Travis Kvapil, #60 CAT Rental Store Chevrolet:    "When we were running second to Ted there, we had a first place race truck.  We were struggling with a little bit of an areo push behind him.  I said if we can get me out in front of him, we can win this thing. As it turned out, we pitted under caution and some guys took two tires. It’s the same thing that happened in the spring and I never would have believed it would have happened again. We were really hard on our left front tires and we had cord showing but apparently those guys made it work." (12:44 am ET)

Jason Small, #07 Sunbelt Rentals Chevrolet:    "That is what this team needs to do.  Just turn as many laps as we can and log those top-15 finishes.  We weren't great tonight, but the truck was pretty darn good.  The best thing about tonight is that we had no mistakes and the truck is on the trailer in one piece."  (12:43 am ET)

Jerry Hill, #79 RDS Engines Dodge:    "The 11 truck blew up right in front of me and we hit the oil.  It was just a long, slow slide.  But, we ended up 18th, so it wasn't that bad of a night, overall."  (12:41 am ET)

Bobby Dotter, #08 Albertson's/People Against Drugs Chevrolet:    "We got it running pretty good there at the end.  Not too bad for starting 28th.  It was a pretty good night all things considered."  (12:40 am ET)

Steve Portenga, #39 Roto Rooter Chevrolet:    "We don't have motor trouble too often.  It's a shame too, because if we could have could have run all night we would have probably been tenth or twelfth or something close to that.  I can't wait to get out to the West coast, we have some really good tracks out there."  (12:39 am ET)

Lance Norick, #90 Express Personnel Services Chevrolet:    "It felt like we hit something on the track or something broke.  I heard a big thud and it went around on me.  I am not hurt at all except for a little bump on my elbow." (12:37 am ET)

Dennis Setzer, #46 Acxiom/Computer Associates Chevrolet:    "A great race again here at Texas.  A very competitive race.  The track's always in great shape, same as it's always been.  It's pretty racy, two grooves wide a lot of times.  Everything was good tonight."  (12:33 am ET)

Andy Houston, five-time series winner, will be in a truck for the first time since the end of the 2000 season when the series stops at South Boston next week.  Houston will be in the #17 Harris Trucking Dodge.  (12:29 pm ET)

Coy Gibbs and his father Joe both left the track as soon as the checkered flag flew.  Coy and his wife Heather are expecting their first child at any time, and they both wanted to get home as soon as possible to be with her.  (12:26 am ET)

Unofficial top-10 in points:

        Bliss, Crawford, Musgrave, Cook, Pressley, Starr, Leffler, Setzer, Gibbs, Kvapil  (12:11 am ET)

David Starr, #75 Spears Manufacturing/Chasco Contractors Chevrolet:    "It's another top-5 finish.  I love this team, they are great.  We had a little mishap, and that's fine.  We lose together and we will win together.  That was all we had.  This series is a tough series, anyone that can finish in the top five, that is an accomplishment." (12:17 am ET) 

Jason Leffler, #2 Team ASE/CarQuest Dodge:    "The track was exactly the same as it was in June.  We couldn't get a handle on the truck all weekend.  It's a truck we struggled with before.  The second groove opens up for the Cup guys, but not for us.  The race is really short, and that's good.  The team hasn't had really good finishes here, there has always been some kind of problem.  I'm not sure what this will do to the points, but it's not the finish we wanted. (12:15 am ET)

Brendan Gaughan becomes the first driver in the series' history to take the checkered flag first two times at Texas Motor Speedway.  (12:11 am ET)

Hearing some rumors on next year's schedule...remember, these are ONLY rumors...one has the series stopping at Martinsville twice next season, while another has the series not going to Pikes Peak.  Also, the rumored event at Bristol may not be as likely as some believe, although there are more rumors saying the NCTS WILL be there than will not.  (12:10 am ET)

Post race notes and quotes from the Silverado 350...

