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Trucks make second trip to Nashville this season

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 19:22:15 GMT

For the first time this year, the Camping World Truck Series will run at Nashville Superspeedway twice in the same season. Nashville picked up a second date for the 2010 truck season when the track's owner, Dover Motorsports, announced last October the closure of its Memphis property.

The series traditionally has competed at Nashville in the summer time. During the first weekend in April, Kyle Busch spent his Sprint Cup off-week by winning the truck event here. He will not compete in Saturday night's race due to his Cup and Nationwide Series obligations at Watkins Glen, NY.

Sadler earns first truck win at Pocono

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:14:30 GMT

Just after the restart for the first two-lap overtime finish, Sadler got a push from behind by Justin Lofton and moved ahead of Kahne to take the lead. Johnny Sauter got loose and bumped into Ron Hornaday Jr., as Hornaday spun around and then slammed into the infield wall in turn three. That set up the second green-white-checkered attempt.

Sadler easily pulled away from Kahne after the final restart and beat his Richard Petty Motorsports teammate in the Sprint Cup Series by 0.45 seconds for his first truck win in his eighth start.

Sadler tops Kahne for Pocono truck pole

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:55:32 GMT

Sadler, the last driver to make his qualifying attempt in the 38-truck field, knocked his fellow Sprint Cup Series competitor Kasey Kahne from the top spot after posting a lap of 162.602 m.p.h. He claimed his first career truck pole in his seventh start.

"It was tough, and it was fun," Sadler said. "I got a little free through there, but [turn] three was fast." The series revised its qualifying format for Pocono, with Friday's practice speeds determining the qualifying order. The slowest truck went first, and the fastest, which was Sadler, came out last. Trucks were released in 25-second increments.

Trucks make inaugural visit to Pocono

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:01:54 GMT

The Camping World Truck Series will compete at Pocono Raceway for the first time this weekend. The series' inaugural stop at Pocono marks the final track currently hosting a Sprint Cup race at which trucks have yet to compete.

This will not be the first time the series competes in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Hornaday Jr. picks up first win of the season at ORP

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 23:16:47 GMT

Hornaday Jr., the four-time and defending series champion, took the lead from pole sitter Timothy Peters after 62 laps and dominated from there. Peters reclaimed the top position during the fifth and final caution when he opted to stay on track, while most of the leaders, including Hornaday, pitted for the last time.

Shortly after the final restart, Hornaday and Kyle Busch chased down Peters. Hornaday then made his winning pass with 48 laps remaining. He finished two seconds ahead of Busch for his 46th career truck victory, but his first since August 1, 2009 at Nashville.

Peters takes truck pole at ORP

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:11:05 GMT

Peters turned a lap of 109.653 m.p.h. around the short 0.686-mile oval for his second career pole in the series. His first pole came in August 2009 at Nashville.

Kyle Busch will start on the outside pole after posting a lap of 109.245 m.p.h. Busch has yet to win a truck event at ORP.

Trucks join Nationwide at ORP

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:41:00 GMT

The Camping World Truck Series will join the Nationwide Series this weekend at the 0.686-mile O'Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis.

After finishing fourth in last Friday's race at Gateway International Raceway, Todd Bodine widened his lead to 101 points over Aric Almirola, who finished eighth.

Harvick crushes field to win Gateway truck race

Sat, 17 Jul 2010 16:58:33 GMT

The CampingWorld.com 200 at Gateway was scheduled for Friday night, but a lengthy power outage around the 1.25-mile track forced postponement until the following day.

Harvick, who was complaining of a stiff neck before the start of the race, started on the pole and led 143 of 160 laps. He held a sizeable lead before the fifth and final caution came with 36 laps remaining.

Truck race at Gateway postponed due to power outage

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 23:40:20 GMT

Shortly after Kevin Harvick won the pole for the CampingWorld.com 200, the outage occurred around the 1.25-mile track.

The race was scheduled to begin just after 9:00 p.m. (et), but after a two-hour delay, NASCAR and track officials made the decision to postpone the event.

Harvick grabs first truck pole at Gateway

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:32:44 GMT

Harvick, a Sprint Cup Series regular, turned a lap of 133.325 m.p.h. around the 1.25-mile track for his first career pole in the series. It came in his 105th start.

James Buescher qualified on the outside pole with a lap of 133.266 m.p.h.

Trucks join Nationwide at Gateway

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:24:33 GMT

The Camping World Truck Series join the Nationwide Series at Gateway International Raceway on the same weekend for the first time.

With the Sprint Cup Series taking a break this weekend, three series regulars -- Kevin Harvick, Brad Keselowski and Max Papis -- are entered in Friday's truck race at Gateway. Harvick and Keselowski also will compete in Saturday's Nationwide event here.

Dillon quickly making a name for himself in NASCAR

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:00:28 GMT

Austin Dillon is looking more and more like the next big up-and-comer in the sport after winning his first Camping World Truck Series race in dominating fashion on Sunday at Iowa Speedway. His first win came in just his 12th truck start. Dillon also set a record at Iowa by becoming the first rookie in the series to win three consecutive poles.

At age 20 years, two months and 37 days, Dillon became the second-youngest race winner in the 16-year history of the series, behind Kyle Busch, who won at Charlotte in 2005 when he was 20 years and 18 days old.

