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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
Race
#18 | New Hampshire 200
New Hampshire International Speedway
Loudon, New Hampshire
Saturday,
September 16, 2006
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With almost 3 weeks off, a new hauler design, a couple of days of golf in Daytona Beach for the Mike Skinner Charity Tournament and trip to Mobile for the Circle Bar late model team (driven by Adam Crawford) had Rick Crawford and his team's batteries recharged for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series stretch run for the championship. (High Sierra Photo)
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In the early laps of the New England 200 Clint Bowyer, No. 46 SKF Silverado looked to be the Silverado to beat. After qualifying fifth, Bowyer quickly made noise in the front of the field running in the top-three and taking the lead on lap 41 from eventual race winner Johnny Benson.
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Former Winner at NHIS Disappointed with Finish at One of His Favorite Tracks -
The New Hampshire 200 marked the 18th race of the 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season, and a race that seemed to be a fantastic opportunity for Shell ROTELLA T driver Dennis Setzer to get back to victory lane.
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Pulling off a double-duty race weekend is tough when every thing goes smoothly much less when there are bumps in the road that arise. Chad Chaffin had many bumps in his road throughout the weekend at Loudon. All in all, Chad and his teams overcame the trials and tribulations making for an exciting weekend.
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After making contact with the wall on the back straight-away on his second lap of qualifying in the morning, the Bill Davis Racing crew scrambled to ready a back-up truck for A.J. Allmendinger to start Saturday's Sylvania 200. With a lot of teamwork, the 24 year-old Allmendinger took the green and made a solid NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series debut in the No. 24. (High Sierra Photo)
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Although Kyle Busch is in the Chase for the NEXTEL Cup, he enjoys the time he is able to dabble in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series for Billy Ballew Motorsports. This past weekend at the New Hampshire International Speedway, Busch piloted the No. 15 Freedom Grill/Team Davis Dirt Racing Chevrolet to a third place finish after starting in the ninth position and leading 46 laps. (High Sierra Photo)
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Bill Lester and the No. 22 Waste Management Tundra team were seeking a little magic at the “Magic Mile” this weekend. After four consecutive top-25 finishes, the team expected to continue that streak in the New Hampshire 200. Unfortunately, the magic escaped the team, as an early-race accident abbreviated the No. 22 team’s day.
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Mike Skinner captured the pole position for the New Hampshire 200 Saturday morning and never fell out of the top five during the race later that day. Though he struggled a bit with a tight handling truck, Skinner drove his Toyota Tundra to a second-place finish on the 1.058-mile New Hampshire track.
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"Domination" is the only word that could accurately describe the No. 23 Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Tundra team's performance Saturday in the New Hampshire 200 at the "Magic Mile". The team led 145 of 200 laps en route to its fourth victory of the 2006 campaign. With seven events remaining, Johnny Benson sits only 124 points out of first place in the championship standings. (High Sierra Photo)
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A promising Saturday at New Hampshire International Speedway turned into a race-long struggle for the No. 08 Green Light Racing team and rookie driver Chad McCumbee. "We just got behind the eight ball from the start of the weekend and started to pick it up in the race until contact with the 20 truck cut down a tire and forced us to pit late in the race, said McCumbee.
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Marcos Ambrose started 14th and finished 23rd at the New Hampshire 200 last Saturday at the New Hampshire International Speedway.
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Bobby East started third last Saturday at the New Hampshire 200 in his State Fair Corn Dogs/Edy's Dibs Ford F-150 at the New Hampshire International Speedway. He finished 30th.
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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series racer Todd Bodine went to New Hampshire International Speedway with the championship points lead and left with it. After 200 laps of racing at the Magic Mile, Bodine ran as high as second and finished the race in fourth place, 18 spots ahead of last year's finish in this same race. "Today was a big improvement," said Bodine. (Steve Snoddy/High Sierra Photo)
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David Starr and the No. 11 Red Horse Racing team scored its second consecutive top-five finish by finishing fifth at New Hampshire International Speedway on Saturday afternoon in the New Hampshire 200. "This is exactly the type of finish that Red Horse Racing needs to make a run on this point's championship," Starr said. (High Sierra Photo)
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Bobby Hamilton Jr. qualified his No. 18 Fastenal Dodge in the top five and ran strongly in the top ten for a good portion of the New Hampshire 200 on Saturday afternoon until an ailing alternator sapped the power from his Dodge.
