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2007 Archived News!
MOORESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA (December 6, 2007) – Various sponsorship opportunities remain available at Key Motorsports for the organization’s NASCAR Though the race team has established some corporate partnerships for selected races for the 2008 campaign, numerous programs are still available for other sponsors on eight different levels and at varying price ranges for both the trucks and cars. Read More !
MOORESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA (December 12, 2007) - The severe recession in the United States trucking industry has forced Key Motorsports and the popular reality TV group, the Chrome Shop Mafia, to abandon their marketing partnership plans for the 2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race season. Read More!
MOORESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA (December 6, 2007) – Various sponsorship opportunities remain available at Key Motorsports for the organization’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck and Nationwide Series race programs in 2008. Read More!
Taking just a brief time off for the Thanksgiving Day holiday, Key Motorsports personnel are back at work busily preparing for the 2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season. Read More!
HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA (November 16, 2007) – In a race where breaks had to go your way if you were going to have a good finish, driver Chad Chaffin and his Key Motorsports contingent had just bad one that resulted in a 30th place performance in Friday night’s Ford 200 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at the Homestead-Miami Speedway. Read More!
MOORESSVILE, NORTH CAROLINA (November 14, 2007) – The decision that Key Motorsports owner Curtis W. Key, Sr. made two months ago to hire veteran Chad Chaffin to jump back behind the wheel of his team’s #40 Chevrolet Silverado race trucks is paying off. Read More!
AVONDALE, ARIZONA (November 9, 2007) – Chad Chaffin had to overcome a blown motor in practice and a suddenly loose handling race truck mid-way through Friday night’s Casino Arizona 150 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at the Phoenix International Raceway to post a respectable 22nd place finish. Read More!
MOORESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA (November 9, 2007) – Pollo Tropical, a chain of popular quick service family restaurants in Florida and New Jersey and with franchised locations in Puerto Rico, is partnering with Key Motorsports for the upcoming Ford 200 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at the Homestead-Miami Speedway on Friday, November 16. Read More!
MOORESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA (November 7, 2007) – After two straight outings of disappointment and bad luck, veteran driver Chad Chaffin and his Key Motorsports team is hoping for a reversal of fortune beginning this weekend as NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series action moves to Phoenix, Arizona. Read More!
FORT WORTH, TEXAS (November 3, 2007) – Driving a race truck in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series without a front splitter is like trying to steer a boat without a rudder. Chad Chaffin found that out Friday night when he struggled to a 24th place finish in the Silverado 350K race at the Texas Motor Speedway with the splitter to his #40 Westerman Companies Chevrolet gone. Read More!
FORT WORTH, TEXAS (October 31, 2007) – The Westerman Companies, sponsor of the #40 Key Motorsports Chevrolet Silverado in five previous NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series races during the 2008 season, will return for one more race to help commemorate driver Chad Chaffin’s 100th career start in the Series. Read More!
MOORESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA (October 30, 2007) – Veteran driver Chad Chaffin will make his 100th career NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series start in Friday night’s Silverado 350K event at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth. It will be the Tennessee native’s attempt to help his Key Motorsports team put last week’s forgettable outing in Atlanta behind them. Read More!
HAMPTON, GEORGIA (October 27, 2007) – Chad Chaffin’s 2-race, top ten finishing streak for his surging Key Motorsports team came to an abrupt end early in Saturday afternoon’s Easy Care Vehicle Service Contract 200 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race. Read More!
MOORESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA (October 24, 2007) – The Key Motorsports #40 Chevrolet race team and driver Chad Chaffin are still hungry and this could spell trouble for the rest of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series teams. Read More!
MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA (October 21, 2007) – There is an old saying that “Luck is
MOORESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA (October 17, 2007) – It took his second and third races of this NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season with the Key Motorsports Team for veteran driver Chad Chaffin to finally establish some momentum. With the Westerman Companies back onboard as the primary sponsor of the #40 Chevrolet
Key Motorsports provided a NASCAR theme to the recent George C. Marshall Foundation Leadership Symposium that was held at the Natural Bridge Hotel and Convention Center in Natural Bridge, VA. Read More!
MOORESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA (October 10, 2008) – Key Motorsports founder and owner Curtis W. Key, Sr. is planning a return to the NASCAR racing series in which he first toiled 15 years ago. Currently a full-time competitor in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Key Motorsports took ownership this week of its first four NASCAR Nationwide Series cars. This new race car fleet may soon expand by as many as four additional cars as the organization gears up for the addition of a Nationwide Series program to compliment its truck racing activity. Read More!
TALLADEGA, ALABAMA (October 7, 2007) – Chad Chaffin and his hard-working Key Motorsports crew refused to let a few gremlins ruin their race weekend at the Talladega Superspeedway – overcoming them to post an impressive eighth place finish in Saturday’s Mountain Dew 250 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race. Read More!
MOORESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA (September 28, 2007) – There was less than a lap to go in last year’s inaugural NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at the Talladega Superspeedway when the opportunity for Key Motorsports to score its first-ever top five finish was snuffed out. That has established a sense of “payback” for the #40 team as it approaches this year’s event on the very fast and very popular, 2.66-mile, high-banked tri-oval event next weekend. Read More!
The newly renovated Best Western Motel – Birmingham Airport in Birmingham, Alabama and the Key Motorsports NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series team have formed a partnership for the upcoming race at the Talladega Superspeedway. Read More!
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA (September 22, 2007) – Veteran driver Chad Chaffin and his Key Motorsports team came into Saturday night’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway determined to shake off the pitfalls that had befallen them the last two races. That determination paid off with a hard-earned 16th place finish in the Smith’s Food & Drugs 350K. Read More!
