Christopher Bell was the class of the field Wednesday night. Bell led a race high 106 of the 150 laps to win the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series 1-800-CarCash Mud Summer Classic at Eldora Speedway. The 18-year-old scored his first career victory in just his third career start. It was a wild night of dirt track racing on the half mile clay oval in Ohio. Here’s how it all went down:
Bobby Pierce a dirt racing regular making his first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series start, led the field from the pole after running the fastest lap in qualifying earlier in the day and winning his heat race. Five heat races and a last chance qualifier had set the rest of the field.
John Hunter Nemechek in second stay right on the outside of Peirce and the lead was swapped back and forth for the first 4 laps until Pierce was able to break free. Johnny Sauter worked his way into second by lap 5 as Austin Dillon slid into third. Dillon was able to shoot by for the lead after starting 10th on lap 7 just as caution one came out when Korbin Forrister spun on the frontstretch; he hit nothing and was able to continue. MORE>>>
Greg is the author of "The Nuts and Bolts of NASCAR: The Definitive Viewers' Guide to Big-Time Stock Car Auto Racing" and has been published in major publications across the country including the Los Angeles Times, the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He was also a contributor to Chicken Soup for the NASCAR Soul, published in 2010, and the Christmas edition in 2016. He wrote as the NASCAR, Formula 1, Auto Reviews and National Veterans Affairs Examiner for Examiner.com and has appeared on Fox News. He holds a BS degree in communications, a Masters degree in psychology and is currently a PhD candidate majoring in psychology. He is currently the weekend Motorsports Editor for Autoweek.
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