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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series News and Notes
Event: Bucked Up 200
Date: Friday, March 5, 2021
Venue: Las Vegas (Nev.) Motor Speedway
Track Description: 1.5-mile superspeedway
Race: 134 laps / 201 miles

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 two starts with one driver, Timothy Peters,
resulting in an average starting position of 18.5 and an average finishing position of 25.0.

Under the Neon Lights Experience … 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 Las Vegas Motor
Speedway. The 2007 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Rookie of the Year has one NASCAR Xfinity Series start, and
one NASCAR Camping World Truck Series start at the Las Vegas, Nev.,-facility.

Timothy Peters
No. 25 Rackley Roofing Chevrolet Silverado

Sin City … NASCAR heads west to Las Vegas Motor Speedway this weekend. This weekend marks Timothy Peters’ 13th
Las Vegas Motor Speedway appearance with the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. The Danville, Va.,-native has one
win (2013), five top-five finishes and seven top-10 finishes, with 82 laps led. In 2016 Peters captured the pole award with a
time of 30.690 seconds, 175.953 mph.

Speedway Stats: Timothy Peters has 142 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 collecting an
average finish of 12.5.

Starting Lineup: The lineup for the 201-mile event was determined by using NASCAR’s competition-based formula, which
takes into account finishing positions from the previous race (weighted 25% owner and 25% driver, 24
th-place DAYTONA Road), the ranking in team owner points (35%, 24 th-place) and the fastest lap from the previous race (15%).

Timothy Peters will start at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway from the 19th-place on Row 10.

Pit Stall Selections … Pit Stall 35, 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 Las Vegas Motor
Speedway in 15 starts. Kendrick posted a fifth-place finish (2009), as well as an 11th-place finish (2017) with Peters at the
1.5-mile track.

Catch the Action … The Bucked Up 200 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway will be broadcast live on FS1 on Friday, March
8, starting with NASCAR RaceDay: NCWTS Las Vegas at 8:00 p.m. (ET). It will also broadcast live at 8:30 p.m. (ET) on the
Motor Racing Network (MRN) and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

In the Rearview Mirror: Daytona International Speedway Road Course … Timothy Peters, driver of the No. 25 Rackley
Roofing Chevrolet Silverado for Rackley W.A.R., finished in the 24th-place in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series

BrakeBest Brake Pads 159 at DAYTONA presented by O’Reilly at the Daytona International Speedway Road Course on
Friday, February 19. Peters started in the 27th-place in the 40-truck field, and at the Stage 1 conclusion he was in the 24thplace. On Lap 22, Peters came to pit road for scheduled service. By the end of Stage 2, Peters was scored in the 29th-place.
Under caution, Peters visited pit road for service to the No. 25 Rackley Roofing Chevrolet Silverado. On Lap 31 Peters
received some damage from an incident, and had a shredded tire.

QUOTE WORTHY

Timothy Peters, driver of the No. 25 Rackley Roofing Chevrolet Silverado for Rackley W.A.R.
On the Las Vegas Motor Speedway:

“I am ready to get back after it this weekend at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in our No. 25 Rackley Roofing Chevrolet
Silverado. The Las Vegas Motor Speedway has been good to me over the years. I am looking forward to returning to a track
that I have history at, and a track that I have won at.”

TIMOTHY PETERS LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY PERFORMANCE PROFILE
Date Event Start Finish Laps Status Led
September 24, 2005 Las Vegas 350 27 26 148/152 running 0
September 26, 2009 Las Vegas 350 24 5 146/146 running 2
September 25, 2010 Smith’s 350 18 26 135/146 running 3
October 15, 2011 Smith’s 350 11 3 146/146 running 4
September 28, 2012 Smith’s 350 2 8 146/146 running 18
September 28, 2013 Smith’s 350 12 1 146/146 running 3
September 27, 2014 Rhino Linings 350 17 4 146/146 running 26
October 3, 2015 Rhino Linings 350 4 2 146/146 running 13
October 1, 2016 DC Solar 350 1 9 146/146 running 13
September 30, 2017 Las Vegas 350 20 11 145/146 running 0
September 14, 2018 World of Westgate 200 14 19 143/144 running 0
March 1, 2019 Strat 200 18 12 133/134 running 0

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Bucked Up 200 | Las Vegas Motor Speedway Race Advance
Team: No. 45 The STRAT Chevrolet Silverado
Driver: Brett Moffitt
Follow the Team: @NieceMotorsport; @Brett_Moffitt

Moffitt on Racing at Las Vegas: “Las Vegas is a track that I really enjoy racing at, so I’m looking forward to getting our season back on track there this week,” said Moffitt. “We’ve had really strong trucks in the first two races of the season, we just don’t have the results to show for it. Phil and the whole Niece Motorsports group have been working hard on our STRAT Chevrolet. I’m confident we will have a strong Chevrolet on Friday night.”

