Short tracks have always played an integral part in defining the competition landscape in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. In the inaugural 1995 season, majority of the tracks on the schedule were less than a mile in length; including Richmond Raceway, the destination for this weekend’s ToyotaCare 250, this Saturday at 1:30 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
Richmond Raceway has hosted 12 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races since the inception of the series in 1995. The first Camping World Trucks race at Richmond was held on September 7, 1995 and the event was won by NASCAR Hall of Famer Terry Labonte driving the No. 5 truck for Henrick Motorsports.
In total, the 12 Truck races at Richmond have produced nine different poles winners and nine different race winners. NASCAR Hall of Famer Tony Stewart (2002, 2003), Jack Sprague (1998, 2001) and Mike Skinner (1996, 2005) are tied for the series-most Truck wins at Richmond Raceway with two each.
| Richmond Truck Winners | Season |
| Grant Enfinger | 2020 |
| Mike Skinner | 2005 |
| Ted Musgrave | 2004 |
| Tony Stewart | 2003 |
| Tony Stewart | 2002 |
| Jack Sprague | 2001 |
| Rick Carelli | 2000 |
| Greg Biffle | 1999 |
| Jack Sprague | 1998 |
| Bob Keselowski | 1997 |
| Mike Skinner | 1996 |
| Terry Labonte | 1995 |
This weekend at Richmond Raceway, ThorSport Racing’s Grant Enfinger is the only former series winner in the field. Enfinger grabbed his victory at 0.75-mile track last season leading three times for 18 laps. Enfinger is looking for his first win of the 2021 season this weekend, he has made four starts this year on a part-time schedule posting two top 10s.
Saturday’s ToyotaCare 250 (1:30 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) is scheduled to be 250 laps (187.5 miles) and broken up into three stages. The first two stages will be 70 laps each and the final stage will be 110 laps.
The starting lineup for this weekend’s event at Richmond was decided by Metric Qualifying, ThorSport Racing’s Ben Rhodes will start on the pole with Hattori Racing Enterprises’ Austin Hill will be starting second.
Short Track Truckin’
Looking at the field for this weekend, expect the competition to be fierce as there are 10 former NASCAR Camping World Truck Series short track winners entered.
The best to ever race short tracks in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series was NASCAR Hall of Famer Ron Hornaday Jr. Though he never took home the checkered flag at Richmond Raceway, of his 51 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series wins, 22 were on short tracks (43.1%). Hornaday’s 22 short track Truck wins were spread across 12 different tracks.
NASCAR Hall of Famer Ron Hornaday’s short track Truck Series wins
| Tracks | Seasons |
| Martinsville | 2010 |
| LOR | 2010, 2009, 2007, 1997 |
| Memphis | 2009, 2008, 1998 |
| Mansfield | 2006 |
| Evergreen | 1999, 1995 |
| Bristol | 1998, 1997 |
| Flemington | 1997, 1995 |
| Colorado | 1997 |
| Louisville | 1997, 1996 |
| Tucson | 1997, 1995 |
| Portland | 1996 |
| Mesa Marin | 1995 |
And it should be no surprise the winningest driver in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Kyle Busch with 60 career Truck wins, also leads all active drivers in short track victories with seven wins.
| Active Truck Winners | Total Wins | Bristol | Bristol Dirt | Eldora | Iowa | LOR | Martinsville | Richmond |
| Kyle Busch | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Johnny Sauter | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Timothy Peters | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Matt Crafton | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Brett Moffitt | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grant Enfinger | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| John H. Nemechek | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Sam Mayer | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stewart Friesen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Todd Gilliland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Of the 10 short track Truck winners entered this weekend at Richmond Raceway, eight are still looking for their first win of the 2021 season. The two Kyle Busch Motorsports drivers, Kyle Busch (Atlanta) and John Hunter Nemechek (Las Vegas) have already visited Victory Lane this season.
In last season’s return to Richmond Raceway, four of the 10 short track Truck winners finished inside the top-10 of the event – Grant Enfinger won, Matt Crafton finished runner-up, Brett Moffitt finished fourth and Stewart Friesen finished 10th.
