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Austin Cindric Wins Chevy Silverado 250 After Wild Last Lap

The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series came to Canadian Tire Motorsports Park on a Sunday afternoon for the fifth year in a row and it sure did not disappoint.

Just turned 19-year old Austin Cindric won the pole after qualifying late Saturday afternoon.

This was Cindric’s first win of his career in the Truck Series and solidified himself into the championship picture.

20 laps laps made up both stages 1 and 2, while 24 laps made up the final stage.

When Stage 1 began, Cindric had a strong enough truck and with track position being so important, he was able to go on to win the first stage. Daytona winner, Kaz Grala, was able to close in with six laps to go but got held up by a slow truck and went on to finish second.

The race got back underway on lap 23 for stage 2. However, more action began to take place. A caution came out one lap later for Jennifer Jo Cobb’s truck that stalled in turns 5 and 6. Later on in the stage, Cindric pitted for a scheduled pit stop, but his gas can got stuck while his truck took off and was penalized for removing pit equipment. John Hunter Nemechek was also penalized for too fast exiting. Championship points leader Christopher Bell had a tire rub, therefore, he also had to pit late in the stage.

Ryan Truex played his own strategy by staying out and went on to win the second stage.

With the race winding down, the race was restarted with 20 laps to go in the final stage. On lap 45, Kaz Grala took the lead, but Bell missed a shift and blew up, which caused another caution to fly. Under the same caution, Eldora winner, Matt Crafton had engine issues as well and his day was done.

After a restart with 15 to go, Noah Gragson made it four wide on the restart and went to third. But the action was stopped once again, as Cody Coughlin spun around on lap 51, thus ended up stuck in the grass after overnight rains.

The race went back to green with 10 to go, but it wasn’t until five to go where there was a three wide battle for the lead. Cindric passed Gragson on the frontstretch and moved up to second.

Cindric caught up to Grala on the last lap and gave him a bump, which caused him to spin out. Cindric was able to hold on and went on to win his first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win.

“I gotta acknowledge going into Kaz (Grala) in Turn 5,” Cindric said. “Everyone’s watched this race many years past and everybody knows its gonna come to contact. The second guy’s closest to the first. I’ve raced with Kaz growing up. He drove my Bando. It was the first car he ever drove. I know his family isn’t going to be overly excited, but he already had a win. So I don’t feel too bad about having to do something to make it happen for this team.”

There were five cautions for 14 laps and four leaders among five lead changes.

Cindric led twice for 32 laps.

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Race – Chevrolet Silverado 250
Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Bowmanville, Ontario
Sunday, September 3, 2017
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1. (1) Austin Cindric #, Ford, 64.
2. (6) Noah Gragson #, Toyota, 64.
3. (3) Kaz Grala #, Chevrolet, 64.
4. (2) Justin Haley #, Chevrolet, 64.
5. (11) Ryan Truex, Toyota, 64.
6. (10) Johnny Sauter, Chevrolet, 64.
7. (18) Chase Briscoe #, Ford, 64.
8. (4) Parker Kligerman, Toyota, 64.
9. (20) Austin Wayne Self, Toyota, 64.
10. (9) Ben Rhodes, Toyota, 64.
11. (13) Todd Gilliland, Toyota, 64.
12. (15) Brian Wong, Chevrolet, 64.
13. (16) Grant Enfinger #, Toyota, 64.
14. (17) DJ Kennington(i), Toyota, 64.
15. (22) Jason Hathaway, Chevrolet, 64.
16. (21) Victor Gonzalez Jr., Chevrolet, 64.
17. (27) Bobby Reuse, Chevrolet, 64.
18. (26) Norm Benning, Chevrolet, 64.
19. (12) Alex Tagliani, Chevrolet, 63.
20. (7) John H. Nemechek, Chevrolet, 63.
21. (19) Cody Coughlin #, Toyota, 60.
22. (24) Camden Murphy, Chevrolet, 58.
23. (23) Jordan Anderson, Chevrolet, 55.
24. (14) Gary Klutt(i), Chevrolet, Suspension, 54.
25. (8) Matt Crafton, Toyota, Engine, 46.
26. (5) Christopher Bell, Toyota, Engine, 44.
27. (32) Joe Hudson, Chevrolet, Brakes, 12.
28. (29) Jennifer Jo Cobb, Chevrolet, Clutch, 7.
29. (28) Todd Peck, Chevrolet, Transmission, 5.
30. (30) Mike Senica, Chevrolet, Clutch, 2.
31. (25) Joe Nemechek, Chevrolet, Suspension, 1.
32. (31) Tommy Regan(i), Chevrolet, Engine, 0.

