Sweet Sneaks Out a Win @ Darlington

Darlington, SC -- The CASCOR THL Truck Series returned to Darlington International Raceway on April 17th, 2012. Darlington Raceway has been on the Truck Series schedule the first two seasons in the THL Truck Series. In the last two seasons there has not been a repeat winner in the THL Truck Series at Darlington, but would the trend continue? Or could Frankie Stickley become the first two time winner at the famed track?

Frankie Stickley started off the night strong winning his first ever THL Truck Series pole position and started alongside Mike Husby as they led the field down to the green flag.

Caution flew for the first of 7 times for a spinning Austin LaPlante in turn one. But the final restart of the night came with 6 laps to go, with Frankie Stickley and Brent Sweet led the field down to the restart.

As the green flag flew, Frankie Stickley wouldn't get the greatest restart, allowing Brent Sweet to take the lead in turn 1. But the final caution of the night came out with 5 laps to go for contact made by Curtis James and Will Goshen.

Brent Sweet and the rest of the leaders raced back to the caution flag as Frankie Stickley and Mike Husby came up just short of the lead.

Sweet would go on to win the race, his first of the 2012 season. Frankie Stickley finished a close 2nd, Mike Husby 3rd, Aaron Levin 4th and Bertus De Jong rounded out the top 5. Robert Hill tied his best finish of the season in 6th, Will Goshen 7th, Curtis James 8th, rookie Brandon Wilkinson 9th and Kyle Young rounded out the top 10.

Next time the THL Truck Series hits the track will be at the Gateway International Raceway. Stay tuned to find out what happened this past week at Gateway.

Husby Wins First Road Race @ Watkins Glen

Watkins Glen, NY -- The CASCOR SuperCup Series went road racing on April 16th, 2012. Last year the SuperCup Series raced at the Hutchinson Island Street Course, but this year the race was moved to Watkins Glen later in the season.

Mike Husby won the pole position and Julian Madore started alongside as they led the field down to the green flag.

The race was plagued by cautions with the final run to the finish coming with 5 laps to go.

Mike Husby led Johnny Williams, Julian Madore, Aaron Levin and Andrew Hayes the top 5, back to the green flag. Johnny Williams would make a move inside of Mike Husby in turn one to take the lead. Williams would hold on to the lead with 4 laps to go as the caution flew for the final time of the night.

Williams and the rest of the leaders raced back to the flag and the unthinkable happened. Williams would get loose in the up hill esses losing his momentum as Husby and Madore were able to get by Williams and duked it out for the win in the final corners.

Madore tried everything he could to get by Husby but once again became the bridesmaid. Husby held on to win his first ever road race in the SuperCup Series. Johnny Williams battled back to finish 2nd, Julian Madore went off track in the second to last corner and fell to 3rd, Pete Engelmanas came home 4th and David Damboise rounded out the top 5. Will Goshen brought his car home 6th in his first race back, Aaron Levin finished 7th, Andrew Hayes 8th, Ron Simo 9th and Robert Hill rounded out the top 10.

Next time the SuperCup Series hits the track will be at the Darlington Raceway. Stay tuned to see what happened.

Engelmanas Wins Exciting Race @ Michigan

Brooklyn, MI -- The CASCOR THL Truck Series rolled into the Michigan International Speedway on April 3rd, 2012. Last year this race was one of the most competitive races of the year. Would it match last years exciting race? Or is there anyway it could be better?

Kyle Young and Mike Husby made up the front row and led the field to the green flag. The race started off just as excitingly as it had last year, with Pete Engelmanas making it three wide for the lead in turn one lap 1 and made it stick, holding onto the lead off turn two.

Some of the best wheel to wheel action all season saw positions swap several times a lap and the lead changed nine times between 5 different drivers throughout the event.

Six cautions slowed the excitement for 18 laps, setting up a three lap race to the finish. Pete Engelmanas and Brent Sweet led the field to the restart. Engelmanas held on the final 3 laps as Brent Sweet and the rest of the field came up short trying to make something happen to win the race.

Engelmanas went on to win his 2nd race of the 2012 season. Brent Sweet finishes 2nd, Andrew Hayes 3rd, Kyle Young 4th and Mike Husby rounded out the top 5. Chris Swett finished 6th, Ben Althen 7th, Bertus De Jong 8th, Robert Hill 9th and Curtis James rounded out the field in the top 10.

After yet another exciting race at Michigan with the THL Truck Series the Series heads to the track that is "Too tough to Tame" Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina.

Stay tuned to find out what happened @ Darlington.

Riley Wins in Controversial Race @ Michigan

Brooklyn, MI -- The CASCOR SuperCup Series returned to action at the Michigan International Speedway on April 2nd, 2012. Wesley Hoag and Julian Madore made up the front row and led the field down to the green flag.

Madore took the lead in turn one, lap 1 before the caution flew for a spinning Robert Hill in turn 1. Two more cautions would fly with a long 49 lap green flag run in the middle of the race setup a thirteen lap shootout for the win to end the race.

