2015 Truck Series...

MJ_N_09 · 29 Jan 2014, 04:20 (Ref:3361402)

This year, the NCWTS will have a 22 race schedule. Also the trucks have a new design.

I would like to start by showing the team chart. http://www.jayski.com/news/campingwo...uck-team-chart

A very recent and major development is that Arrowhead was forced to pull sponsorship for Jeb Burton, meaning that he may not be able to compete because of lacking sponsorship for the #4 entry. Also, RCR will not field any trucks in the series. Otherwise, Bubba Wallace back with KBM w/ Busch and Jones splitting the other ride, Thorsport unchanged, Some US airline starts up a truck team with Joey Coulter, and most teams have different drivers than last season.

**gomick** · 30 Jan 2014, 11:59 (Ref:3362055)

Bubba Wallace & Jeb Burton should have full-time rides... Period!

MJ_N_09 · 30 Jan 2014, 16:07 (Ref:3362160)

^ Yeah. Hopefully they can put something together for Jeb Burton. I should clarify that Bubba will be full time and that Erik Jones and his boss split the other ride for KBM.

**gomick** · 31 Jan 2014, 05:56 (Ref:3362405)

Ah, ok - good for Bubba & fingers crossed for Jeb...

MJ_N_09 · 1 Feb 2014, 02:34 (Ref:3362791)

The 4 will not run full time, official. They also let go of crew members and may have shut the #4 down altogether. TSM will try to put something together so that Jeb races at some point somewhere.

MJ_N_09 · 7 Feb 2014, 06:29 (Ref:3365152)

Wow, only one full time team for TSM?

Quote:

Scott discusses team status: It's been a tumultuous week at Turner Scott Motorsports, with the signing of talented youngster Dylan Kwasniewski to a full-time Nationwide Series contract, and the loss of a full-time sponsor expected to back sophomore driver Jeb Burton in the Camping World Truck Series.
TSM co-owner Harry Scott, Jr. confirmed that Tayler Malsam could fill a Truck Series seat with the team this season, saying, "We've had discussions with Tayler. We don't have anything final yet, but I have pretty good confidence that we'll get something done with him to do a number of Truck races in a second truck."
He also revealed that talks are underway with former Camping World Truck Series champion Ron Hornaday, Jr., to put Hornaday in a TSM entry this season, perhaps splitting time with youngster Brandon Jones. He said he has also spoken with former series champion Todd Bodine, who drove for the team at New Hampshire Motor Speedway last fall.
"To be honest, we've gone down a list of all our former drivers - and some of our K&N drivers - who might be interested in doing some truck racing, to fill out a second truck, full-time," he said. "Just like there's nothing off the table for Jeb Burton, there's nothing off the table for that second truck, either."(Godfather Motorsports)(2-6-2014)

Right after that article, this surfaced:

Quote:

Burton joins ThorSport: Jeb Burton, one of the most promising young drivers on the NASCAR horizon, has signed with ThorSport Racing to open the 2014 Camping World Truck Series and ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards seasons. Burton, 21, the son of 2002 Daytona 500 winner Ward Burton and the fifth-place finisher in the 2013 Truck Series championship, will race ThorSport's #13 Toyotas in two events a week apart during Speedweeks 2014, Feb. 13-23, at Daytona International Speedway.The balance of Burton's 2014 program will be determined, in part by gaining additional sponsorship."The opportunity to come to ThorSport is a big deal for me, my career and my family," said Burton, who joins an organization that won 2013 championships in both NASCAR and ARCA. "It's an honor to me that Duke and Rhonda Thorson would make the call to put me in their vehicles - the best there is in both series. "Mr. Thorson has proven his commitment to the Truck Series -- he's a racer, that's what it's all about and it feels good to be here. I feel like it's a place where I can race, and win for many years." Burton joins a driver lineup that includes 2013 Truck Series champion Matt Crafton and Johnny Sauter, who finished fourth in the championship, one point ahead of Burton. Burton's first race with ThorSport, the Saturday, Feb. 15 Lucas Oil 200 presented by MAVTV American Real, will be driving a Toyota Camry for the team that won the 2013 ARCA drivers' and owners' championships and was a large part of Toyota winning last season's ARCA manufacturers' title, its first in that series. The following week, Burton will jump into the #13 Carolina Nut Co. Toyota Tundra that pushed Sauter to the win and Crafton to ninth place before it finished 11th driven by Todd Bodine in the 2013 NextEra Energy Resources 250, which is scheduled on Friday, Feb. 21.(ThorSport Racing)(2-6-2014)

mrfizz · 19 Feb 2014, 13:23 (Ref:3370083)

Joe and John-Hunter Nemechek sharing duties as father and son in the #8 truck. John Hunter will race at the tracks of 1 mile or less (as per Nascar rules as he's only 16) with Joe doing the rest.

The #8 truck means a lot to the Nemechek family as this was Joe's brother John's number when he died in a truck race crash at Homestead.

Good luck to them I say. Not very often you get father and son sharing duties at this kind of level.

rustyfan · 20 Feb 2014, 14:07 (Ref:3370380)

MotorsTV will show the races in Europe this season

Not sure if they'll show any of them live though, but heck, I'd be more than happy with just tape delayed coverage!

