Category: Truck Series

TOYOTA NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS)
Post-Race Notes & Quotes
​Talladega Superspeedway – Oct. 24, 2015

• Tundra driver Timothy Peters was victorious in Saturday’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) race at Alabama’s Talladega Superspeedway.
• Peters started from the pole and led 23 laps (of 98) over five stints at the 2.66-mile superspeedway to capture the checkered flag.
• In addition to Peters’ win, Tundra drivers Erik Jones (fourth), Cameron Hayley (sixth), Johnny Sauter (seventh) and Chris Fontaine (eighth) tallied top-10 results in Alabama.
• For Jones, the fourth-place result extended his NCWTS points lead to 18 marks over second-place Tyler Reddick.
• Jones led the field once for six laps, while fellow Tundra drivers Matt Crafton (24th) and Ben Kennedy (25th) also led the field before being involved in a late-race accident. Crafton led the field for 43 laps over three stints, while Kennedy led twice for six laps.
• In addition to Jones’ 18-point lead in the NCWTS standings, Tundra drivers Crafton (third), Sauter (fourth), Peters (fifth), Hayley (sixth) and Kennedy (ninth) also rank in the top-10 in the point standings after 19 of the 23 events in 2015.

TIMOTHY PETERS, No. 17 Red Horse Racing Toyota Tundra, Red Horse Racing
Finishing Position: 1st
How was today’s race?
“This is for her (Ashlee Richmond, sister of crew chief Marcus Richmond). We know you’re watching. Ashlee Richmond, we love you to death. Thank you for riding with us today and being who you are. This is just an awesome feeling. Thanks to all these guys – Red Horse Racing back at the shop, Triad horsepower, Toyota Tundra was awesome today. Oh my goodness – just Tom DeLoach (team owner) for believing in us and this time. We got on a roll starting at Chicago and, man, it’s just been up from here.”

What were you thinking going into the last restart?
“Just trying to get out front, you know? Make sure that we stay there. You don’t ever want to wish anyone bad luck, but it wouldn’t your feelings either to see that caution. I’m glad everybody is okay – I hope they’re okay for sure. Just thanks to everybody that’s involved with us – everybody that plays a big part of this right here. It’s just a very awesome, awesome feeling.”

How does a short-track racer win back-to-back Talladega races?
“A good team right here for sure. This team right here went to work when the deal happened at Daytona earlier this year and built chassis 12. This is the one we won with last year and got it even better. It showed how hard that they work because we were able to sit on the pole. Just Chris Lambert (spotter) gave me system overload all day long telling me what the outside line was doing, who was behind me, what the gap was in front of me and just was able to put ourself in position with our Toyota Tundra at the end to go for the win and the good Lord was with us all day long. Thank you to the good Lord for keeping everybody safe. Had Ashlee Richmond riding with us this weekend as she continues her battle with cancer and this was for her for sure.”

How difficult is it to restart knowing you need a push?
“I think at that point, all bets are off – teammates or not, you just kind of go after what you can. I didn’t get a good shove in the beginning, but the 23 (Spencer Gallagher) came and gave me a really good shot and was able to get us out front and at that point it was just trying to manage the gap and not get out too far and block the line. I don’t know what happened there. I seem him slide across in my mirror, so I was just glad that I was able to keep enough fuel in our Triad engine and our Toyota Tundra to make it back to the checkered flag.”

What does this win mean to you and the team?
“For one, ever since I’ve been able to – since Tom (DeLoach, team owner) has let me join Red Horse Racing, we’ve been able to win a race very year, so I’m glad to keep that streak going. We’re going to one of my favorite places next weekend, so we have four more races to get to victory lane and try to get ourselves further inside the top-five.”

Were you nervous waiting to take the checkered flag when the caution came out on the final lap?
“A little bit, but right before we went back to green initially, I radioed back to Marcus (crew chief) and asked where we were at on our fuel and obviously with the banking we have a flapper inside of our fuel cell making sure we keep our box full as we call it. It was still intense and I wasn’t going to celebrate until I saw the checkered flag and the truck was completely across the line.”

