NASCAR Truck Series

After more than a week of studying requested fan input, Bruton Smith, Chairman and CEO of Speedway Motorsports, today announced he has ordered the go-ahead to make changes to the track surface at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Tyler Tanner will make his first 2012 NASCAR Camping World Truck series start at Martinsville Speedway in the Kroger 250 on Saturday, March 31st, driving the #65 EF-65 Hand Cleaner / Mittler Brothers Machine & Tool Ford F-150.

Making the most of their respective opportunities, NASCAR Camping World Truck Series drivers Jeb Burton and Paulie Harraka are eager to return to racing with the Kroger 250 at Martinsville Speedway Saturday.

In the five weeks since the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) left Daytona, crew chief Jason Overstreet and the Ricky Benton Racing (RBR) Enterprises BTS Tire and Wheel Distributors/fleetHQ/QMI No. 92 Chevrolet Silverado team have been hard at work prepping for this weekend's Kroger 250 from Martinsville Speedway.

RAM DRIVER QUOTES “I look at the points and I see about three or four guys that are championship contenders ahead of us. So right now, theoretically, we’re sitting third or fourth in the championship."

Last months NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Daytona ended just a few laps short of the finish line for SS Racing’s Ross Chastain. This week at the Martinsville Speedway the Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender is looking to complete all 250 laps on the paperclip shaped half-mile track.

This Week's Toyota Tundra ... John Wes Townley will pilot RAB Racing Chassis No. 47 is his bid to make the Kroger 250 this weekend at Martinsville Speedway.

Jason White on Martinsville: “Martinsville is a special place for me since I am from the state of Virginia. We don’t race at Richmond anymore, so I guess you could say this is my home track."

This weekend's race at Martinsville Speedway will not be the first time Nelson Piquet Jr. has taken to a short track in 2012. During the recent break in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) schedule, Piquet Jr. both tested and raced, putting in over 500 laps on multiple tracks across the southeast.

After a lengthy break in NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) competition, Justin Lofton and the No. 6 College Complete (http://www.collegecomplete.com, 877-543-2655) Eddie Sharp Racing (ESR) team will head to Martinsville Speedway this week with one word in mind: momentum.