Tuesday, September 29, 2009

TAYLER MALSAM POSTS TOP-10 FINISH IN FIRST START AT LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY



LAS VEGAS, Nev. (September 26, 2009) – Tayler Malsam and the No. 81 Randy Moss Motorsports team headed west to Las Vegas to tackle another track on which Malsam had never before raced. Malsam qualified for the 146-lap event in the 22nd spot and came back from an early race spin to finish in the 10th position.


Malsam’s was the 11th truck to take to the track for his two-lap qualifying run Saturday afternoon. The Raybestos Rookie of the Year candidate posted a speed of 170.821 miles per hour around the 1.5-mile track, which earned the One Eighty Toyota Tundra 22nd place on the starting grid.


Following a brief delay caused by malfunctioning lights in turn one, Malsam took the green flag for the start of Saturday evening’s event and found himself in a bit of trouble early on. On lap four of the 146-lap event, Malsam’s Toyota Tundra became loose heading into turn four. Malsam looped the truck in the corner, but was able to keep it off the wall. Malsam drove his truck to the attention of his awaiting crew, who bolted on four fresh tires and made a track bar adjustment before sending him back out on the track for the lap eight restart in the 30th spot.


Malsam did his best to put the incident behind him and broke into the top 20 by lap 20. Malsam let crew chief Doug Wolcott know that the truck was loose around other trucks and Wolcott made a track bar adjustment during a pit stop several laps later. Malsam returned to the track in 13th place, and though he fell back through the field a bit in the laps that followed, he communicated to his team that the truck was fine and that he was working to get comfortable with the truck and the track.


Wolcott made the strategic decision to take on fuel and not tires during a yellow flag pit stop on lap 52. That decision moved the No. 81 truck up closer to the front of the field as many of its competitors took on four fresh tires. Malsam was able to exit pit road ahead of those teams.


Malsam held down a position inside the top 10 for the remainder of the event, and when the checkered flag flew on lap 146, the No. 81 team stood in 10th place.


After scoring his 10th top-10 finish of the season, Malsam picked up one spot in the driver point standings and now holds down 11th place, 26 points outside of the top 10. He also remains in the middle of a tight points battle, with just 121 points separating him from fifth.


The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series takes a couple of weekends off before returning to action at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway on October 24. The Kroger 200 will be broadcast live at 1 p.m. (ET) on SPEED TV and on select affiliates of MRN Radio and Sirius-XM NASCAR Radio on Saturday, September 26.


ABOUT ONE EIGHTY: One Eighty, founded in 1976, encompasses hospitality, senior housing, and international brands, all of which require their customers to “Twist Your Thinking.” One Eighty’s hospitality brand has three divisions – Edibility, PrimeFit, and Twist Travel, which offer a bold take on their individual specialties. Edibility includes retirement community food services, corporate and social event catering, restaurant development and management, culinary classes, and signature food items. Also, PrimeFit and Twist Travel take a similar cover-the-all bases approach. For more information about One Eighty, please visit www.oneeightytwist.com.


ABOUT RANDY MOSS MOTORSPORTS: Randy Moss Motorsports ownership consists of Randy Moss, New England Patriots All-Pro Wide Receiver; and David Dollar, a long-time participant in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. The team fields the No. 81 Toyota Tundra and the No. 5 Toyota Tundra full-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. For more information about Randy Moss Motorsports, please visit www.randymossmotorsports.com.

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MIKE SKINNER SCORES 14th TOP-10 FINISH OF THE SEASON AT LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY




LAS VEGAS, Nev. (September 26, 2009) – Defending NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) race winner Mike Skinner and his Randy Moss Motorsports team were hoping to get back to their winning ways this weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. After qualifying his PC*MILER Navigator Toyota Tundra in the middle of the pack and running as high as fifth during the event, Skinner finished the Las Vegas 350 in the seventh position.

Skinner was the 24th truck to take to the track for his two-lap qualifying run Saturday afternoon. The veteran driver was gunning for his 50th career truck series pole, but came up short this time around. Skinner posted a speed of 171.761 miles per hour around the 1.5-mile track, which earned him the 16th spot on the starting grid.

