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Pickup truck racing

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A 1999 NASCAR Truck Series pickup truck
A 1999 NASCAR Truck Series pickup truck
Pete Wilkinson's No. 9 British Pickup Truck Racing truck (plus his No. 9 SCSA Stock Car) and team
Pete Wilkinson's No. 9 British Pickup Truck Racing truck (plus his No. 9 SCSA Stock Car) and team

Pickup truck racing is a form of auto racing which involves modified versions of pickup trucks on racing circuits, mostly oval tracks. Race pickup trucks are mechanically similar to coupé-shaped stock cars, with the main difference being the more boxy shape of the cab, which does not have as good aerodynamics as stock cars.

NASCAR Truck Series vehicles have been rapidly evolving since the inception of the series in 1995, in terms of speed, aerodynamics, and engine equipment. The NASCAR series was also the first to use this type of vehicle, unveiled in 1994.

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Auto racing

Auto racing

Auto racing is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition.

Pickup truck

Pickup truck

A pickup truck or pickup is a light-duty truck that has an enclosed cabin, and a back end made up of a cargo bed that is enclosed by three low walls with no roof. In Australia and New Zealand, both pickups and coupé utilities are called utes, short for utility vehicle. In South Africa, people of all language groups use the term bakkie, a diminutive of bak, Afrikaans for "basket".

Race track

Race track

A race track is a facility built for racing of vehicles, athletes, or animals. A race track also may feature grandstands or concourses. Race tracks are also used in the study of animal locomotion.

Oval track racing

Oval track racing

Oval track racing is a form of closed-circuit motorsport that is contested on an oval-shaped race track. An oval track differs from a road course in that the layout resembles an oval with turns in only one direction, and the direction of traffic is almost universally counter-clockwise. Oval tracks are dedicated motorsport circuits, used predominantly in the United States. They often have banked turns and some, despite the name, are not precisely oval, and the shape of the track can vary.

Stock car racing

Stock car racing

Stock car racing is a form of automobile racing run on oval tracks and road courses measuring approximately 0.25 to 2.66 miles. It originally used production-model cars, hence the name “stock car”, but is now run using cars specifically built for racing. It originated in the southern United States; its largest governing body is NASCAR. Its NASCAR Cup Series is the premier top-level series of professional stock car racing. Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Mexico, Brazil and the United Kingdom also have forms of stock car racing. Top-level races typically range between 200 and 600 miles in length.

History

The concept of pickup truck racing started in 1983 when former NASCAR driver Buck Baker[1][2] established the National Pickup Truck Racing Association to help Buck Baker Driving School graduates start their careers. The series, which did not plan to have a points system, had a ten-race schedule planned with intentions to sell the series to NASCAR. The trucks were built with a 1981 NASCAR Winston Cup Series car base; the four-barrel Cup Series carburetors were reduced to two to decrease speeds. The series began to increase in popularity, and the schedule was increased to eleven races. After the season ended, Baker's attempted sale of the series to NASCAR was denied, and was sold to Dick Moroso, with the series being rebranded the Moroso Performance All-Pro Pickup Truck Series.[3]

In 1991, SCORE International racers Dick Landfield, Jimmy Smith, Jim Venable and Frank "Scoop" Vessels unveiled plans to create a pickup truck series for NASCAR. Three years later, the trucks were unveiled at the 1994 Daytona 500, and officially created as the SuperTruck Series.[4] After hosting seven exhibition races,[5] the series held its first season in 1995. The series, now known as the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series,[6] is one of three national series sanctioned by NASCAR (besides the Cup Series and Xfinity Series).[7]

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Buck Baker

Buck Baker

Elzie Wylie Baker Sr., better known as Buck Baker, was an American stock car racer. Born in Richburg, South Carolina, Baker began his NASCAR career in 1949 and won his first race three years later at Columbia Speedway. Twenty-seven years later, Baker retired after 1976 National 500.

1981 NASCAR Winston Cup Series

1981 NASCAR Winston Cup Series

The 1981 NASCAR Winston Cup Series was the thirty-third season of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 10th modern-era Cup Season. It was the first year of the Gen 3 car. Because of the energy crisis, manufacturers were downsizing their cars to be more fuel-efficient, which NASCAR reflected by mandating a 110-inch wheelbase that still exists today. The season began at Riverside International Raceway with the first Winston Western 500 on January 11, 1981 and ended with the same event on November 22. Darrell Waltrip won his first championship with point margin of fifty-three points over Bobby Allison. Ron Bouchard was named Rookie of the Year.

Carburetor

Carburetor

A carburetor is a device used by an internal combustion engine to control and mix air and fuel entering the engine. The primary method of adding fuel to the intake air is through the Venturi tube in the main metering circuit, though various other components are also used to provide extra fuel or air in specific circumstances.

Dick Moroso

Dick Moroso

Richard D. Moroso, commonly called “Dick”, was an American hot rodder, drag racer, and businessman.