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Moffitt at Las Vegas: Friday night’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will be Moffitt’s seventh start at the track in the Truck Series. In his previous six starts, Moffitt has two top-five finishes, including a runner-up result in 2019. In addition, Moffitt has three top-10 finishes, five top-15 finishes and has led 58 laps at the track. Moffitt has never finished lower than 16th in Truck Series competition at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

In two NASCAR Xfinity Series starts at the 1.5-mile track, Moffitt has earned two top-15 finishes.

Moffitt also has one NASCAR Cup Series start at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, coming in 2015.

On the Truck: The No. 45 Chevrolet will race with support from The STRAT.

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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.

Bucked Up 200 | Las Vegas Motor Speedway Race Advance

Team: No. 42 CircleBDiecast.com Chevrolet Silverado
Driver: Carson Hocevar
Follow the Team: @NieceMotorsport; @CarsonHocevar

Hocevar on Racing at Las Vegas: “Our season has gotten off to a pretty good start, and I’m excited to get back on track again this week,” said Hocevar. “Our CircleBDiecast.com Chevrolet looks great – I can’t thank them enough for their support. I am looking forward to racing at Las Vegas for the first time. Our team has worked hard to prepare this truck to race under the lights Friday night.”

Hocevar at Las Vegas: Friday night’s race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway marks Hocevar’s first start at the 1.5-mile track.

On the Truck: The No. 42 Chevrolet will carry the CircleBDiecast.com colors at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Friday night.

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Plan B Sales has quickly become the choice of dealers for a stocking one-stop distributor. Its product offering also includes Auto World, Greenlight Collectibles, BrandArt and are the exclusive distributor for University of Racing product lines.

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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.

Bucked Up 200 | Las Vegas Motor Speedway Race Advance

Team: No. 44 Fatheadz Eyewear/ Elliott’s Custom Trailers & Carts Chevrolet Silverado
Driver: Conor Daly
Follow the Team: @NieceMotorsport, @ConorDaly22

Daly on Racing at Las Vegas: “Ever since the checkered flag fell in Las Vegas last year I was bothering Cody [Efaw] about another chance to get in a truck,” said Daly. “I learned so much during my first experience in the Truck Series, I had to try and come back to put it to good use! Working with everyone at Niece was an incredible experience and I want to go out and be able to deliver for them. It will be a shame not to have Travis Pastrana out there to chase around, but I hope to be able to make him proud. A big thank you to Fatheadz Eyewear and Elliott’s Custom Trailers & Carts for coming back to support this effort!”

Daly at Las Vegas: In Daly’s debut last season at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, without practice or qualifying, the NTT INDYCAR SERIES regular finished 18th.

On the Truck: The No. 44 Chevrolet will race with support from Fatheadz Eyewear and Elliott’s Custom Trailers & Carts.

Founded in early 2004 under the direction of Rico Elmore, Fatheadz Eyewear started with exclusively catering to men with heads too large to fit in standard width sunglasses comfortably. To solve this issue, Elmore created a product line with four oversized sunglasses available in varying colors. Fatheadz Eyewear has grown to encompass nine distinct lines of eyewear for both, men and women, specifically tailored to serve its client base. With hundreds of unique product offerings, the innovation continues to drive its customer centric business.

Elliott’s Custom Trailers & Carts is an authorized inTech Trailer, United, Featherlite, ATC, Legend, Alumitech, Haulmark, and EZ Go dealership serving the Warsaw, Indiana area. Elliott’s Custom Trailers & Carts, values the opportunity to create a long-term relationship with customers, by giving the best customer service available.

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.

Bucked Up 200 | Las Vegas Motor Speedway Race Advance

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

Truex on Racing at Las Vegas: “We’ve had two great trucks to start the season and I’m confident that will continue this week at Las Vegas,” said Truex. “Wally, myself and the whole team are working well together. Our Jacob Companies Chevrolet looks great, and we are looking forward to getting it on track on Friday.”

Truex at Las Vegas: Friday night’s race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway marks Truex’s third Truck Series start at the track. In his two previous starts, Truex has one pole and two 12th-place finishes.

In addition, Truex has four NASCAR Xfinity Series starts at the 1.5-mile track, with his best finish of eighth coming in 2018.

Truex also has one NASCAR Cup Series start at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, coming in 2014.

On the Truck: The No. 40 Chevrolet will carry the Jacob Companies at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

JACOB is a nationally certified, WBENC, woman owned, multifaceted construction firm with a focus on construction, design-build services, structural concrete, and technology. Jacob specializes in hotels, stadiums & athletic facilities, parking garages, hospital & healthcare facilities, assisted living facilities, automotive dealerships and high-rise structures.

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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.

