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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Race
#1 | Chevy Silverado HD 250
Daytona International Speedway
Daytona Beach, Florida
Friday, February 16, 2007
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NASCAR announced today that one NASCAR Camping World Truck Series crew member has been fined and suspended and two crew chiefs penalized due to rule violations leading up to and during the Feb. 16 event at Daytona. Richard Riley, crew member of the No. 88 Chevrolet, has been fined $5,000 and suspended for the next six NASCAR Camping World Truck Series events through May 30.
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On February 16, 2007, an Interview with: Jack Sprague, Johnny Benson and Travis Kvapil The
Moderator:
We'd like to welcome in the third place finisher, Travis Kvapil. Travis, I think everybody would like to know your take on the pass there at the end.
Travis Kvapil:
I've been a part of these crazy finishes here before. I kind of knew; actually I knew off of turn two on the white flag lap I was in trouble.
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Ted Musgrave kicked off the 2007 season with a solid top-ten finish in the season-opening NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Daytona International Speedway, piloting the No. 9 Team ASE/Germain Motors Toyota to a ninth-place finish. Musgrave was one of five Toyota drivers to finish in the top ten, led by winner Jack Sprague. (David M. Vaughn Photo)
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Heading to Daytona for the start of the 2007 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCTS) season, Kraig Kinser and the No. 47 Ginn Resorts Silverado were looking to score a top-10 finish. Instead, the Morgan-Dollar Motorsports (MDM) team went home with a 30th place finish, and their hopes of achieving Daytona magic would have to wait until 2008.
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The first 2-truck effort at Daytona for Key Motorsports was shortened by accidents Friday night, derailing what were solid runs for both veteran NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver Mike Bliss and rookie Larry Foyt. "It is really a shame that we had those problems because this race truck was definitely capable of winning this race," Bliss said after the race. (VPS Motorimages Photo)
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Tim Sauter and Lester Buildings Chevy team were down, but not out after the season opening Chevy Silverado 250 at Daytona International Speedway. The 28th place finish is not what the team was hoping for to start the 2007 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season.
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In one of the most thrilling victories in NASCAR Camping World Truck Series history, driver Jack Sprague pulled off a "hat trick" by taking home his third trophy for Wyler Racing on Friday night. Sprague drove the No. 60 Con-way Freight Toyota Tundra to Victory Lane in the Chevy Silverado HD 250 at Daytona International Speedway in a dramatic three wide dash to the finish line. (VPS Motorimages Photo)
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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Rookie of the Year contender Aaron Fike, proved that he has what it takes to race in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series after making his debut in the No. 1 RFMS/Red Horse Racing Toyota Tundra on Friday night at Daytona International Speedway.
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The No. 23 Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Tundra team headed to Daytona International Speedway with high hopes. After finishing second in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Championship standings last season, Johnny Benson and his team were ready to make their mark early in the 2007 season. (VPS Motorimages Photo)
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Matt Crafton wiped away the frustration of previous visits to Daytona International Speedway as he roared to an 8th place finish in the season-opening NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Chevy Silverado HD 250 on Friday. "We've had good trucks at Daytona before, and we've run well here at times, but never had the finishes to show for it," Crafton said. (VPS Motorimages Photo)
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The first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event of the 2007 season at Daytona International Speedway Friday night was playing out to be a race to remember for Dodge Driver Chase Miller and the No. 4 Open Joist Racing Team. Miller, who had never seen DIS before testing in January, spent most of the night in the lead pack running in the top 10 for the first 54 laps after starting the event in the 15th position.
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After a strong test at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway in mid-January, the No. 5 Toyota Tundra team knew it would be a contender for the biggest race of the 2007 season. The team quickly proved it had one of the strongest trucks in the garage. The team was third quickest in the first practice session of the weekend and continued its blistering pace throughout the remaining practice sessions. (David M. Vaughn Photo)
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Friday night's Chevy Silverado HD 250 season opener was a wild ride full of lead changes and three wide racing. Ron Hornaday started in the 16th position, near his Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI) teammate Cale Gale. Hornaday was quickly moving forward when on lap three Mike Wallace hit the wall heading into Turn 1, bringing out the first caution of the race. (David M. Vaughn Photo)
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Todd Bodine gave his sponsor, Lumber Liquidators, an exciting ride for their first trip to Daytona International Speedway. Bodine kept the No. 30 Lumber Liquidators Tundra in the top-three for much of the 100-lap race, including grabbing the lead on two occasions, and making a few powerful moves through the field to show off the strength of his Tundra. (David M. Vaughn Photo)
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Making "Bold Moves" at Daytona has become a way of life for Rick Crawford and his Circle Bar team. From the drop of the green flag Crawford was making "Bold Moves". In the first lap he moved from 13th to 6th. "My hat's off to a great truck from the Circle Bar Racing guys. Our Power Stroke Diesel Ford by International ran up front all night long."
-Rick Crawford
(David M. Vaughn Photo)
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The Momentum is Flowing Again with Green Light Racing
- When the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series headed to Daytona International Speedway, Chad McCumbee was up for his first lesson in Trucks at the high-banked track. He had been around several times in an ARCA car, but this was to be his test at Daytona in a NASCAR Craftsman Truck.
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Ken Schrader and his No. 18 Fastenal Dodge Racing Team had high hopes heading into the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season opener, the Chevy Silverado 250 at Daytona International Speedway. The night started out in the right direction as Schrader began to work his way to the front from his 21st starting position.
