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  • Lap by Lap: Ford EcoBoost 200 won by Kyle Busch

    Lap by Lap: Ford EcoBoost 200 won by Kyle Busch

    Kyle Busch would hold off Brendan Guaghan on the three different Green-White-Checkereds to win the Ford EcoBoost 200 and the owner’s championship for Kyle Busch Motorsports.

    Meanwhile, Matt Crafton would start the race and clinch his first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Championship.

     

    Lap 1 Blaney pulls ahead going into turn one

    Lap 3 Blaney leads Sauter Ty Dillon Austin Dillon Piquet Crafton KyBusch Buescher Gale Paludo

    Lap 5 Crafton by Piquet; Burton, Townley and Hornaday by Paludo

    Caution for debris

    Restart lap 9 Sauter grabs the lead off of turn two. Blaney and Austin Dillon side-by-side for second.

    Lap 10 Sauter leads ADillon Blaney Crafton TDillon Busch Piquet Buescher Gale and Hornaday….Blaney grabs second off of turn four

    Lap 11 Crafton passes Austin Dillon for third. Blaney takes the lead back from Sauter in turns three and four while Ty Dillon grabs fourth from Austin.

    Lap 12 Buescher by Piquet followed by Burton and Gale

    Lap 14 Blaney leads Sauter Crafton TDillon ADillon KyBusch Burton Buescher Piquet Hornaday

    Lap 16 Piquet by Buescher for eighth

    Lap 17 Ty Dillon by Crafton for third

    Lap 18 Hornaday passes Buescher for ninth

    Lap 19 Blaney leads Sauter TDillon Crafton KyBusch ADillon Burton Hornaday Piquet Gaughan

    Lap 27 Blaney leads Sauter TDillon Busch Crafton ADillon Burton Gaughan Buescher Hornaday

    Lap 29 Ty Dillon and Sauter side-by-side for second. Dillon grabs the spot heading into turn one as Busch takes third from Sauter off of turn two.

    Lap 30 Burton by Austin Dillon for sixth

    Lap 32 Gaughan passes Austin Dillon for seventh

    Caution lap 41 Joey Coulter goes for a spin. Leaders head down pit road. Blaney leads Ty Dillon, Sauter off pit road.

    Restart lap 46 Blaney pulls ahead of the field with Ty Dillon and Crafton in toe

    Lap 49 Blaney Crafton TDillon Sauter Busch Burton Buescher ADillon Hornaday Gaughan

    Lap 50 Blaney and Crafton are side-by-side for the lead. Crafton takes the lead in turns three and four.

    Lap 54 Blaney and Crafton are side-by-side for the lead again

    Lap 55 Crafton pulls ahead off of turn two

    Lap 62 Crafton and Blaney are side-by-side for the lead

    Lap 63 Darrell Wallace Jr. gets into the outside wall in turns two and three. Heavy right side damage. Wallace made contact with Austin Dillon a couple laps earlier, causing slow leak in the tire.

    Caution lap 64 for debris as Blaney holds the advantage over Crafton. Leaders head down pit road. Ky Busch leads Blaney Crafton Burton off pit road.

    Restart 65 to go Blaney and Busch side-by-side for the lead. Busch with the lead down the backstretch as Blaney and Crafton side-by-side for second

    64 to go Crafton runs second while Blaney and Hornaday run side-by-side for third

    63 to go Honaday clears Blaney for third and goes inside Crafton for second.

    62 to go Three-wide with Blaney, Crafton and Hornaday for second. Blaney back to second ahead of Crafton and Hornaday

    60 to go Three-wide for the lead between Busch, Blaney and Crafton. Four-wide as Hornaday joins the battle off of turn two. Busch pulls ahead of Blaney, Crafton and Hornaday

    57 to go Blaney and Busch side-by-side for the lead

    56 to go Blaney pulls ahead of Busch off of turn two with the lead. Crafton looks underneath Busch for second, but is unable to do it.