Veteran driver Chad Chaffin has had his shares of ups and downs in the NASCAR business during his 14 seasons as a driver, and the most recent downer occurred last weekend in New Hampshire when a 4-truck accident knocked Chaffin’s #40 Curtis Key Plumbing/Westerman Companies Chevrolet out of the event way too early. Read More!
Sgt. Brody O’Farrell, son of Key Motorsports employee Jeff O’Farrell and his wife Kathy, is headed back to Iraq for his third tour of duty in the Middle East. Read More!
The famed Stratosphere Las Vegas Hotel, Casino & Tower has formed a partnership with Key Motorsports for the upcoming NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race weekend at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Read More!
LOUDOON, NEW HAMPSHIRE – (September 15, 2007) – Veteran driver Chad Plagued by some handling issues early that resulted in a lost lap in the New Hampshire 200, Chaffin found his #40 Curtis Key Plumbing/Westerman Companies Chevrolet well back in the pack on lap 56 when disaster struck. Read More!
MOORESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA (September 12, 2007) - 9-year-old Cheyenne McCall, the younger sister of Danielle Breitenstine who is the fiancée of Bobby Showalter, a body hanger, fabricator and shock builder for the Key Motorsports NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series organization, will be memorialized by the race Showalter is the youngest son of Key Motorsports crew chief Gary Showalter. Cheyenne lost her gallant, 3-year battle with leukemia on September 4, passing away at her home in Barberton, Ohio. She was a third grader at the Woodford Elementary School in Barberton and loved NASCAR racing. She is survived by three sisters (Danielle, Sarah and Lindsay) and her mother Phyllis Breitenstine. The #40 Curtis Key Plumbing/Westerman Companies Chevrolet Silverado will display decals in memory of Cheyenne at New Hampshire utilizing her favorite color, pink.
MOORESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA (September 10, 2007) – Veteran NASCAR driver Chad Chaffin is returning to Key Motorsports to drive the team’s #40 Chevrolet Silverado race trucks. This time, it’s for keeps! Read More!
MADISON, ILLINOIS (September 1, 2007) – What had been a day of high hopes for rookie driver Brandon Miller and his #40 Westerman Companies Chevrolet team ended after just 111 laps Saturday at the Gateway International Raceway here. The end result was a hard-to-swallow, 27th place finish in the Missouri/Illinois Dodge Dealers Ram Tough 200 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race. Read More!
Gaining confidence with every race he runs and heading to a race track where he has enjoyed previous success, rookie driver Brandon Miller is headed to the Gateway International Raceway in Madison, Illinois this weekend with his eyes wide open. His Key Motorsports teammates are equally as excited. Read More!
The Westerman Companies, the manufacturer of containers for storage and transit in the oil, gas and nuclear energy industries, has added the September 1, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at the Gateway International Raceway to its list of primary sponsorship of the #40 Key Motorsports Chevrolet Silverado. Making the announcement was Westerman Companies President/CEO Terry McGhee. Read More!
BRISTOL, TENNESSEE (August 23, 2007) – On lap 123 of Wednesday night’s O’Reilly 200 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at the newly re-surfaced Bristol Motor Speedway, rookie driver Brandon Miller and his #40 Curtis Key Plumbing/Westerman Companies Chevrolet were eyeing something special. Two laps later, those dreams ended. Read More!
Rookie driver Brandon Miller has seen his performances fall off a bit since taking over the driver’s chair for Key Motorsports in the #40 Chevrolet Silverado in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. Despite this, the #40 team has improved in the owner point’s battle, so the upcoming O’Reilly 200 race at the highly competitive Bristol Motor Speedway is a critical one in the progress of both. Read More!
Mays Meats, Sugar Grove Country Ham and Ocean Potion Sun and Skincareproducts have all stepped up their presence and support of Key Motorsports for the running of next week’s O’Reilly’s 200 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at the Bristol Motor Speedway. Read More!
LEBANON, TENNESSEE (August 13, 2007) – Brandon Miller helped turn what could have been a miserable weekend for his Key Motorsports team into something a little brighter, scoring a 25th place finish in Saturday night’s Toyota Tundra 200 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at the Nashville Superspeedway. Read More!
LEBANON, TENNESSEE (August 10, 2007) – The cast of one of
Bryan “Bossman” Martin from the Chrome Shop Mafia and members of his crew has established a marketing partnership with the Mooresville, North Carolina-based Key Motorsports NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race team. The Chrome Shop Mafia is featured on national cable television as the group of seven unique personalities and talents that “makeover” big rigs for lucky truckers in need. Read More!
With two races under his belt in the #40 Westerman Companies Chevrolet Silverado for Key Motorsports, rookie driver Brandon Miller is upbeat about his chances in this week’s Toyota Tundra 200 at the Nashville Superspeedway. Read More!
The award-winning Sleep Inn & Suites Hotel in Smyrna, Tennessee has partnered with Key Motorsports for the 2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series event on August 11th at the Nashville Superspeedway. Read More!
The Ocean Potion Sun & Skin Care product line from Sun & Skin Care Research, Inc. of Cocoa, Florida, has become an Official Product Sponsor of the Key Motorsports NASCASR Craftsman Truck Series organization for the balance of the 2007 race season. Read More!
CLAREMONT, INDIANA (July 28, 2007) – Brandon Miller’s second run for Key Motorsports in 2007 started with some frustration but ended on a positive note in the rookie driver’s 23rd place finish Friday night in the rain-delayed Kroger 200 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at the O’Reilly Raceway Park. Read More!
MOORESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA (July 25, 2007) - With Shane Huffman involved in contract discussions with JR Motorsports following his dismissal from that team’s NASCAR Busch Series program, Key Motorsports has again been forced to change drivers for this weekend’s race. Read More!
