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NASCAR ejects six crew members after Cup and Truck inspection failures

On Friday, each of the 31 NASCAR Truck Series entries for Kansas Speedway rolled through inspection. Most of the teams made it through without much drama, but not all of them. Four trucks, including three from ThorSport Racing, struggled to pass.

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Eckes can clinch NASCAR Truck playoffs top seed at Richmond

Seven drivers are already locked in the 10-driver playoffs, five by wins (Christian Eckes, Corey Heim, Nick Sanchez, Rajah Caruth and Ty Majeski) – and two on points (Grant Enfinger and Tyler Ankrum).

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Eckes holds off Busch to win NASCAR Truck race at Bristol

Busch and Eckes dominated the race, leading a combined 249 of the 250 laps, but Eckes got a good jump on the field on a restart with 24 laps remaining.

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Sanchez wins, Gray flips in wreck-marred Daytona NASCAR Truck opener

Sanchez, making his 24th career start, led the way at the start of overtime and got a big jump on the rest of the field, which proved beneficial.

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Brett Moffitt wins NASCAR Truck race at Talladega

Moffit, making his first start of the 2023 season in a second entry for Front Row Motorsports, took control of the race late in the third stage but lost the lead to Christian Eckes just before a late wreck sent the race into a two-lap overtime.

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Eckes earns Kansas Truck win with daring three-wide pass

Eckes – who hadn’t led a lap all night – lined up fourth on the final restart with Corey Heim out front. He went to the outside of Heim and Zane Smith in Turn 3 and the three briefly bounced off each other before Eckes darted to the inside to…

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Hocevar rallies on new tires to take Richmond Truck win

Hocevar ran into trouble before the race even began when he was forced to pit during pace laps for a flat tire and had to line up at the rear of the field.

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2023 NASCAR Truck Series playoff field set

Seven drivers entered the 250-lap race already locked into the playoffs, leaving three spots up for grabs.

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Corey Heim wins a wet, wild and then dry Truck race at Mid-Ohio

Heim and his No. 11 Tricon Garage Toyota had shown themselves to be fast in practice and won the pole on Friday – but both were in the heat of a sunny day.

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Larson wins Truck race in NASCAR's return to North Wilkesboro

Larson, driving the No. 7 Chevrolet for Spire Motorsports, led 138 of what turned out to be 252 laps but after pitting for new tires under a late-race caution, he had to run down Bubba Wallace to reclaim the lead with 13 laps to go.

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Cody Ware arrested for assault, suspended by NASCAR

Ware missed Sunday's Cup race at the Bristol Dirt with a statement from Rick Ware Racing (RWR) saying it was "to focus on a personal matter." Matt Crafton drove the car in his absence.

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Joey Logano wins caution-filled Bristol Dirt Truck race

Logano, who won the inaugural Cup Series dirt race at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway in 2021, earned a victory on the same track in Trucks on Saturday night in a dominating performance.

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Matt Crafton to sub for Cody Ware in Bristol Dirt Cup race

Crafton, 46, will drive the No. 51 Rick Ware Racing Ford Mustang in Sunday's Cup race on the Bristol Dirt. He will be filling in for Cody Ware, who was forced to step away for the weekend.

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Leaders crash as Hocevar earns first Truck win in wild Texas finish

Nick Sanchez dominated the race from pole, winning both stages and leading 168 of 171 laps.

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Christian Eckes wins wreck-marred Atlanta Truck race

A late-race wreck involving Carson Hocevar sent the race into a two-lap overtime with Nick Sanchez in the lead.

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Zane Smith takes rain-shortened NASCAR Truck win at Daytona

Reigning NASCAR Truck champion Zane Smith kicked off the new season with a win, albeit a shortened one.

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Ty Majeski cruises to Homestead Trucks win over Zane Smith

Ty Majeski is heading to the NASCAR Truck Series championship race in two weeks on an impressive roll.

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Enfinger wins wild NASCAR Trucks playoff opener at IRP

Grant Enfinger went from fourth to first in a two-lap overtime to win a wild NASCAR Truck Series playoff opener at Indianapolis Raceway Park.

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Chandler Smith wins Pocono Truck race as playoff field set

Chandler Smith held off repeated charges from Ryan Preece in the final laps to win Saturday’s NASCAR Truck Series race at Pocono Raceway.

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2022 NASCAR Truck Series playoff field set

The 2022 NASCAR Truck Series playoff grid has been set after Saturday's race at Pocono Raceway.

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Preece wins Nashville Truck race for second consecutive year

Ryan Preece has only limited starts in the NASCAR Truck Series but both his victories have come at Nashville (Tenn.) Superspeedway.

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Todd Gilliland snags Truck win on the Knoxville Dirt

Todd Gilliland took victory in his first start of the 2022 NASCAR Truck Series season, winning on the dirt at Knoxville.

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Corey Heim blocks KBM teammate, wins Gateway Trucks in OT

Corey Heim jumped to the lead at the start of overtime and his NASCAR Truck Series win at Gateway was secured by a last-lap caution.

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Friesen snaps winless streak with Texas Truck win

Stewart Friesen snagged his first NASCAR Truck Series victory in over two years after a two-lap shootout at Texas Motor Speedway.

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Zane Smith dominates in Kansas Truck win over Majeski

Zane Smith dominated Saturday night’s NASCAR Truck Series race at Kansas, taking his third win of the 2022 season.

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