Ryan Hemphill, #4 BHR Dodge:    "The secret today was staying on the lead lap.  We had some bad luck and hard to start last, but we had great pit stops that kept us on the lead lap all day."  (6:52 pm ET)

Brendan Gaughan, #62 NAPA Dodge:    "Dennis Setzer gave me a great lesson on short track racing.  If you notice guys like Rusty Wallace and Jeff Gordon, they do a bump and run like it is a thing of beauty.  They never hit anyone hard, and they never do it going into the corner.  The guy that got me didn't do it that way.  We got hit going into the corner and it took us out.  But, I am not complaining.  That is short track racing I guess.  But I sure won't forget, I'll tell you that.  We'll keep that one in the back of our minds for sure."  (6:46 pm ET)

Regan Smith, #63 MB Motorsports Ford:    "We got turned around down there and I think the motor might have been overrevved.  It ended up dropping a valve and we were done for the day.  Hopefully we will get to come back and play with these guys again sometime soon." (6"43 pm ET)

Jon Wood, #50 US Navy Ford:    "We lost a lot of track position early.  We had a bad set of tires, and we got them changed and it was a lot better.  It wasn't a bad day at all.  Happy to get out of here in one piece."  (6:42 pm ET)

David Starr, #75 Spears MFG. Chevrolet:    "The tire strategy was great.  It just got loose on me.  It about jumped out from under me there going into three once.  Lapped traffic was really bad, so we just tried to stay out of trouble and come out with a good finish.  We are here to get wins, but we will take these top-5s and top-10s anyday."  (6:40 pm ET)

Jason Leffler, #2 Team ASE/CarQuest Dodge:    "The track just greased over.  It was hard to get any traction after that guy oiled the track down.  We will be running the Indy Twin 25's this weekend for Keith Kunz.  He won the Chili Bowl with Tony Stewart this season, so we think we can go there and be competitive."  (6:38 pm ET)

Steve Portenga, #39 Roto Rooter Chevrolet:    "I like this place.  It is not as tight as I thought it would be.  It looks a lot narrower on television.  We were just too tight at the start, but we hung in there all day and had a good finish.  This Hutter motor really got us to the end.  But man, these guys were just Roto Rootering the heck out of us today." (6:36 pm ET)

Jason Small, #07 Sunbelt Rentals/Lucas Oil Chevrolet:    "I don't know how some of these guys get approved to run.  The guy just flat out put me in the fence.  He never even turned.  We are working hard to get back into the top-20 in points, and this really hurts."  (6:34 pm ET)

Andy Houston, #17 Hardee's Dodge:    "This thing ran exactly 250 laps.  The sad part is it went into overtime!  The alternator went out and it just drained the battery.  That is a real shame too, because we were thinking we would have had a top-10 r top-15 finish.  It would be nice to get back into a truck full time.  We are working on some things, maybe we will be back before the end of the season.  We sure hope so." (6:33 pm ET)

Matt Crafton, #88 Menards/Colorpave Chevrolet:    "We ran out of tires at the end.  Had we known about the long runs, we would have come back in and changed tires.  But we were very good on the short run and we figured there would have been more cautions."  (6:31 pm ET)

Rick Crawford, #14 Circle Bar Racing Ford:    "We picked up some points on the guys that finished behind us, but that 16 picked up some on us.  That is okay, we will get him." (6:30 pm ET)

Brian Sockwell, #54 Lowdermilk Electric Chevy:    "There was a wreck on the backstretch and the guy came across the track and just nudged my right rear and put me into a spin.  We went back out and then a starter wire shorted out on us.  We probably shouldn't have gone back out, we had nothing to gain and everything to lose, but that's what racers do." (6:28 pm ET)

Trackside Live is announcing a $100 fine to the #93 Troxell Motorsports team for not announcing Brad Bennett was in their truck all day today, not Michael Dokken as we were all lead to believe.  The check can be made out to Charles Krall, care of TruckSeries.com...  (2:04 pm ET)

