Truck Series

DARRELL WALLACE JR., No. 54 Toyota Care Toyota Tundra, Kyle Busch Motorsports - How was the practice session this morning? "This and Daytona are probably the only two tracks where we don't worry about where we're at on the speed charts. Had some issues early on in practice that kept us from getting out in the big pack draft."

Korbin Forrester takes the wheel of SS Green Light Racing #07 Chevrolet as the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series begins a streak of five straight races to end the 2014 season in the Fred’s 250 powered by Coca-Cola on Saturday afternoon at the Talladega Superspeedway.

This weekend Talladega Superspeedway hosts the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series while the NASCAR Nationwide Series takes a break from competition. Talladega is the last race in the Contender Round as the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Champion continues.

Jimmy Weller is a big fan of superspeedway racing. After recording a career-best ninth-place finish in the season-opening race at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway, Weller is hoping to repeat that run in his No. 08 Geneva-Liberty Steel Chevrolet Silverado this weekend. Saturday's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race will be Weller's first race of any kind at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway.

After a strong run at Talladega last year, MB Motorsports is heading to the world’s fastest superspeedway as a two truck team. Scott Stenzel will drive the #63 Mittler Brothers Machine & Tool / ShowcaseOfCars.com / Eagle Rock Camp Chevy Silverado and Justin Jennings will be behind the wheel of the #36 Mittler Brothers Machine & Tool / LG Seeds / Excel Bottling Chevy Silverado.

GMS Racing's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series History ... Since entering the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) in 2013, the Charlotte, N.C.-based organization has logged 29 starts, earning three top-five finishes and nine top-10 finishes, with an average starting position of 14.9 and an average finishing position of 14.8.

The anticipated more-rapid qualifying format for both the GEICO 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) and fred’s 250 Powered By Coca-Cola NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) races at Talladega Superspeedway will be unveiled this weekend and should create an extra element of fan excitement at the 2.66-mile venue. It marks the first time the new five-minute, three-round system will be used in 2014.

Teenager racing sensation Cody Ware, a part-time NASCAR Nationwide Series competitor will make his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) debut in Saturday’s fred’s 250 at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway.

Red Horse Racing at Talladega Superspeedway... In 15 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starts at Talladega Superspeedway, Red Horse Racing has earned one win (Parker Kligerman, 2012), three top-five and five top-10 finishes. Kligerman's win at the 2.66-mile tri-oval rounded out the Red Horse Racing sweep of the superspeedways in 2012. John King visited Victory Lane that year at the season-opener in Daytona.

The Big One...The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) heads to the largest track on the circuit as the series tackles Talladega Superspeedway. Kennedy has never made a start on the 2.66-mile tri-oval, but had a strong run in the season-opening superspeedway race at Daytona International Speedway. Kennedy started from the pole position and led 52 laps before taking the checkered flag in 15th.