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Truck season set to get underway at Daytona

Wed 10th, February 2010

Daytona Beach, FL (Sports Network) - Series: NASCAR Camping World Truck. Date: Friday, February 12. Race: NextEra Energy Resources 250. Site: Daytona International Speedway. Track: 2.5-mile tri-oval. Start time: 8:00 p.m. (et). Laps: 100. Miles: 250. 2009 Winner: Todd Bodine. Television: SPEED. Radio: Motor Racing Network(MRN)/SIRIUS NASCAR Radio.

Friday's Camping World Truck Series race at Daytona marks the debut of Kyle Busch's new team in the series.

At the conclusion of last season, Busch announced he would field two truck teams under the Kyle Busch Motorsports banner.

Busch will share driving duties with Brian Ickler in the No.18 Toyota, while Tayler Malsam will run a full-time schedule in the No.56 truck. Rick Ren serves as KBM's director of competition. Ren, a two-time championship crew chief with Ron Hornaday Jr., left Kevin Harvick Inc to assume his new role.

"I think our short-term goals for this year are to just go out and try to win a race," Busch said. "I want to win a race, of course, but to go out and win multiple races would be a success. To win a race for Brian Ickler and to win a race for Tayler Malsam -- we at least need three wins out of the shop this year -- one for all three drivers -- in order for it to be a success, in my book."

Busch is a 16-time race winner in trucks, but has yet to notch one at Daytona.

Last year, Todd Bodine became the first repeat winner in 10 truck races at Daytona. Bodine will attempt to join a short list of drivers in NASCAR's three national touring series that have won at least three races in a row here. Cale Yarborough won three consecutive Cup races at the famed track (1967-68), while Dale Earnhardt recorded five straight Nationwide victories (1990-94) and Dale Earnhardt Jr. had three Nationwide wins in a row (2003-04).

"We're lucky to get one win there, so to do it three times would be incredible," Bodine said.

Hornaday begins his campaign for a fifth truck championship. He set a record in the series last year by winning his fourth title. After Ren's departure at KHI, Dave Fuge has come on board as Hornaday's new crew chief.

Hornaday would love to kick off the new season by winning at Daytona for the first time.

"To win a race at Daytona would fulfill a dream; it would be a great accomplishment," Hornaday said.

Former Formula One driver Nelson Piquet Jr. will make his series debut. Piquet will team with Timothy Peters and rookie Justin Lofton at Red Horse Racing. He becomes the first F1 competitor to join the series since Scott Speed's entrance in 2008. Speed won at Dover International Speedway in just his sixth start.

Daytona also marks the return of former series champions Johnny Benson (2008) and Ted Musgrave (2005).

Staring with Daytona, new rules in the series will go into effect. Double-file restarts will be used throughout each truck race. The modified restart rule was implemented in Sprint Cup and Nationwide last year.

During the off-season, NASCAR changed its five-year-old truck qualifying format, which guaranteed the top-30 in owner points a starting position. Just the top-25 teams are "locked in." The revision will open up additional starting positions for those teams having to qualify on time.

Forty-two teams are on the entry list for the NextEra Energy Resources 250.