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The2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series was the seventeenth season of thethird higheststock car racing in the United States. The season included twenty-five races, beginning with theNextEra Energy Resources 250 atDaytona International Speedway and ending with theFord 200 atHomestead-Miami Speedway. During the 2010 season,NASCAR announced a few notable calendar changes, including a race addition atKentucky Speedway and the removal ofGateway International Raceway from the schedule.DeLana Harvick won the owners' championship, whileAustin Dillon ofRichard Childress Racing won the drivers' championship with a tenth-place finish at thefinal race of the season.Chevrolet won the manufacturers' championship with 193 points.

Note: A driver designated with a(R) next to their name indicates that they are contenders for the 2011Rookie of the Year award.

• Germain Racing added the No. 9 team to its full-time lineup withMax Papis.
• Billy Ballew Motorsports andVision Aviation Racing merged to continue to field No. 15 and No. 51 trucks but after six races, Vision Aviation Racing was shut down.

Began operations

• Texas businessmen Bob Leavine and Lance Fenton have formedLeavine Fenton Racing. Fenton ran a partial schedule in the No. 95 Ford.
• Virginia native Joe Denette started his own race team,Joe Denette Motorsports. Denette is a NASCAR fan who won the Virginia Lottery Mega Million in May 2009 after being laid off four months prior. He has teamed with fellow VirginianHermie Sadler to start his own team with assistance fromKevin Harvick, Inc.Jason White joined the team for the 2011 season.

Discontinued operations

• Team Gill Racing shut down with their assets having been purchased byEddie Sharp Racing.

• Mike Skinner parted ways withRandy Moss Motorsports after the 2010 season due to a lack of chemistry. In an interview with Sirius Speedway, Skinner said that he had talked to a few teams and would prefer to remain with Toyota. On February 11, Skinner announced that he would drive the No. 45 ofEddie Sharp Racing at Daytona and potentially at Phoenix.

Changed teams

• Justin Lofton was released byRed Horse Racing after his rookie season. He drove the No. 77 forGermain Racing.^[3]
• Jason White leavesSS-Green Light Racing and joined the newJoe Denette Motorsports team.
• Midway through 2011,Germain Racing was unable to field its flagship No. 30 Toyota driven byTodd Bodine due to a lack of sponsorship. Germain announced on July 13 that they would partner withRandy Moss Motorsports to put Bodine in the No. 5 for the rest of 2011, releasingTravis Kvapil. According to owner Bob Germain, the trucks was prepared by Germain but given the #5.

Entered the series

• Joey Coulter drove full-time this season withRichard Childress Racing, as a teammate toAustin Dillon. He drove the No. 22 Silverado and had veteran Harold Holly as crew chief.
• Fourth-generation driverJeffrey Earnhardt ran for ROTY withRick Ware Racing. However, he was released after 3 races when Fuel Doctor decided to leave.
• Johanna Long moved up to full-time status for 2011 with her Panhandle Motorsports team.
• FormerRenault F1 driverNelson Piquet Jr. drove forKevin Harvick, Inc. full-time this season.
• WithEddie Sharp Racing having purchased Team Gill Racing, 2010 ARCA runner-upCraig Goess drove the No. 46 Toyota full-time in 2011.
• Brazilian driverMiguel Paludo droveRed Horse Racing's No. 7 Toyota full-time.
• Vision Aviation Racing teammatesDusty Davis andJustin Johnson moved up from theNASCAR K&N Pro Series West to drive the No. 15 and No. 51 Toyotas respectively. They were not approved to run atDaytona International Speedway, soMichael Waltrip andAric Almirola drove the No. 15 and #51.
• Chris Eggleston attempted to run for ROTY with Winfield Motorsports.
• Red Bull development driverCole Whitt, after spending a season in theK&N Pro Series East, ran for ROTY with Stacy Compton'sTurn One Racing.
• Chase Mattioli, son ofPocono Raceway owner Joseph Mattioli, formed his own team, Chase Mattioli Racing and ran the full 2011 season. Mattioli was unable to start at Daytona due to a gastrointestinal infection and hadChad McCumbee drive. The team used Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing's owner points from 2010, as Jennifer Jo Cobb is running the Nationwide Series.
• 2007Formula One World ChampionKimi Räikkönen announced that he would run a part-time schedule starting in the summer, driving for his ownICE 1 Racing team in a partnership with Foster Gillett.^[4][5] On April 2, it was announced that Räikkönen would instead drive a limited schedule forKyle Busch Motorsports starting at Charlotte.^[6] He entered at Charlotte drivingVision Aviation Racing's No. 15 Toyota, fielded by Busch.

