Chris Buescher of Roush Fenway Racing and Erik Jones of Kyle Busch Motorsports were honored for their championship seasons in the NASCAR X-FINITY and Camping World Truck Series, respectively, on Monday night during a combined awards gala in Hollywood, Florida … The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards – to salute Kyle Busch for his first championship – will be held Friday night, December 4th, in Las Vegas, with live coverage on Motor Racing Network – “The Voice of NASCAR.”

John Hunter Nemechek of NEMCO Motorsports had the highest finish by a rookie in any of NASCAR’s three top series that competed this past weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway, placing second (to Matt Crafton) in Friday’s Camping World Truck Series season finale.