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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Race #12 |
O'Reilly Auto Parts 250
Kansas
Speedway, Kansas City, KS
Saturday, July 2, 2005
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Ted Musgrave and the No. 1 Ultra Motorsports team battled their way to a hard-fought 14th-place finish in the O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 at the Kansas Speedway on July 2. Musgrave's finish was enough to maintain the team's third-place standing in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship chase. An estimated crowd of 81,700 was on hand to watch the series' stars do battle around the 1.5-mile oval.
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Mike Skinner and the No. 5 Toyota Tundra team had another top-five performance at Kansas Speedway. The fourth-place finish propelled the team into the top 10 in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Championship standings.
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The Toyota Certified Used Vehicles team needed a strong run at Kansas Speedway to keep its championship hopes alive. The team has had three weeks of horrible luck, which relegated it to the 14th position in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Championship standings. A strong run on Independence Day weekend could turn the team’s fortune around.
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The last two weeks have been a whirlwind for Chad Chaffin but he still has two top 20 finishes to show for it along with his new team – Wyler Racing. On Saturday, Chaffin piloted the No. 60 Wyler Racing Toyota Tundra to a 15th place finish in the running of the O’Reilly Auto Parts 250 at the Kansas Speedway.
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The No. 59 Dreyer’s Ice Cream Dodge has a less than fortunate outing in the O’Reilly Auto Parts 250 at Kansas Speedway this past weekend. Though the finish indicated a 33rd place showing, the team earned an “A” for effort by never giving up.
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Brad Keselowski entered this weekend’s O’Reilly Auto Parts 250 looking to regain some of the racing luck that had eluded his Samson Stone Ford over the past couple of weeks. Keselowski would battle some tire problems along with another race truck to bring his No. 29 K Automotive Ford home in the 21st position and maintain his 21st position in 2005 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver points. Keselowski qualified in the 26th position for Saturday’s event with a truck that he felt was capable of drafting well in the pack of trucks and passing in both the high and low grooves of the Kansas Speedway. (Ronda Greer Photo)
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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver Deborah Renshaw has been visiting tracks for the first time in her career a lot this season and it has been a true test. On Saturday, Deborah made her career debut at the Kansas Speedway and steered her No. 8 DODGE to a 26th place finish in the running of the O’Reilly Auto Parts 250.
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Jimmy Spencer drove the No. 2 Team ASE/Ultra Wheels Dodge to a sixth place finish in the O’Reilly 250 at Kansas Speedway on Saturday afternoon. Spencer fought a loose condition in the early laps, but quick work on pit road and a fast truck on the speedway kept Spencer among the top-10 all afternoon. “As bad as we’ve been the past couple of weeks it feels really good to run that well here this afternoon,” Spencer said following the race. “We had a great truck, but we just didn’t have anything for those Toyotas. I’ve said all along once they get it figured out they are going to be tough, and they had four out of the top five here today. I was a little tight there at the end but I had my truck running wide open at the end and they passed me. I was telling myself there was no way they could do that, but they did. We’ve got a lot of work to do, but this finish here is definitely a plus for us.” (Ronda Greer Photo)
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John Andretti made his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut at Kansas Speedway this past Saturday and finished in ninth position. The top-10 finish allowed the team of Billy Ballew Motorsports to move into fourth place in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Owners’ Points following 12 events. The team, who has for the most part, remained unsponsored for the season remains optimistic about their chances of capturing the overall crown.
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Tracy Hines fought back from handling problems that caused three separate spins to record a 19th-place finish in the No. 13 ThorSport Racing/David Zoriki Chevrolet at the O’Reilly 250 on Saturday at the Kansas Speedway. Hines’ truck went from tight to extremely loose in traffic, and although he spun, in each of the incidents Hines was able to recover without making contact and continue on.
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Matt Crafton’s top-10 run in the O’Reilly 250 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Kansas Speedway was derailed by late contact from Ted Musgrave, resulting in severe damage to the front and rear of the ThorSport Racing No. 88 Menards Chevrolet and a 27th-place finish.
