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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Race
#11 | Toyota Tundra
Milwaukee 200
The Milwaukee Mile
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Friday, June 22, 2007
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The Circle Bar/Power Stroke Diesel by International team rolled into the Magic Mile having posted a pair of top 10’s in the last 2 races, placing themselves back into the top 5 in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Championship points standings.
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Driver Scott Lynch qualified his No. 29 Jasper Engines & Transmissions-Intertech Parts Dodge in the 33rd starting position for his debut at the Milwaukee Mile this past weekend.
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The combination of scheduled green flag pit stops and an untimely caution cost Ken Schrader and the No. 18 Fastenal Dodge two laps in the final segment of The Toyota Tundra 200. He qualified 24th for the 11th race of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season.
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For the second time this month Mike Bliss climbed behind the wheel of the No. 4 Open Joist Dodge and overcame a poor starting position to finish in the top 10.
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The Milwaukee Mile brought home another solid finish for Chad McCumbee in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series despite the adversity that was thrown their way.
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After a rough and tumble month, three-time NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Champion Jack Sprague and the Wyler Racing team were hoping to come out of The Milwaukee Mile with a strong finish and a good points day and they did just that after running among the top-5 on Friday night.
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The Official State Motto of Wisconsin is “Forward”, adopted in 1851 to reflect Wisconsin’s continuous drive, and Aaron Fike and the Red Horse Racing team were hoping to make the most of the State Motto on Friday night as the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series entered the “America’s Dairyland” for the Toyota Tundra Milwaukee 200 at The Milwaukee Mile.
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The black flag meant Ted Musgrave couldn't finish Friday night's Milwaukee 200 at The Milwaukee Mile at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds. But that was of little solace to Kelly Bires and his No. 21 Bush's Baked Beans Ford race team.
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Stacy Compton admits it’s easy to feel spoiled by the No. 09 Zaxby’s Ford. That’s why he had mixed emotions about his 12th-place finish in last Friday’s Milwaukee 200 at The Milwaukee Mile.
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Bill Lester took to the track at the famed Milwaukee Mile looking for his first top-10 finish of the 2007 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season, but battery blues sent the driver home with a 24th place finish Friday night.
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Kelly Sutton, in possibly her last race of the 2007 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season, had a successful sendoff Friday night in the running of the Milwaukee 200 at the famed Milwaukee Mile.
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Erik Darnell and his No. 99 Northern Tool + Equipment team knew that their bad luck had to turn around eventually. Since recording their first win of the season at Kansas, the highest finish the team could turn in was a 15th place effort at Mansfield.
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Maybe it's because he worked his way up through the short track ranks, maybe it's because he earned every finish and sponsorship dollar along the way. Or, it just could be that Ron Hornaday doesn't know any other way than doing things the hard way. For instance, how else do you explain a 14th place qualifying effort turned into 24th in the running order just three laps into Friday night's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at The Milwaukee Mile? When you get into it with another truck and both go spinning, that's usually what happens. But, in typical Hornaday fashion, the two-time NCTS champion wasn't deterred or dejected. (VPS Motorimages Photo)
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Since Travis Kvapil signed on with Roush Fenway Racing at the end of 2006, he looked forward to having the chance to compete at his home racetrack, The Milwaukee Mile. Kvapil had not raced there since 2004, and greatly anticipated returning to contend for his first NASCAR victory at the oldest continually operating race track in America.
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Peter Shepherd looked strong in the early going of Friday night's Milwaukee 200, but the end result was not what he hoped for in his return to the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.
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Johnny Benson and his No. 23 TCUV team wanted to make history and become the first team to win back-to-back races at The Milwaukee Mile. The team utilized the same truck that won at the Wisconsin track last year.
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Mike Skinner and his Toyota Tundra team headed to The Milwaukee Mile with high expectations. The most success Skinner had at the track in years past was a pole and victory in 1995, and he wanted to return to that form in 2007.
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After announcing that he has signed on for a minimum of five more races with Bill Davis Racing, Ryan Mathews wanted to run strong at his home track, The Milwaukee Mile. Mathews has raced at The Milwaukee Mile several times in years past, but never in a NASCAR Craftsman Truck.
