Matt Crafton had a lot to overcome on Saturday—a 17th-place starting position and a difficult pit stall that cost him dearly in the early stages of Saturday’s North Carolina Education Lottery 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
But after 134 laps, Crafton was 5.748 seconds ahead of second-place Kyle Busch, winning the race and extending his series lead to 12 points over seventh-place finisher Timothy Peters. In fact, the two-time champion won consecutive races for the first time in his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career, going back-to-back in successive weeks at Dover and Charlotte.
Even though it took Crafton more than half the race to get to the front, he sensed the quality of his ride from the drop of the green flag. Continue reading →
Drew Herring at 9:30 pm ET on Thursday, May 12, 2016 Photo – Getty Images
Drew Herring is our guest on Fan4Racing NASCAR Weekend Preview on Thursday, May 12, 2016 at 9:30 pm ET. Call 929-477-1790 or tweet @Fan4RacingSite or @beberly18 with any questions or comments during our LIVE broadcast.
Hailing from Benson, North Carolina, Drew Herring will pilot the No. 24 Toyota in the upcoming NASCAR XFINITY Series, Ollie’s Bargain Outlet 200 at Dover International Speedway. This is Herring’s debut in the successful Young Guns program at JGL Racing and his 16th career start in the XFINITY Series.
The JGL Racing Young Guns program highlights several rising stars in NASCAR and Herring joins Matt Tifft, Corey Lajoie and Brandon McReynolds, taking part in the program with the organization. Continue reading →
NASCAR XFINITY Teams are at Talladega Superspeedway for the Sparks Energy 300 and racing that covers 300.58 miles over 113 laps on Saturday, April 30th. FOX will start their pre-race coverage at 2:30 pm ET with a green flag around 3 pm ET and radio coverage on MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, channel 90.
Suárez Opens Up Points Lead as Talladega Approaches
Tension within the XFINITY Series championship battle has slightly loosened for standings leader Daniel Suárez after he posted his fourth top-five of the season, increasing his lead to nine points over new second-place driver, Elliott Sadler. Heading into Richmond, Suárez held a six-point lead over Erik Jones.
In eight starts this season, Suárez has posted four top-fives, seven top-tens and an average finish of 6.3 – best among title contenders. Continue reading →
Timothy Peters, driver of the #17 Red Horse Racing Toyota, poses with the Keystone Light Pole Award after qualifying for the pole position for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series fred’s 250 at Talladega Superspeedway on October 24, 2015 Photo – Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images
Timothy Peters, driver of the #17 Red Horse Racing Toyota, leads the field past the green flag to start the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series fred’s 250 at Talladega Superspeedway on October 24, 2015 Photo – Chris Graythen/Getty Images
Timothy Peters, driver of the #17 Red Horse Racing Toyota, takes the checkered and caution flag to win the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series fred’s 250 at Talladega Superspeedway on October 24, 2015 Photo – Chris Graythen/Getty Images
Timothy Peters, driver of the #17 Red Horse Racing Toyota, celebrates with a burnout after winning the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series fred’s 250 at Talladega Superspeedway on October 24, 2015 Photo – Sarah Crabill/Getty Images
Timothy Peters, driver of the #17 Red Horse Racing Toyota, celebrates with the checkered flag after winning the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series fred’s 250 at Talladega Superspeedway on October 24, 2015 Photo – Chris Graythen/Getty Images
Timothy Peters at 9 pm ET Thursday, October 29, 2015 Photo – Todd Warshaw/Getty Images
Timothy Peters is our guest on Fan4Racing with Catchfence NASCAR Weekend Preview on Thursday, October 29, 2015 at 9 pm ET. Call 929-477-1790 or tweet @Fan4RacingSite @KPokrefky @beberly18 or Knighter01 with any questions or comments during our LIVE broadcast.
Timothy Peters finished Saturday’s fred’s 250 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Talladega Superspeedway exactly where he started—at the front of the pack—despite an extraordinary ebb and flow between the opening green flag and the checkers.
Peters was out front when NASCAR called the sixth caution of the race on the first lap of the only attempt at a green-white-checkered-flag finish, after contact between the trucks of John Wes Townley and Spencer Gallagher sent both crashing hard into the outside wall.
The victory was Peters’ first of the season, his second straight at Talladega and the ninth of his career. Continue reading →
