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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Race #17 |
O'Reilly 200
presented by
Valvoline Maxlife
Bristol Motor
Speedway
Bristol , TN
Wednesday, August 24, 2005
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Papering the House is an expression used when promoters give away tickets to an event to make it look like theres a packed grandstand. At Bristol, the term took on new meaning as ticket counterfeiters sold fans bogus tickets to the OReilly 200 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race. According to track officials, some 80-100 counterfeit tickets were confiscated prior to Wednesdays NCTS event. Three of those tickets belonged to John, Lori and Nick Sherman. The Shermans bought their tickets from a roadside vendor for $20 each, $5 less than the face value of a ticket that could have been purchased directly from the raceway the day of the event.
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Chris Wimmer and the # 07 Green Light Racing Team came to Bristol Motor speedway with high hopes of a top finish in the OReilly 200 on Wednesday evening. In the first practice session Chris ran an impressive time of 15.793 seconds that was good enough for 13th on the speed charts. During the second practice session the crew tried some changes but they were only good for 20th fastest at a time of 15.610 seconds.
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NASCAR announced Tuesday that Brian Pattie, crew chief of the No. 41 Dodge driven by Reed Sorenson in the NASCAR Busch Series, has been fined $35,000, suspended from NASCAR until October 26 and for the next six NASCAR Busch Series events, and placed on probation until December 31, 2005 following rule violations at Bristol Motor Speedway on August 26.
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Brandon Whitt and the #38 McMillin Homes/Autism Now Tundra took to the Worlds Fastest Half Mile, the Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway, for Wednesday nights OReilly 200. It was a one day show for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, meaning that all on-track activity (practice, qualifying, and race) all occurred on the same day. And what an eventful day Wednesday was for Whitt and the #38 crew. Near the end of the final afternoon practice session, Whitts Tundra scraped the wall coming off turn four. The damage was minor and the crew was able to repair the damage with minimal effort. (Ronda Greer Photo)
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This will be a different kind of Labor Day weekend for Todd Kluever (No. 50 World Financial Group Ford), who has gone from part-time competitor to NASCAR Camping World Truck Series star in less than a season. A year ago, Kluever might have competed in a late model race close to his Sun Prairie, Wis. home. Or, more likely, he and his brother Tim would be serving their customers at Nora's Tavern, and watching the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup race on television. Kluever, however, won Jack Roushs gong show competition and the 27-year-old drivers life has changed dramatically. Now living in Huntersville, N.C., hes gone from wishing and hoping to living what had once seemed an impossible dream. (Ronda Greer Photo)
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Ted Musgrave drove his No. 1 Ultra Motorsports Mopar Dodge Ram to a sixth-place finish in the OReilly 200 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee last Wednesday, working his way up from the 22nd qualifying position to take a spot in the Top 10.
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Mike Skinner knew his frustration had to end sometime. After nearly nine years and 53 races without a victory, the 1995 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion conquered Bristol Motor Speedway as well as a few personal demons. Skinner, whod finished fourth five times in 2005, hammered the field for his 17th career win after leading 190 of 200 laps of Wednesday nights OReilly 200 by Valvoline. Despite his Bill Davis Racing Toyotas dominance, the 48-year-old competitor, the seasons 12th different winner, nearly was overhauled in the late going by Todd Bodine. Bodine, benefiting from an early pit strategy that gained track position, closed to Skinners tailgate with 20 laps to go but was thwarted by the races sixth caution that created a five-lap shootout. (Ronda Greer Photo)
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At the end of the OReilly 200 at Bristol Motor Speedway, the K Automotive Motorsports team looked as though they had won the race when they came to the checkered flag in the 18th finishing position. Brad Keselowski had come to the high-banked, half-mile at Bristol for the first time in his racing career hoping to simply keep his patience and keep the fenders on the truck.
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With Skinners victory, all of Toyotas charter teams still active on the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series have won a race. Bill Davis Racing had come close with both Skinner and Johnny Benson posting runnerup finishes. Bensons fourth-place finish was the Michigan veterans fourth top-10 in his past five starts.
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Mike Skinner earned his first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCTS) victory driving a Toyota Wednesday night at Bristol Motor Speedway when he guided his No. 5 Bill Davis Racing Tundra to Victory Lane after dominating the competition at the Tennessee short track.
