There’s another battle in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, and it’s getting white hot.
That’s the owner points, where the top of the standings is practically deadlocked. Steve Germain’s No. 30 Toyota is first, but only 10 points ahead of Kyle Busch’s No. 18 Toyota. Behind them is DeLana Harvick’s No. 2 Chevrolet (45 points out of first) and Billy Ballew’s No. 51 Toyota (88 points back).
It’s a title hunt worth watching, especially with the interesting Kyle Busch-Brian Ickler rotation in that No. 18 ride.
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This weekend, Ickler will pilot the successful machine. He had a decent run at Gateway last year, finishing 15th. In that event, Ickler had a Driver Rating of 54.0, an Average Running Position of 18.9, a Pass Differential (passes minus times passed) of plus-five. To keep up with Todd Bodine, Ickler must improve in one key stat this weekend: Laps in the Top 15. Last year, he only ran seven of the 160 laps in the top 15.
Bodine could take advantage of the inexperienced Ickler and put some distance in the owner points standings. Bodine has finished in the top five in three of the last four races at Gateway.
Since the inception of Loop Data in 2005, Bodine has a Driver Rating of 109.1, an Average Running Position of 7.5, 55 Fastest Laps Run, a Laps in the Top 15 percentage of 88.0% and a Pass Differential of plus-74.
Germain and Harvick — Delana’s the defending owner champion — both have wins at Gateway.
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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series: News And Notes – Gateway
CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR 1 Carl Long Chevrolet Koma Unwind Chillaxation Drink 2 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Stubb's Legendary Bar-B-Q / Kroger 3 Austin Dillon* Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Remington Arms / Tracker 4 Ricky Carmichael Chevrolet Monster Energy 5 Mike Skinner Toyota Exide Batteries 6 Jeffrey Earnhardt Chevrolet Fuel Doctor 7 Justin Lofton* Toyota VisitPIT.com 7 Tony Jackson Jr. Chevrolet SS Green Light Racing 9 Max Papis Toyota GEICO 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb* Ford drivenmale.com / DriverBoutique.com 12 Mario Gosselin Chevrolet TireMonkey.com / James Carter Attorney 13 Johnny Sauter Chevrolet Curb Records 15 Steve Wallace Toyota TBA 17 Timothy Peters Toyota Red Horse Racing 18 Brian Ickler Toyota Toyota Tundra / Viasystems 21 Butch Miller Dodge ASI Limited 23 Jason White Dodge GunBroker.com 30 Todd Bodine Toyota Germain.com 31 James Buescher Chevrolet Wolfpack Rentals 33 Ron Hornaday Chevrolet Charter 39 Ryan Sieg Chevrolet S&W Towing 46 Clay Greenfield Dodge Team Gill Racing 47 Brett Butler* Chevrolet FuelDoctorUSA 48 Tim Bainey Jr. Chevrolet Rockingham Speedway 49 Richard Harriman Chevrolet FT-11 Multi-Purpose Degreaser 51 Aric Almirola Toyota Zyclara by Graceway Pharmaceutica- 57 Norm Benning Chevrolet Norm Benning Racing 60 Stacy Compton Chevrolet SafeAuto Insurance Company 63 Jack Smith Ford Mittler Bros. Machine & Tool 76 Ryan Hackett Ford www.jandrsupply.com 81 David Starr Toyota Randy Moss Motorsports 85 Brent Raymer Ford Ford. Drive one. 88 Matt Crafton Chevrolet Menards 89 Chris Lafferty Chevrolet Lafferty Motorsports 90 Brad Sweet Toyota Great Clips 93 Mike Garvey Chevrolet S&W Towing 95 Dennis Setzer Dodge Team Gill Racing 124 Mike Harmon Ford Lafferty Performance 129 Brad Keselowski Dodge Miller Lite 165 Lance Fenton Chevrolet TBA 173 Chris Fontaine Chevrolet TBA 186 Jamie Dick Chevrolet Viva Auto Group 187 Chris Jones Chevrolet Copy Wizard 216 J C Stout Chevrolet TBA
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