{"id":14264,"date":"2023-04-08T19:53:58","date_gmt":"2023-04-08T23:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/?p=14264"},"modified":"2023-04-08T19:53:58","modified_gmt":"2023-04-08T23:53:58","slug":"nascar-truck-series-bristol-dirt-predictions-and-how-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2023\/04\/08\/nascar-truck-series-bristol-dirt-predictions-and-how-to-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR Truck Series: Bristol Dirt- Predictions and How to Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>The Craftsman Truck Series travels to Bristol Dirt for the first dirt race of the season and the third running of the race on the high-banked short track.<\/h3>\n<p>2022&#8217;s running of the Pinty&#8217;s Truck Race on Dirt saw a great battle for the win between\u00a0<strong>Carson Hocevar\u00a0<\/strong>and <strong>Ben Rhodes<\/strong>. The Thorsport driver got the win after leading 95 of 150 Laps. The race also saw many Cup Series drivers in the field.\u00a0<strong>Joey Logano\u00a0<\/strong>led the field to green after winning Heat 3, in his #54 Planet Fitness F-150.\u00a0<strong>Chase Elliott\u00a0<\/strong>drove the #7 for Spire Motorsports.\u00a0<strong>Austin Dillon\u00a0<\/strong>drove the #20 Silverado for Young&#8217;s Motorsport.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NASCAR Truck: Pinty\u2018s Truck Race on Dirt | EXTENDED HIGHLIGHTS | 4\/16\/22 | Motorsports on NBC\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bAE3Y-yPVIM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This weekend at the Weather Guard Truck Race on Dirt, we will see more Cup Series drivers tackling the dirt in the Truck Series ahead of their race on Sunday. <strong>Jonathan Davenport<\/strong>, one of the country&#8217;s best dirt late model drivers, is driving the #7 Chevy for Spire Motorsports. <strong>Chase Briscoe\u00a0<\/strong>is racing the #22 F-150 for AM Racing.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2023\/03\/06\/nascar-cup-5-takeaways-from-the-pennzoil-400-at-las-vegas\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong>William\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Byron\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>is back with his former Truck Series team, Kyle Busch Motorsports, in the #51 Chevy. After a top-five finish, <strong>Parker Kligerman\u00a0<\/strong>is in the #75 for Henderson Motorsports.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dirt late model racer <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheFast49?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@TheFast49<\/a> will drive the Spire Motorsports #7 Silverado at Bristol Dirt with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NutrienAg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@NutrienAg<\/a> as his primary sponsor! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/spiremotorsports?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#spiremotorsports<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/nutrienagsolutions?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#nutrienagsolutions<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/jonathandavenport?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#jonathandavenport<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/bristoldirt?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#bristoldirt<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NASCAR?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NASCAR<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/truckseries?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#truckseries<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Nsj0EItTXe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/Nsj0EItTXe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Spire Motorsports (@SpireMotorsport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpireMotorsport\/status\/1642902705084461057?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 3, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, due to a cancellation of Friday&#8217;s track activities due to rain, many drivers did not qualify. Those drivers are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>#6: <strong>Norm Benning<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>#34: <strong>Josh Reaume<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>#47: <strong>Andrew Gordon<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>#62: <strong>Jessica Friesen<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>#66: Joey Logano<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Predictions:<\/h3>\n<p>With practice and qualifying canceled, we do not know who has speed until trucks roll off for heat races. Carson Hocevar has some momentum coming into this race. He got his first win at Texas last weekend and was runner-up last year, leading 55 laps. He is a talented dirt racer, racing dirt late models. Look for Hocevar to be upfront at Bristol. Jonathan Davenport is in the #7 for Spire, Chase Elliott finished 7th in the truck last year. Davenport has much more dirt experience than Elliott does, I can see Davenport running inside the top five or maybe in contention for a win. Chase Briscoe has won a dirt race in a truck, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2018\/07\/19\/chase-briscoe-jump-starts-career-with-eldora-win\/\" target=\"_self\">the 2018 Eldora Dirt Race<\/a>, look for him to be running up front. Ben Rhodes has not finished worse than eleventh this season, he is being very consistent. The #99 Tundra won the race last year, look for Thorsport to secure the victory for Ford this year.<\/p>\n<h3>How to Watch:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Saturday<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>4:30 PM ET, Qualifying Race #1, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nascar\/truck-series\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FS2<\/a><\/li>\n<li>4:45 PM ET, Qualifying Race #2, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nascar\/truck-series\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FS2<\/a><\/li>\n<li>5:00 PM ET, Qualifying Race #3, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nascar\/truck-series\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FS2<\/a><\/li>\n<li>5:15 PM ET, Qualifying Race #4, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nascar\/truck-series\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FS2<\/a><\/li>\n<li>8:00 PM ET, Weather Guard Truck Race on Dirt, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nascar\/truck-series\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FS1<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Featured Image Credit: Logan Riely\/Getty Images<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Craftsman Truck Series travels to Bristol Dirt for the first dirt race of the season and the third running of the race on the high-banked short track. 2022&#8217;s running of the Pinty&#8217;s Truck Race on Dirt saw a great battle for the win between\u00a0Carson Hocevar\u00a0and Ben Rhodes. 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