Category: Truck Series PR

Friday, May 28
Track: Charlotte Motor Speedway, 1.5-mile quad oval
Race: 10 of 22
Event: North Carolina Education Lottery 200 (134 laps, 200 miles)

Hailie Deegan, No. 1 Toter Ford F-150

Start: 12th
Finish: 13th

• After qualifying was rained out, Deegan lined up 12th to start the event. She reached the top-10 just before the halfway point of the stage. The race remained green throughout the stage and Deegan completed it in 10th. During the stage break, the Toter driver visited pit road for fuel, four tires and adjustments.
• Deegan started the second stage from the ninth spot. 50 laps into the race, Deegan was in the 13th position when the caution was displayed. She remained out on the track during the caution and restarted 11th with six laps to go in the stage.
• Another caution late in Stage 2 found Deegan in 11th and she visited pit road for service to her F-150. She closed out the stage just outside the top-10 in a one-lap shootout. Since Deegan pitted just before the break, she stayed out during the stage break.
• The rookie driver started the final stage from the ninth position. With 50 laps to go in the race, Deegan was 13th. She made a scheduled green-flag pit stop on lap 104 from the 14th position. Unfortunately, the caution came out during the pit sequence which trapped her one lap down. After a lengthy caution for cleanup and with 10 laps to go, Deegan restarted in the 13th position where she ultimately finished.
• Deegan’s 13th-place finish at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway ties her previous best finish of 13th earlier this year at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City.

Tanner Gray, No. 15 Ford Performance F-150

Start: 25th
Finish: 22nd

• The starting lineup was determined by owner’s points as qualifying was rained out. Gray started in the 25th position.
• Gray was in 20th after the opening three laps and began to methodically pick more trucks off as the stage ran. He finished Stage 1 in 15th and relayed to the team that he needed more rear stability.
• The No. 15 team pitted for four tires, fuel, air pressure and trackbar adjustments and would restart Stage 2 in 13th.
• Gray was in 17th on lap 50 when he got loose attempting to pass for position and spun his Ford Performance F-150. He had to come down pit road for four new tires and to check for any damage and went one lap down. He ultimately finished Stage 2 in 25th.
• Green flag waved with 68 laps to go in the race and Gray rode steady in 24th trying to maintain position as the first truck one lap down and hoping for a caution. Caution waved on lap 118 for a wreck, but due to the cycling of green flag pit stops the No. 15 was still trapped one lap down.
• Gray pitted under yellow for tires and fuel and restarted 22nd with 10 laps remaining and finished the race there.

Next event: SpeedyCash.com 220 at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas on June 12 at 1 p.m. ET.

NEMECHEK SCORES SEASON-LEADING THIRD VICTORY
John Hunter Nemechek claims final race in the Triple Truck Challenge

CHARLOTTE (May 28, 2021) – John Hunter Nemechek drove to his series-leading third victory of the season at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Friday evening. It was Kyle Busch Motorsports’ sixth win of the season and Toyota’s eighth victory in the first 10 Truck Series events this season.

Toyota Racing Post-Race Recap
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Charlotte Motor Speedway
Race 10 of 23 – 134 Laps, 201 Miles

TOYOTA FINISHING POSITIONS
1st, JOHN HUNTER NEMECHEK
2nd, Carson Hocevar*
3rd, BEN RHODES
4th, STEWART FRIESEN
5th, Sheldon Creed*
6th, CHANDLER SMITH
7th, TY MAJESKI
8th, DEREK KRAUS
9th, AUSTIN HILL
11th, CHRISTIAN ECKES
20th, DREW DOLLAR
24th, DANNY BOHN
27th, CJ MCLAUGHLIN
30th, MATT CRAFTON
31st, JOHNNY SAUTER
*non-Toyota driver

TOYOTA QUOTES

JOHN HUNTER NEMECHEK, No. 4 Mobil 1 Toyota Tundra, Kyle Busch Motorsports

Finishing Position: 1st

Started with damage on your track in practice, and you came back and won tonight.
“You (Regan Smith) came and saw me earlier, and I told you we had a fast truck. I think we only ran 10 laps in practice, so hats off to all my guys. Eric Phillips (crew chief), all of my guys that work on this thing, everyone at KBM (Kyle Busch Motorsports), the chassis shop, the fab shop, just everyone and all of their effort. Mobil 1, TRD, Toyota, Kyle (Busch, team owner) for this opportunity. Just so thankful, so blessed to be in this spot. How about this crowd? It’s awesome to have all of you back.”

With the Triple Truck Challenge, you get an extra 50k in your pocket.

“I honestly forgot about that. Thank you to Womply, Camping World, Marcus Lemonis, everyone that makes this series happen. It’s one of the greatest series – the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Awesome. Aspen (daughter) is asleep at home, but Taylor (wife) is here, so hopefully we can have some fun tonight and celebrate.”

