NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Race #15 | Toyota Tundra 200
Nashville Superspeedway
Saturday August 14, 2004

Waltrip to Serve as Grand Marshal for NCTS at Nashville


Event Schedule: NASHVILLE


Official Entry List: Nashville
Sixty-eight years young, James Hylton will make NASCAR Camping World Truck Series history if he qualifies for the Toyota Tundra 200 scheduled for 5 pm ET this Saturday at Nashville Superspeedway. Hylton, an Inman, South Carolina native, will compete in Nashville, just 12 days shy of his 69th birthday and become the oldest NCTS driver to do so. Morgan Shepherd races in the truck series at age 62.

Raybestos Rookie Review: Nashville


Hamilton Looking Forward to Racing with Bobby Jr.


Hamilton Jr Racing With BHR this Weekend in Hometown
Racing with Dad: “We have done it once or twice before. I love any opportunity to race with my dad. Every time we race together it is a learning opportunity for me. BHR is running so strong this year and I feel honored to be a part of it for this weekend. I love the fact I can drive my dad’s stuff and bring my Team Marines guys in to pit the car. It reminds me of the Saturday night racing so many of us are familiar with in Nashville.  It is great for the fans, too. We have a great fan base in the Nashville area and this allows them to come out and support both Hamilton’s at the same time. I am moving to the Nextel Cup Series next year and not sure how much my schedule will allow me to come back and race in Nashville; so I am going to savor every minute.”

Kvapil Looking to Make History with Toyota… Again


Houston Hopes to Make Some Noise in Music City
Andy Houston has plenty of experience on Nashville Superpeedway's 1.33 mile tri-oval. The only problem is there was no one else to race with at the time. While The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series does not allow teams to test at tracks on the schedule, except for occasional manufacturer and tire tests, Houston was able to sneak in a few laps in a NASCAR Nextel Cup car during some early season Dodge testing sessions.

Nashville Familiar Territory for Setzer
Dennis Setzer and Morgan-Dollar Motorsports’ fall from the top spot in the point standings is certainly not indicative of the way the team has performed over the past few weeks.  If circumstances had been a little different at the end of the past two races, we might be talking about a runaway point chase in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series instead of just a five-point separation.

Chaffin Wants to Duplicate Last Week's Win in Hometown
“Nashville Superspeedway is a great race track. I like racing on the two groove concrete track. It fits my driving style. The Dickies Racing Team is on a roll right now and I would love to capitalize on that at Nashville. We continue to be fast off the hauler and as long as we don’t run into bad luck, I think we will be there at the end Saturday afternoon. Nashville is a homecoming for me and the whole BHR organization.

Skinner Ready to Boot Scoot into Nashville Winner’s Circle


Edwards Sticks to Game Plan in Nashville


Wood Anxious to Get Back on Track in Nashville


Nashville Suits Sprague's Driving Style


Whitt "Learning on the Fly" at Nashville


Setzer Excited About Nashville


Sutton Tunes up for Racing in Nashville


Chase Montgomery Ready to Bounce Back at Nashville
“The guys have been giving me some very strong trucks and the one this week will be no different.  We learned some things a few weeks ago at a Kentucky test session and it really seemed to help us at Michigan and I am sure it will come into play here this week.  We had a rare mechanical issue that hurt us last week and each time that has happened this season, this team bounces back in a big way – I am sure we will once again.”

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Preview: Nashville
Hamilton season’s fifth different points leader … Nashville’s Bobby Hamilton  enters this week’s “home game” as the new NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship leader by five points over Dennis Setzer (No. 46 Chevrolet Silverado Chevrolet). The last time Hamilton led the standings was last season. Following the 2003 season opener at Daytona, Hamilton won the following week at Darlington and led the points for seven consecutive weeks. He finished sixth in last year’s final rankings. This year, Setzer’s reign ended after 10 consecutive races, beginning May 16 at Mansfield Motorsports Speedway. Edwards and Travis Kvapil (No. 24 Line-X Toyota) also have led the standings, giving each manufacturer at least one driver at the top.

