Correct. My dad ran late models in FASCAR and every so often they’d run one of the truck races and everyone would be excited cause Mark Martins kid was gonna show up. There’s a lot of weird history about that sanctioning body, and a lot of misinformation out there. Technically it died in like 2007 but new Smyrna claimed it for a while until they signed with NASCAR. The remnants of the late model deal were sold out to some other org, that was sold out to some other one that also sold out and through some incestuous mindfuck they ended up part of what is now the cars tour kind of
I’ve got a 90’s short track truck. Has full fiberglass 88-98 Silverado body built on a custom GM G body frame. Wish someone was still making old body panels for things like these
Those ran with the American race truck series. They were built by a company in Arizona, you could buy them turn key and they'd drop it right at your driveway ready to race. Auto transmissions, with a gm 305, Ford 302, or Dodge 318 engine.
They still run them in parts of the country. My local track has a division for them and I still own one, though I opt to run street stocks at a different track. And truck bodies are still available through Allstar - though I'm not sure those 90s style noses are.
Mine was supposedly built here in NorCal. But is an zz4 350/ GM auto trans. Only body parts I’ve seen available are the 99-06 body style trucks. The company that had the mold for this front end was lost in a fire. Long term I have a few square body trucks I plan to do a buck baker tribute truck.
I had the chance to buy one of these ARCA trucks here in Salem some 15 years back. Couldn't swing it at the time and the guy who was a close family friend passed, and the truck was lost to us. Wonder where it ended up.
A lot of local tracks have had their own truck series as well. For a couple years the Irwindale truck series was putting out some of the best racing I’ve ever seen.
Originally the series ran inline 4’s and v6’s but switched to v8’s about 15 years ago give or take. I remember keeping up with the series but lost interest within the last few years of its running. When nascar took over Arca in 2017, the Arca trucks ceased operations. Kinda ironic that the Colorado and Ranger was brought back into production about the time this series folded.
Billy Strehle bought it and owned it for a few years after that as CRS Super Trucks but he sold it after only a couple of years. He got burned by a scam company.
Billy sold it last year to the Maggio family that owns Lorain County Speedway, which ironically is closed/for sale at the moment and owned Painesville Speedway which they leased out this year.
It's still alive as the Great Lakes Truck Tour and under new management as of last year. The truck counts are hovering around 10. They are expanding their footprint a little for 2026 outside of Ohio by visiting Indiana, Michigan, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania.
In the Wisconsin area there is a "Midwest Truck Series" and the are on a tier just below Pro Late Models. New build trucks are going for over well $50k and other guys are running third hand trucks that cost under $10k and can be competitive.
They raced one time at a short lived Asphalt track near me in MT. Vernon, Ky. Parking lot wasn’t paved and haulers got stuck, etc but it was a really neat little series with 4 cylinder and V6 rangers, s-10s and dakotas.
Imagine ARCA running Tacoma/Colorado/Ranger &...Dakota? Then Craftsman runs the Tundra/Silverado/F150/RAM. I could see that being interesting for manufacturers.
Is this the series that mark Martin's kid Matt ran in? I remember he did run some non nascar truck races.
Wikipedia says he ran trucks in FASCAR, which is a name that has a aged terribly. But the F just stands for Florida.
And apparently he never ran Whelen Mods and NASCAR 06 is a liar.
I love that they had the random modifieds of Matt Martin and Ray Evernham
Bo Abraham was always my go to. I made that guy a legend
Well ray did run Modifieds, and was a pretty big part of dodge at that time
“Whudduya call a car that goes 200mph?”
A FASCAR!!!
Correct. My dad ran late models in FASCAR and every so often they’d run one of the truck races and everyone would be excited cause Mark Martins kid was gonna show up. There’s a lot of weird history about that sanctioning body, and a lot of misinformation out there. Technically it died in like 2007 but new Smyrna claimed it for a while until they signed with NASCAR. The remnants of the late model deal were sold out to some other org, that was sold out to some other one that also sold out and through some incestuous mindfuck they ended up part of what is now the cars tour kind of
I distinctly remember a documentary where they showed Mark being Matt’s crew chief/spotter. Had to have been around 04-06 seasons.
He actually ran in Florida Super Trucks quite a bit too which are kind of like limited late models/late model stocks with truck bodies.
I’ve got a 90’s short track truck. Has full fiberglass 88-98 Silverado body built on a custom GM G body frame. Wish someone was still making old body panels for things like these
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There's a few of those bouncing around. Someone at my local track has one and its really fast for the class it runs in
On Facebook marketplace near me they seem to turn up quite often.
