2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series

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Austin Dillon, the 2011 Camping World Truck Series Champion

Johnny Sauter came in second behind Dillon

The 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season was the sixteenth season of the third highest stock car racing in the United States. The season included twenty-five races, beginning with the NextEra Energy Resources 250 at Daytona International Speedway and ending with the Ford 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. During the 2010 season, NASCAR announced a few notable calendar changes, including a race addition at Kentucky Speedway and the removal of Gateway International Raceway from the schedule. DeLana Harvick won the Owners' Championship, while Austin Dillon of Richard Childress Racing won the Drivers' Championship with a tenth place finish at the final race of the season. Chevrolet won the Manufacturers' Championship with 193 points.

Teams and drivers

Team	Manufacturer	No.	Primary Sponsor	Race Driver	Crew Chief	Races
Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing	Ford Ram	0	DriverBoutique.com/Glen Lerner & Associates	Wayne Edwards	Kevin Eagle	1
			Sudden Link Media	T. J. Bell		1
		10	DriverBoutique.com Driven2Honor DrivenMale.com Lilly's Cosmetics Mark One Electric1 TenForJen.com RacingGraphics.com HipChixFundraisers.com Sacred Power1 Glen Lerner & Associates1 Sudden Link Media	Jennifer Jo Cobb	Steve Kukyendall	13
			DrivenMale.com	Chris Lafferty	Mark Janes-O'Rourke	1
			CollegeComplete.com	Chase Mattioli	Cal Boprey	3
Brad Queen Racing	Chevrolet	00	Live Oak Real Estate	Brad Queen	Travis Sharpe	2
Rick Ware Racing	Chevrolet	1	Fuel Doctor4 Lilly Trucking Poynt.com1	Jeffrey Earnhardt	Bobby Burrell	5
			Rick Ware Racing	Carl Long		1
			Race Fuel Energy Direct Auto Insurance	Bobby Hamilton, Jr.	Sterling Laughlin	1
		16	Eagle Convenience Stores	Donnie Neuenberger		1
Jake Crum Racing	Chevrolet	01	Bandit Industries	Jake Crum	Jon Wolfe	2
Kevin Harvick Incorporated	Chevrolet	2	OneMain Financial1 Armour Vienna Sausages1 Hunt Brothers Pizza1 Bad Boy Buggies Tide / Kroger2 Ollie's Bargain Outlet2 Bully Hill Vineyards1 Jegs High Performance1 Hollywood Casino1 Champion1 Bad Boy Mowers1	Elliott Sadler	Bruce Cook	6
				Clint Bowyer		4
				Kevin Harvick		8
				Ron Hornaday		3
			Rheem	Cale Gale		2
			MMI Services	David Mayhew		2
		8	Qualcomm Autotrac Bozzano/Jontex4 Piquet Realty1	Nelson Piquet, Jr. (R)	Jeff Hensley	All
		21	Bully Hill Vineyards	Elliott Sadler	Ernie Cope	1
			Bad Boy Buggies/Realtree Sherwin-Williams/Cain Food Industries1 Charter Communications1	Ty Dillon	Scott Naset	3
			Rheem	Cale Gale	Mark Petty	1
		33	Steak-umm3 Sherwin-Williams1 Pinnacle Foods2 Tide/Kroger2 OneMain Financial Home Market Foods2 Utz Quality Foods, Inc.3 Anderson's Maple Syrup3 Kroger/IAMS1 Wisk1 Champion1 OneMain Financial1	Ron Hornaday	Rick Carelli	22
				Mike Wallace		1
			Rheem	Cale Gale	Chris Carrier	2
Corrie Stott Racing	Chevrolet	02	Viva Auto Group Guest House Inn	Jamie Dick	Corrie Stott	5
Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	3	Bass Pro Shops National Wild Turkey Federation2	Austin Dillon	Danny Stockman	All
		22	RCR Rip It/Darrell Gwynn Foundation SKF1 RCR Graphics Center American Eurocopter2	Joey Coulter (R)	Harold Holly
Randy Moss Motorsports Germain Racing	Toyota	5	International Trucks/Monaco RV Big Red2 Valvoline1 TBC Retail Group3	Travis Kvapil	Dan Stillman	10
				Todd Bodine	Mike Hillman, Jr.	15
		25	One Eighty Odd Manor Iron Horse Jeans	Tayler Malsam	Dan Stillman	3
Eddie Sharp Racing	Toyota Chevrolet	61	Greenville Toyota of North Carolina	Craig Goess (R)	Trip Bruce	9
			Lofton Cattle ShredTV CollegeComplete.com	Justin Lofton	Daniel Bormann	15
		45	Cushman Utility Vehicles1	Mike Skinner	Jefferson Hodges	2
			Paytas Homes	Chad McCumbee	Carl Hartmann	1
			Applebee's/Potomac Family Dining Group	Tim George, Jr.	Greg Kennon, Jr.	1
SS-Green Light Racing	Chevrolet Toyota	07	Lilly Trucking Eagle Convenience Store	Donnie Neuenberger	Butch Miller	1
			Boggy Creek Airboat Rides	B. J. McLeod	Troy Smith	1
			Viva Auto Group	Jamie Dick		1
			Boys & Girls Club of Kingsport BOBBER.info	Caleb Roark		3
			SS-Green Light Racing BOBBER.info Riviera Hotel1	Butch Miller		5
			Wear Your Gear BOBBER.info	Johnny Chapman		7
				J. J. Yeley		1
				Scott Riggs		1
				Ricky Moxley		1
				Chad McCumbee		1
			Edward Jones Investments	John King		2
			The Webb Group	T.J. Duke		1
	Toyota	81	Zachry Boot Campaign4 AkzoNobel1 Allegro Marinade 2 ASI Limited AdvoCare1 Chasco Constructors1 BuildYourFuture.org1	David Starr	Jason Miller	All
Red Horse Racing	Toyota	7	Stemco Duroline K&N Filters1 Lucas Oil1	Miguel Paludo (R)	Rick Gay	All
		17	Apex Tool Group Red Horse Racing K&N Filters1 Autism Speaks/AutosByNelson.com1 Dixie Home Crafters1 TBC Retail Group5	Timothy Peters	Butch Hylton
Turner Motorsports	Chevrolet	08	Brandt Realtree	Ryan Newman	Trent Owens	1
		4	Monster Energy	Ricky Carmichael	Doug George	All
		31	Wolfpack Rentals Exide12 Space Coast Center for Mothers with Children1 Dollar General1 Racersites/JamesBuescher.com1 Bad Boy Mowers1	James Buescher	Michael Shelton
		32	Great Clips	Brad Sweet	Mark Rette	8
			Exide	Mark Martin		2
			AccuDoc Solutions Cyclone Anaya's Mexican Kitchen1 Red Hot Insurance Quotes1	Blake Feese		10
			Mike's Hard Lemonade	Steve Arpin		5
T3R, LLC	Ford	09	Rockingham Speedway	Bryan Silas	Cal Boprey	4
		99		Wayne Edwards	Aj Genali	1
				Charles Vest		1
			Bucked Up Apparel/PatrickSheltra.com	Patrick Sheltra		1
Germain Racing	Toyota	9	Geico	Max Papis	Randy Goss	All
		30	Tire Kingdom Valvoline3 Germain.com Georgia Boot1 National Tire and Battery2	Todd Bodine	Mike Hillman Jr.	10
		62	South Point Big Red1 Air Force Combat Control1TBC Retail Group1	Brendan Gaughan	Bryan Berry	All
		77	Lofton Cattle Germain.com1	Justin Lofton	Ryan Fugle	9
ThorSport Racing	Chevrolet	13	Safe Auto Insurance Company/Curb Records 104 WTQR Country1 Carrier Corporation1	Johnny Sauter	Joe Shear, Jr.	All
		44	Ansell/Menards	Frank Kimmel	Bill Kimmel, Jr.	1
		88	Menards	Matt Crafton	Bud Haefele	All