John Hunter Nemechek: Driver, No. 4 Mobil 1 Toyota

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Overview:
Event: Bucked Up 200, Race 3 of 22, 134 Laps – 30/30/74; 201 Miles
Location: Las Vegas (Nev.) Motor Speedway (1.5-mile tri-oval)
Date/Broadcast: March 5, 2021 at 9 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR 90

Neme’chek’ The Facts:

• John Hunter Nemechek and the No. 4 Mobil 1 team return to action Friday night in the first 1.5-mile race of the 2021 season at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. After two races, Nemechek sits second in the Camping World Trucks championship standings, nine tallies behind points leader Ben Rhodes. He leads the series in laps led (28), is tied for number of fastest laps run (8), has captured a stage win in each of the first two events and recorded an average finish of 5.0 in his first two starts for Kyle Busch Motorsports.
• The second-generation driver has made six starts in Camping World Truck Series action at Las Vegas, with a best result of fourth coming in the 2015 event. Last season, Nemechek raced at Las Vegas twice in the NASCAR Cup Series with a best finish of 20th in the September event.
• Nemechek is a six-time winner in Camping World Truck Series action, winning at least one race each season from 2015 to 2018 for his family-owned team, NEMCO Motorsports. Across 104 career starts in NASCAR’s third division, the second-generation driver has compiled two poles, 637 laps led, 29 top-five and 52 top-10 finishes resulting in an average finish of 13.0. The North Carolina native qualified for the Camping World Truck Series playoffs in each of his two full-time seasons, finishing eighth in the championship standings in both 2016 and 2017. He was voted the series most popular driver in 2015.
• The 23-year-old driver produced three top-10 finishes and an average result of 22.4 while competing for rookie of the year honors in the NASCAR Cup Series in 2020. He recorded a career-best eighth-place finish twice, both coming at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway, earned the Sunoco Rookie of the Race award four times and finished 23rd in the championship standings.
• Eric Phillips returns to KBM to lead the No. 4 team this season. Phillips led the No. 18 team at KBM in its debut season in 2010 and helped build the organization into one of the premier teams in all of NASCAR before departing at the end of the 2014 season. Under his guidance, the No. 18 team won eight races in its inaugural campaign and became the first team in Truck Series history to capture an owner’s championship in its first season of competition. In 2014, the Illinois native led the No. 51 team to an owner’s championship and his team’s 10 wins spearheaded KBM to a single-season Truck Series record of 14 wins. His 37 career Truck Series victories make him the winningest crew chief in Truck Series history, with 27 of those coming while at KBM. At Las Vegas, Phillips has nine starts in Camping World Trucks competition. In 2014, Phillips captured victory with Erik Jones at the 1.5-mile facility. He has collected one top-five, six top-10s, and an average finish of 12.6.
• The world’s leading synthetic motor oil brand, Mobil 1, features anti-wear technology that provides performance beyond our conventional motor oils. This technology allows Mobil 1 to meet or exceed the toughest standards of car builders and to provide exceptional protection against engine wear, under normal or even some of the most extreme conditions. Mobil 1 flows quickly in extreme temperatures to protect critical engine parts and is designed to maximize engine performance and help extend engine life.

John Hunter Nemechek, Driver Q&A:

How important is it for you to come out this week and have a strong run on a 1.5-mile track to show that you are capable of competing for the win no matter the track style?
“Having strong runs on a superspeedway to start out the year at Daytona and then going to a road course and leading a bunch of laps with another strong run there to now a mile-and-a-half, I definitely feel like being able to show up to every different style racetrack is only going to help us know that we are going to be competitive every single week when we show up no matter what style track. With it being the first 1.5-mile race, I’m super excited about it. I really like Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Hopefully we can go get the job done.”

How does the racing at Vegas in trucks compare to the other 1.5-mile tracks?
“I feel like the racing at Las Vegas is very interesting. It almost races like a superspeedway with how big the runs are in the draft and everything else. Overall, it is still your typical 1.5-mile racetrack. It’s something that I really enjoy. I love being able to manipulate the air and move around. Vegas is another place where you can move from the bottom all the way to the top to run the fence. Hopefully we can get up there Friday night.”

Is it going to be any different this week racing against Kyle now having him as a teammate and also being your boss?
“Racing against Kyle has definitely been a lot of fun. Growing up racing against him, he is always the guy to beat when you show up Super Late Model racing or in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series or the NASCAR XFINITY Series. Being able to race against him for so many years, he is up on me for beating me so many times, but I’ve still been able to beat him a couple of times. Hopefully we will be able to go out there and have a really good weekend and bring home the KBM trucks 1-2-3. Hopefully it is us in victory lane instead of him.”

John Hunter Nemechek Career Highlights:

• Six-time winner in Camping World Truck Series action, winning at least one race each season from 2015 to 2018 for his family-owned team, NEMCO Motorsports. Across 104 career starts in NASCAR’s third division, has compiled two poles, 637 laps led, 29 top-five and 52 top-10 finishes resulting in an average finish of 13.0.
• Qualified for the Camping World Truck Series playoffs in each of his two full-time seasons, finishing eighth in the championship standings in both 2016 and 2017.
• Produced three top-10 finishes and an average result of 22.4 while competing for rookie of the year honors in the NASCAR Cup Series in 2020. He recorded a career-best eighth-place finish twice, both coming at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway, earned the Sunoco Rookie of the Race award four times and finished 23rd in the championship standings.
• Across 51 career XFINITY Series starts, has totaled one win (Kansas Speedway, 10/20/18), one pole, 225 laps led, 12 top-five and 30 top-10 finishes resulting in an average finish of 11.6

John Hunter Nemechek’s No. 4 Mobil 1 Tundra:
KBM-058: The No. 4 Mobil 1 team will unload KBM-058 Friday in Las Vegas. Christian Eckes last ran the chassis at Kansas Speedway, where he finished in the sixth position. The chassis scored one win at Charlotte in 2019 with Kyle Busch.

