Truck Series

The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series visits the legendary Martinsville Speedway this weekend and that leads me to reminisce about "the good ole days". The series began in 1995 and during that first season, the trucks competed primarily on short tracks. Venues like Saugus, Evergreen, I-70 and Mesa Marin are just a few of the fantastic short tracks that the trucks visited.

TOYOTA TIDBITS COVERING KANSAS: Camry driver Martin Truex Jr. registered a runner-up result in Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at the 1.5-mile Kansas Speedway. It was his second straight runner-up result at the track after a second- place finish in April. Truex's MWR teammate Clint Bowyer (sixth) also earned a top-10 finish at his home track in Kansas.

Memorial Hospital of Martinsville & Henry County has joined the elite list of Martinsville Speedway sponsors as the Official Onsite Care Provider at Martinsville Speedway.

Researchers studying earmarks for the current farm bill were shocked to discover that NASCAR has been receiving subsidies from the Federal Government since 2007, not to help the beleaguered racing organization stay afloat in the worldwide recession, and protect the jobs of as many people as possible, no, these subsidies, which were hidden deep under ‘crop rotation and preservation’ sub-paragraphs, are paying America’s most prominent race series…to keep fans out of the seats.

The Toyota Racing Dream Build Challenge -- a vehicle-modification build competition where fans will determine the winner among four Toyota Racing drivers who are competing for charity -- is giving fans a chance to win too when they finally get to see the completed vehicles unveiled on the Dream Build website this Saturday, Oct. 20.

NASCAR has announced some changes for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS), NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) starting in 2013.

NASCAR today announced a number of competition changes for the 2013 season, highlighted by a new qualifying format in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series that places a greater emphasis on speed.

The University of Northwestern Ohio (UNOH) will be the title sponsor Kentucky Speedway’s UNOH 225 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event though 2015 under the terms of an extended corporate partnership.

As a race driver, Cale Gale knows it is best to come close, but not touch the curbs at Martinsville Speedway. Thursday he got closer than he’s ever been to those infamous curbs and he was smiling the entire time.

By taking the checkered flag and firmly planting it in the Talladega infield on Saturday afternoon, Parker Kligerman put to rest two worries he’s been carrying around for quite a while.