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Johnny Benson gives a four fingered wave after winning his fourth Truck Series race of his career, and season. (Rusty Jarrett/Getty Images for NASCAR)
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After starting the 2006 season looking for his first career NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series victory, Johnny Benson has taken the series by storm throughout the summer months. After scoring his maiden series win at his home track in Michigan, Benson has been on a tear. He followed with wins at Milwaukee and Nashville, and picked up win number four of the season by taking the checkered flag in the New Hampshire 200 at New Hampshire International Raceway.
Starting alongside teammate Mike Skinner, who scored his fifth pole of the season earlier in the day during qualifying, Benson put the No. 23 Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Toyota out front on the first lap and flexed his muscles throughout the rest of the day. Benson never ran lower than fourth, and even then patiently and methodically worked his way back towards the front. After dueling side by side with championship rival Todd Bodine for nearly a dozen laps for the second spot, Benson closed up on leader Kyle Busch during the tenth of a record twelve cautions on lap 160 and breezed by to take the lead for the final time on lap 166.
Benson withstood two final cautions once out front to beat Skinner to the line by a comfortable 0.691 seconds.
The race was slowed twelve times for numerous spins and crashes, starting on the opening lap when Bill Lester, Aric Almirola and Robert Richardson crashed hard in turn one. After a couple of debris cautions, Mark Martin spun on the backstretch to bring out the caution on lap 68. That set up a four-truck tangle on the backstretch on the ensuing restart involving Chase Miller, Terry Cook, Brendan Gaughan, and Bobby East. Boston Reid backed his truck into the turn one wall on lap 88 and defending series champion Ted Musgrave followed suit on lap 91. Musgrave was racing with Rick Crawford at the time and expressed his displeasure with Crawford on the track, earning a NASCAR-mandated parking for his efforts. Mike Bliss tagged the turn one wall on lap 168 and a Clint Bowyer spin on lap 178 brought out the final yellow of the day.
There were no injuries in any of the incidents throughout the day, although the numerous yellows held the average speed to just 92.323 miles an hour.
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It just was not the day for Mark Martin and the No. 6 Scotts F-150 Racing Team. Martin started 16th after Saturday morning's qualifying session and sported the field's fastest truck early on in the race. "Well, that was just one of those days," said Martin after the race.
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Despite having what Jack Sprague called one of his best trucks of the season prior to the start of the New Hampshire 200, the race turned sour for the three-time NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series champion and his No. 60 Con-way Freight Toyota team as they battled to score an 18th-place finish.
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In his first ever NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series start Chase Miller proved he can over come adversity and make the best of any situation. Miller started off the weekend by qualifying 26th for the 18th race of the 2006 season.
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David Ragan had an up-and-down day at New Hampshire International Speedway on Saturday, but fortunately for him the highs and lows came at the right times of the 200-lap race. Ragan reported early on that his truck was loose in the center of the turns, and that he was having problems getting his Ford to turn off the corners the way he wanted. (Ronda Greer Photo)
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Brendan Gaughan’s 34th place finish at New Hampshire International Speedway was a heartbreaking end to a fun-filled, nostalgic week for the Georgetown University graduate.
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Passing leader Kyle Busch on the 167th lap may have been the easiest part of Johnny Benson's fourth victory of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season Saturday at New Hampshire International Speedway. Benson, who started the New Hampshire 200 from the outside of the front row, battled virtually side-by-side for second place with championship leader Todd Bodine over 25 laps beginning at lap 120 before taking the position and setting out in pursuit of Busch. Aided by caution which closed a two-second deficit, Benson passed Busch's Freedom Grill/Team Davis Dirt Chevrolet in the 1.058-mile track's first turn and drove his Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Toyota to the checkered flag largely unchallenged. "I love racing with Todd but I knew I needed to get by him," Benson said of his mid-race battle with Bodine. "Todd raced me clean. We bumped just once. It was great hard racing and we did what we needed to do." (High Sierra Photo)
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Marcos Ambrose has missed out on another strong finish in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series by finishing 23rd in today’s incident packed New Hampshire 200 in Loudon, New Hampshire. Ambrose showed strong pace aboard the Team Australia/Aussie Vineyards Ford F-150 but was denied the chance to translate the form into a top 10 result when forced to pit under green to fix a loose wheel.