KBM Notes of Interest:

• KBM drivers have collected four wins, four poles, 545 laps led, 12 top-five and 19 top-10 finishes resulting in an average finish of 12.2 across 36 starts at Las Vegas. Erik Jones won the 2014 event while owner-driver Kyle Busch won in the spring of 2018, 2019 and 2020.
• KBM holds the Camping World Truck Series records for most career wins (80) and most wins in a single season (14 in 2014). In addition to collecting a series-record seven Owner’s Championships, the organization has produced two championship-winning drivers: Erik Jones (2015) and Christopher Bell (2017).
• The No. 4 has 11 career victories at KBM and was the number for both of the organization’s driver championships.

Chandler Smith: Driver, No. 18 Safelite AutoGlass® Toyota

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Overview:
Event: Bucked Up 200, Race 3 of 22, 134 Laps – 30/30/74; 201 Miles
Location: Las Vegas (Nev.) Motor Speedway (1.5-mile tri-oval)
Date/Broadcast: March 5, 2021 at 9 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR 90

Mr. Smith Goes to Vegas:

• Chandler Smith and the No. 18 Safelite AutoGlass team head to Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the first mile-and-a-half race on the Camping World Truck Series schedule this season. Running a partial schedule last season, Smith made four starts on 1.5-mile tracks, earning a best result of fifth twice, including the September event at Las Vegas.
• Smith is off to a solid start in his rookie Camping World Trucks Campaign. He sits fourth in the championship standings, 30 tallies behind points leader Ben Rhodes, after finishing ninth at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway and 12th at the Daytona Road Course. His average finish of 10.5 is not indicative of his performance in the first two events, his average running position so far this season is 8.31 and he has scored points in three of the four stages.
• The 18-year-old Georgia native will compete for the Sunoco Rookie of the Year Award in 2021 after competing in a part-time schedule for KBM each of the last two seasons. Smith earned the Sunoco Rookie of the Race Award at the Daytona Road Course and after two events leads the rookie standings by 30 points over Carson Hocevar.
• The Toyota Development Driver has finished inside the top five in eight of his 18 career Camping World Truck Series starts, including a career-best runner-up finish at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway in 2019. Smith posted an average finish of 7.7 across his final seven of 12 total Truck Series starts in 2020, including third-place finishes in the series finale at Phoenix (Ariz.) Raceway and his first career superspeedway start at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway in October.
• The talented teenager recorded nine wins, 10 poles and an average finish of 5.3 across 33 ARCA Menards Series starts the last three seasons. He captured the pole in his series debut at Fairgrounds Speedway in Nashville (Tenn.) in April of 2018 and set an ARCA Menards Series record by winning four consecutive poles to start his career. He earned his first victory at Madison (Wis.) International Speedway in just his fourth series start in June of 2018. Despite running a part-time schedule, he led the series in laps led in both 2018 and 2019.
• Veteran crew chief Danny Stockman will call the shots for Smith and the No. 18 team this season. Stockman led the No. 51 team to four wins in his first season atop the pit box at KBM in 2020. He came to the organization with experience as a crew chief in all three national series, including a Truck Series championship with Austin Dillon in 2011 and an XFINITY Series championship with Dillon in 2013. Stockman’s XFINITY Series drivers totaled seven wins and 19 poles from 2012 to 2018 and after last season his Truck Series totals stand at eight wins and 13 poles.
• Stockman guided KBM owner-driver Kyle Busch to a dominant victory in last year’s Camping World Trucks event at Las Vegas. He also was victorious with Dillon in 2010 at the Nevada track.
• Safelite AutoGlass – the nation’s largest provider of vehicle glass repair, replacement, and recalibration services – will be the primary sponsor of Smith’s Tundra for 15 races this season. Safelite will be back on the No. 18 Toyota when the Camping World Truck Series resumes action March 20 at Atlanta (Ga.) Motor Speedway.

Chandler Smith, Driver Q&A:

How much of a challenge was it last year learning to race on the mile-and-a-half tracks?
“It’s definitely a learning curve and something new to learn. I feel like myself as a driver that I have gotten better at them, but there is still room for improvement. Overall, as an organization, I feel like our entire 1.5-mile program has gotten stronger. I’m looking forward to it.”

Las Vegas is the first mile-and-a-half track that you are going to for a second time. Does that boost your confidence?
“I’ve raced at Las Vegas once and we had a strong finish at the end coming out fifth. We’re going back with a similar package, so I’m ready for it. It’s going to be a little cooler. It’s my second time going back, so I’m expecting good results in our Safelite Tundra and hopefully we can bring home the trophy.”

Are you looking forward to racing against Kyle for the first time in the Camping World Truck Series?
“I’ve raced against Kyle in Super Late Models and learned a tremendous amount from racing against him there. I feel like I am going to get the same results when it comes to truck racing. Obviously, the bigger picture is to come out and beat him. I would love nothing more than that, so that is the goal.”

