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May 2005
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
General News
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HORNADAY:
I really love Dover. We run good there. I’m just really looking forward to the green flag dropping. I know Wally’s going to give me the best piece he can. The GM Goodwrench truck is looking good. They’re getting chassis dyno-ed right now. RCR’s going to give us the best horsepower. So it’s all up to me now to go out there and win the race.
HARVICK:
I think we could add another race if we got rid of the All-Star race. I think that’s kind of a waste of time. It tears up a lot of race cars, and really just kind of a waste of a weekend for the race teams. (High Sierra Photo)
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“The last couple of weeks I’ve had the opportunity to work with a crew chief – Rambo – Toni Liberati or Liberace like I like to call him. He’s too short to be a Rambo, so Liberace works for me, but we’ve had Rambo the last couple of weeks. It started out like ‘come and help me these next two weeks and get me through this tough spot where I’m looking for my crew chief.’ After the chemistry he and I had and the way the Orleans team has run, we do things as a team. After qualifying at Charlotte, I looked at the whole team and said ‘all right guys, I’m pretty happy.’ I put it to a vote of both teams and every guy on the 77 and 62 raised their hands. They wanted Rambo to come and be our crew chief full time. I offered him a job. He went out and met my dad and now Rambo is going to take over the reigns of the 77. I’m pretty happy." - Brendan Gaughan (High Sierra Photo)
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SPEED Channel added 559,000 households in May, bringing the June Nielsen universe estimate for the network to 63,931,000 U.S. households.
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Champion Eric Norris and Dallas, TX based Pavestone Company announce their sponsorship agreement to race a limited Nascar Craftsman Truck Series schedule in 2005. Pavestone will be serving as the Primary Sponsor for several races beginning in June.
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Orleans Racing is pleased to announce the addition of Tony “Rambo” Liberati to the Orleans Racing family. Liberati, with his nearly two decades of NASCAR experience, will lead the crew of the #77 Jasper Engines Dodge for the remainder of the year. The acquisition comes after a two-race period where Liberati served as interim crew chief for the #77 Jasper Engine Dodge, helping the team to its best two finishes of the year.
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One of the Hottest Motorsports Properties in America, Craftsman Brand Increases Involvement in and Support of NASCAR -
The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) announced today that Sears, Roebuck and Co., through its proprietary Craftsman tool brand, has renewed its title sponsorship of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series is one of America’s fastest growing major sports properties and now the No. 3 motorsports property on cable television. (Emmett Byrd Photo)
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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver Todd Bodine threw out the first pitch on Wednesday night, May 25, at the Texas Rangers-Kansas City Royals baseball game at Ameriquest Field in Arlington, Texas. (TMS PR Photo)
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Mike Harris one of the most prominent motorsports journalists in the United States will be honored, by the Speed Channel DRIVER OF THE YEAR AWARD panel, for his lifetime of service to the award, at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Friday, May 27th. Harris started with the Associated Press in 1969 and has been the motorsports writer since 1980 and a member of the Expert Panel for 25 years. Born in Wisconsin, Harris had a number of assignments including the Indiana Sports Editor of AP.
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Craftsman has agreed to a five-year extension of its sponsorship of the NASCAR Truck Series, ThatsRacin.com has learned. NASCAR and Craftsman officials will make the formal announcement at a press conference scheduled at 5:45 p.m. Thursday at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C. Reigning Truck series champion Bobby Hamilton Sr., as well as former champions Greg Biffle and Jack Sprague will be on hand for the announcement, as will Nextel Cup driver and current Truck series owner Kevin Harvick. Craftsman has sponsored the series since its inception in 1995. In 2000, NASCAR and Craftsman signed an extension carrying the sponsorship through the 2005 season. Source:
Jim Utter, ThatsRacin.com
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This Fall Viewers Get Exclusive Unprecedented Access to the Fast Lane as New Program Showcases the Search for NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series' Next Superstar
- Calling all adrenaline junkies and speed demons - Roush Racing is teaming up with Discovery Channel to find a driver to join their team, to star in an energy-jammed reality show, and ultimately to compete for the 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Championship. Discovery Channel will bring the excitement, drama, and rush of this exclusive search for NASCAR's next superstar in a new series premiering this fall.
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Dover International Speedway has unveiled an all-new website, in time for the upcoming June 3-5, 2005 MBNA race weekend. The site is now available at
www.DoverSpeedway.com
. The new, user-friendly site features various upgrades, including interactive enhancements and improved content. "We wanted to revamp the look and feel of our websites, to better portray the excitement that surrounds the racing action at Dover International Speedway," said Randy Dickerson, art director at Dover International Speedway.
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The sixth race of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, the UAW/GM Ohio 250 at Mansfield Motorsports Speedway on SPEED Channel reached a Nielsen rating of .79 / 498,000 Households for last Sunday's NCTS event in Mansfield, Ohio - exceeding last year's .60 Nielsen rating.
Source: SPEED Channel
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Reigning NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Champion Bobby Hamilton announces his latest venture – the Bobby Hamilton Fan Club. In typical Bobby Hamilton fashion, the fan club is not your regular get a t-shirt and hat kind of club. That’s right, one of the options is to actually strap into one of Hamilton’s Dodge vehicles and go for 10 hot laps around a short track in Nashville, Tennessee.
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In the two weeks since Orleans Racing began its reorganization several key goals have been reached. These changes, tied to enhancing the performance of the #62 Orleans Racing Dodge and the #77 Jasper Engines Dodge, should yield performance gains as soon as this weekend when the NASCAR Craftsman Trucks tackle Mansfield Motorsports Speedway.
