Race Weekend Central

Entry List: Great Clips 200

Green Flag Atlanta Trucks 2015 Mike Neff

(Photo: Mike Neff, Frontstretch)

The first Chase slot for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series has likely been filled. Who will take the second? NASCAR released the preliminary entry list for the Feb. 27 Great Clips 200 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Tuesday (Feb. 23). The list includes 34 drivers, meaning two drivers will fail to qualify for Saturday’s race. …

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Ryan Truex, Parker Kligerman Fighting For NASCAR Second Chance

They say second place is the first loser. Well, try telling that to two drivers where winning Friday night at Daytona was actually taking the green flag. “I didn’t have a ride a few weeks ago,” said Ryan Truex after scoring a runner-up finish in NASCAR’s Camping World Truck Series race.  “You think about it a …

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Tracking The Trucks: Bell Flips, Sauter Slips Through To Daytona Victory Lane

In a Nutshell: A wild, competitive race which has been the hallmark of the Truck Series since its Daytona debut. In this one, the big wrecks were held off until the final ten laps. When they did finally happen, shredding the field only about a dozen were left standing. Johnny Sauter was the veteran rising above it …

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Sprint Cup Veterans Dominate 2015 VFW Sport Clips Help a Hero 200 Practice at Darlington

2015 Loudon I Nxs Kyle Busch Pack Racing Cia

(Photo: CIA Stock Photo, Inc. ©2015)

Friday saw the Xfinity Series take to the 1.366-mile oval for two practice sessions. Unlike Sunday’s Bojangles’ Southern 500, the VFW Help a Hero Sport Clips 200 on Saturday will be run in the heat of the day. As a result, being able to handle and be fast with the hot sun blaring down on …

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Truckin’ Thursdays: Memorable Moments at Talladega

2014 Talladega Ii Cwts Pack Racing Cia

(Photo: CIA Stock Photography ©2014)

Here we are again with another race weekend that the Camping World Truck Series sits silent, waiting for next weekend’s Friday night event at Kansas Speedway. While the Xfinity and Sprint Cup series head off to Talladega Superspeedway, I’m left getting my Truck Series fix by watching previous videos. I present to you some of …

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Truckin’ Thursdays: Memorable Moments at Bristol

Atlanta Trucks 2015 Timothy Peters Mike Neff

(Photo Credit: Mike Neff, Frontstretch)

The Camping World Truck Series may be sitting silent this week, awaiting its return at Kansas Speedway in three weeks, but the Xfinity and Sprint Cup series are headed off to Bristol Motor Speedway for a little short-track showdown. As is the case with pretty much every extended downtime, very little has gone on in …

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Racing to the Point: BK, Swan Racing Strategies Have Failed

2014 Michigan Ii Cup Alex Bowman Car Cia

(Credit: CIA Stock Photography)

You know when you’re about 4 years old and you want to go in the pool, but you don’t know how to swim, so you’re just kind of standing by it, and then all of a sudden a family member takes you and throws you into the water because he or she thinks the best …

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Parker Kligerman to Test Indy Lights for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports

Jeff Gordon does a burnout after winning at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2014.

(Photo: CIA Stock Photo, Inc. ©2014)­­

Parker Kligerman had his sets sight of running the full Sprint Cup Series schedule this season, however he was left without a ride eight races into the season when funds dried up and his team shut its doors. Since then, Kligerman has been searching for a ride, eventually that search leading him to open-wheel. On Tuesday, …

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Thinkin’ Out Loud: 2014 STP 500 at Martinsville

Key Moment – The caution flew with 40 laps to go. Teams came to pit road with Clint Bowyer in the lead, but Jimmie Johnson had it when the pit stops completed, a slow stop on the right-rear dooming the No. 15 Toyota to mid-pack. Kurt Busch came out in the third spot, which let …

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