Truck Series

After three nights of battling in the bullring that is Bristol Motor Speedway last weekend, the Sprint Cup Series and Nationwide Series head to Atlanta Motor Speedway for Labor Day weekend and more racing under the lights on the fast 1.5 mile speedway. With a track surface that is old and worn, having not been repaved since its reconfiguration in 1997, the track has gotten rave reviews from drivers who enjoy slipping and sliding around on the worn out asphalt.

With this being the first race for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWT) at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park (CTMP), some drivers are trying to get the upper-hand and get some extra laps on the track versus their competition. NASCAR has arranged four practice sessions in total before the race for the truck regulars, but there's a four-some that are looking for more.

The smoke cleared after the weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway, and there were surprises upon surprises. After an exciting NASCAR Camping World truck race in which Kyle Busch just edged out Timothy Peters on the last lap, it was followed up with Busch dominating the Nationwide Series race. What happened on Sunday was different, if not pleasing.

Twists and Turns...Making its return to road-course racing after 13 years, the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) will cross the Canadian border this week for some winding roads and tricky turns. On Sunday afternoon, Jeb Burton and the No. 4 Arrowhead team will take on the 2.459-mile course at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park for the three-day event surrounding the inaugural Chevrolet Silverado 250 on Labor Day weekend.

Giv'n Her In Canada...The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) goes north of the border to Canada for the series' first international trip in its 18 years of competition. Making its inaugural trip to Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Bowmanville, Ontario, the Truck Series will return to a road course for the first time since 2000. The 10-turn course features long straightaways, high-speed corners, esses and elevation changes, all of which will combine to create one of the most interesting races of the 2013 season.

Tested and Ready… With two weeks of late-race bad luck to put behind them, Dakoda Armstrong and the No. 60 WinField racing team head to Canadian Tire Motorsports Park Sunday for the inaugural NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) event at the 2.45-mile road course. Competing in his first road course event since a 10th-place result in the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards race at New Jersey Motorsports Park in 2011, Armstrong feels confident his prior experiences will prove beneficial and help him get up to speed quickly this weekend. Though most NCWTS competitors have yet to see the course that sits just outside Toronto, Ontario, Armstrong participated in a road course driving school testing session two weeks ago to get acclimated to the right and left hand turns before the Chevrolet Silverado 250.

Johnny Sauter's got enough road-racing experience in NASCAR's national series to give him a lot of enthusiasm for Sunday's first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series road race in 13 years, the Chevrolet Silverado 250 at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada.

Matt Crafton hasn't road-raced in more than 13 years -- the time frame in which the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series last raced on a road course -- but Crafton and his No. 88 Ideal Door / Menards Toyota team feel they're ready for Sunday's Chevrolet Silverado 250 at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada.

If you look at Matt Crafton's season so far, you could say that he has had a great season to date. After all, he has finished in the top 10 each week with a win at Kansas and currently leads the points, 39 points ahead of second.

Sunday's Chevrolet Silverado 250 will be a unique road-racing experience for Max Gresham and everyone else on the No. 8 Made in USA Brand (MIUSA) race team. Along with most of the field in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS), very few teams can claim significant experience on road courses.