Following a brief delay with the start of the event due to malfunctioning lights in turn one, the field took the green flag for the start of the 146-lap event. Skinner patiently made his way past slower traffic in the early laps of the race and by lap 15, had driven his PC*MILER Navigator Toyota Tundra into the top 10. Crew chief Eric Phillips called his driver into the pits for fuel during the first caution period and Skinner returned to the track for the lap-29 restart in fifth place.

Skinner made his first scheduled pit stop for tires after the caution flag flew once again on lap 51. Phillips called for a four tire change and also made a track bar adjustment to the Toyota Tundra to remedy the tight handling condition that Skinner was battling. After a quick stop on pit road, the crew sent their driver back out to the track for the lap 55 restart in 13th.

Once again, Skinner was able to battle through traffic and worked his way into the sixth position by lap 62. Phillips made additional chassis adjustments during several pit stops in the final 35 laps of the race, and Skinner took the checkered flag in seventh place.

Earning his 14th top-10 finish of the year, Skinner was able to maintain third place in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver point standings. He now stands 255 points behind series leader Ron Hornaday and only 58 markers out of second.

The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series takes a couple of weekends off before returning to action at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway on October 24. The Kroger 200 will be broadcast live at 1 p.m. (ET) on SPEED TV and on select affiliates of MRN Radio and Sirius-XM NASCAR Radio on Saturday, September 26. The event will mark a milestone in Skinner’s NCWTS career as he will make his 200th career start when the green flag flies for the start of the race.

ABOUT PC*MILER NAVIGATOR: PC*MILER Navigator is changing the way commercial truck drivers work, as it is the first GPS navigation system specifically designed for company drivers, owner operators, and leased operators and the only way to get industry standard PC*MILER directions in the cab. For more information about PC*MILER, please visit www.pcmnav.com.

ABOUT RANDY MOSS MOTORSPORTS: Randy Moss Motorsports ownership consists of Randy Moss, New England Patriots All-Pro Wide Receiver; and David Dollar, a long-time participant in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. The team fields the No. 81 Toyota Tundra and the No. 5 Toyota Tundra full-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. For more information about Randy Moss Motorsports, please visit www.randymossmotorsports.com.

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Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Tayler Malsam – No. 81 One Eighty Toyota Tundra


Pre-Race Notes and Quotes

Las Vegas Motor Speedway

Las Vegas 350

September 26, 2009


MALSAM AT LAS VEGAS: Tayler Malsam will be making his 22nd start in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) when the green flag drops for the Las Vegas 350 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Saturday evening. Malsam has never before raced at the 1.5-mile venue.


MALSAM’S RIDE: Crew Chief Doug Wolcott and the No. 81 team are utilizing chassis RMM-104 for this weekend’s event. Malsam drove this machine to a 13th-place finish after qualifying in the eighth spot at Kentucky Speedway in July. This truck was also scheduled to race at Nashville (Tenn.) Superspeedway, but an incident on the first lap of practice altered those plans.


MALSAM’S MUSINGS: “I can’t wait to get to Las Vegas. I’ve never raced at that track before, but I’ve heard a lot about it and my teammate Mike Skinner can’t say enough good things about it. I think the trucks will put on a great race for the fans and I know our One Eighty Racing team is looking forward to the chance to rebound from last week and get back to running more consistently. We’ve given up quite a few points to Johnny Sauter in the Raybestos Rookie of the Year battle, but we’re not out of it by any means. We just need to concentrate on putting together solid runs to finish out the season. It’s really a close championship battle from about fourth to 13th place, so if we can run where we know we are capable, then everything will come together for us and we’ll get ourselves that rookie title and a top-10 finish in the points. This should be a fun weekend. I’m going out there a couple of days early to see some of the sights and then we’ll get down to business and work on getting our Randy Moss Motorsports team a good finish.”


EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES: Malsam, a big fan of the world of pyrotechnics, will have the opportunity to take a backstage tour of the set of Phantom at the Venetian Resort Hotel and Casino Friday afternoon. Following the tour, the Seattle-area native will spend the evening watching the award-winning production.


WHAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK: Malsam and the One Eighty crew had a tough weekend at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. After qualifying in the 13th position, Malsam struggled with an ill-handling truck all day. Though the crew made major changes to the handling of the Toyota Tundra, nothing seemed to work and Malsam took the checkered flag in 20th place. Once back at the shop, Wolcott and his crew found that the truck had a broken left front shock.


THE SEASON’S STATS: The No. 81 team has posted one top –five and nine top-10 finishes in 19 events this season. Malsam posted his best career finish two weeks ago at Gateway International Raceway in Madison, Ill., when he took the checkered flag in the fifth spot. He currently holds down the 12th position in the driver points battle, sitting 31 markers outside of 10th and just 123 points out of the top five.


WATCH AND LISTEN: Race coverage will be televised on SPEED and heard live on select affiliates of MRN Radio and Sirius-XM NASCAR Radio Channel 128, beginning at 9 p.m. (ET).


POINT AND CLICK: Fans can continue to vote for their favorite driver for the Most Popular Driver Award through the end of October. The results of the online balloting will be announced at the NCWTS awards banquet at the end of the season. Visit www.nascar.com for more details and to cast your vote for Tayler.


ABOUT ONE EIGHTY: One Eighty, founded in 1976, encompasses hospitality, senior housing and international brands, all of which require their customers to “Twist Your Thinking.” One Eighty’s hospitality brand has three divisions – Edibility, PrimeFit and Twist Travel, which offer a bold take on their individual specialties. Edibility includes retirement community signature food items. Also, PrimeFit and Twist Travel take a similar cover-all-the-bases approach. For more information about One Eighty, please visit www.oneeightytwist.com.


ABOUT RANDY MOSS MOTORSPORTS: Randy Moss Motorsports ownership consists of Randy Moss, New England Patriots All-Pro Wide Receiver, and David Dollar, a long-time participant in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. The team fields the No. 81 Toyota Tundra and the No. 5 Toyota Tundra full-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. For more information about Randy Moss Motorsports, please visit www.randymossmotorsports.com.




Mike Skinner – No. 5 PC*MILER Navigator Toyota Tundra


Pre-Race Notes and Quotes

Las Vegas Motor Speedway

Las Vegas 350

September 26, 2009


SKINNER AT LAS VEGAS: Mike Skinner will be making his 199th start in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) when the green flag drops for the Las Vegas 350 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Saturday evening. Skinner is the defending race winner and has competed in seven truck series races at the 1.5-mile track. Skinner has visited victory lane on two occasions and has earned two top-five and five top-10 finishes. He started from the pole position three consecutive years (2004-2006) and has six top-five qualifying efforts. In addition, the 1995 Truck Series champion has competed in seven NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races and one Nationwide Series race at the track.


PHILLIPS’ CHASSIS CHOICE: Crew Chief Eric Phillips and the No. 5 Randy Moss Motorsports team will utilize chassis MDM-105 for this weekend’s event. Skinner drove this truck to a 13th-place finish earlier this season at Chicagoland Speedway in its only previous outing.


PHILLIPS’ THOUGHTS ON VEGAS: “The truck we’re taking to Las Vegas was brand new in Chicago, but we’re going to start off with a setup similar to what we would use for Charlotte. It’s my first time at this track with Skinner, so it’s kind of an unknown for me. He’s had so much success there and he obviously has a feel there that he likes, so that’s what we’ll be trying to achieve with our PC*MILER Navigator Toyota on Saturday.”


PRETTY GOOD ODDS: As Skinner approaches his 200th NASCAR Camping World Truck Series start, he is also just one pole away from earning his 50th NCWTS pole position. Skinner has started from the top spot twice this season and it should come as no surprise to anyone if he reaches that milestone this weekend. Skinner has led the field to the green three times at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and in the seven races in which he has competed there, has only started outside of the top five once.


