Category: Trucks

September 30, 2024October 2, 2024

PENALTY REPORT: Bristol

CJR Officials released the weekly penalty report for last weeks events in Bristol.

VRS Truck Series

Incident Report

Lap	Driver(s) Involved	Result/Penalty
9	28	28
43	25	25
79	30	30
118	25	25
126	86	86
134	35	35
163	7, 35, 1	Racin’
170	1	1
190	51	51

Rolling Total

Number	Driver	Nashville	Bristol	Total
1	Cory Mott		3	3
21	Mack Fabiny	3		3
25	Jim Mott	3	6	9
28	Jonathan Leger	3	3	6
29	Tyler Belanger	3	3	6
35	Henry Kallhoff		3	3
47	Sam Bennett	9		9
51	Michael Deitch		3	3
84	Corey Schramm	3		3
86	Ryan Taft	3	3	6
95	Pete Morales	6	-1	5

As they have reached 9 incident points, Sam Bennett of the No. 47 and Jim Mott of the No. 25 are unable to qualify until they run are below 9 incident points again.

Bob Henry’s Series

Incident Report

Lap	Driver(s) Involved	Result/Penalty
5	54	54
16	4	4
53	4	4
61	20, 9	9
80	55, 29	55
86	52	52
103	92	92
125	8, 52	52
145	92	92
210	88, 29	Racin’/Netcode/Magic

Rolling Total

Number	Driver	Bristol	Total
4	John Connor	6	6
9	Gordon Fraley	3	3
52	Leeroy Sellers	6	6
54	Cory Mott	3	3
55	Cameron Romano	3	3
92	Jacob Fifield	6	6

TCSP Cup Series

Incident Report

Lap	Driver(s) Involved	Result/Penalty
11	54	54
57	54	54
103	15, 77	77
111	15, 29	Racin’
115	1, 96	96
123	57	57
133	91	91
181	61, 8, 88, 3	61, 3(1)
189	57	57
270	7	7
280	29	29
287	29	29
322	61, 30	Racin’
330	22, 30	22
395	22, 69	69
445	56, 30	30
447	3	3
487	97, 7	97
493	56, 77	77
501	22, 69	69(1)

Rolling Total

Number	Driver	Darlington	Atlanta	Watkins Glen	Bristol	Total
3	Ben Lawson		3	-1	4	6
5	Allen Phillips	3	-1	-1	-1	0
6	Stephen Menke	3	-1	-1	-1	0
7	Steven Carlile	3	-1	-1	3	4
15	Cody Leach	3	3	-1	-1	4
22	Nic Vasquez				3	3
29	Stewart Harding-Walker			3	6	9
30	Mason Hoeffner				3	3
37	Joe T Wright		3	-1		2
54	Jacob Abreu	3			6	6
55	Cameron Romano	3	-1			3
57	Michael Deitch				6	6
61	Nishil Condoor				3	3
63	Johnny Avila	3				3
66	Ray Gill	3	-1		-1	1
69	Caleb Tipton				4	4
77	James Mott				6	6
86	Ryan Taft		3	-1	-1	1
91	Zack Saunders	6	-1	-1	3	7
96	Vince Mitchell				3	3
97	John Connor				3	3

The #29 Ford Mustang of Stewart Harding-Walker has accumulated 9 incident points and will be ineligible for qualifying until he gets below 9.

Two incidents of note from the TCSP Cup Series.
On lap 181 CJR officials noted Ben Lawson, in the No. 3 Ford Mustang, failing to check up and appeared to full throttle into a incident already in progress. For failure to make any attempt to avoid the incident and futher contributing to it he has been penalized with one (1) additional incident point.
At the conclusion of the race the No. 69 Ford Mustang of Caleb Tipton appears to intentionally steer into the No. 22 Ford Mustang of Nic Vasquez. Per the rule book he was also levied an additional incident point for this action.

Clips of both incidents will be posted in the “Hall of Shame” channel of the Discord later tonight.

As always any and all penalties can be appealed via the ticketing function in the League Discord.

