Eldora, Mosport on 2013 Truck Series schedule

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New Additions, Classic Look For 2013 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Schedule

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (November 28, 2012) – NASCAR today announced the 2013 schedule for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, a slate that includes two exciting firsts: the series’ first race on dirt and its inaugural international event.

On July 24, the trucks will make their dirt debut at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, the.5-mile track owned by three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Tony Stewart. This event will be the first of two Wednesday night races for the series, joining Bristol Motor Speedway’s popular mid-week race on Aug. 21.

“We’ve had talks about getting the trucks on dirt in the past,” said Steve O’Donnell, NASCAR senior vice president of racing operations. “The door-to-door racing that our truck series is known for plus Eldora’s popularity and Tony’s dedication to putting on great shows for the fans is a perfect fit. We’ll have a maximum starting field of 30 trucks at Eldora. More details on the race format are still being developed.”

Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (CTMP), a 2.459-mile, 10-turn road course in Bowmanville, Ont., will host its inaugural truck event on Sept. 1, becoming the first road-course track for the series since 2000, and ensuring a NASCAR national series presence in Canada for a seventh-consecutive season.

“It’s very important that we maintain our national series presence in Canada,” O’Donnell said. “We’ve accomplished that goal while also bringing a world-class venue like Canadian Tire Motorsport Park on board. The Canadian fan base is so passionate and has a high regard for NASCAR. We’re excited to increase our role with our great partners at Canadian Tire while also introducing the truck series to our fans in Canada.

CTMP, which has hosted NASCAR Canadian Tire Series events since 2007, becomes the fifth different track to hold a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series road-course event, and first since Watkins Glen International on June 24, 2000.

Also beginning in 2013 as was recently announced by NASCAR, at road courses and tracks measuring 1.1 miles in length or less, the driver age restriction will be lowered to 16 years old. Currently, the minimum age to compete at the national series level is 18.

The balance of the 2013 NASCAR Camping World Truck schedule, the series’ 19th season,maintains a familiar feel, opening with Daytona International Speedway on Feb. 22 and culminating on Nov. 15 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

Next year’s schedule also includes a return to Rockingham Speedway for the second consecutive season. Earlier this season, Rockingham re-joined NASCAR national series competition for the first time since 2004.

See below for the current version of the 2013 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series schedule.

2013 NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES SCHEDULE
Date Site
2/22 Daytona International Speedway
4/6 Martinsville Speedway
4/14 Rockingham Speedway
4/20 Kansas Speedway
5/17 Charlotte Motor Speedway
5/31 Dover International Speedway
6/7 Texas Motor Speedway
6/27 Kentucky Speedway
7/13 Iowa Speedway
7/24 Eldora Speedway
8/3 Pocono Raceway
8/17 Michigan International Speedway
8/21 Bristol Motor Speedway
9/1 Canadian Tire Motorsport Park
9/8 Iowa Speedway
9/13 Chicagoland Speedway
9/28 Las Vegas Motor Speedway
10/19 Talladega Superspeedway
10/26 Martinsville Speedway
11/1 Texas Motor Speedway
11/8 Phoenix International Raceway
11/15 Homestead-Miami Speedway
 
And here's Eldora Speedway's press release:

ANOTHER ELDORA FIRST… NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES COMING TO ELDORA

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series tackles Eldora’s high-banks on Wednesday, July 24

Inaugural Mudsummer Classic marks another historic first in Speedway’s 60th Season Celebration

ROSSBURG, OHIO (Nov. 28, 2012) – Eldora Speedway and NASCAR announced today another milestone event in the legendary half-mile oval’s rich history as the 60-year-old track will play host to the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in 2013. The Inaugural Mudsummer Classic on Wednesday, July 24 will mark the first NASCAR-sanctioned National Tour event held on dirt since September 1970 in Raleigh, N.C.

“Eldora typically hosts 10 different touring series each year, and we’re very proud to have NASCAR join the list of series that will compete at our track,” said Tony Stewart, the three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion and owner of Eldora Speedway. “NASCAR’s history began in the sands of Daytona and on the dirt of the Carolinas, and having the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series on the dirt at Eldora brings that history back to a new generation of fans, as well as Eldora’s own fan base.

