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Truckin’ Thursdays: Previewing the 2022 Truck Series Season

NASCAR Truck Series Daytona

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More than three months since the conclusion of the 2021 season, the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series is just over a week away from embarking on its 2022 venture. Look ahead of the season here.

Matt Jaskol Running Full Truck Schedule for Glory 2 God, Johnny Sauter Joins Team

2021 Road America Nxs Matt Jaskol Car Nkp

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Matt Jaskol will run the full NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season for Glory 2 God Racing in 2022, G2G announced Feb. 3. The Tim Viens-owned team, which had already announced its entry into the series in 2022, will field two full-time trucks, with Jaskol in the No. 46. “I can’t fully express how grateful …

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Here Are the Changes to the Daytona Road Course Entry Lists

Pack Racing during the 2021 Busch Clash

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In what will likely become a recurring segment at Frontstretch each week, we’ll run down the driver- and team-related changes to the NASCAR entry lists since they were initially posted, in this case last Saturday, Feb. 13. NASCAR Cup Series (Daytona International Speedway road course) –Garrett Smithley will make his season debut this weekend, driving the …

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NASCAR 101: Drivers Racing in Lower Series Than They Have in Years Past

2019 Phoenix I Nxs Michael Annett Nkp

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After nearly three years away from the NASCAR Xfinity Series, Korbin Forrister returns to the circuit in this weekend’s Dover International Speedway doubleheader, driving the No. 36 for DGM Racing. Forrister, a mostly part-time competitor in the Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series since 2014 (including seven starts in 2020), is no stranger to Xfinity. …

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NASCAR 101: Meet the Drivers Making Their Season — or Series — Debuts at the Daytona Road Course

Nascar Gander Outdoors Truck Series

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The NASCAR schedule isn’t just visiting a new track this weekend when its top series tackle the Daytona International Speedway road course. Some new faces are coming along, too. As is often the case with NASCAR’s road course races, multiple drivers entered this weekend are not full-time competitors on any NASCAR circuit. Instead, they either …

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NASCAR 101: Related Drivers in NASCAR

2016 Fontana Nxs Ty Dillon Austin Dillon Brett Moist Nkp

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This column was all set. Perfect, even — the idea, that is. It was timely, fitting, whatever. Then Carson Ware dropped off the Gander Outdoors Truck Series entry list for this weekend at Martinsville Speedway. But you know what? Screw it. Doing it anyway. In the event that Ware returns to the entry list (until …

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Truckin’ Thursdays: Meet the Road Course Ringers for Canadian Tire Motorsports Park

Alex Tagliani 2017 Bowmanville

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Chevrolet Silverado 250 Canadian Tire Motorsport Park Bowmanville, ON CAN Saturday 2 September 2017 Alex Tagliani, Spectra Premium Chevrolet Silverado World Copyright: Barry Cantrell NKP

As the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series heads north of the border to Canadian Tire Motorsports Park, it has one of the shortest entry lists of the season with only 28 as of press time. Additionally, there will be six drivers who can be considered road course ringers, something that’s become a rarity on the …

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