September 3, 2017
NASCAR Racing Schedule for Darlington and Canadian Tire Motorsport Park

DARLINGTON, S.C. — The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and the XFINITY Series head to Darlington Raceway as the Camping World Truck Series travels to Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. Darlington will close out the “The Official Throwback Weekend of NASCAR” with The Bojangles’ Southern 500 Sunday at 6 p.m.

There are 40 drivers on the entry list for the Southern 500 battling for a berth in the Cup Series playoffs as the regular season winds down with only two more chances to secure a spot. Tune into NBCSN for coverage of the Cup and XFINITY Series events while FS1 will televise the Truck Series race.

Please check below for the complete schedule of events. All times are Eastern.

Friday, September 1

On Track-Darlington:
12-12:55 p.m.: XFINITY Series Practice – NBCSN
1-1:55 p.m.: Cup Series Practice – NBCSN
2:30-3:25 p.m.: XFINITY Series Final Practice – NBCSN
3:30-4:55 p.m.: Cup Series Final Practice – NBCSN

Press Conferences: (Watch live)
10:15 a.m.: Jeremy Clements
10:30 a.m.: Elliott Sadler
11:45 a.m.: Jimmie Johnson
12 p.m.: Chase Elliott
12:15 p.m.: Clint Bowyer and Mark Martin
2:45 p.m.: Martin Truex Jr.
5:20 p.m.: Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Garage Cam: (Watch live)
11:30 a.m.: XFINITY Series
12:30 p.m.: Cup Series

Saturday, September 2

On Track-Darlington:
12:05 p.m.: XFINITY Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying – NBCSN
1:45 p.m.: Cup Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying – NBCSN
3:30 p.m.: NASCAR XFINITY Series Sports Clips Haircuts VFW 200 (147 laps, 200.8 miles) – NBCSN

Press Conferences: (Watch live)
2:30 p.m.: Post-Cup Series Qualifying
6 p.m.: Post-NASCAR XFINITY Series Race

On Track-Canadian Tire:
9:30 a.m.: Camping World Truck Series Practice (Watch live)
11:35 a.m.: Camping World Truck Series Final Practice (Watch live)
5:30 p.m.: Camping World Truck Series Keystone Light Pole Qualifying – FS2

Sunday, September 3

On Track-Canadian Tire:
2 p.m.: Camping World Truck Series Chevrolet Silverado 250 (64 laps, 157.37 miles) – FS1

On Track-Darlington:
6 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Bojangles’ Southern 500 (367 laps, 501.3 miles) – NBCSN

Press Conference: (Watch live)
2 p.m.: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Darrell Waltrip
3 p.m.: Bill Elliott
10:30 p.m.: Post-Cup Series Race

Complete TV Schedule

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Race Details:

NASCAR XFINITY Series
Race: Sport Clips Help a Hero 200
Place: Darlington Raceway
Date: Saturday, Sept. 2
Time: 3:30 p.m. ET
TV: NBCSN, 3 p.m. ET
Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 200.8 miles (147 laps); Stage 1 (Ends on lap 45), Stage 2 (Ends on lap 90), Final Stage (Ends on lap 147)

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Race: Chevrolet Silverado 250
Place: Canadian Tire Motorsport Park
Date: Sunday, Sept. 3
Time: 2:30 p.m. ET
TV: FS1, 2 p.m. ET
Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 157.37 miles (64 laps); Stage 1 (Ends on lap 20), Stage 2 (Ends on lap 40), Final Stage (Ends on lap 64

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series

Race: Bojangles’ Southern 500
Place: Darlington Raceway
Date: Sunday, Sept. 3
Time: 6 p.m. ET
TV: NBCSN, 5:30 p.m. ET
Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 501.3 miles (367 laps); Stage 1 (Ends on lap 100), Stage 2 (Ends on lap 200), Final Stage (Ends on lap 367)

August 30, 2017
Enfinger’s Eventful Day Ends with Top-Five at Thunder Valley

BRISTOL, Tenn. — NASCAR’s annual midweek day of racing at Bristol Motor Speedway had barely commenced when penalties from Michigan resulted in Grant Enfinger losing points he earned just days earlier. By night’s end, he brought his truck home to a fourth-place finish in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series UNOH 200 and salvaged some of those lost points.

