Truck Series PR

For the third time this season, Colby Howard returns to CR7 Motorsports set to drive the No. 9 Grant County Mulch Chevrolet Silverado in Saturday afternoon’s penultimate NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) race of the season at the historic Martinsville (Va.) Speedway.

Starts: 20, Wins: 3 (Darlington I, II, & Gateway), Top 5s: 8, Top 10s: 9, Poles: 2 (Darlington II, Bristol II), Stage wins: 7, Laps led: 602 (Most out of any driver)

Halmar Friesen Racing driver Stewart Friesen was made available to media via videoconference prior to the Martinsville race weekend today:

Hacker on Racing at Martinsville: “I am very excited about returning to the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series with Niece Motorsports at Martinsville. Unfortunately, Las Vegas did not go as planned and I owe it to my team and all my partners to make it up to them on Saturday afternoon.

Truex on Racing at Martinsville: “It feels good to come to the track after a few really solid finishes,” said Truex. “This team has battled hard all year long, and to finally get those results is rewarding. We’re going to do all we can to close out the year on a high note and get our Marquis Chevrolet up front.”

Hocevar on Racing at Martinsville: “Really the pressure is off this week,” said Hocevar. “We know what we have to do, and so our destiny is in our hands. We’re in a position where we have to win to advance in the playoffs. I’m proud of every single person at this team, they’ve worked hard all year and have never given up. We’re going to do all that we can to put our Good Sam Chevrolet in position to win this race. Thank you to Marcus Lemonis and Good Sam for their support.”

John Hunter Nemechek and the No. 4 Pye Barker Fire & Safety team head to Martinsville Superspeedway for the final race in the Round of 8 in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series playoffs 36 points above the cutoff line for advancing to the Championship 4 at Phoenix (Ariz.) Raceway.

Deegan is making her 22nd career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series start on Saturday at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway.

Corey Heim will make the third start of his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career behind the wheel of the No. 51 HYTE Tundra in Saturday’s Camping World Truck Series event at Martinsville.

Chandler Smith and the No. 18 Safelite AutoGlass team head to Martinsville Speedway for the final race in the Round of 8 of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series playoffs.