Rumors
Donny Lia has been released as driver of the No. 71 TRG Motorsports truck. It appears Andy Lally will be driving a few races for the team.
Lafferty Motorsports have announced that MRD Motorsports are helping them get a truck ready to race at Talladega. I will keep you posted with further updates as the Oct. 4th race approaches. Nice to see the teams helping each other out.
Xpress Motorsports was rumored to have shutdown but they have a working agreement with Bill Davis Racing for the remainder of the 2008 CTS schedule. They will switch to Toyota Tundra's and receive support from BDR.
The Las Vegas race will be the first one where the teams run as technical partners. I will keep you posted if Xpress Motorsports is done after the 2008 season or will continue in the series.
Billy Ballew Motorsports Rumors
Shane Sieg will be driving the No. 51 Miccosukee Resorts Toyota Tundra for Billy Ballew Motorsports at Gateway International Raceway.
Marc Mitchell, will be back in the N0. 15 Ergon Hyprene Toyota Tundra for Billy Ballew Motorsports at Gateway International Raceway.
To update Ted Christopher driving for BBM, looks like that will not be happening. Jason White will be driving for the team in the No. 15 truck at Loudon.
Bobby Dotter, will be driving the No. 08 Gunbroker.com Dodge truck for SS Green Light Racing at Loudon. This is Jason White's usual ride in NCTS.
Truck Race Sponsor News
Camping World has announced that they, along with Winnebago, will be sponsoring the Sept. 13th truck race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. The race will now be called, the Camping World RV Rental 200 Driven by Winnebago Industries.
While there is nothing new to report on a title sponsor, I would really love to see Camping World take over for Craftsman Tools. They are a really awesome company to step up and put their name on all these races.
I hope all you fans remember them for all their RV, camping and Outdoor needs.
2009 Team News
Bill Davis racing has signed Brian Scott to drive for them in 2009. When more information becomes available on the sponsor or truck number I will let you know.
I wouldn't be surprised to see a even bigger announcement coming from BDR in regards to one of his current drivers moving back up to Sprint Cup as a Teammate to Dave Blaney.
But that's just my thinking, nothing official and didn't mention him by name.
CTS Driver Profile
This week I'm going to dedicate this space to the four development drivers that are running at Gateway International Raceway on Saturday afternoon.
1. Michael Annett will be driving the No. 22 Pilot Toyota Tundra for Bill Davis Racing. He has run some great races this season. He raced to a second place finish at Kentucky, ran a really great race and it was only his third start.
I'm impressed with this kid's talent, he's the real deal according to Speed's Phil Parsons so remember his name because you will be hearing it a lot in the next few years. Here's his stats, five starts, one-Top Five and two-Top Tens.
2. Chrissy Wallace will be back driving the No. 03 Germain Racing Toyota Tundra. I really like her, think she has talent, needs to run every week in CTS and will only get better with time.
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Patti Rodisch 10 months ago
Great job on this.. I agree Chrissy wallace relationship with Stewart i think is benefit for her. And hse really is a great driver i saw her earlier this year I think it was Bristol or something... but she was running in the top 15 top 10 most of the day... great read..
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S M Napier 10 months ago
Thanks for the comment, appreciate it. Think Chrissy will develop into a great driver, maybe in a few years she could be NASCAR's version of Danica and really like that Stewart's taken her under his wing to help her. He's a great driver, really respect him for all his charitable stuff and it will be exciting next year to see him as a owner/driver.
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Mary Jo Buchanan 10 months ago
SM awesome update as usual. Especially like the part about the development drivers - those are the up and comers as we say. I hope Chrissy gets a chance to shine too.
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S M Napier 10 months ago
Mary Jo, I had the whole Update done, had been try to figure out who to write about in my driver profile. Happened to be reading the entry list for Gateway, saw the four where on it and thought just write about the four drivers. They are the future, might as well give them some exposure on B/R, both Annett and Wallace are going to be great drivers.
East with more time will develop nicely, think if Roush-Fenway patient with him they'll like the end result. Now Davis, I'm excited to see him race at Gateway and think he with time will develop into a decent driver.
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