NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Race #11 | Built Ford Tough 225
Kentucky Speedway
Saturday July 10, 2004

Deborah Renshaw NCTS Debut Set for Kentucky
Deborah Renshaw will make her NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut at next weekend’s Built Ford Tough 225 at the Kentucky Speedway in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky. Renshaw, a 28-year old native of Bowling Green, Kentucky will be piloting the No. 29 K Automotive Ford F-150 owned by Bob and Kay Keselowski. This event will mark Renshaw’s first career start in one of the top three NASCAR divisions.

Brandon Whitt Notes, Quotes: Built Ford Tough 225


Edwards, Hamilton Preview the "Built Ford Tough 225"
Defending race champion Carl Edwards joined NASCAR Camping World Truck Series veteran Bobby Hamilton in the Kentucky Speedway Media Center today to provide a preview of the July 10 "Built Ford Tough 225 Presented by The Greater Cincinnati Ford Dealers."

Event Schedule: KENTUCKY


Jack Sprague No. 16 Chevy Preview: Kentucky


Jon Wood, No. 50 Ford Preview: Kentucky


Chad Chaffin, No. 18 Dodge Preview: Kentucky


Bobby Hamilton, No. 4 Dodge Preview: Kentucky


Wood's Truck to promote Roush Racing's 'You Pick 'Em Challenge' in Kentucky
RoushRacing.com launched a new online contest yesterday called the Roush Racing 'You Pick 'Em Challenge.' Users will be able to register for the game and participate in a "practice round" before beginning official play on Monday, July 19, for the New England 300 at New Hampshire International Speedway.

Craftsman Truck Series Drivers To Clash With SPEED Channel Personalities In Annual Softball Game
The drivers of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series are trading in their driving gloves for baseball gloves as they move from the racing oval to the baseball diamond this Thursday in Kentucky to do battle with their counterparts from Speed Channel.

Steve Park Preview: Kentucky
Park has earned three top-10 finishes and two top-five finishes this season. He finished 10th at Texas and fourth at the past two races, Milwaukee and Kansas. The primary Dodge for Kentucky is the 11 truck. It has been raced once, which was last week when Park finished fourth at Kansas. Park will sign autographs July 8 from 8-9 p.m. at Jeff Wyler Dodge in Ft. Thomas, Ky. Park will sign autographs July 10 from 4-5 p.m. at the Dodge merchandise trailer trackside.

Charlie Bradberry Back in the Saddle Again
As teams prepare for this weekend's NASCAR Truck Series event at Kentucky Speedway, most crews will be loading up their rigs in the Charlotte, North Carolina, area. That is, of course, the epicenter of stock car racing and where nearly all of the top NASCAR operations are based.

Raybestos® Rookie Notes - Kentucky
The race for Raybestos® Rookie of the Year is a close one.  Leader David Reutimann has an 11-point lead (106-95) over Shane Sieg and Tracy Hines, who are tied for second place in the standings entering the Built Ford Tough 225 at Kentucky Speedway.

Houston Looking Forward To Bluegrass Battle
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver Andy Houston and his Ultra Motorsports crew are just looking for a little kindness and a little luck. Last weekend, the Kansas track was cruel as the fickle finger of fate dealt the Team ASE/CARQUEST Dodge a bad hand in the form of a lap-two crash that all but eliminated any hopes the team had for success. The driver and the team are banking on better fortunes this weekend in the Built Ford Tough 225 at Kentucky Speedway.

Toyota Notes & Quotes; Kentucky


Wood To Help Introduce Roushracing.com Game at Kentucky Speedway
Jon Wood's No. 50 Roush Racing Ford F-150 will have decals promoting RoushRacing.com's "You Pick 'Em Challenge" this weekend at Kentucky Speedway. RoushRacing.com launched the new game this week.

