Re: Eldora truck race
 

I'm kinda' surprised that Frank Kimmel hasn't been offered a ride for the Eldora NASCAR truck race. Over the last 15 years Frank has been the most successful driver on dirt while piloting an ARCA car.

I would also agree with a previous comment that winged or wingless sprinters, midgets, Silver Crown or dirt late model experience logically would probably not equate over to a big heavy NASCAR truck to any great degree. But then again, a racer is a racer is a racer and Kyle Larson is definitely a racer.

I've read the qualifying procedure on Eldora's website several times and haven't been able to discern whether or not some trucks running the full truck schedule will be locked in with owner points. If that is the case there will be precious few at large starting positions available to guys like Hines, Larson, Landers and Bloomquist.

Regardless of whether this race pans out in the future it will garner the biggest crowd and the most media attention in the history of Eldora Speedway.

Re: Eldora truck race
 

Only the top 20 in owner points are locked in the race.

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I was curious as to who are the ringers, since I know nothing about the truck regulars.

Here are the drivers who are not in the top 25 in the truck points:

Austin Dillon Welcome, North Carolina Chevrolet RSS Racing Susan Bates
Chris Jones Forest, Virginia Chevrolet RSS Racing Pam Sieg
Clay Greenfield Clarksville, Tennessee RAM TBA Clay Greenfield
Dave Blaney Hartford, Ohio Ford Reese Towpower Brad Keselowski
Jared Landers Batesville, Arkansas Chevrolet Mark Martin Automotive & Peak Oil Eddie Sharp
Jeff Babcock Wayne, Ohio Chevrolet BulkMaterialLift.com Chris Fontaine
Jennifer Jo Cobb Kansas City, Kansas RAM Driven2Honor.org Jennifer Jo Cobb
Jimmy Weller III Hubbard, Ohio Chevrolet TBA Ken Smith
Jr Heffner Stephentown, New York Chevrolet A. Colarusso & Son Inc. Park East Sales LLC Robert Colarusso
Justin Jennings LaGrange, Missouri Chevrolet TBA Mike Mittler
Ken Schrader Fenton, Missouri Toyota Federated Auto Parts Ken Schrader
Kenny Wallace St. Louis, Missouri Toyota GrimeBoss/GunBroker Bobby Dotter
Kyle Larson Elk Grove, California Chevrolet Clorox Steve Turner
Norm Benning Level Green, Pennsylvania Chevrolet TBA Norm Benning
Ryan Newman South Bend, Indiana Chevrolet Oral B – Aggressive Design Steve Turner
Scott Bloomquist Mooresburg, Tennessee Toyota Toyota Care Kyle Busch
Tracy Hines New Castle, Indiana Toyota TBA Duke Thorson

All of the above might not be ringers, since some of them have a few points in the truck standings, but are not in the top 25.

Chris Jones
Clay Greenfield
Jennifer Jo Cobb
Jimmy Weller III
Justin Jennings
Kyle Larson
Norm Benning

I was surprised to note that 7 of the top 25 don't have rides.

Chase Elliott
David Starr
Jeff Agnew
Ross Chastain
Ryan Sieg
Tim George Jr
Todd Bodine

Don't over look Kenny Schrader! The man has a lot of laps on dirt and knows how to get around Eldora.

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I have a feeling it's going to hard packed blacksphalt type track. I got to wondering about replacing the windshields with dirt screens so I contacted someone I know that works for a truck team. He said they were leaving the windshields in with a mud deflector on the hood. That makes me think they aren't planning on a lot of mud flying around.

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I thought i remember reading this past winter that the trucks would be comparable to driving a dirt modified. Hence giving Schrader an advantage. I also recall seeing Matt Crafton race a mod at volusia during speedweeks. Not sure of his background but dont ever recall seeing him race a dirt mod there any other time. The dillon boys raced mods back in the day. Hopefully its a good race.

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Originally Posted by Dick Monahan:
I was curious as to who are the ringers, since I know nothing about the truck regulars.

Here are the drivers who are not in the top 25 in the truck points:

Austin Dillon Welcome, North Carolina Chevrolet RSS Racing Susan Bates
Chris Jones Forest, Virginia Chevrolet RSS Racing Pam Sieg
Clay Greenfield Clarksville, Tennessee RAM TBA Clay Greenfield
Dave Blaney Hartford, Ohio Ford Reese Towpower Brad Keselowski
Jared Landers Batesville, Arkansas Chevrolet Mark Martin Automotive & Peak Oil Eddie Sharp
Jeff Babcock Wayne, Ohio Chevrolet BulkMaterialLift.com Chris Fontaine
Jennifer Jo Cobb Kansas City, Kansas RAM Driven2Honor.org Jennifer Jo Cobb
Jimmy Weller III Hubbard, Ohio Chevrolet TBA Ken Smith
Jr Heffner Stephentown, New York Chevrolet A. Colarusso & Son Inc. Park East Sales LLC Robert Colarusso
Justin Jennings LaGrange, Missouri Chevrolet TBA Mike Mittler
Ken Schrader Fenton, Missouri Toyota Federated Auto Parts Ken Schrader
Kenny Wallace St. Louis, Missouri Toyota GrimeBoss/GunBroker Bobby Dotter
Kyle Larson Elk Grove, California Chevrolet Clorox Steve Turner
Norm Benning Level Green, Pennsylvania Chevrolet TBA Norm Benning
Ryan Newman South Bend, Indiana Chevrolet Oral B – Aggressive Design Steve Turner
Scott Bloomquist Mooresburg, Tennessee Toyota Toyota Care Kyle Busch
Tracy Hines New Castle, Indiana Toyota TBA Duke Thorson

All of the above might not be ringers, since some of them have a few points in the truck standings, but are not in the top 25.

Chris Jones
Clay Greenfield
Jennifer Jo Cobb
Jimmy Weller III
Justin Jennings
Kyle Larson
Norm Benning

I was surprised to note that 7 of the top 25 don't have rides.

Chase Elliott
David Starr
Jeff Agnew
Ross Chastain
Ryan Sieg
Tim George Jr
Todd Bodine

trucks at eldora:3::5:
todd bodine at eldora:3::5::10::18::11;

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I think T Hines is automatically in because of owner points.

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Originally Posted by bullring:
I have a feeling it's going to hard packed blacksphalt type track. I got to wondering about replacing the windshields with dirt screens so I contacted someone I know that works for a truck team. He said they were leaving the windshields in with a mud deflector on the hood. That makes me think they aren't planning on a lot of mud flying around.

I think that's going to depend on what tire "Goodjunk" brings for them to run and a lot on the weather. I think Napcar better have a back up plan on the tire deal, just in case. Just Sayin...remember Indy a few years ago?

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Bloomquist would be the favorite to win in my opinion. He has put a lot of effort into this race. They've been testing and I'm sure bloomer has put a lot of input into the setup. He's one of the smartest chassis builders in the last 10 years. Not to mention he is in the best equipment you could possibly want.

Bloomquist Testing his KBM truck
You Tube Video
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