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The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series has raced at The Milwaukee Mile every year since 1995, and in all those years no driver has ever been able to score back-to-back wins. That is until tonight. Johnny Benson dominated the second half of the Toyota Tundra Milwaukee 200, leading all but one of the final 96 laps in the Bill Davis Racing No. 23 Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Toyota en route to his first win of the 2007 season. Benson won this race last year, the second win of his 2006 season which helped propel him to a runner-up finish in the final championship standings. (Ronda Greer Photo)
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Terry Cook battled his way to a 13th-place finish in the Toyota Tundra 200 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at The Milwaukee Mile overcoming a number of problems along the way to keep alive a recent string of solid finishes for his HT Motorsports team.
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Ron Hornaday had a fast truck for the Toyota Tundra Milwaukee 200. But on the second lap of the race, another competitor made contact with the No. 33 Chevrolet Silverado sending Hornaday all the way back to the 24th position. Hornaday passed truck after truck as he made his way to the front of the field.
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Last year's Milwaukee Mile race-winner Johnny Benson began the race third on the grid and ended up in victory lane in the No. 23 Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Tundra. "It feels great. The engine ran awesome. It was pretty close to last year. I think last year we were a little better, but not by much." -
Johnny Benson, finished 1st
(VPS Motorimages Photo)
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"We made some bold moves out there in this Ford F-Series pick-up truck and appreciate all the guys, Kevin "Cowboy" Starland [crew chief] and all the guys. They made some good adjustments in the two pit stops we had; we were really close to making green flag pit stops on both."
-Rick Crawford, finished fifth
(VPS Motorimages Photo)
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Ron Hornaday, Jr., No. 33 Camping World Silverado, thought his night might be over before it started on lap three of tonight's 200-lap/200-mile Toyota Tundra Milwaukee 200. The two-time NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion was involved in a two-truck incident coming out of turn four that sent him spinning. (VPS Motorimages Photo)
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The penalty report for the Toyota Tundra Milwaukee 200 at The Milwaukee Mile, the eleventh race of the 2007 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season.
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The lap summary report for the Toyota Tundra Milwaukee 200 at The Milwaukee Mile, the eleventh race of the 2007 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season.
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The unofficial owner points following the Toyota Tundra Milwaukee 200 at The Milwaukee Mile, the eleventh race of the 2007 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season.
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The unofficial driver points following the Toyota Tundra Milwaukee 200 at The Milwaukee Mile, the eleventh race of the 2007 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season.
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The unofficial results of the Toyota Tundra Milwaukee 200 at The Milwaukee Mile, the eleventh race of the 2007 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season.
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The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series has raced at The Milwaukee Mile every year since 1995, and in all those years no driver has ever been able to score back-to-back wins. That is until tonight. Johnny Benson dominated the second half of the Toyota Tundra Milwaukee 200, leading all but one of the final 96 laps in the Bill Davis Racing No. 23 Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Toyota en route to his first win of the 2007 season. Benson won this race last year, the second win of his 2006 season which helped propel him to a runner-up finish in the final championship standings. (Ronda Greer Photo)
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The official starting Lineup for the Toyota Tundra Milwaukee 200 at The Milwaukee Mile, the eleventh race of the 2007 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season.
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The official qualifying best lap times for the Toyota Tundra Milwaukee 200 at The Milwaukee Mile, the eleventh race of the 2007 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season.
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Todd Bodine brought Mike Skinner's qualifying streak to an end two weeks ago at Texas when he knocked Skinner off the top of the pylon and stole the pole for the Sam's Town 400. Tonight, it was Skinner's turn to repay the favor. With a late draw, Skinner went out 25 trucks after Bodine turned his fast lap to earn the provisional pole and knocked the defending series champion out of the top spot to win the pole for tonight's Toyota Tundra 200. Skinner, in the No. 5 Toyota Tundra Toyota out of the Bill Davis Racing stable, turned a fast lap of 29.463 seconds/122.187 miles per hour to earn his seventh pole of the 2007 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season. (Ronda Greer Photo)
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Ford F-150 drivers Travis Kvapil and No. 21 Bush’s Baked Beans Ford call Wisconsin home. All three drivers discuss memories of the Milwaukee Mile and the thrill of racing here in the NASCAR Truck and Busch Series.
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The official final practice best lap times for the Toyota Tundra Milwaukee 200 at The Milwaukee Mile, the eleventh race of the 2007 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season.