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As they loaded their Ford F-150s into the hauler for the Chevy Silverado HD 250, David Starr, Dennis Connor and their MaxxForce International Diesel Power team had done the impossible. In less than 5 weeks they formed a new race team, tested twice and prepared 2 Fords for the high banks of Daytona.
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Cale Gale started his 2007 NASCAR Truck Series season for Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI) with a solid 14th place finish in the Silverado HD 250 at Daytona International Speedway in Florida. This was not only Gale’s first Truck Series race, but it was also his first time racing at the 2.5-mile Daytona (Fla.) superspeedway.
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Rookie Tyler Walker and the No. 36 360 OTC Toyota Tundra team headed to Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway with new colors and high hopes. The rookie quickly proved in practice that he was going to be a force to be reckoned with from the beginning. The team made a few changes to its Toyota Tundra during practice, and Walker was soon able to run on the high and low sides of the track.
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Prior to 2006, Jack Sprague never had much luck at the 2.5-mile Daytona International Speedway. Even dating back to his first start here, in the NASCAR Busch Series in the early 1990s, Sprague was a quick study of the draft and ran competitively. He qualified on the front row his first time here, but was swept up in someone else's trouble in the middle stages of the race. That set the scene for the remainder of his career at Daytona, until last year. In last season's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season opener, Sprague ran well but almost saw it turn awry late in the going; he got loose in turns three and four and made a tremendous save. He was able to keep it straight and collected a top five finish. Apparently, after years of bad luck, that save was the impetus to get things on the right track. Even an off-track excursion down the backstretch in practice couldn't derail Sprague's juggernaut. He earned the pole in qualifying, and stayed in the mix all night long putting himself in position for another top five finish. (David M. Vaughn Photo)
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Eight historic Ford race cars star alongside a 2007 Ford Fusion in Ford Division’s new commercial spot that will debut during this Sunday’s telecast of the 2007 Daytona 500. Shot over three days just outside of Los Angeles, California, the commercial shows a 2007 Ford Fusion in a fantasy “race” with Ford race vehicles representing Ford’s 106 years of racing.
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Lightning indeed strikes twice and both times Travis Kvapil has been its victim. Three-abreast finishes are a rarity in any kind of racing but with the dramatic conclusion to Friday night's Chevy Silverado HD 250, it's happened twice in the past five NASCAR Craftsman Truck races at Daytona International Speedway. Kvapil? Well, he's lost the race in two different ways. In 2003, he fell a couple of feet shy of Rick Crawford's front bumper as the pair overhauled Robert Pressley at the checkered flag. Friday's defeat, however, was a bitter one as Kvapil assumed Pressley's role of sitting duck off the fourth turn of the Daytona's final 2-1/2 miles. Benson, running third in his Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Toyota, bump-drafted Sprague's Con-way Freight Toyota past Kvapil's K&N Engineering Ford and - to add insult to injury - slashed to the inside lane to drop the 2003 champion into a third-place finish. (VPS Motorimages Photo)
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It's way too early to be talking points and championship but Friday's finish in which four of the first five finishers are series champions suggests experience likely will be a significant factor as the 2007 seasons unfolds. In fact, six of the seven former titleholders - all fulltime runners this season - occupied the final top 10 positions and led a combined 82 of the race's 100 laps. (VPS Motorimages Photo)
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Carl Edwards had been as excited as he’s ever been to race in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, but this time seemed different. He knew he had a truck that could win the race, and he couldn’t wait to kick off his Daytona Speedweeks with a win. However, it wasn’t to be for Edwards, as transmission troubles ended his chance for contention just 13 laps into the event.
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Motor Racing Network (MRN) Radio today reported its largest broadest reach ever for the 2007 Daytona 500, including 512 stations in 48 states nationwide; Montreal, Canada; and Tijuana, Mexico. MRN also welcomes back the AMERICAN FORCES RADIO NETWORK, serving nearly one million men and women in uniform in 176 countries worldwide.
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Brandon Knupp, driver of the No. 28 FDNY Racing Chevy drove to his first ever checkered flag in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Friday night under the lights at the Daytona. Twenty one year old Knupp, a Sidney, Ohio native and veteran open wheel and ARCA Re/Max Series driver in his first Truck Series start came to the flag on the lead lap in the 18th place finishing position. (Team PR Photo)
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Travis Kvapil came to Daytona knowing he had a target on his back. During preseason testing, the No. 6 Ford was the fastest in virtually every practice session. Everyone knew that Kvapil had the truck to beat. Kvapil had the No. 6 K&N Filters Ford F-150 at the front of the field for most of the night, but a last lap pass by Jack Sprague and Johnny Benson left Kvapil with a third-place finish. (VPS Motorimages Photo)
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Erik Darnell had been looking forward to getting back to Daytona International Speedway since the checkered flag dropped at Homestead last November. The Northern Tool + Equipment team looked to be in position to back up their sixth-place finish that they scored at Daytona last year, but a late-race shuffle left them back in traffic at the checkered flag, bringing home a 12th-place finish.
