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  • Chase Elliott Wins Intense Truck Race at Martinsville

    Chase Elliott Wins Intense Truck Race at Martinsville

    MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Chase Elliott was in the right place at the right time to take advantage of a late race spin and drive away from Johnny Sauter to score the victory at Martinsville Speedway.

    The final stage was largely controlled by Christopher Bell until he made contact with Austin Cindric with less than 20 laps to go. Elliott, who was running in second, drove under him to assume the lead. He powered away from Sauter on the final restart to notch the win.

    “It was fun today,” Elliott said after the race. “I had some help there with Christopher’s misfortune. I was trying all I could to get by him. He was doing a really good job of maintaining my bumper, a good job with me hitting him. His bumper was getting progressively more blue (the color of Elliott’s car) as the day went.

    “It was a hard-fought battle, for sure.”

    Bell, Noah Gragson and Matt Crafton rounded out the top-five. Gragson was the Sunoco Rookie of the Race.

    Elliott led from start to finish in the first stage. But it didn’t come easy as teammate Sauter caught him, thanks to lapped traffic around lap 45, and pressured him for the lead until the caution flew for the end of the stage.

    Bell exited pit road with the race lead, thanks to taking two tires, but lost it two laps after the restart to Sauter, who went on to win the stage.

    He lost the lead under the caution to Bell, who led from lap 144 to 17 to go when he made contact with Cindric, setting up the final restart.

    It was a typical caution-loaded race for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

    Bryce Napier (lap 8) and John Hunter Nemechek (lap 118) blew engines during the race. Cody Coughlin made contact with Joe Nemechek in Turn 3 on lap 13 and both spun out. Ryan Truex turned Brandon Brown in Turn 4 on lap 91. Chase Briscoe and Gragson were involved in an incident that led to Gragson spinning out in Turn 2 on lap 101. Elliott sent Ross Chastain spinning in Turn 4 on lap 124. Kaz Grala made contact with Kyle Donahue, who clipped Briscoe and turned him in Turn 2 with 92 to go. Austin Hill made contact with Grala, who got into Harrison Burton and spun him in Turn 4 with 76 to go. Finally, Bell made contact with Cindric in Turn 1 with 17 to go.

    The race lasted two hours, one minute and 38 seconds at an average speed of 64.867 mph. There were 10 cautions for 63 laps and four lead changes among three different drivers.

    Sauter leaves Martinsville with a four-point lead over Bell.

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  • Bell Fastest in First Martinsville Truck Practice

    Bell Fastest in First Martinsville Truck Practice

    MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Christopher Bell topped the chart in the first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series practice at Martinsville Speedway.

    The driver of the No. 4 Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota was the fastest with a time of 20.204 and a speed of 93.724 mph. Brett Moffitt was second in his No. 7 Red Horse Racing Toyota with a time of 20.264 and a speed of 93.447 mph. Noah Gragson was third in his No. 18 KBM Toyota with a time of 20.274 and a speed of 93.400 mph. Kaz Grala was fourth in his No. 24 GMS Racing Chevrolet with a time of 20.279 and a speed of 93.377 mph. Chase Briscoe rounded out the top-five in his No. 29 Brad Keselowski Racing Ford with a time of 20.283 and a speed of 93.359 mph.

    Bell also posted the fastest 10 consecutive average at a speed of 93.724 mph.

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  • NASCAR Racing Schedule for Martinsville

    NASCAR Racing Schedule for Martinsville

    The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and the Camping World Truck Series travel to Martinsville Speedway this weekend. First up is the Alpha Energy Solutions 250 Truck race on Saturday at 3 p.m. ET on FOX. The Cup Series STP 500 will be televised on FS1 at 2 p.m. ET Sunday afternoon.

    Kyle Busch is the defending race winner and enters the race with the third-best driver rating (99.9), 11 top fives, 12 top 10s and one pole. However, the clear favorite at the 0.526-mile track is Jimmie Johnson. Although he has struggled this year, Martinsville could provide the impetus that will re-energize his season. Johnson has the series-best driver rating (117.7) with nine wins, 19 top fives, 24 top 10s and three poles.