What does it mean to overcome the practice incident and make it to victory lane?

“I completed two laps and wrecked on lap three. Huge shoutout to all my guys – Eric Phillips (crew chief) and all our guys here and back at the shop. The pit crew pretty much won the race tonight I feel like on pit road. We were able to jump some guys there after the first stage. It was so hard to pass. It was amazing. Eric did a great job making adjustments all night and I was telling him what we needed. This was our baby truck, this one has won three races for me this year and sadly it’s going to have to get fixed with that crazy crash. Just huge shoutout to everyone that made this possible – Kyle (Busch, team owner), thank you for the opportunity. Jack (Irving, TRD), Tyler (Gibbs, TRD), David Wilson (president, TRD) and everyone at Toyota and TRD for all their help, Mobil 1 as well. My wife’s here so we’re going to celebrate. Sadly, baby is back home sleeping, but she will have a trophy in the morning.”

Did you notice any difference in the handling after sustaining the damage from the accident?

“That might be a speed secret, I don’t know.”

How important is it to recover with this win after the 12th place run last weekend?

“We’re #Here4Wins and we’ve been using that hashtag since I announced I was coming to KBM (Kyle Busch Motorsports) last year and it’s a dominant team, dominant truck every single week. We’re going to have weeks where we’re off and we’ll struggle, but we’ll keep getting through it. I didn’t lose confidence in Eric (Phillips, crew chief) and he didn’t lose confidence in me. It’s just one bad race. You have to move on from it and look, we’re in victory lane here.”

STEWART FRIESEN, No. 52 Halmar International Toyota Tundra, Halmar Friesen Racing

Finishing Position: 4th

What made a difference tonight?

“Jon (Leonard, crew chief) made a good call to short pit that one stage and just got some good track position. We had a good Tundra. Thanks to Halmar. Thanks to all of our veterans and all of our military that gave the ultimate sacrifice so we can come out here and race trucks and modifieds on Memorial Weekend all over the country. I’m proud of my Canadian Roots, but I’m proud to call USA my home. Thanks to all of these guys. We needed a good night to get some momentum. We just were free all night. Nothing we did tightened us up where we could run with them, but proud of my guys.”

BEN RHODES, No. 99 Bombardier Toyota Tundra, ThorSport Racing

Finishing Position: 5th

How would you evaluate your race tonight?

“Feels like a win for us to be honest. Practice was really, really rough. I think we were 19th on the speed sheets and we threw everything we had at it after practice. This was a brand new truck coming into the race with no qualifying. Couldn’t be more proud of our Bombardier Tundra ThorSport team. They have done a fantastic job and our pit stops were on fire all night. Really, really proud of their effort and as my crew chief said, this is what we have to do to make ourselves contenders for this championship. Just super proud. I want to throw an apology out there to the 26 (Tyler Ankrum) too. I have to go see him. Everybody was checking up for the second stage right at the start-finish line and I had nowhere to go. I think he knew that too and he was trying to not hit somebody and I couldn’t slow down quick enough. Overall, good race for us.”

CHANDLER SMITH, No. 18 Safelite Auto Glass Toyota Tundra, Kyle Busch Motorsports

Finishing Position: 6th

How was your race?

“Our mindset going into tonight was that we were just going to be patient and work our way through the field. We knew that we were going to have a good Safelite Auto Glass Toyota Tundra. We just needed to pick and choose our battles and we would get there eventually. The 13 (Johnny Sauter) and I got into it on a restart. Ended up taking a good bit of our sideforce away on the right rear quarterpanel, so we had to fix that because it was almost undrivable. Then when we fixed that, we made the call to get a little track position. Then once we got a little track position, we started picking our way through the field and captured a P-6 finish.”

TY MAJESKI, No. 66 Simcraft Toyota Tundra, ThorSport Racing

Finishing Position: 7th

How was your race tonight?

“I didn’t know what to expect. This is a fifth effort for ThorSport. Bud and all of the guys did a good job preparing this thing. When I came to engineer this truck for Paul (Menard) at CotA, this thing was basically bare bones so they worked a lot of hours to get this thing ready and they did a good job on it. Just really proud of the effort. We had that penalty after the second stage, and it definitely set us back a bit but we fought back to a top-10 finish. Thought we had top-five speed, just didn’t have track position to go with it, but overall, really good effort for everyone.”

DEREK KRAUS, No. 19 NAPA Power Premium Plus Toyota Tundra, McAnally Hilgemann Racing

Finishing Position: 8th

How was the race for you?

“It was a really good night with my NAPA Power Premium Plus Toyota Tundra. We executed everything right. Mark and all of the guys brought a really good truck to the track so that always helps. We were able to get a lot of stage points and then we were able to run in the top-10 most of the race. It’s really tough to pass. Once that yellow came out, we were like 12th. We stalled out, but that final restart helped us out a lot and we were able to get a few more positions, so overall it was a really good night.”