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The official rookie practice best lap times for the Toyota Tundra Milwaukee 200 at The Milwaukee Mile, the eleventh race of the 2007 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season.
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"Practice went good today. Both the shop and the race crew guys did a great job and made sure that we had a good Silverado right off the truck. And I've learned over the past few years that that is a big deal. We got every second of practice we needed today, and I like what we have."
-Brendan Gaughan
(VPS Motorimages Photo)
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The official first practice best lap times for the Toyota Tundra Milwaukee 200 at The Milwaukee Mile, the eleventh race of the 2007 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season.
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The official qualifying order of the Toyota Tundra Milwaukee 200 at The Milwaukee Mile, the eleventh race of the 2007 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season.
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The Milwaukee Mile is one of just four tracks to have scheduled the series in all 13 seasons of its existence. The others are Martinsville Speedway, O'Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis and Phoenix International Raceway. Two drivers have won at least once at each track: Mike Skinner and Jack Sprague. (Ronda Greer Photo)
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At 113 points behind leader Mike Skinner, Ron Hornaday Jr. sits in striking distance. Now, the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series heads to The Milwaukee Mile, which is more good news for Hornaday. If he can continue his past success, he could gain some ground on the thus-far dominant Skinner. (Ronda Greer Photo)
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We are getting set for round 11 of the 2007 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, the Toyota Tundra 200. Tonight's race marks the 13th time the Truck Series has raced here in the Milwaukee suburb of West Allis, Wisconsin. It should be a great day for racing with high temps expected to reach into the mid 70s, and once the sun goes down it should drop into the low 60s or maybe even the upper 50s. There should be intermittent sun and clouds throughout the day which should make the day all the more pleasant. We'll have all the action on the track throughout out the day covered for you, and we'll also update you on any news and notes from the garage area as well, so stick with us! (VPS Motorimages for TruckSeries.com)
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Jack Smith embodies the essence of short-track racing – steely determination, hard work, an accomplished résumé and a fearless attitude. For those reasons, the Ohio native was once again tapped to drive the MB Motorsports’ No. 63 ride for this weekend’s “Toyota Tundra Milwaukee 200” at the Milwaukee Mile.
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The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series heads to The Milwaukee Mile this weekend for the Toyota Tundra Milwaukee 200 race Friday, June 22, 2007. For Billy Ballew Motorsports, heading to Wisconsin is more than another week on the road. For five team members including one of Billy Ballew Motorsports crew chiefs, Richie Wauters, Wisconsin means home.
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Haas CNC Racing developmental driver Blake Bjorklund will make his eleventh appearance in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series this upcoming weekend at the Milwaukee Mile. Being a Minnesota native, Bjorklund has experience running late models and the ARCA RE/MAX series at Milwaukee yet this will be his first time with a truck.
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The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series returns to one of its most tradition-laden events this week, the Toyota Tundra 200 at the legendary Milwaukee Mile. The Mile is America's oldest race track, and has been on the schedule since the series inaugural season in 1995. Things have changed since then. The first race back then was just 125 laps. The series utilized the halftime break rather than live pit stops. The race was run on July 4 weekend. And it was run during the heat of the day. Now, the race is 200 miles. There are live pit stops. The race is now run a week earlier. And most noticeably, the race is now run under the lights. (Ronda Greer Photo)
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Scott Lynch will make his first-ever appearance at the Milwaukee Mile this Friday night, in the running of the Craftsman Truck Series’ Toyota Tundra Milwaukee 200. Lynch will drive the No. 29 Jasper Engines and Transmissions-Intertech Dodge, fielded by startup Windward Racing in their first NASCAR Truck Series effort.
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Both the NASCAR Busch Series and Craftsman Truck Series will run the same tire codes this weekend, though the Busch Series tires will be branded "Goodyear Eagle," while the Craftsman Truck tires will be branded "Goodyear Wrangler". (Charles Krall/TruckSeries.com Photo)
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Chad McCumbee is rolling right along in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series as he gets ready to head this weekend to the state of Wisconsin to compete in the event Friday Night at The Milwaukee Mile. “The Milwaukee Mile has always been a good track for us,” said McCumbee.