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

    Friday, March 31:

    On Track:
    Noon-1 p.m.: Cup Series Practice – FS1
    1:10-2 p.m.: Camping World Truck Series Practice – FS1
    3-3:55 p.m.: Camping World Truck Series Final Practice – FS1
    4:35 p.m.: Cup Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying – FS1 (Canceled due to rain)

    Garage Cam: (Watch live)
    11 a.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
    2:30 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series

    Press Conferences: (Watch live)
    10 a.m.: AJ Allmendinger
    10:30 a.m.: Kyle Larson
    10:45 a.m.: Jimmie Johnson
    11 a.m.: Timothy Peters, Harrison Burton
    1:15 p.m.: Denny Hamlin
    2 p.m.: Joey Logano
    2:30 p.m.: Kyle Busch
    2:45 p.m.: Daniel Suarez

    Saturday, April 1:

    On Track:
    11-11:55 a.m.: Cup Series Practice – FS1
    12:05 a.m.: Camping World Truck Series Keystone Light Pole Qualifying – FS1
    1:30-2:20 p.m.: Cup Series Final Practice – FS1
    3 p.m.: Camping World Truck Series Alpha Energy Solutions 250 – (Stage 1: 70 laps, Stage 2: 70 laps, Final Stage: 110 laps = 250 total laps, 131.5 miles) – FOX, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio

    Press Conferences: (Watch live)
    5:45 p.m.: Post-Truck Series Race (time approx.)

    Sunday, April 2:

    On Track:
    1:20:00 p.m.: MENCS Driver Introductions w/ NASCAR Special Awards
    2:00:00 p.m.: Presentation of Colors by: Local Law Enforcement and Public Safety Honor Guard
    2:00:20 p.m.: Invocation by: Martinsville Speedway Track Chaplin, Mike Hatfield
    2:01:00 p.m.: National Anthem by: Martinsville, Bassett and Magna Vista High School Marching Bands
    2:02:30 p.m.: Flyover: The Bandit Flight Team (Turn 4 to Turn 1)
    2:07:30 p.m.: “Drivers, Start Your Engines” by: From Hit FOX TV Show “Prison Break,” Rockmond Dunbar
    2:13 p.m.: Start of the Cup Series STP 500 (Stage 1: 130 laps, Stage 2: 130 laps, Final Stage: 240 laps = 500 total laps, 263 miles) – FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio

    Press Conferences: (Watch live)
    10:45 a.m.: Rockmond Dunbar
    11 a.m.: Edsel Ford
    11:15 a.m.: STP availability with Richard Petty, Aric Almirola, Steve Letarte and Katina Walker, STP Director of Marketing
    5:30 p.m.: Post-Cup Series Race (time approx.)

    Follow @angiecampbell_ for the latest NASCAR news and feature stories.

    Complete NASCAR TV Schedule

    Odds to win NASCAR STP 500 by 
    Joey Logano +610
    Martin Truex Jr +630
    Kyle Busch +665
    Jimmie Johnson +750
    Brad Keselowski +755
    Denny Hamlin +855
    Kyle Larson +910
    Matt Kenseth +1010
    Kevin Harvick +1400
    Dale Earnhardt Jr +1520
    Chase Elliott +1730
    Clint Bowyer +2035
    Jamie McMurray +2555
    Ryan Newman +3075
    Kurt Busch +4000
    Kasey Kahne +4000
    AJ Allmendinger +4000
    Erik Jones +6000
    Austin Dillon +6000
    Ryan Blaney +6000
    Field (Any Other Driver) +3075

    Entry list for Alpha Energy Solutions 250

    STP 500 Entry List:

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  • Christopher Bell Dominates Truck Race at Atlanta

    Christopher Bell Dominates Truck Race at Atlanta

    HAMPTON, Ga. — Christopher Bell put on clinic in the Truck race, winning all three stages, and held off Matt Crafton on a two-lap run to the finish to take the checkered flag.

    The driver of the No. 4 Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota led all but 31 laps from the drop of the green flag. He won the first stage and won the second stage, but lost the lead to boss Kyle Busch on pit road under the fifth caution of the race.

    He regained the lead with 18 laps to go, fought off Crafton on the final restart and scored the victory in the Active Pest Control 200.

    “This place is so much fun, just the slipping and sliding” Crafton said. “That was some of the greatest racing I’ve seen in a long time. Everyone was all over that racetrack and that’s what it’s all about.”

    It’s was Bell’s third career victory in 32 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starts.