SCORE International

SCORE International

SCORE International is an off-road racing sanctioning body in the sport of desert racing. Founded by Mickey Thompson in 1973, SCORE International was purchased from Sal Fish in late 2012. and is run by its current president and race director Jose A. Grijalva and General Manager Juan Tintos.

Frank "Scoop" Vessels

Frank "Scoop" Vessels

Frank "Scoop" Vessels III was an American off-road truck racer, winner of the 1977 Baja 1000 desert off-road race. He was sponsored by BFGoodrich Tires. Vessels was a participant in the formation of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series in 1994.

1994 Daytona 500

1994 Daytona 500

The 1994 Daytona 500, the 36th running of the event, was held February 20 at Daytona International Speedway, in Daytona Beach, Florida. Loy Allen Jr., ARCA graduate and Winston Cup rookie, driving the No. 19 for TriStar Motorsports, won the pole. Speedweeks 1994 was marked by tragedy when two drivers, Neil Bonnett and Rodney Orr, were killed in separate practice accidents for this race. Sterling Marlin in the Morgan-McClure Motorsports No. 4 won the race, the first win of his NASCAR career.

NASCAR Cup Series

NASCAR Cup Series

The NASCAR Cup Series is the top racing series of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR). The series began in 1949 as the Strictly Stock Division, and from 1950 to 1970 it was known as the Grand National Division. In 1971, when the series began leasing its naming rights to the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, it was referred to as the NASCAR Winston Cup Series (1971–2003). A similar deal was made with Nextel in 2003, and it became the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series (2004–2007). Sprint acquired Nextel in 2005, and in 2008 the series was renamed the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (2008–2016). In December 2016, it was announced that Monster Energy would become the new title sponsor, and the series was renamed the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (2017–2019). In 2019, NASCAR rejected Monster's offer to extend the current naming rights deal beyond the end of the season. NASCAR subsequently announced its move to a new tiered sponsorship model beginning with the 2020 season similar to other US based professional sports leagues, where it was simply known as the NASCAR Cup Series, with the sponsors of the series being called Premier Partners. The four Premier Partners are Busch Beer, Coca-Cola, GEICO, and Xfinity.

NASCAR Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity Series

The NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) is a stock car racing series organized by NASCAR. It is promoted as NASCAR's second-tier circuit to the organization's top level Cup Series. NXS events are frequently held as a support race on the day prior to a Cup Series event scheduled for that weekend.

Truck racing series

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SCCA RaceTruck Challenge

SCCA RaceTruck Challenge

The SCCA RaceTruck Challenge is a former pickup truck racing series ran by SCCA Pro Racing between 1987 and 1991. The series utilizes pickup trucks on road course circuits.

ARCA Lincoln Welders Truck Series

ARCA Lincoln Welders Truck Series

The ARCA Truck Series was a pickup truck racing series which ran on numerous short tracks throughout the American Midwest, running in Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky and Michigan. Sanctioned by the Automobile Racing Club of America, it raced mid-size trucks with V6 and V8 engines unlike the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series which ran full-size trucks. Most of the teams in the series were owner-driver combinations or family-owned. It was announced January 9, 2017 that the series would cease operations, effective immediately.

TC Pick Up

TC Pick Up

TC Pick Up is a pickup truck racing series in Argentina. It was created at the initiative of the president of the Asociación Corredores de Turismo Carretera, Hugo Mazzacane, who in October 2017 expressed the intention of creating a new category of motorsport, but specialized in pickup trucks. At the same time, the objective was to offer the usual racing drivers a new space in which to develop their racing careers, sharing a calendar with the lower divisions of the ACTC, while offering the public a category composed of the representative models of the Argentine automotive market.

Pickup Truck Racing

Pickup Truck Racing

Pickup Truck Racing is an auto racing series, running in the United Kingdom, including races on road courses and (historically) ovals. It was the only racing series that raced on the Oval Circuit at Rockingham Motor Speedway until it closed in 2018.

SuperUtes Series

SuperUtes Series

The SuperUtes Series is an Australian pickup truck racing competition that was launched in 2018 as a successor to the V8 Ute Racing Series. The series' events are held as a support category to Supercars Championship events throughout Australia.

Source: "Pickup truck racing", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2022, September 12th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickup_truck_racing.

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References
  1. ^ Creek, Lee (June 17, 1983). "New sport unveiled: Pickup truck racing". Star-News. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
  2. ^ "Baker: race results exceed expectations". The Sumter Daily Item. June 17, 1983. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
  3. ^ Nickerson, Alex (August 4, 2015). "The Original Truck Series". Racers Reunion. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
  4. ^ Rockne, Dick (May 8, 1995). "Trucks Pick Up Fans, Sponsors". The Seattle Times. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  5. ^ "Press Snoop: NASCAR Truck Series facts". Road & Track magazine. February 25, 2005. Archived from the original on October 11, 2008. Retrieved 2007-12-14.
  6. ^ "Camping World to be Title Sponsor for NASCAR Truck Series". Camping World. Archived from the original on June 23, 2015. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
  7. ^ Martin, Mark (2007). NASCAR For Dummies. International Data Group. ISBN 9780470480571. Retrieved November 14, 2015.


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