LAS VEGAS (Sept. 22 2010) — Pacific Northwest native Tayler Malsam will be racing in NASCAR this weekend after all — and at one of his favorite tracks and with some old friends.
The 21-year-old will make a spot start in the Camping World Truck Series in the No. 25 Exide Batteries Toyota for Randy Moss Motorsports on Saturday in the Smith’s Food & Drug Stores 350 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The race will be televised on SPEED at 6:30 p.m. (PT).
"It's great to get back to the truck series. I'm pretty excited,” said Malsam. “There is a lot of competition in the trucks. And that track (Las Vegas) is one of my favorites. We had a lot of success last year on the mile-and-a-half tracks, so I'm really looking forward to getting the chance to race there."
Malsam raced in the NASCAR truck series for RMM last season, finishing as runner-up in the series Rookie of the Year competition and recording 10 top-10 results. Doug Wolcott, his crew chief at RMM, is expected to be atop the pit box for Malsam in Las Vegas.
The Sammamish, Wash., native made seven trucks series starts with Kyle Busch Motorsports this season before moving up in June to drive the No. 10 Iron Horse Jeans Toyota in the Nationwide Series for Braun. Because Braun had a prior driver commitment for Saturday’s Nationwide Series race at Dover (Del.) International Speedway, Malsam was available to make the start for RMM. Malsam’s next Nationwide start will be the Kansas Lottery 300 on Oct. 2 at Kansas Speedway.
"Everyone at Randy Moss Motorsports is looking forward to having the chance to work with Tayler again,” said RMM co-owner David Dollar “It's always fun and exciting to work with young talented drivers as they begin to develop their careers. We had a great season last year with Tayler behind the wheel and we're looking forward to picking up right where we left off.”
There are 42 trucks listed on the preliminary entry list vying to make the starting field of 36 for Saturday’s race, and Malsam will be required to qualify on time for the race on time because the No. 25 is outside the top-25 in owner’s points. Malsam has long expressed a preference for fast, high-banked 1.5-mile tri-ovals like Las Vegas, so going fast enough to make the starting field is a challenge he should enjoy.
Because he’s making a spot start, Malsam only needs to worry about are getting into and then winning the race. He may be in the perfect venue for the latter, as Las Vegas has a reputation for producing first-time winners in the truck series. David Starr, Shame Hmiel and Johnny Sauter each picked up their first series victory at Las Vegas, where 11 of the past 10 truck races have produced different winners. With Sin City victories in 2006 and 2008, Mike Skinner, Malsam’s RMM teammate this weekend, is the only multiple race winner in that timeframe.
On the Web
www.taylermalsam.com
www.oneeightyracing.com
www.randymossmotorsports.com
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