Trucks, back to the roots

I like the idea of the trucks going back to short tracks as well.

Also, what Keselowski says is extremely interesting:

He said his truck operation lost $1 million in the 2014 season and says that’s still the average for his organization, which has five victories since 2015.

“It’s a money loser,’’ Keselowski told NBC Sports. “Big time.’’

Makes you wonder what the profit margin (or loss) is for the Cup and Xfinity series.
 
pjmolo said:
I like the idea of the trucks going back to short tracks as well.

Also, what Keselowski says is extremely interesting:

He said his truck operation lost $1 million in the 2014 season and says that’s still the average for his organization, which has five victories since 2015.

“It’s a money loser,’’ Keselowski told NBC Sports. “Big time.’’

Makes you wonder what the profit margin (or loss) is for the Cup and Xfinity series.
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I wonder how much of that is made up with various tax breaks. I very much doubt that it was factored in.
 
It all sounds wonderful until it gets down to money (sanctioning fees) in the lower part of the article.
 
Dr. Kevorkian......paging Dr. Jack Kevorkian......your services are needed at the Camping World Truck Series..........immediately.
 
Skoalbandit33 said:
Dr. Kevorkian......paging Dr. Jack Kevorkian......your services are needed at the Camping World Truck Series..........immediately.
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If the Truck Series died tomorrow, I wouldn't lose a wink of sleep. I don't think I've watched more than a third of a race...ever.
 
NJJammer said:
If the Truck Series died tomorrow, I wouldn't lose a wink of sleep. I don't think I've watched more than a third of a race...ever.
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Really? I've always really loved the truck series. It's lost a lot of the prestige in the last 10 or so years though, it seems.
 
Funny how Charlotte, Texas, Las Vegas all have short track or dirt track facilities and they won't use those for the Trucks. Good 'ole Bruton and his shareholders.
 
The Truck series consistently puts on the best show. JHMO.

The way it started out was great, race 1/2 way have a break go back racing. This was to allow underfunded teams to get out there and show their stuff in hopes of being seen. Did not need a full time pit crew etc. Now it is run like cup and costs are through the roof with low purses.
I helped with a Truck in the early days of the Truck series at Homestead. My dealer(See quarter panel logo and roll bar) helped sponsor Black Tip Racing, they were a small company that loved racing and this was a chance to get seen and maybe advance. Frank Kimmel drove the first race I was involved with (photo below)
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I was part of the pit crew, not much to do, but, I glued lugs and helped where I could. Had a lot of fun. This race we dropped a valve and ended our day while running second.
I did another race at Nashville fairgrounds and Morgan Shepard drove that race for Black Tip. I helped put screen on the front of the truck for debris, helped Morgan put his seat in and glued some more lugs, had a blast. We had another engine issue at this race putting us out.
 
The Nature Boy said:
Xfinity needs to just go honestly. It's basically just a lesser quality Cup series.
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It wasn't in the 1990s. I loved the Busch Series more than the Cup Series as a kid when they ran at places like Orange County and Hickory.

I'd pay good money to see XFINITY or Trucks run at Langley or Southern National.
 
Those days are gone, they would load that series up with cup drivers and mega teams more than they do now.
 
jws926 said:
I would like to see the trucks return to how it was in the first say 5 years of the series.
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Well ... as a spectator, I agree.

Unfortunately, unless a truck owner's entry didn't finish top three, there was no way to cover expenses and without significant sponsorship there was no way to cover half of the capital costs of trucks and equipment.
 
AndyMarquisLive said:
It wasn't in the 1990s. I loved the Busch Series more than the Cup Series as a kid when they ran at places like Orange County and Hickory.

I'd pay good money to see XFINITY or Trucks run at Langley or Southern National.
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Absolutely but times have changed.

We're now in a situation where there just isn't enough money to support three national level series. I'd run Trucks as the secondary series to Cup.
 
love how some think they have a copy of the Nascar books..BTW both track organizations paid dividends to stock holders. Maybe next year?
 
AndyMarquisLive said:
I wouldn't be so sure. There's more momentum for returning to short tracks than you think. I think Sports Business Journal reported not too long ago it was part of NASCAR's long term plans, and something NBC is demanding.
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If that is so and I don't believe heresay for a minute, I doubt it would be cup level..more like what Harvick was saying in the first place having the trucks race at small tracks. But again, it comes down to who is going to pay for that? Sure I would like to see a bang up short track. more Gateways, but they don't pay.
 
Trucks headlining K&N East and West series or other small series every once in a while wouldn't be bad. Still needs to be some tripleheaders though.
 
More Truck Series events need to align with the K&N & ARCA series. Xfinity needs an overhaul of their cars, I don't mind them being a feeder series to Cup on a weekend, also Gateway, Memphis, Nashville Fairgrounds, and a couple more standalones.
 
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