Category: Truck Series

Toyota Racing – Christopher Bell, Brett Moffitt, Timothy Peters and Samantha Busch
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS)
Kansas Speedway – May 11, 2017

Toyota NASCAR Camping World Truck Series drivers Christopher Bell, Brett Moffitt and Timothy Peters along with special guest Samantha Busch were a select few who participated in a charity event at Kansas Speedway benefitting local women’s shelters. All were made available to the media following the event:

CHRISTOPHER BELL, No. 4 SiriusXM Toyota Tundra, Kyle Busch Motorsports
Talk about your expectations for this weekend
“Well Kansas is always super exciting because it’s so wide on the front straightway, restarts are always super hectic and the way the trucks draft, you can’t really get away from somebody, so that’s typically why you see three and four wide on the restarts here. So that’s something I think all of us drivers are a little bit apprehensive about is because you just never really know what to expect and there’s no way to plan for how the restarts go. But Kansas is a – it’s a really wide race track. A really fast race track, so it provides awesome racing.”

What did being able to put the Women’s Hope Kits together mean to you?
“It was really special. I’m really thankful that everyone at Kansas and Toyota were able to do this. It’s a really cool deal and I’m glad that us race car drivers were able to give back a little bit.”

With a win under your belt does it change your approach heading into this weekend?
“I feel like having the win under our belt maybe allows my crew chief to be a little bit more aggressive on pit strategy, such as getting track position instead of tires or vice versa. Maybe a little bit more aggressive on pit strategy. As far as me driving – not really because we’re out there to give 100 percent all the time. I’m thankful we’ve got the win. It definitely takes some stress off, but we’re out here and we want to win more too.”

BRETT MOFFITT, No. 7 Red Horse Racing Toyota Tundra, Red Horse Racing
How do you feel about giving back to the local community?
“It’s really fun that we get the opportunity to come out here before we get on track today. We were here all morning, so it was good to be able to put it to a good purpose and help build these Women’s Hope Kits for WorldVision. It’s just really great what they’re doing, so it makes it a lot of fun as a driver to be able to come and help give back.”

What are you looking forward to about Kansas?
“I’m looking forward to – just based off of Red Horse (Racing) and Timothy’s past success here – they’ve always had really fast Tundras and it’ll be good for us to kind of get things going again. We had a long break there and I feel like this is going to be a really strong track for us. It’ll be a good place to come back to and hopefully end up with a good finish.”

TIMOTHY PETERS, No. 17 Red Horse Racing Toyota Tundra, Red Horse Racing
Talk about being involved in the charity event today.
“It’s really cool for the race track to be involved in some many charities and to help with the WorldVision and Women’s Hope Kits and for Toyota to be involved and to come ask us to do it was pretty cool to experience. It makes you sit back and think that you still don’t take anything for granted. With that said, hopefully these will go to great use for the women that will receive them.”

What are your expectations for the race tomorrow?
“We’re looking forward to racing good in all of the stages. Maybe we can get a stage win or two and some playoff points and even get that win that’s been eluding us for a while. I love Kansas. We’ve had great runs out here over the past and hey, you know, we had a shot at it last year. There at the end when things were getting slice and dice, we got shuffled back, but we ran up front all night long and we’re hoping to pick up where we left off.”

SAMANTHA BUSCH, wife of Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Toyota Camry driver Kyle Busch
Talk about attending this charity event and giving back to the community.
“Yeah, this is a great weekend. Toyota’s putting on an awesome event with WorldVision. We’re packing over 1,000 care packages for women’s shelters here in Kansas and it has all the necessities. What a lot of people don’t realize is sometimes when women leave the situation that they’re in they don’t have anything with them. They don’t have time to grab a toothbrush and hair brush and all that. The great people at Toyota put this all together and they’re going to have great care packages and a nice little Mother’s Day gift.”

How does it feel to give back like this?
“It’s wonderful. We’ve worked with Toyota and some other charities in the past and done things like this and actually had the opportunity to meet some of these women and they’re just so appreciative and grateful that somebody’s thinking about them and thinking about little things that we take for granted every morning. I think this is a really good event. I think they’re going to love it and we’re proud to be a part of it.”

