MALSAM, NASCAR TRUCK SERIES WRAP UP 2010 SEASON AT HOMESTEAD-MIAMI

HOMESTEAD, Fla.. (Nov. 17, 2010) — After a couple of frustrating races, the stage is set for Tayler Malsam to finish the 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series on a high note.


The 21-year-old from Sammamish, Wash., will wrap up the season this Friday, once again driving the No. 25 Iron Horse Jeans Toyota Tundra for Randy Moss Motorsports in the Ford 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. SPEED will broadcast the race at 5:30 p.m. (PT). Raceday coverage on SPEED begins with qualifying at 3 p.m. (PT) and includes the NCWTS Set-Up pre-race show at 5 p.m. (PT).

“Homestead is a fun place to race. I improved at the track quite a bit during my second race, and hopefully we will be better yet this time around,” said Malsam. “I really like the chassis that we’re taking this weekend, and I’m really happy that (teammate and former series champion) Mike (Skinner) and the International Truck/Monaco RVs team are letting us borrow this truck — it should be a lot of fun and very competitive on the track.”

In two previous starts at Homestead, in 2008 and last year with RMM, Malsam finished 21st and 15th respectively. Kevin Harvick became the 13th different race winner; just Todd Bodine has won at Homestead more than once, in 2005 and 2008. Homestead-Miami is a fast 1.5-mile oval with variable 18-20 degree banking in the turns — just the kind of track Malsam enjoys racing at the most. In the 14 truck series races held at Homestead since 1996, winners have come from as far back as the 18th-place starting position, meaning qualifying well is less important than at many venues.

With the No. 25 truck making just a handful of starts this season, Malsam has had to qualify on time for each race, including Friday’s, so his RMM team hasn’t been able to focus as much on race trim during practice sessions. For the final three races of 2010, Malsam has been reunited with crew chief Dan Stillman, who worked with Malsam earlier in the season at Kyle Busch Motorsports.

“We’re really excited about the truck that we have to race this weekend, and I think we will definitely have a shot at a top-10 or top-five finish,” said Stillman. “The purpose of these last three races was for both Tayler and I to work together and build a foundation for our 2011 program. I think we’ve accomplished that and I’m excited to see what we can achieve both this weekend and next year.”

Friday’s race at Homestead will be the debut of Iron Horse Jeans as a sponsor for Randy Moss Motorsports. Based in Poway, Calif., the company previously supported Malsam this season for races in both the Nationwide and Camping World Truck series.

Bodine clinched his second NASCAR truck series championship in the series’ previous race at Phoenix. Bodine, who also won the title in 2006, enters the season finale at Homestead-Miami with more points than No. 2 Aric Almirola can earn in a single race. Bodine also factors into the one title remaining to be decided, however, as his Germain Racing team battles Kyle Busch Motorsports for the owner’s championship.

At Phoenix, Malsam was involved for a second straight race in a fast-developing situation while exiting a corner. Just past the one-third mark of the race, Ricky Carmichael got loose under another truck and Malsam and another driver were collected in the resulting spin. A similar incident occurred in the Nov. 5 race at Texas when Miguel Paludo spun out in front of Malsam, who then hit the outside wall and the slowing truck of Ron Hornaday.

On the Web
For more information about Tayler Malsam visit www.taylermalsam.com, or follow @TaylerMalsam on Twitter and “NASCAR Driver Tayler Malsam” on Facebook. You can also visit www.randymossmotorsports.com or follow @RMMRacing on Twitter.

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