NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series at Gateway Motorsports Park
Race history
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==Race history== |
==Race history== |
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[[File:CarShield200_logo.jpg|thumb|left|CarShield was the title sponsor of the race in 2019 and 2020]] |
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[[Rick Carelli]] won the first truck race at Gateway. A year later [[Greg Biffle]] won the first night race for the series at Gateway. In 2000, the race date was moved to May, and the time of race was once again day. [[Jack Sprague]] not only won that race, but holds the average speed record for the event to this day. A year later Ted Musgrave won the event after showers moved the race back into the evening. |
[[Rick Carelli]] won the first truck race at Gateway. A year later [[Greg Biffle]] won the first night race for the series at Gateway. In 2000, the race date was moved to May, and the time of race was once again day. [[Jack Sprague]] not only won that race, but holds the average speed record for the event to this day. A year later Ted Musgrave won the event after showers moved the race back into the evening. |
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In 2004, the |
In 2004, the seroes was using its version of the green-white-checkered rule, which stated that every race must end under green. With five laps left in the race Jack Sprague cut a tire bringing out the caution. Caution would come out. On the first green-white-checkered attempt a wreck in turn 1 brought the yellow flag out again. The very next green flag saw first and second position drivers, [[Shane Hmiel]] and [[Bobby Hamilton]] get together bringing the yellow out again. On the second attempt on the back straightway, [[Rick Crawford (racing driver)|Rick Crawford]]'s truck was involved in an accident that had the truck sliding on its side against the wall. On the fourth attempt, [[David Starr (racing driver)|David Starr]] came out on top in a race with a record for most green-white-checkered laps and most attempts. Shortly thereafter NASCAR adopted a universal green-white-checkered rule for all three of its major series which said that if the caution flag comes out at any time during the green-white-checkered run the race will end under caution. |
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NASCAR-sanctioned events stopped being run at the track after the 2010 season when [[Dover Motorsports]] shut down the circuit at the end of the 2010 season. The circuits were sold to former club racer and INDYCAR Indy Lights driver Curtis Francois in 2011, who promptly brought back the NHRA tour in 2012. Francois and NASCAR successfully negotiated the Truck Series return on June 14, 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.stltoday.com/sports/motor-sports/nascar-returns-to-gateway-with-truck-series-race/article_8c15b54c-4f13-598f-ab77-34220490da03.html|title=NASCAR returns to Gateway with truck series race|last=Roberts|first=Ken|date=October 25, 2013|work=[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]]|access-date=October 26, 2013|location=St. Louis, MO}} |
NASCAR-sanctioned events stopped being run at the track after the 2010 season when [[Dover Motorsports]] shut down the circuit at the end of the 2010 season. The circuits were sold to former club racer and INDYCAR Indy Lights driver Curtis Francois in 2011, who promptly brought back the NHRA tour in 2012. Francois and NASCAR successfully negotiated the Truck Series return on June 14, 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.stltoday.com/sports/motor-sports/nascar-returns-to-gateway-with-truck-series-race/article_8c15b54c-4f13-598f-ab77-34220490da03.html|title=NASCAR returns to Gateway with truck series race|last=Roberts|first=Ken|date=October 25, 2013|work=[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]]|access-date=October 26, 2013|location=St. Louis, MO}} |
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During the 2016 race, [[Spencer Gallagher]] and [[John Wes Townley]] crashed in turn one and got into a fight after climbing out of their trucks.{{cite web|last=Bonkowski|first=Jerry|url=http://nascar.nbcsports.com/2016/06/26/townley-gallagher-wreck-wrestle-and-then-slug-it-out-after-gateway-wreck/|title=Townley, Gallagher wreck, wrestle and then slug it out after Gateway wreck|publisher=[[NBC Sports]]|date=June 26, 2016|access-date=June 29, 2016}} |
During the 2016 race, [[Spencer Gallagher]] and [[John Wes Townley]] crashed in turn one and got into a fight after climbing out of their trucks.{{cite web|last=Bonkowski|first=Jerry|url=http://nascar.nbcsports.com/2016/06/26/townley-gallagher-wreck-wrestle-and-then-slug-it-out-after-gateway-wreck/|title=Townley, Gallagher wreck, wrestle and then slug it out after Gateway wreck|publisher=[[NBC Sports]]|date=June 26, 2016|access-date=June 29, 2016}} |
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In March 2018, CK Power was announced as the new presenting sponsor for the race |
In March 2018, CK Power was announced as the new presenting sponsor for the race,{{cite web |url=http://www.espn.com/jayski/trucks/2018/story/_/id/22618628/ck-power-named-presenting-sponsor-gateway-truck-race |title=CK Power named presenting sponsor of Gateway Truck race |website=[[Jayski's Silly Season Site]] |publisher=[[ESPN]] |date=March 1, 2018}} and in June, Villa Lighting and Eaton Electrical Products were announced as that year's title sponsors.{{cite web |url=http://www.catchfence.com/273450/villa-lighting-eaton-electrical-products-sponsor-gateway-motorsports-parks-nascar-camping-world-truck-series-race |title=Villa Lighting, Eaton electrical products to sponsor Gateway Motorsports Park’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race |website=Catchfence |date=June 1, 2018 |url-status=dead |access-date=June 2, 2018 |archive-date=August 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807124344/http://www.catchfence.com/273450/villa-lighting-eaton-electrical-products-sponsor-gateway-motorsports-parks-nascar-camping-world-truck-series-race }} CarShield became the title sponsor in 2019 and returned in 2020.{{cite web |url=http://www.wwtraceway.com/saturday-june-22-nascar-arca-doubleheader/|title=Saturday, June 22: NASCAR Truck Series-ARCA Menards Series doubleheader |website=[[World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway]] |date=June 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617213942/http://www.wwtraceway.com/saturday-june-22-nascar-arca-doubleheader/ |archive-date=June 17, 2019}} [[Toyota]] became the title sponsor for the 2021 race at the track,{{cite web |url=https://www.jayski.com/2021/08/10/st-louis-area-toyota-dealers-to-sponsor-nascar-camping-world-truck-series-race-at-world-wide-technology-raceway/ |title=St. Louis Area Toyota Dealers to sponsor NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at World Wide Technology Raceway |website=[[Jayski's Silly Season Site]] |publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC |date=August 10, 2021}} which was the first time that it was the opening race of the [[NASCAR playoffs|Truck Series playoffs]].{{cite web|last=Norman|first=Brad|url=https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2019/04/03/2020-nascar-schedules-xfinity-gander-trucks-series/|title=2020 schedules for Xfinity Series, Gander Trucks unveiled|publisher=[[NASCAR]]|date=April 3, 2019|access-date=January 6, 2020}} |
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==Past winners== |
==Past winners== |
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