NASCAR Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) driver Justin Lofton continued his bout for the 2012 championship this weekend at Michigan International Speedway. With a 12th-place finish in Saturday's VFW 200, Lofton was able to close in on the championship points lead to reduce the gap to just 17 points.

This weekend's UNOH 200 will mark the 14th NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) event at BMS. In 12 previous starts, Hornaday is the only active NCWTS driver that has been to victory lane in the "Thunder Valley" (1997, 1998) Three drivers have won at Bristol and gone on to win the championship including Hornaday in 1998 Terry "Richie" Snyder will continue to call the shots for Hornaday at BMS

While there are few similarities between Chicagoland Speedway, where the Ricky Benton Racing (RBR) Enterprises team last raced, and Bristol Motor Speedway, where the No. 92 Black's Tire and Auto Service/fleetHQ.com/QMI Chevrolet will be racing this week, driver Chad McCumbee feels the outing in Illinois is going to make the team much better on the Tennessee short track.

Second Time Around: Parker Kligerman will travel to Bristol Motor Speedway this Wednesday night, just four days after the 22-year-old driver made his first start with the No. 7 Red Horse Racing team. After starting 11th, Kligerman kept his Toyota Tundra clean and raced well within the lead pack most of the afternoon, claiming a fourth place finish at Michigan. This weekend, Kligerman hopes he can continue the momentum and come away with a strong finish in the NCWTS 200.

One Position to Go:The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series returns to the high banks of Bristol Motor Speedway this Wednesday for what is almost certain to be 200 laps of exciting, on the edge racing. Two-time series champion and NASCAR veteran Todd Bodine is prepared for competition with his No. 11 Toyota Care Tundra, carrying several years of experience and success with him to the half-mile oval.

Short Tracks Take Me Back: The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series rolls into Bristol Motor Speedway this Wednesday night for a mid-week 200-lap shootout. Timothy Peters and the No. 17 Red Horse Racing team enter this week's competition after a short turnaround from Michigan on Saturday hoping to clear Bristol unscathed. Improving his results every year since 2009, Peters finished a career best fifth last season in the No. 17. Crew chief Butch Hylton and the team will bring one of their favorite Tundras to the Tennessee bull ring this week after its visit to victory lane with Peters behind the wheel in July at Iowa Speedway.

This Week's Silverado...Last week's winning team will be bringing Turner Motorsports chassis TMS-211 to this week's Bristol Motor Speedway Volunteer 200. Chassis TMS-211 was used earlier this year at both Iowa Speedway and Martinsville Speedway.

Two Years Ago...Just four days after the wave of the checkered flag at Michigan International Speedway, the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) will take the green at Bristol Motor Speedway (BMS), the site of Miguel Paludo's first race in one of NASCAR's top-three series.

Jason White knew the hard work of his GunBroker.com team was going unnoticed. On Saturday in the Irish Hills of Michigan, it all came together for the young race team and their No. 23 GunBroker.com Ford. White earned a career best second place finish in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series running of the 13th Annual VFW 200 at Michigan International Speedway.

Making his first start in the No. 7 Red Horse Racing Toyota Tundra on Saturday at Michigan International Speedway, Parker Kligerman set his sights on a solid finish to bring home after his crew worked countless hours to put together his Tundra for competition over the past week. New pavement on the two-mile asphalt oval created pack racing that relied heavily on drafting, much like restrictor plate racing. Kligerman put his driving skills to work and raced tight with the lead pack from the drop of the green flag, allowing him to pull away with a fourth place finish.