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The last time Deborah Renshaw tested at a concrete race track she came home with a career best 12th place finish earlier this season at Dover. With a similar test session behind her at the Bristol Motor Speedway, Renshaw entered the OReilly 200 presented by Valvoline with great expectations. Unfortunately, a blown right tire in a race day practice session forced the BHR2 to their back up truck and was the beginning of a long night at the World Fastest Half Mile. Renshaw and her No. 8 Heritage DODGE would go to endure a long and adventurous night to come home with a disappointing 27th place finish.
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BHR Driver Chase Montgomery had one goal heading into the OReilly 200 Wednesday night at Bristol Motor Speedway; survive. He accomplished his goal, but not without several detours.
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Johnny Benson and the No. 23 Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Tundra team headed to Thunder Valley with high hopes of another strong finish. Benson finished second in the 2000 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series event at the .533 concrete oval, and was hoping to pass one more competitor on Wednesday and get his truck to Victory Lane. In the first of two practice sessions, Benson told his crew chief the truck felt pretty good but was a little tight in the corners, which delayed him from getting back to the throttle. (High Sierra Photo)
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Domination was the word used in talking about Mike Skinners victory at the worlds fastest half-mile on Wednesday night. The No. 5 Bill Davis Racing Tundra team led all but 10 laps in route to the teams first 2005 victory. The win was also Mike Skinners first victory since returning to the series fulltime in 2004. The No. 5 team truck was fast right off the bat. Skinner told his crew the truck was a little loose in and tight in the middle of the corners, so the team made some minor track bar and wedge adjustments to try and help give Skinner the feel he was looking for. (High Sierra Photo)
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The No. 22 Office Depot team headed to the Bristol Motor Speedway with high hopes. The team tested the half-mile speedway two weeks ago in preparation for Wednesday nights event, and felt they had a truck which could run in the top 10 come race time.
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Driving the No. 59 Melling M-Select Oil Pumps Dodge, driver Robert Pressley nabbed a 17th place finish at the OReilly 200 at Bristol Motor Speedway on Wednesday night. Pressley overcame a poor qualifying effort and used some clever pit strategy to stay in contention all night longeven dodging several accidents in the process. In the end, a split second decision would hamper their efforts for a better finish.
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The 2005 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season has been a roller coaster ride for Chad Chaffin and nothing exemplifies that more than Wednesday nights race at the Bristol Motor Speedway. After a season-best qualifying effort and running inside the top three for the first 160 laps of the scheduled 200, a flat tire would relegate Chaffin and his No. 60 Wyler Racing Toyota Tundra to a disappointing 23rd place finish.
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When the green flag flew over the 36-truck field Lester immediately knew his truck was going to be a hand full. He called into his crew on lap eight, saying the truck was really tight getting into and off the corners. On lap 18, the 22 Office Depot Tundra spun on the backstretch bringing out the second caution of the event. Lester managed to keep the truck off the wall, but did flat spot the tires. He brought his truck to pit road on lap 20 and took on right-side tires and fuel. He made another stop on lap 22 to put on left-side tires.
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NASCAR announced today that Brian Pattie, crew chief for the No. 41 Dodge driven by Reed Sorenson, and crew member Brandon Stafford have been ejected from Bristol Motor Speedway for violating Section 20A-10.8.4-P of the 2005 NASCAR Busch Series rule book (Tires that, in the judgment of NASCAR Officials, have been altered by unauthorized treatment will not be permitted).
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Pit strategy aided Todd Bodine to advance from a thirty-second place start to a second place finish Wednesday night at the Bristol Motor Speedway.
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Jimmy Spencer drove the No. 2 Team ASE/Ultra Wheels Dodge to a seventh-place finish in Wednesday night's O'Reilly 200 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway - the 17th race of the 2005 season. Spencer qualified 18th, used a one-stop pit strategy and kept all four fenders on his truck to pick up his seventh Top-10 finish of the season. With a solid Bristol finish, Spencer retakes the fifth position in NCTS Championship points. In a race that saw few opportunities for yellow flag pit stops, Spencer and his Ultra Motorsports crew only pitted for tires and fuel once; a caution flag at the 70 lap mark. Ronda Greer Photo)
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Brendan Gaughan just loves racing at Bristol Motor Speedway. Unfortunately his most recent visit to the high-banked short track was just way too short. Gaughan and the No. 77 crew had reason to be optimistic about their chances at victory after the first practice sheet ranked the Jasper Engines and Transmissions Dodge seventh fastest overall.
