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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
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GM FlexFuel 250
Daytona International Speedway
Daytona, Florida
Friday, February 17, 2006
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SPEED, celebrating its 10th Anniversary in 2006, will be live from Daytona Speedweeks for 10 days, beginning Feb. 10 at 2 p.m. ET with Speedweeks on SPEED. "NASCAR's Daytona Speedweeks has been a signature event for our network since 2002, when Fox launched the re-branded SPEED," said Hunter Nickell, SPEED Executive VP and General Manager.
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GM FlexFuel 250 - Daytona International Speedway
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Event Schedule
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Obviously excited about the upcoming NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Season, David Starr returned from the resent testing session at Daytona International Speedway with renewed hope and expectation. "My new team and truck are definitely awesome," said the popular Texas native, who will be running the Number 38 Toyota Tundra for Red Horse Racing this season. "Going to Daytona, be it to watch a race, test or compete, has always been a thrill for me," continues Starr. (High Sierra Photo)
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For the 15th consecutive year, Performance Racing Network will kickoff its broadcast season with "Fast Talk Live from Daytona Beach" and the roster of scheduled guests includes defending NASCAR NEXTEL Cup champion Tony Stewart, four-time series titlist Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jimmie Johnson, Kasey Kahne and Elliott Sadler.
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CLR Racing crew chief Joey “Jive” Cudmore, today announced that Brandon Whitt will be the driver of the #57 CLR Ford Taurus for the ARCA 200 at Daytona on February 11th. "Its great to have a wheel man like Brandon in our car. His success in the truck series proves that he can get the job done. We’ve got a great car and great power supplied to us by Joe Rhyne," said Cudmore.
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The No. 59 HT Motorsports Dodge, driven by Mike Wallace will team up with sponsor M Select performance engine parts by Melling for the Craftsman Truck Series Daytona 250 on February 17th, 2006. The title sponsor represents Melling's performance line of automotive and truck parts. The agreement also marks the 28th consecutive year that Melling has had a presence as an owner, associate sponsor or sponsor-dating back to 1979.
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Mark Martin will kick off his 2006 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series schedule in the series' season opening Daytona 250 on Friday, Feb. 17. Martin, who plans to run a limited schedule in both the Craftsman Truck and Busch Series in 2006, will compete in four races over Daytona Speedweeks, including the Budweiser Shootout, the IROC season opener, the Craftsman Truck opener and the famed Daytona 500 on Feb. 18. (Streeter Lecka/Getty Images for NASCAR)
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Sean Murphy, Kerry Earnhardt, Scott Lagasse Jr., Robert Richardson, Joey Miller, Kerry Earnhardt, Kyle Krisiloff, Marcos Ambrose, Bobby East, Boston Reid, Kraig Kinser, Robert Turner, J.R. Patton, Aric Almirola, Erin Crocker, and Erik Darnell plan to compete for Raybestos Rookie of the Year in 2006. Murphy was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the 2005 GM Flex Fuel 250 at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway, claiming a 24th-place finish.
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"I love going to Daytona. It is one of the fastest tracks on the schedule. The driver and crew have to be on their game the entire race in order to have a shot for the win. We ran really well there in 2005 but were taken out in a wreck that ended our night. I am hoping 2006 will be the year we have the finish that we deserve. The test in January proved to be really strong for the No. 22 team. We were fast in both single-truck runs as well as in the draft."
-Bill Lester
(Ronda Greer Photo)
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Update:
K Automotive Secures Unexpected Sponsor for Daytona
K Automotive Motorsports, one of the longest-running teams in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series will not be making their 263rd start next weekend at the Daytona International Speedway due to lack of sponsorship funding. The K Automotive team has a fully-prepared Ford race truck ready for competition if any type of sponsorship funding was to come together prior to the event. (Charles Krall/TruckSeries.com Photo)
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Bobby Hamilton Jr. has joined forces with TECH-NET Professional Automotive Service and the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics. Hamilton will drive a uniquely designed TECH-NET Professional Auto Service/Law Enforcement Torch Run No. 08 Dodge created to help raise awareness and funding for the Special Olympics at the 2006 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season opener at Daytona International Speedway on Feb. 17th.
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"I am really looking forward to running Daytona with Jim Harris' organization. We came down here and tested and the guys have built a great truck-wonderful in the draft. Daytona has always been a great place for me personally-it's always treated me very well. I hope I can continue with the good finishes this year for the sake of Melling and Harris Trucking and everyone else involved. I'm going to give it my best shot."
