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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Race #9 |
Chex 400K
Texas Motor Speedway
Friday, June 10, 2005
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Texas Scoring Tower Counted Laps Down Rather than Up, which has been the Tradition - Texas Motor Speedway used a novel concept for Friday evening’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Silverado 350k race in which the infield scoring tower counted the race laps down rather than up, which has been the tradition.
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A big gamble in the Lone Star state didn't have the payout Red Horse Racing was hoping for at Texas Motor Speedway. However, the gamble netted a 15th-place finish for Brandon Whitt and put the #38 DW Boogity Grill Tundra out front for several laps in the Silverado 350. It was the third straight finish in fifteenth place for Whitt at Texas - and his fourth straight top-15 this season.
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Tech-Net/Law Enforcement Torch Run driver Bobby Hamilton snuck in the top 10 in the final 10 laps of the Silverado 350 at Texas Motor Speedway on Friday night by passing nine trucks in the last 10 circuits around the 1.5-mile speedway. "We had a good truck, but I was too loose on restarts," Hamilton said. "We just bought our time and rode around trying to fix it until it was time to go there at the end." (High Sierra Photo)
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Ricky Craven fought handling problems all night Friday at Texas Motor Speedway which resulted in a 21st-place finish. The team made adjustments to the No. 99 Superchips Ford F-150 throughout the race and they did see improvement in the final 50 laps, but not enough to drastically improve their finish.
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Racing at Texas Motor Speedway was a whole new experience for Scott Lynch and just like he did at Atlanta Motor Speedway the weekend before, he made the best out of a challenging situation. Lynch had a long way to go from 28th on the starting grid but he refused to be intimidated by the daunting task ahead of him.
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The No. 67 South Padre Island Toyota Tundra team headed to Texas Motor Speedway with high hopes. After last week’s wreck at Atlanta Motor Speedway on the first lap, which took the team out of the event, the No. 67 Bill Davis Racing crew felt there was only one goal and that was to rebound at Texas. Veteran driver Steve Park also knew the team had been working overtime to prepare a truck, which would be competitive at one of the fastest tracks on the circuit, and wanted to reward them with a strong finish.
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The No. 23 Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Tundra team went to the Texas Motor Speedway with something to prove. After two second-place finishes at one of the fastest tracks on the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series circuit, the team really wanted to get its first victory of the 2005 season. The team had a really strong showing in Atlanta last weekend and decided to bring the same truck to Texas in hopes it would get them to Victory Lane.
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Texas Motor Speedway has purchased back 620 frontstretch tickets from corporations for the Nov. 6 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Dickies 500 and will make them available to fans. Companies regularly purchase blocks of tickets in advance but do not always use the full allotment. Texas Motor Speedway has purchased back the unused tickets to sell to the general public.
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Joey Miller and his #9 Hagans Racing / Country Joe Homes Dodge has been strong wherever they have raced recently with the ARCA RE/MAX Series. It hasn't mattered whether it's a short track or intermediate track; they've been a combination to beat.
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Jimmy Kite made motorsports history this past weekend at Texas Motor Speedway (TMS). Kite, who is best known as an Indy Racing IndyCar Series driver but is a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series rookie this season, became the first person to ever race an IndyCar and Craftsman Truck Series event on the same track on the same weekend.
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Eric Norris made his seventh start at Texas Motor Speedway a memorable one, posting a career high 12th place finish at the Chex 400K. Norris, driving the #07 Pavestone Chevrolet, fielded by Green Light Racing, rolled off the grid in the 12 position. During the first green flag run, he fell back to 20th. “It was a little hard to get going, “ says Norris. “I was a little tight off the corners and it would cause some problems in traffic.”
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Johnny Sauter had a whirlwind weekend, flying back and fourth from Nashville, TN for the NASCAR Busch Series race and Dallas, TX for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race. Sauter flew in Thursday morning to qualify the #15 Billy Ballew Motorsports Chex Chevy in the 33rd position. “The #15 truck has been strong all year and to qualify that far down in the field, we knew something wasn’t right,” said Ballew. Despite having to go to the back of the field, the team decided to put in the back-up motor for the Chex 400K.
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Ted Musgrave and the No. 1 Ultra Motorsports team climbed to a 14th-place finish in the Chex 400 at the Texas Motor Speedway over the weekend. Musgrave, who qualified the No. 1 Mopar Dodge Ram in the 26th position battled throughout the course of the race to maintain the top position in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series points chase.