THE SEASON’S STATS: The No. 5 team has posted eight top-five and 13 top-10 finishes in 19 events this season, including three wins, which came at Kansas Speedway in April, Iowa Speedway and Gateway International Raceway two weeks ago. Skinner holds down the third spot in the NCWTS driver point standings, 29 markers behind second place and 246 points out of first.


DON’T MISS OUT: On behalf of PC*MILER Navigator, Mike Skinner will be signing autographs for fans at the Petro truck stop located at 6595 N. Hollywood Blvd. from 5-6 p.m. PT Friday evening. In addition, Skinner and several of his truck series competitors will take part in a Las Vegas Motor Speedway press conference Thursday, September 24 at the new Hard Rock CafĂ© located on the Las Vegas strip. The press conference is scheduled for an 11:30 a.m. PT start.


WATCH AND LISTEN: Race coverage will be televised on SPEED and heard live on select affiliates of MRN Radio and Sirius-XM NASCAR Radio Channel 128, beginning at 9:30 p.m. (ET).


SKINNER CAREER NCWTS STATS: Mike Skinner has scored 28 victories in 198 starts in NASCAR Camping World Truck Series competition and has earned 88 top-five and 127 top-10 finishes since making his first start in Phoenix (and going on to win the event) in 1995. He has also earned 49 pole positions during that time, including his latest last week at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.


POINT AND CLICK: Fans can continue to vote for their favorite driver for the Most Popular Driver Award through the end of October. The results of the online balloting will be announced at the NCWTS awards banquet at the end of the season. Visit www.nascar.com for more details and to cast your vote for Mike.


ABOUT PC*MILER NAVIGATOR: PC*MILER Navigator is changing the way commercial truck drivers work, as it is the first GPS navigation system specifically designed for company drivers, owner operators, and leased operators and the only way to get industry standard PC*MILER directions in the cab. For more information about PC*MILER, please visit www.pcmnav.com.


Monday, September 21, 2009

MIKE SKINNER SCORES 13th TOP-10 FINISH OF THE SEASON AT NEW HAMPSHIRE MOTOR SPEEDWAY



LOUDON, N.H. (September 19, 2009) – Attempting to win their third race in a row, Mike Skinner and the No. 5 Randy Moss Motorsports team started Saturday off strong, grabbing their second pole position of the season. Skinner led the first 16 laps of the Heluva Good 200 that afternoon before experiencing some handling issues with his Toyota Tundra. The Exide Racing team finished the event at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in eighth place.


Skinner was the 15th truck to take to the track for his two-lap qualifying run Saturday morning and he wasted no time showing his competitors the speed they would need to beat to grab the pole. A speed of 127.992 miles per hour on his second lap was quick enough to earn the provisional pole, but several cars that were fast in Friday’s practice sessions still had to make their runs. In the end, no one was able to best Skinner’s speed, and the veteran driver earned his 49thcareer pole position and the second of the season for the No. 5 team.


Skinner took the green flag for the start of the 200-lap event and was able to hold on to the lead for the first 16 laps before the handling of the Exide truck became tight in the center of the corners. A pit stop on lap 40 enabled crew chief Eric Phillips the opportunity to make a track bar adjustment to the truck. Skinner returned to the track for the lap 43 restart in the third position.


Skinner continued to fight a tight handling truck and remained in the top five through the first half of the race before falling to sixth, the position he held for much of the second half of the event. With 25 laps left in the Heluva Good 200, Phillips called his driver to pit road for a splash of fuel. When a caution flag flew with 10 laps to go, Phillips made the decision to bring the truck back into the pits for four fresh tires. Skinner was the only driver to have taken on four fresh tires when he returned to the track with six laps left in the event.


Skinner made the most of his fresh tires, but still wrestled with a tight handling truck in the closing laps. Skinner drove the Exide entry up to eighth position before the checkered flag flew.


Earning his 13th top-10 finish of the year, Skinner was able to maintain third place in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver point standings. He now stands 246 points behind series leader Ron Hornaday and only 29 markers out of second.