**FIRE** · 21 Feb 2014, 18:28 (Ref:3370740)

Great news!

With most races on Friday night I assume it will be tape delayed.

MJ_N_09 · 22 Feb 2014, 01:57 (Ref:3370867)

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrfizz

Joe and John-Hunter Nemechek sharing duties as father and son in the #8 truck. John Hunter will race at the tracks of 1 mile or less (as per Nascar rules as he's only 16) with Joe doing the rest.

The #8 truck means a lot to the Nemechek family as this was Joe's brother John's number when he died in a truck race crash at Homestead.

Good luck to them I say. Not very often you get father and son sharing duties at this kind of level.

We always wonder how Joe Nemechek can make all this work. Racing in ALL 3 series!!! A full time team in two series to boot.

MJ_N_09 · 22 Feb 2014, 02:03 (Ref:3370871)

Very very racy 22 laps into the season opener. Competition caution for whatever reason right now.

canamman · 22 Feb 2014, 11:40 (Ref:3370957)

All the big time Cup drivers
been saying all week the truck race will
be the best race all weekend. Boy they are
right so far. That was awesome viewing.

Really glad that Mingus is ok in the 35.
That header in the wall was vicious. Same kind of
hit that killed someone 13 years ago.
Because of all the safety measurements
that were inspired by Dales crash, I wonder how
many lives have been saved since?

fieldodreams79 · 22 Feb 2014, 17:51 (Ref:3371059)

Quote:

Originally Posted by canamman

All the big time Cup drivers
been saying all week the truck race will
be the best race all weekend. Boy they are
right so far. That was awesome viewing.

It is just about every year.

Quote:

Really glad that Mingus is ok in the 35.
That header in the wall was vicious. Same kind of
hit that killed someone 13 years ago.
Because of all the safety measurements
that were inspired by Dales crash, I wonder how
many lives have been saved since?

There's been a bunch of shunts like that over the past 10 years that would have been devastating and career ending for drivers; Johnson at Charlotte a couple years back comes to mind, too. Now they pretty much get out, walk away with barely a scratch.

MJ_N_09 · 22 Feb 2014, 19:40 (Ref:3371090)

I think this bodes well for the new bodies. seeing all 36 trucks right up there with eachother before a couple mechanical issues, then the big one happened. We would have had almost everyone there at the end.

**gomick** · 10 May 2014, 05:14 (Ref:3404381)

Kyle wins at Kansas - career win #37...

Points...

Matt Crafton - 120
Ron Hornaday - 112
Timothy Peters - 112
German Quiroga - 109
Johnny Sauter - 105
Ryan Blaney - 101
Jeb Burton - 98
Ben Kennedy - 96
Darrell Wallace - 90

**gomick** · 31 May 2014, 04:04 (Ref:3413009)

Kyle Busch wins at Dover, his 4 win in 5 starts this season...

Points...

Timothy Peters - 185
Matt Crafton - 184
Johnny Sauter - 184
German Quiroga - 179
Ron Hornaday - 170
Ben Kennedy - 169
Ryan Blaney - 166
John Wes Townley - 159
Jeb Burton - 153
Joey Coulter - 142
Darrell Wallace - 136

FordCosworthPanoz · 31 May 2014, 17:39 (Ref:3413262)

The series is a farce this year and NASCAR, Toyota and Kyle Busch should be ashamed.

NaBUru38 · 31 May 2014, 18:42 (Ref:3413292)

Germán Quiroga got two 7th finishes, two 9ths and a 10th. How on earth is he fourth in the standings?

rustyfan · 2 Jun 2014, 06:45 (Ref:3414048)

Quote:

Originally Posted by gomick

Kyle Busch wins at Dover, his 4 win in 5 starts this season...

Actually it's 4 wins in 4 starts - he skipped Martinsville, where Erik Jones drove the #51 truck instead. So, uhh, yeah... Let's hope Busch doesn't enter too many more races this year.

**gomick** · 2 Jun 2014, 08:03 (Ref:3414080)

Sorry, meant 4th win out of the 5 rounds the series has run this year

HJJ · 16 Jun 2014, 11:42 (Ref:3422549)

Who knew that Gateway was still open?

rustyfan · 17 Jun 2014, 11:27 (Ref:3423007)

Quote:

Originally Posted by HJJ

Who knew that Gateway was still open?

I must admit I was rather surprised earlier this year when I saw that the trucks would be racing there in 2014.

Nice to see Darrell Wallace Jr. back in victory lane

**gomick** · 12 Jul 2014, 22:17 (Ref:3433270)

Erik Jones got his 1st career truck win in Iowa...

Points...

Matt Crafton - 330
Ryan Blaney - 328
Johnny Sauter - 323
German Quiroga - 311
Ron Hornaday - 307
Ben Kennedy - 301
Timothy Peters - 299
Darrell Wallace - 293
Joey Coulter - 282
John Wes Townley - 279

NaBUru38 · 14 Jul 2014, 19:33 (Ref:3433906)

The Mudsummer Classic at Eldora is this Wednesday 23th.

**FIRE** · 14 Jul 2014, 20:36 (Ref:3433926)

Last year was pretty good.

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