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Chad Chaffin and his Germain / Arnold Racing team can’t seem to catch a good break these days. Once again Chaffin and his No. 30 Toyota Tundra were a victim of being caught in the wrong place at the wrong time on Friday night. The result was damage to the front end of their Tundra and a disappointing 23rd place finish in the running of the Chex 400K at the Texas Motor Speedway.
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The U.S. Army joined the No. 22 racing team at Texas Motor Speedway, and Bill Lester and his crew wanted to give the Army a good finish in return for its sponsorship. Lester felt that Texas owed him one after his wreck in turn four last fall, and the No. 22 team hoped to add another strong top-15 finish to the string of good finishes it was creating.
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Mike Skinner and the No. 5 Bill Davis Racing Toyota Tundra team showed the rest of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series field that it is one of the most dominant squads in the series after its performance at Texas Motor Speedway. The team led 116 of 167 laps, and it appeared the team was about to bring Bill Davis Racing its first win of the 2005 season. The No. 5 Toyota Tundra was extremely fast from the time the team rolled it off the truck. (Ronda Greer Photo)
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Johnny Benson was extremely excited about heading back to Texas Motor Speedway after his second-place finish last fall at the 1.5-mile track. The Toyota Certified Used Vehicle colors adorned the hood of the No.23 Toyota Tundra for the first time this season. The truck had never finished outside the top seven, yet had never seen victory lane. Benson and the No. 23 team were hoping to take the truck on its first trip to the winner’s circle. (Ronda Greer Photo)
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Jack Sprague powered past Mike Skinner as the field cycled through a
series of green flag pit stops and came out the other side as the
leader, and then powered on to victory to take his first win in over a
season in the Chex 400 on Friday night at Texas Motor Speedway. Sprague
then fought off a hard charging Johnny Benson to pick up his 25th
career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win, and his second career NCTS
win at TMS.
Skinner dominated much of the event, pulling away
to a straightaway advantage on long green flag runs early in the race.
Even after several cautions, Skinner had the dominant truck until the
green flag stops started late in the race. Skinner was the first to
come to pit road on lap 131, and with the drivers to follow having
slightly fresher tires, Skinner was forced to fight Matt Crafton for
fourth.
Late in the race, Dennis Setzer held the lead as laps
wound down but he was forced to the pits for fuel within ten laps
remaining. Setzer, who won here last June, was able to make it back out
and cling to third.
Ron Hornaday made a strong bid to pick up
his second win of 2005, passing Skinner on the track just before the
green flag stops began. However, he fell back to sixth at the finish
just ahead of Terry Cook. Cook had a strong truck as well, looking like
he was on his way to a third consecutive top-3 finish before his final
stop. Clay Rogers, in just his second series start and his first for
Glynn Motorsports, drove to an impressive eighth place finish while
home state favorite David Starr and David Reutimann rounded out the
top-10.
Chase Montgomery was involved in a hard crash on the
front stretch on lap 93. Robert Huffman and Bobby Hamilton made contact
and then bounced into Montgomery. His truck went out of control into
the inside wall entering turn one. He then bounced across the track and
made contact with the turn one wall. Montgomery was awake and alert in
the care center, but transported to a local hospital for further
observation.
Ted Musgrave continues to unofficially lead the
NCTS points over Bobby Hamilton. The next series race is next Saturday
in Michigan.
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Chase Montgomery was riding comfortably in the top 15 climbing his way toward the front when coming out of turn four at Texas Motor Speedway he was involved in a multi-truck wreck. He slammed into the inside wall and ricocheted to the outside wall before coming to a stop in the middle of the track. The wreck took him out of contention and resulted in a 33rd place finish. Following the wreck, Montgomery was transported to Harris Methodist Fort Worth hospital for a concussion. He was treated and released.
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With high hopes and a new Ford F-150, Rick Crawford headed to Texas Motor Speedway, the home track of team owner Tom Mitchell and his Circle Bar Truck Corral, to compete in the Chex 400 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race. A strong second place qualifying run made it clear the Mobile, AL native was a going to be a contender, but mechanical woes ended his chance for victory.
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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Rookie of the Year candidate Timothy Peters was in the midst of another great run in Friday night’s CHEX 400 at Texas Motor Speedway when a left front suspension problem caused his Bailey’s Dodge to make impact with the retaining wall on lap 88. One lap later Peters, unable to control his crippled Dodge, made hard contact with the wall between Turns 3 and 4 and the end result was a 32nd place finish.
