Miguel Paludo and the No. 7 team came home to Charlotte Motor Speedway looking to turn their luck around. After a strong final practice session, Paludo put the No. 7 Stemco/Duroline Toyota Tundra in the 12th starting position, marking his second highest qualifying effort of the 2011 season. Crew chiefContinue Reading
Timothy Peters and the No. 17 GearWrench team brought a brand-new truck to their home track at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The team had two solid practice sessions during the day on Friday, as the afternoon sun rose to its peak, the No. 17 team shined as Peters earned his firstContinue Reading
Matt Crafton, driver of the No. 88 Menards/Great Lakes Flooring by Mullican Chevrolet Silverado, entered Charlotte Motor Speedway on Thursday with a spring in his step. The 2008 Charlotte race winner was first in points and had finished every lap of every Charlotte race he’d ever entered – in theContinue Reading
Johnny Sauter, driver of the No. 13 Safe Auto/Curb Records/Carrier.com Chevrolet Silverado, came to Charlotte as a self-proclaimed “underdog.” In two previous NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starts at the famed track, the second-place points leader had fought track conditions and luck for no better than a 12th place finish. Friday night, however, despite aContinue Reading
As had been said since the announcement was made, the world was waiting to see how 2007 Formula 1 champion Kimi Räikkönen would do in his NASCAR debut in the Camping World Truck Series at Charlotte Motor Speedway Friday night. As many expected, Räikkönen did not disappoint, bringing home anContinue Reading
The smile on her face in the picture above the passenger side door of Kyle Busch’s Toyota shined brighter than the Tundra’s neon green-and-yellow NOS Charged Citrus paint scheme. It was Zahra Baker’s spirit that helped lift the No. 18 to a third-consecutive win in the NASCAR Camping World TruckContinue Reading
1 4 99 Carl Edwards Ford Aflac “Now Hiring” 0 100 Running 2 1 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M’s 0 100 Running 3 18 00 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron’s Dream Machine 0 100 Running 4 6 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Burger King 0 100 Running 5 3 16 Greg BiffleContinue Reading
Despite bringing home his career-best finish in six NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race appearances, Kyle Busch came up just short in his bid for a win in the non-points event Saturday night at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway. The driver of the No. 18 M&M’s Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR)Continue Reading
No. 4 crew chief Kenny Francis summed up Saturday night’s All-Star Race in one short, but amazingly accurate, sentence: “It looks like we took a knife to a gun fight.” Running third midway through the second segment, Kahne slapped the wall in turn one to bring out the event’s firstContinue Reading
Carl Edwards and Roush Fenway Racing put on a commanding performance in Saturday night’s Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. After finishing second in both the Daytona 500 and the Southern 500, Edwards closed the deal on a big one, leading 29 laps and pulling away to win theContinue Reading