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The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series 2007 season opening race Friday night proved to be a stellar start for Bill Lester and the No. 15 Billy Ballew Motorsports team during the running of the Silverado HD 250 at the Daytona. "We knew after we had to change the engine during practice that we would have to start in the back," Lester said. (David M. Vaughn Photo)
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Talk about a tough act to follow. Friday night's Chevy Silverado HD 250, the season opening race for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, came down to a three-wide, jaw-dropping, finish at the checkered flag. Jack Sprague nipped Johnny Benson and Travis Kvapil at the start/finish line for his 28th career victory and his first win at Daytona International Speedway. With half a lap left Travis Kvapil looked as if he'd pull off an impressive win, which would have been his first after runner-up finishes in 2003 and 2004. But Sprague, who started from the Budweiser Pole, had other plans. And so did Benson. Both rushed past Kvapil's K&N Engineering Ford - which led a race-high 49 laps - for the eighth closest finish in Craftsman Truck Series history. The lead changes were plentiful - 21 altogether - and when they came, they came in bunches. (VPS Motorimages Photo)
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The official lap summary report of the Silverado HD 250 at Daytona International Speedway, the first race of the 2007 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Season.
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In a three-wide finish reminiscent of the 2003 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Daytona International Speedway, Jack Sprague's No. 60 Con-way Freight Toyota got a push from Johnny Benson's Toyota to nip Travis Kvapil at the start/finish line on the final lap to capture the Chevy Silverado HD 250. (VPS Motorimages Photo)
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Friday nights Craftsman Truck Series race at Daytona International Speedway kicked off the 2007 season. It also marked the first race since the passing of former series champion Bobby Hamilton on January 7th. Bobby Hamilton Racing announced a new management team-one that had been put in place by Hamilton prior to his passing- Thursday and looked forward to a good showing for its two teams. (VPS Motorimages Photo)
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Travis Kvapil led six times for 49 laps to earn WIX Filters Lap Leader of the Race honors in the Chevy Silverado 250. Kvapil took the honor for the first time in 2007. He was leading entering turn 4 on the final lap of the race but finished third.
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Joey Clanton in the No. 09 Zaxby’s Ford was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race Tonight at Daytona. This is the second consecutive race at Daytona where at Raybestos Rookie has scored a top-10 finish. “That was the most fun I’ve ever had in those five laps right there. That was a blast. I thought we were done, slowing down there. I don’t know how they hit you."
-Joey Clanton
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Team Chevy Silverado drivers Ron Hornaday, No. 33 AES HR Solutions Silverado, and Matt Crafton, No. 88 Menards Silverado, battled to a checkered flag in a pack of 18 trucks going for the win in the Chevy Silverado HD 250 at Daytona International Speedway. As the white flag flew the field thundered in to turn one nose-to-tail, side-by-side with no clear favorite or winner visible. (Steve Keller/TruckSeries.com Photo)
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The unofficial owner points following the Silverado HD 250 at Daytona International Speedway, the first race of the 2007 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Season.
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The unofficial driver points of the Silverado HD 250 at Daytona International Speedway, the first race of the 2007 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Season.
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The unofficial results of the Silverado HD 250 at Daytona International Speedway, the first race of the 2007 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Season.
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Tonight marked the first win for Toyota in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at the Daytona International Speedway. Tonight's race also marked the first pole award for Toyota at Daytona in NCTS competition. Toyota earned four of the top-five finishing positions, Jack Sprague (1), Johnny Benson (2), Mike Skinner (4) and Todd Bodine (5). (Charles Krall/TruckSeries.com Photo)
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"I've been here before and I knew that was going to happen. I got down the backstretch and looked in my mirror and said, 'I'm out too far on these guys.' I was dragging the brake down the backstretch and trying to split the air between those two guys, and in doing that I lost a lot of my own momentum. -
Travis Kvapil No. 6 K&N Ford F-150 (Finished 3rd)
(Steve Keller/TruckSeries.com Photo)
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Prior to 2006, Jack Sprague never had much luck at the 2.5-mile Daytona International Speedway. Even dating back to his first start here, in the NASCAR Busch Series in the early 1990s, Sprague was a quick study of the draft and ran competitively. He qualified on the front row his first time here, but was swept up in someone else's trouble in the middle stages of the race. That set the scene for the remainder of his career at Daytona, until last year. In last season's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season opener, Sprague ran well but almost saw it turn awry late in the going; he got loose in turns three and four and made a tremendous save. He was able to keep it straight and collected a top five finish. Apparently, after years of bad luck, that save was the impetus to get things on the right track. Even an off-track excursion down the backstretch in practice couldn't derail Sprague's juggernaut. He earned the pole in qualifying, and stayed in the mix all night long putting himself in position for another top five finish. (David M. Vaughn Photo)
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Country Music Star to Play Concert Following NASCAR Truck Race
- Gateway International Raceway announced that country music star Rodney Atkins will wrap up the major event schedule as he performs a post-race concert following the Missouri/Illinois Dodger Dealers Ram Tough 200 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race on Saturday, September 1. Fans can purchase individual race tickets for this event and the entire 2007 major event schedule now.
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The 2007 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season kicks off tonight with the Chevy Silverado HD 250 at Daytona International Speedway.
Jack Sprague, No. 60 Con-way Freight Toyota:
Sprague earned his first-ever pole at Daytona in qualifying last night. Sprague has had rough luck here in the past, but seemed to get the monkey off his back with a top-five run last year. He was strong at Talladega last year before an engine problem sidelined him in the middle stages of the race. A trouble-free run could equate to a first-ever Daytona victory.
Carl Edwards, No. 50 Ortho Ford:
Edwards has two previous starts in a Truck at Daytona and has been spectacular in both, a hard homestretch crash in 2003 while leading was followed by an eventful win in 2004. He has his two Roush Fenway Racing teammates with him near the front, but the question will be can they run with the nine Toyotas that dominate the front third of the starting field.