TIMOTHY PETERS, No. 17 Red Horse Racing Toyota Tundra, Red Horse Racing (continued)
What does it mean to get the victory at Talladega today?
“First off, the guys at the shop, Marcus (Richmond, crew chief), the guys that are here and just really put chassis 12 back together even better from our little qualifying incident at Daytona and from the time we unloaded off the lift gate our Tundra was fast. We knew that if all the fenders would stay on it we could qualify well and they did a phenomenal job and we were able to start on the pole. It’s all about positioning yourself throughout the race to be there at the end. Chris Lambert (spotter) did an awesome job telling me where everybody was at, what they were doing and tried to keep up the best I could with what the truck was doing and getting it back to Marcus and he made great changes and the guys made great pit stops throughout the race, so even better going to victory lane and sitting on the pole with Ashlee (Richmond, crew chief sister) riding shotgun with me. It feels good to join Todd (Bodine) and Kyle (Busch) as those who have won this race more than once.”

Were you surprised at the lane choice by Brandon Jones for the final restart?
“Not really, I kind of thought that maybe he (Brandon Jones) would take the outside, but when we’ve already got the radio from the tower that this was going to be the one and only attempt so at that point you know teammates are good for 95 laps and coming to the checkered you’re on your own. We kind of knew that it was every man for himself and I appreciate the push that Spencer (Gallagher) gave to me and glad he’s okay after that wreck on the backstretch, but we got a good restart there, but the 4 (Erik Jones) was pushing the 33 (Jones) from the get-go and the push that Spencer gave me was a little delayed, but it was enough to get us both in front of the 33.”

How much information does Chris Lambert give you during the race and in the closing lap?
“Chris Lambert (spotter) does a great job spotting and the 23 (Gallagher) gave me a great push. We got out there, but he said don’t get out too far and the 05 (John Wes Townley) has been a really good truck all weekend as well and he was pushing the 23, so I went high to block, but I guess they were pushing as much as they could within reason of the rule and unfortunately the 23 went spinning. Chris Lambert was on system overload all day long, he’s always great for me everywhere we go, but here he’s always great. Just letting me know who’s in the lane with me, how far the gap is to the truck in front of me or if I was leading how far the gap is from me or the outside line – all of them were good trucks, but the ones that have been fast all weekend, how many of them were in the outside line and how tight they were together. He did a great job.”

Did you think there was much of a difference with one green-white-checkered attempt instead of three?
“I look at the one attempt is no different than the three – everybody is going to get super aggressive and so you don’t wish for a caution by any means because you want to keep the competitors safety top priority, but everybody is doing their best to try to push and get the best position or put themselves in position to be there to make a last lap pass coming out of the tri-oval. It really wasn’t any different with one versus three. Everybody was just a tad more aggressive.”

MARCUS RICHMOND, crew chief, No. 17 Red Horse Racing Toyota Tundra, Red Horse Racing
How was the view from the pit box for today’s race?
“It’s a whole lot better from the pit box. It takes a lot of pressure off of me when you have Timothy (Peters) out there and Chris (Lambert) spotting. It really helps out a lot. We’ve had a good Tundra from as soon as we unloaded. We were really excited to sit on the pole. It shows how much hard work and effort comes from the shop. Just like to thank Tom DeLoach (team owner) for the opportunity and Timothy (Peters) for doing an awesome job.”

ERIK JONES, No. 4 Toyota Tundra, Kyle Busch Motorsports
Finishing Position: 4th
Are you surprised how well the day turned out for you in the points?
“It was just exciting, typical of Talladega – green-white-checkered there for the last lap or so. I kept asking, ‘Are we on the white flag or not?’ I don’t even remember if we got the white flag – no we didn’t. I saw them all wrecking and I saw the 23 (Spencer Gallagher) get free down the backstretch and start to lose it and just went to the bottom and hoped nobody was going to come down and tag us and we got out of it. Really, really great day for us in the points. Never would have thought that we could have come out of this race that far ahead. Everything from the best to the worst can happen here and fortunately the best happened for us.”

CAMERON HAYLEY, No. 13 Mattei/CBH/Carolina Nut Company Toyota Tundra, ThorSport Racing
Finishing Position: 6th

JOHNNY SAUTER, No. 98 Nextant/Curb Records Toyota Tundra, ThorSport Racing
Finishing Position: 7th

CHRIS FONTAINE, No. 45 Glenden Enterprises/Racktail.com Toyota Tundra, Glenden Enterprises
Finishing Position: 8th

CHRISTOPHER BELL, No. 54 JBL Toyota Tundra, Kyle Busch Motorsports
Finishing Position: 13th
Were you disappointed that you were penalized for locking bumpers?
“I’m learning as we go, but kind of penalize you if you do and penalize you if you don’t. If I don’t push them like that then you end up getting hung up and not getting up there. Learning experience and we’ll learn from it and go onto the next one.”