Returned to the series

• Brendan Gaughan returns to the Truck Series full-time for the first time since 2008. He drove forGermain Racing.
• Travis Kvapil returns to the Truck Series full-time for the first time since 2007. He drove the No. 5 forRandy Moss Motorsports, replacing Mike Skinner. Kvapil also ran the Sprint Cup title while driving the No. 38 Ford forFront Row Motorsports.
• Justin Marks returns to NASCAR for the first time since 2008. He drove for Stacy Compton'sTurn One Racing.

Exited the series

• Aric Almirola drove forJR Motorsports in theNationwide Series due to lack of sponsorship being found forVision Aviation Racing; he returned to the No. 51 truck for theNextEra Energy Resources 250 at Daytona as Vision Aviation Racing's drivers were both ineligible to run Daytona because of NASCAR's requirements for driver experience before running Daytona or Talladega.
• Narain Karthikeyan returned to Formula One this season withHispania Racing.^[7]

• Justin Lofton parted ways withGermain Racing after theWinStar World Casino & Resort 400. He soon signed withEddie Sharp Racing, which, ironically, was the team that Lofton won the2009 ARCA Re/Max Series championship with.Craig Goess, the driver Lofton replaced, is currently unable to find a ride.
• Due to season struggles,Randy Moss Motorsports andGermain Racing joined forces to fieldTodd Bodine in the No. 5 truck for the remainder of the season after theUNOH 225. The team ran out of the Germain shop and crew chiefed by Mike Hillman Jr. The move leavesTravis Kvapil without a ride, and original crew chief Dan Stillman moved toThorSport Racing.

The 2011 Camping World Truck Series rookie class, from the outset, was packed with talent. Ranging from development driversCole Whitt,Joey Coulter, andParker Kligerman to Snowball Derby winnerJohanna Long, ex-Formula 1 driverNelson Piquet Jr., fourth-generation driverJeffrey Earnhardt, ARCA Racing Series runner-upCraig Goess, and Brazilian touring car driverMiguel Paludo. From the outset, Whitt impressed many by winning the pole at Darlington early on, but struggled midway through the season. Earnhardt'sRick Ware Racing truck team shut down after Martinsville when sponsorFuel Doctor abruptly left the team forTurn One Racing. Goess was released byEddie Sharp Racing after only 9 races and was replaced byJustin Lofton. Sponsorship woes sidelined Long's rookie bid, as well as those of Dusty Davis and Justin Johnson. Paludo managed 7 top 10s in his first full season. Kligerman, Coulter, and Piquet improved their finishes mid-season, surging past a struggling Whitt. Eventually, Coulter emerged on top as ROTY.

Speed televised the entire season.

• TheLucas Oil 150, held atPhoenix International Raceway, was moved from November to February, causing it to become the second race of the season.^[10]
• Darlington Raceway's race date moved from August to March.^[10]
• Kentucky Speedway received an additional race in July.
• Atlanta Motor Speedway's race date moved from March to September.^[10]
• Kansas Speedway's race date moved to June.
• Gateway International Raceway was not included in the calendar.^[11]

(key)Bold - Pole position awarded by time.Italics - Pole position earned by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led.

• ¹ – Post entry, driver and owner did not score points.
• ² – Driver originally registered for Truck points; Bell switched to Sprint Cup after Charlotte, Crum switched to Nationwide after Kentucky, Duke switched to Nationwide after Martinsville.
• ³ – Ickler was not registered for Truck points at Texas.
• ⁴ - Hornaday Jr. received a 25-point penalty for an infraction of his truck's rear gear.
• ⁵ - Sauter suffered a 6-point penalty after failing post-race inspection.

• 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
• 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series
• 2011 ARCA Racing Series
• 2011 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
• 2011 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour
• 2011 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series
• 2011 NASCAR Corona Series
• 2011 NASCAR Stock V6 Series

• 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
• NASCAR Truck Series seasons

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