-Mike Wallace
(Team PR Photo)
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The No. 23 team tested chassis No. 23-11 in January at Daytona International Speedway. The team was happy with the truck's performance and is looking forward to Friday night's race. "I am looking forward to going to Daytona. The test was a lot better than 2005, so I think we will be good. Our Toyota is stable, really quick and drives well."
-Johnny Benson
(Ronda Greer Photo)
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Wyler Racing announced today that US Playing Cards (USPC) has signed on as Associate Sponsor for the 2006 season on the No. 60 Con-Way Toyota Tundra fielded by Wyler Racing and piloted by three time series champion Jack Sprague in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. The United States Playing Card Company will utilize their sponsorship program to promote their Bicycle clay-filled Poker chips product.
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David Reutimann and his No. 17 Toyota will sport a new look when he takes the green flag during the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season opener at Daytona International Speedway. Reutimann, who scored his first career win at Nashville Superspeedway last season, will pilot the No. 17 Team Tundra Racing Toyota as he begins his quest for his second victory and the 2006 championship.
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Mike Skinner will compete in both the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event Friday night and compete in the Gatorade Duel Thursday afternoon in an attempt to qualify the No. 23 Bad Boy Mowers Dodge for Sunday's Daytona 500. Skinner and wife Angie call Daytona Beach home. The couple has resided in Daytona Beach for more than five years and is active members of the local community.(High Sierra Photo)
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Chip Ganassi Racing NASCAR Busch Series development driver Kevin Hamlin will make his second career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series start and his first start at Daytona International Speedway on Friday, February 17th, in the Bobby Hamilton Racing No. 04 Dodge Hemi Ram. Scott Lagasse Jr, also a Ganassi development driver, is slated to drive the No. 04 Dodge Hemi truck for BHR throughout the 2006 season, but as a result of not being approved for Daytona's famed 2.5 Mile Tri-Oval, Hamlin will step in for one race. (Team PR Photo)
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The official entry list for the GM FlexFuel 250, the 1st race of the 2006 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season.
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Compassionate Gift Will Enable K Automotive to Make Trip to Daytona - Following the unfortunate news of this past week that K Automotive Motorsports would be forced to miss the upcoming season opener NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at the Daytona International Speedway, a compassionate gift was presented to the team that will enable them to compete in Friday’s GM Flex Fuel 250.
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The 2006 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season shifts into high gear as it comes to the high banks of Daytona International Speedway on Friday night, Feb. 17. But before the exciting action hits the race track, the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series drivers will sign autographs for the fans on Thursday afternoon, Feb. 16 from 12:45 p.m. to 2 p.m.
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2004 Series Champ Makes 100th Career NCTS Start
- NASCAR Camping World Truck Series competitor Bobby Hamilton is hoping for a rare feat - a repeat of last year's win in the NCTS event at Daytona International Speedway. No NCTS driver has won back to back events at the storied 2.5 mile tri-oval, in fact no driver has won the event more than once since the initial series event at the venue in 2000. Hamilton is already slated to make history with his 100th career NCTS start and he knows that if he is to make it back to Victory Lane with his No. 18 Fastenal Dodge in the GM FlexFuel 250 on Friday night that strategy will play a larger than life role. "It is hard to tell what the right strategy is here at Daytona," Hamilton said. "If your truck is real good you want to run to the front, but if it looks like it is going to be a really wild race then I will probably run and hide somewhere."
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Tough. The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series has some of the toughest and most competitive action of any racing Series. Any one of the 36 drivers could win on any given day. That’s why the mantra: “Tough trucks, tougher drivers and the toughest tools” fits. Veterans vs. Young Guns. This year, the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series has a “Veterans vs. Young Guns” feel to it. Almost a dozen rookies in potentially front-running equipment will take on some of racing’s biggest names.
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After a successful 2005 campaign, Ron Hornaday will return to the track in the No. 33 Chevrolet Silverado for his 2006 season debut. The No. 33 team will be led by crew chief, Chris Rice. Last year's crew chief Wally Rogers, has moved over to the KHI No. 33 Busch car to serve as crew chief. KHI gave the No. 6 to veteran driver Mark Martin. (High Sierra Photo)
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Musgrave heads a solid list of veteran competitors who count nine titles won over the series’ first 11 seasons. That’s the greatest number of NASCAR Craftsman Truck champions to enter a season-opening event. Also in the field are Mike Bliss (No. 16 Xpress Motorsports Chevrolet), 2002; Bobby Hamilton (No. 18 Fastenal Dodge), 2004; Ron Hornaday Jr. (No. 33 KHI Chevrolet), 1996, 1998; Mike Skinner (No. 5 Toyota Tundra Toyota), 1995 and Jack Sprague (No. 60 Con-Way Toyota), 1997, 1998 and 2001.