About Toyota

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STATESVILLE, N.C. (May 28, 2021) – Jordan Anderson Racing (JAR) announced today 40-year-old Military Veteran Keith McGee of Eagle River, Alaska will drive the team’s No. 3 Barstool Sports Zero Blog Thirty Chevrolet Silverado in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) North Carolina Education Lottery 200 the kick off to the annual Memorial Day NASCAR Weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway (CMS) on Friday, May 28.

In April, McGee a veteran of the United States Air Force became the first Alaskan and first disabled veteran to make a NASCAR start in any of the top three tier divisions with his NCWTS debut in the Toyota Cares 250 at the Richmond Raceway.

“As a veteran I was looking forward to racing this Memorial Day weekend at CMS. Monday of this week I had sponsor back out at the last minute, and I put out a feeler on Twitter hoping for a miracle and a few hours later I was talking to Dave Portnoy about having Barstool Sports on the truck and the rest is history;” Said McGee.

“I am very fortunate and grateful for all the companies out there like Barstool Sports that are willing to recognize and give back to the Military and support our Veterans. It is all very fitting everything was able to come together on the grand weekend of celebrating the servicemen and woman of our United States Military. As a kid I always dreamed about driving the iconic No. 3 in NASCAR, it is such surreal feeling knowing I will have the opportunity to run that number, but also be out on track competing for all my brothers and sisters in arms that made the ultimate sacrifice. For Barstool Sports and Jordan Anderson to give me this opportunity truly means a lot.”

Competing in a partial season of ARCA Menards Series – West competition in 2018 & 2019, McGee was able to capture a pair of top-ten finishes at Meridan Speedway in Meridan, Idaho and Placer County Speedway in Roseville, Calif.

McGee’s No. 3 Chevrolet Silverado will carry primary branding from Barstool Sports and Barstool Sports Military podcast Zero Blog Thirty.

“It’s an honor to have veteran Keith McGee and team driving the Zero Blog Thirty truck on behalf of Barstool Racing. Any opportunity Barstool gets to support our veterans, especially on Memorial Day Weekend, we’re happy to be a part of.” – Dave Portnoy, Founder & President of Barstool Sports

Barstool Sports is the preeminent next generation sports media brand and platform, driving 1.2 billion average monthly social views and 8 million average monthly podcast listeners, delivering content 24hrs/day 365 days a year. One of Barstool’s most popular podcasts throughout its platforms is Zero Blog Thirty a military themed podcast released every Tuesday and Friday.

From bombs, bullets, and bad guys to politics, pop culture and all things problematic: Zero Blog Thirty is the stories you might know told from a slightly different perspective that was forged through war, wit, and wounds.

For more information on the Barstool Sports visit them online at BarStoolSports.com, and follow their social channels on; Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Episodes of Zero Blog Thirty can be listened to online; Zero Blog Thirty Podcast and on all major Podcast platforms. Be sure to follow the Zero Blog Thirty social channels on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for new content and show previews.

Tickets for the North Carolina Education Lottery 200 are still available for purchase by visiting Charlotte Motor Speedway online at CharlotteMotorSpeedway.com

If you are unable to make it to the Charlotte Motor Speedway for the North Carolina Education Lottery 200, the race will be broadcast LIVE on Fox Sports 1 and the Fox Sports App at 8:30 PM EST and aired LIVE on the Motor Racing Network (MRN) and on SIRIUS/XM NASCAR radio Channel 90.

Be sure to keep updated with Keith’s journey by following him on Social Media; Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

For more information on JAR, visit JordanAndersonRacing.com, and be sure to follow the team all season on the JAR social channels on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

About Barstool Sports

Founded in 2003 by David Portnoy, Barstool Sports is a leading digital sports, entertainment and media platform that delivers original content across blogs, podcasts, radio, video and social, supported by nearly 70 dedicated personalities. It benefits from its base of approximately 54 million monthly unique visitors, reaching an estimated 36% of males and 30% of females in the Millennial and Generation Z generations across the United States. In 2019, Barstool Sports grew by approximately 65%, delivering nearly $100 million in revenue from digital and audio advertising, ecommerce, events, licensing and subscription.

About Jordan Anderson Racing

Jordan Anderson Racing (JAR) is a NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) team, and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) team, owned by owner/driver Jordan Anderson. Established in 2018, JAR has competed full-time in the last three NCWTS seasons claiming back-to-back runner-up finishes in the 2020 & 2021 season opening NextEra 250 at Daytona International Speedway. JAR fields a full-time entry in the NXS Series; the No. 31 Chevrolet Camaro SS driven by Jordan Anderson, Tyler Reddick, and Josh Berry. JAR also fields the No. 3 Chevrolet Silverado for select drivers in the NCWTS.

CONCORD, N.C.: On the heels of their season-best finish of fourth last weekend at Circuit of the Americas, CR7 Motorsports heads to Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway for Friday night’s N.C. Education Lottery 200 looking to keep the team pointed in the right direction.