Are you in a situation where bumping takes place due to the lead truck dragging the brake?
“Yeah, a little bit and then you get pushed from behind. I definitely felt my truck getting bumped and I guess I didn’t get off of him enough. It was a learning experience for me – my first ever one, so hopefully we can come back and be a little better next time.”

Did you expect to be in position to possibly win at the end of this race?
“Absolutely not, if you would have told me that I would restart fourth and have a chance to win I wouldn’t have believed you. It’s pretty cool that it worked out that way. My whole goal coming into this race was just being able to finish. Thankfully all my guys did an awesome job. They carried me through the weekend and gave me an awesome, bad fast JBL Tundra.”

Did you get any coaching from Kyle Busch or Erik Jones?
“I talked to them quite a bit and Kyle (Busch, team owner) was on the radio talking to me quite a bit there on the last restart and it’s just a shame it didn’t work out.”

MATT TIFFT, No. 51 Waves for Water Toyota Tundra, Kyle Busch Motorsports
Finishing Position: 23rd
How was your race before the incident?
“It was good before then. For a while there the first half of the race, we were in really good track position, came down for four tires and we kind of lost that track position. We never got the break we really needed to get back in the top-five kind of where we were and the Waves for Water Tundra was good all the way through there and we thought we may be able to make up a few spots there at the end with that restart with six to go or whatever it was and made a little run on the outside and that’s kind of when that happened whatever it was. Just was going straight and got turned, so that’s unfortunately Talladega.”

MATT CRAFTON, No. 88 Hormel/Menards Toyota Tundra, ThorSport Racing
Finishing Position: 24th
How strong was the truck and how disappointing was it to be involved in the accident?
“The guys brought a great, great Menards Toyota Tundra and we led a lot of laps today. This says a lot for what these guys have done at the race track and what they build and are bringing to the race track. We qualified seventh and we led a lot of laps. It was fun racing there for a lot of it.”

Do you feel you can still rebound and get back into the points battle in the final four races?
“They’ve had their problems and I’ve had my problems and if they have more problems, I’m not worried about it. We’re going to go try to win the next four and see what happens.”

BEN KENNEDY, No. 11 Local Motors Toyota Tundra, Red Horse Racing
Finishing Position: 25th

Ford Performance NCWTS Notes and Quotes
Fred’s Pharmacy 250 – Talladega Superspeedway
Friday, October 23, 2015

Ford Finishing Results:
5th — Tyler Reddick
17th — Brian Keselowski

BRIAN KESELOWSKI – No. 29 Cooper Standard Ford F-150 – “I did the one thing I said I shouldn’t do is speed down pit road, so it didn’t start off the way that we needed to. Obviously, starting on the bottom helped because the bottom line was the way to be, so we rode in line and had that first pit stop and had to go back. I was like, ‘OK, let’s see if we can work our way to the front,’ and we worked our way to the front. I worked with the 4 truck, he did a good job. I worked with the 23, the 33 – those guys all did a really good job of pushing when you needed to and not pushing when you shouldn’t. I don’t understand that last deal before the last caution where the 33 and the 54 got together and they were pushing each other. They were supposed to both get a black flag. That’s what we had been told the whole time. I don’t know why, it’s not up to me, but it is the way it is. Either way, if that caution doesn’t come out, we don’t run out of gas. We ran out of gas under caution coming to the green, so that’s just the way luck goes sometimes. We didn’t expect to get the fuel mileage we did when we were out there leading. When we were out there in the pack I could roll off the gas and save gas a lot, and when we got out front we just had terrible fuel mileage. That’s just the way it is in this pack-type racing. Anyone that’s out in front is gonna be on the throttle the whole time and everybody else is part throttle trying to save. We missed it by two laps. If we hadn’t had a green-white-checker, we would have been OK.”

DID YOU REALIZE THE 33 AND 54 WERE LOCKED TOGETHER AS IT WAS HAPPENING? “Yeah, it’s pretty easy to see that when they’re next to you, especially when the 33 is all over the place. The 23 is bumping me and got locked up a few times, but released, which was the right way to do it and they said that was OK, but the 33 and 54 stayed together for a long time. I knew if they stayed together, they’d beat us and that’s what got the 17 out there. I was like, ‘OK, well, the 17 is really good, so it’s gonna be tough to beat that guy,’ but all plans aside running out of gas doesn’t help, but we had a really good truck. I hope I showed somebody I could do it. I’m trying.”