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The second of two issues of RACING FAN, a big, bold, photo-driven magazine for the NASCAR fan, delivers on the promise of the first: amazing NASCAR photography; insider profiles of current drivers; fun fan photos; and a lively mix of collectibles, stats, news, opinion, and candid driver shots. Chock-full of the big pictures and back stories that fans can’t get enough of, the second issue highlights the importance and impact of innovations in NASCAR safety technology. Plus... Former Cup driver and reigning NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series champion Bobby Hamilton tells Jim Utter of
The Charlotte Observer
why he thinks trucks are the real deal and why he thinks truck racing kicks Cup into next week.
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Opening June 18 at 9:30 a.m. ET, with the network's tenth consecutive year of live coverage from the famed 24 Hours of Le Mans, SPEED Channel will go live to the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race from Michigan at 3 p.m. ET. And shortly after wrapping up in France the next morning, SPEED will offer live coverage of Formula One's United States Grand Prix -- the only F1 race in the U.S. -- on June 19 at 1:30 p.m. ET from Indianapolis.
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It's always nice to have a plan. For USAR Pro Cup Series rookie Chase Pistone and his FasTime Racing team, that plan is pretty simple crawl before you walk, walk before you run and then it's time to start thinking about winning the marathon. Already this season, Pistone earned a pole in the Pro Cup Series and had some strong runs. Three races ago, he finished in the top-10 for the first time. He repeated that at Concord in the last Pro Cup event, so heading into Ace Speedway (NC) on Friday night, it was time to record a top-five finish. And that's exactly what he did, finishing fifth in the 250-lap event.
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Bill Davis Racing announced Monday Xtreme Outdoor Camouflage, Inc. (XOC), an Arkansas-based outdoor apparel company, is joining its 2005 sponsorship lineup, starting this weekend. Xtreme Outdoor Camouflage will sponsor Johnny Benson and his No. 23 Toyota Tundra truck team at Mansfield (Ohio) Motorsports Park. "Xtreme Outdoor Camo is a revolutionary product," said Bill Davis, president and owner of Bill Davis Racing. "When people see this product they are going to be amazed with its innovative design.
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On Saturday, April 30, 2005, Dover International Speedway, in conjunction with local, state and federal authorities, conducted a full-scale training exercise to test emergency preparedness. Dover International Speedway is the first NASCAR facility to participate in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Office of Domestic Preparedness Stadium Protection Initiative. Other similar simulations have been conducted at Turner Field in Atlanta, Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, and Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass., among others.
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Ricky Craven and Todd Kluever are getting tired of bad weather at race tracks across the country. Once again this week, Mother Nature decided to rain on their parade. Both drivers were scheduled to test their Ford F-150s at Texas Motor Speedway on May 4-5, but rain forced them to reschedule their test for later this month.
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With the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series off this weekend, David Reutimann goes back to his roots. Reutimann will compete in an Open Wheel Modified race at the famed 1/3-mile East Bay Raceway Park dirt track along with his legendary father Buzzie Reutimann this Saturday night. “Although my dad and I raced at the same racetracks a lot of times, we were generally in different classes most of the time,” said David Reutimann. “So, we really didn’t get to race a whole lot together. This weekend I'll be racing the d 00 car and of course, my dad will be in his 00 car. We're looking forward to it.” (High Sierra Photo)
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Jim Smith, whose dreams became the reality of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series more than a decade ago, continues to makes his presence known – and in a big way. Smith, owner of Ultra Motorsports and one of four off-road racers who presented the concept of truck racing to NASCAR in 1994, is the epitome of “10 Years Tough,” this season’s celebration of the series’ first 10 years. The California native has entered at least one truck in each of 247 races and now boasts victories in all 11 seasons. The latest win – by Ted Musgrave (No. 1 Mopar Dodge) on April 30 at Gateway International Raceway – was a record-matching performance. (Team PR Photo)
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Following the fifth race of the 2005 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series campaign Orleans Racing has begun a reorganization of key personnel. The changes involved the crew chief and truck chief of the #77 Jasper Engines Dodge. Effective immediately Orleans Racing has announced the departure of crew chief, Billy Wilburn and truck chief, Travis Sharpe. No replacements for the two have been named.
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The American Auto Racing Writers and Broadcasters Association revealed today the top-five vote-getters for its Newsmaker of the Half-Century Award, the most important event of AARWBA’s 50th Anniversary Celebration. They are (in alphabetical order): Mario Andretti, Dale Earnhardt, the France family, the Hulman-George family and Roger Penske.
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SPEED Channel's much-anticipated new show, PINKS, scheduled to debut June 29 at 8:30 p.m. ET will be on-site at Orlando's historic Speedworld Dragway on May 26 and 28 to host and record a 12-car "King of the Hill" drag racing event with uniquely high stakes -- lose the race, lose your ride.
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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series owner Michael J. Gaughan has been fined $1,500 while crew chiefs Doug George and Doug Howe have been fined $500 for rule violations that occurred during last weekend’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series event at Gateway International Raceway, NASCAR officials announced today.
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Veteran broadcasting executive Doug Rice has been promoted to president and general manager of Performance Racing Network and Gerry Horn, a 20-year veteran of corporate sales, was elevated to vice president of PRN sales.
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SPEED Channel President Jim Liberatore announced today the hiring of Chris Long as VP of Studio Production, a position created to oversee the growing list of studio shows and event shoulder programs produced in-house by North America's leading motor sports and automotive lifestyle network. "SPEED Channel has grown to the point where live events, studio production and program development all need individual attention," Liberatore said.
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SPEED Channel continues to deliver the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series to more fans beginning with the network's first airing in February 2003. This season looks to continue the strong climb as SPEED's Nielsen household ratings increase nearly 29% each year since the partnership began.
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