NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series

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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
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Category Stock cars, pickup truck racing
Country United States  · Canada
Inaugural season 1995
Manufacturers Chevrolet  · Ford  · Toyota
Engine suppliers Ilmor Engineering Ltd.
Tire suppliers Goodyear
Drivers' champion Sheldon Creed
Teams' champion GMS Racing
Makes' champion Chevrolet
Official website Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series
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The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series is a pickup truck racing series owned and operated by the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, and is the only series in NASCAR to race modified-production pickup trucks. The series is one of three national divisions of NASCAR, ranking as the third tier behind the second-tier NASCAR Xfinity Series and the top level NASCAR Cup Series. Camping World was the title sponsor from 2009 to 2018; it replaced Craftsman, which served in that role from 1996 through 2008. [1]

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The series was previously called the NASCAR SuperTruck Series in 1995, the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series from 1996 through 2008, the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series from 2009 through 2018, and the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series in 2019. The series name will revert to the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starting in 2021.

History

Craftsman Truck Series

The trucks of Lance Norick (No. 90) and Terry Cook (No. 88) racing in 1998 Lance Norick L&R Racing Dodge 1998.jpg
The trucks of Lance Norick (No. 90) and Terry Cook (No. 88) racing in 1998

The idea for the Truck Series dates back to 1991. [2] A group of SCORE off-road racers (Dick Landfield, Jimmy Smith, Jim Venable, and Frank "Scoop" Vessels) [3] had concerns about desert racing's future, and decided to create a pavement truck racing series. They visited NASCAR Western Operations Vice President Ken Clapp to promote the idea, who consulted Bill France Jr. with it, but the plans fell apart. Afterwards, Clapp told the four to build a truck before NASCAR considered it. Bakersfield fabricator Gary Collins built a prototype truck, which were first shown off during Speedweeks for the 1994 Daytona 500 [2] and tested by truck owner Jim Smith around Daytona International Speedway. [4] The truck proved to be popular among fans, and NASCAR arranged a meeting in a Burbank, California hotel on April 11, 1994; the meeting ultimately led to the creation of the "SuperTruck Series". [2]

Four demonstration races were held at Mesa Marin Raceway, Portland Speedway, Saugus Speedway and Tucson Raceway Park. [3] Tucson held four events that winter, which were nationally televised during the Winter Heat Series coverage. [3] Tools line Craftsman served as the sponsor of the series on a three-year deal, and the series was renamed to the "Craftsman Truck Series" in 1996. In addition, the series' $580,000 purse is larger than the Busch Grand National Series' fund. [5] While a new series, it garnered immediate support from many prominent Winston Cup Series team owners and drivers. Prominent Cup owners Richard Childress, Rick Hendrick, and Jack Roush owned truck teams, and top drivers such as Dale Earnhardt and Ernie Irvan also fielded SuperTrucks for others. [5] The series also attracted the attention of drivers like sprint car racing star Sammy Swindell, Walker Evans of off-road racing fame, open-wheel veteran Mike Bliss, and Atlanta Falcons head coach Jerry Glanville. [2] The inaugural race, the Skoal Bandit Copper World Classic at Phoenix International Raceway, was held on February 5; the race, featuring an event-record crowd of 38,000 spectators, [2] concluded with eventual series champion Mike Skinner holding off Cup veteran Terry Labonte to win. [6]

Camping World Truck Series

The Camping World Truck Series vehicle of three-time series champion Matt Crafton Matt Crafton NASCAR Truck shown at Road America 2012.jpg
The Camping World Truck Series vehicle of three-time series champion Matt Crafton

At the end of the 2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series schedule, Craftsman stopped sponsoring the series. Subsequently, Camping World signed a seven-year contract with NASCAR, rebranding the series as the "Camping World Truck Series". [7]

With decreasing money and increasing costs, [8] the series has struggled financially with sponsorship and prize money, the latter often being low, [9] while the former would prompt teams to shut down to reduce in size. Teams like Richard Childress Racing, a Cup team with 31 Truck wins, [10] shut down their Truck operations; in RCR's case, after the 2013 season. After the 2014 season, Brad Keselowski stated his Brad Keselowski Racing team had lost $1 million despite recording a win that year, [11] and told the Sporting News : "The truck series, you have to be able to lose money on a constant basis. That's just how the system works." [12] BKR ended up shutting down after the 2017 season. To cut costs, NASCAR required teams to use sealed engines, with teams not being allowed to run at most three races with a previously-used engine. Additionally, NASCAR reduced the maximum number of pit crew members allowed over the wall for a pit stop from seven to five, and required teams to only take either fuel or tires on a single pit stop in 2009. [13] This requirement was abandoned for the 2010 season.

