Johnny Sauter tops second Camping World Truck practice at Daytona

By Jerry BonkowskiFeb 19, 2015, 5:22 PM EST

Johnny Sauter and his Toyota Tundra paced Thursday’s second NASCAR Camping World Truck Series practice at Daytona International Speedway.

Sauter was the only driver to exceed 190 mph, clocking a 190.617 mph effort at 47.215 seconds.

Sauter’s speed was more than 2 mph faster than Austin Hill’s top speed (188.509 mph) in the first practice session earlier in the day.

MORE: Austin Hill paces first Camping World Truck practice at Daytona

Fellow Toyota-powered driver Cameron Hayley was second fastest at 189.962 mph, followed by the Ford of Austin Theriault (189.645), and the Chevrolets of Ty Dillon (189.577) and Spencer Gallagher (189.561).

Defending series champion Matt Crafton was 13th fastest at 186.966 mph.

Here’s how the second practice speeds stacked up:

1. Johnny Sauter … 190.617 mph … ran 11 laps
2. Cameron Hayley … 189.962 … 15 laps
3. Austin Theriault … 189.645 … 18 laps
4. Ty Dillon … 189.577 … 19 laps
5. Spencer Gallagher … 189.561 … 12 laps
6. Cody Ware … 188.600 … 8 laps
7. Bryan Silas … 188.513 … 11 laps
8. Tyler Young … 188.225 … 14 laps
9. Joe Nemechek … 188.206 … 9 laps
10. Daniel Suarez … 188.159 … 11 laps
11. Ben Kennedy … 187.860 … 14 laps
12. Justin Marks … 187.711 … 6 laps
13. Matt Crafton … 186.986 … 16 laps
14. Daniel Hemric … 186.776 … 19 laps
15. James Buescher … 186.652 … 15 laps
16. Scott Lagasse Jr. … 185.828 … 17 laps
17. Erik Jones … 185.697 … 21 laps
18. David Gilliland … 185.624 … 11 laps
19. Ray Black Jr. … 185.521 … 10 laps
20. Justin Boston … 185.483 … 10 laps
21. Austin Hill … 184.9545 … 16 laps
22. Matt Tifft … 184.888 … 15 laps
23. Clay Greenfield … 183.778 … 9 laps
24. Jennifer Jo Cobb … 183.236 … 22 laps
25. Korbin Forrister … 183.199 … 12 laps
26. Todd Peck … 183.191 … 13 laps
27. Norm Benning … 182.823 … 16 laps
28. Justin Jennings … 182.726 … 11 laps
29. Mason Mingus … 182.556 … 16 laps
30. Ryan Ellis … 179.211 … 14 laps
31. Tyler Reddick … 178.105 … 4 laps
32. Chris Fontaine … 175.833 … 3 laps
33. Travis Kvapil … 175.094 … 10 laps
34. Jordan Anderson … 174.004 … 10 laps
35. Donnie Neuenberger … 172.371 … 4 laps

Best 10 Consecutive Lap Average

1. Austin Theriault … 187.267 mph
2. Spencer Gallagher … 187.257
3. Ty Dillon … 187.254
4. Cameron Hayley … 187.021
5. Bryan Silas … 184.345
6. Ben Kennedy … 183.744
7. Daniel Hamric … 183.641
8. James Buescher … 183.634
9. Scott Lagasse Jr. 183.551
10. Tyler Young … 183.230

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NASCAR Saturday schedule at WWT Raceway, Portland

By Dustin LongJun 3, 2023, 7:00 AM EDT

Saturday is a busy day for NASCAR. The Cup and Craftsman Truck Series are at World Wide Technology Raceway. The Xfinity Series is at Portland International Raceway.

Cup teams will practice and qualify ahead of Saturday’s Truck race at WWT Raceway. The Xfinity Series has practice, qualifying and its race Saturday at Portland.

World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway (Cup and Trucks)

Weather

Saturday: Sunny. Temperatures will be around 80 degrees for the start of Cup practice and climb to 89 degrees by the end of Cup qualifying. Forecast calls for sunny skies and a high of 92 degrees around the start of the Truck race.

Saturday, June 3

Garage open

8 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. — Cup Series
10:30 a.m. — Truck Series

Track activity

10 – 10:45 a.m. — Cup practice (FS1, Motor Racing Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)
10:45 a.m. – 12 p.m. — Cup qualifying (FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)
1:30 p.m. — Truck race (160 laps, 200 miles; FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)

Portland International Raceway (Xfinity Series)

Weather

Saturday: Mostly sunny with a high of 74 degrees and no chance of rain around the start of the Xfinity race.

