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Truckin’ Thursdays: Takeaways From Bristol Dirt & 2021 So Far

Truck Series drivers racing on Bristol Dirt. Photo NKP

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It seems like it was just yesterday when the green flag dropped on the 2021 Camping World Truck Series season, but here we are headed into the Easter off weekend with five of 22 races already run and only 10 more before the playoff field is set. John Hunter Nemechek maintains the point lead, though …

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Truckin’ Thursdays: Grant Enfinger Making Most of Part-Time Schedule

Tanner Gray and Grant Enfinger race together at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Photo: NKP

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It all started with a last-minute announcement. It wasn’t until February when ThorSport Racing finalized its Camping World Truck Series lineup for the 2021 season, and just a few short months after racing for a championship and coming up short, Grant Enfinger was left facing down a part-time schedule. According to the team announcement, former …

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Grant Enfinger, Parker Kligerman Capitalize on Marcus Lemonis’ Trucks Bonus at Las Vegas

2021 Trucks Las Vegas Camping World-sponsored Parker Kligerman, No. 75 Henderson Motorsports Chevrolet, and Jesse Iwuji, No. 33 Reaume Brothers Racing Chevrolet (Credit: NKP)

Credit: NKP

With finishes of seventh and eighth in Friday night’s (March 5) NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Grant Enfinger and Parker Kligerman were the only drivers to collect more than $15,000 from Marcus Lemonis. Lemonis, the chairman and CEO of Truck Series title sponsor Camping World, stepped up in a …

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Camping World to Back Grant Enfinger, Others in Truck Series Race at Las Vegas

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(Photo: Marcus Lemonis Twitter)

Update (March 5): Marcus Lemonis has posted to Twitter the full roster of Camping World-sponsored trucks racing this weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. In all, 10 trucks will carry the scheme. pic.twitter.com/7f3Kz5Kbum — Marcus Lemonis (@marcuslemonis) March 5, 2021 Original: Truck Series sponsor Camping World will back Grant Enfinger in Friday night’s race at …

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4 Burning Questions: Now With 35% Less Jimmie Johnson

Enfinger, Grant - Martinsville 2020

(Photo: Brian Lawdermilk, NASCAR via Getty Images)

Is this really going to be the “best season ever”? That’s FOX Sports’ tagline for its coverage of NASCAR Cup Series action in 2021, at least. While I wouldn’t go that far, there definitely are some interesting things to watch out for this year. Perhaps the biggest test for these race teams is setting themselves …

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Christian Eckes, Grant Enfinger Splitting ThorSport No. 98

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ThorSport Racing is making two major changes to its four NASCAR Camping World Truck Series trucks in 2021, including one new addition to its stable. Christian Eckes will join the team in a part-time role in 2021, sharing the No. 98 with its previous full-time driver, Grant Enfinger, ThorSport announced Feb. 4. Additionally, ThorSport’s fleet …

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Truck Series 2020 Year in Review

NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series Lucas Oil 150

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It’s hard to believe that it’s been nearly two months since the Camping World Truck Series raced one of the most memorable seasons it will likely ever run. After running two races to open the season, the Truck Series (and basically the entire sports world) ground to a halt while questions surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic …

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Truckin’ Thursdays: Closing the Door on an Unforgettable 2020 Season

NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series Lucas Oil 150

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It’s hard to believe but the 2020 Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series has come to an end, and there’s really only one way to describe this season: Unforgettable. The season opened normally enough at Daytona International Speedway with the usual wreck fest followed by a finish that saw Grant Enfinger edge Jordan Anderson by mere …

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‘A Bad Ending to a Great Year’ for 4th-Place Grant Enfinger

2020 Kansas II truck Grant Enfinger NKP

(Photo: Nigel Kinrade Photography)

Grant Enfinger won his way into the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series Championship 4 race via his win in the series most previous race at Martinsville Speedway., but in the Lucas Oil 150 at Phoenix Raceway, Enfinger was fourth best. Enfinger started the race in first, but he repeatedly said post-race he never …

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Friday Faceoff: Who Are the Championship Favorites?

2020 Martinsville II Cup racing NKP

(Photo: Nigel Kinrade Photography)

Looking back at the Martinsville Speedway race in the NASCAR Cup Series, would you have officiated anything that happened there any differently? Or did the race play out as it should have? Luken Glover: Chase Elliott asked the question, “What more could you ask for?” in his post-race interview. He was exactly right. That race …

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Stock Car Scoop: Lineups for Phoenix

NASCAR Xfinity Series

(Photo: Nigel Kinrade Photography)

All three lineups were revealed for this weekend’s season finales at Phoenix Raceway. Who will lead the field to the green? Find out in the latest edition of Stock Car Scoop.  Frontstretch‘s newest podcast focused on the motorsports news of the week also has news on an Xfinity Series regular returning to his ride in …

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Truckin’ Thursdays: Breaking Down the Championship 4

NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series

(Photo: Nigel Kinrade Photography)

This Friday night (Nov. 6), the Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series will crown its champion, kicking off the championship weekend at Phoenix Raceway. Despite the lengthy shutdown forced by the COVID-19 pandemic, a lot of determination and creative scheduling has the series back on track to end as scheduled. Four drivers – Sheldon Creed, …

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