Mike Skinner and the No. 5 Randy Moss Motorsports team will return to action next weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The Las Vegas 350 will be broadcast live at 9 p.m. (ET) on SPEED TV and on select affiliates of MRN Radio and Sirius-XM NASCAR Radio on Saturday, September 26.


ABOUT EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES: Exide Technologies, with operations in more than 80 countries, is one of the world's largest producers and recyclers of lead-acid batteries. The Company's four global business groups – Transportation Americas, Transportation Europe and Rest of World, Industrial Energy Americas and Industrial Energy Europe and Rest of World – provide a comprehensive range of stored electrical energy products and services for industrial and transportation applications.


Transportation markets include original-equipment and aftermarket automotive, heavy-duty truck, agricultural and marine applications, and new technologies for hybrid vehicles and automotive applications. Industrial markets include network power applications such as telecommunications systems, electric utilities, railroads, photovoltaic (solar-power related) and uninterruptible power supply (UPS), and motive-power applications including lift trucks, mining and other commercial vehicles.


Further information about Exide, including its financial results, are available at www.exide.com.

ABOUT RANDY MOSS MOTORSPORTS: Randy Moss Motorsports ownership consists of Randy Moss, New England Patriots All-Pro Wide Receiver; and David Dollar, a long-time participant in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. The team fields the No. 81 Toyota Tundra and the No. 5 Toyota Tundra full-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. For more information about Randy Moss Motorsports, please visit www.randymossmotorsports.com.

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TAYLER MALSAM POSTS TOP-20 FINISH IN FIRST START AT NEW HAMPSHIRE MOTOR SPEEDWAY



LOUDON, N.H. (September 19, 2009) – The New Hampshire track known as The Magic Mile was anything but that for Tayler Malsam and the One Eighty Racing team. Saturday afternoon’s event at New Hampshire Motor Speedway was a bit of a battle for the young driver and his Randy Moss Motorsports team. After qualifying in the 13th position for the Heluva Good 200, Malsam took the checkered flag in 20th place.


Malsam’s was the 14th truck to take to the track for his two-lap qualifying run Saturday morning. The Raybestos Rookie of the Year candidate posted a speed of 126.111 miles per hour around the 1.058-mile track, which was quick enough to earn the One Eighty Toyota Tundra 13th place on the starting grid.


Malsam took the green flag for the start of the afternoon event and immediately communicated to crew chief Doug Wolcott that the truck was tight in the center and off of the corners. Wolcott called for four fresh tires and a track bar adjustment to the No. 81 entry during the first pit stop of the day, which came at lap 40 of the 200-lap race. Malsam returned to the track for the lap 43 restart in the 15th spot.


Malsam, who had never before been to the Loudon, N.H. track, continued to struggle with a tight handling truck and went one lap down to the leader on lap 65. Several long green flag runs throughout the event hampered the team’s opportunity to adjust the handling of the truck, and Wolcott made a major change to the track bar during a scheduled stop on lap 94.

Malsam spent most of the day working to find a line that would best suit the truck, and the Toyota Tundra began to respond to the adjustments with about 50 laps left in the race. Malsam took the checkered flag in the 20th position.


“We just fought our One Eighty Toyota Tundra all day,” commented Malsam after the race. “We thought we had a good truck coming in here and it was just tight all day. Doug [Wolcott, crew chief] and the crew did a good job working on it. The lack of cautions hurt us because we couldn’t really work on it like we wanted to.”


Malsam fell one spot in the driver point standings and now holds down 12th place, 31 points outside of the top 10. He also remains in the middle of a tight points battle, with just 123 points separating him from fifth.


Tayler Malsam and the No. 81 Randy Moss Motorsports team will return to action at Las Vegas Motor Speedway next weekend. The Las Vegas 350 will be broadcast live at 9 p.m. (ET) on SPEED TV and on select affiliates of MRN Radio and Sirius-XM NASCAR Radio on Saturday, September 26.