Dillon claims first truck win at Iowa

Sun, 11 Jul 2010 17:54:34 GMT

Dillon, the grandson of NASCAR multi-team owner Richard Childress, put on a dominating performance by leading 187 of 205 laps. However, he had to hold off Johnny Sauter in a green-white-checkered finish to capture his first truck win in just 12 starts. Jason White blew a right-front tire in the closing laps, which setup the two-lap overtime finish.

"This truck was awesome," Dillon said. "By that last restart, I knew it wasn't going to be that easy.

Dillon wins record third straight truck pole at Iowa

Sat, 10 Jul 2010 22:25:13 GMT

Dillon, the 20-year-old grandson of NASCAR multi-team over Richard Childress, turned a lap of 135.263 m.p.h. around the 0.875-mile oval for his third pole in 12 truck races. He also won the pole at Michigan and Texas last month.

Aric Almirola qualified on the outside pole after posting a lap of 134.305 m.p.h. Stacy Compton took the third spot, while Brian Ickler and Johnny Sauter rounded out the top-five.

Truck begin nine-week stretch at Iowa

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 20:12:14 GMT

After a three-week hiatus, the Camping World Truck Series returns to action this weekend at Iowa Speedway. Iowa kicks off a nine-week stretch of racing in the series.

Todd Bodine currently holds a 55-point lead over Aric Almirola, who won the most recent truck race on June 12 at Michigan.

Almirola holds off Bodine and Busch for Michigan win

Sat, 12 Jun 2010 17:57:44 GMT

Almirola took the lead for the first time with seven laps to go when he pulled ahead of Todd Bodine and Kyle Busch after they ran three-wide for the top spot.

He held off several challenges from Bodine in the final laps before beating him at the finish by 0.111 seconds.

Dillon takes Michigan truck pole

Sat, 12 Jun 2010 12:47:09 GMT

in qualifying for Saturday's VFW 200 at Michigan International Speedway.

Dillon, the 20-year-old grandson of NASCAR multi-team owner Richard Childress, claimed his first career pole in the series last week at Texas. He finished third in that race.

Bodine takes winning momentum into Michigan

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:44:46 GMT

Todd Bodine padded his points lead to 65 over Aric Almirola after winning last Friday's race at Texas. Bodine led 97 of 167 laps, but had to hold off Johnny Sauter and Ron Hornaday Jr.

in a two-lap overtime finish to capture his record-extending sixth victory there. He also ended a 24-race winless streak in the Camping World Truck Series.

Bodine picks up sixth truck win at Texas

Sat, 05 Jun 2010 00:19:47 GMT

and Johnny Sauter in a green-white- checkered finish to win Friday's WinStar World Casino 400k Camping World Truck Series race at Texas Motor Speedway.

Bodine led 97 of 167 laps for his record-extending sixth victory at Texas. He beat Ron Hornaday Jr. out of the pits and took the lead for good with 39 laps remaining.

Rookie Dillon captures Texas pole

Thu, 03 Jun 2010 22:10:36 GMT

Dillon, the 20-year-old grandson of NASCAR multi-team owner Richard Childress, turned a lap of 178.654 m.p.h.

for his first pole in just his 10th truck start.

Bodine looking to extend win record at Texas

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 20:09:37 GMT

The Camping World Truck Series will run at the 1.5-mile Texas Motor Speedway for the 25th time on Friday. Todd Bodine has won a record five truck races at Texas.

One year ago, Bodine capitalized on a late-race pit strategy to win at Texas. Bodine elected not to pit for fuel during the last round of stops. He grabbed the lead with 43 laps remaining, and then easily held off Matt Crafton at the finish.

Kyle Busch shuts down Malsam's truck team

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:54:31 GMT

KBM and Braun officials made the announcement Tuesday. Malsam, 21, will start his driving duties with Braun's No.10 team, beginning with Saturday's Nationwide race at Nashville.

"We're looking forward to adding Tayler to our No.10 Toyota starting at Nashville, team owner Todd Braun said in a statement. "Kyle has done a great job of giving talented young drivers a chance to race and also advance up through the NASCAR system.

Busch wins late night truck race at Charlotte

Sat, 22 May 2010 02:02:58 GMT

The start of the 200-mile truck race at Charlotte was delayed nearly three hours due to rain. The event began at 11 p.m. (et) and concluded almost two hours later.

Busch, in his first year as driver and owner in the Truck Series, started on the pole and dominated early, but he got loose and scraped the wall on lap 40.

Third straight truck pole for Busch

Fri, 21 May 2010 17:52:19 GMT

Busch turned a lap of 178.448 m.p.h. to record his third consecutive pole in the series.

He started on the pole one week ago at Dover and last month at Nashville.

Busch and Hornaday Jr. look forward to Charlotte battle

Tue, 18 May 2010 19:25:50 GMT

This year's Camping World Truck Series race at Charlotte could shape up to be another great battle between Kyle Busch and four-time and defending series champion Ron Hornaday Jr. Both drivers have combined for four victories in the last five races there.

Busch won back-to-back races at Charlotte from 2005-06, while Hornaday claimed the victory there in 2007 and '09. They are the only drivers with multiple victories at 1.5-mile track. The series has been competing there since 2003.