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 →
Matt Crafton, driver of the #88 Fisher Nuts/Menards Toyota, takes the checkered flag to win the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Hyundai Construction Equipment 200 on February 28, 2015 Photo – Sarah Glenn/Getty Images
Matt Crafton, driver of the #88 Fisher Nuts/Menards Toyota, celebrates with a burnout after winning the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Hyundai Construction Equipment 200 on February 28, 2015 Photo – Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images
Matt Crafton, driver of the #88 Fisher Nuts/Menards Toyota, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Hyundai Construction Equipment 200 on February 28, 2015 Photo – Matt Sullivan/Getty Images
There’s no let up in Matt Crafton.
The two-time defending NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion, Crafton charged to the front from his 15th-place starting position and ran away from the rest of the field in Saturday’s Hyundai Construction Equipment 200 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
At the end of a 74-lap green flag run—the longest in Camping World Truck Series history at Atlanta—Crafton crossed the finish line 8.752 seconds ahead of runner-up Ty Dillon. Keystone Light Polesitter Ben Kennedy came home third, a distant 10.275 seconds behind the race winner. Continue reading →
After a two-year hiatus, the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series returns to Atlanta Motor Speedway on Saturday, Feb. 28. Ty Dillon, the 2013 series runner-up is expected to be the only previous winner returning for the Hyundai Construction 200 and is also the latest driver to capture a victory at the track (8/31/12). The Truck Series has not raced at Atlanta in March since 2010 when Kevin Harvick took the checkered flag from the fourth starting spot. Kyle Busch holds the Camping World Truck Series record with four wins at Atlanta Motor Speedway.Continue reading →
Tyler Reddick, driver of the #19 DrawTite Ford, takes the checkered flag to win the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series NextEra Energy Resources 250 at Daytona International Speedway on February 20, 2015 Photo – Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images
Tyler Reddick, driver of the #19 DrawTite Ford, celebrates with a burnout after winning the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series NextEra Energy Resources 250 at Daytona International Speedway on February 20, 2015 Photo – Robert Laberge/Getty Images
Tyler Reddick, driver of the #19 DrawTite Ford, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series NextEra Energy Resources 250 at Daytona International Speedway on February 20, 2015 Photo – Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images
As trucks fanned out four-wide behind him, Tyler Reddick took the first checkered flag of this NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career in Friday night’s NextEra Energy Resources 250 at Daytona International Speedway.
Behind the race winner, Erik Jones charged to the outside to grab the runner-up spot, followed by Scott Lagasse Jr. and Austin Theriault, Reddick’s Brad Keselowski Racing Teammate.
Teamwork between the two BKR trucks was crucial to Reddick’s maiden win. Continue reading →