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The Glynn Motorsports No. 65 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver ran as high as 4th during the event. Clay Rogers and the Glynn Motorsports Team completed their fourth NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event, finishing 8th in the Chex 400K last night at Texas Motor Speedway. Rogers, who started 19th in the field, overcame a slow pit stop to come from the back of the field and give Glynn Motorsports its first top ten finish. (Ronda Greer Photo)
Editor's Note: Rogers was not the Raybestos Rookie of the Race at Texas, Jimmy Kite recieved the honor. Rogers has officially made his ROTY intent and will be an eligible rookie starting at Michigan.
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Deborah Renshaw came into the big state of Texas riding a wave of momentum after a career best run one week earlier. She continued that momentum with a career best qualifying effort and a solid 18th place finish on Friday night in the running of the Chex 400K at the Texas Motor Speedway. “We needed to come here and get another solid run and we did just that,” said Renshaw. “Our No. 8 EasyCare Dodge was strong all weekend and again I got acclimated to the track."
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Texas native David Starr finishes 9th in the Chex 400 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Texas Motor Speedway. Starr put the No. 75 Spears Manufacturing Silverado in the 3rd place starting position for the Friday evening event. “We weren’t very happy with the truck during practice but McCarty (Dave, crew chief) worked his magic and we qualified 3rd for the race,” David Starr said. “We knew conditions would change on the track since we were racing at night. I felt I had a good enough truck, but it would get pretty loose and then it would get pretty tight. (High Sierra Photo)
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Matt Crafton drove the ThorSport Racing No. 88 Menards Chevrolet to its first top-5 finish of the season with a fifth-place run in Friday’s Chex 400 NASCAR Truck Series race at Texas Motor Speedway. Crafton started 20th and methodically worked his way to the front before picking up the lead late in the race during a round of green flag pit stops. A gamble on taking two tires on their last stop gave Crafton added track position, but when the tires took longer than expected to come in, he was forced to settle for fifth at the end. (high Sierra Photo)
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In Friday night’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCTS) race at Texas Motor Speedway, Toyota Tundra driver Mike Skinner dominated much of the event before a late race handling problem hindered his efforts to take the No. 5 Bill Davis Racing Tundra to ‘Victory Lane.’ Skinner, who led the 167-lap event three times for a total of 116 laps, ended up finishing fourth – two spots behind his Bill Davis Racing teammate Johnny Benson. After starting from the pole position, his third of the season, Skinner led the first 31 circuits around the 1.5-mile Texas oval before pitting for fuel and tires. (High Sierra Photo)
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Ricky Craven and the Superchips team persevered through a long, hot night at Texas Motor Speedway on Friday. Although they were disappointed with a 13th-place finish, Craven gained valuable ground in his championship quest. Craven started the 167-lap race from 10th place. From the start of the race the Superchips Ford F-150 was tight. The team started discussing adjustments and when the first caution came on lap 31 Craven brought the truck into the pits. The team changed four tires and made track bar and wedge adjustments in 16.19 seconds. (High Sierra Photo)
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David Reutimann finished tenth in his No. 17 NTN Bearings Toyota Tundra after being forced to relinquish the lead for fuel at Lap 159. Reutimann led laps 155-158 in the 167-lap event. “I really didn’t even know that I led the race,” said Reutimann. “We had to come in for fuel because we were a few laps short. We couldn’t have made it.” Starting 23rd, Reutimann entered the top-15 by Lap 86 with a loose-handling truck. “We didn’t have the best truck,” said Reutimann. “We’ve had better trucks at Texas before." (High Sierra Photo)
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Brandon Whitt and the #38 McMillin Homes/Cure Autism Now Toyota team qualified 16th on Thursday, ready and determined to get a finish that matched the quality level of the Tundra trucks they brought to the race track. Friday night’s race was definitely good medicine for the crew, driver and the team’s new owners, Jeff Hammond, Marty Gaunt and Tom DeLoach. Brandon Whitt, the El Cajon, Calif. native, 22 years of age, handled his first few issues with the truck like a regular veteran, then pulled as high as third before bringing home a 15th-place finish. (High Sierra Photo)
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It was a classic case of hanging around and hanging around for Jack Sprague, who stayed close enough to the lead for his Xpress Racing pit crew to put the finishing touches on his victory in Friday night’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Chex 400K at Texas Motor Speedway. Sprague, out of the top 10 just once during the 167-lap, 250.5-mile race, led twice and took command with nine laps remaining when David Reutimann pitted his NTN Bearings Toyota for the final time. That left the 40-year-old, three-time series champion comfortably ahead of rivals Mike Skinner and Ron Hornaday Jr., who had exchanged the lead at lap 121 shortly before the green flag pit sequence began. (Ronda Greer Photo)
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Texas native David Starr finishes 9th in the Chex 400 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Texas Motor Speedway. Starr put the No. 75 Spears Manufacturing Silverado in the 3rd place starting position for the Friday evening event. “We weren’t very happy with the truck during practice but McCarty (Dave, crew chief) worked his magic and we qualified 3rd for the race."
