They race everything.
As the “Chase” makes the way back to our part of the world it is only fitting we make one step back and have a look at the other series running in our back yard.
Camping World Series trucks are on tap at Martinsville Speedway coupled with the TUMS Fast Relief 500 for the Sprint Cup.
To be honest, years ago, when they introduced trucks to the NASCAR format we thought they were a bit daft. Trucks pull trailers and haul bricks or lumber or dirt or empty beer cans.
Trucks are torque machines for pulling and hauling. Speed is not generally the way they do things.
However, NASCAR has done a number with the Camping World Series. They took the Cup chassis and essentially dropped a truck on it. The hood is lowered and the windshield is swept a bit and the bed is not really a bed but it works. They are fast. They look like pick-up trucks.
Weird… (more…)