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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Race #18 |
Cheerios 200
Richmond International Raceway
Richmond, VA
Thursday, September 8, 2005
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NASCAR announced today that Martin Truex Jr., driver of the No. 8 Chevrolet, has been penalized, fined and placed on probation after a rule violation during the NASCAR Busch Series race last Friday night at Richmond International Raceway.
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After picking up his first career NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series event in California Speedway four days earlier, Kyle Busch headed to Richmond International Raceway (RIR) to jump in the No. 15 Ditech.com Chevrolet Silverado in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Busch hoped the streak would continue with the running of the Cheerios Betty Crocker 200, but with 12 laps remaining, a tire went down sending the Billy Ballew Motorsports-entry hard into the turn two wall, eliminating their chances for a top-10 finish.
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Ted Musgrave once again proved that he is a man on a mission at Richmond International Raceway in Virginia last Thursday night, driving the No. 1 Mopar Dodge Ram to a fourth-place finish in the Cheerios Betty Crocker 200. Musgrave and the Ultra Motorsports team entered the event in second place, only 143 points out of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Championship, but a hard-charging run to the front saw the team cut Dennis Setzer's lead to 49 points. (Ronda Greer Photo)
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There were plenty of things to see Thursday morning and early afternoon as the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series teams got ready to run the Cheerios Betty Crocker 200 at Richmond International Raceway. For an inside, behind the scenes look at what goes on in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series garage area prior to a race, log on to
www.closefinsihes.com
where a 24-image photo gallery of Thursday's NCTS pre-race action has been posted on Page 2 of the CloseFinishes.com Photo Gallery.
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Brad Keselowski once again showed just how talented he and his K Automotive team can be on the short tracks of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series on Thursday evening as he earned a 16th place finish during his first career start at the tricky Richmond International Raceway. The youngest of the Keselowski family was anxious to try his hand at the three-quarter mile speedway where his father and crew chief, Bob Keselowski, earned his one and only NCTS victory back in 1997. (Charles Krall/TruckSeries.com Photo)
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Brandon Whitt and the #38 Red Horse Racing Tundra team appeared poised to make a run resembling that of a similar track, the .75-mile Memphis Motorsports Park, back from July. Whitt was fast from the moment they unloaded on Thursday morning and that speed continued throughout the day.
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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series rookie of the year candidate Timothy Peters must have felt a lot like a pinball in his first visit to Richmond International Speedway during Friday night’s Cheerios Betty Crocker 200. Peters was unceremoniously spun on two separate occasions by fellow NCTS competitors Brendan Gaughan and Brandon Whitt ending his chances for a top ten finish and relegating him to a 29th place finish.
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Jimmy Spencer piloted the No. 2 Team ASE/Ultra Wheels Dodge to a ninth-place finish in the Cheerios Betty Crocker 200 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race Thursday night at Richmond International Raceway. Spencer started 26th, and a savvy pit strategy call by crew chief Dan Glausz enabled Spencer to gain track position when several of the leaders pitted early. Spencer retained track position, even after another round of late stops, to drive home to his eighth Top-10 finish of the 2005 season. (Ronda Greer Photo)
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For the second year in a row, Richmond International Raceway was not kind to Deborah Renshaw. A frustrating night ended with a disappointing 35th place finish for Renshaw and her No. 8 Heritage DODGE in the running of the Cheerios Betty Crocker 200.
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It has become an all too common story for Chad Chaffin and his Wyler Racing team – a strong run being shot down by something odd happening. This time around a solid run was prematurely ended as a power steering pump failure would relegate Chaffin and his No. 60 Jeff Wyler Toyota Tundra to an undeserved 27th place finish on Thursday night at the Richmond International Raceway in the running of the Cheerios Betty Crocker 200.
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Justn Hobgood had an impressive NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut as he started 8th in Thursday's Cheerios Betty Crocker 200 at Richmond International Raceway. Despite some handling and oil temperatures issues early on which put Hobgood further back in the field he and his crew did not loose focus.