		98	Ferrellgas Agrisure DriveForSavings.com	Dakoda Armstrong	Dan Stillman	7
			GoPro	Justin Marks		1
NTS Motorsports	Chevrolet	14	NTS Incorporated	Brennan Newberry	Dan Deeringhoff	2
Vision Aviation Racing/Billy Ballew Motorsports Kyle Busch Motorsports	Toyota	151	NASCAR.com RaceView	Michael Waltrip	Doug Howe	1
			Vision Airlines Emerald Coast Resorts	Dusty Davis (R)		4
			Perky Jerky	Kimi Räikkönen		1
			Joy Mining Machinery	Josh Richards	Rick Ren	2
		511	Vision Airlines Wounded Warrior Project	Aric Almirola	Doug George	1
				Justin Johnson (R)		3
			Joy Mining Machinery	Josh Richards	Rick Ren	5
			Telcel	German Quiroga		2
	Chevrolet		Glenden Enterprises	Chris Fontaine		1
Billy Ballew Motorsports	Ford		Bullet Liner/Matrix System Automotive Finishes	Colin Braun	Richie Wauters	2
John King Racing	Ford Toyota	16	Fairway Ford of Kingsport, TN Edward Jones Investments	John King	Jimmie Barfield	1
Kyle Busch Motorsports	Toyota	18	Dollar General8 Toyota Traxxas3 NOS Energy Drink1 CocoaVia1 Toyota Certified Used Vehicles1	Kyle Busch	Eric Phillips	14
			Toyota	Kasey Kahne		1
				Brian Ickler		4
			Traxxas1 Dollar General/DirecTV1	Denny Hamlin		1
			Joy Mining Machinery	Josh Richards		2
Steve McGowan Motorsports	Chevrolet	19	MMI Services Ron's Rearends	David Mayhew	Terry Henry	2
Panhandle Motorsports	Toyota	20	Panhandle Grading & Paving Pegasus Helicopter Group1	Johanna Long (R)	Kevin Starland	19
			National Watermelon Promotion Board	Ross Chastain	Trip Bruce	1
Joe Denette Motorsports	Chevrolet	23	GunBroker.com	Jason White	Chad Kendrick Terry Snyder1 Doug Howe	All
		24	AM FM Energy2 Virginia Lottery1	Elliott Sadler	Ernie Cope Chad Kendrick Jeff Hensley	3
Winfield Motorsports	Ram	27	SponsorShorty.com / Sierra's Race Against Meningitis1 AllStarExteriors.com / RaceCentralMedia.com1	Chris Eggleston(R)	Rob Winfield	2
	Chevrolet		S&W Services	David Stremme	Kris Nicholson	1
				Brent Raymer	Jerry Henry	1
				Chris Jones	Timothy Brown	1
				Dennis Setzer		1
RSS Racing		38		Mike Garvey	Tony Wilson	9
		39		Ryan Sieg	Rod Sieg	All
		93		Shane Sieg	Kris Nicholson	12
				Cole Whitt (R)		1
				Casey Roderick		1
				Dennis Setzer		2
				B. J. McLeod		3
				Josh Wise		1
				Mike Garvey		2
				Brent Raymer		1
FDNY Racing	Chevrolet	28	FDNY Racing	Grant Enfinger	Dick Rahilly	1
				Wes Burton		3
Brad Keselowski Racing	Ram	29	Penske Truck Leasing Cooper Standard3 Chicago RAM Dealers1	Parker Kligerman (R)	Jeff Stankiewicz	All
Allgaier Motorsports	Ram	36	England's Stove Works	Grant Enfinger	John Monsam	1
Martins Motorsports	Ram	42	TBA	Tommy Joe Martins	Ron Smith	1
Gene Price Motorsports	Chevrolet	44	GPM Performance Parts	Greg Pursley	Jerry Pitts, Jr.	1
Make Motorsports	Chevrolet	50	Liberty Tire Recycling Pinnacle[disambiguation needed ] Rubber Mulch1	T. J. Bell	Michael Cheek	4
		55	Bandit Chippers	Jake Crum	Brad Parrott	1
Norm Benning Racing	Chevrolet	57	Norm Benning Racing	Norm Benning	James Dugger	All
		75		Greg Seevers	Richard Goad	2
				Mike Harmon		1
				James Hylton		2
				Eddie MacDonald	Greg Seevers	1
