NASCAR Camping World Truck Series veteran Brendan Gaughan is negotiating with Richard Childress Racing to run a part-time schedule in both the Nationwide and Camping World Truck Series in 2012, filling the gaps in a driver roster that will otherwise be filled by RCR’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers. Sources say Childress will field a trio of Nationwide Series Chevys next season; one for veteran #2-Elliott Sadler, another for grandson #3-Austin Dillon and a third to be shared by Gaughan and a rotating lineup of Sprint Cup drivers including Kevin Harvick, Jeff Burton and Paul Menard. Tony Stewart, who has made sporadic Nationwide starts for Kevin Harvick, Inc., in recent years, is also a possibility. RCR is expected to campaign three Camping World Truck Series Silverados in 2012 for youngsters Ty Dillon and Joey Coulter, with the third truck being shared by Gaughan and the same lineup of RCR-affiliated Sprint Cup drivers.(Sirius Speedway)(10-14-2011)
Bliss to drive Spirit Halloween Impala at Charlotte: TriStar Motorsports and Spirit Halloween, the largest Halloween retailer in North America, join forces once again, fulfilling the second of a two-race partnership that began last weekend at Kansas Speedway. Hoping to generate excitement about the Halloween season, Sprit Halloween will serve as primary sponsor of the #19 Chevy with driver Mike Bliss in the Dollar General 300 Miles of Courage at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Opening its first retail store in 1983, Sprit Halloween, headquarters located in Egg Harbor Twp, New Jersey, has since grown to operate nearly 1,000 stores seasonally across the United States and Canada.(TMI)(10-14-2011)