WAYNE'S WORDS: Heading to Nashville
07-27-2009 7:11 pm

"The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series will make the second of three trips to the state of Tennessee this weekend. In June we competed at Memphis, while this Saturday will mark our ninth visit to Nashville Superspeedway. In a few weeks we'll be back at the East end of the state for some more short-rack racing at Bristol Motor Speedway.

"Nashville is an awesome place to visit. It's the home of country music and its very fitting that the track is home to the infamous Gibson guitar trophy. Every driver wants this trophy. Only one driver, Johnny Benson, has been able to take more than one home.

"This track is a fast track. Its concrete surface poses a different challenge for crew chiefs.

"Conditions do not change as much as some other places we visit where we practice at one point in the day or qualify at another, or even where we start the race in the afternoon and finish under the lights. Once drivers and crew chiefs agree on a setup, that's usually it.

"We're now into the second part of the season and as in seasons past are seeing some great racing. We've got Ron Hornaday Jr. making history with four wins in a row. A Nashville win has eluded him, so it will be interesting to see if he can make that five wins in a row.

"We have some young, up-and-coming drivers like Brian Scott, Colin Braun, and Tayler Malsam who are really showing some talent, so maybe they'll be the ones rockin' in Victory Lane this weekend."