Coy Gibbs, #20 MBNA America Chevrolet:    "We had a good truck.  These guys did a great job.  I had one shot at getting under him and I kinda blew it.  We had just as good a truck as anyone.  It was all track position.  Who ever got out in front was going to win this thing." (12:06 am ET)

Brendan Gaughan, #62 NAPA Auto Parts/The Orleans Dodge:    "The NAPA team rocks.  There's something about Texas.  My dad is a cowboy, and I like to claim to be a cowboy too.  We love Texas.  We've won both Texas races and hopefully we'll win a lot more."  (12:04 am ET)

Ted Musgrave, #1 Mopar Performance Parts Dodge:    "I had no idea if those tires would have made it, but we were going to try.  Either they would make it or there would have been one heck of a wreck.  As it turned out, they made us go to the back of the line, so it was no question to put on four fresh tires.  If they wouldn't have made me go to the back of the line we were going to stay out and win this race." (12:02 am ET) 

Mike Bliss, #16 IWX Motor Freight/Knights Inn Chevrolet:    "I just got killed on that last restart. I hate it when you lose three or four positions on the final restart. It was my mistake and that kind of stuff adds up at the end of the season when you are in the middle of a points race. At least we got a Top-10 finish out of it and the truck is in one piece. We're still in the points lead even though we lost a little bit today. That bothers me. We had a better truck than that and I feel like that was my fault. We had a better truck than that."  (11:59 pm ET)

Terry Cook, #29 Power Stroke Diesel Ford:    "The motor just fell apart.  I'm not sure exactly what happened.  Ernie Elliott has given us great motors all year long.  We sure can't complain.  But now we are down to six races for the championship and we sure didn't need to drop out of this race."  (11:52 pm ET)

Don't forget, the broadcast of the Silverado 350 from Texas Motor Speedway will be seen on ESPN 2 tonight on a tape-delayed basis.  The broadcast is scheduled to begin at 11:30 pm ET.

Ted Musgrave's #1 Mopar Performance Dodge is currently back in the garage area after a minor incident pushing it from that paddock to the grid.  The left front valence was dinged as the team pushed it up the hill.  They quickly returned to the garage area, chopped the damaged valence off and replaced it.  Team owner Jimmy Smith expect no problems.  "They'll get it fixed and we'll be okay," he said.  (7:57 pm ET)

Speaking of USAC Midgets, Amy East's younger brother Bobby is currently fifth in the series point standings.  He will also be competing in the Indy Twin 25s.  (6:04 pm ET)

#2 Team ASE/Carquest Dodge driver Jason Leffler is entered to compete in the Indy Twin 25's at IRP on September 25th.  The event pays $50,000 to any driver that can win both 25-lap Midget features.  Leffler won the Night Before the 500 USAC Midget race at IRP earlier this season. (6:02 pm ET)

Hearing preliminary numbers for the entry list for the South Boston next weekend are over 40.  There very well could be over 45 teams on site attempting to make the field there.  (6:58 pm ET)

Weather radar shows some showers in the area.  There are dark clouds hovering nearby as well.  No one would mind a brief shower to cool things off a little as temperatures and humidity have the heat index over 100 degrees.  Most likely, any rain that were to fall would likely only increase the humidity and make conditions more miserable.  (6:57 pm ET)

Several teams were making rear gear changes in their pre-race preparations.  Some simply did not have enough top end speed, but others were turning too much RPM in the draft.  (6:53 pm ET)

Matt Crafton's mother Jeannie was taken to the hospital earlier this afternoon.  She was bitten by one of her pet dogs earlier this week and has developed a blood infection as a result.  NASCAR medical liaison Lance Devin checked her out earlier this afternoon and recommended a trip to the hospital.  (6:48 pm ET) 

Rick Crawford, #14 Circle Bar Racing Ford:    "This is a very special place for us.  We don't want to give away another one like we did here in June.  Our owner Tom Mitchell is from Texas and we have his son and grandson with us here this weekend.  We are gonna work hard on putting this Circle Bar Ford in victory lane for them tonight."  (6:45 pm ET)

The #75 Spears Motorsports Chevy is carrying Chasco Contractors on the quarter panels again this weekend.  Chasco is a long-time supporter of David Starr's racing career.  (6:43 pm ET)

Bob Keselowski, crew chief, #29 Power Stroke Diesel Ford:    "We haven't made a lot of changes today.  We were pretty good in happy hour last night, we don't want to mess that up."  (6:42 pm ET)

Jason Small will do double duty at Las Vegas next month.  In addition to running the Sunbelt Rentals Chevrolet in The Orleans 350, he will also run the Winston West event on the 1.5-mile superspeedway.  (6:41 pm ET)

The Addington Racing team is still diligently working on sponsorship for the 2003 season.  "The good thing about Addington Racing is that they are not just a race team, there are some real business opportunities involved there," said team public relations representative Amber Moody.  "They are working hard on it and hope to have something by the time we get to Daytona next season."  (6:39 pm ET)

