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2014 Kroger 250
The 2014 Kroger 250 was the 2nd stock car race of the 2014 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, and the 16th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, March 30, 2014, in Ridgeway, Virginia at Martinsville Speedway, a 0.526 mile (0.847 km) permanent paper-clip shaped short track. The race was originally scheduled to be contested over 250 laps, but was increased to 256 laps, due to a NASCAR overtime finish. Matt Crafton, driving for ThorSport Racing, would hold on to his first win of the season. To fill out the podium, Bubba Wallace, driving for Kyle Busch Motorsports, and Ben Kennedy, driving for Turner Scott Motorsports, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively. Background Martinsville Speedway is a NASCAR-owned stock car racing short track in Ridgeway, Virginia, just south of Martinsville. At in length, it is the shortest track in the NASCAR Cup Series. The track was also one of the first paved oval tracks in stock car racing, being built in 1947 by partners ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Long John Silver's 200
Stock car racing events in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series have been held at Martinsville Speedway, in Ridgeway, Virginia during numerous seasons and times of year since 1995. Spring race The Boys & Girls Club of the Blue Ridge 200 is a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia that has been held since 1995. The race is held on the weekend of the NASCAR Cup Series' Cook Out 400 (Martinsville), Cook Out 400. Daniel Hemric is the defending race winner. History Joe Ruttman won the inaugural Truck Series spring race, at Martinsville in 1999 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, 1999. In the 2004 race, Brad Keselowski made his NASCAR national series debut. Dennis Setzer's win in the 2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, 2008 race was the last Truck Series win for Dodge before they rebranded their Truck Series vehicles to Ram Trucks starting in 2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, 2009. It was also the last win for his team, Bobby Hamilton Rac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cole Custer
Cole Matthew Custer (born January 23, 1998) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 41 Ford Mustang (seventh generation), Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Haas Factory Team. He is the son of Joe Custer, the team president of Haas Factory Team. He is the 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series champion. Racing career Early career Custer began racing quarter midget at age four. In 2011, Custer won the United States Auto Club, USAC National Focus Young Guns Championship. The following year, Custer began racing late models, winning ten races and earning Rookie of the Year honors. In 2013, Custer joined the K&N Pro Series East, making his debut at Bristol Motor Speedway for Ken Schrader Racing. During the season at Iowa Speedway, Custer won the pole position, led every lap, a record for a NASCAR rules and regulations#Special rules for combination races, combination race, and won, becoming the youngest race winner in K&N Pro Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ThorSport Racing
ThorSport Racing is an American professional stock car racing team competing in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. Founded in 1996 as SealMaster Racing and based in Sandusky, Ohio, the team is owned by Duke Thorson and his wife, Rhonda. Currently, it fields five teams: the No. 13 for Jake Garcia, the No. 66 for multiple drivers, the 88 for Matt Crafton, the No. 98 for Ty Majeski, and the No. 99 for Ben Rhodes (racing driver), Ben Rhodes. ThorSport has claimed six Truck Series championships: three with Crafton (2013, 2014, 2019), two with Rhodes (2021, 2023), and one with Majeski in 2024. Notably, it is the longest-running team in the Truck Series, with at least one truck in every season since 1996. Nationwide Series Car No. 13 history In 2008, ThorSport Racing made its Nationwide Series debut with Shelby Howard driving the No. 13 Chevrolet Monte Carlo in two races, starting at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park and Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol. Howard finished 20th and 23rd in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Kennedy (NASCAR)
Benjamin Kennedy (born December 26, 1991) is an American motorsports executive and former professional stock car racing driver. He currently serves as the Executive Vice President and Chief Venue & Racing Innovations Officer for NASCAR. Executive career General manager of Truck Series On January 30, 2018, Kennedy was appointed as the general manager of the Camping World Truck Series. After one season in the role, he transitioned to a position focused on strategic initiatives. NASCAR front office In January 2019, Kennedy joined NASCAR's racing operations team, focusing on the sport's international development. A year later, he was promoted to Vice President of Racing Development. In July 2020, he advanced to Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, overseeing racing development for NASCAR's three national series. By June 2021, he was named Senior Vice President of Strategy and Innovation, reporting directly to NASCAR President Steve Phelps. Kennedy is responsible for devel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Blaney
Ryan Michael Blaney (born December 31, 1993) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 12 Ford Mustang (seventh generation), Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Team Penske. He is the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series champion. He is the son of former NASCAR driver Dave Blaney and the grandson of modified dirt track racer Lou Blaney. Racing career Early racing career A third-generation racer and son of then-Cup Series driver Dave Blaney, Blaney started his racing career in quarter midget racing, winning his first race at age 9; he also competed, and won, in Bandolero racing, Bandolero cars at a young age. Moving up to Legends car racing, Legends cars at age 12, Blaney won the Lowe's Motor Speedway Summer Shootout and the Young Lions Winter Heat Points Championship, as well as three divisions of the Carolina Fall Nationals in quarter midgets. He also won the Concord Speedway Young Lions Winter Heat Points Championship in B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toyota
is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational Automotive industry, automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi, Japan. It was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda and incorporated on August 28, 1937. Toyota is the List of manufacturers by motor vehicle production, largest automobile manufacturer in the world, producing about 10 million vehicles per year. The company was 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 Toyota Type A engine, 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 gave rise to The Toyota Way (a management philosophy) and the Toyota ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brad Keselowski Racing
