S.M.'s Camping World Update, Issue No. 25

Rumors/News

Daytona International Speedway has announced that have a race sponsor for the Truck Series race being held Feb. 13th.

The race is now being called, the NextEra Energy Resources 250, the wind and energy company has also signed a mult-year deal to continue as race sponsor of the event.

Key Motorsports has announced it will run the No. 40 Chevrolet Silverado, in the full 25 race schedule in the Camping World Truck Series in 2009.

They'll have sponsorship from Westerman Companies for six races, the race schedule for the sponsor is as follows: both Martinsville races (March 28th & October 24th), Kentucky Speedway race (July 18th), O'Reilly Raceway Park race (July 24th), Bristol Motor Speedway (August 19th) and Gateway International Raceway (September 12th).

Lance Hooper will serve as crew chief, the driver and other sponsors will be a forthcoming announcement.

Mike Skinner is still looking for a new driving job in 2009, he's been talking with several teams, one of them is Randy Moss Motorsports.

He's had a tough off season getting caught in the sale of Bill Davis Racing. What was a sure bet for 2009, has turned into nothing for Skinner and sure it doesn't pay to be looking for a ride with the tough economy.

But he's optimistic that he'll land a ride, since he is a Champion, won 25 races in the series and has some help from Toyota in his pocket.

While he has no interest in running Sprint Cup full-time, he does have a one race ride in the 500 and involves Slugger Labbe.

He's been the go to guy, for several struggling Sprint Cup teams in 2008, he's exciting too watch racing in the trucks and hopefully he'll land a ride before the truck race Feb. 13th at Daytona.

Billy Ballew Motorsports has announced that Kyle Busch will run, between 12 to 15 races in the No. 51 Miccouskee Resorts Toyota Tundra truck and for the second year in a row will share the ride with Shane Sieg.

They also announced that they are still looking for a sponsor for the No. 15 truck. The team will only race the un-sponsored truck for the first four races of the 2009 season. 

Then it will be parked if it isn't sponsored at that time and will run a full schedule with sponsorship. They will run the truck with one driver, not with various drivers like it did in 2008.

Circle Bar Racing is close to naming a driver for it's No. 10 Ford Truck. They have a list of sixteen names, which varies from rookies, veterans, and plus a few drivers having some sponsorship backing to offer the team with their selection.

They are looking for the best package that fits both Circle Bar Racing and Rick Crawford the best. Not necessarily the most experienced drivers, the best resume or who brings the most sponsorship to negotiations.

J.R. Fitzpatrick and TRG Motorsports have announced that he'll be driving the No. 7 Chevrolet Silverado in the truck series schedule. No sponsor announcement was made.

He has turned heads after his testing in an ARCA car at Daytona and meets NASCAR's approval to race in the Camping World Truck Series on any of it's tracks the series races on.

Also looks like J.R. will be driving a limited schedule in the truck series and along with several Nationwide Series Races.

TRG Motorsports will be shortly announcing his schedule for both series in 2009.

He's a extremely talented driver from NASCAR's Canadian Tire Series, bummed that they won't let him race trucks full-time let him develop some more and then look at the Nationwide Series.

But I'm also looking at TRG Motorsports, having a driver that they could develop, then move all the way to Cup with and if I'm a owner invested in racing as this team is that would be one of my goals.

Bryan Silas and Fast Track Racing will be running a limited truck series schedule in 2009 and also will be running the entire ARCA Re/Max Series schedule.

J.C. Stout and Stellar Quest Racing has announced they will be running in a limited schedule in the Nationwide Series in the No. 19 Chevrolet and has sponsorship opportunities available to the team.

This is a pretty cool team, it's family owned with a all volunteer team and based near Buffalo, NY.

Stout is also looking for other driving opportunities in both the Nationwide and Truck Series's.

MRSP Motorsports which is owned by a Speed commentator for the truck series Phil and Marcia Parsons and Randy and Stacy Humphrey will be attempting to qualify for the Daytona 500.

Truck Series regular Terry Cook will be driving the entry, the manufacture is Toyota and both the sponsor and number have yet to be announced.

The team fields the No. 90 and 91 cars in the Nationwide Series full-time.