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Camping World Truck Series Kroger 250 at Martinsville Preview

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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series

Next Race: Kroger 250

The Place: Martinsville Speedway

The Date: Saturday, March 28

The Time: 2:30 p.m. (ET)

TV: FOX Sports 1, 2:30 p.m. (ET)

Radio: MRN, Sirius XM Ch. 90

Distance: 131.5 miles (250 laps)

Custer To Pilot JR Motorsports’ No. 00 Chevrolet Silverado In Team’s Trucks Debut

Fresh off its first NASCAR XFINITY Series driver championship – powered by the efforts of then-18-year-old wunderkind Chase Elliott (the youngest title-winner in NASCAR national series history) – JR Motorsports makes its first foray into the Camping World Truck Series, debuting at Martinsville Speedway with another teenage prodigy – Cole Custer (the youngest NASCAR national series race and pole winner).  Continue reading

Matt Crafton Annihilates the Field in Dominant Atlanta Truck Win

There’s no let up in Matt Crafton.

The two-time defending NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion, Crafton charged to the front from his 15th-place starting position and ran away from the rest of the field in Saturday’s Hyundai Construction Equipment 200 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

At the end of a 74-lap green flag run—the longest in Camping World Truck Series history at Atlanta—Crafton crossed the finish line 8.752 seconds ahead of runner-up Ty Dillon. Keystone Light Polesitter Ben Kennedy came home third, a distant 10.275 seconds behind the race winner. Continue reading

Camping World Truck Series NextEra Energy Resources 250 at Daytona Preview

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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series

Next Race: NextEra Energy Resources 250

The Place: Daytona International Speedway

The Date: Friday, Feb. 20

The Time: 7:30 p.m. (ET)

TV: FOX Sports 1, 7 p.m. (ET)

Radio: MRN, Sirius XM Ch. 90

Distance: 250 miles (100 laps)

Crafton Begins Quest For Three-Peat

Matt Crafton ran away with the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship last season to become the first driver to win consecutive titles in its 20-year history. The No.88 ThorSport Racing driver visits Daytona on Friday for the first stop on his quest for a three-peat – the NextEra Energy Resources 250 (7:30 p.m. ET on FOX Sports 1). He will look to improve on his 13th-place finish at Daytona last year.  Continue reading

Timothy Peters Holds on for Truck Series Victory in Wild Race at Talladega

 

Holding off all challengers in a race that went four-wide on the final two laps, Timothy Peters won the Fred’s 250 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race on Saturday at Talladega Superspeedway.

Peters arrived at the finish line .143 seconds ahead of second-place starter and finisher Tayler Malsam. Spencer Gallagher ran third, followed by Tyler Reddick and Ryan Blaney, who trimmed 13th-place finisher Matt Crafton’s lead in the series standings to 17 points with four races left in the season. Continue reading