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There are plenty of things that you expect from a race at Bristol Motor Speedway. Non-stop pushing and shoving on the tight confines of the high-banked bullring, the deafening sound emitted by 36 race motors at full song and plenty of attrition from racing incidents that quickly turn ugly.
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Tracy Hines had to fall to the back of the pack prior to the start of the OReilly 200 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway on Wednesday night, and spent much of the early stages of the race trying to gain track position in the No. 13 ThorSport Racing/David Zoriki Inc. Chevrolet.
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A poor qualifying draw which forced an early qualifying run on a slippery racetrack left Matt Crafton and the ThorSport Racing No. 88 Menards Chevrolet fighting for track position all night long during the OReilly 200 at Bristol Motor Speedway. A quick race truck, strong pit strategy and a lot of luck enabled Crafton to race from 33rd at the start to 12th at the finish.
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Bristol Motor Speedway is one of the most physically and mentally challenging tracks on the Craftsman Truck Series schedule, especially for rookies. Todd Kluever did not look like a rookie Wednesday night when he completed every lap, finished 13th and did not get a dent in the truck until the final lap.
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David Reutimanns night at Bristol Motor Speedway was spoiled when his power steering pump failed forcing his No. 17 NTN Bearings Toyota Tundra to a 29th-place finish in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series OReilly 200.
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Kyle Busch returned to the seat of the No. 15 ditech.com Chevrolet Silverado for Billy Ballew Motorsports last night at Bristol Motor Speedway and placed fifth in the final running order of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series OReilly 200. Buschs previous three runs for Billy Ballew Motorsports resulted in finishes no lower than second place and the team hoped the trend would continue with a third victory. During the two practice sessions held on Wednesday morning, Busch and the Richie Wauters-led team worked on dialing in the No. 15 ditech.com Chevrolet. (High Sierra Photo)
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For the first time since 1996, Mike Skinner finds himself in a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series victory lane after winning the O'reilly 200 presented by Valvoline MaxLife at Bristol Motor Speedway on Wednesday.
Skinner was the dominant driver throughout the day, leading both practice sessions this afternoon and taking the lead very early in the race, and leading 190 of the race's 200 laps en route to his 17th career win. It is his first checkered flag since winning at Mesa Marin in October 1996 and team owner Bill Davis' first NCTS win. Skinner pitted on a caution with 130 laps remaining and went the distance to the checkered. He was able to hold off a hard charging Todd Bodine who went the entire distance without making a pit stop.
Another driver attempted to make the distance without stopping, but Chad Chaffin had to come to the pts with just 20 laps remaining after the tires gave way on his truck. Chaffin had run among the top-3 the entire race to that point, but fell several laps down as the result of of a green flag stop. Bodine was able to hold off former Bristol winner Jack Sprague for second, with Johnny Benson giving BDR two trucks among the top-5 in fourth.
Kyle Busch has his worst finish in four NCTS starts in 2005 with a fifth-place run. Busch has two wins and one second in his other three starts this season.
Ted Musgrave finished sixth in front of his Ultra Motorsports teammate Jimmy Spencer. David Starr was eighth, with Mike Wallace ninth and Ken Schrader in tenth. Green flag racing was the name of the game here this evening as the race went green from lap 83 to lap 183. That is when current series point leader Dennis Setzer had a right front tire go down and he pounded the turn one wall. He was able to continue on to a 16th-place finish.
Bobby Hamilton was also on the bad side of Lady Luck here this evening getting swept into an accident in turn three that also involved Ricky Craven. Craven slowed to avoid a spinning Bill Manfull and Hamilton was unable to avoid and made hard contact with the tail of Craven's machine. Craven was credited with 31st on the evening, Hamilton a disappointing 32nd.
Terry Cook had a strong start to the night running among the top-5 but had a stud break during the long green flag run and sent him to the garage for repairs. Brendan Gaughan finished dead last in the field after getting involved in a wreck on the backstretch on lap 18. There were six cautions for the night. None of the drivers involved in the incidents were injured. The series now moves on to Richmond International Raceway for a 200-lap race on Thursday September 8.
