#9 Ted Musgrave with #59 Terry Cook and #77 Brendan Gaughan in tow, drafted their way back up into the Top-10. 

#6 Travis Kvapil, 193.666 mph
#5 Mike Skinner, 193.306 mph
#30 Todd Bodine, 191.115 mph
#1 Jason Leffler, 189.612 mph
#50 TJ Bell, 189.552 mph
#9 Ted Musgrave, 189.500 mph
#59 Terry Cook, 189.208 mph
#60 Jack Sprague, 189.133 mph
#77 Brendan Gaughan, 188.589 mph
#21 Jon Wood, 188.511 mph

With ten minutes remaining the first practice session, #5 Mike Skinner has logged 18 laps and remains in second place on the leaderboard with his 193.306 mph effort.  Ron Hornaday, Jr. put up 8 laps and has slide to 28th place.  #27 Jacques Villenueve has 8 laps on the board and is currently shown in the 29th position.

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Rookie practice is underway with five trucks on track - none are drafting.  Travis Kvapil is eligible to run rookie practice since he's never run here in a truck, same goes for Villeneuve and TJ Bell along with other drivers who are truck rookies at Talladega, but not necessarily running for Raybestos Rookie honors.

#6 Travis Kvapil, 180.519 mph
#50 TJ Bell, 179.460 mph
#27 Jacques Villeneuve, 178.563 mph
#75 Clay Rogers,175.613 mph
#71 Bryan Silas, 173.755 mph

A brief shower passed over the backstretch and the Rookie session is back underway.  Eleven trucks are on-track and we haven't seen any draft packs.

#6 Travis Kvapil, 180.519 mph
#50 TJ Bell, 179.460 mph
#27 Jacques Villeneuve, 178.567 mph
#00 Josh Wise, 178.178 mph
#13 Willie Allen, 177.732 mph
#08 Marc Mitchell, 176.989 mph *Tentative start, pending NASCAR approval
#75 Clay Rogers, 175.613 mph
#07 Tim Sauter, 175.594 mph
#7 Jason White, 174.172 mph
#71  Bryan Silas, 173.755 mph
#2 Cale Gale, 160.984 mph

Thirteen trucks took advantage of slightly shortened Rookie practice due to rain.  No reported on-track incidents and Kvapil stayed on top with 180.519 mph lap speed.

Final practice for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series at Talladega is underway and second-place Championship contender Ron Hornaday, Jr. has moved up the leaderboard, now shown in second place.

#88 Matt Crafton, 189.917 mph
#33 Ron Hornaday, Jr. 189.691 mph
#10 David Starr, 189.141 mph
#99 Erik Darnell, 189.122 mph
#14 Rick Crawford, 189.107 mph
#9 Ted Musgrave, 189.017 mph
#1 Jason Leffler, 189.002 mph
#30 Todd Bodine, 188.396 mph
#50 TJ Bell, 187.566 mph
#75 Clay Rogers, 187.397 mph

A turn two spin by Clay Rogers has the No. 75 team going to their backup truck.  Rogers is uninjured and the final practice session is still on-hold while NASCAR clears debris off the track.

The first caution flag in the final practice session was not quite so innocent.  While blending together to get on-track, #6 Travis Kvapil, #16 Derrike Cope, #47 Regan Smith and the #07 driven by Tim Sauter got together causing significant damage to their primary race trucks.

The first sessions' fastest truck driven by #6 Travis Kvapil sustained enough damange to force his Roush Fenway Racing team to bring out the backup.  #16 Derrike Cope and #47 Regan Smith will also go to their backup trucks. Also involved in the first incident in final practice, Tim Sauter and his #07 team are still working on their primary truck.  No injuries have been reported. 

The #75 truck driven by Clay Rogers, who crashed in turn two during a seperate single-truck incident, is also preparing a backup truck.  As reported earlier, Rogers was evaluated and released from the infield care center.

The #75 truck driven by Clay Rogers sustained heavy damage which forced the team to pull out their backup vehicle.  Pending NASCAR approval at qualifying, the team may not be sent to the rear of the field.

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Travis Kvapil and his No. 6 team pulled their primary engine out of their damaged truck after an early wreck in the final practice session.  Kvapil has little to worry about as it just so happens the backup truck is the same truck that won last year at Talladega and again this year in Daytona. 

"I shouldn't have put my truck in that position during practice.  In a race, yes, but not in practice," commented Kvapil while his teammates moved his Roush powerplant into the backup truck.

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Only the #4 Dodge driven by Mike Bliss and the #40 Chevrolet driven by Chad Chaffin will be forced to start at the rear of the field on Saturday due to unapproved engine changes during practice.

The #16 Chevrolet team and driver Derrike Cope have opted to work on their primary truck and are determined to make repairs in time for Bud Pole Qualifying on Friday.  Tim Sauter and his #07 are keeping in step and have also opted to work on their primary truck rather than roll out a backup.

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The #47 Chevrolet team pulled out their backup truck, promptly got it through technical inspection and are awaiting word from NASCAR to determine if their changes will be deemed 'approved' when the team presents their truck for final inspection prior to Bud Pole qualifying.

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We're calling it a day here at Talladega Superspeedway.  Check back tomorrow for raceday coverage of the Mountain Dew 250 from Talladega Superspeedway.

Good morning from Talladega Superspeedway and the 20th NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race of the 2007 season.  It's a somewhat overcast with temperatures already in the low 80's.  Local weather forecasts call for a partly cloudy day with temps getting up into the mid-80s and no rain is expected for this afternoon's Mountain Dew 250.