The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series’ first ever visit to Austin, Texas certainly drew attention to the state-of-the-art road course and while the Toyota Tundra 225 was soaked with rain, the team’s charge led by Grant Enfinger played into their hands.

With a methodical and steady approach, Enfinger, 36, was able to muscle his No. 9 Good Sam | Grant County Mulch Chevrolet Silverado through the field to post the team’s first top-five of the year but third overall.

Now, the team looks to showcase their speed at Charlotte, often considered hometown court for the teams and drivers.

“We are really proud of Grant’s efforts at Circuit of the Americas and glad to have him back this weekend for Charlotte,” said Codie Rohrbaugh, team manager and CR7 Motorsports mainstay driver.

“Having Grant, a part of the CR7 Motorsports team is a luxury and has been extremely beneficial to us as an organization. Results have shown that this year and we’re hoping to continue that pace on Friday night.”

Enfinger, a native of Fairhope, Ala. is no slouch when it comes to racing at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
In four previous Truck Series starts, he has delivered two top-10s and four top-12s with an average showing of 10th. Both driver and team hope they can improve on that statistic.

“Grant always has tremendous feedback, and he has certainly done his part to help make our intermediate program better,” added Rohrbaugh. “Doug (George, crew chief) and him have an executed plan of what they want to do during practice and qualifying on Friday and I think they will easily be able to deliver.”

Overall, looking at the team’s program, Rohrbaugh is satisfied with the direction of the team heading into the summer stretch.

“Whether it’s me or Grant behind the wheel, you can see that there has been progress in 2021,” he said. “We’re getting there but there’s still work to be done. We want to be competitive week in and week out. Eventually, we’d like to take our team from contenders to winners. Everyone is working hard to achieve that goal, we just have to keep ourselves focused and humble and we will get there soon.”

It’s a busy weekend at Charlotte for CR7 Motorsports. In addition to Friday night’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race, the organization will field an ARCA Menards Series entry for Saturday night’s General Tire 150 with Jason Kitzmiller behind the wheel.

Enfinger, a six-time NCWTS winner has no prior ARCA Charlotte starts, however, Rohrbaugh competed in two ARCA Menards Series races with a best finish of ninth in the 2018 edition.
CR7 Motorsports has 35 NCWTS starts to their credit with a career-best finish of third at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway (February 2020). Additionally, the team owns six other top-10 finishes including two this season at Circuit of the Americas (fourth | Grant Enfinger) in May 2021 and Las Vegas (Nev.) Motor Speedway (seventh | Grant Enfinger) in March 2021. An 11th place qualifying effort at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway (Oct. 2019) is the team’s best time trials effort to date.

With 13 races remaining, Enfinger despite missing one race is seventh in the championship driver standings, just 22 points from fifth.

CR7 Motorsports holds a respectable 19th in the championship owner standings after nine races.

In 20 career ARCA starts, Rohrbaugh has a best finish of seventh twice at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway (July 2018 and Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway (February 2019). He has qualified a career-best fourth on four different occasions, most recently at Kansas Speedway (Oct. 2018).

Marketing partnership(s) opportunities are also available for the No. 9 Grant County Mulch Chevrolet in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, as well as the team’s ARCA Menards Series No. 97 A.L.L. Construction | Grant County Mulch Chevrolet program with driver Jason Kitzmiller for the 2021 seasons and beyond. Interested inquiries are encouraged to contact tonya@gcmulch.com or 304.257.8783.

The N.C. Education Lottery 200 (134 laps | 201 miles) is the 10th of 22 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races on the 2021 schedule. Practice begins on Fri., May 28th from 11:35 a.m. – 12:25 p.m. Qualifying is set for later in the day beginning at 5:35 p.m. The field will take the green flag a short time later after 8:30 p.m. ET with live coverage on FOX Sports 1, the Motor Racing Network (Radio) and SiriusXM Satellite Radio NASCAR Channel 90. All times are local (ET).

Team Report
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series News and Notes

Event: North Carolina Education Lottery 200
Date: Friday, May 28, 2021
Venue: Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway
Track Description: 1.5 mile(s)
Race: 201 miles / 134 Laps

Rackley W.A.R.’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series History … Since entering the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) in 2021, the Centerville, Tenn.,-based organization has logged nine starts with one driver, Timothy Peters, resulting in an average starting position of 20.8 and an average finishing position of 24.4.

In the Queen City: Willie Allen … Rackley W.A.R. co-owner Willie Allen, who spent seven years as a driver in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS), has experience at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. The 2007 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Rookie of the Year has two NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starts (2007, 2014) at the Concord, N.C.,-facility. He has one NASCAR Xfinity Series start (2010) at the Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Timothy Peters
No. 25 Rackley Roofing Chevrolet Silverado

On Friday, May 28, the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series returns to the Charlotte Motor Speedway under the lights to kick-off Memorial Day weekend. This weekend is the 20th appearance of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series on the 1.5-mile oval.

