NASCAR Truck Series

Tundra driver Matt Crafton (second) was the top-finishing Toyota in Saturday night's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Travis Pastrana will be piloting the No. 98 ThorSport Racing Toyota Tundra, sponsored by ampm convenience stores at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Saturday, September 29th. This will be the first start for Pastrana in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and with ThorSport Racing.

The SS Green Light Racing team heads to Las Vegas this Saturday looking to add some additional excitement to the Entertainment Capitol of the World. NASCAR Camping World Truck Series rookie contender Ross Chastain will pilot the SS Green Light Racing No. 08 Toyota and the Florida teen is hoping for some of that famous Las Vegas Luck to shine upon the team as they head to the Smith’s 350 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

After staging the most talked-about event of the 2012 NASCAR season to date, Rockingham Speedway President Andy Hillenburg made it official today; confirming that the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series will return to "The Rock" on April 12-14, 2013.

TOYOTA TIDBITS ALL HAMLIN IN NEW HAMPSHIRE: Prior to the weekend's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Camry driver Denny Hamlin predicted he would win the event and Hamlin proved to be correct as he cruised to victory lane in the Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) No. 11 FedEx Freight Camry. Although he started 32th on the grid, Hamlin moved into the lead on lap 94 (of 300) at the one-mile oval. He crossed the finish line more than 2.5 seconds ahead of runner-up Jimmie Johnson. The Chesterfield, Virginia-native led the field four times for a race-high 193 laps to earn the 100th NSCS win for JGR and the 48th victory for Toyota.

RAM DRIVER QUOTES “At all the big tracks, air plays so much of a factor, especially in the Truck races. You’re leaning on that right-side air the whole time. When you do get two and three wide and end up on the bottom, obviously that’s a tough situation. But I do have experience in ARCA cars and vehicles like that on the mile-and-a-halfs, just don’t have it yet in the Trucks. The biggest thing I’m focused on is making sure I don’t make any mistakes and, at the same time, get all I can get. We don’t want to leave anything on the table. Trying to compromise that balance is always tough.” -- Grant Enfinger

The No. 6 Eddie Sharp Racing (ESR) Chevrolet will have a new look this weekend with the Imperial Valley Full Plate Group on the truck. The group is composed of several business owners from the Imperial Valley of Southern California. Looking for ways to promote their products and services, the group decided to utilize the national reach and fan power of NASCAR while supporting their local NASCAR talent-Camping World Truck Series driver Justin Lofton. With the donations and contributions of these local business owners and neighbors, Lofton will race the No. 6 Imperial Valley Full Plate Chevrolet this weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Cale Gale will make his second career start this weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender competed in the Smith's 350 last fall when he rolled off 17th in the Rheem Chevrolet and finished the event in the 20th position after his Silverado suffered race-ending damage in a lap 120 accident.

Venturini Motorsports development driver Ryan Reed will be making his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut this weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway driving the No.5 RaceHard.com / RyansMission.org Ford 150 under the Wauters Motorsports team banner.

This Week's Zaxby's Toyota Tundra ... John Wes Townley will pilot RAB Racing Chassis No. 48 in Saturday's Smith's 350 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. This chassis last saw action at Michigan International Speedway, where the 22-year-old driver brought home a 25th-place finish.