What are the Drivers Saying?

This week, NASCAR heads to Delaware to get around the challenging track they call the “Monster Mile”.  Editor’s note: This is my favorite track because of the challenge of the surface and endless strategy it provides a race team.  Plus, it has character – a real one in Miles the Monster.

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INTERVIEW: John Wes Townley

John Wes Townley
John Wes Townley

John Wes Townley had a great finish in the NASCAR Camping World Truck series last week and he hopes that luck continues when he races in the NASCAR Nationwide Series this weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Townley discusses those things plus he gives an insight into his racing career in this Behind the Wheel interview with WKVI’s Anita Goodan:

John Wes Townley Behind the Wheel

Kyle Busch Dominates NCWTS Race, Wins under Caution

Kyle Busch, driver of the #51 Hiring Our Heroes/Toyota Care Toyota, celebrates with a burnout after winning the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series North Carolina Education Lottery 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 16, 2014 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images
Kyle Busch, driver of the #51 Hiring Our Heroes/Toyota Care Toyota, celebrates with a burnout after winning the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series North Carolina Education Lottery 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 16, 2014 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images

It was a wild night in Concord, North Carolina for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series’ (NCWTS) North Carolina Education Lottery 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

It was a no-brainer for Kyle Busch who had the pole for Friday night’s race and stayed out front for almost the entire race. Joe Nemecheck did not pit after a caution and restarted in the lead on lap 98 and led four laps. The rest was all Kyle Busch as he wins his third race in three starts in 2014 for Kyle Busch Motorsports.

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INTERVIEW: Tayler Malsam

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Tayler Malsam drove this truck to a fifth place finish in the SFP 250 at Kansas Speedway

Tayler Malsam had good run in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at Kansas Speedway on Friday, May 9 and he’s got another 11 races this season to prove what he’s got in the No. 32 Chevrolet for Turner Scott Motorsports.  Listen to this Behind the Wheel interview to see what else he’s been up to in the racing scene: Taylor Malsam Behind the Wheel

Ryan Blaney is Looking Forward to Another Double-Duty Weekend

Ryan Blaney
Ryan Blaney

NASCAR driver Ryan Blaney had a pretty good showing at Kansas Speedway in two different series last weekend and he’s going for the double again this weekend.

Blaney raced in his first Sprint Cup Series race on Saturday night where he had a strong finish in the No. 12 SKF Ford for Team Penske in the Sprint Cup Series. It wasn’t the finish he was looking for in the Cup car rolling in 27th at the line, but he brought the car back to the garage in one piece.

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Kyle Busch Wins Action-Packed NCWTS race in Kansas

 Kyle Busch, driver of the #51 ToyotaCare Toyota, takes the checkered flag to win the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series SFP 250 at Kansas Speedway on May 9, 2014 in Kansas City, Kansas. Photo by Todd Warshaw/NASCAR via Getty Images
Kyle Busch, driver of the #51 ToyotaCare Toyota, takes the checkered flag to win the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series SFP 250 at Kansas Speedway on May 9, 2014 in Kansas City, Kansas. Photo by Todd Warshaw/NASCAR via Getty Images

Kyle Busch was able to hang on to win a caution-plagued SFP 250 at Kansas Speedway Friday night.

He started on the pole and a pole winner hadn’t won a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) since 2012, but it was done Friday night after Busch battled to win the race.

Busch started third on the final restart and raced Crafton hard as he moved through the field and Crafton held his ground. Lapped traffic played into Busch’s hand as he was able to get to the second position with 26 laps to go in the race. He would take the lead with 21 laps to go and he would grab the win.

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Camping World Extends Entitlement Sponsorship of Truck Series

  
 

A seven-year agreement has been reached between NASCAR and Camping World to remain as the entitlement sponsor of the truck series.

The new deal extends the exclusive rights as the title sponsor through 2022.

“The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series has one of the most consistent and durable audiences in all of sports, averaging approximately 800,000 or more television viewers per event over the past six years,” said Steve Phelps, NASCAR chief marketing officer. “Camping World’s seven-year continued commitment to our sport demonstrates its confidence in our on-track product and strength of our brand loyal fan base.”

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Matt Crafton Ready for Kansas Speedway

Matt Crafton
Matt Crafton

The defending champion in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series took time out of his busy schedule to talk to Behind the Wheel Producer Anita Goodan.

Crafton had his daughter with him during this interview as he talked about the upcoming truck series race at Kansas Speedway, his career and his championship:

Matt Crafton Behind the Wheel

 

 

Three NCWTS Teams Penalized after Martinsville Race

The No. 31, No. 54 and No. 98 teams have received penalties after suspension parts were confiscated by NASCAR officials in a post-race inspection after Sunday night’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Martinsville Speedway.

The three teams violated a P3 level penalty for violating Section 20B-12.5 (D) (offset front hubs found in post-race inspection) of the 2014 NASCAR rule book.

The crew chief for the No. 31, Michael Shelton, the crew chief for the No. 54, Jerry Baxter, and the crew chief for the No. 98, Gene Wachtel, have been fined $10,000 each and each were placed on NASCAR probation until Dec. 31.

Crafton Clocks in at Martinsville Speedway

Matt Crafton, driver of the #88 Ideal Doors / Menards Toyota, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Kroger 250 at Martinsville Speedway on March 30, 2014 in Martinsville, Virginia. Photo by Rainier Ehrhardt/Getty Images
Matt Crafton, driver of the #88 Ideal Doors / Menards Toyota, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Kroger 250 at Martinsville Speedway on March 30, 2014 in Martinsville, Virginia. Photo by Rainier Ehrhardt/Getty Images

Matt Crafton survived two green-white-checkered attempts and captured his fourth career win Sunday night in the Kroger 250 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) race at Martinsville Speedway.