The L&R Motorsports team is proud to announce a new associate sponsor here this weekend.  "We have brought Love's Country Stores on board for the rest of the season," said driver Lance Norick.  "We made the announcement on September 11th to prove to everyone that these deals can still happen.  We're glad to have them on board and look forward to giving them a good show."  (6:37 pm ET)

Bobby Dotter, #08 Albertson's/People Against Drugs Chevrolet:    "We have changed just about everything.  We have changed four springs, four shocks, the geometry in the front end.  We changed the rear end hoping to get a little more top end speed too.  Hopefully we'll be good tonight."  (6:35 pm ET)

Here are the pit stall assignments, starting with the turn one end of pit road on back towards turn four:

        Bliss

        Crawford

        Musgrave

        Leffler

        Edwards

        Cook

        Wood

        Hooper

        Keller

        Portenga

        Starr

        Break in pit wall

        Gibbs

        Norick

        Dokken

        MacDonald

        Small

        Dotter

        Daniels

        Pressley

        Lester

        Start-Finish line camera

        Setzer

        Ruttman

        Break in pit wall

        Gaughan

        Contreras

        Rose

        Richardson

        Lawler

        Boyd

        Crafton

        Open stall

        Break in pit wall

        Kvapil

        Bonifield

        Bodine

        Burr

        Cox

        Hill

Part-time NCTS television analyst and former series champion Mike Skinner was injured in a testing crash this week at Kansas Speedway.  While the injuries were not serious, he may need a replacement or substitute for the Winston Cup event this weekend at Loudon.  (4:59 pm ET)

Many NCTS crew members departed the track last night and crossed the parking lot to the Dirt Track at Texas Motor Speedway for the World of Outlaws sprint car show last evening.  The Outlaws have moved out and IMCA modifieds and stock cars are on the track tonight.  (4:47 pm ET)

Rick Ren and crew are busy working on the CAT Rental Stores Chevy, doing some major reconstruction on the aero package hopping to give Travis Kvapil a better aero bite in traffic.  While not confirmed, the team was seen working at the left front corner, likely in hopes of giving the truck more left front downforce which will help fight a loose condition in traffic.  (4:44 pm ET)

The Joe Gibbs Racing team is busy changing a gear in the MBNA Chevrolet driven by Coy Gibbs.  The team felt the gear change would help Coy get off the corners a little better.  Traffic will play a major role in the race and if they can get an advantage off the corner, they feel they have a good chance to score Coy's first NCTS victory tonight.  (4:41 pm ET)

Matt Crafton will start the Silverado 350 from the back of the pack following an engine change in the Menards/SealMaster Chevy.  The primary engine spun a bearing and was not repairable.  (4:37 pm ET)

Dennis Setzer, driver of the Acxiom Chevrolet, is the only driver to have scored two top-5 finishes in the fall NCTS event at Texas Motor Speedway.  He is also the only driver to have scored three top-10 finishes.  (1:58 pm ET)

According to one source in the garage, who wants to remain nameless, the success the Chevrolet teams had in qualifying could be the only success they see during the weekend.

"The teams tested at Atlanta last week and what they came up with was to pull in the left front fender.  It makes the truck fast by itself, but when it gets in traffic, it will skate up the track.  They may go out and lead early, but as the race goes on, the Fords and the Dodges will get stronger where the Chevrolets could get a lot worse."  (1:38 pm ET) 

Good afternoon from Texas Motor Speedway!  Well, okay, the hotel is within site of Texas Motor Speedway.  The track does not open until 3 pm ET today, and the teams will have about five hours to work on massaging their trucks for the Silverado 350 which takes the green at 9 pm ET tonight.  The air is thick with humidity, and it is warm and hazy, virtually the same conditions as yesterday.  We will see what happens with the weather, there are no showers in the area now, but some could pop up and the afternoon continues. 

This concludes Trackside Live! presented by The Orleans for the practice and qualifying sessions for the Silverado 350 at Texas Motor Speedway.  Coverage from the garage will resume tomorrow afternoon as the teams return to work at preparing their cars for high speed battle on Texas Motor Speedway's 24-degree banks. 

