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Late Race Accident Spoils Dominate Race for Erik Jones at Gateway

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Erik Jones at 8:40 pm ET on Monday, June 15, 2015 Photo - Jared Wickerham/Getty Images

Erik Jones at 8:40 pm ET on Monday, June 15, 2015 Photo – Jared Wickerham/Getty Images

Erik Jones is our guest on Fan4Racing Fan2Fan NASCAR & Race Talk on Monday, June 15, 2015 at 8:40 pm ET. Call 714-202-9918 or tweet @Fan4RacingSite @Sal_Sigala or @ZRoethlisberger with any questions or comments during the LIVE broadcast. 

After starting from the pole for Saturday night’s Drivin’ for Linemen 200 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event at Gateway Motorsports Park, Erik Jones led a race-high 84 laps, but once again experienced misfortunes late in the race, spoiling his effort to collect that elusive first win of the season. Jones was in the runner-up position, chasing down race-leader Matt Crafton, with just under 20 laps remaining when contact with a lap truck resulted in terminal damage to his Special Olympics World Games Tundra and relegated him to a 23rd-place finish. Continue reading →

Camping World Truck Series ‘Drivin’ for Linemen 200′ at Gateway Preview

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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series

American Ethanol presents the Drivin’ for Linemen 200 brought to you by Ameren

The Place: Gateway Motorsports Park

The Date: Saturday, June 13

The Time: 8:30 p.m. ET

TV: FOX Sports 1, 8 p.m. ET

Radio: MRN, SiriusXM Ch. 90

Distance: 200 miles for 160 laps

Passing Of The Torch:

John Hunter Nemechek To Take Over Full-Time Reins From Father

There is a dawning of a new era in the Camping World Truck Series.

One day following his 18th birthday on June 11th, John Hunter Nemechek is back in the driver’s seat for good.

Nemechek, who was sharing seat time with his father Joe in the No. 8 Chevrolet, will become old enough and now eligible to finish the rest of the Camping World Truck Series schedule beginning in Saturday’s American Ethanol presents the Drivin’ for Linemen 200 brought to you by Ameren at Gateway Motorsports Park. Continue reading →