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By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer For this week’s edition of Climbing the Ladder, Seth Eggert sat down with ThorSport Racing driver Ben Rhodes to revisit an interview from 2016. That interview can be found here. Rhodes is a 21-year-old NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver. He drives the No. 41 Alpha Energy Solutions Ford F-150. Rhodes is campaigning for the 2018 Camping World Truck Series Championship and currently sits fifth in the Championship Standings. Seth Eggert: You’re first race was when you were seven-years-old. How did you convince your parents toRead 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 David Morgan, NASCAR Editor ThorSport Racing has completed their four-truck lineup in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series as they announced the addition of Myatt Snider to drive their No. 13 entry, joining teammates Matt Crafton, Ben Rhodes, and Grant Enfinger for the 2018 campaign. Snider, who raced part-time for Kyle Busch Motorsports last season, scored one top-five finish, three top-10 finishes, and led 26 laps in his eight starts, with his best finish of third coming at Talladega last October. He also ran one Truck Series race forRead More

By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service TALLADEGA, Ala. – The massive wreck in Turn 1 that gobbled up a pack of trucks in overtime at Talladega Superspeedway spared a part-time driver with one win on his career resume and a lower-budget team fighting for the final spot in the Round of 6 of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series’ Playoff. The part-timer, Parker Kligerman, charged to the front past pole winner, series leader and race runner-up Christopher Bell after the final restart and had the lead in Saturday’s Fred’s 250Read More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer It is often said that Talladega Superspeedway levels the playing field for those who compete on the 2.66-mile. The fred’s 250 powered by Coca-Cola was no different for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series competitors. Five drivers improved on their career-best finishes in the chaotic Playoff Elimination race. Bobby Gerhart, Clay Greenfield, Myatt Snider, Spencer Boyd, and Vinnie Miller each improved on their career-best finishing position. They accomplished this by avoiding, or at the very least, surviving the mayhem. Although all five of these driversRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer Attrition always seems to be the name of the game at Talladega Superspeedway. Saturday’s fred’s 250 powered by Coca-Cola was no different. One driver who survived the mayhem was Kyle Busch Motorsports’ Myatt Snider. Being at the right place and at the right time helped Snider avoid the destruction that took place throughout the field. Multiple times throughout the race, his No. 51 Louisiana Hot Sauce Toyota Tundra was just ahead when ‘The Big One’ broke out. Ultimately, Snider was just ahead of the finalRead More

By David Morgan, NASCAR Editor Christopher Bell has been the man to beat throughout the 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season and with a place in the Round of Six already locked down, the Kyle Busch Motorsports driver will roll off first in Saturday’s Fred’s 250 at Talladega, which will be a playoff elimination race for his fellow drivers not yet locked in. After Saturday’s race, the current eight driver playoff field will be cut down to six. Bell and Ben Rhodes are already locked in, but the finalRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM) has a history of bringing new, young talent to the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Myatt Snider, who has eight races scheduled for the 2017 season is no different. Not only does KBM bring in new talent, but they also introduce new sponsors to NASCAR. One of the new sponsors is Liberty Tax Service which will serve as the primary sponsor of Snider’s No. 51 Toyota Tundra at Kentucky Speedway on July 6, Texas Motor Speedway on Nov. 3, and Homestead-MiamiRead More

By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service AVONDALE, Ariz. – William Byron’s bitter disappointment proved a boon for two of his Kyle Busch Motorsports teammates in Friday night’s Lucas Oil 150 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Phoenix International Raceway. When the engine in Byron’s No. 9 Toyota expired on Lap 141 of 150 – ending the championship run for the series’ most prolific winner this year – Kyle Busch Motorsports teammate Daniel Suarez took over the race lead and went on to score the first NCWTS victory of hisRead More

By Brian Eberly, Contributing Writer KANSAS CITY, Kan. – The halfway point of Friday night’s ARCA Racing Series Kansas 150 was marred by a vicious wreck involving six cars that sent Kyle Weatherman to a local hospital for further evaluation. The wreck started when Myatt Snider got sideways after contact with his Cunningham Motorsports teammate Chase Briscoe. As the field tried to avoid wrecking, Weatherman’s car was hit from behind and shot up the track and into the left-front of Snider’s Ford in the middle of turn three. Weatherman sufferedRead More