Matt Crafton raced to a 7th place finish in the rain-shortened O’Reilly Auto Parts 250 at Kansas Speedway on Monday. Crafton collected his fourth top-10 finish in five races this season, and moved to 4th in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series standings. “Our goal is always to win races and finish in the top-5 every week, so from that perspective, it wasn’t a great weekend,” he said. “But at the same time, it was tough with the weather issues and all the waiting around to finish the race, and that’s something we can’t control. We were way off on our air-pressure to start a run. We adjusted it after the first run, and continued to adjust it, and ... FULL STORY »
Kansas City, Kansas (April 28, 2009)- Shane Sieg piloting the No. 15 Samsung Instinct Toyota Tundra took to the track at Kansas Speedway Saturday afternoon in the 24th-place position for the O’Reilly 250 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race. Sieg in ... FULL STORY »
“Losing David is a huge blow to the NASCAR community. I feel we have lost one of the “old-guard” of the NASCAR press corps. As a longtime motorpsorts journalist, David was as knowledgeable about NASCAR as anyone I have ... FULL STORY »
Kansas City, Kansas (April 28, 2009)- Brian Ickler made his first start in the No. 51 Miccosukee Resort/Samsung Instinct Toyota Tundra NASCAR Camping World Truck Saturday, April 25, 2009 at Kansas Speedway. The 23 year old, Ickler placed the ... FULL STORY »
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (April 28, 2009) – With five career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starts under his belt going into the weekend, it was safe to assume that James Buescher was used to the rigors of the rough racing ... FULL STORY »
KANSAS CITY, KS. (April 25, 2009)- Johnny Benson and his Red Horse Racing team headed for the heartland with one goal; to secure their first win of the season. Mother Nature had other plans. Rain and a threat of severe ... FULL STORY »
David Poole, the lead NASCAR beat reporter at the Charlotte Observer since 1997, died Tuesday of an apparent heart attack. He was 50. The Observer website reported that Poole had a heart attack in his home at Stanfield, N.C. After his ... FULL STORY »