Vision Aviation Racing (VAR) driver Justin Johnson and the No. 51 Wounded Warrior Project/Vision Airlines Toyota Tundra team had a good truck but encountered some bad luck on the Martinsville paperclip. The Kroger 250 went green with Johnson starting in the 26th position. Before lap 50 he was mixing it upContinue Reading
Cole Whitt went into Martinsville wanting to win. If he wasn’t going to win, he wanted to, as he put it, “maintain.” The Red Bull development driver didn’t win Saturday’s Kroger 250. He instead stuck with the plan, maintained and finished sixth for the third consecutive top-10 finish of hisContinue Reading
Kyle Busch was minutes away from adding the elusive Martinsville Grandfather Clock to his impressive trophy collection when a late caution set up a four-lap shootout. Busch held point for the first two laps, but with two laps remaining Johnny Sauter got around Busch with a bump-and-run maneuver then heldContinue Reading
Johnny Sauter passed Kyle Busch on the next-to-last lap of Saturday’s Kroger 250 at Martinsville Speedway and held on to post his first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series victory of the season and the third of his career. Busch ran second, .453 seconds back. Ron Hornaday Jr. finished third, followedContinue Reading
Johnny Sauter, driver of the No. 13 Safe Auto/Curb Records Chevy Silverado at ThorSport Racing, was able to bump Kyle Busch from the lead on Lap 248 of 250 and held Busch off the final .526 miles to win the Kroger 250 at Martinsville Speedway this afternoon. It was aContinue Reading
Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM) announced today that they have signed former Formula 1 champion Kimi Raikkonen to drive a limited schedule in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series during the 2011 season. Raikkonen is scheduled to make his NASCAR debut as a teammate to owner Kyle Busch in the N.C.Continue Reading
After two hour and twenty minute practice sessions this morning at Martinsville Speedway in Virginia, the ThorSport Racing teams emerged in the top three at the end of the day. The No. 88 Menards/Tarkett Chevy, driven by Matt Crafton, was conservative in practice session one, running only 24 laps andContinue Reading
Brendan Gaughan gets tapped often to promote races at Martinsville Speedway. The fit isn’t natural. Gaughan graduated from Georgetown University, he hails from Las Vegas, NV, and he didn’t cut his teeth racing on short tracks. Still, the old-school charm of the flat, tight half-mile circuit is not lost onContinue Reading
As Martinsville Speedway gets its turn on the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series schedule this weekend, Todd Bodine and the No. 30 Germain.com Tundra team are looking forward to continuing to build on what they had at the Virginia short-track last fall when the Chemung, NY, native led 83 lapsContinue Reading
A motivational letter that Kyle Busch received during the off season from Kyle Savoie (sa-VOY), a 12-year old fan, has inspired Busch to develop a program that will recognize children for experiences and achievements that had a positive effect on their lives. The “Riding Shotgun With Kyle Busch Motorsports” EssayContinue Reading