NASCAR anounces 2nd Kentucky event in 2011: The National Association For Stock Car Auto Racing today announced the addition of a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event to the July 2011 NASCAR national-series race weekend at Kentucky Speedway. The Thursday, July 7 event will mark the 10th race on the NASCAR Camping World Series schedule and completes the 2011 schedule. It will be the first time the series has raced on a Thursday evening since 2005. A NASCAR Nationwide Series event follows on Friday, July 8, with the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series following on Saturday, July 9. The tripleheader marks the first time all three NASCAR national series have run on the same weekend at Kentucky; it will be the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 'first event there. The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series has raced at the 1.5-mile, tri-oval since 2000. "The Midwest fan base has supported the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at Kentucky Speedway for over 10 years," said Steve O'Donnell, NASCAR senior vice president, racing operations. "This will be a great addition to the inaugural Sprint Cup Series race weekend, adding to what will already be a tremendous three nights of racing for the fans" Out of the 10 previous NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races held at the speedway, seven were won by past, reigning or future champions. Five won the series championship in the same season. Ron Hornaday Jr. is the only two-time Kentucky winner. The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series will return to Kentucky on Oct. 1. It will be the first time the series has raced twice in the Bluegrass State in the same season. The 2011 season is the 17th for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. It begins Feb. 18 with the NextEra Energy Resources 250 at Daytona International Speedway.(NASCAR PR)(9-3-2010)

NASCAR announces 2011 schedules: NASCAR announced today the 2011 schedule for its three national series, highlighted by several key changes for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. All three national series -- NASCAR Sprint Cup, NASCAR Nationwide Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series -- will begin their seasons at Daytona International Speedway's "Speedweeks," with a weekend culminated by the Daytona 500. All three national series -- NASCAR Sprint Cup, NASCAR Nationwide Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series -- will begin their seasons at Daytona International Speedway's "Speedweeks," with a weekend culminated by the Daytona 500. The traditional "non-points" Budweiser Shootout at Daytona will provide fans a NASCAR Sprint Cup preview, on Saturday night, Feb. 12, followed by qualifying for the "Great American Race" to be held on Sunday, Feb. 13. All three series will end their seasons with another tradition -- Ford Championship Weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Nov. 18-20. The 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series will consist of 25 races, one of which will be announced at a future date. Phoenix International Raceway, which traditionally hosted the penultimate race in November, will host the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series on Friday, Feb. 25. Darlington Raceway, which returned to the schedule in 2010 after an absence of six years, moves from August to Saturday, March 12. Michigan International Speedway's truck race, previously held in June, will accompany its late-summer NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race on Saturday, Aug. 20. Two additional date shifts in the fall have stand-alone events at Kentucky Speedway and Las Vegas Motor Speedway, moving a month later on the schedule. The series races at Kentucky on Saturday, Oct. 1 followed by Las Vegas on Saturday, Oct. 15.

2011 NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES SCHEDULE
Date  Site
Feb 18: Daytona International Speedway
Feb 25: Phoenix International Raceway
Mar 12: Darlington Raceway
Apr 2: Martinsville Speedway
Apr 22: Nashville Superspeedway
May 13: Dover International Speedway
May 20: Charlotte Motor Speedway
Jun 4: Kansas Speedway
Jun 10: Texas Motor Speedway
Jul 7: Kentucky Speedway
Jul 16: Iowa Speedway
Jul 22: Nashville Superspeedway
Jul 29: Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis
Aug 6: Pocono Raceway
Aug 20: Michigan International Speedway
Aug 24: Bristol Motor Speedway
Sep 2: Atlanta Motor Speedway
Sep 16: Chicagoland Speedway
Sep 24: New Hampshire Motor Speedway
Oct 1: Kentucky Speedway
Oct 15: Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Oct 22: Talladega Superspeedway
Oct 29: Martinsville Speedway
Nov 4: Texas Motor Speedway
Nov 18: Homestead-Miami Speedway
(NASCAR PR)(Updated 9-3-2010)