The Key Motorsports #40 Chevrolet Silverado was one of 29 race trucks that took to the new surface at the Bristol Motor Speedway for an official NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series open test on Monday, and crew chief Gary Showalter and Director of Competition Tommy Morgan both came away very happy with the team’s performance. Read More!
Frank and Michele Kreyer became the proud parents of their first child this past Monday when Kendrick Ray was born at St. Claire’s Hospital in Baraboo, WI. The 5-pound baby boy was born on schedule and mother and son are doing well. Read More!
The popular Alice Cooperstown Bar & Grill in Phoenix, Arizona has agreed to a sponsorship arrangement with Key Motorsports and the #40 Chevrolet Silverado for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series event at the Phoenix International Raceway in November. Read More!
SPARTA, KENTUCKY (July 15, 2007) – The Key Motorsports gamble to keep rookie Brandon Miller in its race truck for Saturday night’s Built Ford Tough 250 at the Kentucky Speedway paid off as the San Diego, CA native drove the #40 Westerman Companies Chevrolet Silverado to a 19th place finish. It was Miller’s first NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race since September of 2004. Read More!
SPARTA, KENTUCKY (July 13, 2007) – NASCAR driving hopeful Brandon Miller has earned the right to qualify and drive the #40 Westerman Companies Chevrolet Silverado for Key Motorsports in the Ford Built Tough 225 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at the Kentucky Speedway Saturday night. Read More!
MOORESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA (July 11, 2007) - 25-year-old Brandon Miller, a test driver for Richard Childress Racing, has been hired by Key Motorsports to practice the team’s #40 Westerman Companies Chevrolet Silverado at the Kentucky Speedway this weekend in preparation for the running of the Built Ford Tough 225 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series event. Read More!
The Home Suites of Florence, KY has established a partnership with Key
Now being tapped as the Official Hotel Destination of Key Motorsports for races at the Speedway in 2007, Home Suites will serve as an associate sponsor of the race truck for the running of the Built Ford Tough 225 presented by the Greater Cincinnati Ford Dealers on Saturday night, July 14. All Key Motorsports race team members will be lodging at the hotel during the weekend. Read More!
MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE (June 30, 2007) – Veteran Stacy Compton used all of his NASCAR driving experience to offset a problem with his left front wheel and post a 24th place finish in the O’Reilly 200 Craftsman Truck Series race Saturday night at the Memphis Motorsports Park. Read More!
MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE (June 29, 2007) – Key Motorsports NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series team owner Curtis W. Key, Sr. announced here this afternoon that his recently signed practice driver, veteran Stacy Compton, will now practice, qualify and drive the #40 Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet Silverado in Saturday night’s O’Reilly Auto Parts 200 at the Memphis Motorsports Park. Read More!
With Brad Keselowski bowing out of his practice day assignment with Key Motorsports for this weekend’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at the Memphis Motorsports Park, veteran Stacy Compton has agreed to fill-in to assist the Mooresville, North Carolina based race team. Read More!
Veteran NASCAR driver Chad Chaffin is returning to the Craftsman Truck Series and to Key Motorsports as team owner Curtis W. Key, Sr. announced today that Chaffin will drive the #40 Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet Silverado next weekend in Memphis. Read More!
Everything was pointing in the right direction for driver Shane Huffman and the Key Motorsports race team Friday night for the running of the Toyota Tundra 200, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at The Milwaukee Mile. A good qualifying run and a race truck that appeared to have finally solved the tricky, flat Wisconsin State Fairgrounds race surface were the reasons. Read More!
Shane Huffman has only been racing in the upper levels of NASCAR for a little less than a year, but the Hickory, North Carolina pilot sounds more like a seasoned veteran as he returns to the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series this weekend for Key Motorsports. Read More!
Unable to solve a loose handling condition through most of Saturday afternoon’s Michigan 200 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at the Michigan International Speedway, Clay Rogers and his Key Motorsports team were forced to settle for a frustrating 25th place finish. Read More!
You would think that a driver who saw his last race cut short by engine problems might have an axe to grind, but for Clay Rogers, nothing could be further from the truth. In essence, the still rookie-classified pilot of the #40 Key Motorsports Chevrolet Silverado sees his race team turning the competition corner as the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series treks to Michigan International Speedway this Saturday for the running of the Michigan 200. Read More!
Crew Chief Gary Showalter had predicted that driver Clay Rogers would have a strong race truck for the running of Friday night’s Sam’s Town 400K NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, TX. For the first 125 laps of the 167-lap affair, Showalter was on the money as Rogers had driven the #40 Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet Silverado into the top ten and with an eye at the team’s best finish of the 2007 season. Read More!
Gary Showalter, the new Crew Chief at Key Motorsports, is normally a quiet, reserved person who seldom is boastful. A powerful motor, some set-up changes and revisions to the team’s #40 Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet Silverado for this weekend’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race has Showalter a little bit excited about his team’s chances at the Texas Motor Speedway. Read More!
Pit road penalties have not been an issue for Key Motorsports in NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series competition the last two seasons, but the team and driver Shane Huffman were bitten by two of them Friday afternoon in Dover, DE and it proved costly. Add a lost alternator belt to the situation and it proves to be disastrous. Read More!
Shane Huffman will have more than normal interest in his Key Motorsports NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series entry for this weekend’s AAA Insurance 200 race at the Dover International Speedway as the JR Motorsports Busch Series driver makes his second start of the season in the #40 Curtis Key Plumbing/2FatGuys American Grill Chevrolet Silverado. Read More!