For the second week in a row, the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series will hold a practice session and qualifying session, with all on-track activity on Friday. There are, currently, 40 trucks entered to contend for the 36-truck field.

The Beast of the Southeast Statistics … This weekend marks Timothy Peters’ 13th Charlotte Motor Speedway appearance with the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. He made his series track debut on May 20, 2005.

The Danville, Va.,-native has two top-five finishes and six top-10 finishes at the Charlotte Motor Speedway in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. In 2011, Peters started from the pole-position, and finished in the 32nd-place after being involved in a mid-race incident.

Speedway Stats: Timothy Peters has 146 combined NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starts on speedways (tracks 1 to 2-miles in length). He has two wins (Las Vegas, Phoenix), 33 top-five finishes and 72 top-10 finishes, and has collected an average finish of 12.8.

Pit Stall Selections … Pit Stall 40, towards Turn 4.
Atop the Pit Box: Chad Kendrick … Chad Kendrick, crew chief for the No. 25 Rackley Roofing Chevrolet Silverado, has two top-five finishes and four top-ten finishes in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at the Concord, N.C.,-facility in 13 starts. In addition, he is credited with leading 19 laps at the Charlotte Motor Speedway as a crew chief. He has three starts (2008, 2009, 2017) at the 1.5-mile track with Timothy Peters.

Catch the Action … The North Carolina Education Lottery 200 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway will be broadcast live on FS1 on Friday, May 28, starting with NASCAR RaceDay: NCWTS Charlotte at 8:00 p.m. (ET). It will also broadcast live at 8:00 p.m. (ET) on the Motor Racing Network (MRN) and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. Qualifying for the tenth event of the 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series schedule will air on Friday at 5:30 p.m. (ET) on FS1.

In the Rearview Mirror: Circuit of the Americas (COTA) … Timothy Peters, driver of the No. 25 Rackley Roofing Chevrolet Silverado for Rackley W.A.R., finished in the 32nd-place in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Toyota Tundra 225 at the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) on Saturday, May 22, in Austin, Texas. Peters started in the 18th-place in the 36-truck field, and at the end of Stage 1 on Lap 12 he was in the 17th-place. A mechanical issue dropped him back in the field with an issue with the fuel pump. By the end of Stage 2 on Lap 26, Peters was scored in the 33rd-place. On Lap 27 Peters received an infraction for pitting outside of the assigned pit box which resulted in a one lap penalty that was served on Lap 28.

He was scored as high as the 15th-place at the Circuit of the Americas.

QUOTE WORTHY

Timothy Peters, driver of the No. 25 Rackley Roofing Chevrolet Silverado for Rackley W.A.R.
On the Charlotte Motor Speedway:
“I am hoping for a good weekend at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. It seems like some ‘gremlins’ continue to plague us,
and I hope to get that monkey off our backs this weekend. Our Rackley W.A.R. team has been working hard week-in, and
week-out. I am glad we have another practice session this week to tune-in our No. 25 Rackley Roofing Chevrolet Silverado.”

Follow Rackley W.A.R. on Social Media … To keep up-to-date with the latest news, information and exclusive content,
visit Rackley W.A.R.’s Twitter page – @Rackley_WAR, and on Instagram at @rackley_war. “Like” Rackley W.A.R. on the
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CONCORD, N.C.: Set to make his fifth NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) start of the season in Friday night’s N.C. Education Lottery 200 at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway, Spencer Davis is seeking redemption.

Last year, Davis had hopes to shine with his family-owned Spencer Davis Motorsports (SDM) team, but a transmission issue hindered the team’s performance and left them with a disappointing 40th place finish.

Fast forward 12 months later, Davis believes his team is in a much better place and ready to deliver in one of the most anticipated races of the 2021 NCWTS season.

“Charlotte is such a huge race for a variety of reasons,” said Davis. “Everyone wants to go there and do well because it’s the centerpiece race of the Truck Series schedule – but it’s also a chance to shine in the backyard of so many teams, including ours.

“The place is extremely fast, but I enjoy the speed. The track has numerous characteristics as well which can make it a driver’s race track. Thankfully, we have practice and qualifying before the race on Friday night, so we have an opportunity to dial in our No. 11 INOX Supreme Lubricants Toyota Tundra.”

Davis sat on the sidelines last weekend for the series’ most recent race at Circuit of the Americas while road course racing standout Camden Murphy took the driving controls. Despite a soaked race day which included qualifying and racing on wet weather tires, Murphy contended for a top-10 finish but was spun late.

He recovered to finish a modest 19th. While not quite a top-10, Davis was more than satisfied with Murphy’s performance.