What’s this say about the motorsports community giving back?
“It’s one thing maybe people don’t realize that NASCAR – we are a very tight knit community. We travel together. We’re like a travelling circus almost 38 weeks out of the year and we’re all here for one another. We support each other’s causes and charities and different initiatives and we really all work together to give back to the community.”

MOORESVILLE, N.C. (May 11, 2017) – After a month-long hiatus, the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) will be back in action on Friday at Kansas Speedway located in Kansas City, Kan. MDM Motorsports will field the No. 99 Chevrolet Silverado in Friday’s race with Travis Miller behind the wheel.

MDM Motorsports has scored two consecutive top-10 finishes in NASCAR Camping World Truck Series competition and the No. 99 entry sits inside the top 15 in the owner point standings tied with the No. 18 truck of Kyle Busch Motorsports. Ty Dillon scored a top-five finish at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway on April 1, and his brother, Austin Dillon, finished seventh at Atlanta (Ga.) Motor Speedway on March 4.

Last weekend, Miller won race number one of the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East WhosYourDriver.org Twin 100s at South Boston (Va.) Speedway. On Friday, he will be making his fifth NCWTS start, however it will be his first time behind the wheel of a MDM Motorsports Chevrolet Silverado.

“I am so thankful for the opportunity to race the MDM Motorsports Chevrolet Silverado this weekend,” said Miller. “It has been a great start to the year for our team and I’m hoping we can continue that success this weekend at Kansas Speedway with a solid run. I’m looking to keep the truck clean, learn and have fun this weekend.”

Qualifying for the Toyota Tundra 250 at Kansas Speedway will be broadcast live on FS1 starting at 4:30 p.m., ET on Friday, May 12. Race coverage will shortly follow starting at 8:30 p.m., ET on FS1.

Toyota Tundra 250 at Kansas Speedway

Stewart Friesen and the Halmar Friesen Racing team head to Kansas City, Kansas, this weekend to compete in the fourth race of the 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) season.

This will be Friesen’s first time racing at Kansas Speedway, but his fourth time competing on a 1.5 mile track where the Sunoco Rookie of the Year Contender has an average finish of 22nd.

Stew says…

“After being off from the truck series for over a month, I’m pretty pumped to get rolling again.

We’ve filled the gap racing our Modifieds these past few weeks, but I’m eager to get back into the swing of the NCWTS schedule. Everyone at the HFR shop has been working hard and we’ve used the break to prepare for this next stretch where we will race the next six out of seven weeks.”

Event Info

Track: Kansas Speedway
Location: Kansas City, KS
Track Length: 1.5 Mile Tri-Oval
Race Distance: 167 Laps / 250.5 Miles
Green Flag: 8:49 p.m. EST (7:49 CST)
Tune In: 8:30 p.m. EST (7:30 CST) on FS1, MRN and Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.

Did You Know?

The NCWTS may have been idle for the last five weekends, but Friesen has not.

Winning two feature races and competing at dirt tracks all over the northeast, Friesen has once again proved himself as one of the top drivers in the Super DIRTcar Series.

Although his schedule will scale back as the NCWTS season ramps up, Friesen will be competing in the No. 44 throughout the remainder of the season.
About Halmar Friesen Racing

HFR is a partnership between owner Chris Larsen and owner/driver Stewart Friesen.

Chris has served as President of Halmar International for 21 years, leading the work on some of the nation’s largest construction projects. His combined passion for business and racing launched Halmar Racing in 2014, and in 2017 debuted Halmar Friesen Racing.

Stewart is known throughout North America for his many visits to victory lane in multiple motorsports series, and will look to continue that success in 2017 as a full-time competitor in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. HFR will run the entire 23 race schedule in 2017 with support from Tommy Baldwin Racing, Earnhardt Childress Racing, and GMS Racing.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. – After the disappointment of getting caught up in a Lap 2 crash in the season-opener at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway, Young’s Motorsports driver Tyler Young has never been so ready to get back behind the wheel in Friday’s Toyota Tundra 250 at Kansas Speedway.

Young, the Midland, Tex. native enters his second NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) race of the season looking to duplicate his performance under the Kansas City lights, where an 11th place finish last May propelled him to a then career-high fourth place in the championship standings.

While Young isn’t contending for a championship run this season, the 26-year-old is still embracing the opportunity to put his No. 02 Young’s Building Systems / Randco Industries Inc. Chevrolet up front and in the hunt.