    55 to go Hornaday goes underneath Crafton for third but Crafton holds on to third off of turn two ahead of Hornaday and Burton

    53 to go Burton grabs fourth from Hornaday

    52 to go Blaney leads Busch Crafton Burton Hornaday

    44 to go Blaney leads Busch while Burton grabs third from Crafton

    43 to go Blaney leads Busch Burton Crafton Gaughan Hornaday

    Caution 41 to go Blaney gets into the wall to bring the caution out as Busch grabs the lead from him. Leaders head down pit road. Chastain takes the lead ahead of Busch Burton. Chastian takes the lead.

    Restart 36 to go Busch pulls ahead as Chastain and Hornaday are side-by-side for second

    Caution 31 to go Spencer Gallagher into the wall, Piquet also involved. Gallagher got loose and collected Piquet.

    Restart 25 to go Chastain spins his tires as Busch pulls ahead followed by Gaughan Hornaday ADillon Burton and Chastain

    24 to go Busch leads as Gaughan and ADillon run side-by-side for second

    23 to go Austin Dillon grabs second from Gaughan behind Busch. Dillon inside of Busch off of turn four for the lead

    22 to go Austin Dillon grabs the lead off of turn two ahead of Busch while Burton and Gaughan side-by-side for third

    21 to go Burton by Gaughan for third. Austin Dillon leads Busch Burton Gaughan Sauter Quiroga Hornaday Chastain Townley Dillon. Ty Dillon by Townley for ninth as Gresham gets into the wall.

    20 to go Busch and ADillon side-by-side for the lead. Busch take the lead off of turn four ahead of Austin Dillon Burton and Gaughan

    19 to go Dillon goes underneath Busch down the frontstretch for the lead. Dillon takes the lead off of turn two ahead of Busch Burton and Gaughan. Burton and Gaughan side-by-side for third. Burton able to keep the spot ahead of Gaughan

    18 to go Busch and Dillon side-by-side for the lead. Busch takes the lead in turn three ahead of Dillon while Burton and Gaughan side-by-side for third. Burton keeps Gaughan behind him

    17 to go Dillon underneath Busch for the lead. Busch keeps Dillon behind him

    16 to go Burton by Dillon as Dillon gets very very close to the outside wall. Burton underneath Busch for the lead

    15 to go Busch leads Burton ADillon Gaughan

    13 to go Busch leads Burton ADillon Gaughan Quiroga TDillon Sauter Hornaday Blaney Townley

    11 to go Gaughan by ADillon for third. Quiroga grabs fourth ahead of ADillon

    7 to go Burton gets into the wall and falls back into the clutches of Gaughan.

    6 to go Gaughan passes Burton for second

    5 to go Burton gets into the wall once again as Quiroga and both Dillons slip by Burton. Caution for debris.

    Restart 2 to go Busch leads ahead of Gaughan and Qurioga. Gaughan ahead of Quiroga. Wreck down the backstretch as Coulter and Crafton come together in the wreck. Newberry also involved.

    Restart second attempt at a GWC. Busch leads ahead of Gaughan as…….Caution.  Sauter goes for a spin after getting loose while underneath Dillon. Ty Dillon has to give up his spot as he has a flat right rear tire.

    Restart Busch leads as Gaughan and Blaney battle for second. Couple trucks get into the wall off turn four.

    Final lap

    Kyle Busch wins. Blaney Burton Gaughan Hornaday Towley Quiroga Chastain Peters Gale.

  • Ryan Blaney wins Ford EcoBoost 200 pole at Homestead-Miami Speedway

    Ryan Blaney wins Ford EcoBoost 200 pole at Homestead-Miami Speedway

    With his second pole of the season, Ryan Blaney would sit on the 21 Means 21 Pole for the Ford EcoBoost 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The 19-year-old will be looking for his second career win tonight behind the wheel of his No. 29 Cooper Standard Ford for Brad Keselowski Racing.