Toyota to Bring Close to 10k Members To Nashville Truck Event
Toyota has entered NASCAR through the Craftsman Truck Series and wanted to partner with a facility to thank employees for a job-well-done and to create excitement and awareness for the new NASCAR program.

Reutimann Expects Better Results at Nashville
Looking to overshadow his fifth-place finish in a Busch Series entry at Nashville Superspeedway last season, David Reutimann expects better results in his No. 17 NTN Bearings Toyota Tundra at the 1.33-mile concrete tri-oval.

Wimmer Eyes Up Success in the Music City
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver Chris Wimmer has seen success at the bigger tracks this season with top 20s at the Milwaukee Mile and Kansas. So it’s no surprise Wimmer and Foristell, Mo.-MB Motorsports are looking forward to the Toyota Tundra 200 Saturday afternoon at the 1.33 mile oval that is Nashville Superspeedway.

Starr Looks to Better Last Years Fourth at Nashville
"This should be a good race for us," says Starr, pilot of the No. 75 Spears Chevy  "We took a fourth last year.  Hopefully, this time out will be even better.  We have all the necessary ingredients.  We will be running a brand new Spears Chevy and feel that it will hold us in good stead."

Seven Toyotas Scheduled to Compete in the Toyota Tundra 200
Toyota will be hosting over 9,000 of its associates and team members from various Toyota manufacturing facilities and sales offices: including 8,000 from the Toyota Tundra assembly plant in Princeton, IN.  All of the Toyota associates will be seated in grandstands specially constructed for the Toyota Tundra 200: located between Turn Four and the Start/Finish line.

Rogers Hopes to Help Crafton Navigate Nashville
Matt Crafton, driver of the No. 6 GM Goodwrench Chevrolet, heads towards the 1.333-mile concrete oval with his series leading 11 top-10 finishes but doesn't have a good track record to show for in Nashville. Crew chief Wally Rogers on the other hand, hopes he can translate his NASCAR Busch Series success at Nashville to Crafton and help bring home Kevin Harvick, Inc.'s (KHI) first NCTS win.

Chevrolet Pre-Event Review: Nashville
Dennis Setzer on Nashville Superspeedway:  “I’m excited about Nashville, we’ve ran decent there in years past, always pretty consistent. It’s a good concrete track, so it doesn’t change much with the sun. Although I have a win at Nashville it was at the short track, I almost had a win at the Superspeedway, but I believe our power steering cable broke that year and we ended up 5th.”

Jack Sprague Wants Third Guitar for Trophy Case
Jack Sprague proudly displays two Gibson guitars won at previous Nashville, TN NASCAR races in his Concord, NC home.  “The guitar you get for winning at Nashville is about the coolest trophy we race for,” said Sprague.  “I definitely think one of those would look great resting on the roof of my No. 16 IWX Racing Chevy Trucks Silverado in victory lane this weekend. I could make room in the trophy case for another one.”

Hmiel Aims to Capture Another Pole in Nashville
Billy Ballew Motorsports is taking the No. 15 NASCAR Craftsman Truck to Nashville hoping that their driver, Shane Hmiel can repeat his past performance and put the Chevrolet Silverado on the pole. Hmiel won his first Bud Pole award of his career at Nashville Superspeedway. He was at only his 7th race of his rookie career in the NASCAR Busch Series.  The rookie also took over the title as track-record holder that day with a lap at 161.439 mph, in 29.725 seconds.

Close but no Guitar for Rick Crawford in Nashville
“Music City” is known for producing some of the greatest sounds in musical history.  This weekend another famed sound rolls into town as the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series brings its brand of rock & roll to the Nashville Superspeedway.  Rick Crawford, driver of the #14 Circle Bar Motel & RV Park Ford is looking to end the night in victory lane and jam on one of NASCAR’s most prized trophy possessions, the famed Gibson Guitar.

