The series also attracted the attention of drivers like sprint car racing star Sammy Swindell, Walker Evans of off-road racing fame, open-wheel veteran Mike Bliss, and Atlanta Falcons head coach Jerry Glanville. Prominent Cup owners Richard Childress, Rick Hendrick, and Jack Roush owned truck teams, and top drivers such as Dale Earnhardt and Ernie Irvan also fielded SuperTrucks for others. While a new series, it garnered immediate support from many prominent Winston Cup Series team owners and drivers. In addition, the series' $580,000 purse is larger than the Busch Grand National Series' fund. Tools line Craftsman served as the sponsor of the series on a three-year deal, and the series was renamed to the " Craftsman Truck Series" in 1996.
Tucson held four events that winter, which were nationally televised during the Winter Heat Series coverage. įour demonstration races were held at Mesa Marin Raceway, Portland Speedway, Saugus Speedway and Tucson Raceway Park. The truck proved to be popular among fans, and NASCAR arranged a meeting in a Burbank, California hotel on Apthe meeting ultimately led to the creation of the " SuperTruck Series". Bakersfield fabricator Gary Collins built a prototype truck, which was first shown off during Speedweeks for the 1994 Daytona 500 and tested by truck owner Jim Smith around Daytona International Speedway. Afterwards, Clapp told the four to build a truck before NASCAR considered it. They visited NASCAR Western Operations Vice President Ken Clapp to promote the idea, who consulted Bill France Jr. A group of SCORE off-road racers (Dick Landfield, Jimmy Smith, Jim Venable, and Frank "Scoop" Vessels) had concerns about desert racing's future, and decided to create a pavement truck racing series. The idea for the Truck Series dates back to 1991. The series name reverted to Camping World Truck Series starting in 2021.
The series was previously called the NASCAR SuperTruck Series in 1995, the Craftsman Truck Series from 1996 through 2008, the Camping World Truck Series from 2009 through 2018, the Gander Outdoors Truck Series in 2019, and the Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series in 2020. Camping World has been the title sponsor since 2009 it replaced Craftsman, which served in that role from 1996 through 2008. The series is one of three national divisions of NASCAR, ranking as the third tier behind the second-tier NASCAR Xfinity Series and the top level NASCAR Cup Series. The Ram Tough 200 was held August 20 at Gateway International Raceway.The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series is a pickup truck racing series owned and operated by the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, and is the only series in NASCAR to race modified-production pickup trucks. Dennis Setzer won the pole.įailed to qualify: Andy Hillenburg (#48), Kevin Sasser (#65), Mike Clark (#38), Tom Bambard (#17), Brad Means (#92) The Power Stroke 200 by Ford was held August 5 at Indianapolis Raceway Park. The Pennzoil/VIP Discount Auto Center 200 was held August 1 at New Hampshire International Speedway. The inaugural 200 was held July 24 at Michigan International Speedway.
The NAPA AutoCare 200 was held July 18 at Nazareth Speedway. Wilson (#85), Ronnie Newman (#82), Scotty Sands (#47), Steve Stevenson (#11) Tim Steele won the pole.įailed to qualify: B. The Federated Auto Parts 250 was held July 10 at Nashville Speedway USA. The DieHard 200 was held July 3 at The Milwaukee Mile. The Bully Hill Vineyards 150 was held June 26 at Watkins Glen International Raceway. The inaugural Grainger 225 was held June 18 at Portland International Raceway. The Pronto Auto Parts 400K was held June 11 at Texas Motor Speedway. The Coca-Cola Family 200 was held June 5 at Bristol Motor Speedway. This was also the first start for Jamie McMurray in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series The O'Reilly Auto Parts 200 was held May 22 at I-70 Speedway. The NAPA 300K was held May 16 at Pikes Peak International Raceway. Rick Carelli suffered near-fatal injuries in a lap 12 crash during this race.įailed to qualify: Billy Venturini (#35), Michael Dokken (#64), Shane Jenkins (#81) The Memphis 200 was held May 8 at Memphis Motorsports Park. Mike Bliss won the pole.įailed to qualify: Ronnie Newman (#82), Carl Long (#91), Brian Sockwell (#54), Ronnie Hornaday (#97), Billy Venturini (#35), Ronnie Hoover (#28), Ryan McGlynn (#00), Shane Jenkins (#81) The NAPA 250 was held April 17 at Martinsville Speedway. The Dodge California Truckstop 300 was held April 10 at Mesa Marin Raceway. The NAPACARD 200 was held April 3 at Evergreen Speedway. The Chevy Trucks NASCAR 150 was held March 27 at Phoenix International Raceway. The Florida Dodge Dealers 400K was held March 20 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. List of full-time teams at the start of 1999. 2.17 Pennzoil/VIP Discount Auto Center 200.
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