Following the LTi Printing 200 at Michigan International Speedway, Enfinger was hit with two penalties, resulting in a double-encumbered finish. The first penalty was the result of a post-race ride-height violation, and the second was a safety violation for crew chief Jeff Hensley for an “improperly affixed” weight. The subsequent 10-point penalty resulted in him going from 14 points back of teammate Ben Rhodes, to 24 behind.

But his performance through the day and evening at Thunder Valley demonstrated bridging the gap might not be a tall task. He finished 11th and seventh in the day’s practice sessions, and qualified his car seventh for the race.

While Enfinger didn’t race “under the radar,” as he did finish top-10 (fifth and ninth) in both the first and second stage, he never posed a threat to Kyle Busch’s dominance, as had teammate Matt Crafton. But he drove his way through traffic, both lead and lapped, and drove it to a fourth-place finish as the checkered flag waved.

“ We had a decent restart there at the end, and we really had a good Champion Power Equipment Tundra all day,” Enfinger said. “We weren’t great. The 46 (Kyle Busch) – he’s really good at this racing stuff. He made us all look bad. But a solid run for us. We’ll take it. We need a little bit more, but very, very proud of everybody on this ThorSport Racing team. We had to battle through some adversity this week, but we still got some more to come, so we’ll keep fighting strong.”

Enfinger leaves Bristol seventh in points. Unfortunately, teammate Rhodes, who currently occupies the cutoff spot, out-pointed him, in spite of a fifth-place finish. He trails Rhodes by 26 with two races to go in the Truck Series regular season.

August 17, 2017
Kyle Busch Rallies from Speeding Penalty to Win Bristol Truck Race

BRISTOL, Tenn. — While Kyle Busch was the dominant driver, he had to overcome a speeding penalty, which he did with ease, ran down and passed Matt Crafton, and even held him off on an overtime restart to win at Thunder Valley.

Busch was busted for speeding under the second stage break caution and restarted at the tail-end of the field on the ensuing restart. He made quick work of the field, catching and passing Crafton for the race lead with 33 laps to go to score his 49th career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series victory in 140 career starts.

Crafton finished second and John Hunter Nemechek rounded out the podium.

Grant Enfinger and Ben Rhodes rounded out the top-five.

Johnny Sauter, Christopher Bell, Parker Kligerman, Austin Cindric and Brandon Jones rounded out the top-10.

RACE SUMMARY

Busch led the field to the green flag at 10:44 p.m. He led every lap of the first stage on his way to winning it on Lap 56.

Cindric took the lead under the caution and restarted the race leader. A lap after the Lap 64 restart, however, Crafton got to his corner panel and loosened him. Taking the lead on Lap 65. But Busch ran him down, and lapped traffic allowed him to pass Crafton exiting Turn 2, retake the lead and win the second stage on Lap 121.

He was busted for speeding, which set up the run to the finish.

NUTS & BOLTS

The race lasted one hour, 13 minutes and five seconds, at an average speed of 88.829 mph. There were six lead changes among four different drivers and five cautions for 31 laps.

Bell leaves with a 42-point lead over Sauter.

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August 16, 2017
Kyle Busch takes Bristol Truck pole

BRISTOL, Tenn. — Kyle Busch will lead the field to the green flag this evening after winning the pole for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series UNOH 200 at Bristol Motor Speedway.

The driver of the No. 46 Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota scored the pole with a time of 14.827 and a speed of 129.413 mph. Christopher Bell will start second with a final round time of 14.920 and a speed of 128.606 mph. Johnny Sauter will start third with a final round time of 14.959 and a speed of 128.271 mph. Noah Gragson will start fourth with a final round time of 14.961 and a speed of 128.253 mph. Brandon Jones will round out the top-five starters with a final round time of 15.001 and a speed of 127.911 mph.

Matt Crafton, Grant Enfinger, Cody Coughlin, Ben Rhodes and Jesse Little will round out the top-10 starters.