    ThorSport Racing’s Johnny Sauter qualified second for his ninth top 10 in 2013 behind the wheel of his No. 98 Nextant Aerospace/Curb Records Toyota.

    Richard Childress Racing’s Ty Dillon qualified third for his 17th top 10 start this season behind the wheel of his No. 3 Bass Pro Shops/Tractor Boats Chevrolet.

    In first start for NTS Motorsports after running for Turner-Scott Motorsports all year, Nelson Piquet Jr. qualified the No. 9 GunBroker.com Chevrolet in fourth.

    Ross Chastain rounded out the top five as his 2014 plans are up in the air currently with it already stated that he will not be at Brad Keselowski Racing in 2014.

    2012 Series Champion James Buescher qualified sixth followed by Austin Dillon, Matt Crafton, Cale Gale and Miguel Paludo. When Crafton takes the green flag tonight, he will officially clinch the 2013 Championship.

  • Jeb Burton leads Ford EcoBoost 200 practice at Homestead

    Jeb Burton leads Ford EcoBoost 200 practice at Homestead

    Turner-Scott Motorsports driver Jeb Burton would lead the only practice for the Ford EcoBoost 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway with a lap of 32.267 seconds. The driver of the No. 4 Arrowhead Chevrolet is looking for his second win of the season after winning at Texas Motor Speedway earlier this year.

    Richard Childress Racing driver Ty Dillon was second quickest in his No. 3 Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Boats Chevrolet as he looks to move to the NASCAR Natiownwide Series in 2014.

    Burton’s Turner teammate and 2012 series champion James Buescher was third quickest behind the wheel of his No. 31 Rheem Chevrolet, followed by teammate Ron Hornaday. Hornaday is piloting the No. 34 Smokey Mountain Herbal Snuff Chevrolet for Turner-Scott Motorsports after he was released from NTS Motorsports following last weekend’s race.

    Brad Keselowski Racing teammates Ryan Blaney and Ross Chastain were fifth and sixth quickest.

    Max Gresham was seventh followed by Nelson Piquet Jr., German Quiroga and Matt Crafton. All Crafton has to do tonight to win the NCWTS title is start the race. Once he takes the green flag, he will have officially clinched the championship.

    The Owner’s championship is still up for grabs though as the No. 88 ThorSport Racing truck leads the No. 51 Kyle Busch Motorsports truck by 29 points. Kyle Busch, driving the No. 51 ToyotaCare Toyota Tundra, was 22nd quickest.

  • Erik Jones wins Lucas Oil 150 at Phoenix International Raceway

    Erik Jones wins Lucas Oil 150 at Phoenix International Raceway

    What were you doing at the age of 17? For Erik Jones, he was winning races.

    Erik Jones would become the youngest NASCAR Camping World Truck Series winner on Friday night at Phoenix International Raceway when he picked up the win in the Lucas Oil 150.

    “Its unbelievable,” Jones said in victory lane. “Like I told Rudy on the radio – this is the best feeling ever. It’s all I wanted – was to be a winner in NASCAR. To get this win, its really unbelievable and hard to put in words. Just couldn’t be happier to get in victory lane.”

    Pole sitter Ross Chastain restarted as the leader with 10 laps to go and was able to clear Jones heading into turn three. However, the lead wouldn’t last long as Jones was able to get a good run off of turn two and got underneath Chastain through the dog led and by him to take the lead. From there, Jones checked out and headed to victory lane.

    “I had been taking the top all day and when he got me there, I wasn’t able to hold him down,” Jones commented. “So I got a run off of two and was able to get under him there.”

    Jones got the opportunity to run the No. 51 “Wake Up Narcolepsy ” Awake at the Wheel Toyota in five races this year after beating Kyle Busch last year to win the Snowball Derby.

    “I want to thank KBM for this opportunity – thanks to Kyle, Samantha for the opportunity and giving me a chance to prove myself in NASCAR,” Jones said.

    Ross Chastain came home second for his sixth top 10 finish of 2013 for Brad Keselowski Racing. Chastain stated after the race that he will not be with BKR for 2014.