(High Sierra Photo)
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Chevrolet Silverado drivers captured four of the top-10 starting position for tonight's O'Reilly 200 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway. Jack Sprague qualified the No. 16 Chevy Trucks Silverado for the sixth starting position with Ken Schrader putting his No. 52 Federated Auto Parts Silverado in the seventh starting spot. Kyle Busch qualified ninth in the ditech.com Silverado and current NCTS points leader Dennis Setzer will start the No. 46 Chevrolet Silverado in the 10th position.
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This race team probably deserved five or six of these things by now weve been so close. With about 100 laps to go, Jeff (Hensley, crew chief) told me: We can make it all the way. And I told somebody to slap Jeff. I said: Im not doing that. Last year we did that and we lost the race. This little Tundra was awful strong. What a motor in this thing. That motor spun the tires up the straightaway it was awful strong. I knew if it stayed green, Todd (Bodine) would have a real good chance to get us. I knew when we got that caution with 10 to go wed be hard to catch on the retsart. I want to thank Toyota. This is a brand new truck. They stood behind me. If I was them, I would have fired me by now.
- Mike Skinner
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Mike Skinner led all but 10 laps of Wednesday nights OReilly 200 race to snap a 53-race NASCAR Camping World Truck Series winless streak dating to 1996. Skinner, who started his Toyota Tundra from the outside front row, passed pole winner David Reutimann on the first lap around Bristol Motor Speedway and led through lap 70 before pitting for fuel and tires under the races fourth caution. The winner needed just two green flag laps to overhaul Chad Chaffins Toyota between turns three and four of the .533-mile concrete-surfaced oval and led the remaining 120 of 200 laps.
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"On that last restart, I got to Todd (Bodine, Toyota, finished second) but it was going to take contact to get by him and I just wanted to finish the good run we had going. He protected his position so I just settled in there and brought the truck home looking pretty clean with third...."
- Jack Sprague
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Todd Kluever in the No. 50 World Financial Group Ford was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race at Bristol. Kluever finished 13th took top rookie honors for the eighth consecutive race and 12th time in 17 races this season. All in all, it was a fair night for us. The truck was decent, not spectacular, but decent. We had brake problems all day and that really hurt us. I started the race and the truck had no brakes. I had to pump them up down the straightaway every lap, both straightaways."
-Todd Kluever
(Charles Krall/TruckSeries.com Photo)
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All in all, it was a fair night for us. The World Financial Group Ford F-150 was decent, not spectacular but decent. Brake problems all day really hurt us. We started the race and the truck had no brakes. I had to pump them up the straightaway every lap, both straightaways. Theres too much going on here to be pumping your brakes up and trying to drive one of these things and race. I think we finished 13th, and thats our worst finish in our last six races with me and Mike Beam (crew chief) and Hal (Ralston, engineer)."
-Todd Kluever
(Charles Krall/TruckSeries.com Photo)
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For the first time since 1996, Mike Skinner finds himself in a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series victory lane after winning the O'reilly 200 presented by Valvoline MaxLife at Bristol Motor Speedway on Wednesday. Skinner was the dominant driver throughout the day, leading both practice sessions this afternoon and taking the lead very early in the race, and leading 190 of the race's 200 laps en route to his 17th career win. It is his first checkered flag since winning at Mesa Marin in October 1996 and team owner Bill Davis' first NCTS win. Skinner pitted on a caution with 130 laps remaining and went the distance to the checkered. He was able to hold off a hard charging Todd Bodine who went the entire distance without making a pit stop. Another driver attempted to make the distance without stopping, but Chad Chaffin had to come to the pts with just 20 laps remaining after the tires gave way on his truck. Chaffin had run among the top-3 the entire race to that point, but fell several laps down as the result of of a green flag stop. (High Sierra Photo)
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David Reutimann is happy to be back in the state of Tennessee following his win in the last NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race in Nashville, and picked up right where he left off by locking up his first pole of the 2005 season for this evenings OReilly 200 presented by Valvoline MaxLife. Reutimanns fast lap was 15.162 seconds/126.553 miles per hour around the 0.533-mile high banked oval. With his pole he is the 12th different Bud Pole Award winner in 2005. Two-time Bristol pole winner Mike Skinner qualified second with a 15.195 second/126.278 mph lap. Homestater Chad Chaffin qualified third at 15.229/125.996, with Terry Cook and Brandon Whitt rounding out the top-5 starters. Former Bristol winner Jack Sprague was sixth, with last years pole winner Ken Schrader seventh, Johnny Benson eighth, two-time 2005 winner Kyle Busch in ninth, and current series point leader Dennis Setzer in tenth.