September 27, 2024

BRISTOL: THE WORLD’S FASTEST HALF-MILE BROUGHT THE ACTION WITH 3 NIGHTS OF RACING

The Crown Jewel Racing league travelled to the Last Great Colosseum for three exciting nights of high speed short track racing this week. With the First Round of the VRS Truck Series Playoffs taking place Monday night it would set the tone for the opening race of the week. The Bob Henry’s Xfinity Series brought the action on Tuesday night for the second race in the series followed up by the final race of the Round of 16 in the Team Conti Sim Performance Cup Series Playoff on Wednesday Night.

VRS TRUCK SERIES

The first Round of the VRS Truck Series Playoffs kicked off on Monday Night with the #97 John Connor dominating the race. Connor would lead 194 laps of the 200-lap race, winning both Stage 1 and Stage 2, with the #91 Zack Saunders finishing second. Connor led all 55 laps in Stage 1 and would allow the #57 Michael Deitch to lead 4 Laps in Stage 2 before leading the rest of the 51 laps. Zaunders was lurking and waited until two to make his move on the outside, take the lead in the final two laps, and take the first win in the playoffs. The #95 Pete Morales would also get around Connor with two laps to take second, and the dominant Connor would finish third. In the post-race interview, Connor had this to say about race.

“We had a great run; I just used my tires up a bit too much earlier before the caution would come out, and I didn’t have enough to hold Saunders off on the outside at the end. But a great playoff point weekend for me, and Saunders ran a great race and a good win by him.”
John Connor, #97, Chevrolet

Bob Henry’s Xfinity Series

The second race in Bob Henry’s Xfinity Series ran on Tuesday night, and fans were excited to watch this series complete 300 laps of short-track racing. Saunders would again perform strongly, taking the pole and leading every Lap in Stage 1. The fireworks went off early in the race when #9 Gordon Fraley and #20 Jim Mott made contact, causing Mott to flip upside down and go for a wild ride. Mott and Gordon would receive care from the infield care center and be cleared.

#26 Caleb Sheets would lead the first four laps in Stage 2 before Saunders would retake the lead and lead the rest of the 84 laps, picking up back-to-back stage wins for the night. It seemed as if Saunders would win back-to-back races going into the final stage, but #1 Zach Johnson, who had finished second in Stage 1 and sixth in Stage 2, was ready to make his move.

Johnson made that move, captured the lead on Lap 225, and ran away. Johnson finished the night as the only car on the lead Lap. #71 Michael Deitch took second place with a strong showing, winning stage points in both stages. Sheets took third, giving the TCSP Cup Series a heads-up that he knows how to run the high banks of Bristol.

Team Conti Sim Performance Cup Series

The Final Round of the TCSP Cup Series Round of 16 got off to a wild start, with a big shake-up in the playoffs standings right from the beginning. The carnage would occur on Lap 11 when the #54 Jacob Abreu would spin going into Turn 3. Watch the carnage unfold below.

The #6 Stephen Menke and #24 Noah Hamilton’s race would end before it started. The #5 Allen Phillips night would also end in this incident, as CJR Officials shut him down in the garage due to the damaged vehicle policy. This was detrimental for Phillips, who would end up falling below the cutline from 8th to 13th, eliminating him from the playoffs. The #00 of Garth Griswold wouldn’t make contact with any cars but couldn’t keep ahold of his car and took a trip into the wall. Griswold would go 8 Laps down, and his playoff hopes faded into darkness. A tough start for Hollywood Motorsports.

The #1 Cory Mott would win Stage 1, with Nishil Condoor taking second and Caleb Tipton taking third. Tipton would take the lead into Stage 2 and would lead for 40 laps before the #7 Steven Carlile would take the lead for 84 Laps and win Stage 2. Carlile, who was already locked into the Round of 12, continues to perform at a high level in the postseason.

The #97 John Connor would finally get to the front and lead for 192 laps in the final stage. Connor picked up where he left off on Monday night in the Truck Series and hoped to change the result for the win. However, Connor couldn’t hold onto the lead until the finish, as Nathaniel Campbell would take the lead on Lap 448. Sitting -1 point back below the cutline, Campbell needed an excellent race to ensure he sees a spot in the Round of 12.