Starting with the 2011 season, NASCAR implemented a new rule that allows drivers to compete for the drivers' championship in only one of the three national touring series (Cup, Xfinity, or Truck) in a given season. [14] On January 19, 2016, NASCAR announced the introduction of a playoff format similar to the NASCAR Cup Series Chase for the Championship: the format consists of eight drivers across three rounds, with two drivers being eliminated after each round. [15] Starting in 2020 season, the playoff was expanded to 10 drivers, with two being eliminated after the first round and four being eliminated after the second round. [16]

Camping World signed a seven-year extension in 2014 to remain the title sponsor of the Truck Series until at least 2022. In September 2020, Camping World announced the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series will be renamed back to the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starting in 2021. [17]

Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series

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2019 NextEra Energy 250, first race under Gander Outdoors sponsorship

On May 8, 2018, NASCAR and Camping World announced the Truck Series title sponsor would be moved to Camping World subsidiary Gander Outdoors starting in 2019, renaming it the "NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series". The contract through 2022 is scheduled to continue as planned. After the 2019 season, the series was rebranded yet again, this time to the "NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series", starting in 2020. [18] [19] The Camping World Truck Series name will be restored in 2021. [20]

Drivers

Most of the first drivers in the series were veteran short track drivers who had not made it [9] or struggled to thrive in the other NASCAR national series; for example, 1991 Featherlite Southwest Tour champion Rick Carelli [21] had failed to qualify twelve times for Cup races across 1991–1994, with only nine career Cup starts, but he finished sixth in the inaugural Truck Series championship. [22] It is worth noting that most of the early champions have become NASCAR Cup Series regulars later in their careers, such as 1995 champion Skinner, who joined Richard Childress Racing's Cup team in 1997, [23] competing on a full-time basis until 2003. [24] Professional football coach Jerry Glanville was among the series' first drivers. [25] As the years went on, a number of younger drivers debuted in the series, using the series as a springboard for their racing careers. NASCAR stars Greg Biffle, Kevin Harvick, Jamie McMurray, Kurt Busch, Carl Edwards, and Kyle Busch each started in the series. [9]

An incident at a 2001 Truck Series race resulted in a major NASCAR rule change. In early November of that year, the Truck Series was running as a support race for CART’s Marlboro 500, that series’ final event of its season. Since the race weekend was being staged by CART and not NASCAR, its rules had to be followed. As a result, the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement was in effect and thus any driver who participated in the race weekend had to be at least eighteen years of age. The rule affected Roush Racing’s #99 truck driven by Kyle Busch, as he was underage at the time (16) and thus disqualified from the event despite having already qualified. The issue resulted in a 2002 rule change that mandated that any driver competing in a NASCAR national touring series (Truck, Busch, Cup) or any regional series race on the weekend of a national series race must be at least 18 in order to comply with the Master Settlement Agreement. [26] After NASCAR phased out tobacco sponsorships, the minimum age for regional touring series was changed to 16, and the Truck Series' rule regulated a minimum age of 16 for any circuit one mile or shorter (Rockingham Speedway included, despite it being 1.017 miles), and Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. [27]