Chandler Smith Career Highlights:

• Across 18 career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starts has recorded 115 laps led, eight top-five and 10 top-10 finishes resulting in an average finish of 12.1.
• Posted an average finish of 7.7 across his final seven of 12 total Truck Series starts in 2020, including third-place finishes in the series finale at Phoenix (Ariz.) Raceway and his first career superspeedway start at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway in October.
• Produced three top-five and four top-10 finishes resulting in an average finish of 4.2 across his first four career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starts in 2019. He led 55 laps and finished eighth in his Gander Trucks debut at Iowa Speedway last July and then posted top-five finishes in his final three starts, including a runner-up finish at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway.
• Has collected nine wins, 10 poles, 1761 laps led, 22 top-five and 29 top-10 finishes en route to an average finish of 5.2 across 33 career ARCA Menards Series starts. Set an ARCA Racing Series record by winning four consecutive poles to start his career and earned his first victory after leading a race-high 102 laps at Madison (Wis.) International Speedway in his fourth series start.

Chandler Smith’s No. 18 Safelite AutoGlass Tundra:
KBM-070: The No. 18 Safelite AutoGlass team will unload chassis number KBM-070, a brand new Tundra, for Friday night’s Bucked up 200 at Las Vegas.

KBM Notes of Interest:

• KBM drivers have collected four wins, four poles, 12 top-five and 19 top-10 finishes across 36 starts at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. They have earned a collective average starting position of 7.9 an average finish of 12.2 and have led 540 laps.
• Erik Jones won the 2014 event while owner-driver Kyle Busch won in the spring of 2018, 2019 and 2020.
• KBM holds the Camping World Truck Series records for most career wins (80) and most wins in a single season (14 in 2014). In addition to collecting a series-record seven Owner’s Championships, the organization has produced two championship-winning drivers: Erik Jones (2015) and Christopher Bell (2017).
• The No. 18, the number which was on the first Tundra that went to victory lane for KBM in 2010, has 21 career victories.

Friday, March 5
Track: Las Vegas Motor Speedway, 1.5-mile tri-oval
Race: 3 of 22
Event: Bucked Up 200 (134 laps, 201 miles)

Schedule
Friday, March 5
Race: 9 p.m. ET (FOX Sports 1)

Hailie Deegan, No. 1 Toter Ford F-150

• Deegan makes her third start of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) season in the No. 1 Toter Ford F-150 on Friday night at Las Vegas Motor Speedway (LVMS).
• Deegan has two starts at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Dirt Track, located just outside the paved oval. In 2018, she started on the pole position and finished runner-up in the 102-lap event. In 2019, the California native started eighth and led the final lap en route to earn her first of two K&N Pro Series West victories that season.
• LVMS is the first 1.5-mile track of the season for the NCWTS. The mile-and-a-half tracks are the bread-and-butter of the series schedule and Deegan has one previous Truck Series start on an intermediate track. In October of last year at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Deegan made her first career NCWTS start and finished 16th.
• Two weeks ago at the Daytona Road Course, Deegan was in position to finish in the top-10 when contact on the last restart with another truck caused a tire to go down and relegated her to a 28th-place finish.
• Veteran crew chief Mike Hillman Jr. has 23 wins in the NCWTS, including two at Las Vegas – Todd Bodine in September 2005 and Kyle Busch in March 2018.

Deegan Quotes:

How much has your relationship with Ford helped you on the track?

“I’m so thankful for Ford and the resources they’ve given me. As a rookie driver in the Truck Series, I don’t have a lot knowledge on how these trucks handle. I can do the best I can with watching film and things like that, but when it comes to getting time in the Ford Simulator, that has been a critical part of my development, without that, I would be nowhere near where I am now.”

We hear a lot about the simulator, how realistic is it?

“It’s crazy how realistic the simulator is. I go there with my engineer and crew chief and we put our race setups in there and it gives us the ability to test a lot of different things since we can’t go to actual tracks to test. Having the simulator as a resource is a huge opportunity for me.”

Any hobbies outside of racing?

“Really, racing is my life so I keep busy with that. I have a YouTube channel and run my merchandise line and that takes up a lot of my time. I spend a lot of time at the shop to build relationships with the crew guys and getting to know them. I’m trying to further my career development and not get distracted with a bunch of other things.”

For her vlog, Deegan chronicled her trip to the second Truck Series race of the season at the Daytona Road Course. Click the image to view the episode.

Tanner Gray, No. 15 Ford Performance F-150

• Statistically, Las Vegas Motor Speedway (LVMS) has been one of the best tracks on the circuit for Gray with an average finish of 5.5 in his two career starts there with the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.
• In 2020, the west coast driver earned his first career top-10 in the second race of the season at LVMS by finishing eighth. He followed that up in the fall return to the 1.5-mile tri-oval by advancing from his 12th-place starting position to finish third.
• Dating back to 2000, crew chief Shane Wilson has been atop the pit box for 24 races at LVMS across the three NASCAR national series’ and the K&N Pro Series West. In those events he has five top-fives and 13 top-10s including two wins with Brendan Gaughan: October 13, 2001 in the K&N Pro Series West and September 27, 2003 in the Truck Series.

