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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
Race
#12 | O'Reilly Auto Parts
250
Kansas
Speedway
Kansas City, Kansas
Saturday, July 1, 2006
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David Ragan brought the No. 6 Scotts Ford F-150 home sixth in Saturday's O'Reilly 250 at Kansas Speedway, recording his career-best NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series finish. Ragan worked his way from the back after a late-race pit stop to get his second top 10 finish of 2006. "The Scotts Miracle-Gro Ford F-150 was awesome all day," said Ragan. (High Sierra Photo)
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Michel Jourdain Jr. rolled off the starting grid for Saturday's O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 at the Kansas Speedway in the 30th position. Jourdain managed to gain two positions in the first lap, but by lap three, the No. 50 truck developed a tight handling condition. This became an issue that would plague the team for the remainder of the day.
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Erik Darnell came to Kansas on the heels of a disappointing run at Milwaukee last week looking for a good recovery. While the No. 99 Roush Racing Ford F-150 showed promise in practice, the end result was a far cry from the expectations of the driver and team.
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Marcos Ambrose came a long way - halfway around the world - to start his career in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. He's come even farther as a driver. While he insists his rookie season remains a learning experience, Ambrose already is up to speed. A third-place finish last week at the Kansas Speedway has Ambrose and his Team Australia/Aussie Vineyards race team thinking about winning this Saturday night's Built Ford Tough 225.
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Rookie Robert Richardson continues to lay laps and learn as the 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Season continues. This past weekend, Richardson ran in the O’Reilly 250 at the Kansas Speedway starting in the 36th position and increased his track position to bring home a 27th place finish in the 167 lap event.
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This past weekend at the Kansas Speedway, Justin Allgaier competed in both the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and the ARCA RE/MAX Series events attempting to run 450.5 miles in one day. Allgaier had a successful run in the O’Reilly Auto Parts 250 where he qualified in the 29th position and finished 21st in the No. 63 Dave Porter Truck Sales Ford.
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Sutton's Injuries Not as Bad as Originally Thought; May Race this Weekend in Kentucky
Kelly Sutton, who was taken to a local Kansas City hospital following a crash in Saturday's O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 at Kansas Speedway, did not suffer any significant injuries as a result as was originally reported. "That's what everyone was worried about was a broken rib and possibly a broken elbow," said Sutton's crew chief Gary Showalter. "By the time they got done looking at her Saturday night they diagnosed her with a bruised rib and a bruised leg." (Tempe.gov Photo)
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After 29 years of success in the automobile industry, Jeff Wyler was ready to try his hand at something new - motorsports. In 2005, Jeff Wyler, along with son David, formed Wyler Racing - a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series team with Toyota support. It was a natural fit for an automobile salesman with two Toyota dealerships (Clarksville, Indiana and Springfield, Ohio).
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Kansas Speedway had not been especially kind to Jack Sprague in four past NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series races. With solid performing and even race-leading trucks, something had always bitten Sprague. The bad luck continued this weekend in the O’Reilly Auto Parts 250 at Kansas Speedway for Sprague and the No. 60 Con-way Freight Toyota.
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David Starr and the Red Horse Racing team were confident heading into the O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 at Kansas Speedway this past weekend. The team had been working on improving their 1.5-mile track program, and crew chief Jamie Jones felt like they had learned something a few weeks ago that would make the No. 11 Toyota Tundra a contender at Kansas. (Ronda Greer Photo)
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"We had a fantastic truck and John (Monsam, crew chief) had a great strategy for the race. We had a set of tires that weren't balanced and that threw us off. It's a shame. Although we still finished on the lead lap, we're a better team than this. I feel I'm a better driver and I know John and everyone else on this State Fair Corn Dogs/Edy's Dibs team is better." -
Bobby East
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Ted Musgrave was looking for some improvement after recent struggles in the No. 9 Team ASE Toyota, and with a strong qualifying effort at Kansas Speedway it appeared Musgrave had a chance to make his way back into the top ten at the finish of the O'Reilly Auto Parts 250. At the drop of the green, Musgrave hung around the back of the top ten from his sixth starting position, but handling woes plagued the defending series champion from the halfway point through the finish, relegating him 22nd when the checkered flag flew.