Renshaw Ready for Hometown Battle at Nashville
Of the 13 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races that Deborah Renshaw will compete in during this 2004 season, there are few tracks where she has previous experience to draw from prior to the first practice session in the No. 29 K Automotive Ford.  Nashville Superspeedway is one of only two tracks in which Renshaw has raced on previously and certainly a race track which she considers her ‘home track’.

Paul White Ready for Concrete at Nashville
Paul White has been gaining experience each weekend competing in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, but this 41-year old rookie will tell you that it is the larger race tracks that have made him feel more comfortable behind the wheel of the truck.  The former USAC Silver Crown Series Champion has made four starts in the series with his career-best finish coming at the 1.25-mile Gateway International Raceway where he earned a 14th place finish.

Sieg Looks to Make Up Ground in Rookie Race at Nashville
Shane Sieg heads to this weekend’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Nashville Superspeedway on the rebound after a flat tire derailed his efforts in the last event in Indianapolis.  Sieg and his Green Light Racing team look for a solid effort out of their No. 07 Auto-Air Colors/Lucas Oil Chevrolet to make up some ground in the NCTS Raybestos Rookie of the Year competition as well as to get back in the running for a top-15 points finish.

Concrete Makes Sweet Music for Musgrave
For Ted Musgrave (No. 1 Mopar Dodge), the 2004 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season has been filled with ups and downs.  History suggests that Saturday’s Toyota Tundra 200 should be an “up” experience for the Franklin, Wis. competitor, who’s never finished worse than third in the championship standings since joining the series fulltime in 2001. Musgrave hasn’t won at Nashville Superspeedway although he’s done just about everything else. He’s finished second twice, in 2001 and 2003, and has led all three races at the 1.333-mile concrete surfaced speedway.  (High Sierra Photo)

Hometown Favorite Hamilton, Jr. Captures Bud Pole at Nashville
Bobby Hamilton, Jr., demolished the previous track record on the way to his first career NCTS Bud Pole Award for the Toyota Tundra 200 at the Nashville Superspeedway.  Hamilton turned a lap of 29.808 seconds/160.990 miles per hour around the 1.33-mile concrete tri-oval to take the pole in just his third series start.  His previous best start in the NCTS was here at Nashville Superspeedway in 2002 when he started seventh.  “The truck was just amazing,” Hamilton said.  “It’s a brand new truck.  Harold Holly and all my (Busch) guys came down and really went to work.  They stayed up to 3:45 the other morning getting ready.  This pole’s for those guys as a reward for all their work.”  Hamilton just barely edged out Raybestos Rookie of the Year contender David Reutimann.  Reutimann’s hot lap of 29.968 will line him up outside row one for the start of the 150-lap shootout tomorrow afternoon. (High Sierra Photo)

Starting Lineup: Toyota Tundra 200


Practice 1 Times: Toyota Tundra 200


Victory Americana: Dodge Dominates Nashville
Bobby Hamilton sat back and let his son dominate the early stages of the Toyota Tundra 200, and capitalized on a late-race restart to take the lead and drive to his fourth win of the 2004 season Saturday afternoon at the Nashville Superspeedway. Hamilton, the current NCTS points leader, extended his lead over Dennis Setzer and Carl Edwards, both of whom had problems and struggled to finish deep in the field. Hamilton drove into victory lane and reached for the Gibson guitar, the traditional winner’s trophy, before he even exited his truck. (High Sierra Photo)

Entry List: Toyota Tundra 200


Hmiel Holds on for an 11th Place Finish in Nashville
Shane Hmiel and the No. 15 Billy Ballew Motorsports team headed to Nashville Superspeedway with high hopes this past weekend for the Toyota Tundra 200 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race.  Hmiel who qualified 5th was hoping to duplicate the pole position he won in Nashville during his rookie season in the NASCAR Busch Series.