Mike Husby and Wesley Hoag led the field back to the restart. Hoag got a good restart taking the lead in turn 1. Husby managed to take the lead back with 8 laps to go. But Hoag would take it back the next lap, Matt Riley would also attempt to take the lead in turn 1 that same lap but came up short.

Husby and Riley duked it out behind race leader Hoag but in doing so lost too much time to Hoag as Hoag won the race at the flag.

Afterwards some drivers protested the victory due to connection issues with the #38 car of Hoag, and as a result the win was given to Matt Riley for his first ever SuperCup Series win. Mike Husby finishes 2nd, Andrew Hayes 3rd, Julian Madore 4th and Wesley Hoag rounded out the top 5, being placed the last car on the lead lap. Bertus De Jong and Robert Hill rounded out the finishing order in 6th and 7th place respectively.

Next time the SuperCup Series hits the track will be at Watkins Glen International Raceway for the running of the Budweiser @ The Glen. Stay tuned to find out what happened @ The Glen.

James Wins First Race @ Talladega

Talladega, AL -- The CASCOR THL Truck Series made their return to Talladega Superspeedway on March 27th, 2012. Last season the THL Truck Series didn't make a stop at Talladega but in 2010 the race was won by Frankie Stickley who was not attending this years Coca-Cola 100. Guaranteeing a new winner this time around in the THL Truck Series at Talladega.

Mike Husby started on the pole again with Andrew Hayes starting alongside. Two early cautions slowed the pace of the race, but green flag racing once again finished out the race in usual Truck Series fashion.

There would only be one green flag pit stop that took place on lap 27 as most of the leaders came down pit road for a splash of gas. Pete Engelmanas won the race off pit road followed by Brent Sweet, Curtis James, Mike Husby and Andrew Hayes the top 5.

Engelmanas continued to lead the field until the white flag lap where Curtis James and Brent Sweet pushed by on the outside to take the lead. Engelmanas gave it one last shot going into the tri-oval as his lag sent Brent Sweet spinning.

James would come across the start finish line victorious capturing his first ever CASCOR win. Pete Engelmanas finishes 2nd, Mike Husby 3rd, Andrew Hayes 4th and Johnny Williams rounded out the top 5. Bertus De Jong came home 6th, Brent Sweet fell to 7th on the last lap, Robert Hill finished 8th and Austin LaPlante rounded out the finishing order in 9th.

Next time the Trucks hit the track will be at Michigan International Speedway. Last years race was one of the most competitive Truck Series races ever. Would it live up to the expectations of last year? Or would we see a little more tame race? Stay tuned to find out.

Engelmanas Wins @ Talladega

Talladega, AL -- The CASCOR SuperCup Series returned to Super Speedway racing at Talladega Superspeedway on March 26th, 2012. But would we see another exciting race, like we saw at Daytona? Or would this race fall short of expectations?

Julian Madore took his 2nd SuperCup Series pole (which was also his 2nd pole at Talladega) with Mike Husby starting on his outside to make up the front row.

Madore jumped out to the early lead at the drop of the green flag and led the first sixteen laps before green flag pit stops took place on lap 17. Madore had issues getting up to speed and fell back out of the draft due to first gear being too slow to get up to speed.

As the field cycled back around, Pete Engelmanas was scored as the leader. Shortly after Tyler Tucker took over the lead the next lap.

The lead swapped nine times between 6 drivers over the course of the race. Two more green flag pit stops would take place before the first and only caution of the night came out on lap 47 for a transmission failure by Tyler Tucker.

Several drivers that were caught a lap down because of green flag pit stops were able to be waved around under this caution period and got back on the lead lap. With all drivers now on the lead lap it was any ones race to win.

Pete Engelmanas and Wesley Hoag led the field back to the green flag with 4 laps to go. Engelmanas would hold off the hard charging field behind, as Brent Sweet and Bertus De Jong tried to do something to take the lead but came up short.

Engelmanas wins his 2nd race of the season. Bertus De Jong ties his career best finish of 2nd, Brent Sweet 3rd, Andrew Hayes 4th and Julian Madore rounded out the top 5. Mike Husby finishes 6th, Ben Althen 7th, David Damboise 8th, Chris Swett 9th and Wesley Hoag rounded out the top 10. Tyler Tucker, Austin LaPlante and Wayne Osborne retired from the race.

Next time the SuperCup Series will be at the Michigan International Speedway for the Pure Michigan 150. Stay tuned to find out what happened at Michigan.

Young Wins 2nd of the Season @ Bristol

Bristol, TN -- The THL Truck series also stopped by Bristol Motor Speedway on March 20th, 2012 for the running of the O'Reilly 125. This was the second time the THL Truck series has run at Bristol and the defending race winner was nowhere in sight.

Mike Husby won his 9th career pole with Brent Sweet starting alongside on the front row. Husby took thet early lead and led the race for the first fifteen laps before Brent Sweet took over the lead on lap 16.

