This weekend, the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series is returning to Gateway Motorsports Park in Madison, Ill., near St. Louis for Saturday night’s Drivin’ for Linemen 200. It’ll mark the first trip to Gateway, formerly known as Gateway International Raceway, for the Truck Series, or any other of NASCAR’s national series, for that matter, since 2010 when the track was owned by Dover Motorsports.
As has been the case in recent weeks for Truck Series stand-alone races, the entry list for Saturday night’s even is a short one, with only 32 trucks entered for a race for which it takes 36 trucks to make up a full field. The number is up from the Texas Motor Speedway event from a week ago when only 27 entered.
Matt Crafton heads into the weekend as the series points leader, a position he lost a few weeks ago but retook last weekend at Texas.
Here’s a look at the entry list for Saturday’s Drivin’ for Linemen 200:
naugural Drivin’ for Linemen “200” – NASCAR Camping World Truck Series – Gateway Motorsports Park – 6/14/2014 Last Update: 6/12/2014 3:51:00 PM
Entry Veh # Driver Owner Crew Chief Veh Mfg Sponsor
1 | 00 | Cole Custer | Gene Haas | Joe Shear | 14 Chevrolet | Haas Automation |
2 | 0 | Caleb Roark(i) | Kenneth Grimes | Joe Cobb | 14 Chevrolet | The Parkway Hotel |
3 | 02 | Tyler Young | Randy Young | Bryan Berry | 14 Chevrolet | Randco/Young’s Building Systems |
4 | 5 | John Wes Townley | Richard Wauters | Richard Wauters | 14 Toyota | Zaxbys |
5 | 07 | Ray Black Jr | Ken Smith | Doug Weddle | 13 Chevrolet | ScubaLife/NASE Worldwide |
6 | 8 | John Hunter Nemechek | Sidney Mauldin | Jerry Babb | 14 Toyota | MD Anderson Cancer Center |
7 | 08 | Jimmy Weller | Bobby Dotter | Jason Miller | 13 Chevrolet | TBA |
8 | 9 | Chase Pistone | Joe Denette | Ryan McKinney | 14 Chevrolet | NTS Motorsports |
9 | 10 | Jennifer Jo Cobb | Jennifer Jo Cobb | Steve Kuykendall | 14 RAM | TheParkwayHotel.com |
10 | 112 | Ted Minor | Joseph Cefalia | Garry Stephens | 13 Chevrolet | TBA |
11 | 13 | Jeb Burton | Duke Thorson | Jeriod Prince | 14 Toyota | Estes-Carolina Nut |
12 | 17 | Timothy Peters | Tom Deloach | Marcus Richmond II | 14 Toyota | Red Horse Racing |
13 | 19 | Tyler Reddick | Brad Keselowski | Doug Randolph | 14 Ford | DrawTite |
14 | 20 | Gray Gaulding | Bob Newberry | Jeff Hensley | 14 Chevrolet | Krispy Kreme / Gemini Southern |
15 | 21 | Joey Coulter | Maurice Gallagher Jr | Jeff Stankiewicz | 14 Chevrolet | TBA |
16 | 29 | Ryan Blaney | Brad Keselowski | Chad Kendrick | 14 Ford | Cooper Standard |
17 | 30 | Ron Hornaday Jr | Steve Turner | Doug George | 14 Chevrolet | Rheem |
18 | 31 | Ben Kennedy | Steve Turner | Michael Shelton | 14 Chevrolet | TBD |
19 | 32 | Tayler Malsam | Harry Scott Jr | Mike Hillman Jr | 14 Chevrolet | Outerwall |
20 | 35 | Mason Mingus | Kevin Cywinski | Mark Rette | 14 Toyota | Call 811 |
21 | 136 | Scott Stenzel | Beverly Mittler | Michael Mittler | 14 RAM | Mitler Bros. Machine & Tool |
22 | 142 | Charles Lewandoski | Rebecca Young | William Sandlin | 13 Chevrolet | Randco/Young’s Building Systems |
23 | 50 | T J Bell | Mark Beaver | Randy Dean II | 13 Chevrolet | Electrical Linemen |
24 | 51 | Erik Jones | Kyle Busch | Eric Phillips | 14 Toyota | ToyotaCare |
25 | 54 | Darrell Wallace Jr | Kyle Busch | Jerry Baxter | 14 Toyota | Make IN America |
26 | 57 | Norm Benning | Norm Benning | Kevin Dargie | 14 Chevrolet | TBA |
27 | 63 | Justin Jennings | Michael Mittler | Michael Mittler | 14 Chevrolet | LG Seeds-Mittler Bros. Machine & Tools |
28 | 375 | Adam Edwards | Linda Nicholas | Brian Poff | 14 Chevrolet | TBA |
29 | 77 | German Quiroga | Tom Deloach | Butch Hylton | 14 Toyota | NET10 Wireless |
30 | 88 | Matt Crafton | Rhonda Thorson | Carl Joiner | 14 Toyota | Ideal Door-Menards |
31 | 98 | Johnny Sauter | Mike Curb | Dennis Connor | 14 Toyota | Smokey MTN-Curb Records |
32 | 99 | Bryan Silas | Chris Baluch | Cal Boprey | 14 Chevrolet | TBA |
(i) equals ineligible for driver championship points
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