Campbell would only retain that lead for two laps before the #74 Caleb Sheets would capture the lead. Sheets would hold onto that lead and try to survive the late race cautions that would come out, leading to a green-white-checkered overtime finish. Sheets would get a good start getting pushed from behind by Cory Mott. Mott would duck low into one and two as Sheets stayed high and kept the speed out of two to hold onto the lead going down the backstretch. Mott would remain in the low line as he and Sheets would make contact on the front stretch, allowing Sheets to pull away and head into the final Lap.

Campbell would stay on Sheets bumper, get around Mott in the final turn, and edge out Mott by a nose at the line to take second place. Sheets showed his hand during the Xfinity Series and came away with his first win in the Team Conti Sim Performance Cup Series.

The TCSP Cup Series Playoffs will move on to the Round of 12 next week at Kansas. The drivers eliminated were #38 Zander Short, #56 Tommy Carroll Jr., #00 Garth Griswold, and #5 Allen Phillips. You can now check out all the racing results and playoff standings on the CJRacing Webpage.
The CJR ARCA Series was off this week and will be in Dover on Sunday night for the General Tire 125. The rest of the Crown Jewel Series will be back in action at Kansas Speedway next week for more high-intensity playoff action.

September 13, 2024September 13, 2024

NASHVILLE: AVILA CONTINUES STREAK AND WINS THE BRING IT BACK! 200

Johnny Avila would continue his domination of the VRS Truck Series on Monday Night at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway. Avila won five out of the six races he had competed in, and he finished second to Cody Porter the first time he didn’t win.

RACE RECAP

Early in the race, there were some glimmers of hope that someone was finally going to knock the king off the throne, but the carnage left by multiple incidents early in the race would take its toll. Drivers like Cory Mott and Tyler Belanger were taken out of contention from the damage endured. Zack Saunders, who would go on to win the first stage, would resign from the race after the 12th caution of the night after Stage 2.

Matthew Owens, who had been running up front most of the night and finished 4th in Stage 1 and 3rd in Stage 2, would try his best to catch up to Avila in the final stage. After suffering through 12 cautions in the first two stages, the field could finally run green with only one caution coming out in the final hundred laps of the race. Owens would try his best but could not keep pace with Avila, who would run off in the moonlight for his 5th race win.

The playoff field is officially set, with no changes from last week. Factory Motorsports Driver Stephen Menke decided on Tuesday that he would relinquish his playoff position to Thomas Villano. Villano, who has been suspended for the last 30 days, will return after the week off next week to make a run in the playoffs.

The VRS Truck Series will return on September 23rd at Bristol Motor Speedway to tackle the high-banked short track in the first round of the playoffs. Short-track racing hasn’t been the best this year in the VRS Truck Series, but that should only make the first round of the playoffs more thrilling.

September 12, 2024September 12, 2024

PENALTY REPORT: NASHVILLE AND ATLANTA

CJR officials announced penalties and updated incident points following the weeks events at Nashville Fairgrounds and Atlanta.

VRS Truck Series

Corey Schramm driver of the No. 84 Truck has an unserved EOL he will need to serve at the next race participated. Drivers Nishil Condoor and Zach Johnson, drivers of the Nos. 61 and 2 respectively, are to serve an EOL at the beginning of their next races as well stemming from a racing incident on lap 7. Below are the incident report and point totals.

Truck Incidents

Lap	Truck	Penalty/Cause
2	47	47
7	2, 61	Racin’ (Unserved)
13	95, 34	95
19	61, 84	Racin’
30	84	84 (Unserved)
42	47	47
48	25	25
54	86	86
67	28	28
79	21	21
87	47	47
93	95, 1	95
131	29	29

Truck Incident Points Total

Number	Name	Total
21	Mack Fabiny	3
25	Jim Mott	3
28	Jonathan Leger	3
29	Tyler Belanger	3
47	Sam Bennett	9
84	Corey Schramm	3
86	Ryan Taft	3
95	Pete Morales	6

TCSP Cup Series

The No. 37 of Joe Wright and No. 3 of Ben Lawson will both serve EOLs at the beginning of their next participated race leading from race incidents that did not bring out cautions.

