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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Race
#10 | Cool City Customs 200
Michigan International Speedway
June
14, 2008
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The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series heads to Michigan International Speedway this weekend for the Cool City Customs 200, race No. 10 of 25 for the series in 2008. Michigan is a wide 2-mile oval beloved by drivers for its multiple grooves and relatively few cautions. It's also a fast track — Kyle Busch set the qualifying record here last year at 181.612 miles per hour. Most of all, though MIS is the home track for Roush Fenway Racing and a place where the Ford squad is every bit as dominant as, say, Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolets are at Lowe's Motor Speedway. With Roush Industries based in nearby Livonia, Mich., this is a weekend that team co-owner Jack Roush circles on his calendar every year.
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Justin Marks, the 2008 Raybestos Rookie of the Year contender, was back on top of the speed charts at Michigan International Raceway during this morning's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series practice session. Marks, driving the No. 9 crocs Toyota Tundra, turned a 174.868 mph average lap speed in 41.174 seconds around the 2-Mile speedway located in the Irish Hills of Brooklyn, Michigan. 2006 Champion Todd Bodine posted the second-fastest lap of the morning session. Jack Sprague, Stacy Compton and Dover winner Scott Speed rounded out the Top-5. Toyota, Chevrolet and Dodge peppered the Top-10 while Ford was on the outside looking in.
Practice One Times: Cool City Customs 200 at Michigan
The final NCTS practice session is scheduled to begin at 1:30 pm Eastern and will televised live on SPEED.
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Todd Bodine and his No. 30 Germain Racing Toyota crew wrenched their way to the top of the scoring pylon in today's second and
final round of NASCAR Camping World Truck Series practice at Michigan International Speedway
. Bodine's 41.050 second lap averaging 175.396 mph on the two-mile speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan enabled the 2006 NCTS Champion to edge by teammate and second-quickest, rookie Justin Marks in the No. 9 crocs Toyota. Live! Online Qualifying Presented by Team ASE - Check out NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Qualifying for the Cool City Wheels 200 from Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan... Follow along here on TruckSeries.com starting at 10:35 am Eastern on Saturday morning...
Live! Online Qualifying Presented by Team ASE
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Mike Skinner, driver of the No. 5 Toyota, narrowly edged out No. 2 Chevrolet veteran Jack Sprague and fellow Toyota driver Todd Bodine, No. 30 Toyota, to capture the Keystone Light Pole award at Michigan International Speedway. Skinner logged a 41.156 second lap with an average speed of 174.944 mph. Skinner's effort was just enough to stay on top of Sprague's 41.157 second lap. Bodine lapped the 2-mile speedway in 41.158 seconds to secure the third starting position for today's Cool City Customs 200. Chad McCumbee turned an impressive 41.200 second lap at 174.757 mph and Raybestos Rookie of the Year contender Scott Speed rounded out the Top-5 with a 174.592 mph average lap speed in 41.239 seconds. (VPS Motorimages Photo)
Watch the tenth race of the 2008 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season today on SPEED with the NCTS Set-Up starting at 2:30 pm Eastern.
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Erik Darnell, No. 99 Roush Fenway Racing Ford, squeaked by Johnny Benson, No. 23 Bill Davis Racing Toyota, to win the Cool City Customs 200 at Michigan International Speedway. Darnell will likely make the record books for winning the closest race in NASCAR Camping World Truck Series history - less than a 1/1000th of a second at the finish line. As it turns out the 0.005-seconds margin of victory this year at Michigan International Speedway was the closest under electronic timing and the second closest in NASCAR Camping World Truck Series history. Butch Miller beat Mike Skinner by 0.001 seconds at Colorado National Speedway in July 1995, the series' closest recorded margin of victory. "It definitely means a lot, not only for me but for Ford and for Roush Fenway. I honestly believe we should've had a couple of them earlier this year - Daytona and Charlotte are two of them that we probably should've won both of those already. Stuff happened and we didn't. It's just kind of frustrating, but to finally get that win out of the way; I mean, it's been over a year since I won one of these things and we've been close so many times and we were finally able to put everything together today. Matt Puccia and everyone on this Northern Tool + Equipment crew did a great job. Pit stops were great today. This is a brand-new truck. All the guys back in the shop worked their butts off on it. It was, on paper, the best truck we had and I think it showed out on the race track today." commented Michigan winner Erik Darnell. (Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images Photo)
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Erik Darnell, No. 99 Roush Fenway Racing Ford, squeaked by Johnny Benson, No. 23 Bill Davis Racing Toyota, to win the Cool City Customs 200 at Michigan International Speedway. Darnell will likely make the record books for winning the closest race in NASCAR Camping World Truck Series history - less than a 1/1000th of a second at the finish line. As it turns out the 0.005-seconds margin of victory this year at Michigan International Speedway was the closest under electronic timing and the second closest in NASCAR Camping World Truck Series history. Butch Miller beat Mike Skinner by 0.001 seconds at Colorado National Speedway in July 1995, the series' closest recorded margin of victory. "It definitely means a lot, not only for me but for Ford and for Roush Fenway. I honestly believe we should've had a couple of them earlier this year - Daytona and Charlotte are two of them that we probably should've won both of those already. Stuff happened and we didn't. It's just kind of frustrating, but to finally get that win out of the way; I mean, it's been over a year since I won one of these things and we've been close so many times and we were finally able to put everything together today. Matt Puccia and everyone on this Northern Tool + Equipment crew did a great job. Pit stops were great today. This is a brand-new truck. All the guys back in the shop worked their butts off on it. It was, on paper, the best truck we had and I think it showed out on the race track today." commented Michigan winner Erik Darnell. (Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images Photo)
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Race Number 10 in the 2008 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Season
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