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HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Matt Crafton is now tied with Jack Sprague for three championship victories in the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series. Crafton’s second-place finish in the Ford EcoBoost 200 … Continue Reading Matt Crafton ties Jack Sprague in Truck Series titles
Short of a “triple burnout”, there were three separate celebrations to conclude the 2019 season, including the Driver’s Champion, the Owner’s Champion, and the overall race winner.
“I don’t know that it does anything for my future. As odd as that may sound, for me, I tell you, I love where I’m at.”
AVONDALE, Ariz. — The field is set for the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series championship. Ross Chastain, Matt Crafton, Brett Moffitt, and Stewart Friesen will compete for the 2019 series … Continue Reading Field set for Truck Series Championship 4
AVONDALE, Ariz. — Where there are winners, there are those who also fall short. Austin Hill and Tyler Ankrum did not advance to the Championship 4, with their finishes of … Continue Reading Tyler Ankrum, Austin Hill fail to advance to Championship 4
“It was kind of frustrating. The KBM (Kyle Busch Motorsports) guys, we kind of talked to them before the race started and we were supposed to really work with each other and it didn’t really happen that way,” Hill said.
“You know, we’re happy, we finished fourth at Daytona in this truck, and then one of my crew guys is like ‘you just won!’ and I’m like, I can’t believe this.”
Moffitt led the field to the final green, and while the rest of the field fought for second, the defending champion pulled away towards victory lane.
The 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series playoff grid is one of the most unusual in the history of the sport.
Stewart Friesen — after finishing runner-up on six occasions in the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series — is officially a winner in the series. Friesen led the final 57 laps … Continue Reading Stewart Friesen becomes 106th winner in Truck Series