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Mike Bliss will climb back behind the wheel of the No. 4 Open Joist Dodge this weekend at Milwaukee. Bliss and the Open Joist Racing Team are hoping for the same success they had two weeks ago at Dover where Bliss scored the team's first top-five finish of the season. (VPS Motorimages Photo)
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Ken Schrader will be making his fourth NASCAR Camping World Truck Series start at The Milwaukee Mile when he pilots the No. 18 Fastenal Dodge on Friday night. The Toyota Tundra Milwaukee 200 will mark Schrader's 78th NCTS start. In his previous 77 races Schrader has an average starting position of 15th and finishing of 17th. (Ronda Greer photo)
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David Starr, driver of the No. 10 MAXX Force Diesel, has two career top-10 finishes in five starts at The Milwaukee Mile, site of this weekend's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race. Starr says the historic track is one of his favorites on the circuit; "Milwaukee is a great, great facility. I like Milwaukee because it reminds me of Indianapolis Motor Speedway - so much history there. It's been there over 100 years. As a little boy growing up, reading about all the great race-car drivers, pretty much every one I ever read about always mentioned The Milwaukee Mile. So, the first time I ever went there it was magical."
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After another momentum building top-15 finish at the Michigan International Speedway (MIS) last Saturday afternoon, Kraig Kinser is looking for another solid run for his Ginn Resorts Silverado. Kinser and his Morgan-Dollar Motorsports (MDM) team are focused on completing races, and they are confident the strong finishes will follow.
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The last time Kelly Bires raced at The Milwaukee Mile, he led the final 71 laps to win the Governor’s Cup 150 for the American Speed Association Late Model Series. He returns this weekend for not one, but two NASCAR main events.
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Shane Huffman has only been racing in the upper levels of NASCAR for a little less than a year, but the Hickory, North Carolina pilot sounds more like a seasoned veteran as he returns to the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series this weekend for Key Motorsports.
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Friday will be a homecoming for Tim Sauter as the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series comes to Sauter's home track, The Milwaukee Mile. Tim will be the fourth Sauter to compete in the NCTS at The Mile; his Father Jim and brothers Johnny and Jay have all previously run in NCTS races at The Mile. (Ronda Greer Photo)
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The Milwaukee Mile is Stacy Compton’s kind of racetrack. At one mile, it’s got speed. But with flat banking, it’s got the characteristics of a short track. In short, it’s the best of both worlds. Compton loves racing on flat tracks. It reminds him of racing on the short tracks around his Hurt, Va., home. Friday night’s Toyota Tundra 200 will allow Compton to push the No. 09 Zaxby’s Ford to the limit.
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For months, Kelly Bires has looked forward to racing at The Milwaukee Mile. His wait is finally over. The driver of the No. 21 Bush’s Baked Beans Ford grew up on the short tracks around the Midwest, so Friday night’s Toyota Tundra 200 will mark a triumphant return. The famed one-mile track at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds is 142 miles from his Mauston, Wis., home.
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The last time the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCTS) visited the Milwaukee Mile, Johnny Benson drove his No. 23 Tundra to victory lane. He returns to the Wisconsin track with a strong run on his to do list. “I like Milwaukee,” says Benson. “We won here last year and I hope to do the same this year."
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For all of his lengthy racing career, Rick Crawford has reveled in being a "lone wolf" competitor. In 2007, however, his Circle Bar Racing team expanded to a pair of entries adding veteran David Starr to the stable. "I've seen the potential from Daytona on," said Crawford. (NASCAR Images Photo)
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Six natives of the Badger State are expected to be in the field for Friday night's 13th annual Toyota Tundra Milwaukee 200 at the Milwaukee Mile. One of them - Ted Musgrave, No. 9 Team ASE Racing Toyota - is the track's only two-time winner having visited Victory Lane in 2001 and 2004. "Milwaukee really puts the emphasis on working hard because that's back home, in front of friends and family and people that followed your career," said Musgrave, who's returning to The Milwaukee Mile after finishing fifth in Michigan. "You put a little extra effort into it; I know the crew does, too." (Phillip Abbott Photo)
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Peter Shepherd will make his first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series start of the 2007 season this weekend at Milwaukee. Shepherd last competed in the Truck Series at Las Vegas in September of ’06, where he drove the No. 6 truck to an 18th-place finish.
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Erik Darnell will make his second NASCAR Camping World Truck Series start at The Milwaukee Mile on Friday in the No. 99 Northern Tool + Equipment Ford F-150. Darnell enters Milwaukee 13th in NASCAR Camping World Truck Series points, 81 markers outside the top 10.