Cup Incidents

Lap	Cars Involved	Result/Penalty
25	1, 37	37
85	00, 66	Racin’
102	61, 15, 6	15
118	37, 22, 56, 30	Racin’
148	86, 15	86
163	3, 5	3

Cup Incident Point Totals

Number	Name	Total
3	Ben Lawson	3
5	Allen Phillips	2
7	Steven Carlile	2
15	Cody Leach	2
37	Joe T Wright	6
54	Jacob Abreu	3
55	Cameron Romano	2
63	Johnny Avila	3
66	Ray Gill	2
86	Ryan Taft	3
91	Zack Saunders	5

As always, protesting is an option via the League Discord help desk

September 7, 2024September 12, 2024

OFFICIAL: 2025 Schedule Announcement

Crown Jewel staff release the official schedule for the 2025 season.

As the end of the 2024 season approaches, we are excited to announce a majority of the 2025 schedule. The 2025 season will see the addition of the franchise system, introducing the Crown Jewel Xfinity Series and adding a “career-mode” feeling to the Crown Jewel Racing League. Team owners will take control of their franchises and drivers will earn their way to the premier Crown Jewel Cup Series while navigating negotiations with team owners, manufacturer alliances, and more – bringing an authentic experience to all members of the league.

2024-2025 Offseason Schedule (Mon. & Wed.)

The 2024-2025 offseason will consist of two separate series – the Crown Jewel Offseason and the 2024 Trans-Am Offseason. The Crown Jewel Offseason will consist of classic oval Crown Jewel events from history. The races will be run at full distance with the same rules package from the era in which it was run. This series will test drivers in all forms of oval racing, while preparing drivers for the 2025 season with longer races. The 2024 Trans-Am Offseason will consist of the full 2024 Trans-Am schedule (available on iRacing) and run the Late Model Stock and Ford Mustang FR500S on road courses in short, 100-mile races. This series will test your H-pattern road racing skills across multiple tracks in a unique multi-class setting. Both of these series will be fixed setup (excluding the Snowball Derby, which will be open setup).

2025 Special Events Schedule

In 2025, we will be taking a smaller and more digestible route in the inclusion of road racing in the Crown Jewel Community. While not a focal point in our community, road racing is an important part of racing’s DNA and should be included in some capacity. In 2025, we will be introducing six special events to the calendar – five road, and one returning oval event. The second annual Frank Pauley Memorial 500 returns by popular demand and will be the third straight year the CJRL runs the Indianapolis 500. In addition to the FPM 500, five major road course events have been added as well. All events will have an entry fee that contributes to a prize pool and broadcasting. Prize pool will be based on participation and announced prior to the race. We hope to see you out on the track and turning left and right in 2025!

2025 Crown Jewel Cup Series Schedule

With NASCAR releasing the 2025 Cup Series Schedule, we are now able to fill in the blank as to what is the 2025 Crown Jewel Cup Series season. With The Clash moving venues and the addition of Mexico City, there are still two question marks on the schedule from an iRacing sense. These will continue to be monitored as those events approach. All decisions will be made with Cup Series team owner and driver input and will be decided no later than 2-weeks before the event. The 2025 schedule has a large mix-up that will surely change the dynamic of the season – and we are excited to be a part of it with the CJCS! All 38 events will be live on the Fireball Talks NASCAR Broadcasting Network – don’t miss a broadcast in 2025!

2025 Crown Jewel Xfinity Series Schedule

Xfinity Series action returns to the Crown Jewel Racing League in 2025! With the introduction of the franchise system, drivers will be fighting for their careers as they try to work their way into the Crown Jewel Cup Series. This steppingstone series will be sure to put on a show week in and week out as drivers battle for a Xfinity Series Championship! The schedule will feature four Dash 4 Cash races, where no Cup drivers will be allowed to enter, and drivers will battle for a cash prize each race. The Xfinity Series Mexico City race will be a mirror of the decision made by the Cup Series – where Xfinity will continue to be the support series for that week. Make your name known in the Crown Jewel Xfinity Series in 2025! All races will be broadcasted by the Cup Series Driver’s Only Broadcast – live on the Crown Jewel Racing Network every week in 2025!

