NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender John King continues his championship points lead after earning a ninth place finish at Martinsville Speedway.
Seventh in the series championship standings, 16 points behind leader John King. He is just three behind sixth-place James Buescher and five ahead of eighth-place Nelson Piquet Jr.
That history will continue on Sunday as NASCAR legend and two-time Rockingham Speedway winner Donnie Allison will wave the green flag to start the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Good Sam Roadside Assistance 200 presented by Cheerwine at the track.
EXPRESS NOTES: Martinsville Recap: Denny Hamlin finished sixth in the most-recent NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway (April 1), leading 31 laps and avoiding a late-race incident en route to the checkered flag in the #11 FedEx Freight Toyota.
Though early results reveal major improvement for Regan Smith, the Furniture Row Racing driver feels his single-car team hasn't reached its full potential.
TOYOTA TIDBITS TEXAS TWO STEP: Two years ago (2010), Camry driver Denny Hamlin swept both NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) races at Texas Motor Speedway. In 13 career starts at the 1.5-mile oval, the Virginia-native has five top-five finishes, eight top-10 results and has run all but 13 laps
Annett has six career starts in the Nationwide Series at Texas Motor Speedway Annett enters Texas in seventh-place in the Nationwide Series driver point standings Annett’s best finish (11th) came in 2009 at the 1.5-mile speedway
Rockingham Speedway, a piece of NASCAR history lost for nearly a decade, roars back to life Sunday when the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series makes its initial visit to North Carolina’s sand hills region.
Bobby Gossett (No. 44 BSI Racing) might have thought lady luck was not on his side at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park on Saturday when his provisional pole time was disallowed, but she made herself known in the race.
Daniel Hemric continued his consistent road course handiwork with a sixth-place finish on Saturday afternoon at Lime Rock Park and substantially increased his cushion on the provisional Chase cutline.
Christian Eckes notched a gritty fifth-place finish on Saturday afternoon at Lime Rock Park to advance to fourth in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series (NCTS) standings.