Turn One Racing	Chevrolet	60	Red Bull/Fuel Doctor	Cole Whitt (R)	Marcus Richmond	24
		66	GoPro Construct Corps1	Justin Marks	Doug Wolcott	12
			National Watermelon Promotion Board	Ross Chastain	Trip Bruce	5
			Advanced Communications Group Accu-Tech	Chris Cockrum		1
			Turn One Racing	J.J. Yeley		2
			World Crown 300/Gresham & Associates MattyBRaps1	Max Gresham		3
			SkillsUSA Wyler.com	Peyton Sellers	Chris Beeson	3
Wes Burton Incorporated	Ford	61	CF&R Services/Wes Burton Incorporated	Wes Burton	Randy Dean	1
MB Motorsports	Ford	63	Mittler Brothers Machine & Tool ZAP Payment Systems1	Nick Hoffman	Mike Mittler	2
			Seal Wrap	Jack Smith		5
		65	EF-65	Tyler Tanner		1
Tagsby Racing	Chevrolet	65	Trans Pecos Trucking Stegbar Lumber Company Lumbermen's Millwork	Stephan McCurley	Kelly Frankum	2
				Brent Raymer		3
				Tim Andrews		1
			FentonMotors.com	Lance Fenton		1
		73	Trans Pecos Trucking Superseal County Building Centers1	Rick Crawford	Michael Cheek	3
				Brian Johnson, Jr.		3
				J. J. Yeley		1
				Tim Andrews		1
				Clay Greenfield		1
				Brent Raymer		1
Alger Motorsports	Ram	68	U.S. Pavement Services Signs & Displays Direct Bosak Auto Group Motion Design Group1 Anave Weight Loss1 Rock on Framing/McNulty Electric1	Clay Greenfield	Tim Walter	5
				Wayne Edwards		1
Sacred Power Motorsports	Ram Ford	73	Sacred Power Georgia-Pacific	A.J. Russell	Kevin Eagle Rusty Davidson	1
Team 7 Motorsports	Chevrolet	70	Food Country USA	Jeff Agnew	Doug Weddle	4
Mike Harmon Racing	Ford Chevrolet	74	@hrmn8ter Global Pigeon Supply Racing For Marissa	Mike Harmon	Daniel Kolanda	7
Ray Hackett Racing	Ford	76	Rue & Ziffra P.A. AXA Financial	Alli Owens	Steve Darne	1
			J & R Supply	Ryan Hackett	Ray Hackett	1
			O.C.R. Gaz Bar N' Car Wash Three Feathers Casino	Derek White	Bobby Burrell	2
B.J. McLeod Motorsports	Chevrolet	78	Boggy Creek Air Boat Rides	B.J. McLeod	Jamie Jones	2
Bragg Racing Group	Ford	82	VisitGulf.com	Grant Enfinger	Josh Bragg	1
Glenden Enterprises	Toyota	84	Glenden Enterprises	Chris Fontaine	Kevin Ingram	6
LCS Motorsports	Chevrolet	87	Copy Wizard Garbee Truck and Trailer	Chris Jones	Richard Kahlich	6
Lafferty Motorsports	Chevrolet	89	TheTeaParty.net South Carolina Education Lottery1 NASCAR SpeedPark1 Whiskey River Blue Ox	Chris Lafferty	Scott Kazura	5
RBR Enterprises	Chevrolet	92	fleetHQ.com / Action-Gator Tire / BTS Tire & Wheel Distributors	Clay Rogers	Barry Elvis	15
Peck Motorsports	Chevrolet	96	Arthritis Foundation	Todd Peck	Keith Wolfe	4
Coulter Motorsports	Toyota	97	Strutmasters.com	Matt Lofton	Blake Bainbridge Jon Wolfe	2
Chase Mattioli Racing	Ford	99	CollegeComplete.com Rockingham Speedway	Chase Mattioli (R)	Cal Boprey	2
				Chad McCumbee1		1
				J. R. Fitzpatrick		1
				Bryan Silas		2
				Charles Vest		1
Note:In the 'Races' column, All: 1–25; A number with dots underneath it is the number of races their planning to participate in.
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Note: A driver designated with a (R) next to their name indicates that they are contenders for the 2011 Rookie of the Year award.