2025 VRS Truck Series Schedule

VRS is set to return in their second season as the title sponsor for the VRS Truck Series. Cut in size to just twenty-five races, the VRS Truck Series just might become the entry-level for the career mode system in 2025. Based on the number of charters being requested by teams, a contingency plan is in place to include the Truck Series in the franchise system to ensure all drivers have the ability to experience the career-mode structure. Decisions regarding its inclusion will be made prior to franchise bidding, and all teams will have the ability to prepare and draft franchises if necessary. The 2025 VRS Truck Series action can be found on High Velocity TV for the entirety of the 2025 season!

2025 Crown Jewel ARCA Schedule

The 2025 ARCA Menards Series schedules have yet to be released. However, community members can expect the Sunday Night ARCA series to continue. The current plan is to combine the East, West, and National schedules into a single schedule and run it in its entirety. When the 2025 ARCA Menards schedules are released, we will announce the series in full via another post – so stay tuned!

September 5, 2024

WATKINS GLEN: AVILA REAPPEARS TO WIN AT THE GLEN

Cody Porter has won the last three races coming into Monday night to take on The Glen at the Watkins Glen International road course. His sidekick, Johnny Avila, has missed the previous two races of the VRS Truck Series, but his hauler showed up and unloaded a fast truck for 45 laps around the road course.

Zack Saunders got off to a quick start in the race and won both Stage 1 and Stage 2 before the iRacing Gods ended his night by ending his connection to the racing Server. It was disappointing as Saunders had the speed and would have made Avila, who was charging from the back, have a good fight at the end.

Avila would take the reins from race leader Nathaniel Campbell on Lap 28 and lead the final 15 Laps to win his 5th race of the season. Porter would take second, and Oskar Jensen would take 3rd to round out the podium. Notable driver of the night went to Joe Wright, who struggled to get through a race with a decent finish. Wright started in the 14th position and reached a Top 10 finish at 9th place.

PLAYOFF MOVEMENT

With Mike Burnett dropping out of playoff contention, his Split 1 seat has now been opened to allow a 4th wildcard spot a seat in the playoffs. Jim Mott now holds onto that 4th spot. With one last race at Nashville Fairgrounds next week, the playoff spots fall into the hands of that last Split 3 Driver, Matthew Owens. If Owens can hold onto that spot next week, then the playoff field won’t change, but if Tyler Krawcyzk, who is -18 points back from Owens, can jump in front, that would shift all the wildcard drivers down one spot with Owens getting in with the first wildcard spot.

It will be an exciting race next Monday night at Nashville Fairgrounds. Tune in on the Crown Jewel Racing Network to catch all the thrilling action to conclude the 2024 VRS Truck Series Regular Season.

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September 5, 2024September 8, 2024

PENALTY REPORT: WATKINS AND DARLINGTON

Thursday evening brought news of a rare early penalty report from CJR officials.

VRS Truck Series

CJR officials announced no penalties in the VRS Truck Series.

Team Conti Sim Performance Cup Series

The TCSP saw it’s cleanest race since the Olympic Break, but still had a handful of cautions. Under the new penalty system, 10 drivers saw penalties for 11 incidents. See the tables below for the breakdown.

Incidents

Lap	Cars Involved	Fault/Result
36	91	91
44	7, 30	7
64	66, 31	66
70	63, 24, 15, 54	63
85	15, 96	15
91	91, 04	91
124	55	55
145	04, 5	5
199	6, 66	Racing Incident
214	54, 63	54

Rolling Total

Car Number	Driver Name	Points
91	Zack Saunders	6
66	Ray Gill	3
5	Allen Phillips	3
7	Steven Carlile	3
15	Cody Leach	3
54	Jacob Abreu	3
63	Johnny Avila	3
55	Cameron Romano	3

CJR officials also announced that Pete Morales, substitute driver of the #34 Ford Mustang, will be penalized post-race for illegally passing the pace car in the final caution sequence. For such infractions the penalty is being scored the last car a lap down. Long time fans will remember when Archie Williams, driver for the now defunct Circuit Motorsport Club, was penalized the same following a similar incident at COTA.

A reminder, any of the penalties can be appealed via the ticket function in the League Discord.