Musgrave's pole position is the second pole he has won on a short track in the Commonwealth of Virginia this season.  He also qualified on the pole at Martinsville earlier this season.  (1:44 pm ET)

Drivers that did not qualify for the Hardee's 250 are:

        Jeremy Thompson (-0.030 seconds)

          Dude Teate (-0.046 seconds)

          Jay Sherston (-0.230 seconds)

          Bob Coffey, Jr. (-0.507 seconds)

          James Stephenson (-0.705 seconds) (1:40 pm ET)

Brad Daugherty, former NBA superstar and former co-owner of Liberty Racing, is wandering the pits visiting with old friends. Daugherty got his start in racing as a fan in this region, and was involved with Robert Pressley's father Bob in the late 1980s before moving on to co-ownership of a Truck Series team.  (1:35 pm ET)

Three rookies had great qualifying runs.  Jamey Caudill will start from the 10th position, while Ryan Hemphill has qualified 12th.  Hemphill will have to start from the back after changing a motor in practice. Tommy Pistone III also had a great qualifying effort and will roll off from the 19th position. (1:32 pm ET) 

Only half a second covers the top 32 starters on the grid for the Hardee's 250.  Jeremy Thompson, the last driver to be bumped from the starting lineup, missed making the show by just three one-hundredths of a second.  (1:31 pm ET) 

Coy Gibbs, #20 MBNA America Chevrolet:    "We repalced the front shocks and springs and really got the truck pretty good.  Right when we went out to do our bonzai qualifying run, that 59 spun down in the corner. We never figured it out exactly right, but we are pretty close and should be good for the race."  (1:28 pm ET)

Houghston Caldwell, jackman for Travis Kvapil, is engaged to be married at the end of this month.  Wedding bells will also be ringing for Shane Wilson, crew chief for Brendan Gaughan.  Shane is now engaged to be married in the early part of 2003.  (1:27 pm ET)

Jay Sherston, #30 Great Lakes Ford Ford:    "I guess we should have called it quits a little earlier. We had the truck where we wanted it right before that crash happened."  (1:23 pm ET)

Brian Sockwell, #54 Lowdermilk Electric Chevrolet:    "We scuffed the wall in practice.  I guess I was too busy looking in the grandstands or something.  Good that we got that out of the way early.  There isn't any real damage or anything, so we should be okay for the race."  (1:22 pm ET)

Dennis Setzer, #46 Acxiom Chevrolet:    "Ted and I both ran the same as we did in practice.  We are looking for something, and we just haven't quite found it yet. We will make some adjustments in the race and get it right.  This is the kind of places the Truck Series needs to be, South Boston, the Nashville short track.  When I was in the Busch Series, I just couldn't wait to get back to the hotel room to go and watch these trucks on the short tracks."  (1:20 pm ET)

Jeremy Thompson, #92 Valvoline/S&N Cleaners Chevrolet:    "Monday through Friday, I am the office manager for MB2 Motorsports and MBV Motorsports.  That is why we have some of the guys here helping me this weekend.  We have some of the backup crew guys and shop guys helping out today.  I got started out running some dirt late models in Texas and have been running late models at Caraway and even some ALl Pro stuff.  We would like to get approved to go run Phoenix and Homestead at the end of the year."  (1:18 pm ET)

Ted Musgrave, #1 Mopar Performance Dodge:    "It is ice to go out and duplicate what we ran in practice.  Track position is very important.  Being up front is very important.  Accomplishment number one is in the books, now we need to go and take care of things in the race." (1:16 pm ET)

Regan Smith, #63 Mittler Brothers Racing Ford:    "We dropped a valve in practice and had to change the motor.  The truck is good.  These are a lot more fun to drive than a Hooters Cuo car.  There is a lot more power and grip.  I just hate driving on bias ply tires.  That is all about who can slip and slide the best." (1:14 pm ET)

Jimmy Hensley, The Virginia Gentleman, was seen walking the pits earlier this morning.  (1:12 pm ET)

