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Friday, January 14, 2010
White in SS Green Light's truck for 2010: Jason White, who finished 16th in the Camping World Truck Series standings in 2009, will be reunited with SS Green Light Racing in 2010, the team says. White drove for the team in 2008 and was 19th in points. Last year, he and sponsor GunBroker.com fielded their own team. White will bring the Internet site as his sponsor back to SS Green Light. “We bought a new truck that we are going to run at Daytona. We’re looking forward to getting the season started,” White said. “We’ve done a lot of wind tunnel [testing] on it. I think we have a good shot at running up front.” (SceneDaily)
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
No. 88 crew member injured in accident : ThorSport Racing crew member Kitrick Schrader was injured in a snowmobile accident Saturday January 9. Schrader was en route to meet friends for a late night snowmobile ride when he collided with a fire hydrant hidden in drifting snow, causing serious injuries to his left leg, hip, and pelvis. Schrader is a native of Ft. Wayne, Indiana and a current resident of Sandusky, Ohio. He serves as a fabricator and general mechanic in the shop and is the rear tire carrier on Matt Crafton's No. 88 pit crew at the track. After the accident, Schrader was air lifted from Firelands Regional Medical Center in Sandusky to Cleveland Metro, a level one trauma care center. Cards and other well wishes can be sent to: Kitrick Schrader, C/O ThorSport Racing, PO Box 2218, Sandusky, Ohio 44870.(ThorSport Racing PR)
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Stigler Motorsports adds crew chief: Stringer Motorsports is pleased to announce that 2008 champion crew chief, Trip Bruce, has joined the organization to lead USAC open-wheel sensation, Brad Sweet, in his entrance into the Camping World Truck Series in 2010. The current race schedule for the #90 Great Clips team is as follows: Atlanta Motor Speedway, Dover International Speedway, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Gateway International Raceway, O'Reilly Raceway Park, Bristol Motor Speedway, Phoenix International Raceway, Homestead-Miami Speedway.(Stringer Motorsports PR)
Monday, January 11, 2010
Ren named as crew chief at KBM: Rick Ren, who won series titles as crew chief for Ron Hornaday in two of the last three years, is the team's competition director and has most of the personnel in place. Eric Phillips, who most recently was with Randy Moss Motorsports, will be crew chief for the truck shared by Busch and Brian Ickler. Dan Stillman, who spent much of last year as crew chief for Roush Fenway Racing's Carl Edwards in the Nationwide Series, will be the crew chief for Tayler Malsam. Both have worked with Ren before; Phillips at Bang Racing and Stillman at Kevin Harvick Inc.(SceneDaily.com)
Kyle Busch still looking for sponsors on Johnny Benson's ride: Kyle Busch said Saturday that he's still trying to sign a sponsor so that 2008 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion Johnny Benson can run full time this season in a third Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Tundra. "We're still working on sponsorship projects for Johnny Benson in order to get him down to Daytona," Busch said Saturday in Nashville, where he was attending the Sprint Sound & Speed Presented by SunTrust fan event. "We have till the 22nd to make something happen to that. We'll see how it works out. But I'd really like to get Johnny down to Daytona and be able to have him compete for a championship for Kyle Busch Motorsports."(SPEEDtv.com)
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Almirola to run some truck races in 2010: Aric Almirola said on Saturday at Sprint's Sound and Speed event in Nashville, Tenn. that he will be back racing with Phoenix Racing's No. 09 Chevrolet in the Sprint Cup Series this year. According to the driver's latest talks with team owner James Finch yesterday, it will be for the entire schedule-no matter what. Finch has also told the driver the team doesn't plan on being a start and park team this season. Almirola also said that the deal will allow him to continue racing with Billy Ballew Motorsports this season in the Truck Series. "Still planning to run some truck races like I did last year with Billy Ballew Motorsports," Almirola said. "I went into Homestead having no idea what I was going to do next year. Over the winter months was pleased to find out that I'm going to run the '09 Cup car and still be able to drive Billy's truck. I'm looking forward to it."(FanZoneSports.net)
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Miller to serve as crew chief at SS Green Racing: SS Green Light Racing is pleased to announce that Jason Miller has joined the team as the crew chief for the No. 07 Chevy Silverado truck for the 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Season. Miller is a native of Indianapolis, IN who made the transition to NASCAR racing in 1999 working as a mechanic and tire changer for Andy Petree Racing. He joined Bobby Hamilton Racing in 2002 and was a member of Hamilton's Championship winning team in 2004. In 2008 Miller's hard work was rewarded with his first crew chief position at The Racers Group (TRG Racing) where he scored his first NCWTS victory at Mansfield with rookie driver Donny Lia behind the wheel. Miller then led David Starr to a ninth place finish in 2009 truck series point standings with four top- five finishes and fourteen top-ten finishes. Sponsorship and driver announcements for the SS Green Light Racing team will be released in the coming weeks before the season opener at Daytona on February 12, 2010.(SS Green Light Racing)
Friday, January 8, 2010
Harvick and Sadler to share driving duties in truck series: Kevin Harvick Inc. has announced that Kevin Harvick and Elliott Sadler will climb behind the wheel of the No. 2 Chevrolet Silverado for KHI in 15 of 25 Truck Series events in 2010. In 2009, the No. 2 competed as the No. 4 with Truck Series rookie Ricky Carmichael. Sadler will kick off the 2010 season for KHI and the No. 2 team in the series opener at Daytona International Speedway as he returns to the Truck Series for the first time since 2003. Over the past 10 years, Sadler has made three starts in the Camping World Truck Series. The remainder of the driver lineup for the No. 2 team will be announced at a later date.(Kevin Harvick Inc. PR)
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Dillion to race in truck fielded by RCR: Richard Childress Racing plans to reenter the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series full time this season with driver Austin Dillon, Dillon’s father and RCR Vice President of Competition Mike Dillon said on Tuesday. “We are going to run full time with Austin in the truck, the black 3 truck, and we do have a sponsor, and we’re real excited about it,” Mike Dillon said. Meanwhile, initial plans for RCR to field a second truck team in 2010 have been scrapped. “We were going to and decided to go another route,” Mike Dillon said. “It’s all development and trying to put people in the right position to perform where they need to at their level and then advance them when they’re ready.(SPEEDtv.com)
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Nead to Lead No. 5 Randy Moss Motorsports Truck Series Effort: Officials at Randy Moss Motorsports (RMM) announced today that Gene Nead has joined the organization and will serve as crew chief for the No. 5 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series entry driven by Mike Skinner. “We were obviously surprised when Eric Phillips left,” stated team owner David Dollar. “Eric had been at Randy Moss Motorsports for a long time and was a big part of this organization. That said, we feel extremely fortunate to have found someone of Gene’s caliber to take over. We sat down as a team and gave a lot of thought to what we wanted and needed in a leader. I talked to several candidates who are really talented racers and would have done a great job, but ultimately we felt like Gene was the guy who would be the right fit for this team. He’s been around for a long time and is a fierce competitor. He’s really got the whole package and that’s exactly what we were looking for. He’s shown he has what it takes to win a truck series championship, and I definitely think the Nead/Skinner pairing will be a force to be reckoned with right from the start.” Nead joins Randy Moss Motorsports after spending the first half of the 2009 season at JTG Daugherty Racing acting as crew chief for the No. 47 Nationwide Series entry. In August, Nead was named Interim Crew Chief for the Toyota driven by Michael Waltrip in the Sprint Cup Series. The veteran racer has served in a crew chief capacity in each of NASCAR’s three major series.
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