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The No. 65 Glynn Motorsports DODGE crossed the finish line 25th Saturday afternoon, a finish not representative of how well the team performed all weekend. After starting the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 in 18th position, Rogers wasted little time getting to the front. The Raybestos Rookie of the Year contender ran as high as fourth Saturday afternoon before being trapped a lap down by the leaders after making a green flag pit stop.
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BHR Driver Chase Montgomery fought a tight No. 18 TracRac Dodge all day at Kansas Speedway. Montgomery was able to overcome the tight condition in the final laps of the O’Reilly Auto Parts 350 to finish in the 20th position. It was the team’s fifth top-20 finish of the season.
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Steve Park and the Orleans Racing team just can't seem to catch a break lately and their latest disappointment came courtesy of a sheet-metal crushing crash at Kansas Speedway with just 31 laps to go. The No. 62 team arrived at the 1.5-mile speedway with a brand spanking new race truck designated T-15 and after qualifying 14th fastest, Park had the highest of hopes for an up front finish.
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That sound you hear is Brendan Gaughan and the Jasper Engines & Transmissions team beginning to make some noise as the Craftsman Truck Series hurtles toward the second half of the season. After a rocky start to their 2005 campaign, the gel is gelling, the stars are aligning and the No. 77 is flying. Gaughan overcame a one-lap deficit in Saturday's race at Kansas Speedway and then clawed his way through the field to finish eighth and record his second consecutive top 10 finish. (Ronda Greer Photo)
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Forget the adage about never going home again. Todd Bodine, reunited with the Germain-Arnold Toyota team with which he won twice in 2004, raced back to victory lane on Saturday to capture the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series O’Reilly 250 at Kansas Speedway. Bodine, who jumped to the now-defunct Fiddle Back Racing at the conclusion of the 2004 season, re-signed with Bob Germain’s outfit 10 days ago upon Chad Chaffin’s release. It took the 41-year-old Bodine just two starts to rack up his third series victory. In a dominating performance, Bodine led 81 of 170 laps around the 1.5-mile speedway and held off a surprisingly strong Todd Kluever and 2004 Raybestos Rookie off the Year David Reutimann in a green-white-checker finish that followed the race’s ninth caution. (Ronda Greer Photo)
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A little NASCAR Camping World Truck Series history was made when the points were tabulated following Saturday’s O’Reilly Auto Parts 250. For the first time, four former series champions appear among the top 10 in the standings. Bobby Hamilton and Ron Hornaday Jr. are among four drivers occupying a top-10 spot all season. Jack Sprague has been in and out but – until Saturday’s fourth-place finish – Mike Skinner was on the outside looking in.
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Roush Racing drivers have captured wins at Kansas Speedway in the Craftsman Truck Series the last two years and this weekend Todd Kluever nearly made it three-in-a-row. Kluever drove a flawless race and earned a career-best second-place finish at a track where he had never turned a lap until the day before the race. (High Sierra Photo)
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David Reutimann scored his season-best NASCAR Camping World Truck Series finish when he finished third in the No. 17 NTN Bearings Toyota Tundra at Kansas Speedway Saturday afternoon. “I’m really happy with the outcome,” said Reutimann. “It feels so good to have a good truck, to run well and to finish well.” As three Toyotas qualified in the top-five, Reutimann started fourth. Completing Lap 1, Reutimann settled his Toyota into second-place behind leader Mike Skinner. (High Sierra Photo)
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Robert Huffman’s No. 12 Toyota Tundra crossed the start-finish line in 18th-place as the O’Reilly Auto Parts 250 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event concluded at Kansas Speedway Saturday afternoon.
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It took determination and will to withstand the loose condition under Bobby Hamilton’s BHR Dodge at Kansas Speedway. Hamilton was persistent and it paid off when he finished the O’Reilly Auto Parts 350 in the 12th position.
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Todd Bodine, in only his second race back with Germain Racing, puts the No. 30 Allman Brothers Band Toyota Tundra in Victory Lane. Bodine started in the 10th position for the running of the O’Reilly 250 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event at the Kansas Motor Speedway.