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Robert Huffman finished 28th in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Chex 400K at Texas Motor Speedway Friday night. “We had a flat tire at Lap 38 and we had to pit under green,” said Huffman. “Then I was trying to stay out everybody’s way and some guys couldn’t wait long enough. We got run over on the front-stretch causing substantial damage to the No. 12 Toyota Tundra.”
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Rookie Shige Hattori driving the No. 9 AISIN/AISIN A/W Germain Arnold Racing Toyota Tundra qualified 17th for the running of the Chex 400, NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Texas Motor Speedway. Hattori is no stranger to the Texas track racing there during his career IRL career, battled a loose condition in his race truck all night. Hattori waiting for his pit window to come in to view spun causing an end to his night and a disappointing finish in the 35th position.
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An early stop to make needed chassis adjustments left Tracy Hines off the lead lap and forced the driver of the No. 13 ThorSport Racing/David Zoriki Motorsports Chevrolet to settle for a 26th-place finish in the Chex 400 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Texas Motor Speedway. Hines had qualified 18th, but when his team was forced to make an unapproved adjustment to the truck following qualifying, Hines dropped to the back of the field for the initial start.
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Speeding on the racetrack is a good thing, but speeding on pit road can be disastrous. Just ask Steve Park who was poised for an easy top 10 finish at Texas Motor Speedway; that is until NASCAR's pit police slapped him with a speeding violation with less than ten laps to go in the Chex 400K. Up to that point, Park had overcome a myriad of problems that plagued him throughout the race, making for a long night at the 1.5-mile track in the heart of the Lonestar State.
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There's no doubt that Brendan Gaughan welcomed the pressure of extending his Texas Motor Speedway winning streak to an unprecedented fifth victory in a row. "Pressure is another word for fun," said Gaughan in the days leading up to the Chex 400K. "It means you've been doing something right. So, I'm excited about it."
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"The guys gave me a really good stop the last time we came in. That gave us some good track position and the truck really came to me. We were really good on long runs and I think a lot of the guys we had to race tonight were not as good as we were on the longer runs. Skinner raced me really clean tonight, probably as clean as he has ever raced me before. I want to say hats off to him, he had a good truck and gave me plenty of room there at the end for the lead."
- Jack Sprague, No. 16 Chevrolet driver
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“The race went pretty good. We started off and at the beginning my Tundra was pretty decent. Then, my truck started to get just a little bit loose and we were afraid to tighten it up, so we left it alone for the next segment. And, then it got even looser. This is the first time I ran here at night, so I wasn't sure what to expect. Everything was going pretty smoothly and I was afraid to make that change. So, at the end I said, 'We got to make that change,’ and we made that change and everything was fast from then on. Unfortunately, we just ran out of time."
- Johnny Benson, No. 23 Toyota driver
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“I’m just disappointed. I’m not mad at anybody, I’m just heartbroken. We had a truck that should have easily run in the top five, and I’m not sure, but I guess everybody took on two tires there at the end or no tires and beat us. I just hate getting beat by strategy because that was partially my call too, so we’ll take.”
- Terry Cook, No. 10 Ford driver
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Jack Sprague powered past Mike Skinner as the field cycled through a series of green flag pit stops and came out the other side as the leader, and then powered on to victory to take his first win in over a season in the Chex 400 on Friday night at Texas Motor Speedway. Sprague then fought off a hard charging Johnny Benson to pick up his 25th career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win, and his second career NCTS win at TMS. Skinner dominated much of the event, pulling away to a straightaway advantage on long green flag runs early in the race. Even after several cautions, Skinner had the dominant truck until the green flag stops started late in the race. Skinner was the first to come to pit road on lap 131, and with the drivers to follow having slightly fresher tires, Skinner was forced to fight Matt Crafton for fourth. (High Sierra Photo)
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Eric Norris, driver of the #07 Pavestone Chevrolet, posted his career best qualifying lap in a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event today at Texas Motor Speedway. Norris’ lap of 29.860 seconds, 180.844 Mph places him 12th on the grid for tomorrow’s running of the Chex 400K.