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White, piloting the No. 63 GunBroker.com Ford F-150 for Mike Mittler's MB Motorsports, will make his first career start in a truck at the "World Center of Speed", and returns to the series after a nearly four-year hiatus. "I'm glad we're in the show," said White who posted a lap of 52.418 seconds at 171.697 MPH locking him into the 35th starting position. (Charles Krall/TruckSeries.com Photo)
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For the first time in its brief NASCAR Camping World Truck Series history, Key Motorsports has earned two starting berths for Friday night's 2007 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season opener. Mike Bliss and Larry Foyt posted the 32nd and 35th best qualifying times for the Chevy Silverado HD 250 that is scheduled to get the green flag at 8 p.m. EST. (Charles Krall/TruckSeries.com Photo)
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Roush Fenway Racing announced that K&N Engineering will be the primary sponsor for Travis Kvapil’s No. 6 Ford F-150 in Friday night’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season debut at Daytona International Speedway.
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This marks the first pole award for a Toyota at Daytona International Speedway in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. This is also Jack Sprague's (60) first career pole at the Daytona International Speedway and 30th career pole and third with Wyler Racing. Toyota Tundra drivers occupy nine of the top-12 starting positions for Friday night's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race. (Steve Keller/TruckSeries.com Photo)
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Team Chevy Silverado drivers went into tonight's qualifying for the Chevy Silverado HD 250 confident that all the preparation work they did in race trim will pay dividends in the 100-lap/250-mile on Friday night. A total of 16 Silverado drivers will take the green flag and are looking forward to maximizing the tremendous handling characteristics and drafting qualify of the newly configured Silverado race truck. (VPS Motorimages Photo)
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Tyler Walker in the No. 36 360 OTC Toyota was the Top Raybestos Rookie Qualifier Tonight at Daytona.
“I’m real happy with that. The Toyotas are real fast and there are a couple of Fords up there. I’ve got to thank my team and Doug Wolcott and everybody at Bill Davis Racing. I’m just glad to be at Daytona, man."
-Tyler Walker
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The official starting lineup of the Silverado HD 250 at Daytona International Speedway, the first race of the 2007 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Season.
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The official qualifying lap times of the Silverado HD 250 at Daytona International Speedway, the first race of the 2007 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Season.
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Erik Darnell No. 99 Northern Tool + Equipment Ford F-150 (Qualified 5th):
"It was a decent lap. We made one qualifying run in practice, but it was kind of a half qualifying run to see what it would do. We know it will race well and we know it ran excellent in the draft, and I think that's really all we could ask for come race time." (Steve Keller/TruckSeries.com Photo)
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Bobby Hamilton Racing announces the management team decided by Bobby Hamilton Sr. before his death on January 7, 2007. This team consists of five people who were with Hamilton when he won his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Championship in 2004.
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Roush Fenway Racing announced today that The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company's Ortho brand will sponsor the No. 50 Ford F-150 driven by Carl Edwards in the 2007 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season opening race at Daytona International Speedway this Friday night.
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Prior to 2007, Jack Sprague had never qualified among the top-five for a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Daytona. In fact, Sprague never had much luck at all at Daytona, a fifth-place finish in last year's season opener not withstanding. But that luck has started to turn last season, as a late race nudge that could have resulted in a major crash resulted in nothing more than a couple of lost positions. And it continues to move towards the positive as Sprague claimed the pole for the Chevy Silverado HD 250 at Daytona International Speedway as Toyota again flexed their muscle. All told, Toyota claimed seven of the top ten starting positions and nine of the top 12. Sprague, in the Wyler Racing No. 60 Con-way Freight Toyota, turned a fast lap of 50.137 seconds around the 2.5-mile high-banked tri-oval, which averaged 179.508 miles per hour. "This is really cool. I started outside the front row for the first Busch race I ran here in the 90s, but I've never qualified good here in the truck," Sprague said. (David M. Vaughn Photo)
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NCTS Sophomore Looking for Redemption in Season-Opener
- The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series 2007 season comes to life under the lights Friday night at the historic high-banked Daytona International Speedway. Morgan- Dollar Motorsports and 22 year-old Kraig Kinser are teamed up again for another year in NASCAR's most fierce and often cutthroat series. (Charles Krall/TruckSeries.com Photo)
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Though Ted Musgrave, driver of the No. 9 Team ASE/Germain Toyota Tundra, and teammate Todd Bodine both drove trucks for Roush Racing in the Truck Series' inaugural season (1995), they really didn't have to work as teammates until last February. "Last year, Todd and I really found it easy to share feedback and help each other improve our race trucks," said Musgrave. (David M. Vaughn Photo)
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Last year this time, Todd Bodine headed to Daytona to drive the No. 30 Toyota Tundra for Germain Racing, but it wasn’t painted in the familiar yellow and black. The team had a one-race sponsorship with iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations and was looking at another year without a full-time sponsor on their highly competitive No. 30 Tundra.
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The official final practice lap times of the Silverado HD 250 at Daytona International Speedway, the first race of the 2007 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Season.