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Ron Hornaday, Jr., No. 33 Camping World Silverado, Brendan Gaughan, No. 77 South Point Hotel Silverado and Dennis Setzer, No. 75 Spears Manufacturing Silverado, are all looking to bring home their second victories on the flat one-mile iconic track that has been on the Series' schedule since the inaugural 1995 season.
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Short-track ace and Wisconsin native Brad Mueller is slated to drive the No. 31 Dodge at Milwaukee. Mueller, who piloted an entry for Bob and Shelly Brevak in 2001 at Milwaukee, will get back to racing in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, looking to continue his past success at Milwaukee. (Team PR Photo)
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Ron Hornaday will make his ninth start at The Milwaukee Mile. In 2006, crew chief Wally Rogers and driver Ron Hornaday both worked “double-duty” at The Milwaukee Mile racing in the NASCAR Truck Series event on Friday night and the NASCAR Busch Series race on Saturday night.
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“Toyota Tundra Milwaukee 200” NASCAR Camping World Truck Series broadcast starts at 8:30 pm EDT. Co-anchored by Mike Bagley and Dan Hubbard. Listen locally on WMCS-AM 1290.
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Johnny Benson turned his season around last year as he won just his second race ever at Milwaukee. This week’s race truck for The Milwaukee Mile is Chassis No. 23-60. This truck has not yet seen action this year; however this is the truck that Benson not only won with last year at Milwaukee, but he won four races total with it in 2006.
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In 1995 Mike Skinner dominated The Milwaukee Mile. Racing the No. 3 Goodwrench Chevrolet Truck for Richard Childress, Skinner captured the pole and the win en route to the inaugural NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Championship.
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Ryan Mathews grew up racing at local tracks in Wisconsin, including The Milwaukee Mile. Mathews has captured many victories in various divisions along the way. Mathews’s is hoping to run strong in front of his hometown crowd this weekend.
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Aaron Fike will make his eleventh career start in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCTS) at the drop of the green flag for the start of the Toyota Tundra Milwaukee 200 on Friday night at The Milwaukee Mile. In his ten previous NCTS starts, Fike has only finished outside of the top-20 once. He has accumulated three top-10 finishes and has led six laps this year.
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Ask Terry Cook which race he'd like to win on this year's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series tour, and he's quick to tell you all of them. Ask the veteran Truck Series pilot which race would be special to win, and he answers just as quickly. "It would be a big deal to win this year's race at Milwaukee - the Toyota Tundra 200," said Cook. (VPS Motorimages Photo)
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Aaron Fike was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the June 16 Michigan 200 at Michigan International Speedway. Fike finished 17th and claimed top rookie honors for the third consecutive race and for the seventh time in 10 races this season.
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Ted Musgrave, driver of the No. 9 Team ASE/Germain Toyota Tundra in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, is coming off a great finish at one of his favorite race tracks, Michigan International Speedway, and heading into a weekend that ranks above all others – racing action packed with family and friends at The Milwaukee Mile.
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Todd Bodine, the defending NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion, has led a lot of laps at The Milwaukee Mile in the NASCAR Busch Series, and last year, led eight laps in his Lumber Liquidators Toyota Tundra in the Truck Series race. Bodine hopes the hard work his Germain Racing team has put into perfecting chassis setups will pay off in Friday night’s Toyota Tundra Milwaukee 200.
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The official entry list of the Toyota Tundra Milwaukee 200 at the Milwaukee Mile, The eleventh race of the 2007 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season.
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A third-place finish at Michigan was just what Brendan Gaughan says his South Point Racing team needed to get back on track after a couple of rough weeks. Now, that strong finish has left the team hungry for more as it heads to The Milwaukee Mile this weekend for Friday night’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCTS) 200-lap race.
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In seven starts at the Milwaukee Mile in the NASCAR Truck Series, Ron Hornaday has completed 1325 of 1325 possible laps, and led 198 laps, never finishing outside the top 10. Hornaday has notched one pole, one win, six top five and seven top-10 finishes at the one-mile race track.
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“Milwaukee is a track that really suits my driving style,” said Sprague. “I have had some good runs there in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCTS) over the years. It’s a driver’s track and is pretty unique being virtually flat."
-Jack Sprague
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