While the majority of NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series drivers are busy participating in an autograph session, the trucks sit silently staged in the impound garage awaiting final technical inspection prior to the green flag at 4:00 pm ET with the NCTS Set-Up Preview show with Krista Voda scheduled for 3:30 pm ET on SPEED.

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Just out of the Driver/Crew Chief meeting, NASCAR has informed the teams that pit road speed wil be 55 mph while pace truck speed will be 70 mph.  The event is scheduled for 94 laps and the teams have been allowed to use 5 sets of tires for this event.  Green flag is slated for 4:13 pm ET.

10. Lap 17 Caution for debris on backstretch

9. Back under green Lap 11 - Sprague leads the field single file.  Bliss and White treated and released from the infield care center.

8.  Top-10 Running order;  #60, 30, 99, 33, 9, 88, 00, 14, 13, 22

7. Championship point leader #5 Mike Skinner pits under caution for fuel and tires.

6. Caution #1/Lap 8 thru 11 - #4 cuts a tire and wrecks with #7 in turn two. 

5. #10 David Starr serves his pass-through penalty.  #06 pulls into the garage.

4. Sprague beats Bodine back to the stripe to lead the first lap.

3. Green, Green, Green - #10 gets penalized for passing before the line.

2. Pace truck driver Randy Kiser brings the field to the green, #30 Bodine leads the 36 truck field, one to go before we go green.

1. Drivers, Start your engines...    #4, #7, #21, #27 and #40 will move to the rear of the field for unapproved engine and mechancial adjustments.

4:02 pm ET - Invocation

20. Lap 54 - Caution as Bodine headed for pit road, Bodine stays out.  Turn four wreck collects #27, 71 and 50 trucks.  #75 Clay Rogers gets Lucky Dog pass.

19. Lap 47 - Running Order: #30, 60, 00, 14, 9, 88, 10, 8, 1, 33 -  #99 Darnell stalls on pit road now back on-track.

18. Championship Spotlight:  #5 Skinner has dropped back to 15th, Hornaday, Jr. up to 9th on Lap 42.

17. Lap 37 - Running Order: #30, 60, 00, 14, 88, 8, 9, 2, 59, 18

16.  Lap 34 - #9 Musgrave on the march on the high side moves up to 2nd but falls back to fifth by Lap 35.

15.  Lap 30 - #27 Villeneuve out of the main draft pack, running 29th with #75 Rogers and #71 Silas in tow.

14. Lap 25 - Two and Three-wide racing, #30 Bodine leads #60 Sprague and #00 Wise, #14 Crawford moves into the fourth position with #88 Crafton in fifth.

13. #30 Bodine takes the lead on the restart over #60 Sprague and #00 Wise in tow.

12. #07 does not pit and will lead #30, #60, #5 and #00 to the green flag.

11.  Leaders pit under caution on Lap 17 - 19.  Villeneuve has extended stay on pit road while team makes chassis adjustments.

30. Lap 82 - Caution, Turn four - #00 and #40 involved.

28. Lap 74 - Caution: Six truck crash coming off Turn four including #60, #6, #59, #9, #33, #99.  #23 bump drafts #60 - #60 spins and trucks scatter across the infield.  #60 is reporting he had a tire going down.  No Lucky Dog.

27. #2 posted for going above the blend line on the restart.

26. Championship Spotlight - Lap 69: #5 in fourth, #6 in ninth, #33 in 16th.

25. Lap 68 (Caution Laps 68 thru 70) - #03 Mike Wallace comes down pit road, team is working on right-side window. 

24. Lap 68 - Caution for debris in the tri-oval.  Right-side window comes out of the #2 truck.  #21 gets Lucky Dog pass.

23. Lap 63 - Penalty for #8, too fast leaving pit road and receives pass through penalty.

22. Lap 60 - Green flag restart...  #6, 60, 23, 10 and 33

21. Lap 58 - (Caution Laps 55 thru 60) Penalty on the #00 for missing lugnut will go to the tail end of the longest line. #6 leads the pack under caution.  Villeneuve, Bell and Silas treated and released from the infield care center.

34. #30 Bodine wins, #14 Crawford in second with #23 Benson in third..

33. Restart Lap 93: #30, 14, 23, 1, 18, 13, 51, 33, 40, 47

32. Lap 91 Caution - #03 Wallace spins in turn one - no contact.  No Lucky Dog.

31. Lap 83 - Restart:  #30, 03, 33, 5, 14, 88, 1, 51, 75, 10

1)   #30 Todd Bodine
2)   #14 Rick Crawford
3)   #23 Johnny Benson
4)   #1   Jason Leffler
5)   #18 Dennis Setzer
6)   #13 Willie Allen
7)   #33 Ron Hornaday, Jr.
8)   #40 Chad Chaffin
9)   #47 Regan Smith
10) #21 Jon Wood
11) #10 David Starr
12) #16 Derrike Cope
13) #5 Mike Skinner
14) #51 Kyle Busch
15) #75 Clay Rogers
16) #77 Brendan Gaughan
17) #03 Mike Wallace
18) #88 Matt Crafton
19) #09 Joey Clanton
20) #15 Shane Sieg
21) #07 Tim Sauter
22) #2 Cale Gale
23) #00 Josh Wise
24) #8 Chad McCumbee
25) #9 Ted Musgrave
26) #6 Travis Kvapil
27) #60 Jack Sprague
28) #59 Terry Cookl
29) #99 Erik Darnell
30) #27 Jacques Villeneuve
31) #50 TJ Bell
32) #71 Bryan Silas
33) #08 Marc Mitchell
34) #4 Mike Bliss
35) #7 Jason White
36) #06 Wayne Edwards