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It was deja vu for Todd Bodine in Richmond as he finished second for the second straight race to Mike Skinner in Thursday nights Cheerios Betty Crocker 200 at Richmond International Raceway. The race saw a record 12 cautions but came down to an exciting two lap-dash to the finish between former NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Champion Mike Skinner, Todd Bodine and Kevin Harvick. What an ironic ending, as the No. 5 Toyota Tundra of Mike Skinner caught Bodine, since Bodine tried to catch Skinner for the win two weeks ago in Bristol, but came up short. (High Sierra Photo)
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Two races hardly can be termed a habit but Mike Skinner and Todd Bodine are nonetheless enjoying their view from the top rungs of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series ladder. For the second consecutive race, the Toyota-mounted pair finished one-two as Skinner won Thursday night's Cheerios Betty Crocker 200 by a couple of truck lengths at Richmond International Raceway. Skinner, the No. 2 qualifier, repeated his Aug. 24 victory at Bristol Motor Speedway with Bodine - again - on the tailgate of his Bill Davis Racing Tundra. It took nearly nine seasons for Skinner to win his 17th series race. No. 18 required 15 days and 201 laps around the .75-mile Richmond short track. (High Sierra Photo)
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A starting spot in Thursday's Cheerios Betty Crocker 200 was among the toughest "tickets" in NASCAR Camping World Truck Series history. How tough was it? Consider: 2002-03 race winner and former NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series champion and current point leader Tony Stewart didn't make the cut. Neither did 2002 series champion Mike Bliss. Also among nine drivers shut out was 2004 USAC National Midget champion Bobby East, who'll have to wait a while to make his NASCAR national touring series. The last truck into the field on time was Ken Schrader - another former series winner. (High Sierra Photo)
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Ricky Craven had another disappointing race at Richmond International Raceway Thursday night. Although he had a good truck, a late-race spin due to oil on the track hurt his chances for a good finish. Craven started the race 23rd in his No. 99 Superchips Ford F-150. The truck was a bit loose early in the race, but he began to work his way up through the field. He was up to 16th place by lap 50.
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It looked as though Todd Kluever was going to get another top-five finish Thursday at Richmond until his night was cut short by a lapped truck with 20 laps to go. What should have been a top-five finish turned into a disappointing 32nd-place finish.
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Bobby Hamilton fought an ill-handling Bailey’s Dodge in the Cheerios Betty Crocker 200 at Richmond International Raceway. With numerous efforts of the Bobby Hamilton Racing Team and Hamilton the team battled back to finish in the 24th position, two laps down. “I was tight the entire race,” Hamilton said to his Crew Chief after the race. “The adjustments we made helped it, but I still needed more. It seemed like every time we made an adjustment, it was no time and we were back where we started.”
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Brendan Gaughan says he's not a big fan of racing on the short tracks but you'd never know if after watching his performance under the lights at Richmond International Raceway. There were 45 drivers vying for 36 spots in the Craftsman Truck Series' final race at the 0.75-mile speedway and the competition was so stiff that even the likes of former Cup Series Champion Tony Stewart couldn't make the field.
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An 18th place finish wasn’t exactly what Steve Park was looking for at Richmond International Raceway, but at least he can say that he got everything he could with the hand he was dealt. Park had his hands full with an ill-handling truck for most of the 200-lap race that saw him scored as low as 28th and running one lap behind the leaders with less than 50 laps to go.
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Bill Lester and his No. 22 SunTrust Toyota Racing team battled a stubborn-handling truck a good portion of the night in the Cheerios Betty Crocker 200 at Richmond International Raceway, but didn’t let that deter them from a top-15 finish.
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The No. 5 Bill Davis Racing Toyota Tundra team found their way to Victory Lane for the second straight race under the lights at Richmond International Raceway. Driver Mike Skinner led 120 of the 200 laps in route to his second consecutive NASCAR Camping World Truck Series victory.
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The word of the night for the No. 23 Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Tundra was patience. The team tested the short track last Tuesday and Wednesday in preparation for Thursday’s event and was not happy with the results so it brought back a different truck.
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Robert Pressley turned a spectacular run into an eighth place finish at Richmond International Raceway during the running of the Cheerios/Betty Crocker 200 Thursday night. It was the team's third top-10 finish of the 2005 season and, in the end, proved that there is no substitute for testing in advance of an event. Rolling off the starting grid from the 14th spot, Pressley maneuvered the No. 59 Harris Trucking Dodge to the low side of the track in the opening laps, gaining ground by keeping the truck right on the white line of the apron.
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David Reutimann finished 17th in the No. 17 NTN Bearings Toyota Tundra at Richmond International Raceway Thursday night. “We weren’t great, but weren’t bad,” said Reutimann. “We were kind of all over the place. We just kept trying to adjust on the truck to make it better.”