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Ted Musgrave (No. 9 ASE/Germain Toyota) has figured out how to top his first NASCAR championship. Win another one. "I don't know if it would be sweeter to repeat but it would come close," said Musgrave, who opens his quest for the 2006 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship with Friday's GM FlexFuel 250 at Daytona International Speedway. "The first championship really will always stick in your head like your first win. I think if I could repeat as champion with a whole, new team that would be a big statement on everything." As unlikely as it might seem, Musgrave has gone from a championship winning team to an even stronger organization. That, after the 50-year-old driver briefly was unemployed following the abrupt closure of Ultra Motorsports. Musgrave now rides with Germain Racing, a five-time winner a year ago with Todd Bodine (No. 30 Germain Motors Toyota). (High Sierra Photo)
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Germain Racing and iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations today announced their partnership for the upcoming 2006 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season opener, the GM Flex-Fuel 250, at Daytona International Speedway on Friday, February 17th. iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations, a leader in PC-based auto racing simulations, will be the primary sponsor on the No. 30 Germain Racing Toyota Tundra driven by Todd Bodine. (Ronda Greer Photo)
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Bodine and the No. 30 iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations Toyota Tundra Team are looking to keep last years momentum going in 2006. Bodine will seek his fourth consecutive win, after winning the final three races of the 2005 season. The team's strong finish at the end of the season helped move Bodine up to a third place finish in the NCTS Driver Championship standings.
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The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) Foundation today announced that Will Ferrell, star of Columbia Pictures’ upcoming NASCAR comedy Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, will serve as the official spokesman for NASCAR Day 2006.
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Musgrave has five NCTS starts at Daytona International Speedway. His first race at Daytona in the NCTS came in 2001, driving his famous No.1 Mopar Performance/Dodge. He starMusgrave in the fourth spot and finished 22nd after a water pump broke. Musgrave led 26-laps before his water pump broke. Musgrave returned the following year to get his first NCTS career Bud Pole at Daytona. He finished with a NCTS Daytona career best finish of second place in that same race.
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"Our Morgan-Dollar Motorsports team has run good here over the years and I would event go as far as saying that we have dominated this race at times recently. Last year we had one of the best trucks but due to a series of unfortunate events, weren't able to pull it off. We ran the same truck here in 2004 and 2005 and it was very competitive, but this year we are bringing a brand new truck."
-Dennis Setzer
(Ronda Greer Photo)
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Jon Wood, fulltime driver of the No. 47 NASCAR Busch Series Clorox Fusion is also entered in the field for this week's Craftsman Truck Series event. The Air Force announced today that it will be advertising on Jon's Ford F-150 for Friday night's race. Lt. Gen. Dennis R. Larsen, Vice Commander, Headquarters Air Education and Training Command, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, said: "I think that it is an outstanding opportunity for the Air Force to be able to be on Jon's truck on Friday night.
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Seven drivers who piloted Tundras a year ago will be back in Toyotas for 2006. All three drivers at Bill Davis Racing -- Johnny Benson (No. 23), Bill Lester (No. 22) and Mike Skinner (No. 5) -- will return, as will David Reutiman (No. 17) and Joey Miller at Darrell Waltrip Motorsports. Jack Sprague (No. 60), who ran a limited schedule in a Tundra last season, will be back at Wyler Racing, and Todd Bodine (No. 30) returns to Germain Racing. (Charles Krall/TruckSeries.com Photo)
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On-track success at all levels for Roush Racing begins in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCTS). In the series' 11 year history, owner Jack Roush has fielded 15 full-time teams, capturing seven top-five and 10 top-10 point finishes including Roush's first NASCAR championship in 2000 when Greg Biffle brought home the NCTS championship trophy. To date, no full-time Roush entry in the NCTS has finished outside the top 15 in points, a feat un-matched.