The 2FatGuys American Grill has signed on as a major associate sponsor of the Key Motorsports #40 Chevrolet Silverado race truck for the running of the NASCSAR Craftsman Truck Series event at the Dover International Speedway on June 1. Read More!
Rain played a huge role in determining the winner of Saturday’s Ohio 250 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at the Mansfield Motorsports Park, but for driver Clay Rogers and his Key Motorsports team, it just didn’t rain enough. Read More!
MOORESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA – (May 24, 2007) - Veteran chief wrenches Tommy Morgan and Gary Showalter have been named to new positions at Key Motorsports, the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series organization that fields the #40 and #44 Chevrolets on the circuit. Team owner Curtis W. Key, Sr. announced the re-structuring of his team today. Read More!
Clay Rogers has been one of the country’s premier short track racers over the last six years and last year earned the second of his two USAR Hooter’s Pro Cup Late Model Series championships with a dominating season. Read More!
With his NASCAR racing debut now behind him, veteran Wisconsin super late model stock car driver Frank Kreyer is looking forward to finally “racing” when he makes his NASCAR-mandated second and final Craftsman Truck Series start at the Mansfield Motorsports Speedway in Ohio on Saturday for Key Motorsports. Read More!
CONCORD, NORTH CAROLINA (May 18, 2007) – Veteran Tommy Morgan stepped up from shop foreman to crew chief for the night Friday, helping driver Shane Huffman and his Key Motorsports contingent rally during the second half of the Quaker Steak & Lube 200 presented by Circle K NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at the Lowe’s Motor Speedway. The end result was a better-than-expected, 24th place finish. Read More!
Key Motorsports team owner Curtis W. Key, Sr. has made his decision and will only enter and run his primary #40 Chevrolet Silverado in this Friday night’s Quaker Steak & Lube 250 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series event at the Lowe’s Motor Speedway. Read More!
CONCORD, NORTH CAROLINA (May 13, 2007) – There is still work to be done on the Key Motorsports entries for next Friday night’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at the Lowe’s Motor Speedway here. That is the consensus coming out of the team’s Mooresville, NC race shop following last week’s open test session at the Concord, NC race track. Read More!
Organic, green-tea based SteaZ beverages, a division of the Healthy Beverage Company, is the latest product line to become an official supplier of Key Motorsports. Read More!
Key Motorsports will test two trucks during the open testing session scheduled for the Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Charlotte this Thursday and Friday in preparation for the May 18th Quaker Steak & Lube 200 Presented by Circle K, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race. Read More!
Key Motorsports helped to initiate its new partnership with Wypall Towels, a Division of the Kimberly-Clark Company, by displaying one of its race trucks at the Wypall Motor Coach display at the Annual Downtown Richmond Racing Fan Fest in Richmond, VA Thursday night. Read More!
KANSAS CITY, KANSAS (April 28, 2007) – Clay Rogers returned to the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series wars Saturday afternoon at the Kansas Speedway after nearly a 2-year absence, rallying from a series of early-race problems to score a 21st place finish for his Key Motorsports mates in the O’Reilly Auto Parts 250. Read More!
Dirt racing standout Tim McCreadie, a development driver for Richard Childress Racing (RCR), tested with Key Motorsports in one of its Chevrolet Silverado race trucks recently at Richmond International Raceway. Read More!
MOORESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA (April 16, 2007) – Westerman Companies, Inc. and Key Motorsports have agreed to partner in four NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series races in 2007, beginning with the July 14th event at the Kentucky Speedway. Read More!
MOORESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA (April 10, 2007) – Key Motorsports has named 2006 Hooters Pro Cup Series champion Clay Rogers to drive its primary #40 Chevrolet Silverado in the upcoming NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series races at the Kansas and Mansfield (OH) Motorsports Speedways. Read More!
With primary sponsorship of its 44 race truck close to being finalized, Key Motorsports has put out the “HELPED WANTED” sign at its Mooresville, North Carolina race shop. Once sponsorship has been secured, team owner Curtis W. Key, Sr. will need to fill immediate shop openings starting with the crew chief position. Key will also need to hire fabricators and mechanics, a shock and suspension expert, a truck driver and general shop help. All workers must have over-the-wall pit crew experience to be considered. Interested parties with several years of NASCAR Nextel Cup, Busch or Craftsman Truck Series or ARCA experience should fax their resumes to (704) 663-2929 or can e-mail them to Key Motorsports Vice President of Operations Rich Rubenstein at rich@keymotorsports.hrcoxmail.com. Those interested in the crew chief position are encouraged to call Key direct at (704) 663-1670.
Martinsville Speedway’s Kroger 250 for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series went from gratifying to somewhat sour for Key Motorsports Saturday afternoon as veteran driver Mike Bliss had a short day and rookie Frank Kreyer survived in his NASCAR debut. Read More!
MOORESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA (March 27, 2007) – The 2007 season’s first short track race for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series is just days away, and Key Motorsports is approaching the March 31 event at the Martinsville Speedway with a ready-to-roll attitude. Read More!
MOORESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA (March 22, 2007) – Key Motorsports announced today the signing of a 2-race NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series partnership with the popular Culver’s® Restaurant chain and Midwestern late model driver Frank Kreyer during the 2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season. Read More!
MOORESVILLE, NC (March 21, 2007) – Wholesome Foods, Inc., producers of the popular Virginia’s Best Water, is stepping up its sponsorship of Key Motorsports and driver Mike Bliss in next week’s Kroger 200 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at the Martinsville Speedway. Read More!
HAMPTON, GEORGIA (March 16, 2007) – For nearly 90 laps, Mike Bliss was turning Friday night’s freezing temperatures into a pretty warm feeling for his Key Motorsports race team, but a blown tire and subsequent accident quickly brought back that cold feeling and foiled another solid run by the 22-year NASCAR driving veteran. Read More!