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Ryan Moore returned home to his native New England Saturday afternoon and overcame a disappointing qualifying effort to roar to a solid, 15th place finish in his very first NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series event at New Hampshire International Speedway. "The truck was way too tight, the same problem we were experiencing during most of Friday's practice and again in qualifying," Moore explained. (Team PR Photo)
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Fifth finishing David Starr came all the way from 26th to pick up yet another spot, fifth, in the championship standings. Starr may not win the title but he cemented his reputation as one of the series' most consistent finishers with his 41st consecutive race without a DNF. Another streak ended Saturday, Ted Musgrave's DNF halted a 32-race run beginning June 24, 2005. (High Sierra Photo)
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Erik Darnell scored his seventh top-10 finish of 2006 at New Hampshire on Saturday. Darnell, feeling optimistic about his chances for a strong run, was rewarded with a ninth-place finish, ahead of teammates Mark Martin (10th) and David Ragan (11th). "I've got to thank John Quinn and all the guys for working on this Woolrich Ford because we weren't that good in practice yesterday," said Darnell. (Ronda Greer Photo)
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Johnny Benson led four times for 145 laps to earn WIX Filters Lap Leader of the Race honors in the New Hampshire 200. Benson takes the honor for the second time in 2006. Benson scored his fourth win of the season in today's New Hampshire 200, crossing the finish line .691 seconds ahead of Mike Skinner. All four of Benson's victories have been on superspeedways. (Jim McIsaac/Getty Images for NASCAR)
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Erik Darnell, in the No. 99 Woolrich Ford, was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race at New Hampshire. Darnell finished ninth and took Raybestos Rookie of the Race honors for the 10th time in 18 races this season. Darnell is the first Raybestos Rookie to score a top-10 finish at New Hampshire since David Reutimann scored a fifth-place finish in 2004. (Charles Krall/TruckSeries.com Photo)
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After starting the 2006 season looking for his first career NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series victory, Johnny Benson has taken the series by storm throughout the summer months. After scoring his maiden series win at his home track in Michigan, Benson has been on a tear. He followed with wins at Milwaukee and Nashville, and picked up win number four of the season by taking the checkered flag in the New Hampshire 200 at New Hampshire International Raceway. Starting alongside teammate Mike Skinner, who scored his fifth pole of the season earlier in the day during qualifying, Benson put the No. 23 Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Toyota out front on the first lap and flexed his muscles throughout the rest of the day. Benson never ran lower than fourth, and even then patiently and methodically worked his way back towards the front. (Rusty Jarrett/Getty Images for NASCAR)
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The unofficial owner points following the New Hampshire 200, the eighteenth race of the 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season.
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This is Johnny Benson's fourth NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series win of this season, and his fourth career NCTS win. "This thing was just awesome, especially in the middle of the race. This thing was just unbelievable. The guys wanted to make some adjustments and it was running so good, I didn't know what adjustments to make," said Benson
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The unofficial driver points following the New Hampshire 200, the eighteenth race of the 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season.
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The unofficial results for the New Hampshire 200, the eighteenth race of the 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season.
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Johnny Benson came out on top in a rough and tumble New Hampshire 200 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at New Hampshire International Speedway. Benson endured a record 12 caution flags throughout the afternoon to beat his Bill Davis Racing teammate and pole sitter Mike Skinner to the stripe by six tenths of a second. NASCAR Nextel Cup Chase for the Championship contender Kyle Busch was third while current NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series championship leader Todd Bodine was fourth. David Starr rounded out the top five. Numerous incidents spiced the action throughout the afternoon and raised tempers in the garage area. Accidents claimed Bill Lester, Robert Richardson. Brendan Gaughan, Boston Reid, and defending series champ Ted Musgrave, who was parked by NASCAR officials after retaliation on the track with Rick Crawford. No injuries were reported. TruckSeries.com will have a complete report and TrackSideLive! post-race coverage to follow. (Charles Krall/TruckSeries.com Photo)
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Australian Marcos Ambrose has made an encouraging start to the weekend aboard his Team Australia/Aussie Vineyards F-150 in practice for the New Hampshire 200 in Loudon, New Hampshire, USA today. Ambrose showed strong form in the three practice sessions contested at the New Hampshire International Speedway, setting a time inside the top 20 during the two practice sessions.
