NASCAR Truck Series

In short order, Darrell Wallace Jr. has piled up accolades usually preceded by the word “youngest” or “fastest” or “first.” Now, with a win at Martinsville Speedway, Wallace adds another history-making accomplishment to the list – and continues a competitive landscape evolution.

So, for my second interview I had the privilege of interviewing Justin Lofton who spoke about his past, where he is at in the present, and his goals for down the road, and of course just some fun things to get an idea of the things that he enjoys.

MATT CRAFTON, No. 88 Menards/Ideal Door Toyota Tundra, ThorSport Racing How was practice? "Our truck is pretty good. We were happy with it in race trim. Our qualifying trim didn't quite work as well. It just got a little bit too tight, but my times were close. I think I ran an 82 and I think a 74 was third so it was just so close. But, like I said, this afternoon is the one that counts."

NASCAR announced today that beginning in 2014, the sanctioning body will mandate pre-season neurocognitive baseline testing as part of its comprehensive concussion prevention and management program for all of its national series drivers.

With only four races remaining in the 2013 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) season, the No. 24 Qore 24 team will unload at the .526-mile Martinsville (Va.) Speedway where Brennan Newberry will make his third-career start at the historical short track. Earlier this season for the second stop of the 2013 season, Newberry started the race 10th and finished 31st. His average start at the track is 14.5 and average finish is 29.5.

As the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) makes their second stop of the year at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway, Kevin Harvick will return to a third Silverado entry for NTS Motorsports, piloting the No. 14 Anderson's Maple Syrup Chevrolet for race No. 19 of the 2013 season.

After a wild finish at the 2.66-mile Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway, the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) now heads to the .526-mile Martinsville (Va.) Speedway for a classic short-track showdown. Earlier this season for the second race of the year, Hornaday started the NCWTS event at Martinsville Speedway from the ninth position, led 21 laps and earned a 10th-place finish.

Get Your Hotdogs Here...The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) heads from the biggest track on the schedule to the smallest for round two at Martinsville Speedway. Miguel Paludo has five previous starts at the 0.526-mile paperclip-shaped track and has completed 100-percent of the 1,150 laps in those five events. Earlier this season, Paludo ran in the top 10 for nearly the entire event and occupied the top five for much of the second half of the race, but a wild final restart marred the Brazilian's stellar run, resulting in a 17th-place finish.

Homeward Bound...Following a wild race at Talladega, the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) will make its way to Martinsville Speedway for some short-track racing. A South Boston, Virginia native, Jeb Burton will hit the 0.526-mile track for the Kroger 200 on Saturday afternoon in the No. 4 Arrowhead/Kangaroo Express truck. In his last run at the paperclip-shaped track, Burton impressed all when he won the Keystone Light pole award, led the most laps and ended the day with a third-place finish.

Short Track Beating and Banging...James Buescher and the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) visit NASCAR's smallest track for the Kroger 200 at Martinsville Speedway. Buescher and his No. 31 Rheem team come into the Kroger 200 with nothing to lose and will focus on capturing their third victory of the season and Buescher's first at Martinsville Speedway.