NASCAR Truck Series

Coming off a career best seventh place finish two weeks ago at Martinsville, SS Green Light Racing’s Ross Chastain is ready to “Rock and Roll” this week as the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series heads to the Rockingham Speedway.

This year marked a year of change for Ron Hornaday as he switched over to Joe Denette Motorsports (JDM) from Kevin Harvick Incorporated (KHI).

While Rockingham (N.C.) Speedway (The Rock) may be a new challenge for many drivers in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS), Cale Gale will actually take on The Rock for the second time in his career on Sunday, April 15, 2012.

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender John King continues his championship points lead after earning a ninth place finish at Martinsville Speedway.

Seventh in the series championship standings, 16 points behind leader John King. He is just three behind sixth-place James Buescher and five ahead of eighth-place Nelson Piquet Jr.

That history will continue on Sunday as NASCAR legend and two-time Rockingham Speedway winner Donnie Allison will wave the green flag to start the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Good Sam Roadside Assistance 200 presented by Cheerwine at the track.

TOYOTA TIDBITS TEXAS TWO STEP: Two years ago (2010), Camry driver Denny Hamlin swept both NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) races at Texas Motor Speedway. In 13 career starts at the 1.5-mile oval, the Virginia-native has five top-five finishes, eight top-10 results and has run all but 13 laps

Rockingham Speedway, a piece of NASCAR history lost for nearly a decade, roars back to life Sunday when the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series makes its initial visit to North Carolina’s sand hills region.

Jason White on The Rock: “The return of NASCAR to Rockingham will be something special, and for it to happen with the debut of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at the track is cool."