Two turns could be the difference between Cole Custer winning a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship and missing its playoffs entirely.
Custer held the lead with only two turns left in the last series race at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park before John Hunter Nemechek edged him for the victory in a wild, sheet-metal-bending finish. A win for Custer would’ve earned him a berth in the eight-driver NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Chase.
Luckily for the No. 00 Chevrolet driver, he has one more chance to win his way into the Chase – Friday’s American Ethanol E15 225 at Chicagoland Speedway (8:30 p.m. ET on FS1). Custer has never raced at Chicagoland Speedway and only has five series starts at 1.5-mile tracks with an average finish of 13.0. His top finish at a 1.5-mile track was seventh at Kansas Speedway in May.
“We have had really fast Haas Automation Chevrolets this season, and we need another one this weekend to make the Chase,” Custer said. “It’s win or go home, Chase-wise, so we’ve got to focus on that. The last race is over and we can’t change it, so we’ll look at the opportunity we have and make the most of it. We ran well at Michigan, we were fast, and we’re going to bring our best truck and go all out to get in.”
Source: Staff Report / NASCAR Wire Service