    “Erik drove a great race and he had a great truck,” Chastain commented. “He showed that in practice. We were not that good in practice and got it so close. I want to thank this BKR team. I don’t know what we could do better. I tried to hold him down, dived bomb there but just couldn’t hold them off. It’s disheartening with the fact that next weekend will be my last weekend in the truck.”

    Brendan Gaughan finished third after running in the top five throughout the whole night. Ty Dillon and Matt Crafton rounded out the top five. Heading into the final race of the season, Crafton now leads Dillon by 46 points and just has to start to the Ford 200 to clinch the 2013 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Championship.

    “We’d run about 15 laps and I’d lose about 90 percent of my brake pedal,” Crafton commented after the race. “I had to pump the pedal like 10 times to just get it to slow don. They  were thinking of bringing me down pit road and drilling a hole – but I didn’t want to lose track position.

    “Then when someone blew a tire there right in front of us and I ran over a piece of debris. I didn’t say anything. I was like, ‘I hope that isn’t a piece of metal’. It was a tough day.”

    Cale Gale finished sixth followed by Ryan Blaney, Johnny Sauter, James Buescher and Chase Elliott.

    The 150 lap race would feature seven caution flags for various incidents, including a hard wreck for Ron Hornaday at lap 85 for hitting the wall hard after a flat right front tire.

    “I knew I was using a lot of brake,” Hornaday said afterwards. “I had been tight in, loose off and been working on it. I think I just melted a bead. Hate it for all of these guys.”

    Hornaday announced that he will not be in the No. 9 Smokey Mountain Chevrolet for NTS Motorsports next weekend, but instead in a truck for Turner-Scott Motorsports.

    “I contacted Nelson and found out that I would not be in the truck,” Hornaday said. “Mr. Turner then came by and offered me a ride for Homestead. Richard came by, Turner came by. I’ll be racing a sixth truck for Mr. Turner. Can’t say enough about the opportunity. I just love this series.”

  • Lap by Lap: Lucas Oil 150 won by Erik Jones

    Lap by Lap: Lucas Oil 150 won by Erik Jones

    17-year-old Erik Jones would become the youngest NASCAR Camping World Truck Series winner when he took the checkered flag in the Lucas Oil 150 at Phoenix International Raceway.

     

    Lap 1 Chastain takes the early lead ahead of Gaughan and Jones as caution flies for D.J. Kennington getting into the wall; Newberry gets damage

    Restart lap 6. Chastain pulls ahead of Gaughan off turn one

    Lap 7 Gaughan and Jones side-by-side for second behind Chastain

    Lap 8 Buescher makes it three-wide, Jones backs off. Gaughan stays second ahead of Buescher and Jones

    Lap 10 Chastain leads Gaughan Buescher Jones Sauter Gale Crafton Gresham Sieg Dillon

    Lap 23 Buescher by Gaughan for second; Dillon by Sieg for position

    Lap 24 Chastain leads Buescher Gaughan Jones Sauter Gale Crafton Dillon Gresham Sieg

    Lap 35 Caution Miguel Paludo into the outside wall with flat right front tire. Steve Wallace also has a flat left front tire. Leaders head down pit road. Gaughan leads Jones Gale Dillon Chastain off pit road. Some take two tires; some take four tires.

    Restart lap 41 as Guaghan and Jones battle for the lead as the caution flies for Elliott spinning around off of turn one after contact from Gresham. Jones has lead as the caution flies.

    Restart lap 46 Jones clears Gaughan off of turn two ahead of Dillon and Gale

    Lap 48 Dillon takes second from Gaughan

    Lap 50 Jones leads Dillon Gaughan Gale Chastain Crafton Coulter Burton Blaney Wallace

    Lap 64 Jones leads Dillon Gaughan Chastain Gale Crafton Coulter Burton Blaney Wallace

    Lap 80 Jones leads Dillon Gaughan Chastain Gale Crafton Coulter Burton Blaney Wallace

    Caution lap 85 Ron Hornaday has a flat tire and hits the wall. Chastain leads Jones Dillon Peters off of pit road.

