NASCAR Truck Series

As drivers in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Brendan Gaughan and Timothy Peters understand better than most the importance of good decisions and the value of respect.

A perfect storm is brewing for Sunday's TUMS Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway, and it has nothing to do with bad weather. In fact, it's partly about great weather.

Brian Vickerswas the highest finishing Toyota driver in Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Talladega Superspeedway with a fifth-place result. Vi ckers started 30th and led three times for three laps (of 188).

Last week’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Talladega ended in disappointment for David Starr and the SS Green Light Racing team when the engine in Starr’s Toyota expired just before the halfway point of the event.

Monday morning I was at home doing the usual housework when all of a sudden it hit me. Why am I in the house on such a beautiful day when I could be at ‘The Rock’? So I ditched the chores, hopped in my car and drove out to Rockingham Speedway.

While the NASCAR Nationwide Series takes a week off, ElliottSadler, a full-time driver in the series for Kevin Harvick, Inc., will be racing instead. The seasoned veteran is scheduled to make his second start for Joe Denette Motorsports behind the wheel of the No. 24 Virginia Lottery Chevrolet in Saturday afternoon's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) event at Martinsville Speedway.

WHERE IT ALL BEGAN: Timothy Peters, a Danville, Virginia native will be traveling home this weekend. Peters lives approximately 15 minutes away from the entrance of Martinsville Speedway.

LEADER OF THE PACK: Six short months ago, Miguel Paludo and the No. 7 team were starting their fourth race together as a team at Martinsville Speedway.

The No. 31 Wolfpack Rentals Chevrolet Silverado team will bring chassis TMS-202 to the half-mile Martinsville Speedway for Saturday's 200-lap event.

MARTINSVILLE: CHECKERS OR WRECKERS? Returning to the "scene of the best day ever," Sauter's first win in 2011, he arrives in Martinsville, Virginia with nothing but winning on his mind.