There was a small fire on the #15 Perry Connection Ford in practice. A wire burned off the air cooler, filling the cockpit with smoke.  Rose bailed out and helped the safety crew get the fire extinguished.  (1:11 pm ET)

Qualifying is over...the trucks are now impounded until the trucks are gridded for the start. (1:10 pm ET)

The McGlynn Motorsports team and driver Ryan McGlynn is back at the track for the first time since Loudon in July.  The team has Pro Financial Services on board for this race.  Hearing the team is working very hard on their Winston Cup program hoping to debut sometime before the end of the season. (10:08 am ET)

The red and black flags are waving, signifying the end of practice.  Qualifying in the next on-track activity, scheduled for noon ET. 

The session will run until 10:05 am ET. 

The red flag has waved after a harmless spin by Tommy Pistone III.  The trucks are already back at full speed.  (10:02 am ET)   

With just minutes remaining in the morning's two-hour practice, the full field rundown:

        Setzer, Bliss, Kvapil, Leffler, Musgrave

          Crawford, Clarke, Cook, Wood, Starr

          Pressley, Crafton, Caudill, Portenga, Gaughan

          Dotter, Norick, Gibbs, Contreras, Rose

          Sockwell, Houston, Small, Lester, Hooper

          Thompson, MacDonald, McGlynn, Teate, Collier

          Pistone, Hemphill, Kirkpatrick, Sherston, Smith

          Hill, White, Stephenson, Burr, Dokken

          Coffey (9:58 am ET)

Red Flag out at So Bo once again!  Jay Sherston has backed his #30 Great Lakes Ford into the turn three wall.  There is some damage to the rear end of the truck.  It is not known whether or not the damage will prevent the team from attempting a qualifying run.  (9:51 am ET)

Kenny Hemphill, Ryan's dad, is a veteran of five Winston Cup Series races.  All of them came in 1980, with a best finish of 9th at Michigan. (9:49 am ET)

Brian Rose pulled to a stop at the Goodyear tire station with steam flowing out from under the hood and out of the cockpit.  Rose quickly popped out and opened the hood hoping to get a flow of some cool air in there to help ease the overheating condition.  (9:31 am ET)

Bobby Hamilton Racing is still busy at work changing the engine in the #4 Square D Dodge driven by Ryan Hemphill.  The team expects to get back on to the speedway to get in some practice, but it may not be until the session is nearly over. (9:29 am ET)

The top-10 remains unchanged, but there are some significant moves in the second half of the top-20.

       The top-30:

        Bliss, Setzer, Leffler, Musgrave, Crawford

          Cook, Kvapil, Wood, Pressley, Crafton

          Caudill, Portenga, Gaughan, Starr, Dotter

          Norick, Gibbs, Contreras, Rose, Sockwell

          Lester, Small, Clarke, Thompson, MacDonald

          McGlynn, Houston, Collier, Pistone, Hemphill

Brian Rose has a minor collision with Scott Kirkpatrick as traffic jammed up on the frontstretch.  The Ballew Motorsports team is currently repairing the minor damage to the right front corner of the #15 Perry Connection Ford, and expects to have him back out shortly.  (9:19 am ET)

The #31 Eagle Jet International Ford is currently behind the pit wall with the Brevak Racing team busily changing the rear end gear. (9:17 am ET)

There have been some minor tweaks to the appearance of some of the series' regulars this weekend.  The #88 Menards/Colorpave Chevrolet is running a new style to their number, bringing them in line with the numbers Team Menard uses in its other racing endeavors.  The #07 Sunbelt Rentals Chevrolet is all white this weekend with bright day-glo red numbers. 