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Robert Richardson is ready to start his first full season of competition in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series this week as the season kicks off at the Daytona International Speedway. Richardson will take to the track in his No. 1 WinYourMortgage.com Dodge beginning with the first practice session on Wednesday afternoon at 4:00pm. "We are really looking forward to getting the season started," said Richardson. (Charles Krall/TruckSeries.com Photo)
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"When I saw the hauler pulling through the tunnel with my name on it at the truck test in January, I definitely had a moment. It is every drivers dream to get to the level I am at and of course to the top ranks of the Nextel Cup Series. It is beyond what I have ever hoped for in my career. I am so excited to be racing at Daytona. It is obviously a very prestigious track on the NASCAR tour with all of the history that has been made here. "
-Erin Crocker
(Team PR Photo)
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2006 will be first season for Kraig Kinser, who will compete for Raybestos Rookie of the Year award in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Kinser won prestigious 2005 Knoxville Nationals, the equivalent of the Daytona 500 in dirt winged sprint car competition.
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When Team Chevy Silverado unloads at Daytona International Speedway there will be new names, new paint schemes and new truck numbers, but the goals will remain unchanged. Chevrolet Silverado, the winningest manufacturer in NASCAR Camping World Truck Series history remains focused to pick up where they left off at the end of 2005. (Charles Krall/TruckSeries.com Photo)
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"What more is there to be said, three-time champion, Dennis Connor. He was twice runner-up. The guy's got numerous wins, championships and poles under his belt and to come in and be a leader of our Power Stroke Diesel race team is just an honor to just even have him and an honor for him to even accept the position."
-Terry Cook
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Moderator:
I'd like to introduce the panel for the 2006 NASCAR Competition Update. First I'd like to introduce vice president of competition, Robin Pemberton; our NASCAR Nextel Cup Series director, John Darby; NASCAR Busch Series director, Joe Balash; and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series director, the only guy besides me and Bill France who has been around that long, Wayne Auton... Can you explain the penalties that were imposed as a result of post-qualifying inspection?
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"Our FlexFuel Silverado is driving pretty good. We need a little more speed; we need to stay up in the draft a little better. The guys are working really hard to get a little more speed out of it and I think we will be ok. We were keyed up and ready to go for testing. We worked hard the entire time we were down here. We brought that back with us and are now working on finding more speed to be a little bit better in the draft. That is what we are looking for now. There are a lot of good trucks out there."
-Dennis Setzer
(Charles Krall/TruckSeries.com Photo)
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Roush Racing announced today that Woolrich, The Original Outdoor Clothing Company has signed on to sponsor the No. 99 of Erik Darnell in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race on February 17 at Daytona International Speedway. Darnell, the winner of Roush Racing: Driver X, will make his first start for the team on Friday night. After being chosen from a field of 1,776 applicants, Darnell went on to win the competition and was placed in the No. 99 truck for 2006. (Charles Krall/TruckSeries.com Photo)
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David Starr will be competing for the 8th time in his career in Daytona when taking the green flag for the GM FlexFuel 250 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race Friday, February 17th in the No. 11 Red Horse Racing Toyota Tundra. Starr will be making his first appearance in a race at the Daytona International Speedway in a Toyota. He has six previous starts in the Craftsman Truck Series and one in the NASCAR Busch Series.
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Brendan Gaughan will field the No. 77 in 2006. Sponsorship from the Orleans Hotel and Casino adorns Gaughan's Truck as the season opens and the team seeks primary sponsorship. After weeks of preparation Brendan Gaughan and the Orleans Racing team is ready to reap the rewards of their off-season work. T16, the Dodge Ram that'll contend in this week's event, has 100's of hours of preparation work done to it for the season opener. (Charles Krall/TruckSeries.com Photo)
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The Betty Jane France Pediatric Unit located at the Halifax Medical Center in Daytona Beach, Florida is named Speediatrics and provides world class health care for children. In what has become an annual event, veteran NASCAR Camping World Truck Series drivers Terry Cook, Jack Sprague, David Starr, Dennis Setzer and Brendan Gaughan visited the facility on Wednesday morning. The drivers spent time with 13 patients along with their families and signed autographs. (High Sierra Photo)
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"Found a little bit of what we were looking for. I am happy but not totally satisfied with it by any means. We can't get it to suck up in the draft like we want to but we will keep working on it. There were a few trucks that were so fast in a pack, they would go by like a rocket. I can't lead a pack, I can be in one but not out front. I will just have to run second all night and pull out on the last lap and hope someone goes with me to push me across for the win.
