{"id":23138,"date":"2020-01-21T19:32:42","date_gmt":"2020-01-22T00:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/?p=23138"},"modified":"2020-01-21T19:32:45","modified_gmt":"2020-01-22T00:32:45","slug":"truck-series-playoffs-expand-to-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2020\/01\/21\/truck-series-playoffs-expand-to-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Truck Series playoffs expand to 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2020\/01\/img_0091.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23136\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2020\/01\/img_0091.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2020\/01\/img_0091-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2020\/01\/img_0091-594x396.jpg 594w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2020\/01\/img_0091-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2020\/01\/img_0091-696x464.jpg 696w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2020\/01\/img_0091-630x420.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p tabindex=\"0\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 10px 0px 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: stainless-regular; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none\">NASCAR officials on Tuesday expanded the Gander RV &amp; Outdoors Truck Series playoff field from eight drivers to 10, a move that goes into effect for the 2020 season.<\/p>\n<p tabindex=\"0\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 10px 0px 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: stainless-regular; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none\">The Gander Trucks postseason schedule will remain at seven races, but the expansion will alter the elimination format that pares drivers from championship eligibility. That structure will now feature:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin: 0px 0px 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 20px; list-style: disc; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: stainless-regular; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; list-style-type: disc\">Three races in the Round of 10, after which two drivers will be eliminated.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; list-style-type: disc\">Three races in the Round of 8, after which four drivers will be eliminated.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; list-style-type: disc\">The Championship 4 finale, which will determine the series champion Nov. 6 at Phoenix Raceway.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p tabindex=\"0\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 10px 0px 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: stainless-regular; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none\">The playoff format previously followed an opening Round of 8, another three races in the Round of 6 and the Championship 4. Brad Moran, managing director for the Gander Trucks Series, said that the emergence of more top-level teams and the heightened degree of competition made the decision to increase the playoff field a natural one.<\/p>\n<p tabindex=\"0\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 10px 0px 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: stainless-regular; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none\">The new structure will be as follows:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin: 0px 0px 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 20px; list-style: disc; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: stainless-regular; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; list-style-type: disc\"><em style=\"margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px\"><strong style=\"margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px\">Round of 10:<\/strong><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway, Canadian Tire Motorsport Park and Bristol Motor Speedway<\/em><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; list-style-type: disc\"><em style=\"margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px\"><strong style=\"margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px\">Round of 8:<\/strong><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Talladega Superspeedway, Martinsville Speedway<\/em><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; list-style-type: disc\"><em style=\"margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px\"><strong style=\"margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px\">Championship 4:<\/strong><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>Phoenix Raceway<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p tabindex=\"0\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 10px 0px 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: stainless-regular; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none\">NASCAR Gander RV &amp; Outdoors Truck Series Managing Director Brad Moran:<\/p>\n<p tabindex=\"0\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 10px 0px 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: stainless-regular; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none\">\u201cExpanding the NASCAR Gander RV &amp; Outdoors Truck Series playoff field to 10 is a win-win for drivers, teams and, most importantly, the passionate fans who support our Gander Trucks. This will only increase the competitive intensity this series offers, as more drivers and teams vie for one of the most coveted championships in all of racing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASCAR officials on Tuesday expanded the Gander RV &amp; Outdoors Truck Series playoff field from eight drivers to 10, a move that goes into effect for the 2020 season. The Gander Trucks postseason schedule will remain at seven races, but the expansion will alter the elimination format that pares drivers from championship eligibility. That structure [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23137,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[786,13,788],"tags":[789,708],"coauthors":[675],"class_list":["post-23138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar-topstory","category-nascar-truck-series","category-news","tag-front","tag-nascar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23138","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=23138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23138\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23138"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=23138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}