In later years, though, the Truck Series has also become a place for Cup veterans without a ride to make their living [9] which included Ricky Craven, Jimmy Spencer, Dennis Setzer, Brendan Gaughan (who started his career in a family-owned team, and after his Nextel Cup attempt, returned to the family operation), Rich Bickle, Andy Houston, Todd Bodine, Bobby Hamilton Jr. and previous champions Johnny Benson, Mike Skinner, Ron Hornaday, Ted Musgrave, and Jack Sprague. The series was dominated by older drivers, most with Xfinity and Cup Series experience: in 2007, all ten top-10 drivers were over 30 years of age, [28] and 7 of the 10 had Cup experience, as did every race winner with the exception of Erik Darnell. Even though novice drivers play a minimal role in this "minor league" series, there is no controversy like the disputes over "Buschwhackers" in the Busch (later Nationwide, now Xfinity Series). No current Cup regulars drive a full Truck Series schedule, although Cup driver Kevin Harvick owned his own team in the series until 2011, [29] Brad Keselowski owned his own team until he announced its cessation of operations in 2017 [30] and Kyle Busch currently fields his own team, Kyle Busch Motorsports, respectively, driving part-time for his team. A current Truck Series field could be split into three groups: Cup drivers that compete as owner-drivers like Busch, or to receive additional money like David Gilliland; Truck regulars who compete full-time in the series; and young drivers who use the Truck Series to enter NASCAR. [9]

Racing and strategy

Qualifying

A Truck Series field currently consists of 32 trucks. Previously, 36 trucks comprised a field, but the number of entrants had been decreasing; in 2014, an average of 33 trucks were entered per race, the smallest field being 27 at Texas and the maximum being reached only eight times. [31]

For most races, a single-truck qualifying format is used. For tracks 1.25 miles and shorter, each truck gets two laps with the fastest lap counting. At tracks longer than 1.25 miles each truck only gets one timed lap. Road course events use a 2 part knockout qualifying format similar to Formula 1 with the top 12 qualifiers from Q1 advancing to Q2. At the event at Eldora, qualifying sets the lineups for a series of heat races which then determines the lineup.

The race

A Truck Series garage at Lowe's Motor Speedway in 2008 NASCAR Trucks in garage at Lowes Motor Speedway, May 2008.jpg
A Truck Series garage at Lowe's Motor Speedway in 2008

Initially, the series used a number of rules that differed from both Winston Cup and Busch Grand National Series racing. Most of the first races were no longer than 125 miles in length, with many being 150-lap races on short tracks. To save teams money by not requiring teams to hire pit specialists and buy extra tires, and because some tracks Saugus Speedway, Flemington Raceway, Tucson Raceway Park, Evergreen Speedway and Colorado National Speedway most notably—did not have a pit road safe enough for pit stops, or had pits outside the track, starting with the second race of the series in Tucson, NASCAR adopted a five-minute "halftime" break, in place of pit stops, where teams could make any changes they would want to the truck. The only time tire changes were possible were for the interest of safety, such as a tire failure, or a danger to the tire. The rule was popular with television and fans, and was spread for the entire schedule afterwards as pit reporters could interview drivers and crew chiefs for the break in a time without stress. However, starting in 1998, NASCAR introduced competition cautions, with each team being awarded four sets of tires; with this rule change, the halftime break was abolished starting with the race at Pikes Peak International Raceway. [32] In 1999, full pit stops were added, with drivers being allowed to pit during races, but were not allowed to change more than two tires during a stop. [33]

In 1996, some races went to two intermissions for full tire and fuel stops, while longer races were stopped at three times—a limited break near the one-quarter and three-quarter marks for fuel stops, and at the halfway point for fuel and tire stops. If tire wear was a concern, NASCAR also permitted two-tire changes if necessary in the first and third period breaks. These rules were influential in driver development. Drivers had to learn to conserve tire wear for up to a half race, which allowed them to learn conserving the truck. Some drivers used the rules to learn tire conservation for other series. In 1997, NASCAR started phasing pit stops. During the 1997 season, trucks could only legally take fuel and make adjustments during pit stops during the race. Tire changes were still illegal except for emergency causes and at break times.[ citation needed ]

For a short time in 1995, NASCAR adopted traditional short-track rules by inverting a number of cars at the front of the grid after complaints about some races where drivers led the entire event. That was dropped quickly after some races ended as walkovers for drivers, leading entire races.[ citation needed ][ clarification needed ]

Miguel Paludo's team performs a pit stop at Texas Motor Speedway in 2012 Texas Pit Stop.jpg
Miguel Paludo's team performs a pit stop at Texas Motor Speedway in 2012