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It only took two races back with Germain-Arnold Racing for Todd Bodine to go back to victory lane as he took the win in the O'Reilly 250 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race Saturday at Kansas Speedway. Bodine took the top spot from Ron Hornaday and had to fight off a hard charge by rookie Todd Kluever to take his third career NCTS win. It is also Bodine's third win in just 10 starts for the GAR team.
The race ran relatively clean throughout the early stages, but was slowed for a couple of serious accidents late in the going. The first of the two serious crashes involved Steve Park, who pounded the turn one wall after losing the air on the spoiler driving into the turn under Rick Crawford. Park was uninjured in the crash. The second major incident involved Chris Fontaine and Kelly Sutton, and saw Sutton slide down the speedway on her roof after contact with Fontaine's truck turned her over. Sutton was transported to a local hospital but was able to climb out of her wrecked truck under her own power.
Kluever comes away with his best career NCTS finish in second, and had to earn it the hard way by fighting off a hard charging David Reutimann over the last dozen laps. Reutimann charged through the field after making repeated pit stops to diagnose and fix a power steering problem.
Mike Skinner led many laps early in the race before a pit speeding violation sent him to the back of the pack. Skinner was able to run his way back through the field and come home in fourth, just ahead of his teammate and pole sitter Bill Lester. Lester's fifth place finish is his career best.
Jimmy Spencer was sixth, just in front of Terry Cook, Brendan Gaughan, John Andretti and Rick Crawford. Cook and Gaughan both fought back from being a lap down to secure top-10 finishes.
The point leader entering the event, Dennis Setzer, dropped back four positions on a two-lap dash to the checkered following Matt Crafton's crash in lap 164 and finished eleventh, just ahead of his chief competition Bobby Hamilton.
(High Sierra Photo)
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“Man, the Shell Rotella T truck was awesome. We just didn’t have quite enough for Todd (Bodine). I thought we were going to maybe have a shot at winning this thing when I got past Hornaday on that restart, but Todd had other ideas. I’m just happy for my guys. They’ve had their whole world turned upside down this week with new crew chiefs and crew guys swapping and stuff like that. I’m just really proud of them after finding out a day ago that we were switching teams to come out here and run this good.” - Todd Kluever
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“We struggled a little bit in practice. Before qualifying we made one shock change -- Mike (Hillman, Team Manager) and Mike Jr. (Crew Chief) and I -- we all talked and we made the decision to make a shock change. It worked and my Tundra was perfect. The truck was a little ‘free’ all day -- but that’s what you’ve got to have with these trucks to go fast. My Tundra was just awesome, and the horsepower was just incredible. It’s a good day to get another win for Toyota and Germain/Arnold Racing.”
- Todd Bodine
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“It didn’t give me any warning. The Chevy Trucks Silverado was pretty decent. I think we could have finished third or fourth but definitely a top-five was going to happen. Then we lost a motor. It is a shame. We have had great luck with motors this year, great power all season. Just my luck this year. The guys did a great job in the pits all day long. Just a shame for this team. We have one or two good races then the luck goes away again.” --
Jack Sprague
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It only took two races back with Germain-Arnold Racing for Todd Bodine to go back to victory lane as he took the win in the O'Reilly 250 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race Saturday at Kansas Speedway. Bodine took the top spot from Ron Hornaday and had to fight off a hard charge by rookie Todd Kluever to take his third career NCTS win. It is also Bodine's third win in just 10 starts for the GAR team. The race ran relatively clean throughout the early stages, but was slowed for a couple of serious accidents late in the going. The first of the two serious crashes involved Steve Park, who pounded the turn one wall after losing the air on the spoiler driving into the turn under Rick Crawford. Park was uninjured in the crash. The second major incident involved Chris Fontaine and Kelly Sutton, and saw Sutton slide down the speedway on her roof after contact with Fontaine's truck turned her over. Sutton was transported to a local hospital but was able to climb out of her wrecked truck under her own power. (High Sierra Photo)
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On a Fourth of July weekend in America's heartland, a U.S. Army-sponsored car is on the pole for Saturday's O'Reilly Auto Parts 250, a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Kansas Speedway. Bill Lester of Oakland, Calif., was the fastest driver in qualifying with a track-record lap of 173.633 mph. Thirty-one of the 46 drivers eclipsed the series mark at "The Track That Will Blow You Away!" Lester's pole was the second of his Craftsman Truck Series career. The second-place qualifying effort of Mike Skinner gave Bill Davis Racing a front-row sweep. Both drivers drive Toyota Tundras.