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Matt Crafton drove the ThorSport Racing No. 88 Menards Chevrolet to his first career top-10 NASCAR Truck Series finish at Richmond International Raceway with a sevent-place finish in Thursday night's Cheerios Betty Crocker 200. Crafton ran up front in the early stages, but dropped back into the pack after a problem on his first pit stop, but was able to play pit strategy and track position into a top-10 position late in the evening. "It's nice to come out of here in one piece for once," Crafton said. (Ronda Greer Photo)
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Tracy Hines drove the No. 13 Red Cross/1-800-HELP NOW Chevrolet to a fifth-place finish in the Cheerios Betty Crocker 200 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Richmond International Raceway on Thursday. Hines pitted prior to the green flag and took the initial green flag from the 36th position, and used pit strategy to gain track position midway through the event that he was able to hold to the checkered. "This is a long time coming," Hines said. (High Sierra Photo)
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Mike Skinner earned his second straight NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCTS) victory, and Toyota's third consecutive win, Thursday evening at Richmond International Raceway when he dominated the field driving his No. 5 Bill Davis Racing Tundra en route to the checkered flag. It marked the third consecutive NCTS win for a Toyota Tundra, as well as the ninth win for Toyota since the beginning of the 2004 season. Skinner had earned his inaugural NCTS victory in a Toyota Tundra in the most recent race at Bristol Motor Speedway (Aug. 24). David Reutimann captured the checkered flag, his first career NCTS win, in the race prior to Bristol at Nashville Superspeedway (Aug. 13). (High Sierra Photo)
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Mike Skinner drove to his second consecutive NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win in the Cheerios Betty Crocker 200 at Richmond International Raceway. Skinner started from second and fought back to the lead after dropping into the pack during pit stops to win his 18th career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race. Skinner had the dominant truck but was forced to come from the middle of the pack after pit strategy put several others near the front of the field. As the race came back to Skinner, he was forced to race hard with Todd Bodine for the second race in a row for the win. Skinner was able to dip inside to retake the lead after the 11th caution flag of the night and was forced to endure two late race restarts before closing down on the victory.
Bodine settled into second for the second race in a row, but he had to fight off a hard charging Kevin Harvick. Harvick also led several laps in the middle stages of the race, but dropped back into the pack after his second round of stops.
Ted Musgrave got into a scuffle with Terry Cook within 10 laps to go, but was able to pick up the fourth spot at the finish and pick up considerable ground on point leader Dennis Setzer. Setzer had a right front tire go down and spent many laps on pit road while his team made repairs to the sway bar arm underneath the truck. Setzer unofficially finished 34th on the night.
Tracy Hines picked up 21 spots to finish fifth, his first top-10 of the season and the first top-5 finish since Mansfield in 2004.
Mike Wallace was sixth with Matt Crafton right behind in seventh. Robert Pressley finished eighth with Jimmy Spencer in ninth and Ron Hornaday rounding out the top-10.
Brandon Whitt was involved in a hard crash in turn one that also collected fourth-place runner Todd Kluever. Whitt made contact with the driver's side, and in the stack up Kluever got hit from behind by Jack Sprague, who was laps down after he had a brake problem early in the going. Kluever had damage to the nose the dropped him from fourth to 32nd at the end. Cook also was knocked out of fourth late in the going when he spun in turn one and dropped him back to 19th at the finish.
The next race for the NCTS is next Saturday at the New Hampshire International Speedway.
(High Sierra Photo)
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This is Toyota's second season, and 43rd race, in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCTS). Mike Skinner's win tonight at Richmond in the No. 5 Bill Davis Racing Toyota Tundra is Toyota's fifth victory of the 2005 season. This marks Mike Skinner's second NCTS win driving a Toyota Tundra, and his second victory since returning to the NCTS full-time at the beginning of the 2004 season. Skinner earned his inaugural win in a Toyota, and Toyota's fourth win of 2005, earlier this season at Bristol (August 24). The win came in his 42nd start in a Tundra. This is the second NCTS win for Bill Davis Racing, and the second NCTS win for crew chief Jeff Hensley. (High Sierra Photo)
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"It is really fun to drive a truck as good as out RaySat Silverado was tonight. We dropped back in the field a little when we pitted and started working our way back toward the front. The truck was really fast, we just couldn't get a long enough green flag run there toward the end to get a good run on Todd (Bodine, finished 2nd) and Skinner (Mike, race winner). But we were fast. Randy Goss, David Dollar and everyone on the No. 47 team and at Morgan Dollar gave me an awesome truck to drive tonight. I really had a great time racing the truck.
