In one its rare standalone weekends, the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) will suffer from a small field.
NASCAR released the entry list for the June 13 NCWTS Drivin’ for Linemen 200 at Gateway Motorsports Park this afternoon (June 8). The list includes on 26 entrants, six short of a full field.
While the field is small, many strong teams will be present. John Hunter Nemechek, who turns 18 on June 11, will return to the No. 8 NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet as part of a plan for him to run the rest of the season. Nemecheck, son of Sprint Cup Series winner Joe Nemechek, led 53 laps at Gateway in 2014 before finishing in 15th.
Fresh off of two ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards starts at New Jersey Motorsport Park and Pocono Raceway, Cole Custer will return to the No. 00 Haas Automation Chevrolet for JR Motorsports. Custer, 17, has one career NCWTS win, coming last season at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
With the Sprint Cup Series and Xfinity Series in Michigan, no cup drivers will attempt Saturday’s race. In their place, Austin Theriault will pilot the No. 29 Cooper Standard Ford for Brad Keselowski Racing, Brandon Jones will drive the No. 33 Chevrolet for GMS Racing and Matt Tifft will make his third start in the No. 51 for Kyle Busch Motorsports.
Travis Kvapil will return behind the wheel of the No. 50 BurnieGrill.com Chevrolet for MAKE Motorsports, moving Ryan Ellis over to the No. 1 Altec Chevrolet.
The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series will complete all scheduled events at Gateway on June 13, with a 150-minute practice session from 10:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. ET, followed by Keystone Light Pole Qualifying at 5:45 p.m. ET. Coverage of the Drivin’ for Linemen 200 will begin at 8:30 p.m. ET on FOX Sports 1.
2015 DRIVIN’ FOR LINEMEN 200 ENTRY LIST
Entry | Car# | Driver | Sponsor | Manu | Owner |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 0 | Adam Edwards | Driven2Honor.org | 14 Chevy | Kenneth Grimes |
2 | 0 | Cole Custer | Haas Automation | 15 Chevy | Dale Earnhardt, Jr. |
3 | 1 | Ryan Ellis | Altec | 15 Chevy | Tracy Lowe |
4 | 2 | Tyler Young | Randco Industries/Young's Building Systems | 15 Chevy | Randy Young |
5 | 4 | Erik Jones | Special Olympics World Games | 15 Toyota | Kyle Busch |
6 | 5 | John Wes Townley | Zaxby's | 15 Chevy | Tony Townley |
7 | 6 | Norm Benning | TBA | 15 Chevy | Norm Benning |
8 | 7 | Ray Black Jr | ScubaLife.com | 15 Chevy | Bobby Dotter |
9 | 8 | John Hunter Nemechek | TBA | 15 Chevy | Sidney Mauldin |
10 | 8 | Korbin Forrister | Tilted Kilt | 15 Chevy | Ken Smith |
11 | 10 | Jennifer Jo Cobb | POWMIAFamilies.org | 14 Chevy | Jennifer Jo Cobb |
12 | 11 | Ben Kennedy | Local Motors | 15 Toyota | Tom Deloach |
13 | 13 | Cameron Hayley | Cabinets by Hayley/Carolina Nut Co. | 15 Toyota | Duke Thorson |
14 | 14 | Daniel Hemric | California Clean Power | 15 Chevy | Bob Newberry |
15 | 15 | Mason Mingus | 811Call Before You Dig | 15 Chevy | Billy Boat |
16 | 17 | Timothy Peters | Red Horse Racing | 15 Toyota | Tom Deloach |
17 | 19 | Tyler Reddick | BBR Music Group | 15 Ford | Brad Keselowski |
18 | 23 | Spencer Gallagher | Allegiant Travel | 15 Chevy | Maurice Gallagher Jr |
19 | 29 | Austin Theriault | Cooper Standard | 15 Ford | Brad Keselowski |
20 | 33 | Brandon Jones | TBA | 15 Chevy | Maurice Gallagher Jr |
21 | 36 | Justin Jennings | Mittler Bros Machine & Tool / Ski Soda | 13 Chevy | Michael Mittler |
22 | 45 | Tommy Regan | TBA | 15 Chevy | BJ McLeod |
23 | 50 | Travis Kvapil | BurnieGrill.com | 13 Chevy | Mark Beaver |
24 | 51 | Matt Tifft | ToyotaCare | 15 Toyota | Kyle Busch |
25 | 54 | Justin Boston | ROKMobile.com | 15 Toyota | Kyle Busch |
26 | 63 | Tyler Tanner | Vatterott College/Mittler Bros Machine & Tool | 13 Chevy | Michael Mittler |
27 | 74 | Jordan Anderson | TBA | 14 Chevy | Mike Harmon |
28 | 88 | Matt Crafton | Ideal Door / Menards | 15 Toyota | Rhonda Thorson |
29 | 94 | Timmy Hill | Testoril | 15 Chevy | Jay Robinson |
30 | 98 | Johnny Sauter | Nextant/Curb Records | 15 Toyota | Mike Curb |
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A short field! Who but everybody not employed by or affiliated with NASCAR could have predicted that? Aside from Brad K’s vanity two Ford team there were NO other Fords in last week’s truck race. If not for insecure Brad not realizing that no one cares how many home runs Hank Aaron hit in the minors there would be no Ford presence whatsoever. Like Dodge deciding that NASCAR offered little return on investment Ford, like everybody but NASCAR and the racing press, seems to realize that the truck series with its crowds of hundreds and invisible TV presence is simply not worth the time and money. None of us enjoys needless suffering. Perhaps it is time to euthanize this slowly dying series.
Well, another short field is very far from being a suprise. Hopefully, the quality of racing won’t suffer. Despite all troubles surrounding the series, it still produces the best on-track product among NASCAR’s top-3 divisions.