-Matt Crafton
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Todd Bodine and the No. 30 Germain Racing Toyota Tundra Team are ready to make their mark in 2006. They will be kicking off the 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck season with a new look for the this Friday's season opener, the GM Flex-Fuel 250, at the famous 2.5 mile tri-oval of Daytona International Speedway. The No. 30 Germain Racing Toyota Tundra will be sporting the red, white, and blue colors of iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations. (High Sierra Photo)
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Defending NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Champion Ted Musgrave and the No. 9 Team ASE/Germain Toyota Team are ready to kick off their season in Daytona. They are getting ready for this Friday's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season opener, the GM Flex-Fuel 250, at the famous 2.5 mile tri-oval of Daytona International Speedway. You could say it has been quite a wild season already for Ted Musgrave and the green flag hasn't even been waived to start the season yet. (High Sierra Photo)
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This is Toyota's third season, and 51st race, in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Toyota Tundras have won 18 NCTS pole positions in two seasons (2004-05). Mike Skinner had a series-high seven pole positions a year ago, and two poles in 2004. Other Tundra pole winners during the past two seasons include David Reutimann (4), Bill Lester (2), Brandon Whitt (2) and Travis Kvapil (1). (Charles Krall/TruckSeries.com Report)
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Mark Martin scored his first career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series pole
position in qualifying for the GM FlexFuel 250 at Daytona International Speedway on Thursday evening. Martin, who has made just three previous starts in the Truck Series and just one - last year's season finale at Homestead - since 1996, ran a lap of 50.384 seconds with an average speed of 178.628 seconds to secure the pole in the Roush Racing No. 6 Scotts Ford. Martin's lap is 2.4 seconds slower than the track record here at Daytona, which translates to nearly ten miles an hour difference in average speed.
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Mike Mittler knows a thing or two about talented drivers. Current NASCAR Nextel Cup Series stars Jamie McMurray and Carl Edwards got their start with Mittler’s Foristell, Mo.-based NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCTS) team, MB Motorsports.
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Without any owner's points to fall back on, you cleared the biggest hurdle in qualifying for the race. "All we did when we were here testing was qualifying runs because there are some Toyotas that aren't in on points, like us, and it's very crucial to have a good qualifying position, the very opposite of our Busch car."
-Jon Wood No. 20 U.S. Air Force Ford F-150 (Qualified 4th)
(Charles Krall/TruckSeries.com Photo)
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"You can't do much here other than hold it wide open. I'm definitely excited. We're in the top-10 right now and hopefully we can get out of here with a top-10 qualifying run. It really shows how strong the equipment is and the team and how we all work together to accomplish this."-
Joey Miller, No. 12 Toyota, Top Raybestos Rookie Qualifier at Daytona
(Charles Krall/TruckSeries.com Photo)
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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Rookie of the Year contender Kraig Kinser posted the 11th fastest qualifying time for the GM FlexFuel 250 at Daytona International Speedway. Kinser's time made him the fastest Chevy Silverado in the field. Friday night's race will be the former sprint car racers first ever NCTS start. "A little bit of the stress is gone now that we made the race. We gave it everything we could on our two laps."
-Kraig Kinser
No. 47 Chevy (Qualified 11th)
(Charles Krall/TruckSeries.com Photo)
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The Circle Bar team will start the season from the 12th position searching to become the first 2 time winner of the Craftsman Truck Series race at Daytona. The former Daytona Truck Series winner, Rick Crawford, offered the following on his qualifying run; "I'd like to be on the pole but this place is not about being fast by yourself but fast with others. The truck felt really good yesterday in the draft and there are some really good trucks around us and we'll hook up with those guys and go to the front." (Team PR Photo)
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Todd Bodine missed winning his fourth straight NCTS race with his second-place tonight. Bodine finished the 2005 season with three straight wins (Phoenix, Texas and Miami). Defending NCTS champion Ted Musgrave finished third in his first race driving a Tundra. "Second and third , can't complain, even though we wanted to win. It's great for me to have a teammate like Teddy (Musgrave) behind me. I knew I could count on him."