A more popular rule that was effective until the middle of the 2004 season was the "overtime" rule. Unless interrupted by weather, Craftsman Truck Series races had to end under green flag conditions, and the rule mandated that all races must end with a minimum of two consecutive laps in green flag condition, often referred to as a "green-white-checkered" finish. Since racing to the yellow flag was prohibited until 1998 (and again in 2003 under the current free pass rule), scoring reverted to the last completed lap, and until racing back to the line was legalized in 1998, if the yellow waved during the first lap of a green-white-checkered finish, the entire situation would be reset. This rule meant some races would be greatly extended. In 1998, a CBS-televised race in Pikes Peak scheduled for 186 laps ran 198 laps (12 extra laps) because of multiple attempts, and the last such race, in Gateway International Raceway in 2004, lasted 14 additional laps (16.25 miles). A July 24, 2004 rule change for NASCAR's three national series meant only one "green-white-checkered" finish can be attempted, and the race can end under yellow in one of four situations—inclement weather, darkness, the yellow flag waving because of an incident during the final lap of a race, or the yellow flag waving after the one attempt at green-white-checkered begins. This was later extended by NASCAR to three attempts. (Although reducing the Truck Series attempts at a green-white-checkered finish to one, the rule change was part of NASCAR's implementation of the rule to the Cup and Busch Series due to complaints regarding NASCAR's policy at the time regarding late race cautions; the policy stated that a red flag would be thrown during a late race caution to attempt to ensure the race would finish under green but if a caution occurred after the window for the red flag, the race would end under caution regardless of where the incident occurred or how severe it was). Ironically, the first Truck Series race under the new rules ended with a yellow flag on the final lap.

In 2014, NASCAR banned tandem drafting, a method of racing in which two vehicles would line up with each other to gain speed, from the Truck Series. Drivers who commit the act are black-flagged. [34]

In the 2016 season, the Truck Series experimented with a "caution clock" rule, under which a caution would be thrown after every 20 minutes of green flag racing. No free pass was awarded for these cautions, and the 20-minute clock was reset upon all restarts. The caution clock was not used during the final 20 laps (10 laps at Pocono or Canadian Tire Motorsports Park) of the race, nor was it used during the Eldora Dirt Derby due to its format. [35] In 2017, it was replaced with the stage system adopted by all other NASCAR national series that season. [36]

Tracks

Initially, the Truck Series competed primarily on short tracks and tracks in the Western United States; the series' inaugural schedule included races at tracks in Arizona, California, Colorado, Oregon and Washington, with only five races in the Southeastern U.S., such as Louisville Motor Speedway, which was not run by the Cup Series. Additionally, the longest tracks run by the series, Phoenix International Raceway and Milwaukee Mile, were one mile long. [37] By 1998, most of the short tracks were phased out in favor of speedways of 1 to 2 miles in length, and more of the races were held at tracks that hosted Cup and Busch events concurrently, but some races were held with Champ Car and Indy Racing League events. Road courses were phased out by 2001, the last race being in 2000 at Watkins Glen International, but returned in 2013 with the Truck race at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. [38] Also in 2013, the Truck Series began racing at Eldora Speedway, the first time NASCAR has raced at a dirt track since the 1970 NASCAR Grand National Series season. [39] As of the 2015 season, the series races on 20 tracks: one dirt track (Eldora), one road course (Canadian Tire Motorsport Park), two short tracks (Bristol and Martinsville), two superspeedways (Daytona and Talladega) and 14 intermediate ovals. [40] The most recent addition to the series schedule is Atlanta Motor Speedway, which returned to hosting Truck races in 2015 after a two-year absence. [41]

Television and radio

The 1995 season's races were nationally televised on ESPN, TNN, ABC and CBS. [42] Of the 20-race schedule, TNN aired ten races, while ESPN aired seven races and CBS two, while ABC aired the race at Mesa Marin Speedway as part of its Wide World of Sports program. [2]

In 2001, NASCAR moved the series exclusively to cable, first with ESPN, and in 2003, switched to Speed, a network which provided supplemental coverage for Fox's coverage of NASCAR events. Network television returned to the series from 2007 to 2010 when two races per season (the Kroger 250 at Martinsville and the City of Mansfield 250 at Mansfield, with a race at Fontana replacing Mansfield) airing on Fox as NASCAR on Fox events. These broadcasts were discontinued in 2009.

