NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series
The Gander Outdoors Truck Series is a racing series organized by NASCAR , which is contested with converted pickups that are based on the design of the vehicles in the Sprint Cup .
Emergence
The story of the Camping World Truck Series began when a few off-road racers made a prototype of a pickup truck based on the NASCAR cars . The project was first presented during the 1994 Daytona 500 . This mix of truck , pickup and the Sprint Cup racing cars also proved extremely popular in other test races during the regular season, and so NASCAR founded the American racing series, initially known as the SuperTruck Series, in 1995, which only got its current name a year later received. The first well-known racing teams to take part included Richard Childress Racing , Hendrick Motorsports and Roush Racing .
Two big differences to the Sprint Cup and the Nationwide Series are that, on the one hand, they differ in several points of the regulations and that the length of the races is usually only about 125 miles , which is just over 200 kilometers , whereas one NASCAR Sprint Cup races can be up to 600 miles in length (at the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway ).
Television broadcast
The first races in the series were broadcast in the US on ESPN , TNN , WTBS , ABC , and CBS . In 2001 the American sports broadcaster ESPN (which has since been bought by ABC ) secured the American exclusive rights for the broadcast. The Speed Channel then got this in 2003, which still broadcasts every race today (with the exception of the two that were broadcast by Fox this season). The TruckSeries.com website has been reporting on every race result in the series since 2001, providing all relevant race information from qualifying to the final race results.
Technical details
- Displacement: 5.8 l (358 in³) V8 engine with central camshaft and OHV valve control (Pushrod)
- Translation: 4-speed manual
- Weight:
- Output : 485–522 kW (650–700 hp )
- Fuel: 98 octane unleaded petrol
- Tank capacity: 83.2 liters
- Fuel delivery: carburetor
- Air-fuel mixture ratio: 12: 1
- Naturally aspirated engine
- Carburetor: Quadruple carburetor with a maximum mixture flow rate of 390 cubic feet per minute (184 liters per second)
- Wheelbase: 2.8 m (112 in)
Manufacturer 1995 – today
- Chrysler LLC
- Ford Motor Company
- Ford F-150 : 1995-present
- GM
- Chevrolet Silverado : 1995-present
- Toyota
- Toyota Tundra : 2004-present
Camping World Truck Series Champions
See the list of NASCAR champions for a detailed description
- 1995 : Mike Skinner
- 1996 : Ron Hornaday Jr.
- 1997 : Jack Sprague
- 1998: Ron Hornaday Jr.
- 1999: Jack Sprague
- 2000: Greg Biffle
- 2001: Jack Sprague
- 2002: Mike Bliss
- 2003: Travis Kvapil
- 2004: Bobby Hamilton
- 2005: Ted Musgrave
- 2006 : Todd Bodine
- 2007 : Ron Hornaday Jr.
- 2008 : Johnny Benson
- 2009 : Ron Hornaday Jr.
- 2010 : Todd Bodine
- 2011 : Austin Dillon
- 2012 : James Buescher
- 2013 : Matt Crafton
- 2014 : Matt Crafton
- 2015: Erik Jones
- 2016: Johnny Sauter
- 2017: Christopher Bell
- 2018: Brett Moffitt
Rookie of the Year Award Winner (Best Newbie)
For a full account of the best newcomers, see NASCAR Rookie of the Year Award
- 1996: Bryan Reffner
- 1997: Kenny Irwin Jr.
- 1998: Greg Biffle
- 1999: Mike Stefanik
- 2000: Kurt Busch
- 2001: Travis Kvapil
- 2002: Brendan Gaughan
- 2003: Carl Edwards
- 2004: David Reutimann
- 2005: Todd Kluever
- 2006: Erik Darnell
- 2007: Willie Allen
- 2008: Colin Braun
- 2009: Johnny Sauter
- 2010: Austin Dillon
- 2011: Joey Coulter
- 2012: Ty Dillon
- 2013: Ryan Blaney
- 2014: Ben Kennedy
- 2015: Erik Jones
- 2016: William Byron
- 2017: Chase Briscoe
- 2018: Myatt Snider
Most Popular Driver Award Winner (Most Popular Driver)
- 1995: Butch Miller
- 1996: Jimmy Hensley
- 1997: Ron Hornaday Jr.
- 1998: Stacy Compton
- 1999: Dennis Setzer
- 2000: Greg Biffle
- 2001: Joe Ruttman
- 2002: David Starr
- 2003: Brendan Gaughan
- 2004: Steve Park
- 2005: Ron Hornaday Jr.
- 2006: Johnny Benson
- 2007: Johnny Benson
- 2008: Johnny Benson
- 2009: Ricky Carmichael
- 2010: Narain Karthikeyan
- 2011: Austin Dillon
- 2012: Nelson Piquet junior
- 2013: Ty Dillon
- 2014: Ryan Blaney
- 2015: John Hunter Nemechek
- 2016: Tyler Reddick
- 2017: Chase Briscoe
- 2018: Noah Gragson