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Mike Skinner made history Friday by capturing the pole position for the O’Reilly 250. With his fourth pole of 2006, Skinner passed Jack Sprague for the most career poles (28) in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. Skinner averages a pole position in every 4.14 NCTS race in which he participates. This was also his 13th pole in a Bill Davis Racing-owned Toyota Tundra.
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Great pit stops and a never-give-up attitude helped the No. 23 Roger Smith and Sons Toyota Tundra team capture its ninth top-10 finish of the 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season. Johnny Benson and the No. 23 Bill Davis Racing Toyota Tundra team entered the race at Kansas Speedway as the hottest team in the Craftsman Truck Series garage. The team had won the previous two races and was gunning for three straight on Saturday.
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Bill Lester and the No. 22 team captured their first NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series top-five finish at Kansas Speedway in 2005 and were looking to improve on that statistic and leave the 1.5-mile speedway with a good points effort.
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Cook Breaks 94-Race Winless Streak in
Kansas
Charles Krall, TrackSide Editor
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Terry Cook celebrates in victory
lane after taking his first win in nearly 4 years.
(Nate Mecha/High Sierra Photo)
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It had been since August 2002 that Terry Cook scored a NASCAR Craftsman Truck
Series victory. After his fourth win of 2002 at O'Reilly Raceway Park at
Indianapolis, Cook would embark on a 94-race streak that spanned nearly four
full years without taking the checkered flag. After a flat tire just 18 laps
into Saturday's O'Reilly 250 at Kansas Speedway, it appeared Cook's winless
streak would stretch at least one more race. But Cook kept calm, used superb pit
strategy, and rode a fast truck to claim his sixth career series victory.
Cook led a Ford 1-2-3 sweep at the finish, with Rick Crawford coming home
second and Australian Raybestos Rookie of the Year candidate Marcos Ambrose
crossing the line third. Ambrose, who became the first Australian to lead a series event, charged
through the top ten late in the going to pick up his first career top five
finish.
The race was red flagged for 9 minutes and 25 seconds after a hard crash on
the backstretch involving Kelly Sutton. Sutton got loose off turn four and
struck the inside retaining wall with the driver's side of the No. 02 Sutton
Motorsports Chevrolet. With the relative drought conditions in Kansas, the
accident started a grass fire in the infield which took several minutes to
contain as safety officials cut the roof off the truck to remove Sutton from the
wrecked truck. She was awake and alert following the crash, and has been
admitted to the KU Med Center in fair condition where she will be kept overnight
for evaluation.
There were a total of eight caution flags for 36 which held the average speed
to a record low 111.581 miles per hour. Ryan Moore, Kraig Kinser, Mike Bliss,
Joey Miller, Justin Allgaier and Boston Reid were all involved in incidents
throughout the afternoon. Cook's margin of victory was 2.040 seconds.
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Much like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz The Circle Bar Truck Corral Team has been following the long Yellow Brick road back to the top 5 in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series standings. While Dorothy searched for the Wizard in a place called Oz, Crawford and his Circle Bar Team had the Wiz on the pit box Saturday in the O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 in Kansas. (Ronda Greer Photo)
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A notable finish for NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series points leader, Todd Bodine, as he came from the back of the pack in Saturday's O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 to earn a seventh place finish. Todd brought his No. 30 Lumber Liquidators Toyota Tundra from the 35th starting spot to the front of the field. He led a total of 13 laps, but could not hold on to the lead at the end of the race and finished in the seventh position.
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It seems like the monkey will not get off NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Champion, Ted Musgrave's back as his string of bad luck continued in Kansas. His No. 9 Team ASE Germain Toyota Tundra just would not cooperate with him in Saturday's O'Reilly 250 at Kansas Speedway as he started the day in sixth and finished in 22nd.
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David Reutimann competes at Kentucky Speedway following a tenth-place finish in the No. 17 Team Tundra Racing Darrell Waltrip Motorsports entry at Kansas Speedway in the most recent NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series event.