Pit Stop Performance Allows Crafton Seventh at Nashville
Solid performances in the pits by Team GM Goodwrench helped Matt Crafton, driver of the No. 6 GM Goodwrench Chevrolet Silverado, take the checkered flag in the seventh position in Saturday’s Nashville 200 at Nashville Superspeedway. This keeps Crafton’s series leading 12 top-10 finishes alive and keeps him fifth in the championship points race.  Team GM Goodwrench knew a good qualifying effort was needed to help keep the No. 6 GM Goodwrench Chevy up front on a racetrack particularly disliked by Crafton. The Tulare, Calif., native tied his career-best qualifying effort and put himself on the outside of row two in the fourth position.

Hamilton, Jr. Backs Up Qualifying Record with Solid Nashville Finish
Bobby Hamilton Junior stunk up the show doing an outstanding job starting from the pole and leading the most laps in the Toyota Tundra 200 at Nashville Superspeedway before he finished the race in fourth position.

Hamilton Patiently Gets His Gibson
Memo to NASCAR Camping World Truck Series competitors from Bobby Hamilton: always keep something in the bank for a rainy day. And, Hamilton might add, don’t show your stuff too early. Hamilton, who’d tasted only frustration in previous hometown Nashville races, finally hoisted the coveted Gibson Guitar with a late charge around David Starr’s Spears Manufacturing Chevrolet to win Saturday’s Toyota Tundra 200 at Nashville Superspeedway. Hamilton, starting his Square D Dodge 15th in a 36-truck field, worked his way into the top five by lap 30. He stayed there, content to lead twice for nine laps before the 150-lap event’s fifth and final caution waved at lap 140... (High Sierra Photo)

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Review: NASHVILLE
Matt Crafton, who recorded his series-best 12th top 10 finish, won $10,025 to bump his way into the No. 25 spot on the all-time NASCAR Camping World Truck Series money list. The driver of Kevin Harvick’s No. 6 GM Goodwrench Chevrolet has won $1,091,439.  Crafton will do battle with the boss for the second time in 2004 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Harvick came within two laps of winning last year’s O’Reilly 200 by Valvoline MaxLife before a tire failure sent his Chevy into the Turn 4 wall.  NASCAR NEXTEL Cup veteran Robby Gordon is due to drive the No. 47 Chevrolet All-Star entry at Bristol, his first start on the series since October 1997.

A Podium Finish for David Starr
Running a masterful race, David Starr put his No. 75 Spears Chevrolet in second place at Round 15 of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at Nashville Superspeedway on Saturday, August 14.  "The team gave me a great truck," said Starr, who qualified in 8th.  "It was a brand new piece and it definitely did the trick.  This finish is certainly a great morale booster for the entire team.  Now we just need to do it again and again."

Reutimann Comfortable With Ninth at Nashville
After cutting down a right front tire and brushing the Nashville Superspeedway retaining wall while running second, David Reutimann rebounded to finish ninth with his No. 17 NTN Bearings Toyota in the Toyota Tundra 200 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event Saturday afternoon.

Houston Leaves Nashville Singing the Blues
Andy Houston may have been in the home of country music but he left Nashville singing the blues. Houston and his Team ASE/CARQUEST Dodge crew could muster no better than a 25th place finish in the Toyota Tundra 200 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at the concrete confines of Nashville Superspeedway on Saturday afternoon.

Handling Keeps Hines and White from Top-20
Tracy Hines and Paul White hustled ill-handling trucks all afternoon in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event at the Nashville Superspeedway.  Hines persevered for a 22nd-place finish in the No. 88 Menards Chevrolet, while White was forced to make repeated pit stops to diagnose a serious handling issue on his No. 13 Sta-Max/Microtel Chevrolet to come home 30th.

Whitt Charges from Back to Finish 17th at Nashville
Brandon Whitt and the #38 Werner Ladder/Cure Autism Now Ford team charged from the back, outraced a tenacious Jon Wood at the end and finished 17th in Saturday’s Nashville 200 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at the 1.25-mile Nashville Superspeedway.

