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2019 Eldora Dirt Derby
The 2019 Eldora Dirt Derby was a NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series race held on August 1, 2019, at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio. Contested over 150 laps on the dirt track, it was the 15th race of the 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series season. Background Track Eldora Speedway is a high-banked clay dirt oval. Located north of Rossburg, Ohio in the village of New Weston, Ohio. Originally constructed as a 1/4-mile semi-banked clay dirt oval by track founder and legendary promoter Earl Baltes, Eldora was enlarged to a 3/8-mile length and later to the "half-mile" standard required by the United States Auto Club (USAC) for National Championship events featuring the stars of the Indianapolis 500. Entry list Practice First practice Chase Briscoe was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 19.257 seconds and a speed of . Final practice Stewart Friesen was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 19.886 seconds and a speed of . ...
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2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series
The 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series was the 25th season of the third highest stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in North America. It marks the transition of the series' corporate sponsor from Camping World to its subsidiary Gander Outdoors. Matt Crafton won his third series championship, his first since his consecutive titles in 2013 and 2014. It was the first time in Truck Series history that the champion went winless during the season. Crafton's ThorSport Racing teammate Grant Enfinger won the regular-season championship. Teams and drivers Complete schedule Limited schedule Notes Changes Teams * On December 5, 2018, it was announced that Chad Finley Racing would field a full-time effort in 2019 with the No. 42 Chevrolet Silverado. Chad Finley and Robby Lyons were announced as drivers, while Bruce Cook was announced as crew chief. CFR ran part-time in the 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. However, the team elected to not run at Las Vegas as ...
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Sheldon Creed
Sheldon M. Creed (born September 30, 1997) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 2 Chevrolet Camaro for Richard Childress Racing. He is a member of Drivers Edge Development, a driver development program for Chevrolet-affiliated racers. Born in Alpine, California, Creed grew up competing in short course off-road racing, winning championships in the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series (LOORRS) and Stadium Super Trucks (SST). A two-time SST champion, he also has the most race wins in series history with 39. Creed moved to stock cars in 2016 with the ARCA Racing Series, and he would win its title in 2018. After making sporadic starts in various NASCAR series in 2017 and 2018, he became a full-time NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver in 2019. He won the 2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series Championship in his second full season. Creed has also raced in Aussie Racing Cars, NASCAR Xfinity Se ...
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Colt Gilliam
Colt C. Gilliam (born December 27, 1989) is an American professional stock car racing driver. Gilliam competes in the super stock division at Carolina Speedway in Gastonia, North Carolina. He made his NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series debut in the 2019 Eldora Dirt Derby driving the No. 8 Chevrolet Silverado for NEMCO Motorsports. Motorsports career results NASCAR (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) Gander Outdoors Truck Series Season still in progress Ineligible for series points References External links * NASCAR drivers Living people Racing drivers from South Carolina Sportspeople from Rock Hill, South Carolina 1989 births {{NASCAR-bio-stub ...
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Kart Idaho Racing
Kart racing or karting is a road racing variant of motorsport with open-wheel, four-wheeled vehicles known as go-karts or shifter karts. They are usually raced on scaled-down circuits, although some professional kart races are also held on full-size motorsport circuits. Karting is commonly perceived as the stepping stone to the higher ranks of motorsports, with most of Formula One champions including Sebastian Vettel, Nico Rosberg, Ayrton Senna, Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton, Michael Schumacher, Kimi Räikkönen, and Fernando Alonso having begun their careers in karting. Karts vary widely in speed and some (known as superkarts) can reach speeds exceeding , while recreational go-karts intended for the general public may be limited to lower speeds. History American Art Ingels is generally accepted to be the father of karting. A veteran hot rodder and a race car builder at Kurtis Kraft, he built the first kart in Southern California in 1956. Early karting events were held i ...
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Tim Ward (racing Driver)
Tim Ward (born February 23, 1994) is an American professional dirt track racing, dirt track and stock car racing driver. Ward predominantly competes in Modified stock car racing, dirt modified competition. Racing career He won the DIRTcar Modified Series Rookie of the Year award in 2008. In 2018, Ward made his NASCAR K&N Pro Series West debut in the 2018 Star Nursery 100 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Dirt Track. He placed fourth in his heat race and fourteenth place in the main event. He later competed in the 2019 Eldora Dirt Derby, where he placed fifth in his heat race and sixteenth in the main event. Motorsports career results NASCAR (Template:NASCAR driver results legend, key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) Gander Outdoors Truck Series K&N Pro Series West Season still in progress Ineligible for series points References External links
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Norm Benning Racing
Norm Benning Racing is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. The team is owned by Norm Benning, who drives the No. 6 Chevrolet Silverado. History Norm Benning Racing opened in 1993, DNQ'ing all attempts by team owner Norm Benning in Cup competition. Benning began fielding the No. 8 and 84 car in the ARCA Racing Series in 1995 for himself and other drivers. Benning ran the team in four Nationwide races from 2003–2004. The team's most successful series has been the Truck Series, after successfully making 7 of the 8 races they attempted in 2008. The team ran the full Truck season making 24 of the 25 races and finishing 21st in points. Benning once again attempted the Daytona 500 in 2010 but failed to qualify. The team attempted to race the 2010 Truck season full-time in the No. 57 and had a good degree of success, gaining locked-in for a few races in owner points. For 2011 the team struggled ...
