NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Speediatrics 200 at Iowa Preview

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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series teams will race 175 miles over 200 laps in the Speediatrics 200 at Iowa Speedway on Saturday, June 18th. FOX Sports 1 will start their pre-race coverage at 8 pm ET with a green flag around 8:30 pm ET with radio coverage on MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, channel 90.

Byron Blurs to Second Win at Texas

The record for youngest Texas winner fell for the second consecutive race after William Byron darted by Matt Crafton with five laps remaining to win the Rattlesnake 400 at Texas Motor Speedway last Friday.

Byron, 18 years, 6 months, 12 days old, surpassed last November’s winner Erik Jones at 19 years, 5 months, 7 days as the most youthful race winner at the 1.5-track. Continue reading

ThorSport Racing’s Shop Damaged In Monday Morning Fire

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ThorSport Racing, home of four full-time NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) teams caught fire early Monday morning near Sandusky, Ohio. The Sandusky Register reported that multiple fire departments were called to combat the blaze.

The extent of the damage was not immediately clear for the 100,000 square foot shop.

The team, owned by Duke and Rhonda Thorson, currently fields trucks for Rico Abreu, Matt Crafton, Cameron Hayley and Ben Rhodes and has competed in the series since it’s inception in 1996.

The team issued the following statement early Monday morning:

“Shortly after midnight on Monday morning, a fire broke out in the basement of the ThorSport Racing shop, located in Sandusky, Ohio. At this time, we can confirm that no one was injured.

We are currently working with the fire department and local officials to contain the blaze, and assess the damage.

We do not expect this to impact the team’s competition schedule. Our next race is at Iowa Speedway in Newton on Saturday, June 18. Further details will be forthcoming.“

A team official told CATCHFENCE.com that fire crews were still working to extinguish the fire at 7:30 a.m. ET.

The team recently competed in this past Friday night’s race at Texas Motor Speedway. The team posted three top-11 finishes including Matt Crafton’s runner-up finish. Abreu nearly pulled off his first career win, but hit the wall with two laps to go and finished ninth. Ben Rhodes and Cameron Hayley finished 11th and 18th respectively.

Crafton, a two-time series champion, currently leads the series standings and has already earned a season-high two wins this season. Hayley is 11th in points, Rhodes, a rookie is 15th and Abreu also in his rookie season is 17th.

Late Pass Gives William Byron Second Career Victory

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Teenager William Byron overhauled Matt Crafton with five laps remaining and drove to victory in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Rattlesnake 400 Friday night at Texas Motor Speedway.

Byron, of Kyle Busch Motorsports, posted his second series victory at the expense of Crafton, who dominated the 167-lapper after brushing the turn three wall 11 laps into the night. Byron earned his breakthrough series victory earlier this season at Kansas Speedway, a 1.5-mile quad-oval similar to TMS.

Byron, 18, is the youngest Truck Series winner at TMS and the second-youngest overall, a record held by Chase Elliott in the NASCAR XFINITY Series in 2014. Continue reading

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Rattlesnake 400 at Texas Preview

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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series teams will race 250.5 miles over 167 laps in the Rattlesnake 400 on Friday, June 10th at Texas Motor Speedway with television coverage on FOX Sports 1 starting at 8:30 pm ET and a green flag around 9 pm ET.  Radio coverage is on MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, channel 90.

Three-Peat: Crafton Goes for Third Straight June Texas Victory

Matt Crafton, who’s won the last two NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races this season and the past two June contests at Texas Motor Speedway, will go for his third consecutive win in Friday’s Rattlesnake 400 at the 1.5-mile track.

In 30 career starts at Texas, Crafton owns two wins, 11 top-fives, 19 top-tens and a 9.7 average finish. He has placed in the top-ten in his last nine starts there. The ThorSport Racing driver also has three runner-up showings at Texas. Continue reading

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series News and Notes – Friday, June 3, 2016

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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series teams are on break for one more week before their Rattlesnake 400 event at Texas Motor Speedway next Friday, June 10th. Fans can watch 167 laps covering 250.5 miles of racing action on FOX Sports 1 starting at 8:30 pm ET with a green flag around 9 pm ET with radio coverage available at MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, channel 90.

Three-Peat: Crafton Goes for Third Straight June Texas Victory

Matt Crafton, who’s won the last two NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races this season and the past two June contests at Texas, will go for his third consecutive win in the Rattlesnake 400 at Texas Motor Speedway. Continue reading