NASCAR Truck Series

The second race in the Round of 8 for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series took place in Sin City at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Saturday night. The race did not disappoint as it ended in a last-lap thriller and a first-time winner.

Ben Rhodes claimed his first career victory in the Camping World Truck Series race Saturday night at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, holding off Christopher Bell in the final laps to win by a margin of 0.066 seconds.

Many in the NASCAR community agree with the comments made by Trump, Childress, and Petty, that whoever refuses to stand for the anthem should be fired. It has made a volatile situation, first started in the NFL, worse. Many others in the NASCAR community also believe that these comments did more harm than good for the sport's image, an image it has tried to shed and has only marginally succeeded.

The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series continues their Round of 8 playoffs run this weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Currently, there are 28 trucks on the preliminary entry list for this weekend.

The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series began their Round of 8 this past weekend at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Here are some takeaways from the UNOH 175.

Driver Quote: “I love NASCAR, and Las Vegas is always a good time, so I’m really looking forward to this weekend,” said Pastrana.  “I’ve actually worked with several of the people on this team in the past.  It’s a fun group and we have a good rapport.  NASCAR is something that challenges me.  I’ve done a lot of work over the past couple of years to try and improve my pavement skills.  I’m really excited to be able to get behind the wheel again and see what we can do in the Truck Series.”

Camry Out Front: Since the new 2018 Camry race car debuted this season, Toyota drivers have won 10 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) races this year as well as the All-Star Race, which was won by 2015 Cup champion Kyle Busch. Late in the summer, Camry drivers have raised the bar as the Playoffs approached and began, winning eight of the last 11 MENCS races, including the first two Playoff races moving Martin Truex Jr and Busch to the second round.

Officials from Young’s Motorsports confirmed today that NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) veteran Timothy Peters (@TimothyPeters_) will drive the team’s No. 02 Chevrolet Silverado in Saturday night’s Las Vegas 350 at Las Vegas (Nev.) Motor Speedway.

“Las Vegas is getting a little rigid, a little rough, and with the setups we’re running you’re sacrificing a little ride quality for speed. Vegas is always one of those places where you go out there and it’s a one day show. You practice early, then qualify later in the afternoon, and then go right in to the race, so you’ve got to be on your game. It puts a pretty big emphasis on making sure you’re right when you get there. It still has it’s challenges but I do think that race track has come around as far as being able to race all over the place so I look forward to that this time.”