-Kevin Harvick
(High Sierra Photo)
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"Our 50 truck wasn't too bad. We were going to try to finish somewhere in the top three, but even top five would have been great. It would have been a good points night for us, but unfortunately you get run over. I saw the 38 truck spin out. I think something broke on it; it was damaged. I just checked up, just trying to make sure what way he was going to go and had no problem and got run over from behind by a truck that was two laps down. It's really disgusting because he had nothing to gain by it and we had nothing to gain by it, and there was a straightaway back to the next lapped truck.
-Todd Kluever
(Ronda Greer Photo)
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Peters finished 29th and took top rookie honors for the third time this season. Peters last claimed Raybestos Rookie of the Race honors June 4 MBNA RacePoints 200 (race number 8) at Dover (Del.) International Speedway where he placed a career-best sixth. He plans to run three more races this season: Martinsville, Atlanta, and Homestead. “We finished, that’s about all I can say. I really don’t know what to say. They say that I’m a Raybestos Rookie, but I think there’s a couple of guys that ought to be labeled a rookie. They just drive over their nose and that’s what cost us.
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Mike Skinner drove to his second consecutive NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win in the Cheerios Betty Crocker 200 at Richmond International Raceway. Skinner started from second and fought back to the lead after dropping into the pack during pit stops to win his 18th career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race. Skinner had the dominant truck but was forced to come from the middle of the pack after pit strategy put several others near the front of the field. As the race came back to Skinner, he was forced to race hard with Todd Bodine for the second race in a row for the win. Skinner was able to dip inside to retake the lead after the 11th caution flag of the night and was forced to endure two late race restarts before closing down on the victory. (High Sierra Photo)
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David Starr was the very first driver to take to the Richmond International Raceway, and he withstood the challenges of 43 other drivers to take the pole for tonight's Cheerios Betty Crocker 200 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race. Starr turned a track record lap of 21.319 seconds/126.548 to take the top spot for round 18 of the 2005 NCTS season. It is his second pole of the 2005 season; his other pole came back at Dover in June. Last week's winner Mike Skinner will go from the second position after a lap of 21.320 seconds/126.542 miles per hour. Skinner was just one one-thousandth of a second away from his fifth pole of the 2005 season. Ted Musgrave is currently second in NCTS standings and is the defending winner at Richmond, and will go from third, with two-time Richmond winner Jack Sprague fourth and Kevin Harvick fifth. Just thirty-nine thousandths of a second separated the top-five qualifiers. (High Sierra Photo)
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Ford Power Stroke Diesel by International and Paws With A Cause (PAWS) are pleased to announce a most generous donation on behalf of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Drivers Association (NCTDA). The NCTDA and their members will present $2,800 to the "Racing for Independence" program. "We're proud to help PAWS through our 'Racing for Independence' program by bringing awareness to a wonderful cause that helps individuals with disabilities lead independent lives," said Matt Smela, Motorsports Marketing Manager at International Truck and Engine Corp. (High Sierra Photo)
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"Our Chevy Trucks Silverado is going to race pretty good, but I really don't know how we are going to qualify to be honest. The crew is going to make some changes before qualifying but we aren't sure how much we will actually gain out there. This is going to be a tight field so obviously the closer to the front we can qualify the better we will be tonight."
-Jack Sprague
"We are searching for something in our Chevrolet Silverado. We just aren't quite where we need to be yet. We did a couple of qualifying runs and I think with how close the times are, that is probably about where we will qualify. The guys are making some changes and working really hard so I know we will have a good truck for tonight's race."
-Dennis Setzer
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Keselowski Looking to Make History at Final NCTS Visit to Richmond: There are several race tracks where Brad Keselowski would be thrilled to find success in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, but perhaps none more than the three-quarter mile Richmond International Raceway. Keselowski was only 13 years old when his father, Bob Keselowski, earned his first and only win in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at this very race track back in 1997. Now eight years later the 21-year old will make his first start at Richmond driving his father’s same number, 29.