NASCAR Pre-Race Notes: Kentucky
Show me the money … Setzer will become the series’ No. 3 career money winner when he takes the green flag in Saturday’s The Built Ford Tough 225. Setzer, a veteran of 152 events, has won $3,070,138 and trails Ron Hornaday Jr. by $9,715. Last week’s race saw Travis Kvapil (No. 24 LINE-X Toyota) become the 10th driver to win $2 million or more ($2,013,753) while Hamilton ($998,200) at Kentucky is due to be the 26th member of the division’s $1 million club.

Hanging Out with Hamilton Makes Chaffin Better Driver

Chad Chaffin in the Dickies Dodge at Dover, his first NCTS win

Chad Chaffin never has doubted his abilities as a racer. But he’ll tell you that turning skills into stardom requires more than self-confidence. Or, put another way, it’s as much who you know as what – in this case NASCAR Camping World Truck Series teammate and mentor Bobby Hamilton. “It’s like when you hang out with someone who is successful you learn how to be successful,” said Chaffin, whose fortunes definitely are upward bound entering Saturday’s The Built Ford Tough 225 presented by the Greater Cincinnati Ford Dealers at Kentucky Speedway. “When you hang out with a really good driver you pick up things. You see how he does things differently. (Ronda Greer Photo)

Dennis Setzer, Chevrolet No. 46 Fast Facts: Kentucky


Chris Wimmer Looking for First Top-10 in Kentucky


GM Racing/Team Silverado Kentucky Pre-race Driver Quotes
Dennis Setzer On Kentucky Speedway: “Kentucky Speedway is somewhat like Kansas in that is it smooth and wide with plenty of racing room.  We have had very solid runs since the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series started racing here in 2000.  We have come close to winning a couple of times.  I am confident Danny (Gill, crew chief) and the guys know exactly what we need in the truck so we unload good and really spend our practice time fine-tuning our race setup.  We need a strong run in Kentucky after the bad luck we had at Kansas last weekend.”

Reutimann, Hunting Good Fortune At Kentucky


Kelly “Girl” Sutton Returns to the Bluegrass State
The 1.5-mile oval of Kentucky Speedway was the site of Kelly “Girl” Sutton’s third consecutive top-ten finish last season, and Sutton is looking forward to the challenge of another strong performance in 2004.

Kerry Toyota To Sponsor Hank Parker, Jr. at Kentucky
Kerry Toyota, in Florence, KY, has agreed to be the primary sponsor of Hank Parker, Jr. for the July 10, 2004 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race to be held at Kentucky Speedway. Kerry Toyota will be featured on the hood, rear quarterpanels, and truckbed of Hank’s #21 Toyota Tundra.

Hmiel Taking His Thoroughbred To The Bluegrass State Looking For His First NCTS Win
One thoroughbred has already traveled to Kentucky wearing the Number 15. That thoroughbred, Smarty Jones found his way to the winners circle in the prestigious Kentucky Derby. Now Shane Hmiel desperately wants to break into the win column this weekend at Kentucky Speedway in the Built Ford Tough 225 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event.

Travis Kvapil Kentucky Preview


Terry Cook News and Notes: Kentucky


Chase Montgomery, No. 8 Dodge Preview: Kentucky


Robert Huffman, No. 12 Preview: Kentucky


Rain Cancels Qualifying... Again
For the second week in a row - and third time in 2004 - inclement weather has canceled NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Bud Pole qualifying. The lineup for Saturday's Built Ford Tough 225 at Kentucky Speedway has been set by the NASCAR Rule Book giving points leader Dennis Setzer the No. 1 starting position for the 225-mile, 150-mile race. Setzer, driver of the Chevrolet Silverado Chevrolet, also started from the inside front row a week ago at Kansas Speedway, alongside Carl Edwards, who went on to win the season's 10th event. Edwards and the Superchips Ford team are the defending winners at Kentucky Speedway. Bobby Hamilton will start from the No. 3 position in the Square D Dodge, flanked by Rick Crawford's Circle Bar Motel & RV Park Ford. Matt Crafton in the GM Goodwrench Chevrolet rounds out the top five starters followed by Chad Chaffin, Jon Wood, Travis Kvapil, Ted Musgrave and Jack Sprague. All 36 teams on hand qualified for Saturday's $731,384 race which will be broadcast live by SPEED Channel at 8 p.m. ET.