Brad Keselowski Racing was an American professional stock car racing team that competed in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Started in 2007, it was owned and operated by NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series champion Brad Keselowski. The team most recently fielded the Nos. 19 and 29 Ford F-150s for Austin Cindric and Chase Briscoe. On August 17, 2017, BKR announced that they would suspend operations after the 2017 season. ARCA Racing Series During the team’s inaugural season in 2007, BKR competed in select events in the ARCA Racing Series. With Robb Brent behind the wheel of the No. 00, the team earned one top-10 finish at Nashville Superspeedway. In 2009, Keselowski entered a part-time ARCA entry for DeWitt, Michigan driver, 17-year-old Chad Finley, son of former ARCA winner Jeff Finley (racing driver), Jeff Finley. Finley won his first-career pole at Rockingham Speedway, though late race contact would relegate Finley to 15th in the final rundown. In 2010, Finley ran the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Rhodes (racing Driver)
Benjamin Jon Rhodes (born February 21, 1997) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 99 Ford F-150 for ThorSport Racing. He is the 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, 2021 and 2023 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, 2023 Truck Series champion. Before moving up to the Truck Series, Rhodes competed full-time in what is now the ARCA Menards Series East, where he drove for Turner Scott Motorsports and won the 2014 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East, 2014 series championship. He also has previously competed part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, the NASCAR Xfinity Series, and what is now the ARCA Menards Series. Racing career Early years Rhodes began his career in 2004 when he was seven years old, starting in kart racing, winning several champion titles before moving to Bandolero racing, Bandoleros in 2008, and Legends car racing, Legends cars in 2010, then moving up to late model stock cars beginning in 2011 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JR Motorsports
JR Motorsports (pronounced "Junior Motorsports") is an American professional stock car racing team based in Mooresville, North Carolina, co-owned by Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kelley Earnhardt Miller, L. W. Miller, L.W. Miller, and Rick Hendrick. It currently competes in the NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series, eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series, CARS Late Model Stock Tour, and occasionally in the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series. The team fields the No. 40 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 part-time at the NASCAR Cup Series for Justin Allgaier. The team also fields four full-time entries in the Xfinity Series: the No. 1 Chevrolet Camaro (sixth generation), Chevrolet Camaro SS full-time for Carson Kvapil, the No. 7 Camaro full-time for Allgaier, the No. 8 Camaro full-time for Sammy Smith, the No. 88 Camaro full-time for Connor Zilisch, as well as the No. 9 part-time for multiple drivers. The team fields the No. 88 Camaro full-time in the CARS Late Model Stock Tour for Connor Hall (racing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chevrolet
Chevrolet ( ) is an American automobile division of the manufacturer General Motors (GM). In North America, Chevrolet produces and sells a wide range of vehicles, from subcompact automobiles to medium-duty commercial trucks. Due to the prominence and name recognition of Chevrolet as one of General Motors' global marques, "Chevrolet" or its affectionate nickname 'Chevy' or is used at times as a synonym for General Motors or its products, one example being the GM LS1 engine, commonly known by the name or a variant thereof of its progenitor, the Chevrolet small-block engine. Louis Chevrolet (1878–1941), Arthur Chevrolet (1884–1946) and ousted General Motors founder William C. Durant (1861–1947) started the company on November 3, 1911 as the Chevrolet Motor Car Company. Durant used the Chevrolet Motor Car Company to acquire a controlling stake in General Motors with a reverse merger occurring on May 2, 1918, and propelled himself back to the GM presidency. After Durant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Time Zone
The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing part or all of 23 U.S. states, states in the eastern part of the United States, parts of eastern Canada, and the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico. * Eastern Standard Time (EST) is five hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC−05:00). Observed during standard time (late autumn/winter in the United States and Canada). * Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) is four hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC−04:00). Observed during daylight saving time (spring/summer/early autumn in the United States and Canada). On the second Sunday in March, at 2:00 a.m. EST, clocks are advanced to 3:00 a.m. EDT, creating a 23-hour day. On the first Sunday in November, at 2:00 a.m. EDT, clocks are moved back to 1:00 a.m. EST, which results in a 25-hour day. History The boundaries of the Eastern Time Zone have moved westward since the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) took over time-zone management from railroads in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oval Track Racing
Oval track racing is a form of motorsport that is contested on an oval-shaped race track. An oval track differs from a road course in that the layout resembles an oval with turns in only one direction, and the direction of traffic is almost universally counter-clockwise. Oval tracks are dedicated motorsport circuits, used predominantly in the United States. They often have banked turns and some, despite the name, are not precisely oval, and the shape of the track can vary. Major forms of oval track racing include stock car racing, open-wheel racing, sprint car racing, modified car racing, midget car racing and dirt track motorcycles. Oval track racing is the predominant form of auto racing in the United States. According to the 2013 National Speedway Directory, the total number of oval tracks, drag strips and road courses in the United States is 1,262, with 901 of those being oval tracks and 683 of those being dirt tracks. Among the most famous oval tracks in North Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