Jerry Hill, #79 AmeriSuites Dodge:    "It just got loose on me.  We either had a right rear go down or I lost it.  We have a backup we are getting ready, but it is a real shame, because we had our best qualifying run of the year, and now we have to go to the back anyway."  (10:19 pm ET)

Max Jones, Team Manager, #50 US Navy Ford:    "It just got away from him.  It wasn't really that badly damaged, but just bad enough that we wouldn't get back out there tonight, so we went to the backup." (10:18 pm ET)

Bobby Dotter, #08 Albertsons/People Against Drugs Chevrolet:    "We thought we would be really good off the truck.  But, we've struggled.  We will work on it overnight and see what we can come up with.  We should be okay."  (10:16 pm ET)

Jason Small, #07 Sunbelt Rentals Chevrolet:    "It just jumped loose on me on that second lap.  We tried to get a little better lap down, but once that happens, you just pull it in.  No need risking something on a deal like that.  We have been loose all day on stickers, so we need to work on scuffing some tires in for the race tomorrow."  (10:15 pm ET)

Steve Portenga, #39 Roto Rooter Chevrolet:    "We had a good run here in June.  If it wasn't for the Hutter horsepower we have under the hood, we would really be struggling.  They have really helped us stay afloat.  When you have Winston Cup guys looking under the hood to see what you are running, you know you are doing something right."  (10:13 pm ET)

The top-20 with fifteen minutes left in Final Practice:

        Cook, Gaughan, Starr, Bliss, Musgrave

          Gibbs, Crawford, Setzer, Edwards, Norick

          Leffler, Kvapil, Ruttman, Lester, Portenga

          Pressley, Crafton, Small, Wood, Keller (9:38 pm ET)

The Mittler Bros. Racing team has called it quits after only 40 minutes of happy hour.  "Let's take it to the house, boys," said team owner Mike Mittler.  "You guys have all done a great job today.  Let's put it away and come back and get them tomorrow.  I am really proud of you all."

The Roush Racing team is working feverously to return the backup #50 US Navy Ford back to the track in hopes of getting Jon Wood at least one or two laps of practice.  "That would help us immensely," said crew chief Jeff Campey.  (9:29 pm ET)

The fastest line so far in happy hour seems to be pegged right down on the white line.  Trucks that drift up out of the preferred groove are quickly freight trained and go to the back of the line in no time at all. Teams that have their trucks set up to pass low off the turns will have a great advantage in tomorrow's race.  (9:26 pm ET)

Matt Crafton, #88 Menards/ColorPave Chevrolet:    "Qualifying was okay.  I don't know if the track is slower than when we practiced.  We made some changes and we'll make some more changes during happy hour and hope to get the Menards Chevy a little faster in race conditions."  (9:23 pm ET)

With the limited track time in happy hour, the top-10 after 30 minutes are:

        Cook, Bliss, Musgrave, Gibbs, Crawford

          Edwards, Starr, Norick, Setzer, Ruttman (9:21 pm ET)

Track conditions are green once again.  (9:20 pm ET)

Brendan Gaughan, #62 NAPA/The Orleans Dodge:    "I am not entirely upset with qualifying fifth.  We finally had a shot for the pole, and that's what the NAPA gang came here to do.  So we gave it a chance.  I ran that lap with a dead, flat foot.  Those other makes are just really tough right now."  (9:19 pm ET)

Trucks were back on the speedway briefly, but Jon Wood has spun and crashed the #50 US Navy Ford off of turn two.  There appears to be minimal damage, and Wood has driven the truck back to the garage.  There is damage to the hood and the left front fender.  The team will have to evaluate the damage and make the decision to repair the truck or revert to a back-up.  (9:16 pm ET)  UPDATE:    The team has made the decision to throw the cover over the primary truck and prepare the backup in hopes of getting back out before the end of happy hour practice.  (9:18 pm ET)

Bill Lester, #8 Dodge Motorsports Dodge:    "I was hoping to qualify on the front row.  We were really shooting for the pole.  I wanted to reward the team for all their hard work this season.  We've had a lot of unfortunate incidents this season, and they deserve better than they have gotten.  The important thing is to get a good finish in the race tomorrow."  (9:13 pm ET)

Robert Pressley, #18 Square D/Dickies Dodge:    "We ran what we ran in practice, so we backed it up.  I don't know where Mike Bliss came up with that time, but he gave everyone something to shoot for.  We worked more on race stuff than we did for qualifying.  Whenever you are at Texas, you have to be able to hold the throttle on the mat all night long, and that's what we worked on."  (9:11 pm ET)