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Johnny Sauter is back at it. It took a week or so to get over the disappointment of putting his #43 Menards Chevrolet Silverado together for the Indianapolis NASCAR Truck Series event in August, and then never getting an opportunity to turn a lap because of rain. But as racing is the name of the game, Sauter will again strap on the gear, this time looking to take his recent surge in the NASCAR Busch Series and translate it into a Truck series win Thursday night at Richmond International Raceway behind the wheel of the neon red #43 Energizer/Menards Chevrolet Silverado.
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Stars is the theme for Chevrolet Team Silverado as the powerhouse rolls in to Richmond International Raceway to race under the lights. As a part of the big Chevrolet Rock & Roll 400 weekend, Team Silverado drivers Dennis Setzer, Jack Sprague and Ron Hornaday will have musical celebrity paint schemes for the September 8 running of the Cheerios® Betty Crocker® 200 for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Current series points leader Setzer will have Blue County featured on the hood of his No. 46 Chevrolet Silverado. (Ronda Greer Photo)
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"I am so excited about making my NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut this week at Richmond. I can't thank the Germain family and Toyota enough for this opportunity. The Germain's were behind me when I was racing in the Goody's Dash Series and now they are helping me into the trucks. Mike Hillman, Sr., Mike Hillman, Jr. and my crew chief Tom Ackerman have been a huge help to me in getting me ready for Richmond. I am a driver that has always driven hard at the drop of the green flag. I am learning to pace myself and to be a little more focused as well."
-Justin Hobgood
(Team PR Photo)
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Germain Racing will feature the American Red Cross on both of its Craftsman Truck Series entries this week at Richmond International Raceway. Todd Bodine (#30) and Justin Hobgood (#9) will be displaying their support for the American Red Cross with a special decal on the hoods of their Toyota Tundra Trucks in The Cheerios Betty Crocker 200.
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The off-week was not a week of rest for Brendan Gaughan and the Jasper Engines Race team. Since the Jasper Engines and Transmissions hauler returned to its Las Vegas home base after the Bristol event, the heat’s been on in preparation for the upcoming September 24th Las Vegas Motor Speedway event.
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Richmond is a special place for Steve Park, understandable given that he won here in his Busch rookie season when he was driving for the late, great Dale Earnhardt. Park’s stats here are impressive, showing a majority of top-10 finishes. Park had a respectable run here in 2004 in the #62 Orleans Racing Dodge, he started 17th and went on to finish 12th.
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Matt Crafton heads to Richmond International Raceway hunting for his first ever top-10 finish at the three-quarter mile D-shaped oval. Richmond is one of only three tracks on the NASCAR Truck Series schedule where Crafton has more than one start and has not finished among the top-10 at least once (others include Daytona and Michigan).
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Tracy Hines comes to Richmond International Raceway fresh off a dominant win in the Ted Horn 100 USAC Silver Crown Series race at DuQuion, Ill., and looks to carry on that momentum with him as he takes the reins of the No. 13 ThorSport Racing/David Zoriki Inc. Chevrolet in the Betty Crocker 200 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race on Thursday evening. Hines will also have the distinctive Red Cross logos and identification on his truck in hopes of generating needed exposure and raising funds for Hurricane Katrina survivors in the southeast.
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This will be Chad Chaffin’s sixth career start at the Richmond International Raceway. In addition to two previous starts at the track in the Craftsman Truck Series he also has three starts in the Busch Series to his credit. Richmond is the home of Chad’s best career NASCAR Busch Series finish. He finished ninth in the 1999 Busch race at RIR while driving for Team Lear.
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Primed for a good run at Richmond International Raceway, David Starr and the Spears Motorsports crew are set to challenge the field when Round 18 of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series comes alive on Thursday, September 8. "We tested at Richmond last week," says Starr. "And, we really feel good about this upcoming round.
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Deborah will be making her second career start at the Richmond International Raceway. She competed in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event at the track last year and finished a tough 32nd after a long day at the unique ¾-mile track. "Richmond is a very unique track that produces exciting side-by-side racing for the fans. I raced at the track last year and it was a good learning experience for me. We had a really tough day overall but I think that experience will help me in understanding what I need to do this time around."