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The next big star in NASCAR may very well be a southerner. But not a competitor from south of the Mason-Dixon Line; the spawning ground for the sport's early stars. No, Marcos Ambrose in from the Southern Hemisphere - the Australian state of Tasmania to be exact - and on Saturday, in just his ninth NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race, proved that adapting to high-speed ovals may not be as difficult as it once appeared. (Ronda Greer Photo)
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Marcos Ambrose's third-place finish was the first top-five logged by a member of the huge, 18-driver Raybestos Rookie of the Year contingent. Three drivers in addition to Ambrose recorded best career finishes on Saturday. David Ragan, sixth, improved on his previous eighth place. Erin Crocker was 16th (18th) and Justin Allgaier 21st (22nd). Cook is the 28th different winner in 56 races on 1.5-mile tracks. (High Sierra Photo)
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Brendan Gaughan raced away from Kansas Speedway with his best finish of the season and he didn't need a detour through Oz to get it. In fact, it was a simple matter of getting back to basics that gave the Orleans Racing team something to cheer about. "This Orleans Racing team just doesn't quit," said Gaughan. "Rambo wouldn't let me. There were a lot of times when I wanted to say, 'Just let the race end' but he wouldn't let me." (Ronda Greer Photo)
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The high hopes that Ryan Moore and his Key Motorsports team carried into Saturday afternoon’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series event at Kansas Speedway were dashed pretty much from the start, leading to a long day and a disappointing 34th place finish.
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Terry Cook came from a lap behind to break a 94-race NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series winless streak with Saturday's victory in the O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 at Kansas Speedway. Cook, who beat outside front row starter Rick Crawford by 2.040 seconds, led a Ford sweep of the top three positions for the first time in nearly six years. The 38-year-old Ohio native led just once, taking the point at lap 127 of 167 when Budweiser Pole winner Mike Skinner pitted for fuel and tires under caution. He outraced Crawford over a final, 16-lap sprint following the afternoon's eighth caution. Raybestos Rookie of the Year candidate Marcos Ambrose was third in a side-by-side finish with Brendan Gaughan that was confirmed via use of the start-finish line camera. (High Sierra Photo)
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Bobby Hamilton Jr. battled intense heat, a slick racetrack, and a set of very worn Goodyear tires to post a hard-fought 15th place finish in the O’Reilly Auto Parts 250 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Kansas Speedway on Saturday afternoon. Hamilton Jr. climbed as high as seventh position but could not hold off the competitors with fresher tires over the last 20 laps.
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Timothy Peters and Kansas Speedway were getting along great in their first meeting this weekend in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series O’Reilly Auto Parts 250 until a slick racetrack and worn tires with 25 laps to go spoiled the fun. Peters started the weekend of by qualifying in the 9th position on Friday evening for his best start of the 2006 season.
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UPDATED June 3, 2006:
Kelly Sutton has not had the best of luck at Kansas Speedway. In last seasons NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at the 1.5-mile oval in Kansas City, Sutton ended up sliding through turns three and four on her roof after a grinding crash with Chris Fontaine with just 13 laps remaining. This season, Sutton was injured in a frightening crash on the backstretch which brought out the red flag for nine and a half minutes while rescue crews extracted her from her damaged No. 02 Sutton Motorsports Chevrolet. (Ronda Greer Photo)
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Terry Cook won Saturday's O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 at Kansas Speedway, winning his first NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series victory in nearly four years. The last time Cook’s Ford Power Stroke Diesel saw victory lane was in 2002, some 94 races ago. "Man, this is huge,” Cook said after his sixth series win. "I was trying to get my knees to stop knocking. It's been so long.
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Team Australia NASCAR Truck driver Marcos Ambrose has made history by finishing third in the O’Reilly Auto Parts 250 at Kansas Speedway in Kansas today.
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Terry Cook and the No. 10 Ford Power Stroke Diesel by International race team won Saturday’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (NCTS) race at Kansas Speedway. The win was ppc Racing’s first-career NCTS victory and Ford Power Stroke Diesel by International’s first win since dominating the NCTS race at Indianapolis Raceway Park back in August 2002. The team heads to Kentucky Speedway next week now sixth in the NCTS driver points standings, 34 points out of fifth place.
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Ford Sweeps the Podium at Kansas -
"Man, this is huge. The competition level has gotten so tough in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and we've been so good on the mile-and-a-half tracks, and to finally put it all together is huge. ppc/Power Stroke Diesel Engines has built some great trucks, and we've skated on the verge and we just can't seem to get over the hump and today we did."
