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
Greenfield has very little dirt experience, and is underfunded
Benning has dirt experience but is very underfunded, a Pittsburgh boy, like to see him do well!
I believe Weller has dirt experience, believe he was same Weller who was hurt badly at the dirt track at Charlotte in an WoO race several years ago