“Camden did everything we asked him off and then some,” added Davis. “The conditions were not ideal last weekend at Circuit of the Americas, but as a team, we charged through the challenges and we have some much-welcomed momentum to carry us to Charlotte after our Darlington hiccup.”

Inching closer towards the second half of the 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season, Davis says his Mooresville, N.C.-based team continues to make huge strides and expects the family-owned organization to rise up during the upcoming stretch.

“We’ve put a lot of emphasis on our Charlotte truck – not only because it’s such a huge race, but it is a place where it can give us a lot of notes for some of the upcoming races on the schedule, including Texas Motor Speedway. Our goal is a top-15 or better on Friday night and I hope we can deliver.”

In February, SDM announced that INOX Supreme Lubricants will serve as the team’s primary partner this season.

INOX product range was first released in 1989 with the Original INOX MX3 Lubricant. The original MX3 product was in development stages for two years prior to release with testing and focus on creating the right product for the market.

The INOX product range continues to grow with 12 products on the market, each with their own many specialized qualities used in all different industries. All their products are tested and trialed before hitting the market to ensure the best of quality is maintained in the INOX name. INOX products are available at all major industrial, electrical, automotive, hardware, bearing and mining, marine, fishing and tackle outlets, plus many more locations.

A wholly owned Australian company Candan Industries is now exporting to over 25 countries including United States of America, Canada, France, South Africa, New Zealand, Indonesia and Malaysia.

“Excited to have a long-time friendship turn into a season-long partnership with INOX Supreme Lubricants,” said Davis. “I can’t thank Angel and James at INOX enough for their continued support and partnership with our small team.

“We use their products day to day on our race team and in our machines at our business. A quality product and amazing people helped bring this all together.”

Entering Charlotte, Davis, 22, has 27 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starts to his credit with a career-best finish of seventh at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway in Feb. 2018, with additional top-10s at Texas Motor Speedway (June 2018) and Kentucky Speedway (July 2019).

For more on Spencer Davis, please like him on Facebook (Spencer Davis Racing) and follow him on Instagram (@spencerdavis_29) and Twitter (@spencerdavis_29).

Stay connected with Spencer Davis Motorsports on Instagram (@teamsdm11) and Twitter (@teamSDM11).

The N.C. Education Lottery 200 (134 laps | 201 miles) is the 10th of 22 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races on the 2021 schedule. Practice begins on Fri., May 28th from 11:35 a.m. – 12:25 p.m. Qualifying is set for later in the day beginning at 5:35 p.m. The field will take the green flag a short time later after 8:30 p.m. ET with live coverage on FOX Sports 1, the Motor Racing Network (Radio) and SiriusXM Satellite Radio NASCAR Channel 90. All times are local (ET).

STATESVILLE, N.C. (May 27, 2021) – GMS Racing officials announced today that LiftKits4Less.com will sponsor Sheldon Creed’s No. 2 Chevrolet Silverado for 12 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races this season beginning in Friday night’s event at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

“I’m extremely thankful to LiftKits4Less.com for coming on board with us this season,” said Creed. “Our team is competitive week in and week out and I’m excited for the opportunity to get our LiftKits4Less.com Silverado in victory lane.”

“We are very excited about the opportunity to support GMS Racing in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series with Sheldon Creed as our driver. We got an up-close look at his talent level as we watched him win the LiftKits4Less.com Darlington 200 in early May of this year.” commented Christopher Davenport, founder and president of LiftKits4Less.com.

The No. 2 LiftKits4Less.com Chevrolet Silverado will debut in Friday night’s North Carolina Education lottery 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The race will air live on FS1 and MRN.

About GMS Racing – GMS Racing competes full-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series with drivers Sheldon Creed, Zane Smith, Tyler Ankrum and Chase Purdy. The team also competes in the ARCA Racing Series with Jack Wood. Since the team began in 2014, GMS Racing won the 2016 and 2020 Camping World Trucks Championship, the 2015 ARCA Racing Series championship as well as the 2019 & 2020 ARCA East championship and 2020 Sioux Chief Showdown championship. GMS has grown to occupy several buildings located in Statesville, N.C. The campus also includes operations for GMS Fabrication. More information can be found at https:/gmsracing.net

About The 4Less Group, Inc.:

Building off the knowledge and success of their e-commerce website liftkits4less.com, that targets the aftermarket automotive parts for Jeep Truck and SUV vehicles, The 4Less Group, Inc.(www.the4lessgroup.com) is now focused on launching the world’s first automotive parts only multi-vendor digital marketplace under the URL AutoParts4Less.com. The projected MVP site launch is scheduled for this Summer 2021. Also visit: www.autoparts4Less.com as well as www.LiftKits4Less.com

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North Carolina Education Lottery 200 | Charlotte Motor Speedway Race Advance

Team: No. 40 Marquis Chevrolet Silverado
Driver: Ryan Truex
Follow the Team: @NieceMotorsport; @Ryan_Truex

Truex on Racing at Charlotte: “I’m looking forward to Friday night’s race,” said Ryan Truex. “It’s going to be hot this week in Charlotte, so I’m thankful that we’ll be racing at night. Charlotte Motor Speedway is a tough track, and I haven’t raced there since 2017, so hopefully we’ll be able to use Friday morning’s practice session to get our Marquis Chevrolet dialed in.”