-Todd Bodine
(High Sierra Photo)
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Mark Martin kicked off his NASCAR Speedweek with a resounding victory in Friday night's GM FlexFuel 250 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race. Martin started from the pole and led six times including the final 14 laps on his way to his second career NCTS win. Martin kicked out to the lead, but it was not long lived as he was forced to share the top spot with eight other drivers. Several drivers, including Martin's Roush Racing teammate, rookie Erik Darnell, were able to poke the nose of their machine up front but we unable to cross the line in the lead to become an official leader of the race. For much of the evening, the racing was intense but clean and relatively calm. At times, the front of the field thinned out to just three trucks in a single file draft as they stretched their lead over the pack by upwards of three seconds. But as is inevitable here at Daytona, trouble strikes and often sweeps up several other trucks. (High Sierra Photo)
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In his first career Craftsman Truck Series start, Darnell scored his first top-five finish. He was the only first-year driver to finish inside the top-10. Darnell becomes the fourth Raybestos Rookie to score a top-five finish at Daytona. The others; Kurt Busch, second 2000, Kenny Martin, fifth 2000, Ricky Hendrick, second, 2001. (High Sierra Photo)
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"It was a little hairy out there. Our FlexFuel Silverado wound up fairly good, 13th I think. We aren't happy with it but we struggled a little bit all night, so we are happy to come out of here with a clean truck and some points. We are ready to go to California. We could move up a little bit at times. If we had a good draft in front and behind us, we could move. If we hung out the least little bit, it just didn't want to move."
-Dennis Setzer
(High Sierra Photo)
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Mike Skinner was the WIX Lap Leader of the Race at Daytona. Skinner led six times for 34 laps and took the award for the first time in 2006. Skinner finished fourth at Daytona, scoring his first top-five of the season, his best finish in three starts at the 2.5-mile speedway. His best previous effort was 14th in 2004. Skinner was the 2005 WIX Lap Leader of the Year in the Craftsman Truck Series, claiming the award six times and taking home the $10,000 cash award. (High Sierra Photo)
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"I just want to thank everybody, especially the Roush Racing guys, and Scotts for supporting this thing and coming on board. Those Ford drivers were awesome out there. Driver X Erik Darnell did a fabulous job and he got a chance to lead the race. We got a lot of help from the Ford drivers. I was really sweating there at the end because I was afraid they were going to gang up on us, the other brand. But, I had a little bit of help there at the end and everything just worked out."
-Mark Martin
(High Sierra Photo)
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THE MODERATOR: Today we have the third place finisher this evening of the GM FlexFuel 250, Ted Musgrave, the defending NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion, first drive for Germain Motor Company in the ASE Germain Motor Company Toyota. Reflect on your race out there, Ted. "I'll tell you what, it was awesome. I wasn't really sure how the truck was going to start off the race. All of a sudden it seemed like it sniffed a draft, kind of got out near the front."
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Making his first start for Roush Racing, Erik Darnell brought the No. 99 Woolrich Ford F-150 home in the fifth position, rebounding from early trouble to become the highest finishing rookie in the race. "This is just incredible tonight for this whole team," said Darnell. "It was great to have Woolrich on board, I know their family was home watching on TV tonight. [Crew chief] John Quinn and everyone on this crew worked so hard, and all the help I got from Mark Martin out there, it was just incredible." (Charles Krall/TruckSeries.com Photo)
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David Reutimann and his No. 17 Team Racing Tundra Toyota finished ninth in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season opener at Daytona International Speedway Friday night. "We finished in the top-10 and brought the truck home in one piece," said Reutimann. "It's disappointing that we didn't finish better because we ran in the top-five all night." Reutimann qualified 13th for the 100-lap event. (Ronda Greer Photo)
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For all the ill fortune Mark Martin has experienced at Daytona International Speedway it figured that sooner or later the luck would fall the NASCAR legend's way. That's exactly what happened Friday night as Martin, at the wheel of Roush Racing's No. 6 Scotts Ford, drove under the waving checkered and yellow flags to capture the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series GM FlexFuel 250. A few minutes earlier - when the race restarted for what was to be a green-white-checker finish - the Bud Pole winner appeared to be in big trouble, about to be ganged up on by the Germain Motor Company Toyota duo of Todd Bodine and 2005 series champion Ted Musgrave. (High Sierra Photo)
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With a guaranteed starting position in the first race of the season, the Orleans Racing team focused their attention solely on race setup during the pre-qualifying practice sessions. That was why even after he qualified 32nd, Gaughan declared that his No. 77 Dodge was the best truck he had ever driven at the 2.5-mile Superspeedway.