-Terry Cook
(Nikki DiMascio/High Sierra Photo)
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It had been since August 2002 that Terry Cook scored a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series victory. After his fourth win of 2002 at O'Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis, Cook would embark on a 94-race streak that spanned nearly four full years without taking the checkered flag. After a flat tire just 18 laps into Saturday's O'Reilly 250 at Kansas Speedway, it appeared Cook's winless streak would stretch at least one more race. But Cook kept calm, used superb pit strategy, and rode a fast truck to claim his sixth career series victory. "When we had that tire go down, I was actually pretty calm in the truck," Cook said. "In the past I would have gotten myself all worked up and upset, but Dennis Connor really kept me calm and led us back to the front. He has so much experience, he's won almost 30 races and three series championships." (High Sierra Photo)
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"We started out pretty good early in the race, it would roll through the center good, and then we were a little tight on exit, and we made some adjustments on that and went exactly the wrong way. Unfortunately, it didn't ever get back under us during the race. We were really good through the center of the corner during the first part of the race, but we couldn't get it back under us."
-Dennis Setzer
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The Lap Summary Report of the O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 at Kansas Speedway, the twelfth race of the 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Season.
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The unofficial owner points following the
O'Reilly Auto Parts 250
at Kansas Speedway, the twelfth race of the 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Season.
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"Last year here, we could definitely blame it on the driver. I had the best truck, but sped down pit road. Although, we came back and finished fourth. We shot ourselves in the foot then, and we shot ourselves in the foot again today."
-Mike Skinner
"We had a decent truck, but it wasn't really that good. It was really 'tight' behind people, and it was really 'loose' in front of people.
-Todd Bodine
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The unofficial driver points following the
O'Reilly Auto Parts 250
at Kansas Speedway, the twelfth race of the 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Season.
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The unofficial results of the
O'Reilly Auto Parts 250
at Kansas Speedway, the twelfth race of the 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Season.
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Terry Cook ended a 93 race winless streak by taking the win in the O'Reilly 250 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race Saturday at Kansas Speedway. COok took the lead when the leaders pitted under the eighth caution of the day and was able to pull away to pick up his first win since 2002. Cook led Rick Crawford, Brendan Gaughan, Marcos Ambrose, and Mike Skinner across the line to score his sixth career Truck Series win. TruckSeries.com will have a complete report, including audio interviews with the top finishers, to follow. (Ronda Greer Photo)
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Team Australia NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver Marcos Ambrose will start tomorrow’s O’Reilly Auto Parts 250 from the second row after qualifying fourth today at Kansas Speedway in Kansas.
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It was just qualifying, but if Ryan Moore's performance Friday afternoon is any indication of what lies ahead for him , he could be staring at his best finish of the 2006 Truck season. Moore, to compete in his fifth race for Key Motorsports since taking over the ride from veteran Chad Chaffin six weeks ago, posted the best qualifying run by the No. 40 Salute to Our Troops USA Chevy of the season to date. (Team PR Photo)
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"The Circle Bar Truck Corral team had this Ford F-Series pickup making some bold moves today. We were fourth on the early morning speed charts and we were second in the last practice. I knew we had something, and I just kept feeling confident enough to hold the gas down. Hopefully I held it down long enough."
-Rick Crawford No. 14 Circle Bar Truck Corral Ford F-150 (Qualified 2nd)
(High Sierra Photo)
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"Our Tundra was awfully good. To be perfectly honest, I really thought Rick Crawford had this pole, he ran an awfully good lap. I just didn't think our Tundra had it in it. I got a late draw, and the weather helped me, with some shade on the front. All the elements put together was probably the reason we got the pole here at Kansas. We're just getting better and better. The Tundra's been really, really good."
-Mike Skinner
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How did your laps feel compared to how you were in practice earlier today? "A lot better. Honestly, I thought it was going to be a lot faster than what we were. On the first lap we were just wide open, and drove really, really good. The second lap got really tight, and I thought that we would run a 31.90, but I don't think it will be too bad, probably a top-15."