“Man, I’m so ready to get back in a truck,” said Young. “We had a strong truck at Daytona and were wiped out before we even had a couple laps complete. I knew it was going to be a couple races before I had the chance to get back behind the wheel. My season though starts now.”

Even though he hasn’t been in the seat, Young has been one of the busiest drivers around. From concentrating on Young’s Motorsports NASCAR K&N Pro Series East program with development driver Reid Wilson to accelerating his partnership with friend Austin Hill at Atlanta (Ga.) Motor Speedway and Martinsville (Va.) Speedway, Young has also spent a lot of time on Young’s Motorsports paint and body, which now boasts a new larger location adjacent to the team’s shop in Mooresville, N.C.

“It’s been a busy few months,” added Young. “Reid has done a good job for us. A couple top-10s to the start the season and our relationship with Austin is getting better and better with each race we are working together. I’m taking an active approach to make sure I’m in the best shape that I can be to get behind the wheel and our guys led by Andrew (Abbott, crew chief) have really put an emphasis on the truck making sure we can be good as we can be when practice starts on Thursday.”

Young will make his fourth career start at Kansas Speedway Friday night and eyes his fifth career top-10 run in the second mile-and-a-half track of the year.

“We like top-10s,” sounded Young. “I know the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series is a tough series right now, but we embrace the challenges and look forward to a good run on Friday night to propel us forward to the upcoming races at Charlotte, Dover and my hometown track of Texas Motor Speedway.”

In 72 career NCWTS starts, Young holds five top-10 finishes to his credit with a career-best sixth at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway in February 2016. A sixth-place qualifying effort at Eldora Speedway in July 2015 is his best time trials effort to date. Young’s Motorsports has competed on the tour since 2012.

For more on Tyler Young, please visit YoungsMotorsports.com or click on his Facebook page. Young is also active on Twitter. You can follow and tweet with him @TylerYoung02.

The Toyota Tundra 250 (167 laps / 250.5 miles) is the fourth of 23 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races on the 2017 schedule. Practice begins on May 11 from 2:00 p.m. – 2:55 p.m. A final practice session is set for 4:00 p.m. – 4:55 p.m. Qualifying is set for race day, Fri., May 12 beginning at 3:35 p.m. The 32-truck field will take the green flag shortly after 7:30 p.m. with live coverage on FOX Sports 1 (FS1), the Motor Racing Network (Radio) and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio (Satellite Radio, Channel 90). All times are local (Central).

No. 02 Young’s Motorsports Kansas Speedway Fast Facts:
Driver: Tyler Young (@TylerYoung02)
Owner: Randy Young (Young’s Motorsports
Crew Chief: Andrew Abbott
Manufacturer: Chevrolet Silverado
Engine Builder: Collins Engine Works

Toyota Tundra 250 – Kansas Race Advance

Team: Niece Motorsports – No. 45 Chevrolet Silverado; @NieceMotorsport
Driver: Austin Wayne Self; @AustinWSelf
Crew Chief: Cody Efaw

Driver Quote: “I’m really looking forward to racing this weekend in Kansas,” said Self. “I raced at this track last year, so I’m excited to come back for the second time with a little bit of experience under my belt. I know the team has been working hard, and I think we will have a strong truck this weekend.”

Self at Kansas: Self has one start at Kansas Speedway in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, occurring last May. Self started 29th and finished 25th. Self also has two ARCA Racing Series starts at the 1.5-mile track, with his best finish of 12th coming in 2015.

On the Truck: In addition to Niece Equipment, Self will carry support from Precision Air Technology at Kansas Speedway.

Precision Air Technology maximizes the broad range of experience of their employees to establish strong bonds with their customers. This expertise helps customers solve problems in their clean manufacturing and research facilities. They are a diversified company, offering services and products to the pharmaceutical and biomedical industries.

Precision Air Technology’s primary business is testing and certifying HEPA filter systems of all types. Completing air balancing, selling air filters and HEPA filtration equipment, and providing turnkey cleanroom retrofits are some of the services and products they offer.

2017 Plans: Niece Motorsports, which is owned by United States Marine Corps Veteran Al Niece, will look to run between 12-15 select races during the 2017 season, with plans of running full time moving into 2018 as the team continues to look for potential sponsorship.

