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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
Race #9 |
Sam's Town 400
Texas Motor Speedway
Fort Worth, Texas
Friday, June 9, 2006
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The Circle Bar Truck Corral team rode into Texas Motor Speedway high in the saddle coming off a string of solid finishes. Crew chief Kevin "Cowboy " Starland and his Circle Bar gang rounded up the team's newest speedway chassis, CB 19 for the Sam's Town 400. "When it comes to Texas, we bring the best piece, or build one, for this particular racetrack. Cowboy and the whole Circle Bar race team gave me another bullet tonight and we shot it."
-Rick Crawford
(Ronda Greer Photo)
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Todd Bodine's phenomenal NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season continued Friday night with a come-from-behind, final lap victory in the Sam's Town 400 at Texas Motor Speedway. Bodine's Lumber Liquidator Toyota, a lap down when caution flew at lap 101, regained the lead serial as the highest scored, non lead lap truck. From an 18th place restart, and fresh tires mounted at lap 117, Bodine slashed his way back through the field to reach second place when the race's seventh and final caution flew five laps short of the scheduled, 167-lap distance after Jack Sprague's Turn 2 spin. The yellow erased Budweiser Pole starter Mike Skinner's 4.5 second lead and set up a two lap green white checker finish that proved the undoing of the 1995 champion, who a day earlier won a series record fourth consecutive pole at the 1.5-mile superspeedway. (Ronda Greer Photo)
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Bill Lester and the No. 22 Toyota Tundra team were looking for a solid finish at Texas Motor Speedway Friday night. The team has had a number of solid runs this season, but its finishes are not indicative of its performance. Lester knows how to get around the one-and-a-half-mile speedway was and was confident in his team’s ability to bring a fast Tundra to the track.
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Texas Motor Speedway is a race the 23 Toyota Certified Used Vehicles crew marked on the calendar at the beginning of the season as one they felt like they could win. In the prior two spring races at the 1.5-mile speedway, Johnny Benson has finished in the runner-up position. The team was looking to better its position by one and bring the trophy back to High Point, North Carolina.
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Domination is the only word to describe the No. 5 Bill Davis Racing Toyota Tundra team’s performance at the Texas Motor Speedway last Friday night. The team led 113 of 168 laps, but was beaten to the line by fellow Tundra driver Todd Bodine for the win.
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David Ragan returned to the seat of the No. 6 Scotts Miracle-Gro Ford F-150 needing to come home with a solid finish. After posting decent practice times and a 19th place starting position, Ragan felt confident that his crew had brought a truck capable of finishing in the top-10. Knowing one of the longest races of the Truck Series schedule was ahead, Ragan knew that exercising patience would be crucial to making the night a success. (Ronda Greer Photo)
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Todd Bodine increased his points lead with an electrifying win in Friday's Sam's Town 400 at Texas Motor Speedway. Bodine had a great car going into the race, but fell a lap down and battled back to catch race leader, Mike Skinner, who raced the dominant Tundra all race long. On the final lap of the Sam's Town 400 Bodine collected his third win of the 2006 season and his third NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career win at Texas Motor Speedway.
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Ted Musgrave and his No. 9 Team ASE Germain Toyota Tundra Team needed a strong finish in Texas to get his team back on track. Musgrave and his Team ASE Germain Toyota crew did just that as they finished seventh in Friday's Sam's Town 400.
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Bodine's Last Lap Heroics Send Him to TMS Victory Lane
Charles Krall, TrackSide Editor
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Race winner Todd Bodine
celebrates in victory lane.
Nate Mecha/HSP
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Mike Skinner's bad fortune was Todd Bodine's good fortune in the Sam's Town 400 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race Friday night at Texas Motor Speedway. Skinner, who started from the pole, dominated the 168-lap race and had a four second lead with just seven laps to go. But on lap 160, Jack Sprague got loose coming out of turn two and spun, bringing out the seventh and final caution of the evening. On the restart, Bodine made his move going into turn one on the final lap and held off a charge from Skinner coming out of the final corner to pick up his third Texas victory and his third win of the 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season in the closest Truck Series finish in the history of Texas Motor Speedway. Bodine nipped Skinner at the line by a mere 0.116 seconds.
Bodine's night in the No. 30 Lumber Liquidators Toyota was not as smooth as it may seem, as handling problems left him a lap down at one point.
