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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 Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service LOUDON, N.H. – In Christopher Bell’s dominating win in Saturday’s UNOH 175 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, the rich got richer. The top seed in the series Playoffs, Bell won the first two stages of the opening postseason event and took the checkered flag 1.248 seconds ahead of runner-up Ryan Truex to notch his fifth victory of the season. The win earned Bell automatic advancement into the second round of the Playoffs, gave him an additional seven playoffRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer The championship dream came to an end for Ryan Truex despite a fourth-place finish in the TheHouse.com 225. Truex entered Chicagoland Speedway seven points behind Ben Rhodes, the only driver not locked into the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Playoffs. Truex ran up front in the No. 16 ADVICS / AISIN Toyota Tundra all night long as did his rival, Rhodes. The duo were never far apart, Rhodes often running just one or two spots behind Truex. When the checkered flag waved, they were tiedRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer One more race, one more opportunity, that is all that Ryan Truex has if he wants to make the 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Playoffs. Truex enters TheHouse.com 225 at Chicagoland Speedway just seven points behind the cutoff held by Ben Rhodes. Truex has one previous start in the Truck Series at Chicagoland where he finished 15th. He also has two starts in the NASCAR Xfinity Series at the 1.5-mile tri-oval with a best finish of 10th in 2012. Truex’s most recent Monster EnergyRead 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: Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service LONG POND, Pa. – With his boss out of the race, Christopher Bell filled the void, pulling away to win the Overton’s 150 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race on Saturday at Pocono Raceway. Bell overtook John Hunter Nemechek on Lap 54 of 60 at the 2.5-mile triangular track and finished 1.964 seconds ahead of runner-up Ben Rhodes, who passed Nemechek for the second position on Lap 56. One circuit later Ryan Truex Jr. took the third spot from Nemechek, who held on to fourthRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer  After struggling in the last three races, Ryan Truex looks to return to form in the Overton’s 150 at Pocono Raceway. This weekend, Truex will have a new sponsor on his No. 16 Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota Tundra in the grocery chain ShopRite. Crew chief Scott Zipadelli is also bringing a brand new Toyota Tundra, chassis No. 006, to the track this weekend. Truex has never competed in a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Pocono. However, he has two previous starts in theRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer The last time the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series visited Iowa Speedway, William Byron took home the victory in thrilling fashion. Byron held off Cole Custer, Cameron Hayley, Ben Rhodes, and Tyler Reddick in a two-lap shootout by 0.431 seconds to take the victory. The two-lap shootout was brought about after Caleb Holman crashed with six laps to go. Matt Crafton is the only former winner in the Truck Series at Iowa in the field this weekend. Crafton won at the 0.875-mile track in 2011. Truck SeriesRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer Last week at Texas Motor Speedway, Ryan Truex matched his season best finish with a fourth place result. It also was his fifth straight Top 10 finish of the year in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. As the series moved on to Gateway Motorsports Park, Truex entered with just one previous start at the 1.25-mile track as he would look to extend the streak. As the teams unloaded for the Drivin’ For Linemen 200, Truex’s Hattori Racing Enterprises team showed that they were searchingRead More