NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Tag

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 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 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 Ascension up the ladder is key to driver development. One driver that will move up the NASCAR ladder in 2018 is Christopher Bell. Bell, who currently leads the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Playoff Standings for Kyle Busch Motorsports will move to the NASCAR Xfinity Series full-time in 2018 with Joe Gibbs Racing. Bell burst onto the NASCAR scene when he won at Eldora Speedway in 2015. Since then, he has earned another six wins, made two Playoff appearances in two years, and made anRead 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 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 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 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