"We kept fighting," Bodine said. "That's just what this team does. We got the lucky dog and it was just pure luck. We had a good truck and we got lucky with the breaks. We had the fresher tires and that's really what we needed. I knew we had a good enough truck. I knew I could get a run off turn four for sure. I cleared him in the middle of the corner in turns one and two and got him. That's just good hard racing. I wish the two of us could have won this thing. If I had to beat someone, I am glad it was someone who is my friend like Mike." Skinner, who led three times for 112 laps in the No. 5 Toyota Tundra Toyota, was disappointed at the outcome.
Rick Crawford picked up his best finish of 2006 with a third in Texan Tom Mitchell's No. 14 Circle Bar Truck Corral Ford. David Reutimann finished fourth in the No. 17 Team Tundra Toyota, just in front of Johnny Benson in the No. 23 Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Toyota. Johnny Benson has had three top-6 finishes in the last four races, and picked up his fourth top-five finish of the season heading into his home race at Michigan next Saturday.
Dennis Setzer picked up his best finish of 2006 in sixth in the No. 85 Rotella T Chevrolet, while Ted Musgrave recovered from a frustrating practice and qualifying day to finish seventh in the No. 9 Team ASE Toyota. David Ragan was eighth in the No. 6 Scott's Miracle-Gro Ford, Chad McCumbee was the highest finishing Raybestos Rookie of the Year candidate in the No. 08 Death Toll Chevrolet in ninth, and Mike Bliss rounded out the top ten in the IWX Motor Freight Chevrolet.
There were 11 lead changes among seven drivers. The caution flag waved seven times, all for relatively minor incidents, which consumed 25 of the 168 laps. Erik Darnell, Aric Almirola, Kelly Sutton, Kerry Earnhardt, and Jack Sprague were all involved in separate incidents to draw the caution, with Sprague's spin off turn two with seven laps remaining the caution flag that set up the thrilling two-lap dash to the checkered. The race was run at an average speed of 132.129 miles per hour.
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Brendan Gaughan rolled into the Sam’s Town 400 determined to reclaim the magic that led him to four consecutive victories at Texas Motor Speedway in 2002 and 2003. That was a realistic enough goal right up until Lap 55 when the handling on the No. 77 Dodge did a disappearing act and left Gaughan hanging onto the steering wheel for all he was worth and praying for a caution.
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Ted Musgrave drove the No. 9 Team ASE Toyota to a seventh-place finish in the Sam's Town 400 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race Friday night at Texas Motor Speedway. After two consecutive finishes outside the top-10, Musgrave recovered from a frustrating weekend to not only pick up his seventh top-10 finish of the season, but challenge for a top-5 finish late in the going. (Ronda Greer Photo)
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Texan Native Struggles All Night With Handling -
David Starr wanted his homecoming to Texas Motor Speedway with the No. 11 Red Horse Racing team to be a celebration, but the night was less than perfect as Starr was never a factor in the Sam’s Town 400.
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Top Five Finish Denied Due To Lap Traffic -
A solid top-five finish for Jack Sprague and the No. 60 Con-way Freight Toyota was derailed in the closing laps of the Sam’s Town 400 at Texas Motor Speedway on Friday night. While running in fourth place with just seven laps remaining, Sprague was spun by a lapped truck and forced to pit for fresh tires."
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In just his ninth NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series start, 20-year-old Kyle Krisiloff collected his fourth top-20 finish in the Sam’s Town 400 at Texas Motor Speedway on Friday night. Starting from the 34th position, the No. 15 ditech.com Chevy managed to wrestle their way up to the 19th spot by the end of the night.
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Erik Darnell came to Texas with one of his favorite Ford F-150s and the strength of two strong finishes at sister tracks Charlotte and Atlanta. The No. 99 Woolrich team had high hopes of coming out of Texas with a top-five finish, but an early incident prevented them from reaching their goal.
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Contact on a Restart Punctures Radiator and Oil Cooler Sidelining Raybestos Rookie Contender on Lap 55 in Sam's Town 400K -
Following practice and qualifying, Kraig Kinser and the members of his No. 46 CENTRIX Auto Finance team were looking forward to the running of the Sam's Town 400K on Saturday night.
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In the estimation of veteran Key Motorsports crew chief Barry Dodson, it was only going to be a matter of time before the NASCAR world was going to see the talents of rookie driver Ryan Moore fully displayed. That time came Friday night at Texas Motor Speedway when the 22-year old Maine hot shoe powered his way to a solid, fourteenth place finish in the Sam’s Town 400.