Eight lead changes between 3 drivers made the race very interesting. The race pace would slow a total of three times with the final caution coming out on lap 57.

As the race went green for the remainder of the event, Mike Husby and Kyle Young ended up duking it out for the lead. With 17 laps to go Kyle Young spun off of turn two, but managed to gather it back up and for the majority of the final laps stayed about 5 seconds behind race leader Mike Husby.

Husby unfortunately would do the same thing with 5 laps to go and Young powered back by to take the lead. Young led the rest of the way en route to his 2nd victory of the season. Mike Husby finished 2nd, Brent Sweet 3rd, Austin LaPlante 4th, and Curtis James rounded out the top 5.

Next time the THL Truck Series will hit the track at the high banks of Talladega Super Speedway for the running of the Coca-Cola 125. Stay tuned to find out what happened.

Husby Makes Last Lap Pass to Win @ Bristol

Bristol, TN -- The CASCOR SuperCup Series headed to the Bristol Motor Speedway for the first time in Cup series history on March 19th, 2012. But it wouldn't be your typical Bristol race, wrecks were not the norm, green flag racing was.

Mike Husby and Pete Engelmanas would make up the front row with Husby choosing the outside line for the start of the Food City 150.

Pete Engelmanas would take the early lead, leading the first nine laps before Husby took over the lead on lap 10, leading 55 laps.

Julian Madore took over the lead on lap seventy-five and attempted to stay out on old tires late in the race. But was unable to keep up with the faster cars on new tires, relinquishing the lead to Pete Engelmanas with 14 laps to go.

Englemanas hold onto the lead for the next thirteen laps before a last lap pass saw Mike Husby take the lead and the win coming out of turn 4. Husby went on to win his first ever race at Bristol Motor Speedway. Engelmanas finished 2nd, Julian Madore managed to bring his car home 3rd, David Damboise 4th and Andrew Hayes rounded out the top 5. Wayne Osborne finished 6th, Austin LaPlante 7th, and Chris Swett rounded out the finishing order in 8th.

Next time the SuperCup Series hit the track would be at the Talladega Superspeedway. But after such an exciting race at Daytona, would the SuperCup Series drivers be able to match it? Or would it be a little more tame? Stay tuned to find out what happened at Dega!

Engelmanas Dominates En Route to Kentucky Victory

Sparta, KY -- The CASCOR THL Truck Series returned to action at Kentucky Speedway on March 13th, 2012. Just as well as the SuperCup Series the THL Trucks series also had not had a repeat winner up to this race. But would we finally see the first repeat winner of the season? Or could we see a new face in victory lane?

Pete Engelmanas and Brent Sweet started on the front row and led the field down to the green flag. Engelmanas went on to lead the most laps (59) as Brent Sweet, Kyle Young and Mike Husby attempted to dethrone Engelmanas from the top spot.

All attempts became unsuccessful as Pete Engelmanas went on to win the Meijer 100. Brent Sweet finished 2nd, Mike Husby 3rd, Kyle Young 4th, Johnny Williams 5th and Chris Swett rounded out the finishing order in 6th.

Next time the Truck series heads to the high banked bullring of Bristol Motor Speedway. Would the trend of different winners end at 3? Or could anyone finally repeat as a winner this season? Stay tuned to find out.

Tucker Extends Fuel Mileage to Win @ Atlanta

Atlanta, GA -- The CASCOR SuperCup Series visited the Atlanta Motor Speedway on March 12th, 2012 for the running of the Bass Pro Shops 150.

Mike Husby took the pole position as Tyler Tucker started alongside on the front row as they led the field down to the green flag.

Several cautions plagued the event due to poor weather conditions and the tracks lack of overall grip. But the final restart came with 33 laps to go as Mike Husby and David Damboise brought the field back to the green flag.

The top eight or so drivers would mix it up throughout the next 20 laps prior to green flag pit stops. Pete Engelmanas would be the first driver to stop on lap 85 for his final stop of the night. Mike Husby pitted three laps later on lap 88 for his final stop. Andrew Hayes followed suit one lap later on lap 89 which would be the last driver to make their final green flag stop of the event.

Wayne Osborne, Tyler Tucker and Robby Bannister all gambled to stay out and attempt to extend their fuel the final 12 laps of the race.

Tyler Tucker took the lead from Wayne Osborne on the final lap on fumes to win his first race of the 2012a season. Robby Bannister finished a career high 2nd, Wayne Osborne 3rd, Mike Husby 4th and Pete Engelmanas rounded out the top 5. David Damboise finished 6th, Andrew Hayes 7th, Johnny Williams 8th, Julian Madore 9th and Chris Swett rounded out the top 10.

At this point in the season there was still no repeat winners. Would we see another new face in victory lane at Bristol? Or would the streak end with the first repeat winner of the season? Stay tuned to find out what happened at Bristol!