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Ryan Blaney Battles Back from Penalty for Thrilling Victory at Bristol

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A spin with four laps to go in Wednesday night’s UNOH 200 at Bristol Motor Speedway proved as a saving grace for Brad Keselowski Racing’s Ryan Blaney, who grabbed the lead on a green-white-checkered restart to win his first race of the 2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season.

Blaney recovered from an early race penalty for jumping a restart to find himself closing on leader Matt Crafton with five laps remaining. When Ty Dillon spun on lap 196, it triggered the last caution of the night and the opportunity for Blaney to steal Crafton’s thunder. On the last restart, Crafton’s truck sputtered, failing to come up to speed, allowing Blaney to take off and seal his fourth career Camping World Truck Series victory. Continue reading →

Matt Crafton Scores Second Consecutive Top-Five at Bristol

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Photo – Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images

Matt Crafton is our next guest on Fan4Racing Fan2Fan NASCAR & Race Talk on Monday, August 25, 2014 at 9 pm ET. Call 347-996-5176 during the LIVE broadcast with any questions/comments.

Scheduled as a night race for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at Bristol Motor Speedway, due to rain on Wednesday night, their race began and ended the UNOH 200 on Thursday morning show. Teams were ready for night racing, so the conditions of a day race presented challenges for many teams. The No. 88 ThorSport Racing team and driver Matt Crafton were up to the challenge by not letting the rain dampen their spirits. Crafton braved the changing conditions and brought his Toyota Tundra home in the fourth-place for his second consecutive top-five finish in Bristol’s Thunder Valley. Continue reading →

Keselowski Wins First Camping World Truck Series Race at Bristol

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2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion, Brad Keselowski, joins an exclusive list of 25 drivers to win in all three national series.

There were only two leaders – Brad Keselowski and Kyle Busch –  for the entire NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race, and they battled throughout the UNOH 200 at Bristol Motor Speedway on Thursday morning after rain delayed the race Wednesday night.

Busch and Keselowski dominated the race, leading all 200 laps of the event. Overall, Keselowski led 119 laps to Busch’s 81.

This is Brad Keselowski’s first Camping World Truck Series win after 61 series starts.   Continue reading →

Camping World Truck Series UNOH 200 at Bristol Preview

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ThorSport Packs 1-2 Punch

ThorSport has not one, but two drivers at the top of NASCAR’s Camping World Truck Series standings following a record-setting performance at Michigan this weekend.

Team drivers Johnny Sauter and Matt Crafton finished 1-2 in Saturday’s Careers For Veterans 200, blazing away from the field in the fastest race in series history with an average speed of 161.1ten mph. The new mark demolished the previous record of 154.737 mph set at Texas Motor Speedway in 2012.  Continue reading →

Thunderous Finish Leaves Busch Victorious at Bristol

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Kyle Busch, driver of the #51 ToyotaCare Toyota Celebrates after winning the UNOH 200 at Bristol Motor Speedway on August 21, 2013 Photo - John Harrelson/Getty Images

Kyle Busch, driver of the #51 ToyotaCare Toyota Celebrates after winning the UNOH 200 at Bristol Motor Speedway on August 21, 2013
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The reasons why fans adore the Bristol Motor Speedway were on display during the truck race Wednesday night. Classic Bristol showed up to put on quite a wild show. Action was evident throughout the race and a photo finish was the perfect end to the night. Kyle Busch edged out Timothy Peters in an ending that would fit the term “checkers or wreckers” perfectly. Continue reading →