Team changes

• Germain Racing added the No. 9 team to its full-time lineup with Max Papis.
• Billy Ballew Motorsports merged with West Coast team Vision Aviation Racing to continue running in the Truck Series. The team ran under the VAR banner, with Ballew being majority owner and Toyota continuing its support.^[2] The original plan, as stated by manager Tom Davis, was to run his son Dusty in the No. 15 for 7 races and Justin Johnson for 22. However, after Nashville, the No. 15 was shut down and the No. 51 running a limited schedule after Vision Airlines Chief operating officer Steven Acor decided to cut back the racing team.^[3]

Began operations

• Texas businessmen Bob Leavine and Lance Fenton have formed Leavine Fenton Racing. Fenton ran a partial schedule in the No. 95 Ford.
• Virginia native Joe Denette started his own race team, Joe Denette Motorsports. Denette is a NASCAR fan who won the Virginia Lottery Mega Million in May 2009 after being laid off four months prior. He has teamed with fellow Virginian Hermie Sadler to start his own team with assistance from Kevin Harvick Incorporated. Jason White brought sponsorship from GunBroker.com to the team for 2011.

Discontinued operations

• Team Gill Racing shut down with their assets having been purchased by Eddie Sharp Racing.

Driver changes

• Mike Skinner parted ways with Randy Moss Motorsports after the 2010 season due to a lack of chemistry. In a interview with Sirius Speedway, Skinner said that he had talked to a few teams and would prefer to remain with Toyota. On February 11, Skinner announced that he would drive the No. 45 of Eddie Sharp Racing at Daytona and potentially at Phoenix.

Changed teams

• Justin Lofton was released by Red Horse Racing after his rookie season. He drove the No. 77 for Germain Racing.^[4]
• Jason White leaves SS-Green Light Racing and takes his sponsorship from GunBroker.com with him to the new Joe Denette Motorsports team.
• Midway through 2011, Germain Racing was unable to field its flagship No. 30 Toyota driven by Todd Bodine due to a lack of sponsorship. Germain announced on July 13 that they would partner with Randy Moss Motorsports to put Bodine in the No. 5 for the rest of 2011, releasing Travis Kvapil. According to owner Bob Germain, the trucks was prepared by Germain but given the #5.

Entered the series

• Joey Coulter drove full-time this season with Richard Childress Racing, as a teammate to Austin Dillon. He drove the No. 22 Silverado and had veteran Harold Holly as crew chief.
• Fourth-generation driver Jeffrey Earnhardt ran for ROTY with Rick Ware Racing. However, he was released after 3 races when Fuel Doctor decided to leave.
• Johanna Long moved up to full time status for 2011 with her Panhandle Motorsports team.
• Former Renault F1 driver Nelson Piquet, Jr. drove for Kevin Harvick Incorporated full-time this season.
• With Eddie Sharp Racing having purchased Team Gill Racing, 2010 ARCA runner-up Craig Goess drove the No. 46 Toyota full time in 2011.
• Brazilian driver Miguel Paludo drove Red Horse Racing's No. 7 Toyota full-time with sponsorship from Stemco Duroline.
• Vision Aviation Racing teammates Dusty Davis and Justin Johnson moved up from the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West to drive the No. 15 and No. 51 Toyotas respectively. They were not approved to run at Daytona International Speedway, so Michael Waltrip and Aric Almirola drove the No. 15 and #51.
• Chris Eggleston attempted to run for ROTY with Winfield Motorsports, promoting various charities.
• Red Bull development driver Cole Whitt, after spending a season in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East, ran for ROTY with Stacy Compton's Turn One Racing.
• Chase Mattioli, son of Pocono Raceway owner Joseph Mattioli, formed his own team, Chase Mattioli Racing and ran the full 2011 season with sponsorship from CollegeComplete.com. Mattioli was unable to start at Daytona due to a gastrointestinal infection and had Chad McCumbee drive. The team used Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing's owner points from 2010, as Jennifer Jo Cobb is running the Nationwide Series.
• 2007 Formula One World Champion Kimi Räikkönen announced that he would run a part-time schedule starting in the summer, driving for his own ICE 1 Racing team in a partnership with Foster Gillett.^[5][6] On April 2, it was announced that Räikkönen would instead drive a limited schedule for Kyle Busch Motorsports starting at Charlotte.^[7] He was sponsored by beef jerky company Perky Jerky. He is now entered at Charlotte driving Vision Aviation Racing's No. 15 Toyota, fielded by Busch.