WAS FUEL A CONCERN ALL ALONG? “They said right from the get-go to save fuel and I was, but you can only do so much when you’re leading. You’ve got to go, so I didn’t save any when I was out front. I guess I should have, but that’s a little bit of inexperience in the Truck Series probably showing up. We’ll learn better next time.”

WHEN DID YOU START THINKING ABOUT WINNING AND WHAT THAT MIGHT BE LIKE? “We worked our way through the pack really quick and I was like, ‘Wow, that’s good.’ I had a really, really good pit stop under green. I got to pit road like I wanted to. I thought I was speeding, caught it and slowed it down before the first line got over with, so I think I was good. I got off pit road really well, which we had been getting off of pit road really well, so that helped. All of a sudden we’re out in front of a pack and everybody is starting to pit and we’re weaving our way through traffic and the 4 is with me and I’m like, ‘We might be leading this thing.’ And pretty soon we were, so it was just an awesome feeling. It kind of validated what I always thought – that I could do it, I just never had a chance. I had my chance.”

SO WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO DRIVE FOR BRAD? “Pretty cool, but he didn’t really micromanage it. He let his team do what it’s supposed to do. I saw him only a couple of times. I told him, ‘Hey, give me a little bit of knowledge if people were getting runs what to do,’ and I tried to listen to that when I was in the truck and it worked pretty good.”

WHAT ARE YOUR EMOTIONS? “I’m emotional. I’m really proud of how we ran. I’m disappointed that it was probably my only chance. We’ll see how it works out.”

TYLER REDDICK – No. 19 Stoney Creek Records Ford F-150 – “That wasn’t bad at all. We may have finished fourth. It’s yet to be determined because NASCAR has to go back and look at it, but I’m pretty sure we got fourth-place. The outside lane went that time and everyone worked together and then it just fell apart in a real hurry down the backstretch and it brought the caution out and the end of the race.”

YOU’RE STILL IN THE POINTS RACE. “We survived from that aspect. It’s a shame we couldn’t gain more points than what we did, but we’re still right there to apply pressure on the 4 if he ever does slip up.”

YOU TALKED ABOUT IT YESTERDAY, BUT THE PLAN REMAINS TO WIN A COUPLE RACES IN ORDER TO CLOSE THE GAP. “Yeah, we didn’t gain wholesale positions on first place, so the game plan we had coming into this race hasn’t changed and that’s to win races.”

MB MOTORSPORTS GOES PINK TO SUPPORT BREAST CANCER AWARENESS

Crew Chief: Trip Bruce
Driver: Tyler Tanner
Twitter: @MBMotorsports, @65tylertanner

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Tyler Tanner and the MB Motorsports crew are showing their support on the teams’ #63 Mittler Brothers Machine & Tool / Ski Soda Chevy Silverado.

“Absolutely, we’re carrying the Breast Cancer Awareness pink on the truck this week,” says team owner Mike Mittler.  “My wife Bev is a breast cancer survivor, so this all hits very close to home for us.  I can’t think of anyone who hasn’t been affected either directly or indirectly from the disease, so we are doing what we can to help.”

Tanner will be making his first start at Talladega this weekend.  “It’s another step in my career,” notes the 24 year-old driver from Auburn, WA.  “Talladega is definitely one of the tracks you always dream of racing at and now I have my chance.  With a little luck, we’ll be able to keep the truck clean and bring home a strong finish.”

Crew Chief Trip Bruce is confident in Tanner as he makes his Talladega debut.  “Tyler is very methodical in the race truck.  He’s very conscientious of racing both the track itself and the other drivers, which is something you definitely have to do at Talladega.  With a little luck, Saturday should be a good day.”

The Fred’s 250 will be broadcast live on FOX, MRN Radio and Sirius Channel 90 Saturday October 24 at 1:00 pm ET.  Practice will be broadcast on Fox Sports 1 Friday the 23rd at 1:00 pm ET with Final Practice following at 3:00 pm ET.