-Matt Crafton
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Mike Skinner scored the Bud Pole Award for the O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race Friday afternoon at the Kansas Speedway. Skinner turned a quick lap of 31.437 seconds with an average speed of 171.772 miles per hour to pick up his 28th career series pole, and his series leading fourth of 2006. Skinner was pleased with his run in the No. 5 Toyota Tundra Toyota, but remenisced about one that got away last year. He said the key to winning here tomorrow is not giving the race away to the competition. "I would trade all of these poles for a good finish," Skinner said. "If we beat every one of these guys across the line tomorrow we'll win the race. We have a great truck, what we need to do is eliminate the mistakes. If we get beat, it should be because someone has a better piece and had a better day, not because we gave it to them." (High Sierra Photo)
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Lumber Liquidators, primary sponsor for Craftsman Truck Series points leader Todd Bodine, today launched a website where NASCAR fans can receive discounts and special deals on Lumber Liquidators' hardwood flooring products. The site,
www.LLRACEDEALS.com
, will be featured on the spoiler and dashboard of the No. 30 Tundra during Saturday's O'Reilly Auto Parts 250. (Charles Krall/TruckSeries.com Photo)
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This week the colors of the Special Operations Warrior Foundation will ride with the Orleans Racing Team at Kansas. Gaughan will drive Orleans Racing’s T1 (Lonestar).
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The 2005 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Champion, Ted Musgrave is looking to turn his luck around as he heads to Kansas Speedway for the Saturday's O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 in Kansas City, MO. Musgrave and his No. 9 Team ASE Germain Toyota Team are seeking a strong finish at Kansas after a disappointing finish last week in Milwaukee.
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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Driver points leader, Todd Bodine is looking to repeat his win at Kansas Speedway as he and his No. 30 Lumber Liquidators Toyota Tundra team get ready for this Saturday's O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 in Kansas City, MO. Bodine's win at Kansas last year was the start of things to come in his reunion with the Hillman's and Germain Racing.
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Orleans Racing will carry the logos of Harrah's North Kansas City Hotel and Casino on the familiar blue and white background of the Orleans Racing Dodge in this weekend's O'Reilly Auto Parts 250. Terms for the one race deal were not disclosed. "We want to thank Harrah's for coming onboard this week," said co-owner Brendan Gaughan prior to his heading east to this weekend's event. (Ronda Greer Photo)
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ARCA RE/MAX Series Rookie Justin Allgaier heads to Kansas Speedway for double duty racing as he plans on competing in both the ARCA RE/MAX Series Kansas Lottery $200 Grand as well as the O’Reilly Auto Parts 250 NASCAR Craftsman Trucks Series event. Both events are slated for Saturday, July 1st.
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While Dorothy and Toto may be searching for the Wizard of Oz, 20-year-old Kyle Krisiloff is searching for a good finish in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race to be held at Kansas Speedway Saturday afternoon. The driver of the No. 15 Billy Ballew Motorsports Chevy competes at the 1.5-mile facility for the second time after a 2005 appearance in the ARCA Series event.
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Rookie Robert Richardson rolls into Kansas for his first laps around the revered 1.5 mile Speedway for the running of the O’Reilly Auto Parts 250 Saturday, July 1, 2006. Richardson, who is having many firsts this season at the different tracks that the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series visits, continues to improve his confidence behind the wheel.
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To honor the service of men and women in all branches of the military, Kraig Kinser and the No. 46 Morgan-Dollar Motorsports (MDM) Silverado team will proudly carry the colors of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) this weekend at Kansas Speedway.
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“I love Kansas. It’s a fast track, and it’s a lot of fun to drive. It’s really important to have a lot of horsepower and a sound aero truck at Kansas. I’ve always run well at Kansas even though my finishes don’t show it. We’ve been up in the top 10 in every race at the track, but something has always happened to take us out of contention for the win."
-Jack Sprague
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One of the newest venues on the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (NCTS) schedule is the state-of-the-art Kansas Speedway. Team Chevy Silverado has won two of the five NCTS races run to-date on the two-mile banked tri-oval on the west edge of metropolitan Kansas City. Mike Bliss, No. 16 IWX Motor Freight Silverado, captured the win in 2002 on the way to his first NCTS championship.
