Brendan Gaughan steered the No. 62 South Point Hotel & Casino Tundra to a ninth-place finish after starting deep in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series field in Saturday afternoon’s Kroger 250. Gaughan qualified 31st, led seven laps and earned his third top-ten finish at the low-banked but high-action MartinsvilleContinue Reading
Jason White, driver of the No. 23 GunBroker.com Chevrolet, was on the fast track to being the biggest mover in Saturday afternoon’s Kroger 250 at Martinsville Speedway until a flat tire with three laps remaining in the 250-lap event derailed the freshmen team to a 22nd-place finish in the fourthContinue Reading
Every driver has certain tracks that he circles on the schedule, knowing that with his past experience, the race can be a highlight reel of good runs. For Max Papis, one of those tracks circled in red is Martinsville Speedway. The Como, Italy native has raced at the Virginia shortContinue Reading
Kevin Harvick and the No. 2 Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI) team headed back to Martinsville (Va.) Speedway with a mission: to win back-to-back spring NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races at the famous short track. The team found great success in seasons past, and hopes were high during the firstContinue Reading
After scoring his second consecutive top-10 qualifying position, tight short track racing took its toll on the No. 8 Chevrolet Silverado of Nelson Piquet Jr. Following major damage received from being caught up in an early-race incident caused by two of his competitors, the No. 8 team quickly repaired theContinue Reading
This is no April Fool’s prank, Chris Lafferty announced this past week that he would be driving with a new primary sponsor through 2012. TeaPartyRacing.com will be featured on Lafferty’s NASCAR Camping World Series truck. Together, TeaPartyRacing.com and Lafferty Motorsports will become a NASCAR promotional tool for The Tea Party.Continue Reading
Panhandle Motorsports driver, Johanna Long, brought the No. 20 Toyota Tundra home in her best finish at Martinsville Speedway – 18th position. The 18-year-old wheeled her truck for her first top 20 and her second showing at the famed .526-mile short track (the first in the fall of 2010, resultingContinue Reading
Justin Lofton and the No. 77 Lofton Cattle Toyota Tundra team knew that they had an extremely competitive truck entering the Kroger 250 event weekend at Martinsville Speedway. Unfortunately, the tight racing quarters on the half-mile short track won out, after contact from a lapped truck ended their charge lessContinue Reading
Vision Aviation Racing (VAR) driver, Dusty Davis, brought the Vision Airlines/Emerald Coast Resorts Toyota Tundra home 25th in his Martinsville Speedway debut. Davis qualified 19th for the Kroger 250 and quickly made his way to the front after the green flag fell. Up to 6th position on lap 60, Dusty wasContinue Reading
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