Gray on Las Vegas:

Two of your best finishes last season came at Las Vegas. Does that give you a renewed sense of confidence after a rough couple weeks in Daytona?

“No doubt. For whatever reason, Las Vegas has been one of the tracks that I have run really good at so far. We have had a rough stretch of luck to start the season, so it’s refreshing to be headed to a track where I feel like we can turn our luck around and get a good finish.”

David Gilliland, No. 17 DGR Ford F-150

• Gilliland has 15 career starts at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, but has only one prior NCWTS start there in 2005, finishing 22nd for Billy Ballew Motorsports. His career best finish at the 1.5-mile race track is a 14th-place effort in the Cup Series in 2009.
• LVMS is Gilliland’s second NCWTS start of the season in the No. 17 F-150. He competed in the season-opening event at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway and finished 14th.
• The No.17 entry was driven by Las Vegas native Riley Herbst two weeks ago the Daytona Road Course which resulted in a fifth-place finish.

Sheldon Creed, No. 2 Camping World Chevrolet Silverado
Las Vegas Motor Speedway Camping World Trucks Stats

• Starts: 4, Best start: 2, Best finish: 2, Top 5s: 2, Top 10s: 4, Laps led: 97

2021 Camping World Trucks Stats

• Starts: 2, Best start: 2, Best finish; 2, Top 10s: 2, Laps led: 18

Notes:

• Sheldon Creed will sport Camping World colors this Friday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Marcus Lemonis, CEO of Camping World, tweeted during the Daytona Road Course race for Creed to reach out to him regarding sponsorship for the season. Lemonis has made an effort to cultivate B2B relationships throughout the Camping World Trucks field.
• Creed and the No. 2 team will compete with chassis No. 324 this Friday in Las Vegas. Creed competed with this chassis eight times in 2020 where he lead 248 laps and scored seven top-10 finishes including two wins at Kentucky and the fall Texas race.
• Jeff Stankiewicz returns to crew chief for the No. 2 team this season.The 2020 championship winning crew chief reunited with Creed mid-season in 2019 after winning the 2018 ARCA Menards Series championship together. Stankiewicz has seven Camping World Trucks wins as a crew chief including five in 2020 en route to the series championship.

Quote:

“It’s very cool what Marcus (Lemonis) is doing and I’m thankful that he supports the truck series like he does. I think we’re going to have another fast truck this weekend, it’s going to race different than it did in the fall with the colder temperatures. I’ve never not liked Vegas, but the truck I had last fall really gave me confidence. I’m excited to get back there, I feel like it’s a track we have a shot at winning at and I would love to bring that win home for Maury Gallagher.”

Zane Smith, No. 21 Michael Roberts Construction Chevrolet Silverado
Las Vegas Motor Speedway Camping World Trucks Stats

• Starts: 2, Best start: 7, Best finish: 7, Top 10s: 2

2021 Camping World Truck Stats

• Starts: 2, Best start: 8, Best finish: 16

Notes:

• Michael Roberts Construction returns to sponsor Zane Smith’s No. 21 Chevrolet Silverado in Friday night’s Bucked Up 200 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
• Smith and the No. 21 team will compete with chassis No. 330 this weekend in Las Vegas. Smith led 168 laps in six starts with this chassis in 2020, including his win at Dover.
• Kevin “Bono” Manion returns for a second season with Smith and the No. 21 team. The pair racked up two wins and 13 top-10 finds in 2020 en route to a second-place finish in the championship standings. Manion has six Camping World Trucks wins, 17 NASCAR Xfinity Series wins and five NASCAR Cup Series wins in 19 years as a crew chief in the sport.

Quote:

“I’m looking forward to Vegas this weekend. I really like the track, it’s probably one of my favorite mile-and-a-half, we were just a little off on our set ups last year. I’m going to be starting deep in the field so hopefully we can get up through the pack fast and score some stage points and maybe grab a win. It would be great to celebrate my first win of 2021 in Las Vegas with all my family!”

Chase Purdy, No. 23 Bama Buggies Chevrolet Silverado
Las Vegas Motor Speedway Camping World Trucks Stats

• Starts: 1, Best start: 16

2021 Camping World Trucks Stats

• Starts: 2, Best start: 4

Notes:

• Chase Purdy made his Las Vegas Motor Speedway debut in the Camping World Trucks event last September.
• Purdy and the No. 23 team will compete with chassis No. 321 in Friday night’s race. The 23 team utilized this chassis four times in 2020 and scored one top-10 at Michigan in August.
• Tuscaloosa, Ala.-based company Bama Buggies will sponsor Purdy for Friday night’s event.
• Jeff Hensley rejoins GMS as crew chief for Purdy and the No. 23 team. Hensley has 18 Camping World Truck wins in 395 races atop the pit box through 17 seasons in the series. Hensley was previously at GMS in 2016 and served as crew chief for Spencer Gallagher. Quote:

“I’m really excited to get back to Las Vegas this weekend. I feel like we are going to be strong there and it’s an opportunity for us to really show the speed that this 23 team is capable of. It’s a track that I really like and I’m ready to get after it.”

