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By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer The best thing a driver can do on the day in which they fight for a championship is focus on the race. That is all that Johnny Sauter has to focus on in the Ford EcoBoost 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway as GMS Racing revealed he would return to the No. 21 Chevrolet Silverado in 2018. Sauter joined GMS Racing in 2016 and led the team to their, as well as his own, first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Championship. In 45 races with the team,Read More

By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service AVONDALE, Ariz. – Three red flags told the story of Friday night’s Lucas Oil 150 at Phoenix Raceway. The third of the three gave defending NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion Johnny Sauter the chance he needed to win the race that set the field for next Friday’s championship event at Homestead-Miami Speedway. When Kyle Busch Motorsports teammates Christopher Bell and Noah Gragson wrecked during an intense side-by-side duel with seven laps left, Sauter inherited the lead for a restart on Lap 149 ofRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer It wasn’t a spin and win, but Justin Haley did recover from a spin to score his third-career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series top-five finish. Haley, who missed the first two races of the 2017 season because of his age, held his own and ran impressively well with the seasoned veterans and young rookies alike. Haley ran inside the top-10 throughout the Jag Metals 350 at Texas Motor Speedway, despite not finishing either stage inside the top-10. The race changed on lap 59 when Haley’sRead More

By David Morgan, NASCAR Editor It’s the end of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Playoff road for Chase Briscoe and Kaz Grala at Talladega as they found themselves on the outside looking in at the conclusion of Saturday’s Fred’s 250. Eight drivers made the playoff field, but Talladega marked the final race of the first round of the playoffs and only six drivers would move on to the Round of 6, unfortunately for Briscoe and Grala, they were the two unlucky drivers. Briscoe came into the race with aRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer Being a defending champion won’t guarantee advancing to the next Round of the Playoffs. For defending NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion Johnny Sauter, the odds play into his favor to advance to the Round of Six. Sauter enters Talladega Superspeedway fourth in the Playoff Standings in the No. 21 Allegiant Chevrolet Silverado. At Talladega, Sauter has one win, three top-fives, and five top-10s in eight starts. He also has six NASCAR Xfinity Series starts (one top-10 and one pole position) and five Monster EnergyRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer A horrible race somehow ended with a top-10 finish for Johnny Sauter. A wreck, a flat tire, and being laps down could not stop Sauter from scoring a 10th-place finish in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Las Vegas 350. Sauter’s race started to fall apart on the restart after the end of Stage 1. A bad push from Austin Cindric and a missed shift from Sauter sent his No. 21 Allegiant Travel Chevrolet Silverado spinning in front of the field. His GMS Racing teammateRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer  A few weeks off for a hiatus and a new alliance with GMS Racing was just what Stewart Friesen needed. Friesen finished fifth after running inside the top-10 throughout the entire NASCAR Camping World Truck Series UNOH 175 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Friesen ran as high as third in the No. 52 We Build America Chevrolet Silverado in the running order in the late stages of the race. He battled with the likes of Grant Enfinger, Ryan Truex, as well as Playoff competitors JohnnyRead More

By NASCAR Wire Service JOLIET, Ill. – Johnny Sauter served notice that he’s ready to make a spirited defense of his 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship. Ben Rhodes was happy just to squeak into the final NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Playoff berth—by the skin of his teeth. Sauter passed regular-season champion Christopher Bell for the lead on Lap 123 of 150 and drove away to win Friday Night’s TheHouse.com 225 by 2.005 seconds over Chase Briscoe, who passed Bell for second on Lap 136. The race within a race betweenRead 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 After being left without a ride when Red Horse Racing shut down in May, Brett Moffitt has found a home with GMS Racing. Moffitt will pilot the No. 96 Northland Foundation Inc. Chevrolet Camaro in the US Cellular 250 Presented by America Ethanol at Iowa Speedway on July 29. Moffitt has one career NASCAR Xfinity Series start, which came at his hometrack, Iowa Speedway. He finished ninth after starting 10th that day. Moffitt was excited to race in front of his hometown crowd. “I amRead More