“The same fans who come to watch a dirt Late Model, a World of Outlaws Sprint Car or USAC Midget might not be the same fan who takes in a NASCAR race. But by bringing NASCAR to their world, at one of the most well-known dirt tracks in the country, will make the Inaugural Mudsummer Classic a must-see for fans of dirt-track racing and NASCAR.”

“We’ve been looking at getting the trucks back to short tracks – to the roots of racing including the dirt – and we’re excited to announce our 2013 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series will race at Eldora,” said Steve O’Donnell, NASCAR senior vice president of racing operations. “The door-to-door racing that our truck series is known for, plus Eldora’s popularity and Tony’s dedication to putting on great shows for the fans, is a perfect fit. We’ll have a maximum starting field of 30 trucks at Eldora. More details on the race format are still being developed.”

NASCAR has had a little known representation at Eldora since the early 1970s in the form of concrete footprints from the late Bill France, Sr., acquired by Eldora Speedway founder Earl Baltes just days before a Daytona 500. The brazen idea to acknowledge France came from Baltes’ admiration of France and his commitment to auto racing.

“Bill France was a real special man,” reflects Baltes, who sold his beloved track to Stewart in November 2004. “NASCAR was big at the time – still is – and I thought having a small remembrance of it at Eldora was neat, but this is even better. I guess I never thought I would see the day that NASCAR and the vision created by Bill France, Sr. would ever be here.”

Since its opening in 1954, Eldora Speedway has proved to be the frontrunner in motorsports growth and stability. The first USAC National Sprint Car Series event held at the facility took place on April 22, 1962, and was won by Stan Bowman. In 1978, the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series brought the thrill of winged Sprint Car racing to Eldora Speedway, with Bobby Allen winning the first-ever event on April 16, 1978. In the Late Model ranks, the first annual World 100 was won by Bruce Gould in 1971.

Eldora shocked the Sprint Car fraternity with the $50,000-to-win Kings Royal that made its debut on July 28, 1984 with a win collected by Steve Kinser. The presence of Late Model racing was bolstered with the creation of the Dirt Late Model Dream and its $100,000 top prize, a revered amount first won by Freddy Smith on June 11, 1994.

The new millennium brought forth the highest paying race in the history of short track racing and The Eldora Million on June 9, 2001. Late Model driver Donnie Moran became the only grassroots driver to ever earn $1 million in a single race.

In 2005, Stewart and the Eldora Speedway staff announced they would begin a new tradition, one that would bring mainstream interest into the heart of short-track racing. Featuring some of the biggest names from NASCAR, NHRA, INDYCAR, the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series and extreme sports, the annual Prelude To The Dream saw some of the largest crowds in the track’s history and raised more than $4 million for charity.

With that event on hiatus for 2013 to allow for an expanded 19th annual Dirt Late Model Dream that will now encompass three days of racing, the Inaugural Mudsummer Classic featuring the stars of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series will write yet another chapter in Eldora’s impressive history.

Initial talks between Eldora Promoter and General Manager Roger Slack and NASCAR Officials in mid-September led to a quickly organized two-day test in October with Stewart and Austin Dillon, the 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Champion and 2010 World 100 Fast Qualifier. The two drivers tested identically-prepared Chevrolet Silverados from Richard Childress Racing.

Adult tickets are priced at $36 and Children (12 & under) are just $12. All reserved seats are $4 more.

Advance ticket holders to the 2012 Feed The Children Prelude to the Dream will be given the opportunity to purchase the same seats they had for this year’s Prelude to the historic running of NASCAR’s return to dirt while also retaining renewal rights to the next scheduled Prelude To The Dream. Notices will begin going out immediately with instructions on how they can begin doing so online or by phone beginning at 10 a.m. EST on Saturday, Dec. 1 through Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013.

Tickets and campsites will go on sale to the public on Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013 at 10 a.m.
 
This is the Wednesday before the Brickyard. I wonder how many cup regulars will be buying a truck ride.
 