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Norm Benning
Norm Benning Jr. (born January 16, 1952) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 6 Chevrolet Silverado for his team, Norm Benning Racing. He has worked as a driver analyst for TheRacingExperts.com in the past. Benning has often been referred to as Stormin' Norman after his performance in the 2013 Mudsummer Classic, the Truck Series' first race on dirt. He previously competed in the NASCAR Busch Series and Winston Cup Series. Early career Born in Level Green, Pennsylvania, Benning began by racing as a 15-year-old at Heidelberg Raceway even though he was supposed to be at least 18 years old. He also has raced in dirt late models and asphalt modifieds. ARCA Benning has finished in the top 10 in ARCA points seven times, with a highest of 5th in 2001. In 276 starts, Benning has five top 5 and 32 top 10 finishes. His best effort was a 3rd-place finish at the Springfield d ...
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Toyota
is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi, Japan. It was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda and incorporated on . Toyota is one of the largest automobile manufacturers in the world, producing about 10 million vehicles per year. The company was originally founded as a spinoff of Toyota Industries, a machine maker started by Sakichi Toyoda, Kiichiro's father. Both companies are now part of the Toyota Group, one of the largest conglomerates in the world. While still a department of Toyota Industries, the company developed its first product, the Type A engine in 1934 and its first passenger car in 1936, the Toyota AA. After World War II, Toyota benefited from Japan's alliance with the United States to learn from American automakers and other companies, which would give rise to The Toyota Way (a management philosophy) and the Toyota Production System (a lean manufacturing practice) that would transform the small company into a leader i ...
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Kyle Busch Motorsports
Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM) is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. They formerly competed in the CARS Tour, ARCA/CRA Super Series, Southern Super Series, and the ARCA Menards Series, and is also the parent company of Super Late Model chassis constructor Rowdy Manufacturing. Originally fielding Toyota Tundras, the team switched to Chevrolet Silverados beginning in 2023. The team currently fields two full-time Chevrolet Silverados: the No. 4 for Chase Purdy and the No. 51, which is driven each year by the team owner Kyle Busch along with Jack Wood and multiple Chevrolet drivers from other NASCAR series to be named in the future. History KBM was founded after Busch purchased the remaining assets of Xpress Motorsports from J.B. Scott (father of driver Brian Scott) in late 2009 as well as purchasing trucks from Roush Fenway Racing, which had closed its Truck team the previous year. Rick Ren, the crew chief ...
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Todd Gilliland
Todd J. Gilliland (born May 15, 2000) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 38 Ford Mustang for Front Row Motorsports. He is the son of NASCAR driver and team owner David Gilliland. Racing career Early career Gilliland first started driving when he was three years old; his parents purchased a pink (later repainted to black) Barbie corvette with modified pedals and an additional battery to increase its speed. Afterwards, he began driving a quarter midget on a neighborhood dirt track. Two years later, he started racing competitively, but stopped for two years at the decision of his father. In 2012, he won championships in the North Carolina Quarter Midget Association, USAC World Formula National Quarter Midget Championship and on the West Coast; he concluded his quarter midget career with 34 wins. The following year, he started limited late model racing, running three races. In 2014, he won his first li ...
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Jordan Anderson Racing
Jordan Anderson Racing Bommarito Autosport is an American professional stock car racing team that competes in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, fielding the No. 31 Chevrolet Camaro full-time for Myatt Snider, the No. 32 part-time for owner Jordan Anderson and Austin Wayne Self, and in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, fielding the No. 3 Chevrolet Silverado part-time for Anderson and Dylan Westbrook. The team has a technical alliance with Richard Childress Racing, who build their cars, and ECR Engines, who build their engines. Xfinity Series Car No. 31 history On January 25, 2021, it was announced that Jordan Anderson Racing would move up to the Xfinity Series full-time in the No. 31 car, with Anderson himself driving full-time and running for rookie of the year. The team attempted to make their debut at the Beef. It's What's for Dinner. 300 at Daytona International Speedway in February 2021. Rain forced the cancelation of qualifying and due to NASCAR rainout rules, the car ...
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Carson Hocevar
Carson S. Hocevar (born January 28, 2003) is an American professional dirt track and stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 42 Chevrolet Silverado for Niece Motorsports. He has also competed in the ARCA Menards Series and ARCA Menards Series West in the past. Racing career Early career Hocevar began competing in quarter midgets at the age of 7, winning 79 feature races and 15 national championships. He started racing at Berlin Raceway in 2015 as a 12 year old and won the track's Outlaw Late Model championship. He won his first Super Late Model race at the track in 2016, but NASCAR stopped all drivers under 14 from competing from sanctioned tracks. Hocevar returned in 2017 and won the track's Super Late Model championship. ARCA Menards Series Hocevar competed in 11 ARCA Menards Series races between 2018 and 2019, with 9 top ten finishes and 2 pole positions. In 2019, he joined the Driver's Edge Development Progra ...
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