    “This was definitely a race I had circled ever since we left here last February,” Bell said. “To come back and be as dominant as we were was really cool for me. It was just a dream weekend ever since we unloaded.”

    Johnny Sauter, Ben Rhodes and Chase Elliott rounded out the top-five.  Elliott’s truck failed post-race inspection (too low and missing lug nut).

    “It was a very eventful day,” Sauter said. “This has been a tough racetrack for me. I seem to always have trouble. Tonight, we had a miss and I thought, ‘Here we go again.’ But it was a great race.”

    Alex Bowman, Austin Dillon, Grant Enfinger, Timothy Peters and Ross Chastain rounded out the top-10.

    Noah Gragson and Brett Moffitt brought out the first caution for a two-truck wreck on the first lap and Jordan Anderson tagged the wall with his left-rear exiting Turn 4. The truck went through the frontstretch grass when the splitter dug into the ground and was lifted off the ground.

    Busch’s right-front tire went flat and his truck hit the wall with 18 to go. He finished 26th.

    The race lasted 1 hour, 50 minutes and 44 seconds at an average speed of 108.477 mph. There were six lead changes among four different drivers and eight cautions for 38 laps.

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  • Bell Wins Truck Pole at Atlanta

    Bell Wins Truck Pole at Atlanta

    HAMPTON, Ga. — Christopher Bell will lead the field to the green flag after take pole position at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

    The driver of the No. 4 Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota scored the pole for the Active Pest Control 200 after posting a time of 30.643 and a speed of 180.922 mph. Kyle Busch will start second in his No. 51 KBM Toyota after posting a time of 30.782 and a speed of 180.105 mph. Austin Cindric will start third in his No. 19 Brad Keselowski Racing Ford after posting a time of 30.817 and a speed of 179.901 mph. Chase Briscoe will start fourth in his No. 29 BKR Ford after posting a time of 30.851 and a speed of 179.702 mph. Alex Bowman rounded out the top-five in his No. 24 GMS Racing Chevrolet after posting a time of 30.876 and a speed of 179.557 mph.

    Johnny Sauter, Matt Crafton, Timothy Peters, Chase Elliott and Noah Gragson rounded out the top-10.

    John Hunter Nemechek and Kaz Grala rounded out the 12 drivers that made the final round of qualifying.

    JJ Yeley, Norm Benning and Jennifer Jo Cobb failed to make the race.

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  • NASCAR Racing Schedule for Atlanta

    NASCAR Racing Schedule for Atlanta

    NASCAR heads to Atlanta Motor Speedway with all three series for a full weekend of competition. The NASCAR XFINITY Series (2 p.m.) and the Camping World Truck Series (4:30 p.m.) races will be televised on FS1 Saturday. The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 will be broadcast on FOX at 2:30 p.m. Sunday afternoon.

    The Cup Series event will be comprised of three stages. Stage 1 and 2 will consist of 85 laps each with a final stage of 155 laps (325 laps total).

    Jimmie Johnson, the defending race winner, has the most victories at Atlanta among active drivers, with five, and swept the 2015-2016 races. He also has the series-best driver rating of 107.1. Daytona 500 champ, Kurt Busch, won the Atlanta pole last year and has three victories at the 1.54-mile track.

    All times are Eastern.

    Friday, March 3

    On Track:
    10-10:55 a.m.: XFINITY Series Practice – FS1
    11-11:55 a.m.: Camping World Truck Series Practice – FS1
    Noon-1:25 p.m. Cup Series Practice – FS1
    1:30-2:25 p.m.: XFINITY Series Practice – FS1
    2:30-3:25 p.m.: Camping World Truck Series Practice – FS1
    3:30-4:25 p.m.: XFINITY Series Final Practice – FS1
    4:30-5:25 p.m.: Camping World Truck Series Final Practice – FS1
    5:45 p.m.: Cup Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying – FS1

    Press Conferences: (Watch live)
    10:15 a.m.: Chase Elliott
    10:30 a.m.: Daniel Suarez
    10:45 a.m.: Kurt Busch
    11:30 a.m.: William Byron
    11:45 a.m.: Brandon Jones
    2:30 p.m.: Jimmie Johnson
    2:45 p.m.: NASCAR announcement
    6:30 p.m. (approximately): Post-Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Qualifying

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

    Saturday, March 4:

    On Track:
    9:15 a.m.: XFINITY Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying – FS1
    10:40 a.m.: Camping World Truck Series Keystone Light Pole Qualifying – FS1
    Noon-1:20 p.m.: Cup Series Final Practice – FS1
    1:30 p.m.: NASCAR RaceDay: XFINITY Series – FS1
    2 p.m.: XFINITY Series Rinnai 250 (163 laps, 251.02 miles) – FS1
    4:30 p.m.: Camping World Truck Series Active Pest Control 200 (130 laps, 200.02 miles) – FS1
    6:30 p.m.: Camping World Truck Series Post-Race Show – FS1

    Press Conferences: (Watch live)
    4:30 p.m. (approximately): Post-XFINITY Series Race
    6:30 p.m. (approximately): Post-Camping World Truck Series Race

    Sunday, March 5:

    On Track:
    12:30 p.m.: NASCAR Raceday Pre-Race Show – FS1
    2 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series FOX Pre-Race Show – FOX
    2:30 p.m.: Cup Series Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 (325 laps, 500.05 miles) – FOX

    Press Conference: (Watch live)
    5:30 p.m. (approximately): Post-Cup Series Race

    Cup Series Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 TV/Radio Coverage:

    Broadcast Booth: Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip and Jeff Gordon
    Pit Reporters: Jamie Little, Chris Neville, Vince Welch and Matt Yocum
    In-Race Analyst: Larry McReynolds
    Race / Hollywood Hotel Host: Chris Myers
    Analysts / Hollywood Hotel: Jeff Gordon, Darrell and Michael Waltrip
    Radio: Performance Racing Network (PRN) and SiriusXM Satellite NASCAR Channel 90

    Follow @angiecampbell_ on Twitter for the latest NASCAR news and feature stories.

    Complete NASCAR TV Schedule

    Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 Entry List:

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  • Elliott Fastest in Final Atlanta Truck Practice

    Elliott Fastest in Final Atlanta Truck Practice

    HAMPTON, Ga. — Chase Elliott topped the chart in final Camping World Truck Series practice at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

    The driver of the No. 23 GMS Racing Chevrolet was the fastest with a time of 30.876 and a speed of 179.557 mph followed by Chase Briscoe who was second in his No. 29 Brad Keselowski Racing Ford with a time of 30.959 and a speed of 179.076 mph. Christopher Bell was third in his No. 4 Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota with a time of 30.983 and a speed of 178.937 mph.

    John Hunter Nemechek was fourth on the speed chart in his No. 8 NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet with a time of 31.006 and a speed of 178.804 mph while Noah Gragson rounded out the top-five in his No. 18 KBM Toyota with a time of 31.010 and a speed of 178.781 mph.

    Briscoe posted the fastest 10 consecutive lap average at a speed of 176.341 mph.

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  • Bell Fastest in Atlanta Second Truck Practice

    Bell Fastest in Atlanta Second Truck Practice

    HAMPTON, Ga. — Christopher Bell topped the chart in the second Camping World Truck Series practice at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

    The driver of the No. 4 Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota was the fastest with a time of 3o.739 and a speed of 180.357 mph. Johnny Sauter was second in his No. 21 GMS Racing Chevrolet with a time of 30.801 and a speed of 179.994 mph and Chase Briscoe was third in his No. 29 Brad Keselowski Racing Ford with a time of 31.127 and a speed of 178.109 mph.

    Brett Moffitt was fourth in his No. 7 Red Horse Racing Toyota with a time of 31.158 and a speed of 177.932 mph as Ben Rhodes rounded out the top-five in his No. 27 ThorSport Racing Toyota with a time of 31.172 and a speed of 177.852 mph.

    Noah Gragson, who ran the sixth-fastest single lap, posted the fastest, and only, 10 consecutive lap average at a speed of 172.316 mph.

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  • Briscoe Fastest in First Truck Practice at Atlanta

    Briscoe Fastest in First Truck Practice at Atlanta

    HAMPTON, Ga. — Chase Briscoe topped the chart in the first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series practice at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

    The driver of the No. 29 Brad Keselowski Racing Ford was the fastest with a time of 30.616 and a speed of 181.082 mph. Noah Gragson was second in his No. 18 Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota with a time of 30.820 and a speed of 179.883 mph and Alex Bowman was third in his No. 24 GMS Racing Chevrolet with a time of 30.901 and a speed of 179.412 mph.