Meh. Sure, it'll be interesting, but if it ain't all jacked up sideways, maybe with a left fron up in the ar and flinging dirt, it's aint dirt racing.
 
That video of just one truck out there looks awesome. Next summer can't come fast enough:headbang:
 
Cool vid, thanks for posting. The rev-limiter was certainly getting a work out from the center of the corner out. Should be interesting to see.
 
Two Things,

Can't remember the last time I saw a decent Goodyear Dirt tire.

Did they damage the right front leaving the pits or what?
 
Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013 at 10 a.m. is now marked on the calendar. Now let's see if I can get through. This will now become the toughest ticket in NASCAR.
 
FlFlash said:
Two Things,

Can't remember the last time I saw a decent Goodyear Dirt tire.

Did they damage the right front leaving the pits or what?
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I saw that too and couldn't figure out what happened.
 
I hope all the rumors about Langley, Greenville Pickens and Myrtle Beach come to fruition next year.

FOX Sports 1 might become my new favorite channel if they air the Trucks and the good ARCA races.
 
Takes alot of rpm to get a 3400lb 550hp truck with tall skinny tires around a dirt track, wait till the track blue grooves.
 
Kind of mad they got rid of Atlanta, couldn't they dropped another race to make room or something?

Anyway these two races seem they could be good next season, can't wait
 
AndyMarquisLive said:
I see the NASCAR media idiots aren't happy about this.
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#17D500winner said:
Is the media throwing a tantrum? TFB.

It's their job to tell the story - not be the story.
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What are you two talking about? I guess I'm missing this whole tantrum thing. I'm following many NASCAR media members on Twitter and see them doing nothing more than report it. There's been a couple that I've seen offer their opinion on it but I'm not sure that tantrum is a word that I'd use to describe it.
 
dpkimmel2001 said:
What are you two talking about? I guess I'm missing this whole tantrum thing. I'm following many NASCAR media members on Twitter and see them doing nothing more than report it. There's been a couple that I've seen offer their opinion on it but I'm not sure that tantrum is a word that I'd use to describe it.
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I didn't say they were throwing a tantrum, hence the ?
 
#17D500winner said:
I didn't say they were throwing a tantrum, hence the ?
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Not a problem. I only threw your quote in there to show that reaction to yet another generalized post by someone else that I can best describe as a person that dislikes the sport of NASCAR. It's just that I see constant bashing of just about everything NASCAR related and it appeared to be another pot/kettle thing and for me that gets old to read every morning. If someone has that tough a time with the racing each weekend, the reporters that bring us the stories, the networks that carry the feeds from the track, the drivers that speak out, the guys in the announcing booth, the people that run the sport, and on and on and on...... then why even put yourself in that situation? Move on to something that you like. It's not that hard. I hate soccer. I don't watch it or comment on it.
 
I think that it's foolish to think that weekend will be the first time that many of these drivers see/experience a dirt track. They were reporting this morning on Sirius NASCAR Radio's TMD show that many of these teams have already been testing on small dirt tracks. There will be a lot of effort put into this by these teams and it should be quite the event. Yeah, event. It may not necessarily be the best race but then again Bristol never was either. Like Bristol, this will become an event that fans will want to attend.

The disappointment for me when it comes to this Eldora Truck race will be the dang top-25 rule in the Truck series. They are limiting this to a 30 truck field which will mean that only five spots will be open to fight for. That is unless some of these owners put in some dirt ringers into their trucks like what was done with the road ringers for Cup cars long ago.

I'll also be interested to see what the final format of this race is. I don't know when they are to announce that. Heat races? Who knows.
 
dpkimmel2001 said:
The disappointment for me when it comes to this Eldora Truck race will be the dang top-25 rule in the Truck series. They are limiting this to a 30 truck field which will mean that only five spots will be open to fight for. That is unless some of these owners put in some dirt ringers into their trucks like what was done with the road ringers for Cup cars long ago.

I'll also be interested to see what the final format of this race is. I don't know when they are to announce that. Heat races? Who knows.
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IMO, Eldora was a poor choice for this. Too small and not wide enough.
 
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