TRUCK SERIES

The 2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series SpeedyCash.com 400, originally scheduled for June 5 at Texas Motor Speedway, has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and will be rescheduled by NASCAR for later in the year.

NASCAR today announced the next installment of races in its return to racing, featuring events at Bristol Motor Speedway, Atlanta Motor Speedway, Martinsville Speedway, Homestead-Miami Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway. The slate of races include events in the NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series, NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Series and the ARCA Menards Series.

The track annually host two races for the NASCAR Xfinity Series and one race each for the Gander RV & Outdoor Truck Series, the ARCA Series, and NTT Indy Car Series.

For Xfinity Series and Gander Trucks races for which there is no qualifying scheduled to give teams the opportunity to earn their position in the starting lineup, the field size will be expanded to a maximum of 40 participants in each series to allow additional opportunities for teams to race.

NASCAR annoucned Tuesday that all three series will have pit stops as usual at Darlington Raceway and Charlotte Motor Speedway this month. here was some speculation that NASCAR would go away with pit stops at the race track once we return from our time off due to COVID-19, but that is not the case.

NASCAR announced Tuesday afternoon a new procedure for setting the field for the races at Darlington and Charlotte later this month.

NASCAR announced Thursday an initial short-term schedule, beginning with a NASCAR Cup Series race May 17 at Darlington Raceway, to mark the return to the track for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic brought sports to a halt in the middle of March.

Following a motocross accident on March 14 that fractured both of his legs, Brett Moffitt was certain to miss several races in the NASCAR Gander & RV Outdoor Truck Series, and the NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2020. However due to COVID-19, Moffitt believes he will be healed by the time we return to racing.

"The idea for the show was sparked by the Thorson family, who not only founded ThorSport Racing (the longest-tenured team in the NASCAR Truck Series) and made it a success, but was also thoroughly involved with the horse industry," said Craig Morris, President of RIDE TV.

GMS Racing has confirmed to The Racing Insiders that the team will not have Kyle Larson race at Homestead-Miami Speedway following his suspension from NASCAR for using a racial slur during an iRacing event.