August 28, 2024August 28, 2024

MILWAUKEE: PORTER WINS 3 IN A ROW, TAMES MILWAUKEE MILE

VRS Truck Series competed at the Milwaukee Mile on Monday night in West Allis, Wisconsin. 37,000 fans filled the grandstands to see these trucks turn 175 laps around this legendary oval, and were able to watch Cody Porter dominate the race from start to finish. Click here to watch the race replay.

Quick Stats

Location: Milwaukee Mile Speedway, West Allis, Wisconsin
Race Length: 175 Laps, 2 Hours 6 Min
Weather: 86 degrees, Partly Cloudy, Wind SW @ 5-6 MPH
3 Leaders
- Cody Porter – 155 Laps
- Stewart Harding Walker – 10 Laps
- Cody Leach – 10 Laps
6 Lead Changes
12 Cautions – 49 Laps

Qualifying

Porter would continue his dominance taking the pole with a time of 30.558 on his second qualifying lap. Zack Saunders (30.785) and Cody Leach (30.822) would take second and third behind him. This is Porter’s third pole of the VRS Truck Series and second week in a row of starting on the pole. In the last five races of qualifying, Porter hasn’t started anywhere but the front row. Porter had this to say about where they find that speed week in and week out.

“It all comes down to testing and having a good setup team. I only made minor changes from practice to loosen the truck up a bit, and without having that data and all those practice laps, it would not be easy.”

STAGE 1

Porter would take the green flag leading the field into Stage 1 and with most short track races this season it didn’t take long for that yellow caution flag to fly. On Lap 2, the #4 of Tyler Krawczyk would lose the back end and go around exiting Turn 4.

A much appreciated caution for the #1 Cory Mott, the #15 Cody Leach, and the #61 of Nishil Condoor who were all serving a drive thru penalty from the last race at Richmond. But a few laps later that helpful caution wouldn’t matter to Mott who was caught up in a wreck on Lap #7 with the #86 Ryan Taft, and the #67 of Joe Katarsky.

The #93 Stewart Harding Walker would take the lead from Porter on Lap 16 and hold onto that lead until a caution would come out for the #56 of Noah Lycan. Porter and Walker would battle for the lead on the restart with Walker leading laps 25-27 before Porter took back the reins. iRacing would throw another caution just after the lead change and this caution drew some gripes and complaints from the drivers as no incident really occurred. The #35 of Henry Kallhoff sent his truck sideways in Turn 3 but was able to keep the Tokyo Drift going to regain control.

There would be two more cautions during the stage before the stage would end on Lap 55 with Porter getting another stage win for his fourth of the season. Walker would take second place in the stage after leading ten laps. The #34 Matthew Owens would take 3rd, the #88 Connor Wold 4th, and the #95 Pete Morales taking 5th.

STAGE 2

Leach would take the lead on Lap 58 and lead the field back to green. A caution would come out on Lap 63 for the #8 Joe Gibbons, and Porter would take the lead back on the Lap 68 restart. Leach would try to keep control of the second place spot, but the #99 Zack Saunders would be all over his bumper for multiple laps trying to get Leach out of the way. That aggressive racing would lead to another caution on Lap 73 when Saunders bumping game would get to rough for Leach to handle. Leach would spin out and Saunders would check up causing Walker to give Saunders a taste of his own medicine with bump to his rear bumper. Saunders would lose control colliding with the outside wall causing extensive damage to his truck. Saunders night was finished and he didn’t have much to say after the race, and Leach only had a three word response regarding the incident.

“It’s just chickenshit.”

We will see if this altercation carries over into the other series, but I don’t think they will be exchanging christmas cards anytime soon.

Racing would resume on Lap 75 with Porter remaining at the helm in the front, and they would stay green flag racing for 35 laps to complete the stage. Porter would once again get the stage win, Walker finishing in 2nd, Wold in 3rd, Condoor in 4th, and the #29 Tyler Belanger would take 5th.

Not Enough Preparation in the End

Porter would lead the field back to green for the final stage of the evening. Only two cautions would come out in the final stage with the first caution being on Lap 122 that would end the night for the #1 Cory Mott who just couldn’t get the race going in the right direction. And the final caution would come out on Lap 146 for the #4 of Tyler Krawczyk who had some difficulty keep the tires underneath him coming out of Turn 4.