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"It was a great run for us, it is good to be in the top-three here at my home track, Texas Motor Speedway. I think the race fans are going to see an exciting race here tomorrow night. The competition level in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series is incredible. There are 25 different trucks that can win any given weekend. If you look at the time sheets and have been paying attention to our series, it is awesome. I am glad to be part of it."
- David Starr, No. 75 Chevrolet driver
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“My truck was good today -- but it wasn’t really driving that good. It drove perfect that time (during qualifying). Hopefully, we can ‘free’ the truck back up for the race. You have to have a good ‘tight’ race truck here to get a good qualifying lap. My truck was just perfect. During the race, we may have to go to the first pit stop before we get the ‘handle’ back on it. We had a shot at the pole -- so we just went for it.”
- Mike Skinner, No. 5 Toyota driver
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“I got everything she had. The hammer was down. Cowboy (Kevin Starland, crew chief) asked me if we had anything left from practice - we ran a 90 - and I told him I thought it had a 70 in it; we did that when we tested here a few weeks ago. I told him how much the truck had in it and we were two or three tenths off all practice. I told him that if we kept working on it and found the combination it was looking for that the Circle Bar Truck Corral Ford F-105 would run good. He asked me after practice after turning 29.90 if it had a 60 in it and I said, ‘Yep,’ but I didn’t know it had a 60. Tom Mitchell (owner) puts out a big effort for this race team the whole year and we want to give him something back when we come to his home state of Texas, and it would be quite an honor to be on the pole here.”
- Rick Crawford, No. 14 Ford driver
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Mike Skinner put the period on a perfect day as he sped to the pole for the Chex 400 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Texas Motor Speedway on Thursday. Skinner, who also won the pole for this race in 2004, led both practice sessions earlier on Thursday and won his third Bud Pole of 2005 with a record-setting lap. Skinner broke his previous track record by over a tenth of a second with a lap of 29.524 seconds/182.902 miles per hour. Skinner’s record lap knocked Rick Crawford off the pole, relegating Crawford to outside the front row. Crawford, who sat on the pole in Atlanta earlier this season, turned in a quick lap of 29.658 seconds/182.076 miles per hour. David Starr recovered from an uncharactistically poor practice this afternoon to turn in the third fastest speed, followed by Johnny Benson and Bill Lester, giving Bill Davis Racing three of the top-5 starters. (High Sierra Photo)
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Competitors in NASCAR’s Craftsman Truck Series might be buying plenty of Chex cereal over the next couple of weeks – if for no other reason than to make plenty of Chex Party Mix to help celebrate the brand’s new involvement in their series. Chex is making its first foray into race sponsorship, and is the name sponsor for the Chex 400 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race, Friday night, June 10, at the 1.5-mile Texas Motor Speedway.
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The favorite to win Friday’s Chex 400 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at the fast Texas Motor Speedway hasn’t raced a truck there in nearly two years. But driver after driver asked to name the one to beat Friday night mentioned Brendan Gaughan easily as the favorite. “His first time there, he finished second, and he considers that a bad night,” laughed second-year driver Brandon Whitt. “How can you figure against somebody like that? My thinking is if you can finish in front of Brendan – and only one person has done that in five Texas Truck races – then you’re going to have a heck of a night.” (High Sierra Photo)
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“No matter where I travel, I meet someone with MS who touches my heart and makes me feel connected to all the other people who are fighting the same battle I am,” said Sutton. “There is no way to describe the awesome feeling I get when someone tells me I inspired them to take action in managing their MS. I receive e-mails from people all over the country that have heard me talk about my MS at an educational program, read about my story in their morning paper, or watched an interview on their evening news. Helping others is my dream, and I am living it every day!”
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Leader of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series standings, Ted Musgrave is casting a wary eye on Friday night’s Chex 400 race at the fast 1.5-mile Texas Motor Speedway. The Chex 400, he says, might be one of the key races of the first half of the season in determining the national champion. “The Chex 400 could easily be a pivotal moment for us and for everybody chasing the championship in the Truck series,” said the Wisconsin native. “It’s one of those ‘anything can happen’ type of tracks and ‘anything can happen’ type of races." (High Sierra Photo)
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SPRAGUE:
"Our Chevy Trucks Silverado is good. We started out the first practice session very very loose but Chris (Showalter, crew chief) and the crew kept working on it and working on until about half way through the second practice, we hit a setup that seemed to work pretty well. Our qualifying runs we picked up good so I think we should have a decent starting spot.