ATLANTA, GEORGIA (March 8, 2007) – 2002 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driving champion Mike Bliss and veteran crew chief and race commentator Barry Dodson will meet race fans at the Finish Line Sports Bar in the Hilton Atlanta Airport Hotel on Thursday night, March 15, from 8 to 9 p.m. Read More!
A year ago at this time, Key Motorsports and its #40 Chevrolet Silverado weren’t
Key Motorsports is pleased to announce that it has established a marketing partnership with Ernie Marino Motorsports Images for photography services in 2007. Read More!
FONTANA, CALIFORNIA (February 23, 2007) – An exceptional driving performance by veteran Mike Bliss and some late-race pit strategy helped the #40 Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet Silverado to a 10th place finish in Friday night’s San Bernardino County 200 at the California Speedway. It was the first-ever top 10 finish for Key Motorsports in 26 career NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series starts. Read More!
DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA (February 18, 2007) – The first 2-truck effort at the Daytona International Speedway for Key Motorsports was shortened by accidents Friday night, derailing what were solid runs for both veteran NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver Mike Bliss and rookie Larry Foyt. Read More!
DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA (February 15, 2007) – For the first time in its brief NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series history, Key Motorsports has earned two starting berths for Friday night’s 2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season opener. Read More!
DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA (February 13, 2007) – Veteran Mike Bliss and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series first-timer Larry Foyt are readying themselves to spearhead the first-ever multiple truck entry by Key Motorsports for a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series event. Read More!
Key Motorsports is extremely proud to announce the development of new product sponsorship partnerships for the soon-to-begin, 2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck. Read More!
MOORESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA – Former NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driving champion Mike Bliss and long-time veteran crew chief Barry Dodson will reunite to run the first four NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series races for Key Motorsports in 2007. The announcement was made here today by team owner Curtis W. Key, Sr. Read More!
The 2007 Key Motorsports #40 Chevrolet Silverado went through its initial paces this past weekend with the season’s opening test session at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. The end result brought back memories of how the truck performed at Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama last fall. Read More!
Key Motorsports owner Curtis W. Key, Sr. is planning to announce his driver selections for the 2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season on February 1. Read More!
The initial testing sessions for NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series teams scheduled to compete in 2007 awaits the Key Motorsports entry, and crew chief Barry Dodson has been cracking the whip to make sure that his troops are ready.Read More!
Despite the advent of the traditional holiday season, it’s still business as usual for the Key Motorsports NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series organization as it prepares for its second full season of competition in 2007. Read More!
MOORESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA (December 8, 2006) – A 4,000-square foot expansion to the ever-expanding Key Motorsports, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race shop is nearing completion. Read More!
MOORESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA (December 1, 2006) - Key Motorsports founder and team owner Curtis W. Key, Sr. has simply stated that 2006 was a “throwaway year” for his fledgling, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race organization. The experience the team gained from entering all 25 races last season, and seeing action in 20 of them, “will only make us stronger and more competitive in 2007”, Key predicted. Read More!
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MOORESVILLE, N.C. (Nov. 15, 2006) – Shane Huffman’s rookie season in NASCAR competition has improved in recent weeks in part because of his four-race stint in the No. 40 Key Motorsports Chevrolet Silverado in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. Huffman is hoping that this weekend’s finale at the Homestead-Miami Speedway will turn out to be a good one and will thus provide some momentum for the young team heading into the winter and in preparation for the 2007 season. Read More!
MOORESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA (November 9, 2006) – The Russell E. Garwood Electrical Contractors Company of Marco Island, Florida will return to sponsor the Key Motorsports entry in the Ford 200, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season finale at the Homestead-Miami Speedway on Friday, November 17. Read More!
AVONDALE, ARIZONA (November 10, 2006) – The last five weeks of the 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season have been filled with solid performances by the #40 Key Motorsports Chevrolet Silverado, but there has been little to show for it in terms of strong finishes. Read More!
MOORESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA (November 7, 2006) – After two tries in NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series competition, the Shane Huffman driver-Key Motorsports race team combination is hoping that the third time turns out to be a charm as they head to Phoenix International Raceway this Friday night for the running of the Phoenix 150. Read More!
FORT WORTH, TEXAS (November 3, 2006) – Shane Huffman’s initial NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at the Texas Motor Speedway for Key Motorsports Friday night did not go as hoped with the 32-year-old NASCAR rookie struggling to a 26th place finish in the Silverado 350.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS (November 2, 2006) – Despite a qualifying effort that put him in the 33rd starting position for Friday night’s Silverado 350, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race, rookie driver Shane Huffman still was quite upbeat about his chances during the race in the #40 Key Motorsports Chevrolet Silverado. Read More!
MOORESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA (October 31, 2006) – Fresh off of his best run ever in a NASCAR Busch Series car, rookie driver Shane Huffman will carry some momentum into his second opportunity with Key Motorsports and the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. Read More!
HAMPTON, GEORGIA (October 28, 2006) – A 28th place finish isn’t something that a race team has a reason to celebrate, but the efforts of veteran driver Derrike Cope and a hard-working Key Motorsports contingent in Saturday’s Easy Care Vehicle Service Contracts 200 did forge some smiles. Read More!
HAMPTON, GEORGIA (October 28, 2006) – Derrike Cope was forced to go to a Key Motorsports back-up truck for today’s running of the Easy Care Vehicle Service Contracts 200, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series event at the Atlanta Motor Speedway. Read More!
