As the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series celebrates its 600th race with Friday night’s Strat 200, there has been only one individual who has worked every single one of them.
Chris Showalter, truck chief on the No. 51 Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Tundra, has been wrenching on trucks since the series’ inaugural race on Feb. 5, 1995 at Phoenix Raceway.
Showalter’s focus was more on tires in the first two years of his Truck Series career, starting off his career with the Ohio-based Liberty Racing and driver Butch Miller in 1995. Showalter quickly moved up the ranks to serve as a truck chief, moving to ThorSport Racing for a year before making the move to North Carolina to work for Joe Gibbs Racing and drivers J.D. and Coy Gibbs.
Showalter was also the truck chief for Travis Kvapil’s 2003 championship-winning season.
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