SETZER:
"Our Chevrolet Z71 is pretty good. We made several qualifying runs and got to where we are pretty decent for tonight. We worked mostly on our race setup and think we got to a place where we will have the adjustability we need tomorrow night. (High Sierra Photo)
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A view for which some race fans might mortgage their homes will be further away than usual for John Andretti, the NASCAR Nextel Cup winning driver. Andretti will be in the television booth during Friday night’s Chex 400 at the 1.5-mile Texas Motor Speedway, serving as an analyst for SPEED’s national broadcast of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race. “Usually I am sitting behind the steering wheel so I guess this will be a little further away than usual,” said Andretti, “but I am really looking forward to it." (Streeter Lecka/Getty Images for NASCAR Photo)
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The hottest team in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series will really enjoy Chex cereals and the Chex 400 this weekend – the race sponsor will also sponsor the Truck in Friday night’s Chex 400.
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World’s Leading Producer of Automotive Fuel Caps Continues its Relationship with NASCAR NASCAR has announced that Stant, the world’s largest producer of automotive fuel caps, will be licensing their products under the NASCAR Performance brand. This partnership resumes a lengthy relationship between the two companies that has flourished for decades.
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Johnny Benson on racing at Texas Motor Speedway: “I am looking forward to going to Texas Motor Speedway. We ran second in the race there last year so I am excited to get back behind the wheel of the Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Tundra. It is a track that I really like to race. Greg Ely and the guys at Bill Davis Racing have found a great setup there so I am really looking forward to it. After the bad luck we had last week, we need to get the monkey off our back and I think that Texas could help do that.” (High Sierra Photo)
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This week Park will sport livery from South Padre Island. South Padre Island, Texas’ premier resort destination, will sponsor Park in both Texas Motor Speedway events in 2005. Park will use Orleans Racing’s T11 Dodge as his primary vehicle --- and the team will carry T15 as a backup. Park’s 2004 NCTS Texas record shows he started the Orleans Dodge 20th and went on to finish 10th in the June TMS event. "We had a good test there a few weeks ago and we learned a lot of stuff. Brendan is going back for his fifth win." (High Sierra Photo)
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Fresh off of a fifth-place finish at Dover International Speedway, David Reutimann moves forward to Texas Motor Speedway where he finished third in the No. 17 NTN Bearings Toyota Tundra last June. “Texas is another one of my favorite tracks because we have run so well there in the past,” said Reutimann. “I like Texas because it’s fast and the track is wide. I’m excited about going to Texas after finishing so well at Dover last Saturday. We were fortunate to finish in the top-five. (High Sierra Photo)
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Dennis Setzer and the No. 46 Morgan-Dollar Motorsports Chevrolet Silverado team have one goal in mind as they head to Texas Motor Speedway (TMS) this weekend – defend their June 2004 victory. There is no doubt Setzer knows the way to victory lane at TMS. He has collected two wins in 13 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCTS) career starts at the 1.5 Ft. Worth superspeedway His first TMS victory came in June 1999 and he has scored five top-five and 10 top-10 finishes since his first race TMS race in 1998. (Ronda Greer Photo)
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“I am looking forward racing at Texas Motor Speedway. This is one of my favorite tracks on the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series schedule. I feel like the track owes me one as a result of last year’s finish. I have a lot of confidence going into the event based on how well my Bill Davis Racing team has been running the last couple of weeks. Doug Wolcott and the guys have been giving me terrific trucks and giving me the adjustment I need to make us competitive."
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“I am really excited about heading back to the Lone Star state. Last year, we sat on the pole and finished right outside the top 10. Jeff Hensley and all the guys on my Bill Davis Racing Tundra team have been working overtime to give me the best equipment in the garage and I am hoping that we get a finish that we deserve. Texas and Charlotte are very similar. We ran really well in Charlotte and I am confident that we will have another strong showing on Friday night under the lights at one of the fastest speedways on the circuit.
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“First off, we’re all real excited to have the sponsorship deal with the Con-Way folks this weekend. Since the deal came together, everybody here at HT Motorsports has been working their tails off to make a good showing at the track. I think we’re going to see some fast speeds and some exciting racing under the lights and my goal is to bring home a decent finish for all of us.”
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“Needless to say I am very excited about getting back behind the wheel of my No. 8 Dodge this week after our run at Dover. I raced at Texas last year but our day ended pretty early with engine problems. It is a fantastic facility they have there and the track is one of the fastest we race on. I like the multiple grooves and lines around the track as it makes for some exciting racing. My team has given me great trucks each week and if I get comfortable with the truck like I did last week we will have another solid run. I see no reason why that should not be the case – my confidence is at an all time high and I need to repeat the performance of last week.”
