North Wilkesboro Speedway hosted the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series this weekend, and plenty of drivers had some of their best runs of the season or ever in the Truck Series. Dale Tanhardt and Joshua Lipowski discuss these surprise performers and preview the next race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Both have some surprise picks for who could win at Charlotte this weekend.

• North Wilkesboro Speedway’s repave received rave reviews from both the drivers and the co-hosts of this podcast. Lipowski and Tanhardt discuss why the repave worked, and why it’s so important for short tracks to be saved. If short tracks struggle at the Cup level, what does that mean for the future of the Truck Series schedule?
• The race saw some surprise performers, with Grant Enfinger and Layne Riggs getting their first top-5s of the season and Brenden Queen impressing with a 4th-place result. Lipowski and Tanhardt discuss all of the top performers, plus a quiet and productive day for ThorSport.
• The pair finishes out the show by making their picks. The entry list is large with plenty of interesting names, meaning some wild card picks are in order. Which surprise drivers do Lippowski and Tanhardt expect to see do well and struggle at Charlotte?