NASCAR Camping World Truck Series News & Notes – Friday, May 26, 2017

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Following the North Education Lottery 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series hits the track next at Dover International Speedway for the Bar Harbor 200 on Friday, June 2 at 5:30 pm ET on FOX Sports 1.

Matt Crafton is the defending race winner at Dover, while Christopher Bell (third) and Johnny Sauter (fourth) both finished in the top-five. Continue reading

Cindric Piloting Third BKR Entry at Phoenix

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Photo – ARS

On November 3rd, Brad Keselowski Racing announced that Austin Cindric will drive a third entry for the organization in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) race on November 11 at Phoenix (Avondale, Ariz.) International Raceway.  PIRTEK, the industry leader in fluid transfer solution sales and service in the United States, will serve as primary sponsor of the No. 2 Ford F-150 driven by Cindric at Phoenix.

Cindric, 18, will be attempting his sixth career NCWTS start and fourth of the 2016 season.  He will be making his second start at Phoenix, the first time Cindric has competed at the same track more than once.  In 2015, Cindric scored a respectable 14th-place finish at the one-mile desert oval.

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Tyler Reddick Leads Brad Keselowski Racing to 1-2 finish in Las Vegas

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Tyler Reddick out-dueled Brad Keselowski Racing teammate Daniel Hemric to win Saturday night’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series DC Solar 350 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

The victory was Reddick’s first of the 2016 season and marked the first time the Brad Keselowski Racing team had fashioned a one-two finish in the series. Continue reading

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series DC Solar 350 at Las Vegas Preview

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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series teams will race 300 miles over 200 laps in the DC Solar 350 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway at 8:30 pm ET Saturday, October 1st. Television coverage is on FOX Sports 1 with radio coverage on MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, channel 90.

What to Watch For: Every Chase driver except for William Byron competed in last year’s race at Las Vegas. The highest finishing Chaser was Timothy Peters (second), followed by Ben Kennedy (third), John Hunter Nemechek (fourth), Daniel Hemric (sixth), Matt Crafton (eighth) and Christopher Bell (14th).

Defending winner John Wes Townley tries to visit Victory Lane again on Saturday.

Sunoco Rookie of the Year frontrunner and overall standings leader William Byron goes for his seventh win of the season. Continue reading

Hemric in Search of Breakthrough Win to Advance in Chase

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Photo – Getty Images

Daniel Hemric picked the worst possible time to have car trouble.

In last weekend’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Chase at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Hemric cut his left tire and brake line which caused him to place a season-worst 28th. Heading into the event, the No. 19 Brad Keselowski driver was riding a streak of four consecutive top-three finishes, including a runner-up at Chicagoland Speedway. As a result of his poor showing, Hemric sits last in the Chase standings, 21 points behind the cutoff line with two races left before the Round of 6. Continue reading