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Like most drivers, Matt Crafton has always had an affinity for racing at tradition-soaked Daytona International Speedway. According to Crafton, however, the famed 2.5 mi. tri-oval hasn't exactly rolled out the welcome mat for him during his previous visits. I love Daytona, but based on my previous finishes here, the track doesn't seem to like me," Crafton joked. (VPS Motorimages Photo)
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In a press conference at Daytona International Speedway, Bobby Hamilton Racing has announced the management structure that will carry on and operate the team in the absence of owner and 2004 series driving champion Bobby Hamilton. Andy Dunlap, Jeff White, and Kip McCord will be in charge of the competition side of the organization. Dunlap will continue his role as Operations Manager, White is the Team Engineer and crew chief of the No. 18 Fastenal Dodge, and McCord will serve as an engineering liaison with Dodge and serve as the test team manager. Hamilton's widow Lori will continue her role as Sponsor Relations Manager. Additionally the organization has brought on Lois Vance, Senior Vice President of First Tennessee Bank to oversee ownership operations of BHR. Vance was a long time friend of Hamilton, was also the executor of his will. (Steve Keller/TruckSeries.com Photo)
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Toyota has competed at Daytona International Speedway in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCTS) during the past three seasons (2004-06). Although a Toyota has not finished first in NCTS competition at the 2.5-mile superspeedway, Tundras did grab four of the top-five finishing positions in last year's NCTS event at Daytona. (Charles Krall/TruckSeries.com Photo)
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The official rookie practice lap times of the Silverado HD 250 at Daytona International Speedway, the first race of the 2007 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Season.
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Let's take a look at some of the numerology leading up to the first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race of the 2007 season, the Chevy Silverado HD 250 at Daytona International Speedway: 0 - Career starts Robert Pressley had in the NCTS before making his series debut here in 2002; he won the race. 0 - Wins by Chevrolet and Toyota at Daytona in Truck Series competition. 0.027 - Margin in seconds between Rick Crawford and Travis Kvapil, the first and second place drivers in 2003, the closest finish in series history at Daytona. 0.318 - Margin in seconds between Joe Ruttman and Ricky Hendrick, the first and second place drivers in 2001, the largest margin of victory in series history at Daytona. 1 - Laps led by Bobby Hamilton in 2005, the fewest laps led by a Truck Series race winner at Daytona. 2 - Poles won by Joe Ruttman, the only driver in the seven-year history of the race to earn more than one. (Steve Keller/TruckSeries.com Photo)
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NASCAR Veteran hoping for a Return Trip to Victory Lane at Daytona
- When Mike Wallace thinks of Daytona, he thinks of one thing: the sweet taste of victory. The three-time winner at the infamous 2.5-mile Daytona International Speedway (DIS) will be thinking about a victory again Friday night when the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCTS) 2007 season begins. (VPS Motorimages Photo)
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Wyler Racing is pleased to announce that The United States Playing Card Company (USPC) has renewed its sponsorship of Jack Sprague and the No. 60 Con-way Freight Toyota Tundra in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.
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The official qualifying order of the Silverado HD 250 at Daytona International Speedway, the first race of the 2007 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Season.
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The official first practice lap times of the Silverado HD 250 at Daytona International Speedway, the first race of the 2007 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Season.
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New names and faces, same faces different teams and a new Silverado set the stage for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCTS) season-opening racing, Chevy Silverado HD 250. The 100-lap, 250-mile race kicks off the 25-race 2007 season for Team Chevy Silverado. Bragging rights are on the line for the strong Bowtie NCTS Silverado line-up.
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Rick Crawford will be making his first start in his newly designed Circle Bar Ford F-150 with Power Stroke Diesel Engine as a sponsor. Last year in Daytona, the Circle Bar Pit Crew won the Checkers/Rally’s Double Drive Thru Challenge Pit Crew Award for spending less time on pit road than any other race team.
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David Starr will be making his first start for Circle Bar Racing in his new MaxxForce International Diesel Power Ford F-150. With the drop of the green flag, Starr will become the first driver to drive in every make of truck in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.
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With on-track activities for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series set to commence this week at Daytona International Speedway, Ford Racing F-150 drivers Rick Crawford, Erik Darnell and Travis Kvapil shared their thoughts heading into this week's season-opener. Rick Crawford No. 14 Ford Power Stroke Diesel by Int'l F-150: Is it tougher nowadays to win a Truck Series championship with all of the former Cup drivers competing in the series? "Sure it is. I feel good about it, though. I feel like it's time for Circle Bar Racing to win a championship. We came close in 2002, and a truck regular, that I would call him (Bliss), won that year and one won the next year (Kvapil). We've just had a big movement in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series where guys wanted to recharge their careers and come back to the Senior Tour, I call it. They lend a lot of experience and they're driving great trucks, so it doesn't surprise me that an ex-Cup driver or an ex-Busch driver is going to win the championship."
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Veteran Ken Schrader will be making his first career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series start at Daytona on Friday. "Testing in Daytona went extremely well under the circumstances of the days leading up to it," Schrader said. "We had some work to do, but I know these guys have taken care of that. Before January, I had never driven a truck down here and they're a handful in the draft." (Charles Krall/TruckSeries.com Photo)
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The season opening Chevy Silverado will kick off the fourth season that Tim Sauter and sponsor Lester Buildings will be racing together in one of NASCAR’s top three divisions. In 2007 the Wisconsin driver is teamed with Green Light Racing in the Craftsman Truck Series.
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FDNY Racing and owner Jim Rosenblum have tapped 21 year old, Sidney, Ohio driver Brandon Knupp to wheel their NASCAR Craftsman Truck in Friday night's Chevy Silverado HD 250 at the Daytona International Speedway.
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Dodge Development Driver Chase Miller will be making his first career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series start at Daytona International Speedway on Friday. “I have dreamed about racing at Daytona all of my life. It is one of those prestigious places that everyone thinks about racing there."
-Chase Miller
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Veteran Mike Bliss and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series first-timer Larry Foyt are readying themselves to spearhead the first-ever multiple truck entry by Key Motorsports for a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event.