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As far as getting my confidence up, Ive definitely got all the confidence in the world. Bobbys equipment and his tutoring have helped me learn this trucks a lot more than what I would have otherwise. We have good runs; its just that theyve been marred by bad luck. Hopefully we can turn that around today. We had a great test, the first time on the track with the truck. I ran here last year with my late model. Hopefully well get a good starting position and keep the fenders on it, although that may be hard here at Bristol."
-Timothy Peters
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Our Chevy Trucks Silverado is good. We were very happy with the times we turned on new and worn tires. I think we have a good qualifying setup too. We made changes to see how the truck responded; which will help us tonight. It is always a coin toss when you practice in the heat of the day and then race at night, especially here when the temperatures can vary 25 or 30 degrees between now and the race. But overall, we are really pleased with the Chevy Trucks Silverado and I think the race tonight is going to be a great for the fans."
-Jack Sprague
(Charles Krall/TruckSeries.com Photo)
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Orleans Racing has a birthday boy this week --- thats right, 39 years ago on August 23rd Steve Park was introduced to the world. At the time no one knew hed go on to such greatness, but Park has shown time and time again that greatness is a word synonymous with the Long Island, NY native.
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Wednesday evening some of the brightest young stars in the world of stock car racing will descend upon one of the most challenging race tracks in the country, the high-banked, half-mile of the Bristol Motor Speedway. The Stewart Warner Performance team of drivers will be represented in force between both racing series that will participate on Wednesday evening. With eight drivers scheduled to compete in the USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series event and one driver competing in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Team SWP plans on bringing recognition and success to Thunder Valley.
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Its hard to argue facts and the facts say that the Jasper Engines and Transmissions Dodge is on a tear of late. Since the June 18th race at Michigan International, seven races ago, the Jasper Engines Dodge has maintained an average finish of 10th place. Remove the Kentucky event, where the #77 was caught up in an incident not of its making, and the average finish for the last six races goes to 6.83.
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I try not to be over-confident going to places, but I am really excited about going to Bristol. We dominated the race there in 2004, but we made a call to stay out and ran over 100 laps on tires, which was too much. We were caught up in an accident with another truck toward the end and had to leave the race early. We learned a lot and know how to run a better race." -Mike Skinner
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I love racing at Bristol. I dont like the practice or qualifying sessions because so many things can happen out of your control that can ruin your weekend, but the racing there is unbelievable. It is the only place we go to where you can hear the crowd over the engines. I think our Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Tundra is going to be good." -Johnny Benson
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This weeks race truck for Bristol Motor Speedway is Chassis No. 22-40. Bill Lesters last race in truck No. 40 was at Dover International Speedway, where he was running fourth before being caught in a wreck.
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Eager to take Bristol by storm, David Starr and Spears Motorsports are set to thunder their way to victory at Round 17 of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Wednesday, August 24 at Bristol Motor Speedway.
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As a veteran of the United States Auto Club open wheel series, Tracy Hines has run thousands of laps on high banked racetracks such as Salem Speedway and Winchester Speedway in Indiana. It should then come as no surprise that Hines, the 2000 USAC Silver Crown Series and 2002 USAC Sprint Car Series champion, is looking forward to racing the No. 13 ThorSport Racing/David Zoriki Inc. Chevrolet on the 36-degree banks of Bristol Motor Speedway.
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Career at Bristol Motor Speedway Although this will Todd Bodines first start in a NASCAR Craftsman Truck at the infamous half-mile track in Bristol, TN - Bodine has raced at the track 30 times. Stacking up quite a resume of finishes in both the NASCAR Winston Cup / NEXTEL Cup starts and 19 NASCAR Busch Series Starts.
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Chad will be making his 74th career start this week in the Craftsman Truck Series.
Chad is less than $50,000 away from eclipsing the $2 Million mark in career earnings in NASCAR (includes his winnings in Craftsman Trucks, Busch Series and Nextel Cup).
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Bristol is one tough place, Crafton said. It is so short and so fast that things can happen on the opposite end of the racetrack and you can get caught up in it if you arent careful. Wed like to come out of there with our first win, but we need to think the points too. Were not in it for the championship, but we are really working hard to get into the top-5. If we keep our nose clean we should be able to gain some points on those guys and get even closer.
