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Jack Wood – No. 51 Eberlestock Silverado Craftsman Trucks Daytona Preview

Mike

Jack Wood will make his Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM) debut behind the wheel of the No. 51 Eberlestock Chevrolet in Friday night’s NextEra Energy 250 at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway. The Daytona race will be part of a 13-race schedule for Wood this year sharing the No. 51 with KBM owner-driver Kyle Busch and other drivers yet to be announced. The 22-year-old driver finished ninth in his ARCA Menards Series debut at Daytona in 2021 and recorded one top-five and four top-10 finishes across eight starts that season.

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Chase Purdy- No. 4 Bama Buggies Silverado Craftsman Trucks Daytona Preview

Mike

Chase Purdy will make his Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM) debut behind the wheel of the No. 4 Bama Buggies Silverado in Friday night’s NextEra Energy 250 at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway. The 23-year-old driver will be beginning his third full-time season in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and first with KBM. He enters Friday night’s race having totaled five top-10 finishes and 17 laps led across his 52 career Truck Series starts. He posted a career-best sixth-place result in 2021 at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway.

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Seekonk: Pro Stocks, Late Models, Sportsman and Sport Trucks battle it out for Track Championships!

Lou Modestino

Saturday Night Racing at Seekonk Speedway starts the first weekend in May and lasts through mid September. Saturday Nights are broken down into four divisions, Sport Trucks (Division 4), Sportsman (Division 3), Late Models (Division 2) and Pro Stocks (Division 1).

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Darrin’s Silverado Make-A-Wish® Build

Mike

Over the years, AmericanTrucks has participated in granting wishes to kids in need of a little pick-me-up. This time around, we are proud to announce the completion of a Chevy Silverado build of epic proportions, which we unveiled with the help of Make-A-Wish® , at our HQ in Pennsylvania. Our Make-A-Wish® recipient, a deserving young man named Darrin, dropped off his Silverado to the team at AmericanTrucks for a make-over a few months ago. After assessing the vehicle’s condition, the make-over was under way. The truck went through a full body off makeover with color change and parts…

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Trucks Have Off Weekend, Gain A New/Old Sponsor for 2023

Mike

NASCAR and Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE: SWK), the world’s largest tool company and a leader in outdoor equipment, announced last week at Daytona International Speedway that American tool icon CRAFTSMAN® will return as the title sponsor of the NASCAR Truck Series beginning in 2023. After serving as the series’ title sponsor from its inception in 1995 to 2008, the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series will make its homecoming at Daytona International Speedway on February 17, 2023.

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The Haul: Gen 3 Raptor Vs. Ford Lightning Video

Mike

In the latest installment of The Haul, Justin Dugan from AmericanTrucks compares the Gen 3 Raptor with the new Ford Lightning. With an electric truck being something new to all of us, Justin goes through the ins and outs of both trucks… and even takes them both off road.

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Off Weekend For Trucks, Chandler Smith Rockets Out Front With Playoff Win at Richmond Last Week

Mike

Kyle Busch Motorsports driver Chandler Smith took the Playoff win at Richmond Raceway last weekend in dominant fashion, leading 176 of the scheduled 250 laps, and with the victory catapulted himself into the second round of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Playoffs.

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Whipple Supercharged 2021 F150 Build and Dyno

Mike

Justin Dugan from AmericanTrucks (AT) recently opted for the new 2021 F-150 to replace his Raptor. With this, Justin and the team set out to DOUBLE the stock HP of the truck with the addition of a Whipple supercharger as well as some other bolt ons.

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NASCAR Camping World Trucks: GMS Racing’s Grant Enfinger Jumps Out Front With Victory In Playoff Opener

Mike

Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park’s first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race in 11 years did not disappoint. Tasked with opening the 2022 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Playoffs, the 0.686-mile flat paved track located just outside Indianapolis, Indiana produced some stellar side-by-side racing that went into overtime ultimately naming Grant Enfinger of GMS Racing the victor.

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AmericanTrucks’ 2014 Silverado Customer Spotlight Build Breakdown

Mike

AmericanTrucks is back with another installment of our Customer Spotlight series. In this episode AT host, Eric Donaldson, joins Silverado owner, Theresa Suefer, in an in-depth build break down. Eric gets in to each of the modifications on Theresa’s build and shines some light on the inspiration behind them.

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