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Bill Lester enters the 2007 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season with a lot of changes from his 2006 season. Lester has joined Billy Ballew Motorsports and will be behind the wheel of Chevrolet Silverado's for the first time in his career, which has given Lester a renewed spirit heading into the season-opener at the Daytona International Speedway. (Steve Keller/TruckSeries.com Photo)
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Momentum is on Jack Sprague’s side after he and the Wyler Racing team ended the 2006 season 5th in the Championship Point Standings after scoring two poles, two wins, and 14 top-10 finishes. The 2006 season marked the 10th time in as many season’s that the veteran driver has finished in the top-10 in points. “We finished the 2006 season just how we needed to – on a strong note,” said Sprague.
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Ron Hornaday on Daytona and Beyond:
"With Rick Ren coming over, knowing what these trucks can do, he's going to bring a lot to the program." "Everything constantly changes in NASCAR and you have to stay on top of it, I think Rick has brought some great guys to the 33. With what he's put together it's already working better than last year." (Steve Keller/TruckSeries.com Photo)
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Phil Parsons, younger brother of 1975 Daytona 500 champion and 1973 NASCAR champion Benny Parsons, has been named Honorary Starter for the 49th annual Daytona 500 on Sunday, Feb. 18 at Daytona International Speedway. Benny Parsons, who was diagnosed with lung cancer, passed away last month in Charlotte, N.C. after complications from treatment.
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Cale Gale on Daytona:
"I want to thank DeLana and Kevin Harvick for this opportunity," Gale said. "I look forward to working together with Rick Carelli and the entire team at KHI. I feel with Kevin Harvick in my corner, I can develop myself as a complete racecar driver."
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The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season opener February 16th marks a new beginning for Nashville native Willie Allen. The Chevy Silverado HD 250 from Daytona International Speedway will be Allen's first truck start at the famed 2.5 mile tri-oval and his debut as full time driver of the No. 13 National Pork Board Chevy Silverado for ThorSport Racing.
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The official entry list of the Chevy Silverado HD 250 at Daytona International Speedway, the first race of the 2007 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season.
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What a difference a year makes for Kevin Harvick Inc., whose No. 33 Chevrolet and driver Ron Hornaday Jr. came to Daytona in 2006 without sponsorship. All that changed when AES HR Solutions came aboard after mid-season, and last week KHI announced the signing of Camping World for 12 races with the team's No. 2 truck shared by Harvick, Cale Gale and Clint Bowyer. (Steve Keller/TruckSeries.com Photo)
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Pork is looking forward to another successful season as an associate sponsor in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series with Thor Sport Racing. The 2007 season will kick off this weekend at the Daytona International Speedway for Friday night’s running of the Silverado HD 250 and Pork will appear on the hood of the No. 13 Chevrolet which is being driven this season by rookie, Willie Allen.
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SPEED will offer special "Duels Day" coverage Thursday from Daytona Speedweeks, as the network hosts the high-anxiety qualifying races for the first time. Opening the broadcast day at 11 a.m. with NASCAR Live!, SPEED will offer 14 hours of programming from Daytona, including live coverage of the Gatorade Duel at Daytona at 2 p.m. ET and a Prime Time replay at 10 p.m. ET.
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As Brendan Gaughan (No. 77 Chevrolet) and South Point Racing continue the climb back to the heights of 2003, the driver sees personnel as being keys to the operation's renewed success. "One of the things we lacked last year was our pit crew - good or bad - (it) was a little streaky," said Gaughan on the eve of Friday's Chevy Silverado HD 250 at Daytona International Speedway. Since returning after spending the 2004 season in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series, Gaughan, who finished 15th last year, has gone about rebuilding and rehiring. Three employees - Calvin Gravely, Chris Justice and Mike Harris - have become major contributors. Gravely is a tire changer and suspension specialist. Harris drives the team hauler and also changes tires on pit road and Justice, formerly a standout defensive back on Wake Forest University's Demon Deacon football team, will handle catch can duties as well as back up the jack man in Daytona. (Ronda Greer Photo)
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An unprecedented seven former NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champions are expected to start Friday's Chevy Silverado HD 250. The seven, which include inaugural 1995 champion Mike Skinner (No. 5 Toyota Tundra Toyota) and 2006 champion Todd Bodine (No. 30 Lumber Liquidators Toyota), count a combined 10 championships and 119 victories. Other champions in the field are Ron Hornaday Jr. (No. 33 AES HR Solutions Chevrolet), 1996, 98; Jack Sprague (No. 60 Con-way Freight Toyota), 1997, 99, 2001; Mike Bliss (No. 40 Key Motorsports Chevrolet), 2002; Travis Kvapil (No. 6 Roush Racing Ford, 2003; and Ted Musgrave (No. 9 Team ASE/Germain Toyota), 2005. Six champions started last year's season-opener. Ironically, none of the seven has won a series race at Daytona International Speedway. Bodine, Kvapil and Musgrave each have finished second; Bodine most recently a year ago. (David M. Vaughn Photo)
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Live NASCAR racing returns to ESPN for the first time in six years Saturday with coverage of the NASCAR Busch Series season opener from Daytona International Speedway on ESPN2. The telecast begins at noon ET with the NASCAR Busch Series Countdown pre-race show, followed at 1:15 p.m. by flag-to-flag coverage of the 300-mile race.
