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Grant Enfinger Fastest in Texas CWTS Happy Hour

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ThorSport Racing’s Grant Enfinger, with a lap of 29.146 seconds (185.274 mph), was fastest in the 55-minute Happy Hour practice for the Camping World Truck Series at Texas Motor Speedway held Thursday evening.  Enfinger’s lap was one-tenth of a second faster than Kyle Busch Motorsports’ Myatt Snider was second. Brad Keselowski Racing’s Austin Cindric was …

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Tracking the Trucks: Kyle Busch Scores 49th Career Truck Series Win at Bristol

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(Photo: Barry Cantrell / NKP)

In a Nutshell: Kyle Busch scored his third win this season when he emerged victorious in Wednesday night’s UNOH 200 at Bristol Motor Speedway. The field waited out a rain delay of more than two-hours before taking the green flag. Matt Crafton finished second, followed by John Hunter Nemechek. Grant Enfinger and Ben Rhodes rounded …

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Darrell Wallace Jr.’s Michigan Truck Win Encumbered

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(Photo: Nigel Kinrade/NKP)

Darrell Wallace Jr.‘s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win in the LTi Printing 200 at Michigan International Speedway last weekend (Aug. 12) has been ruled encumbered, with crew chief Shane Huffman suspended for the next Truck Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway on Wednesday night (Aug. 16), NASCAR announced Wednesday. According to the penalty report, …

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Johnny Sauter Claims First Victory at Monster Mile

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(Photo: Barry Cantrell / NKP)

After earning stage points in every race this season, reigning Camping World Truck Series champion Johnny Sauter stepped it up Friday with a trip to Victory Lane. Sauter put an end to his winless streak at Dover International Speedway, likely ensuring himself a playoff position in the process. Due to an eventful, strategy-filled final stage, Sauter went on to …

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NASCAR Drivers Experience NHRA Horsepower at zMax Dragway

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(Photo: Mike Mercurio)

It was straight-line-meets-circle-track Thursday morning (April 27) at Charlotte Motor Speedway and zMax Dragway in Concord, N.C., as the star drivers of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series got a chance to swap seats with some of the ace pilots from the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series and get themselves a taste of nitromethane. Truck …

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Couch Potato Tuesday: FOX Deals with New Rules, Constant Wrecking

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Photo: Russell LaBounty/NKP

Finally, the season is underway.  Sadly, the three races last weekend ended up being the wreckfests that I feared.  The damaged vehicle policy created a real mess as teams weren’t allowed to fully fix their cars.  As far as I’m concerned, having that policy goes against the whole idea of getting drivers to race harder.  …

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Truckin’ Thursdays: Looking Back at the 2016 Rookie Class … So Far, Part II

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(Photo: Nigel Kinrade/NKP)

Part I Austin Wayne Self No. 22 AM Racing Toyota Starts: 19 Wins: 0 Top 5s: 0 Top 10s: 1 Average Start: 23.5 Average Finish: 19.9 DNFs: 4 The 2014 ARCA Rookie of the Year entered the Truck Series full-time to pilot his family-owned truck and has spent much of the year running toward the …

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Grant Enfinger Wins First Career Truck Series Race at Talladega

GMS Racing was tough to beat at the Fred’s 250 at Talladega Superspeedway in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, but the four-truck team’s eventual winner isn’t even one of its full-time drivers. Grant Enfinger, a part-time competitor for the team in the Truck Series this season, held off a charge from teammates Spencer Gallagher …

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Grant Enfinger, Korbin Forrister Lead Talladega Truck Practices

Talladega Superspeedway is known for being a track where everybody has a shot at winning, and Friday was no exception, as both NASCAR Camping World Truck practices featured part-timers on the top of the charts. The practices had a mix of solo qualifying runs, trucks going out in packs and teammates drafting together. Due to …

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Ben Kennedy Set to Join GMS Racing for 10 Truck Series Contests

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(Photo: Russell LaBounty / NKP)

After a few days of uncertainty, Ben Kennedy has landed a new job. Kennedy, 24, started the year out with Red Horse Racing, but was signed for only a three-race deal. However, the great-grandson of Bill France, the founder of NASCAR, will be joining GMS Racing for 10 Camping World Truck Series contests in 2016. …

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Grant Enfinger Quickest in 2 of 3 Truck Series Practices Friday

As the Camping World Truck Series heads to Atlanta, teams had over four hours to prepare their cars for qualifying and race conditions on Saturday. Throughout the three sessions, the same names remained up front with Grant Enfinger pacing two of the sessions. Practice 1: Enfinger led the way on Friday morning in the first of …

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