Raphael Lessard, No. 24 Camping World Chevrolet Silverado
Las Vegas Motor Speedway Camping World Trucks Stats

• Starts: 2, Best start: 8

2021 Camping World Trucks Stats

• Starts: 2, Best start: 5, Laps led: 17, Stage wins: 2

Notes:

• Raphael Lessard will sport Camping World colors for this Friday’s Bucked Up 200 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Camping World CEO Marcus Lemonis put a call out on Twitter to assist any unsponsored teams on the entry list for the Las Vegas event. Lemonis has made an effort to cultivate B2B relationships throughout the Camping World Trucks field.
• Lessard and the No. 24 team will compete with chassis No. 309 on Friday in Las Vegas. The No. 24 utilized this chassis eight times in 2020 and scored three top-10 and two top-five finishes including a win at Bristol in September.
• Chad Walter shifts to the No. 24 Silverado to crew chief for Lessard in 2021. Walter has five wins in 208 NASCAR Xfinity Series starts at crew chief and led Tyler Ankrum’s team to a playoff berth in 2020 in his first season as a Camping World Trucks crew chief.

Quote:

“I feel good about Las Vegas. I think I still have a lot to learn about mile-and-a-half, but I got better at it as the season went on last year. I’m excited to see the truck that Chad Walter and the team have prepared and I’m ready to race.”

Tyler Ankrum, No. 26 LiUNA! Chevrolet Silverado
Las Vegas Motor Speedway Camping World Trucks Stats

• Starts: 3, Best start: 2, Best finish: 10, Top 10s: 1

2021 Camping World Truck Stats

• Starts: 2, Best start: 11, Laps led: 6

Notes:

• Tyler Ankrum and the No. 26 team will utilize chassis No. 326 on Friday night. Ankrum competed with this chassis seven times in 2020 and earned three top-10 finishes in those starts.
• LiUNA returns as primary sponsor for Ankrum’s No. 26 Chevrolet for Friday night’s race at the Daytona Road Course.
• Charles Denike move to captain the No. 26 crew for Tyler Ankrum in the 2021 season. 2020 marked Denike’s first full-time season as crew chief and produced two memorable wins, with Chase Elliott at Charlotte in May 2020 as well as Sam Mayer’s commanding win of Bristol in September.

Quote:

“I’m excited to get to Las Vegas. We didn’t have the best of luck the first couple weeks of the season in the season and I’m ready to put that behind us. GMS has been strong at this track previously so I’m ready to go out and try to earn my first win of the season and get a win at Maury Gallagher’s home track.”

ABOUT GMS RACING

GMS Racing competes full-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series with drivers Sheldon Creed, Zane Smith, Tyler Ankrum, Chase Purdy and Raphael Lessard. 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/.

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Kyle Busch: Driver, No. 51 Cessna Toyota

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Overview:
Event: Bucked Up 200, Race 3 of 22, 134 Laps – 30/30/74; 201 Miles
Location: Las Vegas (Nev.) Motor Speedway (1.5-mile tri-oval)
Date/Broadcast: March 5, 2021 at 9 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR 90

The Report on ‘Rowdy’:

• Owner-driver Kyle Busch gets behind the wheel of the No. 51 Cessna Tundra Friday night for his first of five NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starts in 2021. Busch will also pilot the No. 51 at Atlanta (Ga.) Motor Speedway (March 20), Richmond (Va.) Raceway (April 17), Kansas Speedway in Kansas City (May 1) and Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pa. (June 26). Since Textron Aviation became a partner in 2017, Busch has recorded 12 victories, 1,350 laps led and an average finish of 5.7 in 20 starts with the Cessna and Beechcraft brands adorning his Tundra.
• Busch, the winningest driver in series history, enters Friday’s event having won 38.1% (59/155) of the Truck Series races he has entered and finished first or second in 55.5% (86/155). He has won multiple races in each of the last eight seasons (2013-2020). The talented wheelman in recent years had scored a victory at every active NASCAR Camping World Truck Series venue that he had made a start at, but with Richmond being added to the schedule this year he will need to win there to keep that stat intact. He’s made two starts at Richmond (2001 and 2005), with a best finish of 22nd.
• The Las Vegas native has won the last three spring Camping World Truck Series events at his hometown track (2018-2020), leading a combined 43.5% (175/402) of the total laps in those races. More impressively, Busch has won each of those races with a different crew chief. Mike Hillman Jr. was atop the pit box for his first Truck Series win at Las Vegas in 2018, Rudy Fugle called the shots in 2019 and Danny Stockman led the No. 51 team to victory last year. In addition to his three truck wins at Las Vegas, the 35-year-old driver has two XFINITY Series triumphs (2016 and 2019), and a Cup Series win (2009) at the 1.5-mile tri-oval.
• ‘Rowdy’ will have the chance to make it four Camping World Trucks victories in a row at Las Vegas with four different crew chiefs on Friday night. Mardy Lindley is in his first season as a crew chief at Kyle Busch Motorsports. Lindley has guided his drivers to 32 wins and four ARCA Menards Series East championships since 2013, including back-to-back titles with Sam Mayer the last two seasons. Additionally, he earned the ARCA Menards Series Sioux Chief Showdown championship with Mayer in 2020. Friday night’s race will be the first time that Lindley has called the shots for a Camping World Trucks event on a mile-and-a-half track.
• Busch’s three career wins at Las Vegas are the most by a Camping World Truck Series driver. His 273 laps led at the Nevada track rank third, behind Jack Sprague (298) and Ron Hornaday Jr. (282).
• After two events, the No. 51 team sits 17th in the Camping World Trucks owner standings. Drew Dollar finished 10th in the season opener at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway and Parker Chase was 23rd at the Daytona Road Course.
• For more than 90 years, Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. company, has empowered our collective talent across the Beechcraft, Cessna, and Hawker brands to design and deliver the best aviation experience for our customers. With a range that includes everything from business jets, turboprops, and high-performance pistons, to special mission, military trainer and defense products, Textron Aviation has the most versatile and comprehensive aviation product portfolio in the world and a workforce that has produced more than half of all general aviation aircraft worldwide. Customers in more than 170 countries rely on our legendary performance, reliability, and versatility, along with our trusted global customer service network, for affordable and flexible flight. For more information, visit www.txtav.com.

