{"id":15231,"date":"2014-10-16T12:24:34","date_gmt":"2014-10-16T16:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/?p=15231"},"modified":"2014-10-16T12:24:34","modified_gmt":"2014-10-16T16:24:34","slug":"mb-motorsports-returns-to-talladega-with-two-trucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2014\/10\/16\/mb-motorsports-returns-to-talladega-with-two-trucks\/","title":{"rendered":"MB Motorsports returns to Talladega with two trucks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15232\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2014\/10\/stenzel-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"stenzel\" width=\"620\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2014\/10\/stenzel-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2014\/10\/stenzel-594x396.jpg 594w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2014\/10\/stenzel-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2014\/10\/stenzel.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><br \/>\nA year ago MB Motorpsorts driver Scott Stenzel was in position for a top-five finish at Talladega when he was caught up in a crash. This weekend MB Motorsports brings two trucks to the 2.666 mile track.<\/p>\n<p>Stenzel will drive the No. 63 Mittler Brothers Machine &amp; Tool \/ ShowcaseOfCars.com \/ Eagle Rock Camp Chevy Silverado while teammate Justin Jennings will be behind the wheel of the No. 36 Mittler Brothers Machine &amp; Tool \/ LG Seeds \/ Excel Bottling Chevy Silverado.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Last year, with 8 to go, we were up to sixth as we made our move to the front. I was thinking we were heading for a top five finish, definitely a top ten,&#8221; recalls Stenzel.\u00a0 \u201cAnd then, on the very next lap, there was a chain reaction wreck on the backstretch. We got hit from behind, sending us into the inside retaining wall and our day was done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Crew chief Trip Bruce feels good heading to Talladega adding \u201cScott has raced quite well at Talladega and I think we may have the best superspeedway truck MB Motorsports has had.\u00a0 If we can improve, even just a little bit, on last years\u2019 performance and avoid the wreckage that always seems to occur, we should be in good shape.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After their initial outing last month, ShowcaseOfCars.com is back with MB Motorsports and has joined the team in their support of Eagle Rock Camp.\u00a0 \u201cWe started working with Eagle Rock Camp last year in Daytona,\u201d says team owner Mike Mittler. \u201cThey do a lot to help military families dealing with the after-effects of war.\u00a0 They find themselves in a unique position.\u00a0 A very generous benefactor has offered to donate a \u201cturn-key\u201d facility in Michigan.\u00a0 This property will give Eagle Rock Camp everything they need for a permanent home to help our veterans and their families.\u00a0 In order to secure the donation, Eagle Rock Camp needs to raise the monies to properly maintain the property for two years, which means they need to raise about $150,000. We\u2019re just trying to help them meet their goal.\u201c<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A year ago MB Motorpsorts driver Scott Stenzel was in position for a top-five finish at Talladega when he was caught up in a crash. This weekend MB Motorsports brings two trucks to the 2.666 mile track. Stenzel will drive the No. 63 Mittler Brothers Machine &amp; Tool \/ ShowcaseOfCars.com \/ Eagle Rock Camp Chevy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15232,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"coauthors":[675],"class_list":{"0":"post-15231","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nascar-truck-series"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15231"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=15231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}