For reasons unbeknownst to anyone besides Brian France (and Brian's friends on the Selena Gomez fan site message board), the Truck Series schedule contains a nearly two-month break between its first and second races. Ideas such as making the first race a non-points event, or moving the Las Vegas race from the fall to the spring, were all denounced as "Making too much sense". So anyways, here's a look at this year's competitors, along with how they plan to spend their time off.
(Listed in Numerical Order)
1 Dusty Davis (Accell Construction)--Plans to spend his time off figuring out how to say "Rick Ware Racing" correctly, and not like "Wick Ware Wacing".
3 Ty Dillon (Bass Pro Shops)--Plans to spend his time off trying to find an even more-obnoxious choice of headwear.
4 Jeb Burton (Arrowhead)--Plans to spend his time off figuring out if his sponsor--the electronic cigarette of the future--is made by the same people who make Dippin' Dots--the ice cream of the future.
5 Tim George Jr. (Applebee's)--Plans to spend his time off figuring how to tolerate people asking about getting thrown out of Applebee's.
6 Justin Lofton (Lofton Cattle)--Plans to spend his time off scrambling for a full-time ride once Robby Gordon's Stadium Truck series goes on "indefinite hiatus".
7 John Wes Townley (Zaxby's)--Plans to spend his time off bragging about beating drivers with half the funding of his in the ARCA season opener.
8 Max Gresham (Made In USA)--Plans to spend his time off trying to figure out what his sponsor is, what it actually does, and who the heck HE is.
9 Ron Hornaday Jr. (Smokey Mtn., Anderson's)--Plans to spend his time off continuing the disposal process of unsold Conseco Racing hats.
10 Jennifer Jo Cobb (Driven 2 Honor, Koma)--Plans to spend her time off working on a trade of middle-names with John Wes Townley.
13 Todd Bodine (Mattei)--Plans to spend his time off acting like a jerk.
14 Brennan Newberry (tba)--Plans to spend his time off looking for an obscure, vague sponsor, like "Companies Inc.", "NRG Unlimited", or "AARP Drive to End Hunger".
17 Timothy Peters (tba)--Plans to spend his time off smoking his way through that entire trailer full of Bailey's cigarettes.
18 Joey Coulter (Dollar General)--Plans to spend his time off trademarking his new nickname, JoCo.
19 Ross Chastain et al (Melon1, Cequent Group)--Plans to spend his (Ross's) time off spitting watermelon seeds at Dave Blaney.
29 Ryan Blaney (Cooper Standard)--Plans to spend his time off figuring out if being called "The Next Casey Atwood" is a compliment or not.
31 James Buescher (Rheem)--Plans to spend his time off Rheeming people.
32 Miguel Paludo (Duroline)--Plans to spend his time off convincing Duroline that sponsoring a series in the USA is the ticket to big sales in Brazil.
33 John King (Eastern Coal)--Plans to spend his time off making awkward, stilted commercials for Coal, just like Dale Jr.
39 Ryan Sieg (Pull-A-Part)--Plans to spend his time off pulling things apart.
54 Darrell Wallace Jr. (ToyotaCare)--Plans to spend his time off asking Joe Gibbs, "Seriously, is Kyle (Busch) ALWAYS like that?"
57 Norm Benning (RedPaintCo.)--Plans to spend his time off running eight laps down.
60 Dakoda Armstrong (WinField)--Plans to spend his time off getting the word "Dakoda" added to spell-check dictionaries everywhere.
62 Brendan Gaughan (South Point)--Plans to spend his time off avoiding Allen Iverson's calls.
77 German Quiroga (tba)--Plans to spend his time off becoming the most-famous German in Nascar since Klaus Graff.
81 David Starr (Chasco)--Plans to spend his time off filling the huge shoes of FilMar Racing.
84 Chris Fontaine (Glenden)--Plans to spend his time off figuring out how this team constantly shows up.
88 Matt Crafton (Menards, Slim Jim)--Plans to spend his time off snapping into various Slim Jims, oh yeah.
98 Johnny Sauter (Carolina Nut Co., Curb Records)--Plans to spend his time off listening to "Its a Small World" on an endless loop.
99 Bryan Silas (tba)--Plans to spend his time off calling Andy Hillenberg for more sponsorship.