The 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion Johnny Sauter was looking to back up his reign in 2017 and go for two consecutive championships. It would have been the first time since Matt Crafton did it in 2013 and 2014.
Ben Rhodes was able to collect a win during the 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season. However, he had to wait until the playoffs race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway to do so. Before we get too far ahead of ourselves, let's take a look at how Rhodes's season went.
The 2017 season started off with a bang for the No. 33 GMS Racing driver Kaz Grala. The season opener saw him starting on the pole and winning the race after a last-lap crash on the backstretch. Since that Daytona finish, however, he was inconsistent with his finishes.
The 2017 year saw two-time NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion Matt Crafton make his 18th career season start dating back to the 2000 season. The long-running sponsor Menards returned to sponsor him once again in the series with the different brands such as Shasta, Goof Off, Fisher Nuts, Ideal Door, Hormel Gatherings, Jack Links, Great Links, Rip IT and FVP just to name a few.
The 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series was an interesting one, to say the least, for John Hunter Nemechek. He hadn't scored a win since his first one at Atlanta in 2016. Come to find out, Gateway could have been his last race of the season if sponsorship did not continue. Before that, however, Nemechek had a career-best finish of fourth at Daytona.
2017 was the fifth season in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series for Grant Enfinger. He made all 23 starts in the series driving for the no.98 Thorsport Racing entry
The 2017 season got off to a rocky start for the sensational Kyle Busch Motorsports rookie. Gragson did not even get to complete a lap before he was involved in the infamous "big one" at Daytona International Speedway.
The 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series was an interesting one for Myatt Snider to say the least. The 23-year old made just eight starts in the no.51 Louisiana Hot Sauce Toyota Tundra. Those eight starts came at Daytona, Fort Worth, Kentucky, Chicago, Las Vegas, Talladega, Fort Worth and Homestead. In his 2017 season, he only suffered two DNF's which came at Texas and Las Vegas in which Snider was involved in crashes.
The 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series was an interesting one for the no.52 Halmar Racing driver Stewart Friesen. Friesen, who was in his second season, made 19 starts out of 23. In 2016, he was only made six starts.
The 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver analysis continues with Austin Wayne Self. Wayne self was making his second year start in the Truck Series. Last year, he completed all but one race while in 2017, Wayne Self raced in 18 of the scheduled 23.
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