Brendan Gaughan took the #62 NAPA Dodge to The Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Monday for some shake down runs.  (9:06 am ET)

The Mittler Brothers Racing Team has moved their #63 Ford behind pit wall and have it up on jackstands.  TrackSide Live! will update the situation with the team as soon as practice has ended. (9:04 am ET)

A full field run down after 45 minutes of practice:

        Bliss, Setzer, Leffler, Musgrave, Crawford

          Cook, Kvapil, Wood, Pressley, Crafton

          Portenga, Gaughan, Starr, Dotter, Gibbs

          Contreras, Rose, Sockwell, Norick, Lester

          Small, Clarke, Thompson, Caudill, McGlynn

          Houston, Collier, Pistone, Hemphill, MacDonald

          Teate, Hooper, Smith, Kirkpatrick, Hill

          Sherston, White, Dokken, Burr, Stephenson

          Coffey  (8:56 am ET)

Red flag at SoBo, this time to let the team members that needed to get out back in.  (8:49 am ET) 

The racing surface at South Boston Speedway is somewhat altered from this race last year.  Last year, there was a continuous pit wall that lined the inside of the speedway from turn 2 all the way around to the middle of turn 1.  This year, the pit wall has been reduced through the middle of turn three through the exit of turn four.  The pit road will be managed just like it was at Bristol several weeks ago for the Busch and Winston Cup races, with all teams entering on the backstretch and exiting in turn one.  However, the reduction of the pit wall now gives drivers additional space to work with both as a racing groove and as an additional means of avoiding an accident.  (8:48 am ET)

Red Flag again at SoBo.  The haulers have been relocated outside the speedway in turn 2, and the red flag was thrown to allow some team members to cross the track to retrieve some needed equipment.  The green flag is again out.  (8:44 am ET)

Brevak Racing is back for the first time since IRP with Florida Sprint car ace Dude Teate in the seat.  (8:41 am ET)

The Xpress Motorsports team returns to the site of their first NCTS start of 2001, where they rejoined the series after a three-year stint in the Busch Series.  They joined up with Mike Bliss for the NetZero 250 here last year, and return to the site of that first race together as the series points leader.  (8:39 am ET) 

The oil tank cover blew open on the #84 Bojangles Ford driven by local favorite Jamey Caudill.  Caudill brought the truck on to pit road to the attention of the Long Brothers crew.  The Long Brothers team is locally based and has taken several of the local stars into the truck series, most notably Scott Riggs.  (8:35 am ET)

There are only two drivers entered in the Hardee's 250 that have ever won major events at South Boston Speedway.  Last year's NetZero 250 winner Ted Musgrave and rookie Scott Kirkpatrick, who won the Bailey's 300 in 2000.  The Bailey's 300 is a major late model stock car race that regularly draws over 100 cars from all over the southeast.  (8:33 am ET) 

Aussie driver Adam Clarke is again entered in the #45 Richard Petty Driving Experience Dodge.  (8:30 am ET)

The top-20 drivers after 25 minutes of practice:

        Setzer, Leffler, Bliss, Musgrave, Crawford

          Kvapil, Pressley, Crafton, Wood, Gaughan

          Starr, Cook, Sockwell, Dotter, Lester

          Rose, Clarke, Portenga, Contreras, Gibbs (8:29 am ET)

Practice resumed briefly, but the red flag came out just seconds later as debris was spotted on the backstretch.  (8:26 am ET)

Red Flag for BoCo at SoBo!  Bob Coffey has brought out the red flag early in practice.  His#74 BoCo Performance Chevrolet appears to have a loose fitting, possibly in the right front brake line.  (8:25 am ET)

Lance Norick is attempting to start the 150th NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race of his career.  (8:22 am ET)

Veteran NASCAR driver and former Busch Series champion Chuck Bown was seen in the pits yesterday overseeing the preparation of the #59 Tiger Tom's Race Cars and Parts Ford driven by Tommy Pistone III.  "My brother and I run a school for aspiring crew guys," Bown said. "Tiger Tom called and asked if we could supply him with some help.  It is a good chance for them to get some real life experience.  I haven't retired from driving, but I am not out there knocking on doors."

Red Flag at SoBo!  The #4 Square D/BHR Dodge of Ryan Hemphill exploded a motor going into turn three after only five minutes of practice.  The team is already hard at work changing the motor, but now will have to go to the back for the start of this afternoon's race.  (8:15 am ET)

First on the track for practice this morning was Terry Cook in the #29 Power Stroke Diesel Ford.