Walker would do his best to keep the pressure on Porter on the final restart on Lap 151, but just wasn’t able to find the speed in the end. Porter would would take the checkered flag for his third straight victory in the VRS Truck Series.

Walker would finish second in his VRS Truck Series debut. He was all smiles after the race when he spoke during his media session.

“Definitely above where we expected to finish tonight racing on such short notice. Didn’t have much time to prepare, hell we wrapped the truck when qualifying was going on. Porter had a great truck tonight, and I had more for him at the start, but my knowledge of setups was what became my downfall at the end.”

With two races to go in the regular season the playoff battle is really heating up with multiple scenarios that could play out over the next two races. The VRS Truck Series will be back in action next Monday night when they travel out Dix, New York to take on The Glen for the “Go Truckin at The Glen 150.” Tune into the Crown Jewel Racing Network to catch all the action live!

August 17, 2024August 18, 2024

PENALTY REPORT: RICHMOND

CJR officials announced penalties on Saturday, August 17th following this weeks events at Richmond Raceway. Due to the sheer volume of cautions, Race Control was unable to provide videos for each incident.

VRS Truck Series

Lap	Drivers Involved	Result/Fault
2	86, 8	86
13	51, 46, 18, 21	Netcode
20	35, 95, 1	Racing
28	61, 45	61
36	95,21	21
45	76	76
54	25	25
61	04, 15, 97, 4, 97, 00, 47, 84, 1, 34, 86, 78, 21, 15, 46, 76, 29	4
74	1	1
82	21	21
88	76, 99	99
102	84, 4	Netcode
139	15	15
147	1, 78	Racing
154	15, 1, 95	15
161	76	76
168	51,00	51
192	95	95
215	1	1
223	76	76
229	78, 30	78
237	61, 82, 78, 4	61

Drivers penalized with 1 IC and an EOL at the beginning of the next race are;

#86 Ryan Taft
#25 Jim Mott
#4 Tyler Krawczyk
#99 Zack Saunders
#51 Michael Deitch
#95 Pete Morales
#78 Thomas Villano(temporarily retired)

Drivers penalized with 2 ICs and a drive through at the beginning of the next race are:

#61 Nishil Condoor
#21 Mack Fabiny
#1 Cory Mott
#15 Cody Leach

Only one driver reached 3 ICs and will be suspended for the next race.

#76 William Ransone

Team Conti Sim Performace Cup Series

Lap	Drivers Involved	Result/Fault
17	16, 66	16
31	7, 15	15
41	96	96
54	96	96
85	61, 8, 3	61
90	72	72
100	68	68
108	31, 65	31
117	131, 95	95
138	86, 31	86
148	00, 94	00
155	29, 15	15
165	55, 86, 31	55
172	91, 83	91
180	6, 83	Racing
186	61	61
192	15	15
200	11, 00	11
210	77	77
218	28, 15, 37	Racing
226	56, 29	Netcode
239	38, 66	Racing
246	77, 52	77

…woof

Drivers with 1 IC and and EOL at the beginning of next race are;

#16 Nathaniel Campbell
#72 Richard Dusett(retired?)
#68 Alexander Hodge
#31 Mark Roettgen
#95 Bob Fitzpatrick Jr
#86 Ryan Taft
#00 Garth Griswold
#55 Cameron Romano
#91 Zack Saunders
#11 Russell Bratka

Drivers penalized with 2 ICs and a drive through at the beginning of the next race are:

#96 Vince Mitchell
#61 Nishil Condoor
#77 Jim Mott

Only one driver reached 3 ICs and will be suspended for the next race.

#15 Cody Leach

As always these penalties can be appealed through the help desk in the CJR Discord.

August 14, 2024August 14, 2024

RICHMOND: PORTER ENDURES CAUTION FEST, WINS 2 IN A ROW

RICHMOND: The VRS Truck Series took to the short track of Richmond Raceway on Monday night. With 4 races to go for drivers to claim one of last 6 spots in the VRS Truck Series Playoff, Short track racing at Richmond was guaranteed to get spicy. Unfortunately, the racing was over seasoned with cautions and carnage with a sprinkle of an exciting finish at the end.