Truex at Charlotte: Friday night’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event at Charlotte Motor Speedway will mark Truex’s third start at the 1.5-mile track in the Truck Series. His best finish of fourth came in 2017.

The New Jersey native has four NASCAR Xfinity Series starts at Charlotte Motor Speedway, with his best finish of sixth coming in 2018.

Truex has one NASCAR Cup Series start at Charlotte, coming in 2014.

On the Truck: Truex will carry the Marquis colors this week at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Marquis, an employee-owned company founded in 1980, builds world-class hot tubs in the USA. Designed with cutting-edge features, Marquis hot tubs deliver the ultimate hydromassage experience, costing less to operate, and requiring the least amount of maintenance. Marquis is proud to craft spas designed to enhance health and well-being. For more information, visit: www.marquisspas.com.

About Niece Motorsports:

Niece Motorsports is owned by United States Marine Corps Veteran Al Niece. In 2021, Niece Motorsports enters its sixth season in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Niece also owns Niece Equipment, which has for over 40 years provided clients with reliable products at competitive prices. Niece Equipment’s reputation is built on service, integrity and dependability. The company provides water and fuel/lube trucks that are engineered with quality and durability in mind for the construction and mining industry. Follow the team on Facebook and Instagram @NieceMotorsports as well as Twitter @NieceMotorsport.

Gilliland and Team Still Riding Texas-Sized Momentum

MOORESVILLE, N.C. (May 26, 2021) – The latest winner in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Todd Gilliland will head to the Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway Friday evening riding the thrill of his win at the Circuit of the Americas this past weekend in Austin, Texas. Gilliland, who won his second career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race, is on a roll of finishes of sixth or better in four of his last five races. The team is fifth in the championship standings.

The Pete Store, a network of Peterbilt truck dealerships and dedicated partner of Front Row Motorsports (FRM), will once again show off their colors and brand on the No. 38 Ford F-150 team this Friday evening.

With locations spanning the Eastern United States, The Pete offers sales, service, leasing, parts, and financing of quality Peterbilt trucks. A recipient of numerous awards, including Peterbilt North American Dealer of the Year (2004, 2016 and 2018), The Pete Store is a respected dealer in the transportation industry with a track record for quality support.

Gilliland spoke yesterday on the Ford Performance Teleconference. Below is the transcript:

HOW HAVE THESE LAST COUPLE OF DAY BEEN AFTER WINNING ON SATURDAY? “They’ve been awesome. Really, just soaking it all in. Last year I made the playoffs and that was a huge high, but just being locked in this early is really cool and from here on out we can just go race. That’s what I’m most excited about. I’m gonna scratch and claw for each and every single point, but just very relieving and also very exciting.”

WHAT’S THE ATMOSPHERE LIKE AROUND FRONT ROW WITH A WIN IN THE TRUCK AND CUP SERIES ALREADY THIS YEAR? “It’s really good. I wasn’t here much past last year, but the attitude is way better in here. Just when you have success it’s that much easier to get up every day and come back in here and do it all over, especially the Cup guys. They do it 36 weeks a year and it just gets repetitive, but once you have just a little glimmer of hope here and there, even though we’re not them, hopefully we can keep them wanting to come back here and put in their best every single day.”

DOES HAVING THE WIN ALLOW YOU TO EXPERIMENT AT ALL AND YOU’RE NOT RACING AS MUCH AFTER THESE NEXT FEW WEEKS, SO HOW MUCH MORE TIME DOES THAT GIVE YOU TO WORK ON THINGS? “I think it’s huge, especially with no practice. We’re actually getting spoiler because two or three of our next few races have practice, so that might not be as big of an advantage, but hopefully once we get past this and we’re just back to racing every single week, we can experiment on some stuff — maybe looking forward to a track that might be similar in the playoffs. I think you hear a lot of people say that, but it really is a big advantage I’m feeling right now, being able to try stuff and really not having that exaggerated amount of pressure come the cutoff line of the regular season.”

HOW WILL YOU TRY TO STAY SHARP DURING THE SUMMER LULL IN RACES FOR YOU? “I definitely think we’ll do a lot of iRacing and sim work, but we haven’t really talked about too much other racing outside of the truck series. I know just at DGR, David Gilliland Racing, there’s always racing going on, so I’m sure I’ll probably go hang out with them some weekends, but as of right now we haven’t talked about me driving anything else. Obviously, two of the Cup cars here, I’m sure I’ll just continue to watch and try and learn from those guys as much as I can.”