David Starr Set To Tackle The Blue Grass State


David Ragan to Pull Double Duty This Weekend in Kentucky
Young gun, David Ragan will again be behind the wheel of the #67 Fiddle Back Racing Ford F-150 this weekend in Kentucky. Ragan returns to the driver’s seat for the first time since Texas last month where he finished in the 20th position.

TrackSideLive! - KENTUCKY
Can't get to the racetrack? Have no fear, TruckSeries.com is here with TrackSideLive! Presented by Team ASE/CARQUEST from Kentucky Speedway and the Built Ford Tough 225; the 11th race of the 2004 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season. Garage Notes, Quotes, Practice Times, Historical data, Team and Driver news, TruckShots images and much more. Are you tough enough?

Starting Lineup: Built Ford Tough 225 Presented by Greater Cincinati Ford Dealers


Built Ford Tough 225 Presented by Greater Cincinati Ford Dealers Practice 1 Times


Kvapil to Sport Sponsor Nutzz.com At Kentucky
NUTZZ.COM, a wholly owned subsidiary of BANG LLC, a global operating company and the parent company of BANG RACING, will be the primary sponsor of 2003 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Champion Travis Kvapil’s No. 24 Tundra team for tonight’s Built Ford Tough 225 race at Kentucky Speedway. Line-X Spray-On Truck Bedliners will be back on board as primary sponsor for the Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers Ram Tough 200 at St. Louis on July 17.

Official Results: Built Ford Tough 225


Hamilton Wins Big in Kentucky
Bobby Hamilton dominated Saturday’s rain delayed Built Ford Tough 225 at Kentucky Speedway, but was forced to make a late-race pass on a restart to bring home his third checkered flag of the 2004 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season.  Hamilton flexed his muscles all night long, at times leading by over 9 seconds before Sprague used a late race caution to close the gap and fight for the lead. The race started nearly and hour behind schedule due to a wet track from a very heavy storm that moved through during the late afternoon.  Fifty-five minutes late, the green flag waved in conjunction with the caution flag, and the lap count started while the field maintained their two-by-two formation.  Setzer, starting from the pole based on owner points, picked up the five bonus points for leading the first lap. (High Sierra Photo)

Whitt Matches Best CTS Finish at Kentucky
Brandon Whitt and the #38 Cure Autism Now/Werner Ladder Ford team ran what may have been their most complete race thus far in the 2004 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season Saturday night at the 1.5-mile Kentucky Speedway.

Numerous CTS Records Fall After Hamilton Takes Kentucky
In his 60th career start Square D driver Bobby Hamilton led 133 of 153 laps, stretching that lead to eight seconds at times, en route to winning the Built Ford Tough 225 at Kentucky Speedway. The series-leading win moved Hamilton up to second in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series points battle; he is only six points behind leader Dennis Setzer.

Hamilton Takes Kentucky by Storm
Bobby Hamilton’s late bobble made the easy look difficult. Hamilton built leads of up to eight seconds and with fewer a dozen laps remaining was heading – unchallenged – to victory in Saturday night’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Built Ford Tough 225 at Kentucky Speedway.  Hamilton’s truck, however, lost traction in the 1.5-mile track’s second turn, a lap after the field restarted following caution for Terry Cook’s Turn 4 accident on the 139th circuit. That was all Jack Sprague needed to power past the Nashville veteran on the backstretch, to the amazement of an announced crowd of 42,661 that earlier had waited out a 55-minute rain delay. (High Sierra Photo)

Flat Tire Ends Strong Run for Cook
Terry Cook appeared to be on his way to another top-five finish in the Ford Power Stroke Diesel by International truck at Kentucky Speedway Saturday night. Cook ran most of the event in the top 10 until lap 139 when a right-rear tire went down, causing Cook to hit the turn four wall Cook was uninjured in the one-truck incident and finished 30th.