On August 13, 2013, Speed was converted into Fox Sports 1 (FS1), continuing with all Truck Series race broadcasts, whereas some practice and qualifying sessions were moved to sister channel Fox Sports 2 (FS2). For the 2014 season, the Fred's 250 at Talladega had its race broadcast moved from FS1 to the Fox broadcast network. [41] For the 2018 season, the UNOH 200 at Bristol aired in primetime on Fox. [43]

Motor Racing Network has exclusive radio broadcasting rights of the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series.

Specifications

Manufacturer representation

The series was notable in seeing the return of Chrysler Corporation factory-supported race vehicles to the tracks. Chrysler withdrew its factory support of its Dodge and Plymouth brands after the 1972 season to cut costs, though teams continued to campaign cars with Plymouth and Dodge sheetmetal and power plants until 1985. Chrysler funded a small R&D effort, with factory funding and support for Dodge to return to NASCAR for the Craftsman Truck Series with the Dodge Ram pickup truck in 1997. By 2001 Dodge made a full-time return to NASCAR with a full factory backed effort. While Dodge continued to race in the other series until 2012, the Ram Trucks division (spun off from Dodge after the Fiat Group took control of Chrysler) raced in the Camping World Truck Series in Dodge's place. In 2014, Ram pulled out, leaving the Nationwide Series as the last series with teams fielding Dodge. As of the 2016 season, JJC Racing, MB Motorsports, Mike Harmon Racing and Faith Motorsports are the only teams in the Truck Series to field Ram trucks. [44]

The truck series is also notable for being the first major NASCAR series to feature Toyota, with the Toyota Tundra model making its debut in the series in 2004; Toyota had previously competed in the mostly-regional level Goody's Dash Series. The Japanese automaker became the first foreign nameplate to race in NASCAR during the sport's modern era. Toyota would later join the Cup series and Xfinity series as well, doing so in 2007.

FCA US (Chrysler)
  • Dodge Ram: 1995–2011
  • Ram: 2012–2016, (no factory support after 2013)
Ford
General Motors
Toyota

Seasons

YearRaces Champion Manufacturers'
Champion
Owners' Champion Rookie of the Year Most Popular Driver
1995 20 Mike Skinner Chevrolet No. 3 (Richard Childress Racing)Not awarded in first season Butch Miller
1996 24 Ron Hornaday Jr. Chevrolet No. 16 (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.) Bryan Reffner Jimmy Hensley
1997 26 Jack Sprague Chevrolet No. 24 (Hendrick Motorsports) Kenny Irwin Jr. Ron Hornaday Jr.
1998 27 Ron Hornaday Jr. (2) Chevrolet No. 16 (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.) (2) Greg Biffle Stacy Compton
1999 25 Jack Sprague (2) Ford No. 24 (Hendrick Motorsports) (2) Mike Stefanik Dennis Setzer
2000 24 Greg Biffle Ford (2)No. 50 (Roush Racing) Kurt Busch Greg Biffle
2001 24 Jack Sprague (3) Dodge No. 24 (Hendrick Motorsports) (3) Travis Kvapil Joe Ruttman
2002 22 Mike Bliss Chevrolet No. 16 (Xpress Motorsports) Brendan Gaughan David Starr
2003 25 Travis Kvapil Dodge No. 16 (Xpress Motorsports) (2) Carl Edwards Brendan Gaughan
2004 25 Bobby Hamilton Dodge (3)No. 4 (Bobby Hamilton Racing) David Reutimann Steve Park
2005 25 Ted Musgrave Chevrolet No. 1 (Ultra Motorsports) Todd Kluever Ron Hornaday Jr.
2006 25 Todd Bodine Toyota No. 30 (Germain Racing) Erik Darnell Johnny Benson Jr.
2007 25 Ron Hornaday Jr. (3) Toyota No. 33 (Kevin Harvick Incorporated) Willie Allen Johnny Benson Jr.
2008 25 Johnny Benson Jr. Toyota No. 23 (Bill Davis Racing) Colin Braun Johnny Benson Jr.
2009 25 Ron Hornaday Jr. (4) Toyota No. 33 (Kevin Harvick Incorporated) (2) Johnny Sauter Ricky Carmichael
2010 25 Todd Bodine (2) Toyota No. 18 (Kyle Busch Motorsports) Austin Dillon Narain Karthikeyan
2011 25 Austin Dillon Chevrolet No. 2 (Kevin Harvick Incorporated) (3) Joey Coulter Austin Dillon
2012 22 James Buescher Chevrolet No. 31 (Turner Scott Motorsports) Ty Dillon Nelson Piquet Jr.
2013 22 Matt Crafton Toyota No. 51 (Kyle Busch Motorsports) (2) Ryan Blaney Ty Dillon
2014 22 Matt Crafton (2) Toyota No. 51 (Kyle Busch Motorsports) (3) Ben Kennedy Ryan Blaney
2015 23 Erik Jones Toyota No. 4 (Kyle Busch Motorsports) (4) Erik Jones John Hunter Nemechek
2016 23 Johnny Sauter Toyota No. 9 (Kyle Busch Motorsports) (5) William Byron Tyler Reddick
2017 23 Christopher Bell Toyota No. 4 (Kyle Busch Motorsports) (6) Chase Briscoe Chase Briscoe
2018 23 Brett Moffitt Chevrolet No. 16 (Hattori Racing Enterprises) Myatt Snider Noah Gragson
2019 23 Matt Crafton (3) Toyota (11)No. 51 (Kyle Busch Motorsports) (7) Tyler Ankrum Ross Chastain
2020 23 Sheldon Creed Chevrolet (10)No. 2 (GMS Racing) Zane Smith TBA

