Rockingham not included on 2014 Truck Series schedule

The 2014 schedule for the Camping World Truck Series is out with a pair of familiar tracks returning, while one popular venue has been dropped.

NASCAR’s No. 3 division will return to Gateway Motorsports Park and New Hampshire Motor Speedway next season. Gateway hasn’t hosted a Truck Series race since 2010, while New Hampshire has been absent from the schedule the last two years.

Missing from the 2014 schedule is a second stop at Iowa Speedway, and most noticeably, Rockingham Speedway. Long a NASCAR mainstay, “The Rock,” which once hosted the Sprint Cup Series twice annually, has been removed as it deals with financial difficulties.

All together, the 2014 calendar will again consist of 22 races beginning with the season-opening event Feb. 21 at Daytona.

But after Daytona there are a couple of sizeable gaps in the schedule. The second race of the season won’t be held until March 29 at Martinsville, with the third race not until May 9 at Kansas.

The Truck Series will return to Eldora Speedway for the second Mudsummer Classic July 23.

2014 Camping World Truck Series schedule

Feb. 21: Daytona
March 29: Martinsville
May 9: Kansas
May 16: Charlotte
May 30: Dover
June 6: Texas
June 14: Gateway
June 26: Kentucky
July 12: Iowa
July 23: Eldora
Aug. 2: Pocono
Aug. 16: Michigan
Aug. 20: Bristol
Aug. 31: Bowmanville, Ontario
Sept. 12: Chicagoland
Sept. 20: New Hampshire
Sept. 27: Las Vegas
Oct. 18: Talladega
Oct. 25: Martinsville
Oct. 31: Texas
Nov. 7: Phoenix
Nov. 14: Homestead

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