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Bristol is a very intimidating track but also one of the most fun that we race on all year. Being patient is so important at a short track such as Bristol. You need to use that patience to take care of your truck and in order to be there at the end. My focus will be to get a good starting spot with our qualifying effort and do all that I can do to stay up with the lead pack."
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"The tough thing about Bristol is that it seems to be a very physically demanding race track. It reminds me a lot of Slinger (Super Speedway) back home in Wisconsin. The laps click by pretty fast and you have to be on your toes at all times. There isn't much room to maneuver if something happens around you. You need a good truck to qualify and stay up front to try to stay out of trouble. You also need a certain element of luck to stay out of trouble at a place like that We've moved up in the points the last three weeks and a good run at Bristol will get us that much closer to the top 10."
- Todd Kluever
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Cook on Last Years race at BMS... We decided to pit early with the leaders but got blocked in the pits (by the No. 52) and lost our track position. We tried to work our way back through the field but got jammed up on a restart. I got to the outside of the 52 truck and a hole opened up behind him. My spotter yelled, 'Clear,' and I went for the hole. By the time I got there the hole closed. The 50 truck turned me around. It's tight racing at Bristol and the holes fill up real quick-like. Unfortunately that's what happened to us." (High Sierra Photo)
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"At Bristol, it is always better to be lucky than good because of the fast action. But to win, you have to put yourself in the best possible place as the race winds down, so you have to have both to get to victory lane. This Chevy Trucks Silverado team is determined to leave Bristol with a victory. We need to get back on track and deliver the performances and finishes this team is capable of having. - Jack Sprague
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Jimmy Spencer Stats at Bristol: This is Jimmy Spencers first visit in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series to Bristol Motor Speedway and his 23rd career NCTS start. Spencer is sixth in NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Championship Point Standings, 25 points behind fifth-place David Reutimann, 311 points behind leader Dennis Setzer.
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PLENTY OF BUD POLE AWARDS:
Since the beginning of the 2004 NCTS season, Toyota drivers have started races from the pole position 12 times. Last year, Tundra drivers captured the pole position five times and this year Toyota racers have had seven poles. Brandon Whitts pole at Memphis in 2005 was the first for Toyota on a short track (less than a mile), as well as the first pole by a Toyota driver not from the Bill Davis Racing team. Teammates Mike Skinner (California, Texas, Charlotte and Nashville) and Bill Lester (Kansas and Kentucky) at Bill Davis Racing have combined for six Toyota poles in 2005.
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We got in some trouble here last year near the end of the race by being a little aggressive. But to run for a championship, youve got to race hard and fight for every position. That is especially important at this point since weve still got nine races to go in the season, weve got to concentrate on winning races. Whether you have a good truck or not is really going to dictate how hard you push the truck at a place like Bristol.
- Dennis Setzer
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One thing I feel good about heading into Bristol is that, unlike some of the places I have run this year, I have at least had some experience on this track. I ran one late model race at Bristol so I am pretty familiar with the racetrack and the high banks. It wont be a completely strange place for me although it will be my first time there with the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. These trucks drive really differently than the late models but having raced there previously will be a help. I think we will be fine. Bristol is my style of race track and I am hoping a return to the short tracks will help us get the finish we deserve.
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Every time we go to Bristol tempers always flare. Its typical of short track racing, so I dont see this event any different than the others. Bristol Motor Speedway has played off that for years. As a driver, I like to race like that because it takes me back to my roots. As an owner, I hate it because you usually bring home a torn up race truck. With three teams the chances of tearing a truck up is pretty high. We seem to be doing a good enough job of that just in these last few weeks."
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Bristol has always been one of my favorite tracks to race on and Id like nothing more than to get a win here to say Ive done it. We tested here a couple of weeks ago and got the truck about where we want it, so its a matter of staying out of trouble for those 200 laps, protecting that front end and then well see what happens in the closing laps.
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I made quite a few starts in my late model at Toledo Speedway, said Keselowski. I think there are several similarities between Bristol and Toledo because the lap times are almost identical and the track surfaces are a lot alike. Im not real sure that there are any tracks just like Bristol, but I will use any experience I can draw from to find success this week.
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Nothing sums up Bristol Motor Speedway better than the phrase no place to hide. It matters little whether youre fast or slow, veteran or rookie driver. Trouble can be a split-second ahead for any competitor in Wednesday nights NASCAR Camping World Truck Series OReilly 200 presented by Valvoline.
