Cole Custer took advantage of a five-lap shootout at Gateway Motorsports Park to score his second career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win in Saturday night’s American Ethanol presents the Drivin’ for Linemen 200 brought to you by Ameren. Continue reading
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Camping World Truck Series ‘Drivin’ for Linemen 200′ at Gateway Preview
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
Matt Crafton Gets Kansas Win on Fuel Mileage
Matt Crafton didn’t have the fastest truck in Friday night’s Toyota Tundra 250 at Kansas Speedway, but he had the best feel for fuel mileage and what his crew chief would call their lucky fuel cell. The result was Crafton’s seventh series career victory.
With truck after truck pulling to the inside of the 1.5-mile Kansas oval over the last five laps with empty fuel cells, Crafton cruised over the finish line with only a few drops of fuel left in his ThorSport Racing Toyota Tundra. Continue reading
The Future is Bright and Young with NASCAR Next 2015 Class
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New NASCAR Next Class Already Making Mark on Track
Five of the six NASCAR K&N Pro Series race winners in 2015 are 21 years old or younger. The championship points leaders in both the East and West are 17 and 16. And a 17-year-old just became the highest-finishing female in the 61-year history of the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West.
It is fitting that as fans celebrate Jeff Gordon’s final year of competition, the ranks of NASCAR is becoming filled with young drivers battling to one day fill that void. And on Tuesday, in a building that honors the sport’s history, NASCAR introduced some of those potential future stars of the sport. Continue reading
Camping World Truck Series Kroger 250 at Martinsville Preview
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