Chris Wimmer Continues to Race Smart with 21st-Place Finish at Kentucky


Broken Transmission Leaves Kvapil Dejected in 15th


Musgrave Comes back for Top-10 at Kentucky
Ted Musgrave made a late-race charge to bring the No. 1 Mopar Dodge Ram home to a solid seventh-place finish at Kentucky Speedway on Saturday.

SpeedFreaks Immaculate Reception On Speed Channel
After four years as the largest motorsports radio show, SpeedFreaks credit limit is still far from maxed out... *SpeedFreaks debut on Los Angeles radio station June 20, 2000: $60,000 *SpeedFreaks celebrate two-years live in LA, Detroit, Dallas, Las Vegas and Sacramento June 23, 2002: $120,000 *SpeedFreaks breakin' the rules on 80-plus radio stations January 12, 2003: $500,000 *SpeedFreaks debut on Speed Channel July 12, 2004: PRICELESS!

Sprague Back in Championship Form after Kentucky
When Jack Sprague and the No. 16 Chevy Trucks Silverado team were heading to Kentucky Speedway for Saturday night’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race, it seemed they had a 900-pound bad-luck gorilla for a teammate. Sprague and company feel like they have shaken off the big guy with not only a strong run from the tenth starting spot to a second place finish but racing hard for the win as well, and are ready for bigger and better things this weekend at Gateway International Raceway.

Skinner Endures Collapsed Spring, Finishes 18th


Reutimann Pleased with Top-10 Kentucky Finish
David Reutimann finished ninth in the No. 17 NTN Bearings Toyota Tundra at the 1.5-mile Kentucky Speedway tri-oval Saturday night. Reutimann earned his fifth Top-10 of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season and the Darrell Waltrip Motorsports entry was the highest finishing Toyota.

Crawford Lands 16th in Kentucky


Houston Posts Top Ten In Bluegrass Battle
Andy Houston now has a keen appreciation of a top-ten finish. At the end of the 2003 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season, Houston posted six consecutive top-tens in only six races in the Team ASE/CARQUEST Dodge. It seemed as if good finishes were falling from the sky.

Chad Chaffin No. 18 Dodge Recap: Kentucky


Ronda Greer Photo Gallery: Kentucky
Check out Ronda Greer's photo gallery from Kentucky!

Hank Parker Jr., No. 21 Toyota Kentucky Post Race Report


Huffman Drives To A Top 10 In Kentucky


Diary of a Champion: Kentucky Bluegrass

The week before the Kentucky race, I was still in Milwaukee spending time with my family for July 4 enjoying the home town parade, the fireworks and all of the fun surrounding the holiday. I flew out for the race weekend on Thursday morning to visit TMMK (Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky) in Georgetown. Our team had a show truck at the plant and Mike and I were given the opportunity to take a tour to see how Toyota builds the Solara, the Avalon and the Camry. It was pretty neat to see the manufacturing process. (David Vaughn Photo)

Crew Chief Fined for Violation in Kentucky
Gene Nead, crew chief for the No. 1 Dodge driven by Ted Musgrave in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, has been fined $500 by NASCAR for a rule infraction that occurred this past weekend at Kentucky Speedway.

Starr Sails Home Third in Kentucky
Deftly piloting his No. 75 Spears Manufacturing Chevy Silverado through the field, earned top-ranked NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver David Starr his second Podium finish of the season at Kentucky Speedway, Saturday, July 11.

Speed Calms Bobby Hamilton


Chad Chaffin Hopes to Keep the Streak Alive


Montgomery Earns Hard Fought Top 20 At Kentucky


David Ragan Shines In First Ever Double Duty Outing


Entry List: Built Ford Tough 225


Built Ford Tough 225 Presented by Greater Cincinati Ford Dealers Practice 2 Times