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“Mike Beam (crew chief) has done an awesome job with the truck. It’s run good all day and they just kept working on it and working on it. This is truck 36, my favorite truck, the one I crashed testing at Texas, but it’s awesome. The early qualifying draw isn’t really good for us here today, so hopefully that will end up somewhere in the top 10, but we have a pretty good piece for tomorrow. I’m excited about that because these mile-and-a-halfs have been our weak point. Maybe this shows that we’re gaining on it a little bit, but I’m just excited because this has been a good day for us.” - Todd Kluever
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“My truck was really good. We were a little ‘off’ when we unloaded this morning, uncharacteristically, but I told my guys what I needed and they gave it to me. We were a little bit ‘tight’ and they got it so that it turned from the center-off. I’m just really excited about what my Tundra is going to do on long runs. I’m really happy that the guys at Bill Davis Racing have stuck by me and really believe in me -- and I believe in them. I’m looking forward to giving the U.S. Army Tundra a good run tomorrow.” - Bill Lester
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"Not a bad qualifying effort. It was about what we practiced so we were happy with that. I am really happy with where we are to start the race. We will get a good pit pick so we will see if we can't stay near the front in the first segments of the race and then be there at the end." - Jack Sprague
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Bill Lester went out midway through the qualifying draw and put down a lap the rest of the field found difficult to handle to win the Bud Pole for the O'Reilly's 250 at the Kansas Speedway on Friday. It is Lester's first pole of the 2005 season and the second of his career. He last sat on the pole for a NCTS race at Lowe's Motor Speedway in 2003. Lester's lap of 31.100 seconds/173.633 miles per hour led 30 other drivers that beat the previous track record, set by Chad Chaffin in 2003. Lester barely nipped fellow Bill Davis Racing driver Mike Skinner for the top spot. Skinner was the very next driver on the speedway after Lester ran, and he came up just short. Skinner ran a lap of 31.189 seconds/173.138 miles per hour to score his fifth front row start of 2005. (High Sierra Photo)
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"Our Chevrolet Silverado isn't quite where we want it to be but we will get it there. We tried something in qualifying setup that didn't quite work out too well for us but I know that Eric (Phillips, crew chief) and the guys will get it right for the race tomorrow. I don't think we have much of a shot at the pole but as long as we get a pretty decent qualifying effort and can have a good pit pick, we will be fine tomorrow." - Dennis Setzer
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“Kansas Speedway is a special place because it was the first time we flew the Ford Power Stroke Diesel by International colors. Kansas is an ISC (International Speedway Corporation) track that is a new facility and one of the nicest (tracks) out there.” -Terry Cook
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SPEEDTV.COM Adds NCTS TRUCK STOP:
SPEED Channel's Web site, SPEEDTV.COM has a new Thursday feature called
SPEED's Truck Stop
. Each week a driver from the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series provides visitors a glimpse into their life on and off the race track. In other NASCAR TV show news, Larry McReynolds will sit in for Dr. Dick Berggren on this weekend's NASCAR Performance, and
Hank Parker Jr.
will join the SPEED Channel crew in the booth for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race from Kansas City.