FAST FACTS:
• Tyler Tanner will be making his first start at Talladega Superspeedway when he slides behind the wheel of the #63 Mittler Brothers Machine & Tool / Ski Soda Chevy.
• The Fred’s 250 at Talladega Superspeedway will be Tanner’s 13th NASCAR Camping World Truck Series start.
• MB Motorsports is supporting National Breast Cancer Awareness Month at Talladega and features a pink #63.

MB Motorsports Marketing Partners:
• The white & black Chevy Silverado features the logos of Mittler Brothers Machine & Tool and Excel Bottling / Ski Soda this weekend at Talladega. Joining them are ReikkenBattery.com. eTape16, Maradyne Fans, Childs Tire and WIX Filters.

Tune-in:
• The Fred’s 250 will be broadcast live on FOX, MRN Radio and Sirius Channel 90 Saturday October 24 at 1:00 pm ET.  Practice will be broadcast on Fox Sports 1 Friday the 23rd at 1:00 pm ET with Final Practice following at 3:00 pm ET.

QUOTE:
Tyler Tanner on racing at Talladega Superspeedway:
“While I have driven at a number of tracks for the first time this season, Talladega is definitely the biggest and fastest.  It’s a track every young driver dreams of racing at, so I’m very excited to have the opportunity to be behind the wheel of the #63 Mittler Brothers Machine & Tool / Ski Soda Chevy Silverado.”

Eagle Rock Camp:
• MB Motorsports continues its support of Eagle Rock Camp, which helps military families dealing with both the visible and invisible wounds of war.  Visit eaglerockcamp.org /@eaglerockcampWW

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
For more information on Tyler Tanner, visit www.tylertanner.com

SHELBY, N.C. (October 20, 2015) 2003 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Champion Travis Kvapil will sport the colors of Batesville, Ark., based Bad Boy Mowers, Inc. for the final NASCAR Camping World Series (NCWTS) restrictor plate race of the 2015 season at Talladega Superspeedway.

Bad Boy Inc. began operation in 1998, with the sole purpose of producing the Bad Boy zero-turn commercial lawn mower. The Bad Boy Mowers research team started working with one goal in mind: to develop the strongest, most durable zero-turn mower available and to deliver excellent quality of cut, reliability, productivity and comfort. Bad Boy Mowers are now manufactured, assembled, and stored in multiple facilities comprising over 850,000 square feet in Batesville, Arkansas. Bad Boy Mowers has a specially equipped fleet of tractor trailer rigs that ensure the mowers arrive directly to dealers all across the country completely assembled, factory inspected and ready to mow.

“Bad Boy Mowers is excited about partnering with Travis Kvapil for the final NCWTS restrictor plate race of the 2015 season at Talladega Superspeedway ”, stated Bill Hurst, Racing Director for Bad Boy Mowers. We’re looking forward to reaching all the great fans that follow the race across the country and on social media. We feel this partnership will be a great way to generate some excitement for our company and reintroduce the Bad Boy Mowers brand to the racing industry.”

“I am excited to have Bad Boy Mowers as the primary sponsor on our No. 1 Chevrolet Silverado”, said Kvapil. “Talladega is always a fun race because anything can happen. The draft is a game changer for teams as small teams have a good shot at running up front.”

The No. 1 of Travis Kvapil and MAKE Motorsports will sport Bad Boy Mowers as the primary sponsor for the Saturday event. PTR Industries Inc. of Anyor, South Carolina will be joining them as a new associate sponsor along with WIX Filters, AKL Insurance, Beaver Bail Bonds, and Markanda Social Strategies.

The fred’s 250 presented by Coca-Cola can be seen live on Saturday, October 24th on FOX. Race coverage will begin at 1 p.m. EST, and the event can also be heard live on MRN Radio as well as SiriusXM Radio, channel 90.

To learn more about Bad Boy Mowers and to locate a dealer near you visit their website at www.Badboymowers.com. You can also follow Bad Boy Mowers on their social media pages at www.facebook.com/badboymowers and on twitter at https://twitter.com/badboymowers.

About MAKE Motorsports

Hailing from Shelby, N.C., MAKE Motorsports is a race team that competes in the NASCAR XFINITY Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.  The moniker “MAKE” is made up of the first letters of the first names of the owners’ children – Mark Beaver’s son Mikey and daughters Amanda and Emily, and Tracy Lowe’s daughter Katelyn.  For more information about MAKE Motorsports, please visit www.MAKEMotorsports.com, Facebook.com/MAKEMotorsports or find them on Twitter (@MAKEMotorsports).