    Restart 57 to go Jones takes the lead off of turn two from Chastain

    56 to go Jones leads Chastain Dillon Gaughan Peters Wallace Coulter Crafton Burton and Blaney. Back half of the top 10 are running two, three-wide

    53 to go Gale passes Blaney for 10th

    Caution 40 to go Coulter with mechanical issues

    Restart 31 to go Chastain takes the lead off of turn two as Townley gets into the wall for the caution.

    Restart 23 to go Chastain clears Jones for the lead in turn one. Dillon and Jones side-by-side for second off turn four.

    22 to go Jones clears Dillon off of turn four

    21 to go Chastain leads Jones, Dillon, Gaughan, Wallace, Crafton, Blaney, Peters, Gale and Buescher. Nemechek spins – no caution – Nemechek gets it going and the field stays green

    20 to go Crafton passes Wallace for fifth

    19 to go Blaney passes Wallace for sixth. Peters went to follow Blaney through, though Wallace and Peters make contact, resulting in both spinning and a caution

    Restart 10 to go Chastain and Jones side-by-side at the finish line. Chastain clears Jones BARELY inturn three.

    9 to go Jones passes Chastain throughout the dog leg

    7 to go Jones leads Chastain Gaughan Dillon Crafton Gale Blaney Sauter Buescher Elliott

    Erik Jones wins! Chastian. Gaughan. Dillon. Crafton. Gale. Blaney. Sauter. Buescher. Elliott.

  • Ty Dillon gets his cowboy hat with domination at Texas

    Ty Dillon gets his cowboy hat with domination at Texas

    “I wasn’t going to lose this race and not get that cowboy hat.”

    Ty Dillon came into this weekend wanting to win and get the cowboy hat that comes with winning. He did just that as he would dominate, leading the most laps, on the way to scoring the victory in the WinStar World Casino 350 at Texas Motor Speedway.

    On a restart with 41 laps to go, Dillon would fall back to fourth after Ryan Blaney grabbed the lead with James Buescher second and Johnny Sauter third. Dillon would climb his way back through the traffic, taking the lead for the final time with 29 laps to go and never looking back. It marks his second victory of 2013 and third victory of his Camping World Truck Series career.

    “I’ve wanted to win at Texas and glad that we were able to,” Dillon said. “We should’ve won more races this year, but it’s nice to be here in victory lane this weekend.”

    On multiple occasions this year, Dillon has come close to victory, but has come up short.

    “The sad thing is we should have more wins this year than this, we should be right there in the championship fight,” Marcus Richmond, Dillon’s crew chief said. “We’ve had flawless trucks all year long, just have had things go wrong at the end of the race. Ty did a great job tonight stepping it up.”

    The win marks a comeback for the 21-year-old following controversy last week at Martinsville Speedway in the form of a fight with Kevin Harvick. The two crossed paths on track, resulting in Harvick going around. Then under caution, Harvick would make contact with Dillon, resulting in more damage. Post-race, Harvick called Dillon a “spoiled little kid” saying that Dillon has gotten everything as a result of being Richard Childress’ grandson.

    “On the flight down here, our strength and conditioning coach has podcasts and I was listening to them. It spoke to my heart and you can’t worry about the small things,” Dillon said. “These are my guys and they have my back no matter what.

    “This is the 100th win for the no. 3. I wish it was Dale Earnhardt getting that win. I wish he was still here with us.”

    Johnny Sauter finished second for his 13th top 10 of the season.

    “We got it right there in the end but came up short,” Sauter said. “Great night for us. Solid night for us. Proud of everybody. Great stops tonight.”

    Ron Hornaday would finish third despite getting damage early due to contact with Migue Paludo.

    “I thought we were done when the 32 got sideways there and punched a hole in the front end,” he commented.” But we were able to come back and almost had Johnny at the end, but he was able to get by there and run off.”