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DID YOU KNOW?
At least one Raybestos Rookie has posted a top-10 finish in four of the seven previous Craftsman Truck Series races at Bristol.
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Five series champions entered at Bristol
With Mike Bliss (No. 06 MRD Motorsports Chevrolet) making his first appearance since November 2002, five NASCAR Craftsman Truck champions could be part of the OReilly 200 starting field. He joins series regulars Hornaday, Sprague, Bobby Hamilton (No. 04 Baileys Dodge) and Mike Skinner (No. 5 Toyota Tundra Toyota). Bliss is the only former NASCAR Craftsman Truck champion without a start since winning the title.
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"We're taking the same truck we raced at IRP earlier this month. I think having John Quinn on board as our crew chief will really help us get back to where we were earlier in the season. I saw a huge improvement in the truck at Nashville during the race and now that John has had time to work on the trucks for the past 10 days I believe we will continue to improve. We've got nine races left this season to make up the ground we've lost the past two months."
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Brandon Whitt and the #38 McMillin Homes/Cure Autism Now Toyota Tundra team head to the .5-mile Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway, for a mid-week showdown, Wednesdays OReilly 200; the 17th race of the 2005 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season.
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David Reutimann is one of the hottest NASCAR Camping World Truck Series drivers on the circuit. Reutimann has climbed from 18th to fifth in points over the last 10 races and hopes to continue his championship march with Bristol Motor Speedway next on his agenda. Reutimanns streak blazed when he recorded his first win at Nashville Superspeedway in the most recent event.
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TommyRaz Motorsports will field entries in both the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series O'Reilly 200 presented by Valvoline Maxlife on August 24, 2005 and in the NASCAR Busch Series Food City 250 August 26, 2005 at the high-banked half-mile Bristol Motor Speedway.
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"Bristol is a race fans dream. It has high banks, fast speeds and side-by-side racing. It is a fun track to race on, but can be mentally draining. Things happen so quick at Bristol you cant have a game plan. You dont have a lot of time to react what is happening in front of you. I will rely heavily on my spotter (Jerry Adcock) during the race..." - Chase Montgomery
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Billy Ballew, owner of Billy Ballew Motorsports, is pleased to announce Kyle Busch will return to drive the No. 15 ditech.com Chevrolet at Bristol Motor Speedway for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race on Wednesday night. Busch competed in the Billy Ballew Motorsports-entry three times earlier this year and produced amazing results. Busch and the Ritchie Wauters-led team racked up two victories, a second place finish and a Bud Pole Award.
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Tim Fedewa will again be behind the wheel of the No. 65 Glynn Motorsports NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Dodge for the O'Reilly 200 presented by Valvoline Maxlife at Bristol Motor Speedway on Wednesday night. Fedewa, a veteran of the NASCAR Busch Series, will be making his first "Thunder Valley" start behind the wheel of a truck.
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We got in some trouble here last year near the end of the race by being a little aggressive. But to run for a championship, youve got to race hard and fight for every position. That is especially important at this point since weve still got nine races to go in the season, weve got to concentrate on winning races. Whether you have a good truck or not is really going to dictate how hard you push the truck at a place like Bristol.
- Dennis Setzer
(High Sierra Photo)
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There are certain races on the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCTS) circuit both fans and drivers circle on their calendars and one of those races is the O'Reilly 200 at Bristol Motor Speedway Wednesday evening. NCTS Chris Wimmer is one of those drivers anticipating a fantastic run at Thunder Valley.
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Kyle Busch will return to the seat of the No. 15 Billy Ballew Motorsports Chevrolet for the upcoming NASCAR Camping World Truck Series O'Reilly 200 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Busch has three previous starts with the team, and picked up back-to-back wins for the team in Charlotte and Dover. He has finished among the top-5 in all three of his 2005 NCTS starts, with his worst finish being a second-place finish in his third start in the No. 15 at Michigan in June. (High Sierra Photo)
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O'Reilly 200 presented by Valvoline Maxlife - Bristol Motor Speedway
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Event Schedule
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2002 Craftsman Truck Series Champion Mike Bliss and Concord, North Carolina based MRD Motorsports have agreed to race in 5 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series this season.
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Key Motorsports announced today their return to the Craftsman Truck Series Circuit with driver Andy Houston and crew chief Lance Hooper. The first race will be the OReilly 200 at Bristol Motor Speedway on August 24th.
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