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After 13 seasons in the series, Matt Crafton won the 2013 Camping World Truck Series Championship when he fired his engine in Homestead.

Matt won races and finished in the top five seven times and in the top ten 19 times. Getting caught up in a late race crash, and some hard racing kept his owners at Thor Sport Racing from also taking home the Owner’s Championship which was claimed by Kyle Busch Motorsports when Kyle won the final race of the season. Continue reading “2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Season Wrap”

NASCAR Programming is on the air from the final races in Homestead, Florida. Clouds blanket the sky. There’s a 30 percent chance of rain this afternoon and a 50 percent chance tonight. Certainly not the weather one imagines when one thinks of Florida. A full schedule of NASCAR action today as the three national touring series will all qualify or practice today and the trucks will race tonight. Matt Crafton needs only to start the race in order to win the championship. Continue reading “2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Thirty-Six Homestead”

The weather has been gorgeous in Phoenix, though the track has given the drivers a few problems. A full weekend of racing for a change with the Truck Series on Friday night, Nationwide Series on Saturday afternoon, and Cup Racing on Sunday.

Jimmie Johnson qualified on the pole for Sunday’s race. Matt Kenseth will start 14th.

Erik Jones, at 17, became the latest youngest winner ever in the Truck series. Continue reading “2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Thirty-Five Phoenix”

Beautiful day at Texas Motor Speedway. Clouds pass over occasionally. The time changed last night so we’ll probably hit darkness before the end of the race. Carl Edwards leads them to the green flag. 10 laps in Jimmie Johnson takes over the lead from Edwards. Jimmie and Matt Kenseth come into this race tied at the top of the points standings. Jimmie started in third position. Kenseth started in 6th position. Continue reading “2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Thirty-Four Texas”

CONGRATULATIONS to Darrell Wallace Jr. on winning his first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Race driving the Kyle Busch Motorsports #54 Toyota Tundra!!!

The race was entertaining. Goodyear has brought a compound that’s causing massive tire wear. Also, the temperature has dropped over the past few days – massive arctic blast moved across the eastern portion of the country – and between the tires and the cold, the track isn’t taking rubber.

The Sprint Cup teams have practiced, as have the Trucks and the track hasn’t rubbered up. It made for eventful racing – lots of spins. Continue reading “2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Thirty-Three Martinsville”