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Marcos Ambrose enjoyed a career-best second-place qualifying effort two races ago at Michigan. Last week at Milwaukee, he followed that up with a career-best finish. Now he wants the best of both worlds. Ambrose, driver of the Team Australia/Aussie Vineyards Ford F-150, no longer is thinking like a rookie on the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.
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With the way David Reutimann’s season is going, the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series regular is in position to capture his first win of the year. This weekend Reutimann enters Kansas Speedway where his Darrell Waltrip Motorsports team overcame a power steering problem to finish third in his second outing at the 1.5-mile tri-oval one year ago.
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Bobby East has never raced at the Kansas Speedway. Neither has his Wood Brothers/JTG Racing Truck Series racing team. But that doesn't mean they don't have a successful past there. East has the benefit of crew chief John Monsam, who helped Jon Wood win at the 1.5-mile racetrack in 2003. Wood now drives on the Busch Series circuit, but he remains a teammate.
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This week's race marks the one-year anniversary of the beginning of a phenomenal, eight-victory run by Todd Bodine. Last year's finish in which Bodine edged Todd Kluever by .387 second was the closest series margin at Kansas Speedway. Five competitors - Terry Cook, Rick Crawford, Ted Musgrave, Dennis Setzer and Matt Crafton have competed in all five series races at Kansas Speedway.
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Mike Skinner joined his teammate Bill Lester on an all-Bill Davis Racing front row for the 2005 O’Reilly Auto Parts 250. Skinner has an average finish of eighth in two Craftsman Truck Series starts at Kansas Speedway and has finished on the lead lap in both events.
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Bill Lester captured the pole position at Kansas Speedway in 2005, lining up next to his Bill Davis Racing teammate, Mike Skinner. Lester’s speed of 173.633 mph set the track record. In four starts at the 1.5-mile track, Lester has an average start of seventh. With the help his No. 22 team, Lester posted his first career NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series top-five finish at Kansas.
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"Kansas is a track I like. It is smooth and fast, and you can really move around on the track. We are going to take the truck we won Michigan with, which has been a great truck. It is consistent and really responds to the changes we make to it. We feel like when we unload, we are going to be OK. Working with [crew chief] Rick Ren and the guys on this team has just been a real pleasure."
-Johnny Benson
(Ronda Greer photo)
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Many would say that 24 years old is too young to take on the responsibility of a crew chief in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. But don’t tell that to newly appointed crew chief, Mark Nelson. Nelson, crew chief for rookie Boston Reid’s No. 25 truck since Gateway, has come a long way since turning wrenches on his father’s late models when he was 15.
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Starr on Racing at Kansas Speedway:
“I have always enjoyed racing at Kansas. I like the way the race track is laid out. It is fast and smooth, and the track is wide so you can race side-by-side just about anywhere. I have always run well at Kansas, but the finishes may not show that because we have had some kind of mechanical problem."
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Dennis Setzer holds the record at Kansas Speedway for most top-five finishes in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (NCTS). He has also started on the pole twice in the five previous events. The Newton, NC native won the pole in 2001 for the inaugural event and started first in 2004 by virtue of being the series’ point leader when rain washed out qualifying.
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The O’Reilly Auto Parts 250 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (NCTS) race at Kansas Speedway will be the sixth Craftsman Truck Series event at the track. There will be nine Toyota Tundras in the field at the one-and-a-half-mile Kansas oval. In the most recent race of the 2006 NCTS season at the Milwaukee Mile (June 23), Johnny Benson recorded his second consecutive Craftsman Truck Series victory.
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Ryan Moore is getting more comfortable and more confident each time he gets behind the wheel of the No. 40 Key Motorsports Chevrolet Silverado race truck. With his season-best 14th place run at the Texas Motor Speedway a few weeks ago firmly in his mindset, the 22-year-old Maine hot shoe is foaming at the bit as he awaits this weekend’s test at the Kansas Speedway.
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Johnny Benson's assault on Victory Lane began when he won June 17 at Michigan International Speedway. Victory No. 2 came just one start and six days later, giving him two consecutive victories after 60 winless career starts. Benson, who celebrates his 43rd birthday on June 27, took the lead from Budweiser Pole starter Ron Hornaday Jr. with 21 laps remaining in Friday's Toyota Tundra Milwaukee 200. (Ronda Greer Photo)
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