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SPEED opens its 2007 NASCAR marketing campaign with a simple message. NASCAR on SPEED - It's Huge! Developed with the assistance of Charlotte agency Boone Oakley, the campaign defines the SPEED approach to its coverage of NASCAR and to the intimate relationship the network has developed with NASCAR fans over the past five years
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Travis Kvapil will make his first start for Roush Racing in Friday night's season opening Chevy Silverado HD 250 at Daytona. Kvapil has come close to scoring wins in Craftsman Truck Series races at Daytona, finishing second in the 2003 and 2004 season openers. (David M. Vaughn Photo)
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Erik Darnell will make his second career start at Daytona International Speedway on Friday in the No. 99 Northern Tool + Equipment Ford F-150. "We're all looking forward to coming back to Daytona after our run last year. It was my first speedway start in a truck, and we finished sixth. The test last month went very well, we've got a great truck."
-Erik Darnell
(David M. Vaughn Photo)
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Carl Edwards will make his first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series start at Daytona International Speedway since he went to victory lane in the season-opener in 2004. "I just think it's awesome to be driving the No. 50 Ford F-150 in the Craftsman Truck Series at Daytona. One of my greatest memories is winning the truck race there in 2004."
-Carl Edwards
(Ronda Greer Photo)
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The anticipation has been building all weekend long and finally, the time is here. Speedweeks 2007 is officially underway and the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series will take to Daytona International Speedway on Friday, February, 16th. Chad McCumbee is ready to try his hand at the 2.5-mile high-banked Superspeedway. "I think that we are really excited to have everyone back from 2006," said McCumbee. (David M. Vaughn Photo)
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Mark Melling announced today that Melling Engine Parts and Melling Select Performance Parts will serve as the primary sponsor for his long time friend Stacy Compton driving Dave Fuge's Xpress Motorsports No.16 Ford Truck entered in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series opener at Daytona International Speedway. "Xpress Motorsports is a proven winner and a two time NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Champion and it is good for our company to be associated with them for the season opener at Daytona." stated Melling. "Stacy is a good friend, and we go way back to when he drove for Melling Racing in the NEXTEL Cup series from 2000-2002. Being involved at Daytona is great for our company. There is a lot of Melling family history traveling south in February from Michigan to Daytona for Speedweeks. We're looking forward to going down there and having a great week." (Team PR Photo)
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Seventeen years later, it still seems hard to believe what transpired on Feb. 18, 1990 in the 32nd annual Daytona 500. By then, the long-running 500 frustration of NASCAR’s preeminent driver Dale Earnhardt had become a yearly refrain. Starting the 1990 season, Earnhardt had won three of his eventual seven NASCAR NEXTEL Cup championships.
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The 2007 season will be Walker’s first full NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season. This weekend will also mark Walker’s first start at Daytona. “I am very anxious about not only going to Daytona, but racing at Daytona as well. Since I am a rookie and I have never professionally raced at Daytona International Speedway, I know that I am a huge underdog."
-Tyler Walker
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Mike, Angie and Dustin Skinner has adopted Halifax Medical Center Foundation as its charity for Speed Weeks 2007. Team Skinner is requesting donations from race fans and members of the business community for each lap during Speed Weeks 2007.
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Not only will Mike Skinner compete in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event Friday night, he will also attempt to qualify for Sunday's Daytona 500 by racing in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Gatorade Duel Thursday afternoon. "Daytona is my home track, and I love it. One of the reasons I love it so much is because we all start from zero, points-wise."
-Mike Skinner
(David M. Vaughn Photo)
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Johnny Benson on racing at Daytona International Speedway:
"I am looking forward to going to Daytona. It is one of the fastest tracks on the schedule, and I feel that we will be a front runner from the start. We finished 15th there last year, but this year I am hoping for a shot to win. The test in January proved to be really strong for the No. 23 team." (VPS Motorimages)
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While not turning left on the race track in Daytona, Gaughan will take part in another of his favorite pastimes as he’ll hit the hardwood with two local high school basketball teams. Gaughan, who earned a spot on the Georgetown Hoyas basketball team while attending school (1993-1997), played for legendary coach and mentor John Thompson. The team Gaughan played on recorded two Big East regular season championships.
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With a new team name and the support of new manufacturer Chevrolet, Brendan Gaughan and the No. 77 South Point Racing team are geared up for a strong run during the 2007 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCTS) season kicking off with the season-opening Silverado HD 250 at Daytona International Speedway. (VPS Motorimages)
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DAYTONA USA, The Official Attraction of NASCAR, will show the documentary “Dale” inside the Pepsi IMAX Theatre during Speedweeks 2007. “Dale,” narrated by Paul Newman, is a 90-minute documentary about the seven-time NASCAR champion and 1998 Daytona 500 winner featuring true NASCAR footage and stories never heard before.
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“The Great American Race’s” media credential list continues to grow – and with some surprising guests scheduled to attend. In addition to the many media outlets that travel the circuit throughout the year to keep NASCAR fans up to speed on the latest news, unconventional media outlets such as ABC’s Good Morning America, Country Music Television and Bloomberg Television are jumping on the Daytona 500 coverage bandwagon.
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Monday, Feb. 12:
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MRN’s Greatest Memories of the DAYTONA 500: 7–8 PM EST
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DAYTONA 500 Preview Show: 8–9 PM EST Live from DAYTONA U.S.A. with special guests David Reutimann, Michael Waltrip, and Clint Bowyer
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Camping World Signs NASCAR Busch and Truck Series Sponsorship with Kevin Harvick Inc. Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI) announced today a partnership with Bowling Green, Ky., based Camping World for the 2007 season. Camping World will sponsor the No. 33 Busch Series Chevrolet for 11 races and KHI’s second Truck Series entry, the No. 2 Chevrolet Silverado for 12 races.