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This week Orleans Racing will introduce a new truck to the fleet; T15. This Dodge is being pressed into service after a pair of incidents consumed two of Park’s favorite trucks. The Kansas Speedway treated Park well in 2004, his first outing in the Craftsman Truck Series at this track. His fourth place finish came after he was forced to start shotgun on the field after a race morning engine change. “We had a comfortable package last year but we found a little hiccup in the motor prior to the race. The guys got the engine changed out and we ended up with a decent finish.” -Steve Park (Ronda Greer Photo)
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Rick Crawford is one of seven drivers who have competed in all four NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races at Kansas Speedway. The Mobile, AL native has a solid record on the 1.5 mile speedway with one top-five and two top-10 finishes. He has also led 128 laps, the most of any Truck Series driver. "Kansas is a good track for us," said Crawford, driver of the No. 14 Circle Bar Truck Corral Ford F-150. "We've had some great runs and lead a lot of laps. This year with Cowboy and his experience here, we are confident we have a good chance to score a victory." (High Sierra Photo)
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Prior to last week’s Milwaukee event Gaughan went to Raleigh, NC to participate in a charity event. The event benefited Kyle Petty’s “Victory Junction Gang Camp” and had the driver of the Jasper Engines Dodge riding a cutting horse rather than his normal 700 hp Dodge Ram.
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Deborah heads to the heartland and the Kansas Speedway after an eventful race last week in Milwaukee that saw her steer the No. 8 back-up truck to a 24th place finish. “Well, here we go again to a track for the first time in my career. It seems to take me a little while to get accustomed to these tracks but once I do things go well. I need to figure out a way to speed up the process at the track that allows me to get comfortable with the surroundings and the track itself. (Ronda Greer Photo)
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Robert Huffman soldiers on to Kansas Speedway after a 31st-place finish in his No. 12 Toyota Tundra at the Milwaukee Mile. “I’m glad to put Milwaukee behind us and move on to Kansas,” said Huffman. “We had some brake problems there that ultimately destroyed our efforts. Kansas should be a really good track for us. Darrell Waltrip Motorsports has always been strong on 1.5-mile tracks. Bobby Kennedy (team manager) and the guys have those type of tracks figured it out. (High Sierra Photo)
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After an undesirable 23rd-place finish at the Milwaukee Mile last weekend, David Reutimann contends for a top-five finish at Kansas Speedway that escaped him last season. “We were at least a second-place truck, but an accident ruined our chances,” said Reutimann.
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“I’m looking forward to heading up to Kansas this week. I’m comfortable running there. I’ve run pretty well there in the past in the Busch and Cup cars. Kansas is a mile and a half fast track with room to pass. It should be an exciting race for the fans." -Todd Bodine
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Billy Ballew Motorsports has announced John Andretti will be behind the wheel of the No. 15 Chevy Silverado for this weekend’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event at the Kansas Speedway. Andretti becomes the sixth different driver for Billy Ballew Motorsports, which currently retains the fifth position in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series owners’ points standings. “I look forward to working with John this weekend,” said team owner Ballew. (NASCAR Media Images)
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Germain/Arnold Racing announced today that the Allman Brothers Band will remain on the hood of the No. 30 Toyota Tundra for the July 2nd running of the O’Reilly Auto Parts 250 at the Kansas Speedway. “It was really exciting for us and our fans to see our logo on the hood,” stated Gregg Allman. “They’re a real class outfit and a powerful team. We’re looking forward to being in Victory Lane with them in Kansas and Kentucky.”
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“I am excited about going to Kansas. I have not raced there before in a truck, but my Toyota Certified Used Vehicles team has done a tremendous job at the mile-and-a-half tracks this year. We really need some luck on our side. Last week, we struggled from the time we unloaded but really ran well during the race. Greg Ely and the guys at Bill Davis Racing have given me top-notch equipment each week, and we need to get our Tundra some strong finishes to help get us back into the top 10 in NASCAR Camping World Truck Series points.” - Johnny Benson (TruckSeries.com Photo)
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There will be eight Toyota Tundras in the field at the 1.5-mile Kansas oval -- the 12th NCTS race of the 2005 season. In the most recent NCTS race -- the Toyota Tundra Milwaukee 200 -- at the Milwaukee Mile, Brandon Whitt was the top-finishing Toyota with a 13th-place. It was the best result of the 2005 season for the driver of the No. 38 McMillan Homes/Cure Autism Now Tundra. After the first 11 races of the 2005 season, several Toyota drivers are among the top-15 in the NCTS championship point standings. (High Sierra Photo)
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Jimmy Spencer on Kansas: “You’re going to Kansas Speedway, a racetrack you have some laps in Cup competition. What is the secret to getting a NASCAR Craftsman truck around Kansas Speedway? “I think the same thing as all the mile and a half racetracks - its all about handling.