CAN YOU GIVE A SENSE OF WHAT IT’S LIKE TO DEAL WITH BEING A YOUNG DRIVER AND DEALING WITH THE UPS AND DOWNS OF BEING IN THIS SPORT? “That’s a huge thing and obviously I think every up-and-coming driver goes through it. I’ve definitely been through it. It seems like you win a few races and you’re on top of the world and then two or three so-so months go by and you’re just not being talked about and it’s the next guy up. I think just looking back, and even nowadays, there are so many super young guys that are being put out there as the next big thing, but even when I was younger you’re still so unproven. There’s still so much racing to go in your career. I feel like I’ve matured leaps and bounds since I came into the truck series. People were saying great things about me when I came in, but I feel like I’m 10 times better than I was back then, so I think it’s all situational. I think you’ve just got to really take the best of every opportunity, but it definitely is hard going through it. Like I said, one day you’re on top of the world and the next you’re kind of just pushed to the side, but it’s definitely all good attention and I think you just can’t let yourself get too high and too low.”

HOW DID YOU LEARN THROUGH THAT PROCESS? “I think you just have to have good people around you. For me, it’s always been my dad. He’s always been keeping me steady through most of it because I’m sure he’s been there and done that already, so I think that’s the biggest thing — just staying focused through it all. There are so many little things that people don’t pay attention to throughout a race weekend. Sometimes where it goes good and sometimes where it takes a turn for the worse, so you just have to take the best things out of it and as a driver there’s only so many things you can control throughout the whole race weekend, so you just have to look at those things more importantly and kind of eliminate the things that you can’t control. If they go bad, you obviously try and fix them, but just work on yourself the most you can. It’s definitely a team sport, so you’ve all got to work together.”

DO YOU FEEL THIS COULD OPEN THE FLOODGATES FOR MORE TRIPS TO VICTORY LANE? “Yeah, I definitely could see that happening. I think even over the last month or so, the last month-and-a-half, two months we have made our trucks a lot faster. We’ve been more in contention every week. Kansas, we were second going into turn one on a restart, got blocked, but we had a pretty good shot there at at top three. Darlington, we ran up front and won a stage at a mile-and-a-half that was not good to us last year, and then obviously going to the road course and having a really good weekend. I don’t think this was a fluke by any means, and I think that’s the biggest thing I’m trying to talk to my team about is just stay focused. We need to keep making the little steps. There’s still a ways to go on the mile-and-a-halves and the short tracks, but I think we can get there and just any momentum is always a good thing. We just have to keep them motivated and for a lot of my guys this was the first win for them, so given that little taste of victory I hope it makes them that much more motivated to do more.”

WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO TO BE EVEN STRONGER IN THE PLAYOFFS? “I think that’s also something I’ve learned, just being in the top three series is that the seasons are long. You’ve got to be your best come the playoffs and you just can’t get impatient with any of that, just trust the process to be your best when you get there. There’s still a lot more steps we can take and I’m really hoping we can just take one step every weekend. We don’t need to make anymore big jumps — just to be our best come the playoffs.”

WHAT ARE SOME OF THE LITTLE VICTORIES YOU MENTIONED EARLIER? “For me, I think our first small victory came at Richmond. It was our first race where we were really competitive and ran in the top five or top 10 at least all day, and we ended up finishing fourth or sixth, I believe. But just running up there all day, that was our first race of actually being in the game. The race before that at Atlanta and Vegas we were 15th-20th and we were just out to lunch, so just being able to be in the game, being one or two changes away when you start the race, instead of maybe the whole package being wrong. From there, we’ve been more consistent every week. Like I say, Kansas was a way better mile-and-a-half for us and Darlington was another step better. A stage win is hard to get, so that was probably bigger than a small victory for us. That was a pretty big one for our team and all of those things definitely add up.”

Friday’s North Carolina Education Lottery 200 will be televised live on FS1 at 8:30 p.m. ET on FS1.

For more information about The Pete Store, visit www.petestore.com

About The Pete Store
The Pete Store, LLC is a commercial truck dealer group with locations from Massachusetts to Florida. An exclusive dealer of Peterbilt heavy and medium-duty trucks, they provide a range of services to the trucking industry including Parts, Service, Sales, Body Shops, Leasing, Rental, and Financing. To learn more about The Pete Store visit www.thepetestore.com

About Front Row Motorsports
Front Row Motorsports (FRM) is a winning organization in the NASCAR Cup and Camping World Truck Series and the 2021 Daytona 500 champions. The team was founded in 2004 and is owned by successful entrepreneur, Bob Jenkins. FRM fields the No. 34 and the No. 38 NASCAR Cup Series teams along with the No. 38 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series team– from its Mooresville, N.C. headquarters. Visit teamfrm.com and follow FRM on social media: Twitter at @Team_FRM, Instagram at @team_frm and Facebook at facebook.com/FrontRowMotorsports.