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The Women’s Auxiliary of Motorsports, Inc. (WAM) is pleased to announce that it will expand it’s Operation DVD program to Daytona International Speedway during Speedweeks 2007. WAM will collect DVDs for US Troops daily beginning Thursday, February 15 through Sunday, February 18. A drop box for DVD’s will be located at the WAM Trackside display located in front of DAYTONA USA at the speedway.
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The ‘third time’ has always been known as a charm and that’s precisely what Ken Schrader hopes to accomplish as he pilots the No. 21 Air Force Ford Fusion in the 29th running of the Bud Shootout at Daytona International Speedway this Saturday night under the lights. Schrader is one of three drivers to ever win back-to-back victories in the Shootout.
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Toyota is making their entrance into the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series beginning with the sport’s biggest race – the 49th annual Daytona 500 on Sunday, Feb. 18. But before “The Great American Race” goes green, Toyota’s major hurdle is going to be three days before that in the Gatorade Duel At Daytona qualifying races on Thursday, Feb. 15.
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Hooters Energy Drink will sponsor drivers Casey Kingsland and Derrike Cope in the No.7 Pennington Motorsports Chevy Silverado for the entire 2007 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series schedule. Kingsland, a native of Las Vegas, NV, will be competing in 24 NCTS events beginning with the California Speedway race on Friday, February 23rd.
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Schedule of Events:
Feb. 10:
"Budweiser Shootout" broadcast starts at 7:30 pm EST. Co-anchored by Barney Hall and Joe Moore. Listen locally on WNDB 1150 AM and WKRO 93.1 FM.
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"Daytona 500" Bud Pole Qualifying broadcast starts at 2:00 pm EST. Updates will be at 4:10, 4:30, 4:50, 5:10 and 5:30 pm EST. Co-anchored by Barney Hall and Joe Moore.
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SPEED opens its coverage of Daytona Speedweeks on Thursday, with coverage of NASCAR Media Day at 6 p.m. ET. SPEED also will broadcast a one-hour special from the Budweiser Shootout Drawing at 8 p.m. ET, followed by the inaugural SPEED Performance Awards at 9 p.m. ET and Mario Andretti: Conversation With a Legend at 10 p.m. ET.
2007 Daytona FOX/SPEED Television Schedule
(Updated Feb. 2, 2007; Times are subject to change)
Thursday, Feb. 8
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Daytona Media Day coverage (6 p.m. ET)
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Best of the Budweiser Shootout (7 p.m. ET)
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Budweiser Shootout Drawing (8 p.m. ET)
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Inaugural SPEED Performance Awards (9 p.m. ET)
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Mario Andretti: Conversation with a Legend (10 p.m. ET)
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Jim Harris, owner of HT Motorsports along with Mark Melling of Melling Engine Parts in Jackson, MI announced today that Melling Engine Parts and Melling Select Performance Parts will serve as the primary sponsor for driver Terry Cook in the team's No. 59 Toyota Tundra entered in the season-opening NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event at Daytona International Speedway. (Team PR Photo)
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GunBroker.com officials announced today that Jason White and GunBroker.com will switch to the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series next week attempting to make the Chevy Silverado HD 250 next week in a truck fielded by MB Motorsports. “I’m looking forward to Daytona and rejoining the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series,” said Jason White, a native of Virginia.
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The 2007 FOX/SPEED Television Speedweeks Schedule at Daytona International Speedway has been updated. SPEED Presents 75 Hours of Coverage From Daytona International Speedway Highlighted by Special 'Duels Day' Coverage Surrounding Duel 150's.
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SPEED Presents 75 Hours of Coverage From Daytona International Speedway Highlighted by Special 'Duels Day' Coverage Surrounding Duel 150's
- FOX Sports Begins Run as The Official Television Home of the Daytona 500 Presenting Live Coverage of the Great American Race - Sunday, Feb. 18 FOX Sports, its cable brother SPEED, and approximately 300,000 racing fans are set to descend upon one of the country's most recognized and exhilarating sports landmarks; Daytona International Speedway, for an extended run of racing action that culminates with live flag-to-flag coverage of the most exciting and most-watched motorsports event in the America: NASCAR's Daytona 500 on FOX, Sunday, Feb. 18 (2:00 PM ET). Prior to live, exclusive coverage of The Daytona 500 on Feb. 18, FOX Sports launches its 2007 NASCAR on FOX season under the lights of Daytona International Speedway on Saturday, Feb. 10 (8:00 PM ET) with a prime time presentation of The Budweiser Shootout.
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Carl Edwards is looking to kick off the 2007 season with a bang at Daytona International Speedway. Edwards, who pilots the No. 99 Office Depot Ford Fusion in the Cup Series and the No. 60 Scotts Ford Fusion in the Busch Series, has signed up to race Roush Racing's No. 50 F-150 in the Craftsman Truck Series race Friday night. Edwards will run a handful of truck races throughout the 2007 season. (Rusty Jarrett/Getty Images)
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Huge Tower to Make Debut at Daytona Speedweeks
- Fans won't have any trouble locating the SPEED Stage this season, as the network has commissioned a 50-foot "Fan Tower" to ensure fans can find their way through the crowd. The rotating SPEED logo at the top of the tower will be lit in the evenings.
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Chevy Silverado HD 250 - Daytona International Speedway
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Event Schedule
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