Chris Wimmer Hopes to Win Big in Las Vegas Truck Race

Chris Wimmer and MB Motorsports hope to regain their top-20 form Saturday night at the Las Vegas 350 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series event. Wimmer had three top-21 finishes earlier in the year at Milwaukee, Kansas, and Kentucky and hopes his luck at the bigger tracks holds this weekend.

“Most of the success the team has had this year has been on the big tracks,” said Wimmer, “so we’re really looking forward to Vegas. Plus, MB Motorsports has been pretty good at this track historically, so we’re pretty pumped up.”

While primary sponsorship has yet to materialize for Wimmer, MB Motorsports owner/crew chief Mike Mittler said his driver has done the best he can with the limited funding available.

“Obviously, we’d love to have the multi-million-dollar sponsor to give us every little thing we need,” he said, “but unfortunately, that hasn’t panned out for us yet. But Chris is a smart driver and a patient driver and has been able to drive our trucks to the checkered flag with several strong finishes. We‘ve struggled in the engine department the past two races, but with virtually only 10 laps practice Chris got up on the wheel and put us in each race with strong qualifying runs.”

“Chris Wimmer is one of the better drivers we’ve had in our 10-year run in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series,” Mittler continued. “People always talk about Jamie (McMurray) and Carl (Edwards), but in a few years, Chris’s name will be mentioned in the same breath. He’s a good driver and we’re looking forward to another good race Saturday night in Vegas.”

The Las Vegas 350 will be carried live on the SPEED Channel at 10 p.m. EST and live radio coverage will be carried on MRN starting at 8:30 p.m. EST.