Austin Dillon withstood a strong challenge from race winner Johnny Sauter to win the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship in Friday night’s Ford 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Denny Hamlin drove through the field after a pit stop on Lap 134 and won Saturday’s Kroger 200 Camping World Truck Series race at Martinsville Speedway in his only start this year.
In his first Camping World Truck Series start since 2009, Mike Wallace won the Coca-Cola 250 at Talladega Superspeedway, as Kevin Harvick Inc. teammate Ron Hornaday Jr. pushed him across the finish line.
The 2012 Nationwide Series schedule was unveiled recently, and it is highlighted by an inaugural trip to Indianapolis Motor Speedway in the summer.
Kyle Busch started from the pole and dominated the F.W. Webb 175 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, a race in which only six Camping World Truck Series entries finished on the lead lap.
Richard Childress Racing is said to be still seeking sponsorship to field a fourth car next season with Clint Bowyer behind the wheel.
With a two-tire call on a late-race pit stop, Austin Dillon stole Friday night’s Fast Five 225 Camping World Truck Series race at Chicagoland Speedway from Kevin Harvick, who had dominated the event until the last round of stops.
Kevin Harvick Inc owner Kevin Harvick said that KHI would cease to operate at the end of this season. The Camping World Truck Series operation will be shut down while the Nationwide Series program will be absorbed by Richard Childress Racing.
A flat tire that put Timothy Peters off cycle on pit stops allowed his team to improve his truck on way to a victory in the AAA Insurance 200 at Lucas Oil Raceway.
Austin Dillon passed Johnny Sauter with 23 laps to go and did not look back, winning the Lucas Deep Clean 200 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Nashville Superspeedway.