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David Reutimann prepares for the NASCAR Busch Series race at Nashville Superspeedway tonight fresh off of collecting his fifth top-five and eighth top-10 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series finish of the 2006 season at Texas Motor Speedway last night. Reutimann posted a fourth-place finish in his No. 17 Team Tundra Racing Toyota at the 1.5-mile tri-oval. "We had a solid finish at Texas," Reutimann said. (High Sierra Photo)
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Team Australia’s Marcos Ambrose has finished 27th in today’s ninth round of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. Ambrose qualified in 19th position in his Team Australia/Aussie Vineyards Ford F-150, but elected to start from the back of the 36-truck field as he continues his on his steep NASCAR learning curve.
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A combination of pit strategy gambling and outstanding luck helped bring Mike Hillman Jr. and the No. 30 Lumber Liquidators Tundra their third victory of the season Friday night at Texas Motor Speedway. Three judges; including Charles Krall with truckseries.com, Robbie Reiser, and a WypAll Wipers representative all agreed that the perseverance displayed by Mike Hillman Jr. was enough to earn him Crew Chief of the Week honors.
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Dodge driver Scott Lagasse Jr. has driven several challenging race cars in his young career, but Friday night’s entry in the Sam’s Town 400 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race was his biggest challenge to date. Along with his fellow Bobby Hamilton Racing teammates, Lagasse Jr. battled a wicked loose No. 04 Hemi Dodge the entire night. After several attempts to tighten up the chassis Lagasse Jr. was forced to settle for 29th position at Texas Motor Speedway.
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Marcos Ambrose on Texas:
"After what happened at Charlotte, we really needed a solid finish. We got that. We brought our Team Australia/Aussie Vineyards Ford home in one piece and we were running at the finish. That's always been our primary goal. We lost a couple laps with a loose wheel, otherwise we would have easily been a Top-15 truck."
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Bobby East on Texas:
"I'm frustrated by our finish, but not by our effort. We had a much better truck than our finish showed. I thought I had a tire going down and we lost a couple laps making an unscheduled stop. That's part of racing, I guess."
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Robert Richardson always enjoys returning to his home track of Texas Motor Speedway and Friday night Richardson made the most of that opportunity earning a solid 23rd place finish in the Sam’s Town 400 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race.
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Bobby Hamilton Jr. wrestled with a nearly two ton gorilla on Friday night and the gorilla finally won. Hamilton Jr. battled an extremely loose No. 18 Fastenal Dodge in Friday evening’s Sam’s Town 400 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Texas Motor Speedway. Despite numerous attempts to tighten up the chassis on the Bobby Hamilton Racing entry, Hamilton Jr. was relegated to a 25th place finish.
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Chad McCumbee had the ride of his brief NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career as a last-minute substitute in Green Light Racing's No. 08 Death Toll, The Movie Chevrolet. The 21-year-old driver, his No. 06 MRD Racing Chevrolet sidelined for financial reasons, wasn't supposed to drive in Texas but headed west after the seat in the Gene Christensen-Bobby Dotter truck opened.
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Michel Jourdain, Jr., driver of the No. 50 Roush Racing Ford F-150, had a great showing in his first career NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series start Friday night under the lights at Texas Motor Speedway. Jourdain attempted to qualify for the race in Mansfield, Ohio two weeks ago but rain cancelled qualifying, delaying his debut until this week in Texas. With some steady pit work, quick learning and a little luck the rookie rolled to a 13th place finish after qualifying 30th. Overall, a great day for the rookie team and driver who were just looking to finish the race on the lead lap and gain some experience.
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A hard-fought battle netted Dennis Setzer and the No. 85 Shell ROTELLA® T Silverado team a sixth place finish in the Sam's Town 400K at Texas Motor Speedway (TMS). It was Setzer's sixth top-10 finish of the season and moved the veteran driver to eighth position in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (NCTS) point standings.
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The Lap Summary of the
Sam's Town 400
at Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth Texas, the ninth race of the 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season.
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The Unofficial Owner Points following the
Sam's Town 400
at Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth Texas, the ninth race of the 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season.
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"Man we just missed it a little bit tonight. Our Shell Rotella T Silverado was really loose early on in the race and just couldn't race with those guys there in the beginning. The guys made some adjustments on the stops and it got better and better and we were pretty good on that last run. I knew the fuel mileage was going to be close after the last stop because it was right on the line of our fuel window."