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Mike Skinner qualified on the pole for today's New Hampshire 200 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at the New Hampshire International Speedway. Skinner earned his fifth pole of the 2006 season and 29th of his career with a track record lap of 29.383 seconds/129.626 miles per hour around the 1.058-mile oval in his No. 5 Toyota Tundra Toyota. Skinner's effort was a tenth of a second quicker than championship contender Johnny Benson, who will start alongside after a lap of 29.491 seconds/129.151 miles per hour in the No. 23 Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Toyota. With his pole qualifying run, Skinner again breaks the tie for most career NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series poles. Prior to today, Skinner was tied with three-time series champion Jack Sprague with 28. (Ronda Greer/NASCAR Photo)
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The official starting lineup for the New Hampshire 200, the eighteenth race of the 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season.
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The official qualifying times for the New Hampshire 200, the eighteenth race of the 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season.
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Raybestos Rookie Ryan Moore is a native of Scarborough, Maine. Moore scored six consecutive top-10 finishes in six Busch East races at New Hampshire from 2003-2005. His best finish in 10 Craftsman Truck Series starts is 14th at Texas (race No. 9). "Six consecutive top-six finishes. It's my favorite racetrack. I love New England and I haven't got to come home in a long time," said Moore. (Charles Krall/TruckSeries.com Photo)
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The best way to describe the day-long practice effort of driver Ryan Moore in the black No. 40, Key Motorsports Chevrolet Silverado on Friday at New Hampshire International Speedway in Loudon, NH was trying. Nonetheless, Moore is looking for a solid qualifying run and then a competitive race effort on Saturday in the New Hampshire 200.
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The official final practice times for the New Hampshire 200, the eighteenth race of the 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season.
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The official rookie practice times for the New Hampshire 200, the eighteenth race of the 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season.
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The official practice 1 times for the New Hampshire 200, the eighteenth race of the 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season.
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The official qualifying order for the New Hampshire 200, the eighteenth race of the 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season.
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Kerry Earnhardt heads to Loudon for Saturday’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series New Hampshire 200 at New Hampshire International Speedway hoping to build momentum for the season’s stretch run. Earnhardt is optimistic that the No. 13 ThorSport Racing Chevrolet Silverado team will see a payoff to all of the hard work this season. “I’m excited to visit Loudon again,” Earnhardt said.
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Billy Ballew Motorsports is pleased to announce the addition of Freedom Grill, “The Official Grill of Tailgating,” on board the No. 15 Billy Ballew Motorsports entry in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series this weekend. Piloted by four-time series winner, Kyle Busch, the No. 15 will carry Freedom Grill as the primary sponsor for Saturday’s running of the New Hampshire 200 at New Hampshire International Speedway.
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Matt Crafton looks to continue his drive toward the top-ten in NASCAR'S Craftsman Truck Series standings as the No. 88 Menards Chevrolet Silverado team heads to New Hampshire International Speedway for Saturday's New Hampshire 200. "We're still working hard to get that first win, and it would be great if it came at Loudon," Crafton said. (Ronda Greer Photo)
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The Orleans Racing Dodge will be sporting Georgetown University Blue and Gray for the Sept 16th New Hampshire Craftsman Truck event. The paint scheme represents a philanthropic effort by driver, Brendan Gaughan to show his appreciation to the school he loves dearly.
