CONCORD, N.C. (May 19, 2010) — Although he didn’t get the finish he wanted, Pacific Northwest native Tayler Malsam confirmed his own expectations after leading some laps in his latest NASCAR Camping World Truck Series outing at Dover International Speedway.
“I look at who finished in the top 10 and I know we could run with them,” said Malsam, who wound up laps down in 20th place after brushing the wall late in last weekend’s Dover 200 at the Monster Mile. “We’ll take that into the next race and we’ll be fine. Charlotte will be a good race for us.”
Malsam and the NASCAR truck series return to action in the North Carolina Education Lottery 200 this Friday at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The seventh of the 2010 season will be broadcast on SPEED beginning with the NCWTS Set-Up Show at 4:30 p.m. (PT). SPEED will also have coverage of both practice sessions, at 6 and 7:30 a.m., and qualifying at 12:30 p.m. on Friday.
The 21-year-old Sammamish, Wash., native dropped one spot to No. 13 in the series standings after the race in Dover, but he is looking to bounce back on the fast 24-degree banked tri-oval at Charlotte Motor Speedway, where he will again be behind the wheel of the No. 56 Toyota Tundra for Kyle Busch Motorsports.
“Any mile-and-half track where we can keep the truck wound up all the way around is my preferred place to race,” Malsam said. “We should be good at Charlotte, we’re really looking forward to it.”
There have been seven NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races at Charlotte Motor Speedway, which has produced both first-time and repeat winners. Malsam’s team owner, defending NASCAR Nationwide Series champion Kyle Busch (2005, 2006) and defending series champion Ron Hornaday Jr. (2007, 2009) have visited Victory Lane more than once, and last year’s series runner-up Matt Crafton recorded his first career win there in 2008.
A win by Busch in Charlotte would be his 70th career victory in NASCAR’s three national series after the 25-year-old Las Vegas native swept the Cup and Nationwide series races in Dover last weekend. Seventeen of those wins have come in the Camping World Truck Series, including the Nashville 200 on April 2, 2010 — KBM’s first victory.
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