Ted  Musgrave, #1 Mopar Performance Dodge:    "We worked a lot on our qualifying setup, but it didn't turn out like we hoped.  Our qualifying time was as fast as we could run.  We ran flat out for two laps and it's not at all good enough for the front row.  We better go back and do our homework for the race tomorrow."  (9:09 pm ET)

Jason Leffler, #2 Team ASE/CarQuest Dodge:    "We put all we had into our qualifying lap.  I mean, we were just running wide open on the bottom.  As far as practice went, we were just working on trying to get our truck where we need it to be."  (9:07 pm ET)

Red Flag at Texas!    Jerry Hill has spun the #79 AmeriSuites/RDS Engines Dodge off of turn two and took a long lazy slide down to the inside wall in the middle of the backstretch.  Hill is out of the truck and appears to be unijured.  No report yet on how severe the damage is to the truck.  (9:05 pm ET)

Jon Wood, #50 US Navy Ford:    "I am not really satisfied.  It would have been good to have been able to run both of my practice qualifiers in practice to know a little more about what we had.  The first time I got held up behind two slower trucks, and the second time, I thought something was wrong with the engine.  It turned out it wasn't, it was something with the transmission.  We'll get it right for happy hour."  (9:00 pm ET)

Rick Crawford, #14 Circle Bar Racing Ford:    "I was flat out in qualifying and really had a nice qualifying effort, probably one of the best we've had since we've been coming to Texas.  It's like the grip in the track went away, but I don't know what it is.  There are a lot of the teams in the garage that try to reinvent the wheel.  the truck they run here in June might not be the one they bring back in the fall.  They probably raced in somewhere else and said 'hey, that might work in Texas' and it won't.  If you stay within grasp of what that piece of iron wants and what the driver is looking for, then you'll be fast here because the driver has to run here wide open."  (8:55 pm ET)

Jim Rosenblum, Team Owner, #28 FDNY Chevrolet:    "We all have strong ties to the city (NYC) and all of know guys who lost their lives at the World Trade Center.  We're trying to help the families an way we can.  We started out the year at Daytona and ran Darlington and Martinsville, but we depend on contributions of others to help pay the bills, otherwise it's coming out of our pockets.  We're going to Vegas where we are getting some help from the New York, New York hotel and casino.  We'd like to have a good showing and people to visit the website.  Obviously it's a great cause.  Seems the least we could do for what these guys did."  (8:49 pm ET)

Barry Bodine, #25 Landlock Marine Transport Chevrolet:    "We blew the engine.  Usually you get a bit of a vibration or something, but this time it just went boom.  We had changed a few things and the truck feels real good, so we'll pull that motor out and put a new one in.  Better it happened now than in the race with other guys around me."  (8:44 pm ET)

To match with Bliss's pole, David Starr's outside row one starting position produces the same front row as the Federated 200 at Nashville Superspeedway. (8:39 pm ET)

With his third Bud Pole Award of the 2002 season, Mike Bliss is now tied with Joe Ruttman for second all-time on the most career poles list.  Both drivers have 17, three shy of the record held by three-time series champion Jack Sprague.  (8:38 pm ET)

NCTS final practice will run from 8:50 pm ET to 9:50 pm ET.  Keep it locked on to TruckSeries.com for all the news and notes from Trackside.  (8:36 pm ET)

Carl Edwards, #63 Mittler Bros. Ford:    "That was pretty neat.  I left a little bit on the table; I screwed up one and two, but three and four went perfectly.  I'm telling you, to come to a race track like this and feel this comfortable after that few of laps, it says a lot about Mike Mittler and this team."  (8:32 pm ET)

Terry Cook, #29 Power Stroke Diesel Ford:     "We are a lot more confident than we have been in the past.  I am very pleased, most of the guys were going on scuffs, and we thought that might hurt us, and it may have a little bit for speed.  The truck drove real nice, it was flat on the mat for two laps.  When you are tight on a track like this, it can drop two- or three-tenths of a second per lap, and that looks like what the case might be (with us).  (8:30 pm ET)

Bill Lester, #8 Dodge Motorsports Dodge:    "We are really excited.  This is one of my favorite tracks.  We had out best finish here in June, and we are long overdue for that first top-10 finish.  We think we can get it done here.  We had some bad luck last week at Richmond, and we thought we have a good chance for a top-10 there too.  Once we get over that hump, we think it will be a snowball effect and they will keep coming and coming."  (7:16 pm ET)