Saturday, June 3

Garage open

10 a.m. — Xfinity Series

Track activity

11:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. — Xfinity practice (No TV)
12 – 1 p.m. — Xfinity qualifying (FS1)
4:30 p.m. — Xfinity race (75 laps, 147.75 miles; FS1, Motor Racing Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)

Truck starting lineup at WWT Raceway: Ty Majeski wins pole

By Dustin LongJun 2, 2023, 7:45 PM EDT

Ty Majeski will lead the Craftsman Truck starting lineup to the green flag Saturday at World Wide Technology Raceway after winning the pole Friday night.

Majeski claimed his fourth career series pole and first of the season with a lap of 138.168 mph around the 1.25-mile speedway.

MORE: Truck starting lineup at WWT Raceway

Ben Rhodes, who won last week at Charlotte, qualified second with a lap of 137.771 mph. He was followed by Christian Eckes (137.716 mph), Carson Hocevar (137.057) and Stewart Friesen (137.007).

The series races at 1:30 p.m. ET Saturday on FS1.

Saturday Portland Xfinity race: Start time, TV info, weather

By Dustin LongJun 2, 2023, 1:00 PM EDT

There have been different winners in each of the last nine Xfinity Series races this season. Will the streak continue Saturday at Portland International Raceway?

Those nine different winners have been: Sammy Smith (Phoenix), Austin Hill (Atlanta), AJ Allmendinger (Circuit of the Americas), Chandler Smith (Richmond), John Hunter Nemechek (Martinsville), Jeb Burton (Talladega), Ryan Truex (Dover), Kyle Larson (Darlington) and Justin Allgaier (Charlotte).

Details for Saturday’s Xfinity race at Portland International Raceway

(All times Eastern)

START: The command to start engines will be given at 4:38 p.m. … The green flag is scheduled to wave at 4:46 p.m.

PRERACE: Xfinity garage opens at 10 a.m. … Practice begins at 11:30 a.m. … Qualifying begins at 12 p.m. … Driver introductions begin at 4:15 p.m. … The invocation will be given by Donnie Floyd of Motor Racing Outreach at 4:30 p.m. … The national anthem will be performed at 4:31 p.m.

DISTANCE: The race is 75 laps (147.75 miles) on the 1.97-mile road course.

STAGES: Stage 1 ends at Lap 25. Stage 2 ends at Lap 50.

STARTING LINEUP: Qualifying begins at 12 p.m. Saturday

TV/RADIO: FS1 will broadcast the race at 4:30 p.m. ... Coverage begins at 4 p.m. … Motor Racing Network coverage begins at 4 p.m. and can be heard on mrn.com. … SiriusXN NASCAR Radio will carry the MRN broadcast.

FORECAST: Weather Underground — Sunny with a high of 73 degrees and a zero percent chance of rain at the start of the race.

LAST TIME: AJ Allmendinger won last year’s inaugural Xfinity race at Portland by 2.8 seconds. Myatt Snider finished second. Austin Hill placed third.

NASCAR Friday schedule at WWT Raceway, Portland

By Dustin LongJun 2, 2023, 7:00 AM EDT

Craftsman Truck Series teams will be on track Friday at World Wide Technology Raceway to prepare for Saturday’s race. Cup teams will go through inspection before getting on track Saturday.

Xfinity Series teams will go through inspection Friday in preparation for their race Saturday at Portland International Raceway.

Here is Friday’s schedule:

World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway (Cup and Trucks)

Weather

Friday: Partly cloudy with a high in the low 90s.

Friday, June 2

(All times Eastern)

Garage open

1 – 8 p.m. — Craftsman Truck Series
4 – 9 p.m. — Cup Series

Track activity

6 – 6:30 p.m. — Truck practice (FS1)
6:30 – 7:30 p.m. — Truck qualifying (FS1)

Portland International Raceway (Xfinity Series)

Weekend weather

Friday: Mostly sunny with a high of 77 degrees.

Friday, June 2

(All times Eastern)

Garage open

6-11 p.m. — Xfinity Series (no track activity on Friday)

World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway (Cup and Trucks)

Weather

Saturday, June 3

Portland International Raceway (Xfinity Series)

Weather

Saturday, June 3

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Details for Saturday’s Xfinity race at Portland International Raceway

(All times Eastern)

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World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway (Cup and Trucks)

Weather

Friday, June 2

(All times Eastern)

Portland International Raceway (Xfinity Series)

Weekend weather

Friday, June 2

(All times Eastern)

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