NASCAR Camping World Truck Series

After taking a rather long break after an exciting season opener, the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series is geared up to return this weekend. NASCAR’s third tier series will be making its short track debut this season during the Kroger 250 at the Martinsville Speedway. The track is famous for having tight turns and being shaped like a paper clip.

The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series has been racing at Martinsville since it’s inaugural year in 1995, which was won by Joe Ruttman. Short track racing were the original roots for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and there is no better place for the series to make their season debut than at Martinsville.

Johnny Sauter will be looking to return to victory lane after winning at Daytona in February as he and his Thorsport Racing teammates piled into Martinsville on Thursday with an abundant amount of confidence. However, Kevin Harvick will probably be contending for the win since he dominated the past two races at the track and has won three times in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series when he’s racing at Martinsville. Harvick will be driving the No. 24 truck for NTS Motorsports in a combined effort with Joe Denette Racing.

There will be numerous rookies in the field on Saturday afternoon. It is the first of several events where NASCAR has sanctioned drivers that are 16 and 17-years old to race at tracks 1.1 miles or shorter in length as well as any road courses within the Camping World Truck Series. Johnathan Davenport, Jeb Burton, Devin Jones, Grant Galloway, Devin Jones, Erik Jones, Darrell Wallace Jr., Kenny Habul and Chase Elliott will each be making their first starts at Martinsville (not all of them are making their NASCAR debuts). It should be interesting to see if these young drivers can stay out of trouble at a track known for aggressive racing at higher speeds than most of these drivers have ever ran before.

Expect to see a few underdogs running upfront this weekend such as Tim George Jr. and Ross Chastain. The veteran drivers will likely have the edge at the end of the day, but either way it should be an action packed race


Official Entry List for the Kroger 250
Car No. 1, Jonathan Davenport, Chevrolet
Car No. 3, Ty Dillon, Chevrolet
Car No. 4, Jeb Burton, Chevrolet
Car No. 5, Tim George Jr., Ford
Car No. 6, Devin Jones, Chevrolet
Car No. 07, Grant Galloway, Toyota
Car No. 7, John Wes Townley, Toyota
Car No. 8, Max Gresham, Chevrolet
Car No. 9, Ron Hornaday Jr., Chevrolet
Car No. 10, Jennifer Jo Cobb, RAM
Car No. 13, Todd Bodine, Toyota
Car No. 14, Brennan Newberry, Chevrolet
Car No. 17, Timothy Peters, Toyota
Car No. 18, Joey Coulter, Toyota
Car No. 19, Ross Chastain, Ford
Car No. 24, Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet
Car No. 27, Jeff Agnew, Chevrolet
Car No. 29, Ryan Blaney, Ford
Car No. 30, Nelson Piquet Jr., Chevrolet
Car No. 31, James Buescher, Chevrolet
Car No. 32, Miguel Paludo, Chevrolet
Car No. 39, Ryan Sieg, Chevrolet
Car No. 51, Erik Jones, Toyota
Car No. 54, Darrell Wallace Jr., Toyota
Car No. 57, Norm Benning, Chevrolet
Car No. 60, Dakoda Armstrong, Chevrolet
Car No. 62, Brendan Gaughan, Chevrolet
Car No. 168, Clay Greenfield, RAM
Car No. 175, Caleb Holman, Chevrolet
Car No. 77, German Guiroga, Toyota
Car No. 81, David Starr, Toyota
Car No. 84, Robert Bruce, Toyota
Car No. 88, Matt Crafton, Toyota
Car No. 92, Scott Riggs, Chevrolet
Car No. 93, Kenny Habul, Chevrolet
Car No. 94, Chase Elliott, Chevrolet
Car No. 98, Johnny Sauter, Toyota
Car No. 99, Bryan Silas, Ford