    Brendan Gaughan and Justin Lofton rounded out the top five. Lofton was driving with a broken thumb following the wreck at Talladega Superspeedway a couple weeks ago.

    James Buescher finished sixth followed by Darrell Wallace Jr., Miguel Paludo, John Wes Townley and Matt Crafton. Points leader Crafton struggled most of the night, though was able to crack the top 10 in the final couple of laps.

    “That was horrendously bad, honestly,” Crafton said. “Last night we were so happy with our truck. My god when we started the race, we were so tight from the center off. We kept making changes and got better as the night went on and did well. We started like 29th on that run and came all the way up to 10th, which is pretty dang good.”

    Crafton now leads Buescher by 46 points and by finishing 18th or better in the final two races, he will clinch the championship.

    Pole sitter and spring race winner Jeb Burton was running inside of the top 10 most of the night when his truck would run out of fuel, resulting in him having to come down pit road with six laps to go.

    Sprint Cup Series regulars Brad Keselowski and Kyle Busch both struggled throughout the night after looking strong early.

    While underneath Lofton at lap 24, Keselowski would get loose and spin. He was then trapped a lap down for the rest of the night.

    Meanwhile, Busch came down pit road at lap 49 for the truck overheating. The overheating caused it’s damaged before Busch could take care of it, as he would blow the motor later on in the event. The result was a poor finish for Busch and Crafton being able to extend his points lead in the owner’s standings.

  • Lap by Lap: WinStar World Casino 300 won by Ty Dillon

    Lap by Lap: WinStar World Casino 300 won by Ty Dillon

    Ty Dillon wanted to win to get the cowboy hat and he would do just that as he would dominate the WinStar World Casino 300 at Texas Motor Speedway.

     

    Lap 1 – three-wide into turn one with Dillon, Lofton and Burton. Dillon grabs the lead ahead of the field

    Lap 2 – Dillon leads Gresham

    Lap 3 – Dillon leads Gresham Burton Busch Gaughan

    Lap 4 – Dillon leads Gresham Burton Busch Gaughan Lofton Peters Buescher Paludo Sauter. The 57 will be posted due to changing lines before the start of the race. Lofton gets by Gaughan for fifth.

    Lap 6 – Buescher gets by Peters for seventh; Paludo by Peters also for eighth

    Lap 7 – Sauter, Keselowski, Hornaday, Blaney, Crafton and Wallace also slip by Peters for position

    Lap 11 – Busch moves past Gresham and Burton to move into second

    Lap 12 – Dillon leads Busch, Gresham, Burton, Lofton, Gaughan, Buescher, Keselowski, Paludo, Sauter

    Lap 20 – Dillon leads Busch, Burton, Lofton, Keselowski, Gaughan, Gresham, Sauter, Blaney, Buescher

    Caution lap 24 Keselowski spins after getting loose while underneath Lofton. Everybody make pit stops – Busch slides through stall and needs to be pushed back. Dillon leads KyBusch, Gaughan, Lofton, Burton off pit road.

    Restart lap 29. Busch and Dillon side-by-side for the lead.

    Lap 31 Dillon clears Busch off of turn two to take the lead

    Lap 32 Dillon leads Busch, Lofton, Blaney, Gaughan, Sauter, Wallace, Buescher, Burton and Paludo

    Lap 34 Buescher by Sauter and Wallace

    Lap 40 Dillon leads Blaney, Busch, Lofton, Buescher, Gaughan, Sauter, Wallace, Burton and Paludo

    Lap 41 Sauter by Gaughan for position

    Lap 49 Dillon leads Blaney Lofton Buescher Sauter Gaughan Paludo Wallace Quiroga and Burton. Busch pitted due to overheating problems.

    Caution lap 59 Bryan Silas spins on the backstretch as everybody avoids him. Silas spun due to contact from Quiroga as Quiroga was trying to clean his grill. Scott Riggs gets the lucky dog. Everybody heads down pit road. Lofton leads Dillon off pit road.