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The preliminary entry list for the Cheerios Betty Crocker 200 includes 24 competitors who have won at least one NASCAR Craftsman Truck race. Last year’s event was the first with a green-white-checkered finish at Richmond International Raceway. The race ended under caution, however, with an accident in Turn 3 on lap 209. There have been three yellow flag finishes at Richmond – most of any series track. Races in 1996 and 1999 ended prematurely due to inclement weather. Only two tracks on the current schedule – California and Michigan International Speedway – haven’t seen a race extended past the scheduled distance.
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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series competitors are closing in on a record that's stood for six years. With 12 different winners in the season's first 17 races, the series is on track to eclipse the 14 who won in 1998. The record was in jeopardy last year when 13 drivers posted victories. Significant, perhaps, is that four competitors got their first win of the 2004 season during the final eight races - the same number remaining on this year's schedule. The .75-mile Richmond track has produced three first-time series winners. On four occasions, the race has added a name to that season's list of winners, most recently in 2002 when Tony Stewart (No. 92 Kevin Harvick Racing Chevrolet) captured the first of back-to-back victories. (High Sierra Photo)
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Bobby East, reigning USAC National Midget Car Series champion, had hoped to make his NASCAR debut at Indianapolis Raceway Park last month, but when rain forced the cancellation of Craftsman Truck Series qualifying, the 20-year-old Indianapolis native was forced to postpone his debut. East now hopes his first NASCAR start will come in Thursday night's Cheerios/Betty Crocker 200 at Richmond International Raceway.
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While most of the leaders pitted for tires and fuel under the race’s fourth caution flag, the Ford Power Stroke Diesel by International race team stayed out to lead 13 laps at RIR. Cook held off eventual winner, Ted Musgrave for a handful of laps to finish ninth after the team used pit strategy to earn its sixth top-10 finish in 2004. The team made a pit stop under race’s third caution flag, allowing the team to reach the checkered flag without having to pit late in the race.
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Robert Huffman was the Raybestos® Rookie of the Race in the 2004 Kroger 200 at Richmond. Huffman placed sixth, on the lead lap, and was the only first-year driver to finish in the top 10. The most recent Raybestos® Rookie to lead a lap at Richmond: Kurt Busch, who led four times for 102 laps on his way to a third-place finish. No other Raybestos® Rookie has led more laps or scored a better finish at the .75-mile oval.
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After just wrapping up his first NASCAR NEXTEL Cup victory at California Speedway on Sunday, Kyle Busch will travel to Richmond International Raceway to compete in all three of NASCAR's top divisions. Busch, NEXTEL Cup's latest first-time and youngest winner, returns to where he captured his first NASCAR Busch Series victory. His first stab at the triple will be this Thursday night in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series' Cheerios Betty Crocker 200. Busch, for the fifth time this season, will pilot the No. 15 Ditech.com Chevrolet Silverado for Billy Ballew Motorsports. (Streeter Lecka/Getty Images for NASCAR)
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“Richmond is an exciting race track to race under the lights. It is a fast track and the fans always come out and support us. The track does a great job of promoting the entire weekend as a whole and the fans really come out for all three series. Last year was my first time to race at Richmond. I learned the track pretty quick. We had some tire trouble during the race so I didn’t get to run many competitive laps, but I look forward to going back.”
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The Cheerios Betty Crocker 200 will be the 11th NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCTS) race at Richmond International Raceway. There will be nine Tundras in the field at Richmond -- the 18th NCTS race of the 2005 NCTS season. In the most recent NCTS race at Bristol Motor Speedway (August 24), Tundra driver Mike Skinner was the race-winner and three other Toyota racers finished among the top-10. Following Skinner across the finish line were Tundra racers Todd Bodine (second), Johnny Benson (fourth), and Mike Wallace (ninth). (Ronda Greer Photo)
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Rick Crawford will be hauling the silver and black colors of home state Lilly Trucking of Virginia this weekend in Richmond for the Cheerios 200. Lilly Trucking was founded 35 years ago by Dennis Lilly and specializes in the transportation of machinery for the paper industry. Lilly started the company with just one tractor-trailer rig and, today he and his wife, Sharon, operate a fleet of rigs hauling cargo from coast to coast. Dennis Lilly, Lilly Trucking President commented, "I've always been a big a race fan. I raced drag cars when I was younger and then got hooked on NASCAR with Freddie Lorenzen in 1964. (CBR Photo)
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The official entry list for the Cheerios Betty Crocker 200, the 18th race of the 2005 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season.