Spencer Boyd No. 12 Grunt Style Chevrolet Silverado
Toyota Tundra 250
Kansas Speedway
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series

Team and Truck Information

Crew Chief:  Jeff Spraker
Manufacturer:  Chevrolet

About the No. 12 Silverado:  Rick Ware Racing will be unloading chassis number T211 nicknamed “Thunder” thanks to Grunt Style employee and Marine, Chuck Ray.

News and notes:  This will be Spencer Boyd’s first start at Kansas Speedway. The race is also a bit of homecoming for Boyd, a Missouri native, with several friends and family in attendance.  Along for the ride is new associate sponsor, Excessive Carts as well as Lilly Trucking and Bubba Burger.  Fans can find Spencer “Cruisin’ the Campground” throughout the weekend in his custom golf cart and at the NASCAR Camping World Truck series autograph session at 2:00 p.m. on Friday.

Special Passenger:  Riding shotgun with Spencer will be motorsports artist and friend, Sam Bass. Sam recently found out he needs a kidney and pancreas transplant so Spencer wanted to help raise awareness for his battle while recognizing his contributions to our sport over the years.  Sam shared after a recent meeting with Boyd, “I am so very appreciative of Spencer, his team, and the incredible fans of NASCAR for their support and encouragement. It really means so much to me during this difficult time in my life.”

TV/Radio:  The Toyota Tundra 250 from Kansas Speedway can be seen live on Friday, May 12th on FOX Sports 1. Race coverage will begin at 7:30 p.m. CST, and the event can also be heard live on MRN Radio as well as SiriusXM Radio, channel 90.

About Grunt Style:  Grunt Style is a lifestyle apparel brand founded by Former US Drill Sergeant, Daniel Alarik.  The CEO says himself, “We believe in Pride in Self, in Military, and in Country.  The Motorsports Line is all about freedom. We are true rebels at heart and we don’t play by the rules. Whether it be on the open road, trails or track we want you to be comfortable while still looking and feeling totally badass. Our gear is both prideful and practical, rough and rugged but always looks kick ass.”

About Rick Ware Racing:  Rick Ware Racing, “The Biggest Little Team in Motorsports,” led by owner Rick Ware has been a staple in Thomasville since 1994 when he founded the organization.  A former driver himself, Rick looks to add more success on to the many accomplishments over the years.  Rick Ware Racing has competed in ArenaCross, SuperCross, Outdoor MotorCross, Tudor Lamborghini, Rolex 24, NASCAR K&N East/West, Camping World Trucks, Xfinity, and the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series.

Wright City, MO- Reikken has renewed its partnership for a third year with MB Motorsports, the sole surviving original team in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

“We’re very happy Reikken has decided to continue their partnership with us,” says team owner Mike Mittler.  “They have been very supportive of our team since 2015 and we really appreciate their effort. Reikken has an excellent productline.”

Reikken offers unmatched quality, durability and performance.  Their product line includes two lines of batteries Reikken and Energie, RC batteries, chargers and power supplies.
Their products are noted for having:
·       More power per pound than a flooded battery
·       Non-spillable AGM design
·       Vibration resistant ultra low internal resistance
·       Mount in any position
·       Fast recharge
·       Deep cycle

Patrick Szeman, co-owner of Reikken, adds “MB Motorsports has continued to provide us with an excellent marketing platform.  Their social media efforts have worked well for us and we look forward to this, our third season with the team.”

About Reikken: Reikken was introduced to America in 2013. Reikken offers unmatched quality, durability and performance.  Their product line includes two lines of batteries Reikken and Energie, RC batteries, chargers and power supplies.  For more information on Reikken, please visit www.reikken.com.

About MB Motorsports:
MB Motorsports is the sole surviving original team in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, having competed in every season since the series debuted in 1995.  The team has given many young drivers their start in NASCAR, including Sprint Cup Series winners Carl Edwards, Jamie McMurray, Brad Keselowski and Regan Smith.

For more information on MB Motorsports and its marketing partners, visit www.mbracing.net or follow them on Twitter @MBMotorsports or Facebook, MB Motorsports

For more information on Reikken, visit www.reikken.com or follow them on Twitter @ReikkenEnergie  or Facebook, Reikken