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With a Raybestos Rookie class dominated by twenty-somethings, the spotlight was on youth vs. the veterans as the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series opened its 12th season Friday night at Daytona International Speedway. Old age and experience, however, carried the day. Mark Martin, 47, became the fifth past-40 winner of a race that has seen just one competitor under the age of 30 visit Victory Lane at the 2.5-mile superspeedway. (Charles Krall/TruckSeries.com Photo)
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The No. 04 Hemi Dodge team and fill-in driver Kevin Hamlin headed for Daytona with a plan. The plan, ride in the back and go to the front with 20 laps to go, was mapped out after owner and teammate Bobby Hamilton won last year's Daytona 250. It worked and Hamlin made his charge to the front on lap 90 of the GM FlexFuel 250. Two laps later he gained 10 spots positioning the No. 04 Hemi Dodge to crack the top-10 on the next lap. (High Sierra Photo)
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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series competitor Bobby Hamilton Jr. stuck to his pre-race strategy Saturday night in the FlexFuel 250 at Daytona International Speedway, and with a little more help from his friends it could have paid off with a victory. Hamilton Jr. spent most of the night trailing the lead pack and in the process avoided the numerous crashes that tend to plague the heavily crowded 36-truck pack on Daytona's high banks. (Charles Krall/TruckSeries.com Photo)
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In his 100th career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series start, Bobby Hamilton driver of the Fastenal Dodge, started the season opener GM FlexFuel 250 race at Daytona International Speedway with a mission in mind. His mission was altered when a window tear off from another truck got stuck on his front grill causing his engine to overheat in the opening laps. Despite the setback Hamilton still managed to finish the event in 21st.
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Robert Richardson made his first career start in a NASCAR Craftsman Truck at the Daytona International Speedway Friday night in the GM Flex Fuel 250. Richardson, a native of McKinney, Texas, competed in the top-15 for most of the evening before taking the checkered flag in the 17th position.
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Three time NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Champion Jack Sprague and his Wyler Racing team put together a solid performance as they guided their No. 60 Con-Way Toyota Tundra to a strong fifth place finish in the series season opener at the Daytona International Speedway. "Our Con-Way Tundra was awesome out there tonight and this Wyler team put me in a position to be there at the end," said Sprague. (High Sierra Photo)
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In front of an estimated crowd of 90,000 spectators, David Starr debuted with his new team and truck as he piloted his No. 11 Red Horse Racing Toyota Tundra to a 14th place finish in the 2006 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season opener at the Daytona International Speedway Friday evening.
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“The guys gave me a truck that could have possibly won the race. I wonder if Mark (Martin, race winner) is going to split his purse with me, because even at the end I pushed him back through (traffic) twice. It was just an awesome truck. All of the guys worked really hard on this thing. Just our luck, we got a tear-off on the grille the first thing and it got hot and we lost two laps."
-Stacy Compton
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Martin Flexes Muscle to Pick up Daytona Glory
Mark Martin kicked off his NASCAR Speedweek with a resounding victory in Friday night's GM FlexFuel 250 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race. Martin started from the pole and led six times including the final 14 laps on his way to his second career NCTS win. Martin kicked out to the lead, but it was not long lived as he was forced to share the top spot with eight other drivers. Several drivers, including Martin's Roush Racing teammate, rookie Erik Darnell, were able to poke the nose of their machine up front but we unable to cross the line in the lead to become an official leader of the race. For much of the evening, the racing was intense but clean and relatively calm. At times, the front of the field thinned out to just three trucks in a single file draft as they stretched their lead over the pack by upwards of three seconds. But as is inevitable here at Daytona, trouble strikes and often sweeps up several other trucks. The first caution of the race came out at lap 26 as Joey Miller got loose in turn four and slid into the inside wall off turn four, making light contact with the inside wall. Miller was the only truck involved in that incident, but the next two incidents would sweep up several trucks. On lap 42, Mike Bliss had the air sucked off the spoiler of his Chevrolet and he darted towards the outside wall. As he fought to regain control, he caught up rookies Boston Reid and Kraig Kinser, and caught out an extremely strong Bill Lester. Reid retired on the spot, while the others were able to continue in various states of disrepair, but were no longer a factor to win.
(High Sierra Photo)
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After a strong test at Daytona International Speedway in mid-January, the No. 22 Checkers Rally’s Tundra team looked forward to the biggest race on the 2006 schedule. The team believed its truck was capable of running at the front of the field, and its intuition proved true during the first practice session Wednesday. Driver Bill Lester was happy with the balance of his Tundra, and with the TRD horsepower under the hood, he knew his No. 22 truck would be a contender during Friday night’s event.