Qualifying

The biggest surprise of the evening was the absence of Xpress Esports driver Johnny Avila who was unable to make it to Virginia in time for qualifying, but his teammate Cody Porter picked up where he left off last week at Rockingham and reclaimed his claim to the front row throne with a time of 22.230. Zack Saunders would start second on his outside with a time of 22.344. Nishil Condoor would start third, Tyler Krawczyk fourth, and Stephen Menke fifth.

Caution Fest

Stage 1 would have a total of nine cautions in the first 70 laps of the race, with five more cautions in Stage 2. It was difficult for drivers to get any long green flag runs which would keep tires fresh and tire temperatures low. All these cautions would also make it difficult for drivers to move up in the field which in turn caused some aggressive driving on restarts to gain spots. The trend would continue into the final stage where the caution would fly ten times over the final 110 laps.

Just like in reality with NASCAR Officials working overtime to issue rulings on their race. Race Control Competition Director Gordon Fraley will have a big paycheck from working overtime this week. Fraley will be reviewing all these incidents and handing out penalties for accidents caused to deter poor driving performance in the future. That penalty report is expected to be released sometime this week.

“Seeing as we had a record breaking caution count and one incident that involved 17 Trucks. Expect to see half the field serving drive through penalties at the beginning of the next race.” Gordon Fraley, RC Competition Director

STAGE WINNERS

With both stages ending early due to the #15 Cody Leach wrecking on Lap 68 and Lap 139, the stage wins were determined by positioning at the line on the completion of the lap. Stage 1 was won by Zack Saunders who led 56 laps in the stage. Cody Porter would take 2nd, and Stephen Menke third. Stage 2 was won by Porter with Noah Hamilton coming in second and Stephen Menke once again clinching third.

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Oskar Jensen’s race got off to possibly the worst start that he has had in the VRS Truck Series. After the first caution Jensen noticed he was having some mechanical failures in his race car. Jensen would pull into the pits to try and fix the issue, but would go four laps down. He was probably the only driver who was rooting for the cautions as Jensen would finally get back to the lead lap on Lap 180.

Once Jensen was able to get back to the lead lap he fired towards the front faster than Elon Musk’s Falcon 9 Rocket, finding himself in the Top 10 with 50 laps to go. Within 5 laps Jensen broke into the Top 5 and Porter’s fired missile alarm was screaming, and by lap 211 Jensen was sitting in third with 39 laps to go.

In a span of 30 laps Jensen would go from one lap down to sitting in second and would stay on Porters bumper until the end. On the final lap Jensen would try his best Austin Dillon impersonation and full send it into Turn 4 making contact with Porter’s bumper. Porter would get loose and slide up into the wall but unlike Joey Logano he would get the truck under control and maintain the lead to the finish line.

“It felt like it took 10 years to get back on the lead lap, I didn’t have a great restart their at the end and my only hope was for Cody to make a mistake. The finish was really good after all we had to deal with and I am happy to take second after all that.”

Oskar Jensen, #46, Xpress Esports, Ford

In what would have been a fairy tale ending for Jensen to come back from 4 laps down to win, Porter wanted to write a different ending to this story. This is Porter’s second straight win of the split and his third win this season in the VRS Truck Series. Xpress Esports has dominated the VRS Series with Porter and Avila winning the last seven races.

“It was nice to get the win, Noah, Zack, and Oscar put up one heck of a fight, it wasn’t easy, and the cautions didn’t make it any easier either.”

Cody Porter, #04, Xpress Esports Ford

The VRS Truck Series has 3 races to go before the playoffs begin on September 16th. Porter overtook Avila in the Split 3 Standings with Tyler Krawczyk keeping ahold of the 3rd place position. Thomas Villano is trailing Krawczyk by 8 points to crack into the Split 3 playoff spot and is trailing 26 points to Stephen Menke for a wildcard spot. Matthew Owens moved ahead of Garth Griswold in the Wildcard standings with Menke securing the third and final playoff position with 3 races to go.

The Truck series will have an off week next week, before racing action resumes on August 26th at the Milwaukee Mile. For the final two races the VRS Truck Series will travel to Watkins Glen on September 2nd, and to the Nashville Fairgrounds for the final race of the regular season on September 9th.

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