Securing his fourth NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) career top-10 finish in last Friday’s WinStar World Casino 400k at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Cameron Hayley, driver of the No. 13 Cabinets by Hayley Toyota Tundra, is ready to make his seventh different track debut of the 2015 season at Gateway (Ill.) Motorsports Park for the Drivin’ for Linemen 200.
Growing up in the short track world, the Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender is excited to return to his roots Saturday at the 1.25-mile oval in Madison, Illinois. However, with no previous starts at Gateway Motorsports Park, Hayley has been told it is a close comparison to New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, a track he does have experience at. The Calgary, Alberta, Canada native has one start to his resume at the 1.058-mile track in the NCWTS (September, 2014) and one start in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East (July, 2014). Hayley scored top-15 finishes in both showings, including qualifying on the front row and finishing sixth in his NCWTS debut.
Hoping to hone on his inner short track racing skills during the 160-lap event Saturday night, 18-year-old Hayley is confident he can keep momentum rolling. Maintaining an average finishing position of 12.2 this season, with a career-best finish of fifth at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City earlier this year, the Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender is knocking on the door of his first NCWTS win.
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“I’ve heard that Gateway is a very fast short track,” said Hayley. “I was able to race at Loudon last year and I’ve heard they are pretty similar in style to each other. That was a great race for me last year. I qualified second and finished sixth. Hopefully that will be a bonus for me going into Gateway this weekend. Short tracks are where I grew up racing, so it’ll be nice to go back to a ‘home track’ feel per say.”
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