    Restart lap 64 Buscher and Dillon side-by-side for the lead

    Lap 66 Dillon takes the lead

    Lap 68 Dillon leads Buescher, Sauter, Lofton, Blaney, Wallace, Gaughan, Quiroga, Sieg and Burton

    Lap 77 Hornaday passes Burton for 10th

    61 to go Dillon leads Buescher Sauter Blaney Lofton Gaughan Wallace Hornaday Quiroga and Burton

    57 to go Sauter by Buescher for second

    54 to go Blaney by Buescher for third

    52 to go Lofton by Buescher for fourth

    Caution as Busch blows up. Dillon leads Sauter Blaney Lofton Buescher Gaughan off pit road

    Restart 41 to go as Sauter and Dillon side-by-side for the lead. Blaney makes it three-wide. Blaney takes the lead into turn three.

    38 to go Blaney leads as Dillon and Buescher run side-by-side for second

    34 to go Blaney leads Dillon Buescher Sauter Hornaday Gaughan Lofton Burton Wallace Paludo

    29 to go Dillon to the lead

    27 to go Sauter and Hornaday to 2-3 with Blaney back to 4th

    13 to go Dillon leads Sauter Hornaday Gaughan Lofton Buescher Wallace Blaney Paludo Townley

    8 to go Paludo, Townley and Burton by Blaney while Wallace passes Buescher

    7 to go Burton slows down on the backstretch as he runs out of gas

    3 to go Dillon leads Sauter Hornaday Gaughan Lofton Buescher Wallace Paludo Townley Sieg

    Ty Dillon wins! Sauter Hornaday Gaughan Lofton Buescher Wallace Paludo Townley Crafton Sieg Coulter Newberry Quiroga Blaney

  • Jeb Burton Wins NCWTS Pole For WinStar World Casino 350

    Jeb Burton Wins NCWTS Pole For WinStar World Casino 350

    FORT WORTH, Texas (November 1, 2013) – Rookie Jeb Burton captured the pole position for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series WinStar World Casino 400 during Friday’s Pinnacle Propane Qualifying Days at Texas Motor Speedway.

    Burton (No. 4 Arrowhead Chevrolet) posted a lap of 181.129 miles per hour to earn his series-leading seventh pole of the season. It also is his third pole in his last five starts, dating to the run beginning at Chicago.

    Burton will be looking for a season sweep at Texas, having won his first career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race in June’s WinStar World Casino 400 at “The Great American Speedway!”

    Burton led a sweep of the top six qualifying positions by Chevrolet and will be joined on the front row by Justin Lofton (No. 6 Lofton Cattle Chevrolet), who recorded a lap of 180.687 mph.

    The duo is followed by Chevy-powered Ty Dillon (No. 3 Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Chevrolet), Miguel Paludo (No. 32 Andersons Maple Syrup-Brookshires Food & Pharmacy Chevrolet), Max Gresham (No. 8 Leviton/Made In USA Chevrolet),  defending NCWTS champion and Plano, Texas, native James Buescher (No. 31 Rheem Chevrolet) and Brendan Gaughan (No. 62 South Point Hotel & Casino Chevrolet), respectively.

    NCWTS championship leader Matt Crafton (No. 88 Fisher Nuts-MenardsToyota) qualified 14th at 179.390 mph. Other notables were Kyle Busch (No. 51 ToyotaCare Toyota) 11th, Brad Keselowski (No. 19 Draw-Tite Ford) 13th, and rookie Darrell Wallace (No. 54 Camping World/Good Sam Toyota) 17th.

    The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series returns to the track at 7:30 p.m. CT tonight for the WinStar World Casino 350 race (147 laps/220.5 miles).

    Tickets for the WinStar World Casino 350 are available by visiting www.texasmotorspeedway.com or by calling the Texas Motor Speedway ticket office at (817) 215-8500.