Those ran with the American race truck series. They were built by a company in Arizona, you could buy them turn key and they'd drop it right at your driveway ready to race. Auto transmissions, with a gm 305, Ford 302, or Dodge 318 engine.
They still run them in parts of the country. My local track has a division for them and I still own one, though I opt to run street stocks at a different track. And truck bodies are still available through Allstar - though I'm not sure those 90s style noses are.
Mine was supposedly built here in NorCal. But is an zz4 350/ GM auto trans. Only body parts I’ve seen available are the 99-06 body style trucks. The company that had the mold for this front end was lost in a fire. Long term I have a few square body trucks I plan to do a buck baker tribute truck.
I had the chance to buy one of these ARCA trucks here in Salem some 15 years back. Couldn't swing it at the time and the guy who was a close family friend passed, and the truck was lost to us. Wonder where it ended up.
A lot of local tracks have had their own truck series as well. For a couple years the Irwindale truck series was putting out some of the best racing I’ve ever seen.
Neighbor growing up was one of the legends of that track in the trucks. RIP Dave.
Some still do!
We used to be a proper country
Originally the series ran inline 4’s and v6’s but switched to v8’s about 15 years ago give or take. I remember keeping up with the series but lost interest within the last few years of its running. When nascar took over Arca in 2017, the Arca trucks ceased operations. Kinda ironic that the Colorado and Ranger was brought back into production about the time this series folded.
Billy Strehle bought it and owned it for a few years after that as CRS Super Trucks but he sold it after only a couple of years. He got burned by a scam company.
Billy sold it last year to the Maggio family that owns Lorain County Speedway, which ironically is closed/for sale at the moment and owned Painesville Speedway which they leased out this year.
Wasn't this the successor to the Pro 4 series? I thought they used the same chassis just with the truck bodies on them initially.
NASCAR Mexico also has one too.
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They had a guy in a mask named The Phantom run in this series
I think the YouTube Channel is still around, last upload was almost 4 years ago.
Bobby Earnhardt (running full time ARCA this year) apparently used to run those a few years ago before they closed up shop
I remember when that failure tried Xfinity
Okay tough guy how man Xfinity starts do you have
He calls BDE a failure while having a Kris Wright flair.
You have a start and parker lolllll
At least Nemechek has won Cup races, Kris Wright can't even finish races without bringing out a caution or 3 first
And O'Reilly series championship
Congrats on doing something Austin Dillon did lmfaooo
Something Wright will never do
Denny 0 Winston cups
They used to travel up to Ontario as well.
Got to see these race at Eldora. I think it was 2008.
And ARCA also formerly had midgets.
I believe they like to be called little people now
And USAC had a stock car series
It was cool. It should come back
It's still alive as the Great Lakes Truck Tour and under new management as of last year. The truck counts are hovering around 10. They are expanding their footprint a little for 2026 outside of Ohio by visiting Indiana, Michigan, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania.
It’s cool they ran the smaller truck models and not the same models the Craftsman series used.
Nice little series. Watched them run at DuQuoin on the dirt.
When did it shut down?
Is that third picture from Salem, IN? That grandstand looks very familiar
Yeah, they ran Salem for several years.
I worked for them for several years as a series photographer.
Nascar also had two different compact car series over the years.
In the 70s they raced 4-cylinder production cars including the Mercury Capri that was imported from Germany.
In the late 90s/early 00s they ran 4-cylinder cars including the Toyota Celica.
I saw them once at Winchester in 2012. Put on a good show
Theres more people there than a craftsman truck series race
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Some areas had SuperTruck series in the 90s and 2000s. It was affordable for locals.
I think I remember watching this series once. I thought it was a fever dream. Haha
We need this back so all of us regulars can race
Mini trucks? This looks fun as hell!
In the Wisconsin area there is a "Midwest Truck Series" and the are on a tier just below Pro Late Models. New build trucks are going for over well $50k and other guys are running third hand trucks that cost under $10k and can be competitive.
i've also heard of the ARCA Midwest Truck series, is that the same series?
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so I've heard of the ARCA Midwest Truck series, its where that raced, but is that the same series you're talking about? or was ARCA Trucks different?
They raced one time at a short lived Asphalt track near me in MT. Vernon, Ky. Parking lot wasn’t paved and haulers got stuck, etc but it was a really neat little series with 4 cylinder and V6 rangers, s-10s and dakotas.
Imagine ARCA running Tacoma/Colorado/Ranger &...Dakota? Then Craftsman runs the Tundra/Silverado/F150/RAM. I could see that being interesting for manufacturers.