    Christopher Bell was fourth fastest in his No. 4 KBM Toyota with a time of 30.954 and a speed of 179.104 mph while Chase Elliott rounded out the top-five in his No. 24 GMS Chevrolet with a time of 31.013 and a speed of 178.764 mph.

    Briscoe posted the fastest 10 consecutive lap average at a speed of 176.255 mph.

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  • Grala Wins Carnage-Filled Truck Race at Daytona

    Grala Wins Carnage-Filled Truck Race at Daytona

    A few hours after earning his first pole in NASCAR, Kaz Grala was in the right place on the final lap to drive through a field of wrecking trucks to win the season-opening NextEra Energy Resources 250 at Daytona International Speedway.

    With two laps to go, Johnny Sauter, who won stages 1 and 2, jumped down in front of Grala on the ensuing restart and led the field into Turn 1. Exiting Turn 2, Sauter jumped from the bottom line to the top to block the advance of Matt Crafton. After moving down, the outside line pushed Crafton to the lead. Sauter worked his way alongside Crafton in Turn 1 but found himself sandwiched in between Crafton on the bottom and Ben Rhodes on top.

    Exiting Turn 2, Rhodes, who was receiving a bump draft from Grant Enfinger, got loosened by his teammate, turned down and clipped Crafton’s truck. His truck did a 180 spin and the combination of air rushing under the back of his car and being hit by Sauter lifted his truck into the air, flipped it in a corkscrew motion and landed on all four wheels.

    Twelve trucks were involved in the final lap wreck.

    Grala, who was behind Crafton when he was clipped by Rhodes, was leading when the caution flew and declared the race winner.

    He was so overrun with elation, he could barely answer how he won the race.

    “Oh I wish you could tell me,” he exclaimed to Hermie Sadler in victory lane. “Oh my gosh. Yeah, I didn’t know what I was doing. I don’t know how to do a doughnut. I don’t know how to do a victory lap like that. I just know *can’t make out* That was freaking awesome! I can’t believe we won Daytona! This completely changes our season and the way that we can play it. This is huge for our organization and for myself, for Jerry, for GMS, Keith Lewis. I can’t even believe this.”

    Sadler asked him about his final 20 laps where he fell back and worked his way through the field.

    “My radio chord came out on lap 79. So I drove almost to the end of the race no…Oh my God, someone flipped! (Referring to Crafton’s flip on the final lap as he watched a replay of it in victory lane) I drove almost the rest of the race without a radio on and barely through the green-white-checker, I got a radio on. Honestly, I got lucky coming out of (Turn) 2 there. I just didn’t lift and lucky everything went crazy around me. (I) hope everybody’s alright there, but oh I’m so happy with (how) that played out. I can’t even believe it.”

    On the second lap of the event, there was a 17-truck wreck that was triggered by Chase Briscoe catching Noah Gragson at the wrong time, loosened him and turned him into the wall. Gragson came back down the track and clipped Austin Cindric, sending him into the outside wall. The rest of the trucks scattered and ran into one another, trying to avoid other spinning trucks in a plume of smoke.

    There a few other smaller wrecks scattered through the race, including one involving race leaders Christopher Bell and Brett Moffit coming to the line at the end of stage 1.

    This Camping World Truck Series race was the first NASCAR points-paying race to utilize stages, or segments, in any of its three national series.

    The first stage was rather competitive with four lead changes in the first 20 laps, eight of which were run under caution.

    The second stage was more collected with the field riding single-file for most of the 14 laps run under green (six under the caution from the end of stage 1). Other than a half-spin by John Hunter Nemechek in Turn 3 on lap 38, which didn’t bring out a caution, nothing threatened to break up the flow of the race until the end of stage 2 on lap 40.

    Timothy Peters exited pit road first and restarted as the race leader. It only took Sauter two laps to work his way back to the lead, which he swapped with Rhodes a few laps later. The caution flew with 30 laps to go for a four-truck wreck.

    With 23 to go, the field formed up into a single-file train hugging the bottom line. This was broken up by Nemechek spinning out on the backstretch with six to go, setting up the two-lap shootout and final lap wreck.

    The race lasted one hour, 55 minutes and 38 seconds at an average speed of 129.720 mph. There were 14 lead changes among nine different drivers and six cautions for 29 laps.

    Grala leaves Daytona with a 14-point lead over Sauter.

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