Break Up One Championship Team, Create Three Others

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Hattori Racing Enterprises (HRE) was considered an underdog in the 2018 Gander Outdoor Truck Series, occasionally scrambling mid-week to secure sponsorship in order to race the next weekend.  Against the odds, with Brett Moffitt in the driver’s seat of the No. 16, the team was winning races and always up front, ending the year with six victories and 13 top-tens and allowing them to reach the pinnacle of the sport – the Championship.  

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Kyle Busch Gets a Dominating Home-Track Truck Series Victory

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LAS VEGAS – Little would make Kyle Busch happier than a three-race weekend sweep in his home town. The driver of the No. 51 Toyota took the first step on Friday night, winning the Strat 200 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

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NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series Preview at Atlanta

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The NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series now heads to Atlanta Motor Speedway for the Ultimate Tailgating 200 on Saturday, February 23, 2019, at 4:30 pm ET. Television coverage is on Fox Sports 1 with radio coverage on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. 

 

Distance: 200.02 miles (130 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 40),

Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 80), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 130)

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Austin Hill Wins Wild NASCAR Truck Series Season Opener in Overtime

DAYTONA BEACH, FL – FEBRUARY 15: Austin Hill, driver of the #16 CHIBA Toyopet Toyota, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series NextEra Energy 250 at Daytona International Speedway on February 15, 2019 in Daytona Beach, Florida. Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – You could call Friday night’s NextEra Energy Resources 250 a battle of attrition, but that wouldn’t do justice to the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series season opener.

It was more like a long, full-blown war.

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Hattori Racing Exceeds All Expectations in 2018


Brett Moffitt, the driver of the #16 AISIN Group Toyota, looks over data with a crew member during practice for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Ford EcoBoost 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 16, 2018, in Homestead, Florida.
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HOMESTEAD, Fla. – Brett Moffitt turned an unlikely NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship bid into a Cinderella championship hoist Friday night at Homestead-Miami Speedway – earning his Hattori Racing Enterprises team its first ever NASCAR title with a resounding victory at the track.

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