  • Darrell Wallace Jr. scores historical win at Martinsville

    Darrell Wallace Jr. scores historical win at Martinsville

    The last time and only time an African-American driver visited victory lane in a NASCAR national touring series was 1963 when Wendell Scott took the win at Jacksonville. On Saturday at Martinsville Speedway, Darrell Wallace Jr. became the second.

    Wallace, a NASCAR drive for diversity graduate, led 96 laps in his Kyle Busch Motorsports No. 54 ToyotaCare Toyota Tundra. The win was Wallace’s 11th top-10 finish this season and second top-10 at Martinsville.

    NASCAR implemented the driver for diversity program in an effort give more opportunities to minorities who want to pursue a career in NASCAR. Though several drivers have worked through the program, Wallace is the first driver to find success in a national touring series.

    NASCAR chairman and CEO, Brian France commented on Wallace’s victory,” We congratulate Darrell Wallace Jr. on his first national series victory, one that will be remembered as a remarkable moment in our sport’s history.” He continued, “Darrell’s success, following fellow NASCAR Drive for Diversity graduate Kyle Larson’s win earlier this season, is indicative of a youth and multicultural movement that bodes well for NASCAR’s future growth.”

    Wallace’s success came early on when he drove in the drive for diversity program. He won Sunoco rookie of the year honor in the K&N Pro East Series in 2010. He then backed that up with a second place finish in the championship standings in 2011.

    In 2012, Wallace has compiled 11 top-10’s and five top-5 finishes in 18 starts in the Camping World Truck Series. He also started four Nationwide Series starts this season for Joe Gibbs Racing, finishing in the top-10 in three of those starts.

    An emotional Wallace was asked what this win means to him, “It means everything. This is an emotional win for me. Especially to do it in Wendell Scott’s backyard and I love coming here to Martinsville, it’s always good to me and it finally paid off.”

     

  • Lofton Injured; Fred’s 250 Ends In Junk Yard

    Lofton Injured; Fred’s 250 Ends In Junk Yard

    Mayhem struck the front straightaway on the final lap at Talladega like it’s done many times in the past. Miguel Paludo went flipping across the line and was taken to the infield care center but later released. Justin Lofton on the other hand was one of the unlucky that was injured in the carnage.

    Lofton was taken to a local hospital for further evaluations. Family members have confirmed that Lofton was taken due to an injury on his left hand. Luckily Lofton’s injuries shouldn’t keep him over night at the hospital.

    NSCS driver, Kyle Busch was also involved in the wreck and shaken up afterwards. Busch smacked the exit of pit road wall where there is no safer barrier. “Rowdy” would then sit down along the front stretch wall until medial officials got to him. He was later released from the infield care center.

    “I don’t know where it started,” Busch said after being checked out at the infield care center. “Yeah, there was a couple really good licks I took. There was no sense sitting in the vehicle. I just needed to get out and get some fresh air.”

    Rookie, Darrell Wallace Jr. was another one caught up in the destruction as his No. 54 Toyota took a hard lick into the wall.

    “Jesus Christ, hardest hit of my career,” Wallace said outside the care center. “It scared the hell out of me. Makes you want to go 10 mph under the speed limit in your regular car because pushing 200 and wrecking that hard, I’d die. That’s scary. I’m freaking myself out again. Just couldn’t breathe. I’m all good, not sore anywhere. My pride’s hurt. As long as my Vols won and beat South Carolina, I’m all good.”

    “It’s a pretty eerie sight when you come in the med center and see half the field there,” Red Horse Racing driver John Wes Townley said after he was cleared from an earlier wreck.

    Other drivers involved in the wreck, all of whom have been cleared, include: pole sitter Jeb Burton — son of former Cup driver Ward Burton, Ron Hornaday, Matt Crafton, Chris Fontaine, Clay Greenfield, Ross Chastain, Max Gresham and Parker Kligerman.

    Dakota Armstrong driving the No. 60 just got released from the infield care center, he was the last one to leave around 8:00 PM EST.