Erik Jones, driver of the #20 GameStop/Mortal Kombat X Toyota, poses with the 21 Means 21 Pole Award after qualifying for the pole for the NASCAR XFINITY Series O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas Motor Speedway on April 10, 2015 Photo – Sean Gardner/Getty Images
Erik Jones, driver of the #20 GameStop/Mortal Kombat X Toyota, and Daniel Suarez, driver of the #18 ARRIS Toyota, lead the field to the green flag for the running of the NASCAR XFINITY Series O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas Motor Speedway on April 10, 2015 Photo – Sean Gardner/Getty Images
A general view of cars racing the NASCAR XFINITY Series O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas Motor Speedway on April 10, 2015 in Fort Worth, Texas. Photo – Robert Laberge/Getty Images
Erik Jones, driver of the #20 GameStop/Mortal Kombat X Toyota, takes the checkered flag to win the NASCAR XFINITY Series O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas Motor Speedway on April 10, 2015 Photo – Sean Gardner/Getty Images
Erik Jones, driver of the #20 GameStop/Mortal Kombat X Toyota, celebrates by saluting the crowd after a burnout after winning the NASCAR XFINITY Series O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas Motor Speedway on April 10, 2015 Photo – Tom Pennington/Getty Images
Erik Jones, driver of the #20 GameStop/Mortal Kombat X Toyota, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR XFINITY Series O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas Motor Speedway on April 10, 2015 Photo – Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images
Teenager Erik Jones turned his first NASCAR Xfinity Series pole at Texas Motor Speedway into his first series victory Friday night, schooling NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stars Brad Keselowski and Dale Earnhardt Jr. en route to the checkered flag in the 19th annual O’Reilly Auto Parts 300.
Jones, 18, held off Keselowski on a restart on lap 175 of the scheduled 200 around Texas Motor Speedway’s high-banked, 1.5-mile quad-oval for a margin of victory of 1.624-seconds in the first night race of the season. Jones’ first series win came in his ninth start. In the process Jones became the second-youngest series winner at Texas at 18 years, 10 months, 11 days—a record set last year by Chase Elliott at 18 years, 4 months and 7 days when he scored his first series victory in this event. Continue reading →
Joey Logano, driver of the #29 Cooper Standard Ford, takes the checkered flag to win the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Kroger 250 at Martinsville Speedway on March 28, 2015 Photo – Nick Latham/Getty Images
Joey Logano, driver of the #29 Cooper Standard Ford, celebrates with a burnout after winning the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Kroger 250 at Martinsville Speedway on March 28, 2015 Photo – Rob Cam/Getty Images
Joey Logano, driver of the #29 Cooper Standard Ford, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Kroger 250 at Martinsville Speedway on March 28, 2015 Photo – Daniel Shirey/Getty Images
Joey Logano, driver of the #29 Cooper Standard Ford, poses in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Kroger 250 at Martinsville Speedway on March 28, 2015 Photo – Daniel Shirey/Getty Images
Race runner-up Matt Crafton said Joey Logano barreled into turn one on the last restart “like he was shot out of a cannon.”
Ducking to the inside with the accelerator mashed was the move Logano, the Coors Light Pole Award winner, had to make to vault from third to first and win Saturday’s Kroger 250 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Martinsville Speedway in an event that went eight circuits past its posted distance of 250 laps. Continue reading →
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 →
NASCAR’s Camping World Truck Series is home to seasoned veterans and rising stars.
From NASCAR Next members to second generation drivers and fresh faces looking to make a name for themselves, take a look at the younger ‘drivers to watch’ this weekend at Martinsville Speedway
Saturday’s Kroger 250 marks the first Camping World Truck Series race of the season that drivers between the ages of 16 and 18 can compete. Wheelmen from that age group can only race on road courses or tracks 1.25 miles or less in length. Continue reading →