All-time win table

All figures correct as of the 2020 Lucas Oil 150 at Phoenix Raceway (November 6, 2020). [45] [46]

  Indicates driver competed full-time in the 2020 season.
  Indicates driver competed part-time in the 2020 season.
  Indicates driver has been inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame.
Driver
Wins
Kyle Busch 59
Ron Hornaday Jr. 51
Mike Skinner 28
Jack Sprague 28
Johnny Sauter 24
Todd Bodine 22
Dennis Setzer 18
Greg Biffle 17
Ted Musgrave 17
Matt Crafton 15
Johnny Benson Jr. 14
Kevin Harvick 14
Mike Bliss 13
Joe Ruttman 13
Brett Moffitt 12
Timothy Peters 11
Bobby Hamilton 10
Travis Kvapil 9
Brendan Gaughan 8
Christopher Bell 7
William Byron 7
Austin Dillon 7
Erik Jones 7
Mark Martin 7
James Buescher 6
Terry Cook 6
Grant Enfinger 6
Carl Edwards 6
Austin Hill 6
John Hunter Nemechek 6
Darrell Wallace Jr. 6
Rick Crawford 5
Sheldon Creed 5
Scott Riggs 5
Mike Wallace 5
Kasey Kahne 5
Ryan Blaney 4
Kurt Busch 4
Rick Carelli 4
Tony Raines 4
Jay Sauter 4
David Starr 4
Rich Bickle 3
Clint Bowyer 3
Ross Chastain 3
Ty Dillon 3
Chase Elliott 3
Justin Haley 3
Andy Houston 3
Tyler Reddick 3
Dave Rezendes 3
Ben Rhodes 3
Aric Almirola 2
Chase Briscoe 2
Chad Chaffin 2
Stacy Compton 2
Cole Custer 2
Erik Darnell 2
Ron Fellows 2
Stewart Friesen 2
Noah Gragson 2
Denny Hamlin 2
Jimmy Hensley 2
Kenny Irwin Jr. 2
Parker Kligerman 2
Kyle Larson 2
Nelson Piquet Jr. 2
Robert Pressley 2
Brian Scott 2
Zane Smith 2
Tony Stewart 2
Randy Tolsma 2
Jon Wood 2
Tyler Ankrum 1
Spencer Boyd 1
Colin Braun 1
Jeb Burton 1
Austin Cindric 1
Joey Coulter 1
Ricky Craven 1
Cale Gale 1
Todd Gilliland 1
Kaz Grala 1
Ricky Hendrick 1
Shane Hmiel 1
Brandon Jones 1
Ben Kennedy 1
Bob Keselowski 1
Brad Keselowski 1
John King 1
Bobby Labonte 1
Terry Labonte 1
Jason Leffler 1
Raphaël Lessard 1
Donny Lia 1
Justin Lofton 1
Joey Logano 1
Sam Mayer 1
Jamie McMurray 1
Butch Miller 1
Ryan Newman 1
Steve Park 1
Bryan Reffner 1
David Reutimann 1
Elliott Sadler 1
Boris Said 1
Ken Schrader 1
Scott Speed 1
Jimmy Spencer 1
Daniel Suárez 1
John Wes Townley 1
Michael Waltrip 1
Brandon Whitt 1