HAMPTON, GEORGIA (October 27, 2006) – Shane Huffman may be a rookie with just one NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race in his portfolio, but he so impressed Key Motorsports officials in his debut at Martinsville that the 32-year-old has been signed to drive the team’s race trucks in the final three races on the 2006 schedule. Read More!
MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA (October 21, 2006) – The aspirations that the Key Motorsports race team had to finish in the top 30 in team owner points this NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season took a huge hit Saturday afternoon thanks to engine problems. Read More!
MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA (October 21, 2006) – Shane Huffman displayed his prowess on the short tracks Friday afternoon, qualifying the #40 Key Motorsports Chevrolet in the 24th position for the running of Saturday’s Kroger 200. It will mark Huffman’s first NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race of his brief NASCAR driving career. Read More!
MOORESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA (October 19, 2006) – Veteran driver Derrike Cope will be looking to finish the business the second time around for Key Motorsports after agreeing today to again drive the #40 Chevrolet Silverado in the Easy Care Vehicle Service Contracts 200, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at the Atlanta Motor Speedway next Saturday. Read More!
MOORESVILLE, N.C. (October 13, 2006) – JR Motorsports NASCAR Busch Series driver Shane Huffman has been tapped by Key Motorsports to drive its No. 40 Chevrolet Silverado in next weekend’s Kroger 200 race at the Martinsville Speedway. Read More!
TALLADEGA, ALABAMA (October 8, 2006) – Derrike Cope has driven in NASCAR’s top three divisions on and off for 24 different seasons, and that experience showed signs of paying off in dividends for the #40 Key Motorsports entry in Saturday’s John Deere 250, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race – the first ever truck series event held at the mammoth and very fast, 2.66-mile high-banked Talladega tri-oval. Read More!
MOORESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA (October 6, 2006) - The popular Hilton Atlanta Airport Hotel, for years one of the main lodging locations for race teams, sponsors and members of the media during race weekends at the Atlanta Motor Speedway, has been named the Official Atlanta Region Hotel for Key Motorsports, a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race team. The partnership will extend through the 2007 race season. Read More!
MOORESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA (September 27, 2006) – In an effort to remain in contention for top 30 status in team owner points for the 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season, Key Motorsports has hired veteran Derrike Cope to drive its entry in the initial Truck Series race at Talladega Superspeedway next weekend. Read More!
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA (September 24, 2006) – The failure of a relatively inexpensive engine part foiled the debut of veteran driver Tim Fedewa in the #40 Key Motorsports Chevrolet Silverado Saturday night at the newly re-designed and re-paved Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Read More!
MOORESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA – (September 19, 2006) – Thanks to an overall team effort and the success of its only black race truck in its Chevrolet Silverado inventory, Key Motorsports is making its move to attain top 30 status in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. Read More!
MOORESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA (September 20, 2006) – Rookie NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver Ryan Moore suddenly left his position with Key Motorsports this afternoon, leaving crew chief Barry Dodson and team owner Curtis W. Key, Sr. scurrying to find a replacement. Read More!
LOUDON, NEW HAMPSHIRE (September 17, 2006) – Ryan Moore returned home to his native New England Saturday afternoon and overcame a disappointing qualifying effort to roar to a solid, 15th place finish in his very first NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series event at New Hampshire International Speedway. Read More!
The best way to describe the day-long practice effort of driver Ryan Moore in the black #40, Key Motorsports Chevrolet Silverado on Friday at New Hampshire International Speedway in Loudon, NH was trying. Nonetheless, Moore is looking for a solid qualifying run and then a competitive race effort on Saturday in the New Hampshire 200. Read More!
2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Rookie-of-the-Year candidate Ryan Moore is hoping that black again proves to be a charm for him and his Key Motorsports race team when they move to Loudon, New Hampshire this weekend for the 18th race on the 25-race, 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series schedule. Read More!
MOORESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA (September 6, 2006) – Ryan Moore is heading home, and he is looking for the visit to pay dividends for his Key Motorsports, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series team. Read More!
Key Motorsports, a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series organization, and Motorsports Designs, one of racing’s oldest and most established graphic designers and decal manufacturers, have established a new partnership for the balance of the 2006 NASCAR race season. Read More!
Key Motorsports and C.J. R. Products have formed a marketing alliance for selected races during the final portion of the 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series racing schedule. Read More!
BRISTOL, TENNESSEE (August 23, 2006) – Ryan Moore’s racing debut at the world’s fastest half mile race track won’t be remembered for laps led, a pole position or a victory, but the Scarborough, Maine rookie driver takes away plenty from Wednesday night’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series event at the Bristol Motor Speedway. Read More!
MOORESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA (August 21, 2006) - A 3’ X 5’ American Flag, that was flown from a United States Air Force gun ship during the first combat mission from Balad Air Base, Iraq, has been presented to Key Motorsports and in honor of the #40 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series team. Read More!
Key Motorsports and the Speedway Children’s Charities have formed a new partnership that will be initiated during the running of the O’Reilly 200, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race next Wednesday night at Bristol Motor Speedway. Read More!
MOORESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA (August 17, 2006) – Rookie driver Ryan Moore’s 18th place finish in last weekend’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series event at the Nashville Superspeedway has put the Key Motorsports drive towards a spot in the top 30 in owner’s points back on track. Read More!
MOORESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA (August 17, 2006) – Key Motorsports turned its NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series shop into a classroom for a period of time Thursday when the organization hosted a group of children and advisors from the Barium Springs Home for Children of Troutman, NC. Read More!
LEBANON, TENNESSEE (August 12, 2006) – Rookie driver Ryan Moore didn’t win Saturday afternoon’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at the Nashville Superspeedway, but his 18th place finish in the Toyota Tundra 200 was still something to smile about. Read More!
MOORESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA (August 11, 2006) – Continuing to expand its NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series organization, Key Motorsports is now adding a sales department to its operation. Read More!
Ryan Moore Key Motorsports will introduce a black paint scheme for its race truck for the time this year for the running of the O’Reilly 200 at the Nashville Superspeedway on Saturday afternoon. Coinciding with his birthday, Moore hopes that what happened with his NASCAR Busch North program when similar changes took place will have the same impact on Key Motorsports. Read More!
Rookie Ryan Moore was marching his way towards a top 20 finish
MOORESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA (July 29, 2006) – For eight straight weeks, rookie driver Ryan Moore had to deal with a lot as he acclimated himself to his new ride with Key Motorsports in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. Read More!
MOORESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA (July 24, 1006) – Justice Brothers, Inc., one of the most familiar names in motorsports and the manufacturer of a leading line of specialty chemicals that is distributed worldwide, has become a marketing partner with Key Motorsports for the balance of the 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season. Read More!
Unable to solve a tight handling condition that plagued their #40 Chevrolet Silverado, the Key Motorsports NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series team and driver Ryan Moore were forced to settle for a frustrating 31st place finish in Saturday night’s O’Reilly 200 at the Memphis Motorsports Park. Read More!
Coming off of the team’s very first engine failure of the 2006 season and a rare DNF, Ryan Moore and the Key Motorsports, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series entourage will be looking to experience to get them back on track at the Memphis Motorsports Park this weekend. Read More!
Suffering an engine failure for the first time this season in his #40 Key Motorsports Chevrolet, Ryan Moore saw his solid run at Kentucky Speedway come to an early end Saturday night in the Built Ford Tough 225, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race. Read More!
Barry Dodson has more than 35 years of NASCAR business experience. Rookie driver Ryan Moore has a little more than three. Yet the Key Motorsports’ crew chief says he has learned almost as much from the Scarborough, Maine charger as Moore might have learned from Dodson. It has made for a unique and fairly successful combination after just 11 weeks. Read More!
KANSAS CITY, KANSAS – The high hopes that Ryan Moore and his Key Motorsports team carried into Saturday afternoon’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series event at Kansas Speedway were dashed pretty much from the start, leading to a long day and a disappointing 34th place finish. Read More!
It was just qualifying, but if Ryan Moore’s performance Friday afternoon is any indication of what lies ahead for him and his Key Motorsports entry in Saturday’s O’Reilly Auto Parts 250 at Kansas Speedway, he could be staring at his best finish of the 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season. Read More!
MOORESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA - Key Motorsports will help its young driver, Ryan Moore, memorialize his late uncle, Wayne Plummer, during this weekend’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at the Kansas Speedway. Read More!
Ryan Moore is getting more comfortable and more confident each time he gets behind the wheel of the #40 Key Motorsports Chevrolet Silverado race truck. With his season-best 14th place run at the Texas Motor Speedway a few weeks ago firmly in his mindset, the 22-year-old Maine hot shoe is foaming at the bit as he awaits this weekend’s test at the Kansas Speedway. Read More!
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN - In his four starts now for Key
Rookie driver Ryan Moore has had a couple up-and-down performances the last two races on the big racing surfaces at Texas Motor Speedway and Michigan International Speedway. With the schedule taking the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series circuit to Milwaukee this weekend, the 22-year-old Raybestos Rookie of the Year candidate should feel a little more at home. Read More!
MOORESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA – The ‘NOW HIRING’ sign is now out at Key Motorsports. Team president and founder Curtis W. Key, Sr., announced today that the #40 Key Motorsports Chevrolet Silverado with rookie Ryan Moore behind the wheel will run all of the remaining NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series races in 2006 despite the lack of a primary sponsor and is looking to expand its shop staff. Read More!
BROOKLYN, MICHIGAN - A surprisingly loose race truck proved too much for Ryan Moore and his Key Motorsports race team to cope with Saturday afternoon, leading to a disappointing 27th place finish in the Con-Way Freight 200, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race and producing a disappointing debut for Moore as a Rookie-of-the-Year candidate. Read More!
BROOKLYN, MICHIGAN - Ryan Moore accomplished two things today while practicing for Saturday’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Michigan International Speedway. He practiced exceptionally well and declared himself a candidate for the 2006 Series’ Rookie-of-the-Year in the #40 Key Motorsports Chevrolet Silverado. Read More!
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One of the racing industry’s newest companies, Automotion, has announced that it will again provide sponsorship to Key Motorsports in this weekend’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Michigan International Speedway. Read More!
In the estimation of veteran Key Motorsports crew chief Barry Dodson, it was only going to be a matter of time before the NASCAR world was going to see the talents of rookie driver Ryan Moore fully displayed. That time came Friday night at Texas Motor Speedway when the 22-year old Maine hot shoe powered his way to a solid, fourteenth place finish in the Sam’s Town 400. Read More!
Moore turned two very aggressive qualifying laps in the #40 Key Motorsports Chevrolet Silverado, smoking the left front tires in the process but still going quick enough to earn the 31st starting berth for Friday night’s Sam’s Town 400 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race. It will mark Moore’s second start in the series for the Key Motorsports organization. Read More!
MOORESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA - The atmosphere at Key Motorsports has not been a very happy one the last three weeks with the #40 Chevrolet Silverado earning a starting berth in just one of the three NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series races run during this time period. Rookie Ryan Moore will be out to change all that this coming weekend when he makes his first visit to Texas Motor Speedway for the running of the Sam’s Town 400. Read More!
DOVER, DELAWARE - By the end of Thursday’s long day of practice, rookie driver Ryan Moore, crew chief Barry Dodson and the rest of the Key Motorsports team all believed that they were indeed heading in the right direction in preparation for the AAA Insurance 200 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Dover International Speedway. Friday morning’s qualifying session proved that they were wrong.