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The No. 23 Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Tundra team tested Richmond International Raceway Tuesday, Aug. 30 and Wednesday, Aug 31 in preparation for Thursday's 200-lap event. The No. 23 Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Tundra has finished in the top 10 in four of the last five NASCAR Camping World Truck Series events. The team's fourth-place finish in Thunder Valley gained it two positions in the point standings.
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This week's race truck for Richmond International Raceway is Chassis No. 5-70. This truck last raced in August at Indianapolis Raceway Park. The No. 5 Toyota Tundra team used its final two-day test session of the 2005 season to prepare for Thursday night's event at RIR. The team tested the .75-mile track Tuesday, Aug. 30 and Wednesday, Aug. 31.
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Kluever will drive the No. 50 World Financial Group Ford F-150 at Richmond. This will be the 11th of 15 races World Financial Group will be the primary sponsor on the truck. The No. 50 team will be taking chassis #34 to Richmond. This is the same truck Kluever finished second with at IRP in August. This will be Kluever's first Craftsman Truck Series start at Richmond. He did test there for one day at the end of August.
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The No. 99 Superchips team will be taking chassis #35 to Richmond. This truck last raced at Memphis where it was involved in an accident and has since been rebuilt. Craven has 16 Nextel Cup starts at Richmond with one top-10 finish, and seven Busch Series starts with two top-10 finishes. He has no starts in the Craftsman Truck Series at Richmond.
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The No. 59 HT Motorsports Dodge heads into Richmond International Raceway following a 17th place finish at Bristol Motor Speedway two weeks ago. In two Craftsman Truck Series starts at Richmond, Pressley has a runner-up finish in 2003, driving for HT Motorsports.
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Timothy Peters will make his 12th career NCTS start in the Cheerios Betty Crocker 200 at Richmond International Raceway. Peters will pilot the BHR chassis "Rocket" this weekend at Richmond. It will be "Rocket's" seventh NCTS start. The chassis ran at Charlotte, Kentucky, Memphis, IRP, Nashville and Bristol with Peters behind the wheel.
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The No. 22 SunTrust Tundra team tested Richmond International Raceway Wednesday, Aug. 31 in preparation for Thursday night's 200-lap event. For the second time during the 2005 season, the No. 22 Bill Davis Racing Tundra will carry the SunTrust Bank colors. The bank's logo was aboard the No. 22 in the season-opener at Daytona, where Lester qualified fourth and was caught in an accident on lap 64.
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"This is going to be one of the toughest races of the year. I could really tell that a lot of teams have put a lot of effort into this race from testing last week. The usual good teams were good, and even some teams that do not run up front much were really fast. Also, we're going to have a lot of great drivers in the field including some Cup guys like Kevin Harvick, Tony Stewart, and Kyle Busch."
-Dennis Setzer
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Sprague is one of only two drivers with multiple NCTS wins at RIR. Sprague won in 1998 and again in 2001. In eight previous RIR NCTS starts, Sprague has completed 1,476 of 1,479 possible laps (99.8%) and has led 304 laps, the most in NCTS competition. He won the pole for the NASCAR Busch Series race in 2002.
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Brandon Whitt and the #38 Red Horse Racing Toyota Tundra team head to the .750-mile Richmond (Vir.) International Raceway, for Thursday night's Cheerios/Betty Crocker 200; the 18th race of the 2005 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season. The sophomore driver from El Cajon, Calif., Whitt scored his first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series victory at Memphis Motorsports Park in July, becoming the first to do so from the Rookie Class of 2004.
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Richmond International Raceway will not host a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race in 2006, as the traditional Thursday night event will move to Saturday, October 7 at Talladega Superspeedway-also part of International Speedway Corporation's portfolio of tracks. The inaugural NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Talladega Superspeedway will be part of tripleheader weekend at that track, including NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series and ARCA races.
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Morgan-Dollar Motorsports will field Kevin Harvick in the the No. 47 Chevrolet All Star Silverado on September 8th at Richmond International Raceway with rock band KISS and the KISS Army along with RaySat featured on the hood and quarter panels. The one-day NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race is the opening event of the Chevy Rock & Roll 400 weekend held annually in September at the 3/4 mile Virginia race track. RaySat, manufacturer and supplier of in-motion, low-profile, phased-array satellite antennas, will serve as primary sponsor of the Chevrolet Silverado All Star team in its fourth appearance in 2005.