-Dennis Setzer
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"This 14 comes alive when it comes home to Texas. Tonight it was alive. I was proud to go out there and get the lead in the Circle Bar Motel Bar & RV Park Ford F-150. It was a good race for us, and I thought we were running Skinner down at the end and here came the 30. I had no idea. But, he's strong and he's been tough all year, but we'll take third."
-Rick Crawford
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Todd Bodine has 10 NCTS wins in 32 starts driving the No. 30 Germain Racing Tundra. He also has three wins in 2006 (Texas, St. Louis and Atlanta) and three wins at Texas Motor Speedway (Fall 2004, Fall 2005 and tonight).
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The Unofficial Driver Points following the
Sam's Town 400
at Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth Texas, the ninth race of the 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season.
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The Unofficial Results of the
Sam's Town 400
at Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth Texas, the ninth race of the 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season.
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Mike Skinner's bad fortune was Todd Bodine's good fortune in the Sam's Town 400 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race Friday night at Texas Motor Speedway. Skinner, who started from the pole, dominated the 168-lap race and had a four second lead with just seven laps to go. But on lap 160, Jack Sprague got loose coming out of turn two and spun, bringing out the seventh and final caution of the evening. On the restart, Bodine made his move going into turn one on the final lap and held off a charge from Skinner coming out of the final corner to pick up his third Texas victory and his third win of the 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season in the closest Truck Series finish in the history of Texas Motor Speedway. Bodine nipped Skinner at the line by a mere 0.116 seconds. Bodine's night in the No. 30 Lumber Liquidators Toyota was not as smooth as it may seem, as handling problems left him a lap down at one point. "We kept fighting," Bodine said. "That's just what this team does." (High Sierra Photo)
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Gaughan on Texas:
“We all know the history of the Orleans Racing team at Texas. We’re going to show up there and I’m going to have my cowboy hat and my cowboy boots and my Texas buckle and we’re going to show our Texas pride. We’ve worked our tails off on truck T-20, which is our primary truck for there.”
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Team Chevy Silverado driver Kraig Kinser will start the No. 46 CENTRIX Auto Finance Silverado in third-place Friday night at Texas Motor Speedway. The effort was the Raybestos Rookie contender's NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (NCTS) career-best qualifying position. Ron Hornaday, No. 33 Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Silverado, Aric Almirola, #75 Spears Manufacturing Silverado and Kerry Earnhardt, No.13 National Pork Board Silverado will start seventh, eighth and 10th respectively.
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Michel Jourdain, Jr., driver of the No. 50 Ford F-150, will make his NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series debut tomorrow night in the Sam's Town 400 at Texas Motor Speedway after qualifying in the 30th position. Jourdain, who has open-wheel experience both in the Champ Car World Series and IRL, is transitioning to a NASCAR career with plans to compete in the Busch Series and truck series for the remainder of 2006.
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This is Mike Skinner’s fourth consecutive NCTS pole at Texas and his second pole position of the season. Skinner has 11 career pole positions driving a Tundra and 26 career NCTS pole positions. Last year, Skinner had a series-high seven pole positions a year ago, and in 2004 he had two poles. This year David Reutimann (California and Dover) and Todd Bodine (Atlanta) have also put Tundras on the pole.
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Mike Skinner picked up his fourth consecutive NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Bud Pole at Texas Motor Speedway on Friday evening, breaking the series record for most consecutive poles at one track. Skinner's lap of 29.475 seconds/183.206 miles per hour in the No. 5 Toyota Tundra Toyota broke his existing track record and breaks the record he shared with Ron Fellows for consecutive poles at one track. Fellows set his record with three straight poles at Watkins Glen. "I would trade all four of those poles for a win here at Texas," Skinner said. "We had a great truck in qualifying, but I think I want to start where Todd Bodine starts. Wherever he starts seems to work out pretty well for him every week. I am actually surprised we held on to that one. I though someone like Rick Crawford who went out last would have beat us. He definitely had the best track conditions tonight." (High Sierra Photo)
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Green Light Racing officials announced today that rookie driver Chad McCumbee will pilot the No. 08 Chevrolet Silverado in an effort to continue his drive for the 2006 NASAR Craftsman Truck Series Rookie of the Year Award. Owner of Green Light Racing Gene Christensen also announced that the entry will be sponsored by H&K Pictures new movie "Death Toll" staring DMX and Lou Diamond Phillips. (Charles Krall/TruckSeries.com Photo)
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Stepping off the plane Wednesday evening, JR Patton was all smiles knowing that the No. 63 America’s Most Wanted Racing team is holding a great hand for the Sam’s Town 400 at the Texas Motor Speedway. “The guys in the shop have been working hard to get this truck ready.” said team owner Mike Mittler. “We have performed well here over the years and have prepared a very good game plan for this weekend.” (Charles Krall/TruckSeries.com Photo)
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SS Racing's Butch Miller will pilot the No. 07 ASI LIMITED/Spectrum Metal Finishing/Akzo-Nobel Chevy for the Sam's Town 400 at Texas Motor Speedway on Friday June 9th. It will be Miller's 115th start in the Craftsman Truck Series and his second of 2006. Overall, Miller has amassed 248 starts between NASCAR's top three divisions. "I'm looking forward to getting back in the truck, especially at Texas," said Miller. (Team PR Photo)
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Defending NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series champion Ted Musgrave fought his way to an 18th-place finish in the No. 9 Team ASE Toyota in Friday's AAA Insurance 200 at Dover International Speedway.