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Driver Robert Pressley on Kansas Speedway: "We're building some momentum now that we've gotten back on track in the last couple of weeks here. There's been some marked improvement over the last couple of weeks with the trucks we're bringing to the race track and it feels like the team is really starting to gel a bit. I think Kansas will be a good track for us."
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This week’s O’Reilly Auto Parts 250 definitely is up for grabs. None of the first four winners of Saturday’s race at Kansas Speedway will be a part of the 36-truck starting lineup. That said, there won’t be any lack of experience at the 1.5-mile paved oval – at least on the owner side of the field. The No. 99 Superchips Ford driven from early accident to victory lane a year ago by Carl Edwards, will carry veteran Ricky Craven to the green flag. Edwards’ teammate, Raybestos Rookie of the Year points leader Todd Kluever, will drive the No. 50 Shell Rotella T Ford in which Jon Wood scored his first victory in 2003. Jack Sprague’s Xpress Motorsports No. 16 Chevy Trucks Chevrolet was the winner in 2002 in the hands of Mike Bliss. Craven, for one, hopes history is on his team’s side. After getting within 17 points of the championship lead in early June, the native of Newburgh, Maine has seen a reversal of fortune. Finishes of 33rd and 21st in successive weeks have dropped Craven from second to fifth in the standings. He trails current leader Dennis Setzer (No. 46 Chevrolet Silverado Chevrolet) by 141 points entering the season’s 12th of 25 scheduled races. “We’ve hit a bit of a headwind the last three weeks that has hurt us in the points,” said Craven, who put together three finishes among the top four in his first four appearances for Roush Racing. “We’ve got to get back on track this week.” (Ronda Greer Photo)
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Sprague feels that Kansas Speedway owes him one. In 2001, the Spring Lake, MI native had a dominant truck and looked to be one his way to victory when he had an engine failure on lap 136 of the 167-lap race. Last year, Sprague had a “rocket ship” and was running near the front of the field when on-track contact damaged the aero of the No. 16 Xpress Motorsports Silverado and the handling went away. Sprague salvaged an eighth-place finish.
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"Kansas is special because I do have a pole there. I don’t get many poles but I got one there a couple years ago. It is just a fun place to race, it’s a wide track and you can race side-by-side and it is just a great place to race. I have had some really good runs there in the past and I am pretty confident about the Chevrolet Silverado this weekend. I know Eric (Phillips, crew chief) and the guys will give me a good truck, the key is to stay out of trouble to be there at the end."
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"I've never been to Kansas Speedway but I'm really looking forward to racing there now that I have my best truck back. I was really hoping we'd get it done in time to take to Kansas since it ran so well at California and would have run well at Atlanta if we had not overheated. It was one of the fastest trucks at the Texas test until it got too loose and I hit the wall.
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The O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event at Kansas Speedway will mark the return of Clay Rogers as driver for the No. 65 Glynn Motorsports DODGE NCTS entry. The Raybestos Rookie of the Year candidate will make his first career start at Kansas Speedway Saturday afternoon.
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Matt Crafton and the ThorSport Racing No. 88 Menards Chevrolet team head to the Kansas Speedway looking to restart their streak of top-10 performances and stay in the fight for the 2005 NASCAR Truck Series championship. Crafton had consecutive top-10 finishes at Charlotte, Dover, and Texas before tire woes slowed him at Michigan and a skip in the engine hampered his efforts in Milwaukee.
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After two disastrous weeks that saw the No.13 ThorSport Racing/David Zoriki Chevrolet finish 36th at Michigan and 32nd in Milwaukee, Tracy Hines and his teammates come to Kansas Speedway looking to start the second half of the season off on the right foot.