Joe Ruttman, #4 Square D/BHR Dodge:    "The truck drives really good, but it seems like we need some more speed.  It doesn't feel like a horsepower problem, it feels like a body drag problem.  It may not be the greatest qualifying package, but it probably will help us a little bit when the race starts."  (7:14 pm ET)

Carl Edwards, #63 Mittler Bros. Ford:    "I was here with Tony (Roper) when he crashed here in 2000.  I onlyu knew him a few weeks, but he was just a super nice guy.  He had helped me out the very first time I tested for the Mittler Brothers while he was still the driver.  He didn't have any obligation to me, but he helped me get comfortable, and we got to be pretty quick friends.  I was here helping the team out as a grunt that day he had his accident, and that morning he was out showing me the line and how to get around this place.  This is a bittersweet time for me.  I am really glad to be here, but we will always have Tony on our minds every time we come here."  (7:13 pm ET)

Doug Keller, #27 Keller Motorsports Chevrolet:    "We are decent I guess.  We had some good runs with the ARCA car on the dirt, but there is absolutely nothing we can transfer over to this.  This is the truck that Coy (Gibbs) had an accident with at Phoenix, and it is just a really good piece.  We had a new front clip put on it and it has been great ever since.  We have another car we bought from Gibbs, one that was crashed here at Texas in 2000.  We would like to get that one ready to take out to Vegas and Fontana later this year."  (7:10 pm ET)

Aaron Daniel, #11 Chick Motorsports Ford:    "We were on a mock qualifying run and it just got a little warm.  I saw the temperature creeping up and had it shut down, but we still blew out a little water.  We want to make some laps and get some experience, but we really want to finish better than we did here last time.  We were 19th, and we would really like to crack the top-15." (7:07 pm ET)

The #25 team is currently swapping the engine out of their machine.  The team has been excused for qualifying, and will have to line up at the tail due to the engine change per NASCAR rules.  (6:59 pm ET)

Practice has ended with no major on-track incidents.  Only three red flags stopped the action, one for rain, two for engine fluids on the track.  (6:02 pm ET)

With mere seconds left in the session, the top 20 are:

        Musgrave, Gaughan, Starr, Lester, Bliss

          Gibbs, Crawford, Cook, Setzer, Edwards

          Pressley, Leffler, MacDonald, Norick, Kvapil

          Crafton, Small, Wood, Portenga, Ruttman

Bill Lester is on the move!  Lester just moved the #8 Dodge Motorsports Dodge into the top-5 for the first time today.  (5:58 pm ET)

Qualifying has now been rescheduled for 7:30 pm ET by the track and NASCAR.  (5:46 pm ET)

Trucks are back on the track, no oil dry laid down as the water simply evaporated.  (5:45 pm ET)   

Quick look at the top-10 during the red flag period:

        Musgrave, Gaughan, Bliss, Gibbs, Starr

          Crawford, Cook, Lester, Edwards, Setzer (5:44 pm ET)

Red flag is out, again for fluid dropped on the track.  The #11 Chick Motorsports Ford of Aaron Daniel was trailing smoke, and the track crew is now out inspecting the surface.  (5:42 pm ET)  Track crew reports that the fluid is water, which means either a radiator line came loose or the truck simply overheated. 

Musgrave back on top of the speed chart!  Here is the top-20:

        Musgrave, Gaughan, Bliss, Gibbs, Starr

          Crawford, Cook, Lester, Setzer, Pressley

          Norick, Kvapil, Crafton, Small, Leffler

          Wood, MacDonald, Edwards, Hooper, Ruttman (5:40 pm ET)

Bud Haefele is at the track this week assisting the #11 Chick Motorsports team and driver Aaron Daniel.  Haefele, former shop foreman and later Truck chief for Liberty Racing, is reunited with the truck Daniel is driving, Bully, which is one of the former Liberty trucks.  The truck was built in 1998, and is one of the trucks driven by Kevin Harvick in his tenure with the team.  Last weekend, Haefele directed Andy Carroll's effort in the Hooter's Cup Series event at Motordrome Speedway .  (5:31 pm ET) 

The top-20 as of 5:17 pm ET:

        Gaughan, Musgrave, Gibbs, Bliss, Cook

          Crawford, Starr, Setzer, Pressley, Kvapil

          Norick, Leffler, Lester, Crafton, Wood

          Small, Edwards, Hooper, MacDonald, Ruttman

The track has gone green after cleanup of the Bodine engine situation.  (5:15 pm ET) 

The red flag is out at TMS, but not for the weather.  Smoke from the #25 Landlock Marine Transport Chevrolet of Barry Bodine has brought the track crews out for a quick inspection.  Early reports have the problem as engine failure as there is a steady stream of oil trailing the car from the track, through the garage to the team's stall.  (5:08 pm ET)  UPDATE: The oil from the 25 truck is all over the backstretch and has covered the apron along turns three and four.  The track will likely be down for several minutes for cleanup.  (5:11 pm ET)

There is a report of some light sprinkles falling in the garage area again.  (4:05 pm ET)

Three drivers have yet to take to the speedway in the practice session: Patrick Lawler, Phil Bonifield, and David Hall.  (5:03 pm ET)

Terry Cook had a busy morning as well.  Cook took some time to speak with diesel students from Lincoln Tech, and gave them some insight on what they can expect upon gradutation.  Before he hit the big time as a professional race driver, Cook was a diesel mechanic himself.  Cook also introduced the students to the new 6 liter Power Stroke Diesel engine that was introduced in August at the Power Stroke Diesel 200 at IRP.  (5:00 pm ET)

Another top-20 rundown:

        Musgrave, Gaughan, Gibbs, Cook, Crawford

          Bliss, Norick, Setzer, Starr, Leffler

          Lester, Wood, Kvapil, Edwards, Crafton

          Pressley, MacDonald, Ruttman, Small, Portenga (4:55 pm ET)

The trucks are again using the Daytona spoiler, with the 1/2 "Mickey Mouse ears" extension on the ends for added rear downforce.  (4:48 pm ET)

The top-20 drivers after the resumption of practice:

        Musgrave, Gaughan, Cook, Bliss, Setzer

          Crawford, Gibbs, Lester, Wood, Kvapil

          Leffler, Crafton, Starr, Small, Pressley

          Contreras, Norick, Hooper, Portenga, Ruttman (4:46 pm ET)

Hearing an announcement on Coy Gibbs' immediate future in NASCAR will be made sometime within the next few weeks. (4:42 pm ET) 

Trucks are back on the track!  Matt Crafton was the first one back out.  (4:39 pm ET)

NCTS practice will now run through 6 pm ET, with qualifying at 7 pm ET.  (4:37 pm ET)

The trucks are now staging on pit road, waiting for the resumption of practice.  (4:37 pm ET)

Petty Enterprises will field a second truck for Adam Clarke again next week in South Boston.  Clarke has been an instructor for Petty Driving Experience for the past four and a half years.  The team would like to have Clarke in the seat next season in the NCTS, depending on sponsorship.  (4:36 pm ET)

Practice will resume in five minutes according to NASCAR.  (3:34 pm ET)

Coy Gibbs and Travis Kvapil visited a local elementary school before on-track activities started this afternoon.  The two drivers explained to the 100 or so first graders the benefits of staying in school and getting a quality education.  One lucky student was able to put on Coy's driving uniform, helmet, and gloves to see what a driver has to wear on raceday.  (4:33 pm ET)

Latest estimate from NASCAR and track officials is that the track will be ready for competition in 15 minutes.  (4:26 pm ET)

Track drying has progressed nicely, as the groove has turned gray.  Track officials are now working on drying the upper lanes.  (4:14 pm ET)

Track officials will send out the dryers to help the sun bring the surface back into raceable conditions.  (4:04 pm ET)

Top-10 during the red flag delay:

        Musgrave, Gaughan, Cook, Gibbs, Setzer

          Wood, Starr, Norick, Contreras, Kvapil  (3:53 pm ET)

Rain has stopped practice just 10 minutes into the session.  According to the track, there is still enough heat in the surface, that if it stopped raining right now, the track would not take long to dry.  The weather radar shows a band of rain developing directly over the speedway.  If the wind picks up, the track may miss the bulk of the rain.  Stay locked on to Trackside Live! for continuing updates from the track. (3:49 pm ET)

As of 3:38 pm ET, several drivers and teams have reported light sprinkles on the speedway and in the garage.  There are some dark clouds hovering, but no sign of any real heavy rain.