Crawford Out of Tune in Nashville
Rick Crawford came to the Nashville Superspeedway with high hopes of winning the prized trophy of the “Music City” oval, a new Gibson guitar.  However, after three consecutive top-three finishes in Nashville, the Circle Bar Ford team could not find the proper tuning to get the Alabama native up front.

Hamilton Wins Gibson in Hometown Event
Since Bobby Hamilton’s push to talk button on his radio, which helps him communicate with his Square D Racing Team, did not work the entire 150 laps of the Toyota Tundra 200 at Nashville Superspeedway, he serenaded his team in victory lane with the infamous Gibson guitar trophy – one he has longed for in his home town for years.  As a result of his series-leading fourth win this year, Hamilton broadened the points lead over second place Dennis Setzer by 84 points in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series points championship.

Kvapil Salvages 13th at Toyota Tundra 200
Thirteenth place was hardly the outcome Travis Kvapil and his No. 24 Line-X Tundra team was expecting at Nashville Superspeedway on Saturday. Following a successful Toyota test at the track in July, the Bang Racing team was anticipating a victorious repeat of Michigan. But struggles with loose conditions hampered Kvapil’s charge, and the reigning champion found himself just outside the top-10 as Bobby Hamilton claimed the coveted guitar trophy in victory lane.

Musgrave Scores Another Top-three at Nashville
Ted Musgrave moved up in the points with a great effort from behind the wheel of the No. 1 Mopar Dodge Ram from Ultra Motorsports Saturday at Nashville Superspeedway.

Skinner Scores Fifth Top-10 at Nashville
Mike Skinner notched a strong finish - his fifth top-10 of the 2004 season - at Nashville Superspeedway despite contending with tight conditions throughout the race.

Montgomery Battles For 23rd at Home Track
Chase Montgomery enjoyed his week at home and racing in front of family and friends. But the result at the end of the day was not what the 20-year-old rookie was hoping for. While battling the handling of his #8 DODGE, Montgomery soldiered home with a 23rd place finish in the running of the Toyota Tundra 200 at the Nashville Superspeedway.

Long Day for Wood in Nashville
Jon Wood did not have a great day at Nashville, but he was not alone. Wood finished 18th, and the highest finishing Ford was only 16th. He suffered from handling problems throughout the entire race that could never be resolved in the pits.

Quartet Of Toyotas Grab Top 10 Finishes In Nashville
Johnny Benson led a quartet of Toyota Tundra drivers to top 10 finishes, but flat tires cost the top two running Tundras a chance at victory in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCTS) Toyota Tundra 200 today at Nashville Superspeedway. Bobby Hamilton was the race winner.

Parker, Jr., No. 21 Toyota Team Race Report: Nashville
Battling a tight handling truck, Parker, Jr. wheeled his No. 21 zMAX Toyota to a 15th place finish in the Toyota Tundra 200.

Edwards Finishes 20th at Nashville on Heels of Cup Debut
Carl Edwards came to Nashville hoping to defend last year’s win, but that was not meant to be. Edwards struggled with the handling of his No. 99 Superchips Ford F-150 all day and was never able to get it quite right. He finished 20th after several pit stops and numerous adjustments.

Diary of a Champion: Unlucky 13
Even though it was Saturday the 14th, the race might as well have taken place the day before. Nothing was going right – from the very moment the green flag was thrown. My Nashville experience wasn’t turning out to be what our team had hoped for going into the weekend. Everyone was upbeat and positive after such a successful test with Toyota a couple of weeks before and was really confident we could score another win. I guess I’m just thankful to have finished in 13th – it could’ve been a lot worse. (David Vaughn Photo)

Craftsman Truck Series Race Notes: Nashville


Huffman Best Rookie at Nashville
Rolling off the starting grid in the seventh position, Robert Huffman would stay inside the top-10 for most of the race earning an eighth place finish, and picking up Rookie of the Race Honors, in the Toyota Tundra 200.

Qualifying Order: Toyota Tundra 200


Official Results: Toyota Tundra 200