Camping World | Dillon dominates in Truck Series win at Texas

   Nov. 1, 2013     By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service FORT WORTH, Tex. -- Dominating the action from start to finish, Ty Dillon ran away with Friday night's WinStar World Casino 350 at Texas Motor Speedway, leading 130 of the 147 laps in the 20th NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race of the season. The driver of the No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet pulled away from Johnny Sauter after taking the lead for the final time on Lap 117. Dillon was shuffled back to third after a restart on Lap 107 but overtook Ryan Blaney for the top spot 10…

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Camping World | Historic First Career Victory For Darrell Wallace Jr. At Martinsville Speedway

  October 26, 2013   By Chris Knight Special to NASCAR Wire Service MARTINSVILLE, Va. -- The clock struck one for rookie Darrell Wallace Jr. on Saturday afternoon at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway, as he earned his first career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win in the Kroger 200. By claiming the victory, Wallace Jr., who turned 20 on October 8 became the first African-American driver to win a NASCAR national touring series event since Wendell Scott won in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) on December 1, 1963 in Jacksonville, Fla., a span of five decades. After winning back-to-back poles on Friday…

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Camping World | Sauter avoids wreck to win Talladega truck race

By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service   TALLADEGA, Ala.—His truck intact and headed in a straight line as most of the rest of the lead-lap trucks wrecked behind him, Johnny Sauter crossed the finish line first in Saturday's Fred's 250 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Talladega Superspeedway. Behind Sauter—chaos. Coming to the checkered flag with a huge run through the tri-oval, Jeb Burton spun off the bumper of Miguel Paludo and flashed up the track into the Toyota of Kyle Busch, who was pushing Dakoda Armstrong toward the finish. Paludo's truck flipped over and slid on its roof down the…

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Camping World | Timothy Peters wins in Las Vegas

By Lori Vizza, Special to the NASCAR Wire Service LAS VEGAS – Timothy Peters took advantage of a rare mistake by Ron Hornaday Jr. on the final restart at Las Vegas Motor Speedway to win the Smith's 350 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race. Peters started 12th and when the final caution came out late in the race, he was running second to Hornaday, who is known for his prowess on restarts. When the green flag flew with two laps to go, Hornaday spun his tires and Peters powered to the lead. As Hornaday faded back, Peters held off Johnny Sauter to record…

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Nationwide | Busch holds off Keselowski for 34th Truck Series win

  By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service   JOLIET, Ill.--If Kyle Busch has found a little extra speed he can use down the road in NASCAR’s Camping World Truck Series, second place might be the best his rivals can hope for. Busch held off Brad Keselowski in the closing laps of Friday night’s EnjoyIllinois.com 225 at Chicagoland Speedway to win for the 34th time in the series, frustrating Keselowksi’s bid to become the 24th driver to win in all three of NASCAR’s national series. "We didn’t have the speed on the short run, but on the long runs, we had a really, really good…

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Kyle Busch Wins CWS UNOH 200 after Late Yellow Derails Peters

 August 21, 2013 Staff Report, NASCAR Wire Service  Bristol, Tenn. -- About to be lapped 20 laps from the finish, Kyle Busch took advantage of a late caution to regroup and charge back to his fourth NASCAR Camping World Truck Series victory at Bristol Motor Speedway on Wednesday night. Busch’s deciding pass of Ryan Blaney came on the 195th of 200 laps around the .533-mile track but he was challenged at the checkered flag by defending UNOH 200 winner Timothy Peters. The pair of Toyota Tundras crossed the start-finish stripe literally side-by-side with Peters - who’d held a two-second advantage when the night’s…

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