Returned to the series

• Brendan Gaughan returns to the Truck Series full time for the first time since 2008. He drove for Germain Racing.
• Travis Kvapil returns to the Truck Series full time for the first time since 2007. He drove the No. 5 for Randy Moss Motorsports, replacing Mike Skinner. Kvapil officially ran for the Truck Series title while driving the No. 38 Ford for Front Row Motorsports.
• Justin Marks returns to NASCAR for the first time since 2008. He drove for Stacy Compton's Turn One Racing.

Exited the series

• Aric Almirola drove for JR Motorsports in the Nationwide Series due to lack of sponsorship being found for Billy Ballew Motorsports; he returned to the No. 51 truck for the NextEra Energy Resources 250 at Daytona as Vision Aviation Racing's drivers were both ineligible to run Daytona because of NASCAR's requirements for driver experience before running Daytona or Talladega.
• Narain Karthikeyan returned to Formula One this season with Hispania Racing.^[8]

Mid-Season Changes

• Justin Lofton parted ways with Germain Racing after the Winstar World Casino 400. He soon signed with Eddie Sharp Racing, which, ironically, was the team that Lofton won the 2009 ARCA Remax Series championship with. Craig Goess, the driver Lofton replaced, is currently unable to find a ride.
• Due to season struggles, Randy Moss Motorsports and Germain Racing joined forces to field Todd Bodine in the No. 5 truck for the remainder of the season after the UNOH 225. The team ran out of the Germain shop and crew chiefed by Mike Hillman, Jr. The move leaves Travis Kvapil without a ride, and original crew chief Dan Stillman moved to ThorSport Racing.

Rookie Entries

The 2011 Camping World Truck Series rookie class, from the outset, was packed with talent. Ranging from development drivers Cole Whitt, Joey Coulter, and Parker Kligerman to Snowball Derby winner Johanna Long, ex-Formula 1 driver Nelson Piquet, Jr., fourth-generation driver Jeffrey Earnhardt, ARCA Racing Series runner-up Craig Goess, and Brazilian touring car driver Miguel Paludo. From the outset, Whitt impressed many by winning the pole at Darlington early on, but struggled midway through the season. Earnhardt's Rick Ware Racing truck team shut down after Martinsville when sponsor Fuel Doctor abruptly left the team for Turn One Racing. Goess was released by Eddie Sharp Racing after only 9 races and was replaced by Justin Lofton. Sponsorship woes sidelined Long's rookie bid, while Paludo managed 7 top 10s in his first full season. Kligerman, Coulter, and Piquet improved their finishes mid-season, surging past a struggling Whitt. Eventually, Coulter emerged on top as ROTY.

2011 calendar

Calendar changes

• The Lucas Oil 150, held at Phoenix International Raceway, was moved from November to February, causing it to become the second race of the season.^[11]
• Darlington Raceway's race date moved from August to March.^[11]
• Kentucky Speedway received an additional race in July.
• Atlanta Motor Speedway's race date moved from March to September.^[11]
• Kansas Speedway's race date moved to June.
• Gateway International Raceway was not included in the calendar.^[12]

Results and standings

Races

Drivers

(key) Bold - Pole position awarded by time. Italics - Pole position earned by points standings. * – Most laps led.

• ¹ – Post entry, driver and owner did not score points.
• ² – Driver originally registered for Truck points; Bell switched to Sprint Cup after Charlotte, Crum switched to Nationwide after Kentucky, Duke switched to Nationwide after Martinsville.
• ³ – Ickler was not registered for Truck points at Texas.

Manufacturer

References