Spencer Gallagher Leaves New Hampshire, Looking for a Rebound at Las Vegas Motor Speedway

Spencer Gallagher at 9 pm ET on Monday, September 28, 2015 Photo - Spencer Gallagher Twitter

Spencer Gallagher at 9 pm ET on Monday, September 28, 2015 Photo – Spencer Gallagher Twitter

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In his track début at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in the UNOH 175, the 500th race of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Spencer Gallagher and his No. 23 GMS Racing team ran into some rear gear issues that ended their day with a 28th-place finish.

Earlier in the day, Gallagher posted the second fastest lap in the last practice, then qualified to start the race from the seventh position. From the drop of the green flag, Gallagher fought an extremely tight balance in the center and exit off the flat corners of New Hampshire Motor Speedway. After making aggressive adjustments, the No. 23 returned to the track to begin his work back toward the top-15, with improved balance on his car. Continue reading

Austin Dillon Prevails as Truck Series Reaches Major Milestone

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The milestone 500th race in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series produced important ‘firsts’ for two key figures on the winning team.

When Austin Dillon took the checkered flag in Saturday’s UNOH 175 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, he delivered the first victory in the series to both team owner Maurice Gallagher of GMS Racing and to crew chief Shane Huffmann.

Dillon pulled away after a restart on lap 167 of 175, a resumption that followed the sixth caution of the race, for Tyler Reddick’s spin off turn two on lap 161. Dillon, who had stayed out on older tires while most other lead-lap trucks came to pit road under caution on lap 142, crossed the finish line 1.054 seconds ahead of two-time defending series champion Matt Crafton. Continue reading

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series UNOH 175 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway Preview

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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series

Next Race: UNOH 175

The Place: New Hampshire Motor Speedway

The Date: Saturday, Sept. 26

The Time: 1 p.m. (ET)

TV: FS1, 12:30 p.m. (ET)

Radio: MRN, SiriusXM Ch. 90

Distance: 185.15 miles (175 laps)

 

Truck Series Set to Run 500th Race

311888The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series will run its 500th race this weekend – Saturday’s UNOH 175 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. The Camping World Truck Series began in 1995 and is in its 21st season of operation. Ron Hornaday Jr. has won the most Camping World Truck Series championships with four and 51 races. Mike Skinner earned the first series titles driving for legendary owner Richard Childress. Throughout its existence, many NASCAR stars have started their careers in the Camping World Truck Series, including Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Challengers Kevin Harvick, Carl Edwards, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Jamie McMurray and Brad Keselowski. Continue reading

Cole Custer triumphs at New Hampshire as youngest NASCAR national series winner

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Cole Custer had his Sweet 16 and his coming-out party on the same afternoon.

On a restart with four laps left in Saturday’s UNOH 175 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Custer surged to the front and passed Matt Crafton, who spun his tires approaching the start/finish line.

Darrell Wallace Jr. drove hard to the inside entering turn one, passing Crafton for second and challenging Custer for the lead. But with four fresh tires to Wallace’s two, Custer prevailed in turn three and pulled away to become the youngest winner in NASCAR national series history at 16 years, 7 months, 28 days.

As he climbed from his No. 00 Haas Automation Chevrolet, Custer confessed to a surreal feeling.

“I’ve been coming to these races since I was really young,” Custer said. “I’ve looked up to this series and everybody who races in this series, and I couldn’t even imagine racing here and even winning a race. I can’t even explain how amazing this is.”

Custer, the polesitter, got his first Camping World Truck win in his seventh start in the series. It was also the first victory of the season for Turner Scott Motorsports.

Even though Custer led 144 of the first 147 laps, a pit-road decision by crew chief Joe Shear Jr. complicated the equation—but ultimately proved decisive.

When Custer came to the pits from the lead under caution on lap 147 of 175, Shear opted to change four tires. Erik Jones stayed out under the yellow—the second of the race—and five other drivers, including Crafton and Wallace, beat Custer out of the pits with two-tire calls, dropping Custer to seventh for a restart on lap 153.

“I was really worried,” Custer confessed. “It was so hard to pass, even lappers.”

But a race that had gone 101 laps without a caution—a record to start a Truck Series race at New Hampshire—saw three yellows in the last 20 laps, allowing Custer to gain positions. By the last restart on lap 172, he had worked his way to second and took the green from the front row, to the inside of Crafton.

“I couldn’t believe we got through all of those guys,” Custer said. “The air affected it so much. We had some great restarts, which helped us a lot. … I can’t believe it’s happening right now.”

Crafton started the race from the rear of the field after failing to post a qualifying time because of an electrical problem in the No. 88 Toyota. Though the defending series champion charged through the field, finished third and extended his series lead to seven points over ThorSport Racing teammate Johnny Sauter, who ran fourth, the positives in the run were of little consolation to Crafton.

“Started at the back, drove to the front, got beat at the end,” was Crafton’s terse assessment of his performance. “I spun the tires and couldn’t get it in fourth gear, to be totally honest. Once I spun the tires, I was screwed right there.

“Then I couldn’t get it in gear, and everybody had a run on me. My bad.”

John Hunter Nemechek finished a career-best fifth.

Ryan Blaney, third in points, spun after contact from Timothy Peters’ Toyota to cause the fourth caution on  lap 160. Blaney finished tenth and dropped 24 points behind Crafton in the series standings.

Tyler Reddick (eighth) was the highest finishing rookie.

There were five lead changes among three drivers. All told, Custer led 148 laps; Crafton was out front for 20 circuits; and seventh-place finisher Jones led seven laps.

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