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After a sour run at Bristol and a two-week hiatus, Chad McCumbee and his No. 08 The GPS Store/Garmin team are geared up for the New Hampshire 200 this weekend. "I am looking forward to Loudon this weekend", stated McCumbee. "Bobby (Dotter) has had some great runs there and after our test last week I think we should be very competitive this weekend". (Charles Krall/TruckSeries.com Photo)
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As the NASCAR Busch Series enjoys a rare weekend off, Bowyer will make his second career NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series start. The Emporia, Kan., native will get behind the wheel of the No. 46 SKF Chevrolet fielded by Morgan-Dollar Motorsports for the New Hampshire 200 at NHIS.
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The vibrant No. 91 Chevy Silverado, piloted by JC Stout, departs from it's rural Western New York headquarters for New Hampshire International Speedway on Thursday Sept. 14th. Travel will begin in the pre-dawn hours to ensure a timely arrival at the race track in Loudon, NH. Stout and his crew are eager for another shot at the 1.058 mile paved oval that garnishes the reputation as "a track with a flair for the dramatic."
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Boston Reid is hoping new crew chief; Tim Weiss can bring some life to his Woodard Racing team this weekend in New Hampshire. The 24-year old rookie comes into New Hampshire 20th in points; after spending two weekends off in Davidson, N.C. renovating his new home, the former USAC driver is eager to return to the track for this weekend’s 200-lap event.
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Kyle Busch will once again pilot the No. 15 Team Davis Dirt Racing Chevrolet for this weekend's NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at New Hampshire International Speedway. Busch drove for the team in 2005 at NHIS. "Last year, we got a top-10 and I'm hoping all my luck I've had in the cup car will translate over into the truck," said Busch. (Ronda Greer Photo)
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Rick Crawford, driver of the No. 14 Ford F-150, enters this weekend's Craftsman Truck Series race at New Hampshire International Speedway as the defending race winner. Currently fifth in the point standings, Crawford is hoping that his past success at the one-mile speedway will allow him to cut into the point deficit to first-place Todd Bodine. "We've got eight races to go and all of them are probably my favorite tracks to race at. We're looking for success this weekend as defending champions at Loudon," said Crawford. Marcos Ambrose, driver of the No. 20 Ford F-150, has already compiled some impressive results during his rookie season in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. A native of Tasmania, Ambrose picked up his first career pole at Kentucky Speedway in just his 10th career series start and has a pair of third-place finishes to his credit.
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With eight NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series races remaining, David Reutimann and his Darrell Waltrip Motorsports team still have a shot at the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series championship. Reutimann also knows that they have a lot of work left to do to catch points leader Todd Bodine, who is 230 points ahead heading into New Hampshire International Speedway this weekend.
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Team Australia NASCAR Truck driver Marcos Ambrose will carry tributes to Australian icons Peter Brock and Steve Irwin, who both passed away last week, at this weekend’s New Hamphire 200. Ambrose will carry a logo with Brock’s famous 05 number on the side of his #20 Team Australia/Aussie Vineyards Ford F-150 and a logo in tribute to Irwin, best known as the Crocodile Hunter.
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Erik Darnell will make his first NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series start at New Hampshire International Speedway in this week's New Hampshire 200. Darnell continues to lead the Raybestos Rookie-of-the-Year standings by 32 points over Chad McCumbee.
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David Ragan will attempt to make his second career NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series start at New Hampshire International Speedway in this weekend's New England 200. Ragan made his first start there in 2004, where he took the green flag in the 32nd position and came home 21st. Ragan returns to the seat of the No. 50 Ford F-150 for the second race in a row.
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The No.23 Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Tundra has emerged as a contender for the 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series championship. "New Hampshire is a track I really like. It is a track you can race on, but you have to be good. It is tough to pass, but if your truck is handling well, you can work the bottom pretty good and get by people," said Benson (Ronda Greer Photo)
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Mike Skinner has led a total of 62 laps in all three of his Craftsman Truck Series starts at The Magic Mile. He led nine laps in 1996, six circuits in 2004 and paced the field for 47 laps last season. “I really like New Hampshire. We have run awfully well there in the Cup cars, Busch cars and the Truck Series," said Skinner.
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Heading into New Hampshire, Bill Lester and the No. 22 team have had four consecutive top-25 finishes, a streak that contains Lester’s second-best finish of the season (16th). Fast work in the pits and Lester’s ability to avoid trouble on the track produced that finish two weeks ago at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway.
