Todd Gilliland Tag

By: NASCAR Wire Service DOVER, Del. – After what had happened moments earlier, Johnny Sauter’s victory in a two-lap overtime shootout seemed almost routine by comparison. Sauter, who turned 40 on May 1, held off fellow 40-something Matt Crafton to win Friday’s JEGS 200 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Dover International Speedway-but not until Sauter won an intense struggle against pole winner Noah Gragson, whose race ended on the next-to-last lap of regulation when his No. 18 Toyota backed hard into the outside wall. The victory was Sauter’sRead More

By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer A month-plus long break is long enough for most NASCAR Camping World Truck Series drivers. For Harrison Burton, the break is just one of many he’ll have to take until he turns 18-years-old in October. The Kyle Busch Motorsports driver will make his second trip to Dover International Speedway. In his first trip to “The Monster Mile,” Burton started 10thand finished 13th, two laps down. A caution during green-flag pit stops trapped him and many others one or more laps down. This weekend, Burton willRead More

BySeth Eggert, Staff Writer NASCAR Camping World Truck Series regulars have won half of the races so far in the 2018 season. For the fifth race of the season, the series visits 1.0-mile high-banked Dover International Speedway. Teams using the NT1 Spec Engine versus those using OEM engines, no Cup drivers, and stage racing are just some of the storylines heading into the fifth race of the season at Dover. Coverage for the JEGS 200 is scheduled to start Friday afternoon at 5:00 p.m. ET. Dover has been on theRead More

By Luis Torres, Staff Writer For the 10th time in NASCAR history, there will be a father-and-son combination in a national series race as DGR-Crosley Racing announced Thursday that driver-owner David Gilliland will make his second Camping World Truck Series this season in the JEGS 200 at Dover International Speedway May 4th. It’ll mark Gilliland’s first start driving for his own team, and will have Frontline Enterprises as his primary sponsor in the No. 54 Toyota Tundra. “I’ve been waiting for the right opportunity to get behind the wheel ofRead More

By Luis Torres, Staff Writer Todd Gilliland came into Martinsville Speedway with a lot to prove after seeing his No. 4 Mobil 1 Toyota Tundra run by his dad David at Daytona, his boss Kyle Busch at Atlanta, and Spencer Davis at Las Vegas with neither scoring a top-10. The reason behind Gilliand missing the opening three races was NASCAR’s regulations prohibiting drivers under 18 years old competing on tracks 1.5 miles or larger. Gilliland doesn’t turn 18 until May 15th. Age aside, Gilliland had another battle in his seasonRead More

By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer For the first three NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races of the season, Todd Gilliland has been forced to watch as others drive his truck. Gilliland has to wait until his 18th birthday on May 15 before he is eligible to compete on tracks greater than 1.1-miles in length. He will pilot the No. 4 Mobil 1 Toyota Tundra in the Alpha Energy Solutions 250 at Martinsville Speedway for Kyle Busch Motorsports. Gilliland did compete in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East season opener atRead More

By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer Kyle Busch Motorsports will continue to groom young talent as they add Todd Gilliland to the Rookie of the Year battle in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Gilliland, who will turn 18 on May 15, will pilot the No. 4 Toyota Tundra in 19 of the 23 events. Gilliland, who made his Truck Series debut last year, has two top-fives and three top-10s in six starts. He also won back-to-back NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Championships in 2016 and 2017, as well as finishingRead More

By NASCAR Wire Service MARTINSVILLE, Va. – Blowing around two-time NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion Matt Crafton after a restart with 10 laps left, 19-year-old Noah Gragson scored his first victory in Saturday’s Texas Roadhouse 200 at Martinsville Speedway. The Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender frustrated Playoff competitors Crafton and Johnny Sauter, who finished second and third behind him. After talking the checkered flag, Gragson parked his No. 51 Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota near the flag stand and climbed to the top of the frontstretch catchfence in celebration. AfterRead 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 For this week’s edition of Climbing the Ladder, Seth Eggert sat down with Kyle Busch Motorsports driver Todd Gilliland. Gilliland is a 17-year-old NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver, who drives both the No. 46 and No. 51 Pedigree Toyota Tundra. Gilliland is also competing full-time in both the NASCAR K&N Pro East Series and West Series for Bill McAnally Racing. He currently sits 19 points behind Harrison Burton in the East Series standings and leads the standings in the West Series by 11 pointsRead More