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Over The Wall Not Just for Men: Nicole Addison (rear tire changer) is the only female over-the-wall crew member in NASCAR’s top-three series. This is her third year in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (NCTS).
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This Friday, Joey Miller competes in the Sam’s Town 400 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series event at Texas Motor Speedway for the second time in his career. The 21-year-old travels to the ‘Lone Star State’ looking to rebound from a 32nd-place finish in the most recent race at Dover International Speedway.
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Team Australia’s Marcos Ambrose has faced more “firsts” in his first four NASCAR Craftsman Truck races then ever before in his successful motor racing career and they are set to continue at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth this week.
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Sprague On Being The Defending Winner At Texas Motor Speedway:
“I think that it definitely gives you confidence to go into a track knowing that you were the guy celebrating in Victory Lane last year. It makes you the guy to beat. We ran well at Texas in the fall with the same truck we are taking back this weekend."
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Starr on Racing at his home track, Texas Motor Speedway:
“For years, I have been trying to win at my home track and I have been so close so many times. But the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series is just so competitive that it isn’t easy to win. There are probably 25 trucks that can on every given weekend and that just shows how tough this Series is."
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Kraig Kinser has made many trips to the Texas Motor Speedway (TMS) complex since it opened. But those trips were to compete in his fire-breathing winged dirt sprint car on the TMS Dirt Track that sits outside the backstretch of the 1.5-mile tri-oval.
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With big Texas support from Houston-based Shell ROTELLA® T, Dennis Setzer and the No. 85 Morgan-Dollar Motorsports Silverado team head to Texas Motor Speedway (TMS) for Friday's Sam's Town 400 for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (NCTS). The Newton, NC native is hoping to capitalize on home field advantage with the bright blue and white Shell ROTELLA® T colors on his factory-sponsored Chevy Silverado.
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Todd Bodine will be seeking his third NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career win at Texas Motor Speedway as he and his No. 30 Lumber Liquidators Toyota Tundra team get ready for this Friday nights Sam's Town 400 Ft. Worth, Texas. Bodine won last years fall NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Texas Motor Speedway and is hoping to rope in another win.
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Ted Musgrave is ready to rebound back from two weeks of bad luck. Musgrave and his No. 9 Team ASE Germain Toyota Tundra Team head to the Lone Star state for this Friday nights Sam's Town 400 at Texas Motor Speedway in Ft. Worth, Texas.
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Texas will be the second consecutive weekend that Raybestos Rookie driver, Boston Reid will pull up to the gates of a track he has never seen before. But Reid hopes that this weekend’s race will turn out better than last weekend’s 33rd place finish at Dover.
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When the No. 99 Ford F-150 of Erik Darnell goes racing the next two weeks, it will do so with Woolrich on the hood and quarter panels as their white, black and red paint scheme returns for Texas and Michigan.