Kyle Busch, Driver Q&A:

Are you looking forward to your five races in the Camping World Truck Series this year?
“Competing in the Truck Series in my own equipment is something I really enjoy doing, and as long as I’m allowed to race and my name is on the door, I’ll be running as many as I possibly can. Marcus (Lemonis) and all the folks at Camping World have really done a great job to promote the series over the years and have a lot of cool incentives on the line this year for the drivers and teams. Competition wise, the racing is as good as it has ever been — it is not as easy as everyone thinks it is to go out there and win races on a consistent basis. This if our fifth year partnering with Textron Aviation and having the Cessna logo on the hood of my Tundra for my Truck Series races. It has been a really successful partnership — we’ve been able to get them to victory lane multiple times in each of the first four seasons. Our goal this year is to go out there and be a perfect five for five like we were able to do a couple years ago.”

Talk about working with a new crew chief in trucks this year.
“I’m looking forward to working with Mardy (Lindley, crew chief) and the guys he’s put together on the No. 51 team this year. Mardy came onboard at KBM at the end of last year just before the Snowball Derby, so we brought him along to the Derby to observe down there in an effort to get a head start on things knowing that he was going to be my crew chief for the truck races this year. He was able to sit in on all our post practice debriefs down there and listen in on the radio during practice and the race to get a feel for my communication and my terminology. I think without having any practice on Friday, that little bit of being around each other at track will be very beneficial. He’s won a lot of races in K&N and ARCA with several different drivers, and I’m confident that he’ll be able to continue those winning ways here at KBM. I’ve been to victory lane in the Truck Series at Las Vegas with three different crew chiefs the last three years, so I’m looking forward to the opportunity to keep that streak alive with a fourth different crew chief Friday night and at the same time hopefully add another victory to my resume at my hometown track.”

Kyle Busch Camping World Truck Series Career Highlights:

• Busch has a total of 155 Camping World Trucks starts and is ranked first in wins (59) and second in laps led (7,305)
• The 35-year-old driver has won 38.1% (59/155) of the NCWTS races he has entered and finished first or second in 55.5% (86/155). He has won multiple races in each of the last eight seasons (2013-2020).
• Busch has a total of 102 top-five and 123 top-10 finishes with an average start of 7.1 and an average finish of 6.8.
• Busch stands alone as the leader in all-time career wins in NASCAR’s national touring series with 213 total victories. He has earned 57 NASCAR Cup Series wins, 97 NASCAR XFINITY Series wins, and 59 NGROTS wins.
• In August of 2010, Busch made history when he won the NGROTS, NXS and NCS races at Bristol Motor Speedway, becoming the only driver to sweep all three of NASCAR’s top three series at one track on the same weekend. He then repeated the feat in August of 2017.

Kyle Busch’s No. 51 Cessna Tundra:

KBM-069: The No. 51 Cessna team will unload KBM-069 for Friday’s Bucked Up 200 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Chandler Smith finished third at Phoenix Raceway last November in the Tundra’s maiden voyage.

KBM Notes of Interest:

• KBM drivers have collected four wins, four poles, 12 top-five and 19 top-10 finishes across 36 starts at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. They have earned a collective average starting position of 7.9 an average finish of 12.2 and have led 540 laps.
• Erik Jones won the 2014 event while owner-driver Kyle Busch won in the spring of 2018, 2019 and 2020.
• KBM holds the Camping World Truck Series records for most career wins (80) and most wins in a single season (14 in 2014). In addition to collecting a series-record seven Owner’s Championships, the organization has produced two championship-winning drivers: Erik Jones (2015) and Christopher Bell (2017).
• With 34 victories, the No. 51 is the winningest number in KBM’s Truck Series fleet.