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Tracy Hines looks to return to the form he displayed in his first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Texas Motor Speedway when he and his No. 13 ThorSport Racing/David Zoriki Motorsports Chevrolet take to the 1.5-mile quad-oval for Friday night’s Chex 400k. Hines made his NCTS superspeedway debut at TMS; he qualified fourth ran with the leaders all evening and finished an impressive eleventh in October 2003.
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“We’ve put last weekend behind us so that we can turn our focus to Texas,” said Huffman, who finished 35th in the No. 12 Toyota Tundra at Dover International Speedway. “Texas is a track that I ran well at both times last season, but we had things happen that resulted in undesirable finishes. We started on the outside pole in the first Texas race as we did at Atlanta too. We had a great run going until we had a fuel line problem about a one-third of the way through. We were still in the top-five or in the sixth position when it happened. It’s disappointing when something like that happens after you’ve qualified strong and you’re running well.”
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“Texas is a big, wide and fast track that requires a truck with a lot of horsepower. TRD provides us with incredible engines for our No. 30 Toyota Tundra so I know that will not be an issue this week. We will work on getting the handling underneath our truck that will allow us to flat foot it around there as long as possible. That will really be a key for the winning truck on Friday night.”
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It’s undeniable; Texas Motor Speedway is Brendan Gaughan’s playground. The records support that strong statement as in Gaughan’s five total NCTS outings on the 1.5-mile D shaped oval his worst finish, which came in 2001, was second place. Following that showing Gaughan went on to score four consecutive victories at the famed Texas Motor Speedway in 2002 and 2003.
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Rick Crawford, driver of the No. 14 Ford F-150, is scheduled to make his 207th consecutive Craftsman Truck Series start this weekend at Texas Motor Speedway, and over the course of that eight-year streak, Crawford's truck series owner, Tom Mitchell, has yet to attend a race. Mitchell owns and operates the Circle Bar Truck Corral and Circle Bar Motel and RV Park located off of Interstate 10 in Ozona, Texas, but has an extensive history in racing that includes multiple Indianapolis 500 starts with driver Chet Fillip. (Ronda Greer Photo)
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“Bad Fast! I have never raced at Texas, I got somewhat of a feel of what I will be looking at when we raced at Lowe’s Motor Speedway a few weeks ago. I like the speed of these big racetracks like Texas and Charlotte."
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“Texas is a fast race track. Its configuration is similar to Lowes Motor Speedway. The setups are not the same because Texas requires more spring than Charlotte so you cannot take the same setup, but it is the same type chassis. Texas is a 1.5–mile quad-oval track and is known for it’s extreme speeds that give off extreme G-Forces."
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“It’s always fun to run at Texas Motor Speedway, and the Chex 400 has traditionally been a great event. The folks at Texas Motor Speedway have worked really hard to make this a great race track. Texas has always been a first class facility, but with the improvements that they have made to the racing surface and because the surface gets seasoned over the years, this has become a great place for some exciting racing for the fans."
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Clay Rogers will drive the No. 65 Glynn Motorsports Dodge this Friday night in the Chex 400K NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Texas Motor Speedway. Rogers, who finished 14th in the NCTS race at Lowe’s Motor Speedway, will be making his first start for the Glynn Motorsports team.
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You set a track record at Dover with your qualifying run there. How is that going to carry over to Texas and the Chex 400? "I'll tell you, it's a totally different race track. Dover was fast and Texas Motor Speedway is really fast. It's a shame that we didn't bring home our Chevy Silverado to victory lane at Dover. We got caught up in a little altercation. I guess second or third place was trying to pass me. We got together, and I ended up hitting the inside wall, but we came out of there with an eighth-place finish. I'm looking forward to getting home to the Texas Motor Speedway.
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Brandon Whitt and the #38 McMillin Homes/Cure Autism Now Toyota Tundra team head to the fast, 1.5-mile Texas Motor Speedway this week for Friday night’s Chex 400. The second-year driver from El Cajon, CA, Whitt and the #38 Toyota team have been closer than ever to breaking through in the win column, only misfortune has prevented them from scoring back-to-back top ten finishes.
