This is the last off-week for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series as they return to action next Friday, May 12th for the Toyota Tundra 250 at Kansas Speedway.
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Brandon Jones Patience Leads to Third Top-Five of 2015 in his Las Vegas Début
Brandon Jones at 9 pm ET on Monday, October 5, 2015 Photo – Ranier Ehrhardt/Getty Images
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In his début at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Brandon Jones’ patience brought him to his third top-five of the 2015 season. Jones’ finish in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Rhino Linings 350 is his career best 1.5-mile finish.
After strong practice and qualifying sessions, Jones started from the third position and for the first 15 laps, he managed a loose car and tight on exit conditions while navigating traffic. Coming to pit road under caution on lap 21, Jones took two tires, fuel and both an air pressure and track bar adjustment and returned to the track in fifth, with the leaders taking only fuel.
On the restart, Jones’ No. 33 was extremely loose. Crew chief Shane Huffman brought Jones to pit road for his last stop on lap 93, for four tires, fuel and a track bar adjustment under green flag conditions.
As the rest of the field cycled through pit stops, Jones returned to the top-ten, just outside the top-five until the last laps of the race, finishing in the fifth position. The No. 33 is now eighth in the series owner point standings.
“We had a really fast RSD Chevrolet today,” said Jones during his post-race interview. “I felt like we were chasing the track throughout the entire race. We went from being tight to really loose and never quite got a hold of the right balance. Shane (Huffman, crew chief) made some really great calls to get us the track position we needed to be running up front at the end. I’m glad we were able to pick up another top-five finish for GMS Racing and the No. 33 team.“
Jones’s next Camping World Truck Series start for GMS Racing is at Talladega Superspeedway on October 24th.
John Wes Townley Scores First Truck Series Victory In Las Vegas
John Wes Townley collected his first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series victory at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Saturday night, saving just enough fuel during his last run to win the Rhino Linings 350.
Townley, who qualified his No. 05 Chevrolet second, battled among the top-five for much of the race taking the lead from two-time series champion Matt Crafton with five laps to go when Crafton had to pit road for a splash of fuel.
Townley’s victory came in the Georgia veteran’s 89th career start. He scored a previous-best finish of third at Texas Motor Speedway in June. His best performance at Las Vegas had been a seventh place.
Both Townley and crew chief Michael Shelton credited the team’s spotter, Terry Cook, for coaching Townley through the deciding laps. Continue reading
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Rhino Linings 350 at Las Vegas Preview
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Next Race: Rhino Linings 350
The Place: Las Vegas Motor Speedway
The Date: Saturday, Oct. 3
The Time: 10 p.m. (ET)
TV: FS1, 9:30 p.m. (ET)
Radio: MRN, SiriusXM Ch. 90
Distance: 219 miles (146 laps)
Standings Snapshot: Crafton Gains on Jones at New Hampshire
Matt Crafton finished runner-up in Saturday’s UNOH 175 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway to jump Tyler Reddick for the second spot in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series standings. Crafton trails standings leader Erik Jones, who finished seventh at New Hampshire, by a mere seven points. Reddick, now third, needs to erase a 19-point deficit to catch Jones in the last six races.
Jones heads to Las Vegas as the defending race winner. He enters the race riding a streak of nine consecutive top-ten finishes. Continue reading
Erik Jones Scores Las Vegas Jackpot With NASCAR Truck Series Victory
He isn’t old enough to gamble, but Erik Jones played his cards right on Saturday night and won the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Rhino Linings 350 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Jones, 18, the youngest winner in NASCAR Truck Series history, made a late-race pass on his Kyle Busch Motorsports teammate Darrell Wallace Jr. with 13 laps to go, earning his second victory in nine starts this season. Continue reading