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A.J. Allmendinger will make his first NASCAR series start this weekend at New Hampshire International Speedway. Allmendinger had a successful test at Richmond International Raceway two weeks ago in preparation for Saturday's 200-lap event. "My goals are pretty simple for this weekend: I want to first just try to go out and qualify well. If I accomplish that, I'm going to just try and run a clean, smart race and finish," said Allmendinger
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After a few weeks off, the Craftsmen Truck Series teams get back to business at New Hampshire International Speedway this weekend. Chad Chaffin is looking forward to getting back behind the wheel of the #59 truck for the New Hampshire 200. The 1.058-mile oval has been a successful track for Chad and he expects no different out of this weekend’s race.
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Young racer T.J. Bell and veteran racer and team owner Bobby Dotter will head to New Hampshire International Speedway looking for some magic at the one-mile oval. Dotter’s Green Light Racing has had some very strong efforts this season with drivers like Chad McCumbee and Travis Kittleston behind the wheel, and driver Bell has finished second and fourth in the ARCA RE/MAX Series and just missed a victory at Michigan last month.
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The 2005 season hadn’t been a good one for Ford – a non-winner on the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series in more than a year – until Rick Crawford (No. 14 Circle Bar Truck Corral Ford) came out on top of a tense, three-way battle to claim victory in the New England 200.
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Ron Hornaday Jr., driver of the No. 33 AES HR Solutions Chevrolet, laid the foundation for New Hampshire International Speedway's reputation as a track with a flair for the dramatic. Hornaday, winner of the first New Hampshire 200 in 1996, passed a number of trucks on a late restart and was in position to take advantage of a final-lap accident that took out the leaders. "At one point, Ernie Irvan got into me and put me in the wall so my truck was pretty roughed up," said the two-time NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series champion. "I still have the sheet metal hanging in my garage." Hornaday - and four others - on Saturday will try again to unlock another of the 1.058-mile, flat oval's secrets. There have been no repeat winners at NHIS; the same is true in the NASCAR Busch Series. (High Sierra Photo)
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"I think that New Hampshire will be a great race track for the No. 11 Toyota Tundra. I really like New Hampshire. It's a lot different than other tracks on our schedule. The track has long straights and flat corners. You have to have a good handling truck to run in the front at New Hampshire."
-David Starr
(Ronda Greer Photo)
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"I am really excited to go to Loudon. Loudon is one of the tracks that I went to when I was younger to watch NASCAR races. Loudon and Daytona were about the only two tracks we made it to when I was little, so it has meaning to me. It is going to be the first time some of my family has seen me race in quite a while."
-Erin Crocker
(Team PR Photo)
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Five winners of the New England 200 will belt in for Saturday's race and that definitely counts for something - if only the odds of a good finish. The five who will attempt to end the series' longest streak of different winners (shared with Homestead-Miami Speedway) are Ron Hornaday Jr. (1996), Dennis Setzer (1999), Jack Sprague (2001), Terry Cook (2002) and Rick Crawford (2005). (Ronda Greer Photo)
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Ted Musgrave has been to New Hampshire International Speedway for fifteen races in his NASCAR career. The defending NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series champion says he's happy the track has had no repeat truck race winners, he wants to be added to that list of winners who haven't yet repeated at Loudon's one-mile flat oval. (Ronda Greer Photo)
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The New Hampshire 200 will be the 11th NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at New Hampshire International Speedway. Last year here Chad Chaffin recorded the best finish among Tundra drivers when he crossed the finish line ninth. In the most recent race of the 2006 season at Bristol, Tundra drivers captured four of the top-five finishing positions. (Ronda Greer photo)
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Morgan-Dollar Motorsports announced a two-race deal that will put NASCAR Nextel Cup Series driver Clint Bowyer behind the wheel of the No. 46 Chevrolet at New Hampshire and once again at Texas in November.
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2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Rookie-of-the-Year candidate Ryan Moore is hoping that black again proves to be a charm for him and his Key Motorsports race team when they move to Loudon, New Hampshire this weekend for the 18th race on the 25-race, 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series schedule.
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