. Baldwin said he was “proud of the partnership” on social media. In 2016, Friesen made his NCWTS debut at Eldora Speedway where heRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer 2016 has been a year of firsts for dirt racing standout Stewart Friesen. The Dirt Modified and Sprint Car standout made his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut at Eldora Speedway earlier this year. In the second heat race, Friesen started second and finished third. Friesen started the main event in 12th. After a multi-truck crash late in the race, Friesen ended up 28th. Friesen, a 33-year-old native of Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada, also made his pavement-racing debut in the No. 16 Halmar International Chevrolet SilveradoRead More