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Dennis Setzer has two wins on the fast 1.5 mile superspeedway. In fact, he is the defending champion of the June NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCTS) race at Texas Motor Speedway (TMS). In addition, No. 46 Chevrolet Silverado team owner David Dollar is from near by Hennessey, Oklahoma. David Starr is a Texas native - born, raised and still resides in the Lone Star state - so winning in front of his hometown crowd is important. Jack Sprague has 10 NCTS starts at TMS, which have netted one victory, one pole, five top-five, and six top-10 finishes. (Ronda Greer Photo)
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The Chex 400 will be the 15th NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCTS) race at Texas Motor Speedway. There will be nine Toyota Tundras in the field at the Texas track. In the most recent NCTS race at Dover International Speedway (June 4), two Toyota Tundras finished in the top-10. David Reutimann, driver of the No. 17 NTN Bearings Tundra, started eighth and led 33 laps (149-181) in the 200-lap race en route to a fifth-place finish. It was the best finish of the season for the Zephyrhills, FL-native, as well as his first top-10 of 2005. Mike Skinner recorded the other top-10 for Toyota when he crossed the finish line 10th in his No. 5 Bill Davis Racing Tundra. (High Sierra Photo)
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MRD Motorsports owner Dave Malcolmson (Largo, Fla.) reached into the archives to help revive a long-standing relationship for driver Jimmy Kite (Stockbridge, Ga.) at this weekend’s Chex 400 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Texas Motor Speedway (TMS).
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A month ago, Jimmy Kite was planning to enjoy a quiet weekend at home in Stockbridge, Ga. with his family on June 9-11th. His plans changed quickly with two separate decisions by MRD Motorsports owner Dave Malcolmson (Largo, Fla.) and Ethanol Hemelgarn Racing’s Ron Hemelgarn (Toledo, Oh.). Now, instead of relaxing, Kite will be attempting to be the first driver to ever compete in a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event and an Indy Racing League IndyCar Series event on the same weekend at the same track.
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Con-Way Transportation Services, Inc. (Con-Way), a subsidiary of CNF, Inc. (NYSE: CNF) has announced a one-race sponsorship deal with the HT Motorsports team as they compete in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. The number 59 Dodge pickup truck will be driven by series-veteran Robert Pressley in the CHEX 400 race on June 9 -10 at the Texas Motor Speedway.
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Summer doesn’t officially start until June 21 but this Friday’s Chex 400K at Texas Motor Speedway traditionally signals the coming of the season for competitors in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. The race, the first of two at the 1.5-mile superspeedway in Ft. Worth, is one of the year’s most popular with competitors – many of whom look forward finally to shedding their coats and jackets after a wet and cool winter and spring.
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Timothy Peters was the Raybestos® Rookie of the Race in the June 4 MBNA RacePoints 200 at Dover (Del.) International Speedway. Peters placed sixth, his first top-10 finish in four career starts. He took top rookie honors for the second time this season. Todd Kluever maintains a comfortable lead over Sean Murphy in the Raybestos® Rookie standings entering the June 10 Chex 400K at Texas Motor Speedway. Kluever leads Murphy by 36 points (102-66).
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The official entry list for the CHEX 400K, the 9th race of the 2005 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.
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Chex 400K - Texas Motor Speedway
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Event Schedule
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Finding a bigger fan of the Chex 400 and Texas Motor Speedway than NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver Dennis Setzer would be pretty difficult. Setzer, defending champion of the Chex 400, has finished outside of the top 10 in just three of his 13 starts at the 1.5-mile speedway, and out of the top 15 only once. Two of his series race wins came in the Chex 400 – last year and in 1999. “Yeah, you could certainly say I’m a Chex 400 fan,” Setzer smiled. “It’s always fun to run at Texas Motor Speedway, and the Chex 400 has traditionally been a great event. (Ronda Greer Photo)
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A brand new sponsor on a marquee event at a top speedway . . . but drivers Ted Musgrave and Terry Cook are hoping for the “same ol’, same ol’” in the Chex 400 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race, Friday night, June 10, at the 1.5-mile Texas Motor Speedway. Chex will be the sponsor for the event at Texas, the first time the brand has sponsored a NASCAR race. Those two drivers were strong throughout the night this past weekend in Lowe’s Motor Speedway’s Quaker State 200 race, finishing second and third. The Lowe’s track is a lot like Texas, and Musgrave and Cook are hoping that success continues in a few weeks. (High Sierra Photo)
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"The partnership with Orleans Racing completes a tie between a great family sporting experience and a great family vacation destination," said Dan Quandt, executive director of the South Padre Island, Texas Convention and Visitors Bureau. "The spring and summer racing seasons, especially with a team like Steve Park and Brendan Gaughan, will bring a great deal of excitement to fans across the nation. We know many of these fans will also be interested in the wide variety of family-friendly alternatives available along the best beaches in Texas. We are especially looking forward to highlighting South Padre Island at the Texas Motor Speedway June 10th and November 4th"
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