ABOUT ONE EIGHTY: One Eighty, founded in 1976, encompasses hospitality, senior housing, and international brands, all of which require their customers to “Twist Your Thinking.” One Eighty’s hospitality brand has three divisions – Edibility, PrimeFit, and Twist Travel, which offer a bold take on their individual specialties. Edibility includes retirement community food services, corporate and social event catering, restaurant development and management, culinary classes, and signature food items. Also, PrimeFit and Twist Travel take a similar cover-the-all bases approach. For more information about One Eighty, please visit www.oneeightytwist.com.


ABOUT RANDY MOSS MOTORSPORTS: Randy Moss Motorsports ownership consists of Randy Moss, New England Patriots All-Pro Wide Receiver; and David Dollar, a long-time participant in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. The team fields the No. 81 Toyota Tundra and the No. 5 Toyota Tundra full-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. For more information about Randy Moss Motorsports, please visit www.randymossmotorsports.com.

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Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Tayler Malsam – No. 81 One Eighty Toyota Tundra


Pre-Race Notes and Quotes

New Hampshire Motor Speedway

Heluva Good® 200

September 19, 2009

MALSAM AT LOUDON: Tayler Malsam will be making his 21st start in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) when the green flag drops for the Heluva Good® 200 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway Saturday afternoon. Malsam has never before raced at the 1.058-mile Loudon, N.H. venue.


MALSAM’S RIDE: Crew Chief Doug Wolcott and the No. 81 team are utilizing the same One Eighty Toyota Tundra they prepared for last weekend’s event at Gateway (Madison, Ill.) International Raceway. This is the third time the team will run Randy Moss Motorsports chassis No.107. Malsam posted his best qualifying effort of the season in Iowa in this Toyota Tundra and also drove it to his best career finish of fifth last weekend. The team also utilized this truck in the event at Chicagoland Speedway.


WOLCOT’S WISDOM: “This will be another tough race. With the rules the way they are, you have to set the truck up really free to be able to get it to turn through the center of the corners and to carry enough speed to pass on the straightaways. There will be a lot of emphasis on qualifying this week. It sure makes the day at New Hampshire Motor Speedway easier if you can start up front and have fewer trucks to deal with.

“I’ll tell Tayler pretty much the same thing I always do this weekend. He needs to be patient and let the One Eighty Toyota Tundra and the track come to him. He’s done a good job of adapting to these venues that are new to him, so we should be in good shape.”


THE SEASON’S STATS: The No. 81 team has posted one top –five and nine top-10 finishes in 18 events this season. Malsam posted his best career finish last week at Gateway International Raceway when he took the checkered flag in the fifth spot. He currently holds down the 11th position in the driver points battle, sitting eight markers outside of 10th and 100 points out of the top five.


WATCH AND LISTEN: Race coverage will be televised on SPEED and heard live on select affiliates of MRN Radio and Sirius-XM NASCAR Radio Channel 128, beginning at 2:30 p.m. (ET).


POINT AND CLICK: Fans can continue to vote for their favorite driver for the Most Popular Driver Award through the end of October. The results of the online balloting will be announced at the NCWTS awards banquet at the end of the season. Visit www.nascar.com for more details and to cast your vote for Tayler.


ABOUT ONE EIGHTY: One Eighty, founded in 1976, encompasses hospitality, senior housing and international brands, all of which require their customers to “Twist Your Thinking.” One Eighty’s hospitality brand has three divisions – Edibility, PrimeFit and Twist Travel, which offer a bold take on their individual specialties. Edibility includes retirement community signature food items. Also, PrimeFit and Twist Travel take a similar cover-all-the-bases approach. For more information about One Eighty, please visit www.oneeightytwist.com.


ABOUT RANDY MOSS MOTORSPORTS: Randy Moss Motorsports ownership consists of Randy Moss, New England Patriots All-Pro Wide Receiver, and David Dollar, a long-time participant in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. The team fields the No. 81 Toyota Tundra and the No. 5 Toyota Tundra full-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. For more information about Randy Moss Motorsports, please visit www.randymossmotorsports.com.