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Speaking of Kansas: “I love it. What I loved about the race two years ago was that being the old guy I am it made me feel pretty good as hot as it was there to get out and walk down pit road without any issues. All the other drivers were laying out with oxygen plugged up to their face and I was drinking a good cold Coca-Cola and wanting somebody to go to the concession stand and get me a cheeseburger.
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John Andretti will drive the #15 Chevy Silverado of winning owner Billy Ballew in Saturday’s O’Reilly Auto Parts 200 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at the 1.5-mile Kansas Speedway. The truck has won twice in the series this season but is unsponsored for the Kansas event.
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Chris Fontaine will make his third NASCAR Camping World Truck Series start in the O’Reilly Auto Parts 250 at Kansas Speedway on July 2nd. The 23 year-old Lakeland, Florida native will pilot the No. 4 Bobby Hamilton Racing Dodge driven previously this year by Casey Atwood and Timothy Peters. Peters will return to the driver’s seat for the Built Ford Tough 225 at Kentucky Speedway on July 9th. Fontaine brings a variety of Late Model stock car experience to the BHR stables. (TruckSeries.com Photo)
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Last week marked the start of summer, and the weather conditions at The Milwaukee Mile were reflective of the season's dog days with temperatures in excess of 90 degrees. With this weekend's Craftsman Truck Series race being held at Kansas Speedway, temperatures are once again expected to reach into the 90s, so we asked several Ford Racing Craftsman Truck Series drivers to share their rituals on how to beat the summertime heat. (Ronda Greer Photo)
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Dennis Setzer takes the momentum of two consecutive NASCAR Camping World Truck Series victories and the series point standings lead to Kansas Speedway for the O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 on July 2, 2005. The driver of the No. 46 Chevrolet Silverado gave Chevrolet its first-ever NCTS win at Michigan International Speedway on June 18, 2005 and followed up immediately with a dominating victory at The Milwaukee Mile on June 24, 2005. (David M. Vaughn Photo)
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Shake-up in the points standings – again … It’s looking like another exciting year in the battle for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship. Setzer led 152 of 200 laps to win the Toyota Tundra Milwaukee 200, his second victory in six days. Setzer trailed Bobby Hamilton (No. 04 Dodge) by five points entering the event and heads to Kansas with a lead of 35. Setzer’s previous lead came after last year’s 22nd race at Martinsville Speedway. The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship has gone down to the final race in nine of its 10 seasons.
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Todd Kluever was the Raybestos® Rookie of the Race in the June 24 Toyota Tundra Milwaukee 200 at The Milwaukee Mile. Kluever finished ninth, his third top 10 of the 2005 season. Kluever maintains a comfortable lead over Sean Murphy in the Raybestos® Rookie standings entering the July 2 O’Reilly Auto Parts 250 at Kansas Speedway. Kluever leads Peters by 60 points (136-76).
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The official entry list for the O'Reilly Auto Parts 250, the 12th race of the 2005 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Season.
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As a traditional short-track racer, Jimmy Kite is looking forward to visiting his first Indy Racing IndyCar Series short track of the season. The 23 year-old from Stockbridge, Ga. will be behind the wheel of Ethanol-Hemelgarn Racing’s the No. 91 Ethanol/ Remy/ Life Fitness Toyota-powered Dallara this weekend for the SunTrust Indy Challenge at Richmond International Raceway (RIR). The .75-mile oval is the shortest track on the IndyCar schedule and marks the first time since joining the No. 91 team at Indianapolis- following the injuries of regular driver Paul Dana (St. Louis, Mo.)- that Kite will be on a track smaller than 1.5-miles in length. Though the 1997 USAC Silver Crown Rookie of the Year and the Ethanol-Hemelgarn team have suffered some disappointing finishes in their two races together (a 32nd at Indianapolis 500 and a 22nd at Texas Motor Speedway), they look at this 250 lap event as a natural boost to the team. Not only did Kite start his career on the short tracks of the South and Midwest, but so did team manager Lee Kunzman and many of the team’s key players.
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O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 - Kansas Speedway
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