Show your support.
Buzz this article up.
Ronald Martinez/Getty Images
Two tracks own the distinct honor of hosting two NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races: Martinsville Speedway and Texas Motor Speedway (next season, Nashville Superspeedway joins the fray).
Texas is the site of this weekend’s race, and the analysis becomes a bit easier – mainly because the statistics become more plentiful.
In terms of Loop Data, which NASCAR started collecting in 2005, statistics have been compiled for nine Texas races – a healthy sample size.
If the statistics hold true, and patterns continue, Ron Hornaday Jr. will maintain – and maybe tighten – his stranglehold on the points lead.
At Texas since 2005, Hornaday has a Driver Rating of 119.7 (second-best), an Average Running Position of 6.1 (third), a series-high 194 Fastest Laps Run and a Laps in the Top 15 percentage of 91.3% (second).
But there’s a glimmer of hope for Matt Crafton, who sits second in the points. Though his career numbers trail Hornaday’s by a wide margin, he did have one of his best performances in this season’s first Texas race.
In a runner-up finish, Crafton had a Driver Rating of 123.9, an Average Running Position of 4.1, 51 Fastest Laps Run (a race-high) and a Laps in the Top 15 percentage of 99.4%. He spent all but one of the laps in the top 15.
Overall at Texas, Crafton is average. He has a Driver Rating of 89.0 (11th-best) and an Average Running Position of 12.4 (14th). Auto Racing Daily
CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR 4 Ricky Carmichael* Chevrolet Monster Energy 5 Mike Skinner Toyota Exide Batteries 6 Colin Braun Ford Con-way Freight 7 Chad McCumbee Chevrolet Tiwi 8 Butch Miller Chevrolet SS Green Light Racing 10 James Buescher* Ford International Maxx Force Diesel 11 T.J. Bell Toyota Red Horse Racing 13 Johnny Sauter* Chevrolet Advanced Auto / Rio Grand / Curb Records 14 Rick Crawford Ford Circle Bar Truck Corral / International 15 Aric Almirola Toyota Graceway Pharmaceuticals 16 Brian Scott Toyota Albertsons 23 Jason White Dodge GunBroker Racing 24 David Starr Toyota Zachry 25 Terry Cook Toyota Cajun Industries / Harris Trucking 30 Todd Bodine Toyota Copart / Purple Heart Cars.org 33 Ron Hornaday Chevrolet VFW 41 Marc Mitchell Dodge Mike Berg Trucking 47 Brandon Knupp Chevrolet FT-11 Multi-Purpose Degreaser 51 Kyle Busch Toyota Miccosukee Resort / Graceway Pharmaceuticals 60 Stacy Compton Toyota SafeAuto Insurance Company 81 Tayler Malsam* Toyota One Eighty 85 Brent Raymer* Ford BrentRaymer.com 88 Matt Crafton Chevrolet Menards 98 David Gilliland Chevrolet Menards 117 Timothy Peters Toyota Strutmasters.com / Red Horse Racing 121 Nick Tucker Dodge GunBroker Racing 129 Mikey Kile Chevrolet Greased Lightning 136 Tim Andrews Ford Mittler Bros. Machine & Tool 139 Ryan Sieg Chevrolet S&W Services 148 Bryan Silas Chevrolet Rockingham Speedway Polar Bear 150 157 Norm Benning Chevrolet Norm Benning Racing 187 Chris Jones* Chevrolet Copy Wizard 192 John Jackson Chevrolet James Carter 212 Mario Gosselin Chevrolet MyTireMonkey.com / James Carter Attorney 231 Scott Wimmer Chevrolet Wolfpack Rentals 273 Ben Stancill Chevrolet County Building Centers 293 Shane Sieg Chevrolet S&W Services