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Three Texas competitors will see action in Friday's Sam's Town 400. Leading the charge is David Starr, a winner earlier this season at Martinsville was fifth in the point standings. Starr has done everything except win at his home track. The Houston native was fourth in both races a year ago and counts six top-five finishes overall. Also entered are Robert Richardson of nearby McKinney and Blake Mallory of Joshua. (High Sierra Photo)
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Mike Skinner (No. 5 Toyota Tundra Toyota) wrote the book on winning Budweiser Poles in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. In 1995, when the Susanville, Calif. competitor was carving up the competition in a black No. 3 Chevrolet fielded by Richard Childress, Skinner reeled off 10 consecutive poles - a record likely to stand the test of time. No surprise, then, that Skinner put Childress' Chevy on the pole for the 1997 Daytona 500 after winning a championship, 16 races and 15 Budweiser Poles in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. His 25 career poles rank second to Jack Sprague's (No. 60 Con-way Freight Toyota) 27, but in 112 starts versus Sprague's 230. (High Sierra Photo)
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It would be easy for Marcos Ambrose to be apprehensive about Friday night's Sam's Town 400K at the Texas Motor Speedway. After all, his last race on a 1.5-mile racetrack ended in an accident. "That was a long time ago," Ambrose said. "It may have been a few weeks, but in racing, that's an eternity."
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Racing doesn't offer a lot of opportunities for a second chance. That's why Bobby East is so happy for the chance to race at the Texas Motor Speedway this Friday night. The 1.5-mile track is similar in size and shape to the Lowe's Motor Speedway where the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series races last month.
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Kraig Kinser is making first visit to Texas Motor Speedway but has competed in dirt winged sprint car competition at the TMS Dirt Track. Kinser will be a celebrity participant in the Sam Hornish Charity Bowling Tournament Wednesday prior to the start of on-track activities.
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Chevrolet Silverado is the defending winner of the first of two NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series races at Texas Motor Speedway. No. 16 IWX Motor Freight/Xpress Motorsports Silverado, now driven by former NCTS champion Mike Bliss, took the 2005 win with Jack Sprague behind the wheel. Dennis Setzer, No. 85 Shell ROTELLA T Silverado, finished third. Ron Hornaday, Kevin Harvick, Inc. No. 33 Silverado, and the No. 75 Spears Manufacturing Silverado finished sixth and ninth respectively.
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Mike Skinner and the No. 5 Toyota Tundra team are trying to break a record while at Texas Motor Speedway this weekend. The team is going for its fourth consecutive pole position. No driver in any of the three top NASCAR touring series has been able to complete the task of four consecutive poles at Texas Motor Speedway.
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Whenever Johnny Benson has been behind the wheel of the No. 23 Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Tundra at Texas Motor Speedway, the result has been the same – he has finished second. Benson has an average finish of 5.66 in his three NCTS starts at Texas.
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Bill Lester has only started outside the top-10 twice in eight starts at Texas Motor Speedway, and he has qualified in the top five in all four of his starts for Bill Davis Racing. His best starting position (second) came last fall. Lester has an average starting position of 7.37 at the 1.5-mile track.
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The Sam's Town 400 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Texas Motor Speedway will be the 16th Truck Series event at the track. There will be nine Toyota Tundras in the field at the Texas 1.5-mile oval. A year ago in the June NCTS race at Texas, Johnny Benson was the top finishing Toyota when he recorded a second-place result. Mike Skinner (fifth) and David Reutimann (10th) were the other Tundra drivers among the top-10. (Ronda Greer Photo)
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The official entry list for the
Sam's Town 400
at Texas Motor Speedway, the ninth race of the 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season.
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Robert Richardson heads home to Texas this weekend for the running of the Sam's Town 400 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race. Richardson is known in Texas not only his racing accomplishments but for his handling of the pigskin. (PR Photo)
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Dennis Setzer is one of only four drivers with multiple wins at Texas Motor Speedway (1999 & 2004) in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. Dennis Setzer took the lead from polesitter Jay Sauter with 35 laps remaining in 1999 and held him off in the closest Craftsman Truck Series race in TMS history, winning the June 1999 race by just 0.208 of a second.
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Michel Jourdain, Jr. will attempt to make his first race in the No. 50 Roush Racing Ford F-150 this weekend at Texas Motor Speedway. Jourdain attempted to make the race in Mansfield, Ohio two weeks ago but his efforts were dampened when afternoon rain showers forced the cancellation of qualifying. The field was set by the NASCAR rulebook with 38 competitors vying for 36 starting positions. (High Sierra Photo)
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Erik Darnell leads the Raybestos Rookie standings by 14 points (82-68) over Aric Almirola entering the June 9 Sam's Town 400 at Texas Motor Speedway. Darnell is 15th in the Craftsman Truck Series championship standings, best of any Raybestos Rookie. He trails 10th-place Dennis Setzer by 57 points and leads 16th-place Brendan Gaughan by 88. Almirola is 17th in the standings, 111 points behind Darnell. (High Sierra Photo)
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