Practice has begun at TMS!  June race winner Brendan Gaughan was the first to take to the track shortly after 3:31 pm ET.  Updates from trackside will continue throughout the 2 hour session.  (3:32 pm ET)

Sometimes, it just doesn't pay to get out of bed.  As if Brian Rose wasn't having a bad enough week with the fire that destroyed his family home in Nashville, the transporter carrying the #15 Perry Connection Fords was involved in a traffic accident last night within sight of the speedway.

"Just about 15 miles from here, some cattle were running loose across the highway, and it caused a chain reaction crash.  The hauler was right in the middle of it.  The tractor is crashed pretty badly.  The truck came loose up top and it smashed up some of the metal up around the lounge area and dinged up the truck pretty bad too.  The valence is busted up and the left front fender is pretty bad too.  It just seems like one thing after another lately.  But, with all the stuff that has been going on, I have been too busy to dwell on the bad things."

Earlier this week, an electrical short in the attic of his family home sparked a fire that burned the house to the ground.  Rose lost almost all of his personal belongings, including all of his racing trophies.  (3:31 pm ET)

Michael Dokken will be making his first start in the NCTS since Michigan in July.  Driving the Troxell Motorsports Chevrolet, Dokken will make his second career start at TMS, and his first since the inaugural event here in 1997.  (2:46 pm ET)

Hometown favorite David Starr enters the Silverado 350 on the heels of three consecutive top-5 finishes at TMS.  Many trackside observers consider Starr one of the prohibitive favorites to win this weekend.  He probably has more laps around TMS than any of the competition as he is a former driving school instructor here.  (2:42 pm ET)

Lance Norick has driven all three makes here at TMS, Ford, Dodge, and Chevrolet, and he accomplished this feat in his first three starts at the track.  In nine career starts here, Norick has been running at the finish of every race.  (2:38 pm ET)

Gaughan's fellow Raybestos Rookie of the Year candidate Bill Lester returns to TMS looking for that elusive first career top-10 finish. His prospects look good as he finished 11th here in June.  (2:36 pm ET)

O'Reilly 400 winner Brendan Gaughan has an enviable record at TMS.  He has two career starts here, and his worst finish is second.  However, he has numerology working against him as he tries to put the NAPA/The Orleans Dodge back in victory lane.  In nine NCTS races here at TMS, there has never been a repeat winner.  (2:34 pm ET)

Texas Motor Speedway was the site of Terry Cook's first career top-10 finish in June of 1998.  However, that and a sixth-place effort in October, 1999 are his only top-10 finishes at TMS.  In both races last year, Cook was snakebit, leading 34 laps in the spring before a dry fuel cell relegated him to 13th.  In the fall, he led five laps before an engine problem sent him hard in the turn one wall.  In June 2002, Cook stuck oil in practice and wrecked his primary truck, then was caught up in an early race tangle that left the Power Stroke Diesel Ford with some serious aerodynamic problems.  Cook needs to break that streak of bad luck to hold serve with series points leader Mike Bliss if he wants to stay within striking distance for the series championship.  (2:31 pm ET)

Ultra Motorsports dominated this event last fall with Scott Riggs and Ted Musgrave leading the majority of the laps.  Ultra's duo this season, Musgrave and Jason Leffler, have combined to lead over 1000 miles of the possible 3168.79 that have been completed so far this season.  Do not be surprised to see the #1 and #2 Dodges at the front of the pack when the green flag falls tomorrow evening.  (2:23 pm ET)

Only Terry Cook, Rick Crawford, and Lance Norick have started all nine NCTS events at Texas Motor Speedway.  Cook's best finish is sixth (10/99), Crawford's best is second (10/01), and Norick's best finish is fifth (10/01).  (2:20 pm ET)

Matt Crafton is still walking with a limp after a hard crash at Richmond last week resulted in a sprained foot.  "The foot feels a lot better and the bruise has pretty much gone away.  It is still a little swollen, so I have a hard time wearing regular shoes.  It shouldn't bother me in the truck, though."  Crafton's fiance', Jocelyn Janusiewicz, made her racing debut at Sandusky Speedway last weekend.  After a first lap bump sent her spinning, she recovered to finish fifth in the track's four-cylinder hobby stock class.  (2:17 pm ET)

Only 35 teams are entered for the Silverado 350, meaning unless there is some sort of incident on the track during practice or qualifying, every driver entered should make the field.  (1:40 pm ET)