The race had been postponed after rain washed out the chance to race Saturday night. In fact, qualifying was called off due to rain and the field was set by how drivers finished in practice. That gave Darrell Wallace, Jr. (Bubba) the pole. He led the first 11 laps and then the caution came out. Timothy Peters took the lead away from Wallace, but he took it back on lap 30. A caution came out five laps later which would be used as the competition caution.

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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Drivers Head to Martinsville Speedway

It’s been a long time since the Daytona races, but the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series returns to the track this Saturday for the Kroger 250 at Martinville Speedway.

It’s known as the paperclip which refers to its appearance. Martinsville Speedway is a one-mile track with 12 degrees of banking in the corners. That combined with a pavement combination of asphalt and concrete and two pit roads makes it one of the more fun tracks on the circuit.

While you’re there, don’t forget to stop and pick up the famed Martinsville hot dog.

More importantly, what are the drivers saying about the track?

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Tyler Reddick Ready for Challenge in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series

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Tyler Reddick’s truck for Team BKR

Tyler Reddick is vying for the Rookie of the Year title in this season’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and he will have to battle his lack of pavement racing along the way to this title. He talks about his dirt racing background and what he expects at Martinsville in his Brad Keselowski Racing Ford in this Behind the Wheel interview with Anita Goodan:  Tyler Reddick Behind the Wheel

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Brennan Newberry Working His Way to Victory Lane

Brennan Newberry's truck for NTS Motorsports
Brennan Newberry’s truck for NTS Motorsports

He’s running a part-time schedule in the NASCAR Camping World Truck series (NCWTS) and is looking for success in the K&N Pro Series East Series in 2014. Brennan Newberry is proud to come from the area where the NCTWS was founded and hopes that rich history, and talent, will put him into victory lane. Find out more in this Behind the Wheel interview with Anita Goodan: Brennan Newberry Behind the Wheel

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Kyle Busch Wins First NCWTS Race of the Season

Kyle Busch, driver of the #51 ToyotaCare Toyota, leads Timothy Peters, driver of the #17 Valvoline Toyota, to the finishline to win the Camping World Truck Series NextEra Energy Resources 250 at Daytona International Speedway on February 21, 2014 in Daytona Beach, Florida. Photo by Jared C. Tilton Getty Images
Kyle Busch, driver of the #51 ToyotaCare Toyota, leads Timothy Peters, driver of the #17 Valvoline Toyota, to the finishline to win the Camping World Truck Series NextEra Energy Resources 250 at Daytona International Speedway on February 21, 2014 in Daytona Beach, Florida. Photo by Jared C. Tilton Getty Images

Four feet was the distance between the winner and second place in the NextEra 250 at Daytona International Speedway in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS).

Timothy Peters had the lead going into the last four laps but it was a move by Kyle Busch at the last second that enabled him to get past Peters and win the race by .016 seconds!

There were two lines of racing throughout much of the contest with not much movement throughout the race. The top line didn’t work as well as the bottom groove as far as aerodynamics so racing sort of stalled as the laps ticked down.

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Ross Chastain Ready for 2014 Season

He had a lot of success with Brad Keselowski Racing in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Season last season and he’ll be taking that experience and put the rubber to the road with Ricky Benton Racing in 2014.  Ross Chastain is looking forward to returning to the track and turn heads in the No. 92 truck.  Listen to what he had to say in this Behind the Wheel interview with Anita Goodan: Ross Chastain Behind the Wheel

Top Performances of 2013

Thirteen different drivers won races in 2013 n the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series led by Kyle Busch, who won five races in the series. Busch is now second on the all-time win list at 35. Ron Hornaday, Jr. holds that top spot with 51.

Top Drivers: Matt Crafton. Crafton only won once in the 2013 season, but consistency allowed for Crafton to claim the Championship – the first for ThorSport Racing. Ty Dillon and James Buescher were given honorable mention as they finished in a dead heat for the second spot in the season standings. Dillon finished ahead of Buescher by three points.

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Sponsor to go with Ty Dillon to Nationwide Series

Ty Dillon is making the move up to the NASCAR Nationwide Series and the sponsor he had while in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series will make the move with Dillon.

Bass Pro Shops will serve as Dillon’s primary sponsor on the No. 3 Chevrolet Camaro with Richard Childress Racing for 11 races, including the DRIVE4COPD 300 race at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday, Feb. 22.

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NCWTS Crew Member Suspended for Violating Substance Abuse Policy

NASCAR has announced that a crew member in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series has been indefinitely suspended for violating the sanctioning body’s Substance Abuse Policy.

Curtis Martin Jr., was found to have violated Sections 12-1 (actions detrimental to stock car racing) and 19 (violation of the NASCAR Substance Abuse Policy) of the 2013 NASCAR Rule Book.

This reportedly occurred on Nov. 12.

Martin is also a former crew chief in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.

Interview: Max Gresham

Max Gresham speaks to fans at Eldora Speedway
Max Gresham speaks to fans at Eldora Speedway

It wasn’t the year Max Gresham had hoped for, but he’s excited to see what will come in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in 2014.   He drove the No. 8 for Sharp-Gallaher Racing throughout the 2013 season.  Here is what he had to say about the year and what he has planned in the off-season:

Max Gresham NCWTS