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Richmond International Raceway is significant to David Reutimann. According to Reutimann, what he believed to be his first and only chance to race in one of NASCAR's top circuits happened at the historic 3/4-mile oval three years ago. Hunting his next victory, Reutimann wants nothing more than to win at the site where he got his big break.
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In an effort to bring awareness of the desperate need of monetary donations to the Red Cross for the victims of Hurricane Katrina, Jack Bailey Racing and Green Light Racing is proud to announce a partnership with the Red Cross of the National Capital area. On September 8, 2005, the #07 Red Cross Chevy will make its debut at the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at Richmond International Raceway in the Cheerios 200. This race will be televised nationally on SPEED Channel at 8pm EST.
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Clay Rogers will be back behind the wheel of the Glynn Motorsports No. 65 Dodge truck for the Cheerios Betty Crocker 200 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event at Richmond International Raceway this coming Thursday night. Rogers, whose best NASCAR Camping World Truck Series finish was 8th at Texas, is looking forward to running the historic Richmond track.
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Jarit Johnson will make his first-ever Craftsman Truck Series start piloting the No. 08 Levi Strauss Signature Chevy Silverado at Richmond International Speedway on September 8th. Johnson will drive with the SS Racing team, which has formed an alliance with Green Light Racing for two races at Richmond and Martinsville, VA. A three-race sponsorship program was developed between Levi Strauss Signature and Johnson. It began a few weeks ago in the ARCA RE/MAX Series at Michigan International Speedway.
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Led by a call to action to all International Speedway Corporation sister tracks by Talladega Superspeedway, millions of residents affected by the rampage of Hurricane Katrina in its home state of Alabama, as well nearby Mississippi and Louisiana will benefit from a company-wide hurricane relief program announced today by TSS President Grant Lynch.
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General Mills, one of the world's premier consumer foods companies, announced today it will be the title sponsor of the upcoming NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Richmond International Raceway. The Cheerios Betty Crocker 200 is set for Thursday night, September 8 "under the lights" as part of a double header with the Crown Royal International Race of Champions (IROC) Series. "We are very excited to have General Mills join us as the sponsor of our NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race," said track president Doug Fritz.
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Jack Bailey will make his second debut in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series September 8, 2005 at Richmond International Raceway in the NCTS 200. Bailey will again be driving for Green Light Racing's owners Bobby Dotter and Gene Christensen. In his first outing less than a month ago, Jack Bailey qualified 24th and finished the race 29th. That’s not bad considering that on lap 3 Jack was caught up in an incident that would damage both sides of his #07 Ford. (JackBailey.com Photo)
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Andy Houston’s return to the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series was not disappointing at Bristol Motor Speedway despite qualifying 34th. The team had to get into the field without a provisional. “Our main goal was to make the race, Houston said, “We felt confident from the test session a week prior that we had a setup that would get us in.” “This was the first race of the year for Key Motorsports and without the owner points for a provisional, we got in on speed.” (High Sierra Photo)
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As the hours and minutes tick down to the waving of the green flag for the Chase weekend at Richmond International Raceway, several NASCAR Craftsman Truck, Busch and NEXTEL Cup Series teams have tests planned at the 3/4-mile facility. Test sessions at Richmond International Raceway are free to the public. Fans can enter the track through gate 70 on the frontstretch.
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Cheerios Betty Crocker 200 - Richmond International Raceway
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Event Schedule
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“I am so grateful for this opportunity with Levi Strauss Signature and everyone who made it possible for me to race today. And I just hate it that we didn’t get through this race for them,” said Johnson. “There is nothing worse than bringing your crew guys a torn up race car. But this was a great experience for me and I’m looking forward to getting into the Levi’s Strauss Signature Craftsman Truck in Richmond to continue where we left off.”
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Tony Stewart has always been known as a driver who will drive anything, anywhere, anytime. Of all the series he has raced in and the numerous championships he has won, he has never attempted the "NASCAR triple." That will change at Richmond International Raceway September 8-10 "under the lights," when Stewart will run in all three of NASCAR's top touring divisions, something he has never done on the same weekend. "I've never run three NASCAR races in one weekend, so it should be a lot of fun and I'm really looking forward to the challenge," said the 2002 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series champion. (NASCAR Media Image)
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