Kaz Grala and Justin Haley will round out the 12 drivers that made the final round of qualifying.

Chris Windom and Mike Senica failed to make the race.

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August 16, 2017
Kyle Busch Fastest in Final Truck Practice at Bristol

BRISTOL, Tenn. — Kyle Busch topped the chart in final NASCAR Camping World Truck Series practice at Bristol Motor Speedway.

The driver of the No. 46 Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota was the fastest with a time of 14.706 and a speed of 130.477 mph. Ben Rhodes was second in his No. 27 ThorSport Racing Toyota with a time of 14.801 and a speed of 129.640 mph. Christopher Bell was third in his No. 4 KBM Toyota with a time of 14.816 and a speed of 129.509 mph. Matt Crafton was fourth in his ThorSport Toyota with a time of 14.816 and a speed of 129.509 mph. Johnny Sauter rounded out the top-five in his No. 21 GMS Racing Chevrolet with a time of 14.844 and a speed of 129.264 mph.

Brandon Jones, Grant Enfinger, Parker Kligerman, Cody Coughlin and Justin Haley rounded out the top-10.

Bell posted the fastest 10 consecutive lap average at a speed of 124.808 mph.

First Truck Practice Results

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August 16, 2017
Coughlin Fastest at Bristol in First Truck Practice

BRISTOL, Tenn. — Cody Coughlin topped the chart in first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series practice at Bristol Motor Speedway.

The driver of the No. 13 ThorSport Racing Toyota was the fastest with a time of 14.828 and a speed of 129.404 mph. Kyle Busch was second in his No. 46 Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota was second with a time of 14.832 and a speed of 129.369 mph. Johnny Sauter was third in his No. 21 GMS Racing Chevrolet with a time of 14.863 and a speed of 129.099 mph. Matt Crafton was fourth in his No. 88 ThorSport Toyota with a time of 15.006 and a speed of 127.869 mph. Austin Cindric rounded out the top-five in his No. 19 Brad Keselowski Racing Ford with a time of 15.039 and a speed of 127.622 mph.

John Hunter Nemechek, Brandon Jones, Justin Haley, Noah Gragson and Ryan Truex rounded out the top-10.

Grant Enfinger, who clocked in the 11th-fastest single lap, posted the fastest 10 consecutive lap average at a speed of 125.682 mph.

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August 16, 2017
Enfinger’s Season After 13 Races

BRISTOL, Tenn. — Grant Enfinger’s first full season in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series has him just on the outside, vying for a playoff spot, with three races remaining in the 2017 regular season.

Ask him how he’d rate his season, he’d say, “it depends on where in the season you ask me.”

“If you’re asking me right now, probably a C,” he said. “We’ve been an A at certain parts of the season, and we’ve been an F at certain parts of the season.”

His season started with him pushing teammate Ben Rhodes with two laps to go in the NextEra Energy Resource 250 at Daytona International Speedway. Exiting Turn 2, Rhodes got loose, turned down into teammate Matt Crafton and triggered a 12-truck wreck. Enfinger wound up 16th.

He rebounded the following week with an eighth-place finish at Atlanta Motor Speedway but was a non-factor in a 17th-place finish at Martinsville Speedway.

After an 11th place at Kansas Speedway, Enfinger went on a run of five top-10 finishes and four top-fives. That run consisted of a seventh at Charlotte Motor Speedway, a bottom-step podium finish at Dover International Speedway and Texas Motor Speedway, a fifth at Gateway Motorsports Park and a fourth at Iowa Speedway.

“We got through the first three or four races and weren’t where we really wanted to be, and then we started to gain a lot of momentum, and had some really good finishes and had some really good trucks,” he continued.

This five-race hot streak came to an end when he collided with teammate Rhodes, only half a lap into the second stage of the Buckle Up In Your Truck 225 at Kentucky Speedway.

Enfinger bounced back with a fourth-place finish at Eldora Speedway, bringing him to his highest points position of the season to date.

After finishes of 13th at Pocono Raceway and eighth at Michigan International Speedway, he now sits seventh in points, 14 back of teammate Rhodes, who currently occupies the final playoff spot.

Doing so won’t be easy, given that, as he notes, his team is without the consistency that carried them for the aforementioned five-race stretch.