Rookie driver Ryan Moore, 22, who made his debut in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series last weekend at Mansfield Motorsports Speedway for Key Motorsports, has been tapped to replace Chad Chaffin in the team’s #40 Chevrolet Silverado race truck for at least one more race. Read More!
Hello, my name is Jesus Vazquez, I have been a formula 1 fan since I was a child, never really a big nascar fan until this year, 2006, and it make me mad to discover what I have been missing. Read More!
Rookie Ryan Moore’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series debut in the #40 Key Motorsports Chevrolet Silverado at Mansfield Motorsports Speedway this past weekend was short circuited by some electrical problems that plagued the team all weekend. The end result was a DNF in the Mansfield 250 and a very disappointing, 36th place finish with a race truck that proved to be far better when it was on the racetrack. Read More!
One of northern Delaware’s most popular eateries, the 2FatGuys American Grill, has signed on as an associate sponsor of the Key Motorsports #40 Chevrolet Silverado race truck for the running of the AAA Insurance 200 NASCSAR Craftsman Truck Series event at Dover International Speedway on June 2. Read More!
Normally, you would expect a rookie in any sport that is about to make his big league debut to be more exuberant and excited than normal. For 22-year-old NASCAR driver Ryan Moore, such is not necessarily the case as he eyes his Craftsman Truck Series driving debut at Mansfield Motorsports Speedway in Ohio next weekend for Key Motorsports. Read More!
Following a script that unfortunately has become all too familiar this racing season, the Key Motorsports Chevrolet once again generated a time fast enough to qualify for Friday night’s Quaker Steak & Lube 200, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at the Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Charlotte but still failed to make the race.
MOORESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA – AutoMotion, a new full-service auto body/paint/decal/wrapping outsourcing solution for race teams, has announced a one-race associate sponsorship with Key Motorsports for the Quaker Steak & Lube 200, NASCSR Craftsman Truck Series race Friday night at the Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Charlotte. Read More!
While everyone in the NASCAR world is getting geared up for racing in the Charlotte, North Carolina area the at Lowe’s Motor Speedway and for the Memorial Day celebration next week, the minds of at two Key Motorsports team members will be somewhat mingled with the thoughts of relatives working just a little bit harder and in a far less celebratory manner. Read More!
It has taken a while, but the Key Motorsports contingent may be finally starting to see the light at the end of the proverbial tunnel. As the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series teams head to Lowe’s Motor Speedway on May 19 for the running of the Quaker Steak & Lube 200, a newly paved track surface will greet them. Also awaiting their arrival will be veteran driver Chad Chaffin, crew chief Barry Dodson and a re-energized and re-focused Key Motorsports team anxious to make a statement. Read More!
MADISON, ILLINOIS - Chad Chaffin failed to let a cut right front tire and a brush with the turn one wall deter his fledgling Key Motorsports team Saturday night, rallying from 11 laps down to post a hard-earned, 26th place finish in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Gateway International Raceway outside of St.
Louis.
Ryan Moore failed to display the apprehension and cautiousness that one might expect from a 22-year-old driver making his debut in a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series entry and on a race track he had never seen before. The beneficiary of Moore’s performance is Key Motorsports. Read More!
Due to Chad Chaffin’s conflict with his obligation to his NASCAR Nextel Cup Series team, Key Motorsports has tapped Ryan Moore to practice its #40 Chevrolet Silverado in preparation for Saturday night’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Gateway International Raceway in Madison, IL. Read More!
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MOORESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA (September 3, 2006) – Key Motorsports founder and owner Curtis W. Key, Sr. has become the first of several independent race team owners to join forces with Clay Andrews and commit to his team’s participation in the Clay Andrews’ Alliance Partners organization. 
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MOORESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA (July 26, 2006) - Former NBA veteran and collegiate basketball All-American Rodney Rogers has finally taken the “next step” in his love of NASCAR, agreeing to become a partner with the Mooresville-based Key Motorsports NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series organization. 
MOORESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA (July 24, 1006) – Justice Brothers, Inc., one of the most familiar names in motorsports and the manufacturer of a leading line of specialty chemicals that is distributed worldwide, has become a marketing partner with Key Motorsports for the balance of the 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season. 
Motorsports in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, rookie driver Ryan Moore has been asked to absorb a lot and be prepared to overcome obstacles. For the most part, the 22-year-old Raybestos Rookie-of-the-Year candidate has risen to the task, and none was more pronounced than what he did during the running of the Toyota Tundra Milwaukee 200 at the Milwaukee Mile Friday night.
rookie driver Ryan Moore gets behind the wheel of the #40 Key Motorsports Chevrolet in NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series competition, the more he
will learn and the better he will get. If last weekend’s effort in the Sam’s Town 400 at Texas Motor Speedway is any evidence of this, then observers might be in for a treat this Saturday at Michigan International Speedway. 
Rookie driver Ryan Moore has been labeled a “wheel man” by Key Motorsports crew chief Barry Dodson, and the 22-year-old Scarborough, Maine hot shoe proved his mentor right at the Texas Motor Speedway Thursday evening.
Russo’s Tinting, one of the most respected accessory providers in motorsports, has joined Key Motorsports as a product sponsor for the balance of the 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series schedule. 
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the 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season, veteran driver Chad Chaffin and his Key Motorsports team have had little to crow about. The 37-year-old pilot and the team’s new crew chief, Barry Dodson, both believe that this is all about to change with the running of the Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers Ram Tough 250 at Gateway International Raceway in Madison, IL at the end of the month.