Most wins at each track

Current tracks

TrackDriverWinsRace Pages
Atlanta Motor Speedway Kyle Busch (3 Active, 2 Defunct)5Active: Ultimate Tailgating 200
Defunct: E-Z-GO 200 (fall)
Bristol Motor Speedway Kyle Busch 5 UNOH 200
Canadian Tire Motorsport Park Chase Elliott, Ryan Blaney, Erik Jones, John Hunter Nemechek,
Austin Cindric, Justin Haley, Brett Moffitt
1 Chevrolet Silverado 250
Charlotte Motor Speedway Kyle Busch 8 North Carolina Education Lottery 200
Chicagoland Speedway Kyle Busch 5 Camping World 225
Daytona International Speedway Johnny Sauter 3 NextEra Energy 250
Dover International Speedway Kyle Busch 4 JEGS 200
Eldora Speedway Austin Dillon, Darrell Wallace Jr., Christopher Bell, Kyle Larson,
Matt Crafton, Chase Briscoe, Stewart Friesen
1 Eldora Dirt Derby
Gateway Motorsports Park Ted Musgrave 2 CarShield 200
Homestead-Miami Speedway Todd Bodine & Kyle Busch 2 Ford EcoBoost 200
Iowa Speedway Timothy Peters (2 Active), Erik Jones (2 Active), & Brett Moffitt (2 Active)2Active: M&M's 200
Defunct: Fan Appreciation 200
Kansas Speedway Matt Crafton & Kyle Busch 2 Digital Ally 250
Kentucky Speedway Ron Hornaday, Jr. (3 Defunct)3Active: Buckle Up in Your Truck 225
Defunct: Kentucky 201
Las Vegas Motor Speedway Kyle Busch (3 Spring)3Spring: Strat 200
Fall: World of Westgate 200
Martinsville Speedway Johnny Sauter (2 active, 2 defunct)4Active: NASCAR Hall of Fame 200
Defunct: TruNorth Global 250
Michigan International Speedway Greg Biffle, Travis Kvapil & Brett Moffitt 2 Corrigan Oil 200
Phoenix Raceway Kevin Harvick 4 Lucas Oil 150
Pocono Raceway Kyle Busch 2 Gander RV 150
Richmond Raceway Jack Sprague, Tony Stewart & Mike Skinner 2^ Cheerios Betty Crocker 200
Talladega Superspeedway Timothy Peters 3 Sugarlands Shine 250
Texas Motor Speedway Todd Bodine (2 Spring, 4 Fall)6Spring: Vankor 350
Summer: SpeedyCash.com 400

^ - Richmond Raceway was added to the 2020 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series schedule on April 3, 2019