“In the last couple of races, we’ve struggled,” Enfinger added. “We just haven’t had the finishes we’ve needed, but we’re looking to get back on track here at Bristol.”

August 15, 2017
Bubba Wallace wins a thrilling LTi Printing 200

BROOKLYN, Mich. (August 12, 2017) – Darrell “Bubba” Wallace Jr. made a move to go three-wide with 11 laps remaining and then held off all challengers to win the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series LTi Printing 200 at Michigan International Speedway.

It was not an easy victory for Wallace as Austin Cindric, Christopher Bell and Kyle Busch all made moves for the lead but was it Wallace who held on for the victory. On the race winning move, Wallace went under race leader Cindric with only 11 laps left. On the top side, Bell went high to make it three wide. At the end of the maneuvering between the three, it is was Wallace with the lead.

After the race Wallace could not contain his emotion for what this meant for him and his team.

“Such a huge moment, not only for myself, but for everybody involved,” Wallace said. “This is such a huge win for me. It is good to be back in the truck series. This is a product of having the truck series come to Michigan and put on a great race. I knew those laps were going to be hectic.”

Wallace raced looking out his mirrors more than his windshield those closing laps. Then with two laps left, Bell made one final attempt to get past Wallace on the bottom. Bell made the pass, but could not clear Wallace who fought back on the high side to re-take the lead. From there it was all Wallace as Bell could not get past him.

It was an impressive win for Wallace considering this was his first race in the truck series in 2017. He even overcame a pit road penalty on lap 53 for crewmembers over the wall too soon.

Matt Crafton won the pole for the race with a fast lap 184.256 mph. Johnny Sauter started on the front row alongside Crafton.

The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series held two practice sessions on Saturday in preparation for the Pure Michigan 400. Two-time Michigan winner Kyle Larson led the day’s opening practice session with a speed of 202.532 mph. Michigan native and pole sitter for the Pure Michigan 400, Brad Keselowski was second-fastest speed of 202.332 mph.

In the final practice session it was Keselowski at the top of the board with a speed of 200.865 mph. It was Martin Truex Jr. in second and Joey Logano in third. Erik Jones had the seventh-fast time in the first session of the day and the 12th-quickest time in the final practice of the day.

The Pure Michigan 400 starts at 3 p.m. on Sunday. Keselowski will lead the field to the green flag after winning the pole award. Tickets remain for the race.

Nestled in the lush Irish Hills of Southeastern Michigan, Michigan International Speedway is NASCAR’s fastest racetrack. It has been the love of NASCAR racing and the thrill of a great time for race fans and drivers alike for nearly 50 years.

August 12, 2017
Christopher Bell Scores Fourth Career Win In 2017

Christopher Bell captured his fourth Camping World Truck Series race of the year on Saturday afternoon in the Overton’s 150 at Pocono International Raceway.

15 laps made up both stages 1 and 2, while 30 laps made up the final stage.

When stage 1 got underway, it was all Kyle Busch. Busch led wire to wire in the first stage and ended up winning it, while his teammate Bell, wounded up second. The action heated up on pit road, however, as Noah Gragson was penalized one lap for pitting outside the box.

Stage 2 took place on lap 20 and it was much the same as stage 1, except there was a little more pit strategy. Busch got out once again, but Ryan Truex stayed close behind. As stage 2 got toward the end of the conclusion, pit strategy was played as Matt Crafton, Johnny Sauter and Cody Coughlin pitted. Busch was the winner in stage 2.

On the initial restart on stage 3, Justin Haley accidentally turned Busch in turn 2, thus sending him into the wall and ending his day after winning the first two stages.

Another caution took place once again on a restart with 21 to go. This time it involved, Gragson, Kaz Grala and Chase Briscoe. Grala went up the track as he and Briscoe made slight contact with each other, which caused the incident.

The final restart came with 16 to go, where John Hunter Nemechek made a pass for the lead after getting a push by Crafton. Nemechek held the lead for nine laps until Bell passed him with six to go.

Bell was able to go on to win his fourth race of the year and take the series points lead from Johnny Sauter by 18 points.

There were four cautions for 15 laps, as well as, five leaders among five lead changes.

Next Up: The Camping World Truck Series takes another week off, before heading to Michigan International Speedway on Saturday August 12.

July 29, 2017