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Johnny Benson and the No. 23 Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Tundra team headed to Daytona International with new colors and high hopes. The team had a strong test in January and thought it would be a contender for the win Friday night in the most prestigious race on the 2006 schedule.
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The 2006 season got off to a solid start on Friday night in the GM FlexFuel 250 at Daytona International Speedway. The team started the weekend with their all time best qualifying effort in Daytona and backed it up with a solid 8th place finish. From the drop of the green flag Rick Crawford knew his Circle Bar F-150 was fast and by lap 11 he had the lead. Crawford spent the majority of the night drafting with NASCAR veteran Mark Martin and when he wasn't pushing Martin, Martin was pushing him. (Rusty Jarrett/Getty Images Photo)
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Although inactive since his Sept. 28, 1996 victory at North Wilkesboro (N.C.) Speedway until the final race of the 2005 season, Mark Martin (No. 6 Scotts Ford) nonetheless goes into the record book with the greatest number of seasons between wins at eight. Skinner broke a seven-season lull last August at Bristol. Martin’s Daytona win was a record-extending 38th for Roush Racing and first on the series for crew chief Mike Beam, who twice finished second in 2005 with Raybestos Rookie of the Year Todd Kluever.
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Kyle Krisiloff made his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut on Friday night for the running of the GM FlexFuel 250 at Daytona International Speedway. Unfortunately, a top-10 run ended early after two separate incidents spoiled his chances for a good finish. Krisiloff and the No. 15 ditech.com/National Land Liquidations/Krud Kutter Chevrolet finished in the 28th position after having to retire the Billy Ballew Motorsports-entry two laps shy of the finish.
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Defending NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Champion Ted Musgrave and the No. 9 Team ASE Germain Toyota Team finished Friday's GM FlexFuel 250 at Daytona with an impressive third place finish. Musgrave showed why he is the reigning Champion, running strong all evening. He and team mate Todd Bodine did all they could to catch race winner Mark Martin, but a last lap caution foiled their two-prong quest for the Daytona checkers. (High Sierra Photo)
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If you were looking for a team that struck luck in Friday's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCTS) race, you would have to consider the Ford Power Stroke Diesel by International race team. Staring deep in the field, driver Terry Cook moved through the field and reached top-10 status early in the race. "We did our best and avoided all the wrecks," said Cook. "We said we were going to ride until the end and I ended up driving to the front." (High Sierra Photo)
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What a weekend for Todd Bodine and the No. 30 iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations Racing Toyota Tundra Team as they came close to winning their fourth consecutive NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at the season opener at Daytona. Bodine did everything he could to catch race winner Mark Martin on the final laps of the GM FlexFuel 250 at Daytona. With 90,000 fans on their feet the race came down to a green-white-checkered shootout. (Ronda Greer Photo)
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Transcripts from today’s teleconference with NASCAR Camping World Truck Series drivers Mark Martin (No. 6 Scotts Miracle-Gro Ford) and Erik Darnell (No. 99 Woolrich Ford). Martin won the season opening race at Daytona International Speedway last weekend while teammate Darnell (Roush Racing’s Driver X) finished in sixth-place. Martin will compete in seven Truck Series races in 2006, including this weekend’s race in California, the Racetickets.com 200.
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NASCAR announced today that three NASCAR Camping World Truck Series crew chiefs have been penalized due to rule violations this past weekend at Daytona International Speedway.
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NASCAR RaceDay, the revamped high-energy NASCAR pre-race show on SPEED, opened the season with strong numbers from Daytona, scoring an average Nielsen Rating of 1.72 (1,118,000 households) and peaking at 2.34 (1.5 million households) for the live, 2.5-hour program. In 2005, the SPEED pre-race show NASCAR This Morning averaged a Nielsen Rating of .68.
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The good news for the Circle Bar Team keeps coming, with NASCAR awarding the Circle Bar Pit Crew the Checkers/Rally's Double Drive Through Challenge Award for the GM Flex Fuel 250 at Daytona. Each week Checkers/Rally's recognizes the pit crew that spent the least amount of time on pit road during the race. The Circle Bar over the wall crew kept their Circle Bar Ford F-150 in the top 10 all night and even took the lead on pit road with a lightning fast 2 tire stop. (Circle Bar PR Photo)
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We have the third place finisher this evening of the GM FlexFuel 250, Ted Musgrave, the defending NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion, first drive for Germain Motor Company in the ASE Germain Motor Company Toyota.
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