Former tracks

TrackDriverWinsRace Pages
Auto Club Speedway Ted Musgrave 3 San Bernardino County 200
Chicago Motor Speedway Joe Ruttman & Scott Riggs 1 Sears Craftsman 175
Colorado National Speedway Butch Miller, Mike Skinner & Ron Hornaday Jr. 1 Colorado 250, More Info
Darlington Raceway Bobby Hamilton & Kasey Kahne 2 Too Tough To Tame 200
Evergreen Speedway Ron Hornaday, Jr. & Jack Sprague 2 Sears 200
Flemington Speedway Ron Hornaday, Jr. 2 Stevens Beil/Genuine Car Parts 200
Heartland Park Topeka Ron Hornaday, Jr., Mike Skinner, Joe Ruttman,
Stacy Compton, Mike Bliss
1 O'Reilly Auto Parts 275
I-70 Speedway Tony Raines 2 O'Reilly Auto Parts 200
Louisville Motor Speedway Ron Hornaday, Jr. 2 Kroger 225
Lucas Oil Raceway Ron Hornaday, Jr. 4 AAA Insurance 200 (LOR)
Mansfield Motor Speedway Jack Sprague, Bobby Hamilton, Ron Hornaday, Jr.,
Dennis Setzer, Donny Lia
1 Ohio 250
Memphis Motorsports Park Ron Hornaday, Jr. 3 MemphisTravel.com 200
Mesa Marin Raceway Mike Skinner & Dennis Setzer 2 Lucas Oil 250
Milwaukee Mile Johnny Benson, Jr. 3 Copart 200
Nashville Superspeedway Johnny Benson, Jr. (2 Summer) & Kyle Busch (2 Spring)2Spring: Bully Hill Vineyards 200
Summer: Lucas Deep Clean 200
Nazareth Speedway Jack Sprague & Greg Biffle 2 Goulds Pumps/ITT Industries 200
New Hampshire Motor Speedway Ron Hornaday, Jr. & Kyle Busch 3 UNOH 175
North Wilkesboro Speedway Mike Bliss & Mark Martin 1 Lowe's 250
Pikes Peak International Raceway Ron Hornaday, Jr., Mike Wallace, Greg Biffle,
Joe Ruttman, Mike Bliss
1 Rocky Mountain 200 Presented by Dodge
Portland International Raceway Greg Biffle & Andy Houston 1 Line-X 225
Portland Speedway Mike Skinner, Ron Hornaday, Jr., Rich Bickle,
Stacy Compton
1 Craftsman 200 Presented by NAPA Auto Parts
Rockingham Speedway Kasey Kahne & Kyle Larson 1 North Carolina Education Lottery 200 (Rockingham)
Saugus Speedway Ken Schrader 1 1995 Scott Irvin Chevrolet/Craftsman 200
Sonoma Raceway Ron Hornaday, Jr., Dave Rezendes, Joe Ruttman,
Boris Said
1 Kragen/Exide 151
South Boston Speedway Ted Musgrave, Mike Bliss & Dennis Setzer 1 John Boy & Billy 250
Tucson Speedway Ron Hornaday, Jr..2 NAPA 200 (Tucson)
Walt Disney World Speedway Joe Ruttman, Ron Hornaday Jr. 1 Chevy Trucks Challenge
Watkins Glen International Ron Fellows 2 Bully Hill Vineyards 150

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Kyle Busch American racing driver and team owner

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Johnny Benson Jr. American racing driver

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Steve Park American stock car racing driver

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Dennis Setzer American stock car racing driver

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Chase Briscoe American racing driver

Chase David Wayne Briscoe is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 14 Ford Mustang for Stewart-Haas Racing. He also owns a World of Outlaws sprint car racing team Chase Briscoe Racing. He won the 2016 ARCA Racing Series championship.

2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series 2020 motorsports season

The 2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series was the 26th season of the third highest stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in North America. The season began at Daytona International Speedway with the NextEra Energy 250 on February 14. The regular season ended with the ToyotaCare 250 at Richmond Raceway on September 10. The NASCAR playoffs ended with the Lucas Oil 150 at Phoenix Raceway on November 6, where Sheldon Creed won the championship over his teammates Zane Smith and Brett Moffitt in a 1-2-3 sweep for GMS Racing in the standings. ThorSport Racing driver Grant Enfinger finished fourth in the standings, the other driver to advance to the Championship 4. Austin Hill won the regular season championship and was the points leader for most of the season, but failed to advance to the Championship 4 and finished 6th in the standings.

The 2019 Ford EcoBoost 300 is a NASCAR Xfinity Series race held on November 16, 2019, at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida. Contested over 200 laps on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) oval, it was the 33rd and final race of the 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series season.

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