Tearing Apart the Trucks: Memorable Moments of the 2011 Season
From James Buescher and Ron Hornaday Jr. each making unlikely runs at the title to costly mistakes, there are plenty of reasons to remember the 2011 season.
Johnny Sauter
Beyond the Cockpit: Johnny Sauter On His Bucket List & Title Chances
Frontstretch’s Mike Neff caught up with Johnny Sauter as he waited out the rain for a few off the wall questions.
Tearing Apart the Trucks: Evaluating 2011 Championship Hopefuls
With just three races remaining to determine the Camping World Truck Series champion, four drivers find themselves separated by a mere 16 points.
Tracking the Trucks: 2011 Smith’s 350 at Las Vegas
For the second consecutive race, Ron Hornaday Jr. piloted the No. 2 Chevrolet for Kevin Harvick Inc. and took it straight to victory lane.
Tearing Apart the Trucks: Silly Season Finally Underway
While most of the focus has been on drivers in Cup, there’s a Truck Series full of Silly Season drivers not exactly taking the safe route.
Tracking the Trucks: 2011 O’Reilly Auto Parts 200 at Bristol
Kevin Harvick took the checkered flag 0.434 seconds ahead of Johnny Sauter to win the O’Reilly 200 Wednesday night (Aug. 24) at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Kevin Harvick Takes 3rd Consecutive Truck Victory at Bristol
In the end, Kevin Harvick was the victor as others ran low on fuel or wore out their tires at the end of the race.
Bubble Breakdown: Everyone Holds Serve at Michigan
When all was said and done at Michigan, the gap between 35th and 36th grew larger and the locked-in segment of the Sprint Cup field stayed stationary.
Tracking the Trucks: 2011 Good Sam RV Emergency Road Service 125 at Pocono
*In a Nutshell:* See Kevin Harvick. See Kevin Harvick go fast. See Kevin Harvick have enough horsepower and saved fuel on the final restart to get away from Kyle Busch. See Kevin Harvick win. Caution flags are the only one that kept this one close, with Harvick leading 44 of the 53 laps run en route to the win. Kyle Busch made his way up to second and managed to keep up with Harvick during the final green-white-checker restart, but Happy managed to get a drive on the high side through turn 1 that put this one away. Busch, James Buescher, Johnny Sauter and Austin Dillon rounded out the top 5.
Tearing Apart the Trucks: A Halfway Checkup & a Veteran’s Return
After what was an agonizingly slow start to season–as usual–suddenly the Camping World Truck Series has already hit the halfway point of the season. With just 12 races remaining, the 2011 campaign has already shaped up to be one of the more competitive ones in a few years.
Following the Lucas Deep Clean 200 at Nashville Superspeedway two weeks ago, Johnny Sauter held a 42 point lead over third place James Buescher, but that lead closed up considerably after last week’s visit to Lucas Oil Raceway. After waiting too long to change out a tire going flat, the driver of the No. 13 Chevrolet broke a swaybar and was forced to limp his way around the track to a disappointing 23rd-place finish. As a result, the top 7 are now separated by just 46 points with 12 races remaining.