American Racing Wheels 200 - Official Results

02-28-2005 | Race 2 - California Speedway - February 25, 2005

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F S # Driver Team Laps Pts Bpts Money Status
1 25 62 Steve Park Jasper Engines & Trans Dodge 100 185 5 $57,035 Running
2 18 04 Bobby Hamilton Bailey's Dodge 100 170   $37,600 Running
3 22 99 Ricky Craven Superchips Ford 100 165   $25,790 Running
4 7 50 Todd Kluever # Shell Rotella T Ford 100 160   $22,125 Running
5 16 1 Ted Musgrave Mopar Dodge 100 155   $19,200 Running
6 10 88 Matt Crafton Menards Chevrolet 100 150   $15,325 Running
7 6 2 Jimmy Spencer Team ASE Dodge 100 146   $12,650 Running
8 13 6 Ron Hornaday Jr GM Goodwrench Chevrolet 100 147 5 $12,350 Running
9 4 12 Robert Huffman Toyota Tundra Toyota 100 138   $14,200 Running
10 17 46 Dennis Setzer Chevrolet Silverado Chevrolet 100 134   $15,450 Running
11 28 4 Casey Atwood Bailey's Dodge 100 130   $11,450 Running
12 8 23 Johnny Benson Toyota Tundra Toyota 100 132 5 $13,515 Running
13 3 17 David Reutimann NTN Bearings Toyota 100 124   $13,465 Running
14 14 14 Rick Crawford Circle Bar Truck Corral Ford 100 121   $13,215 Running
15 9 10 Terry Cook Power Stroke Diesel by Int'l Ford 100 118   $13,615 Running
16 12 22 Bill Lester Rally's Toyota 100 115   $12,840 Running
17 32 15 Kerry Earnhardt # Kraft Foods/Stater Bros. Chevrolet 100 112   $12,715 Running
18 1 5 Mike Skinner Toyota Tundra Toyota 100 109   $14,190 Running
19 33 07 Sean Murphy # Auto-Air Colors Chevrolet 100 106   $12,665 Running
20 29 8 Deborah Renshaw Easy Care Service Contracts Dodge 100 103   $13,040 Running
21 21 77 Brendan Gaughan American Racing Wheels Dodge 99 100   $10,365 Running
22 11 16 Jack Sprague Chevy Trucks Chevrolet 99 102 5 $14,190 Running
23 5 38 Brandon Whitt McMillin Homes/Cure Autism Toyota 99 94   $12,565 Running
24 36 59 Robert Pressley Lucas Oil/Harris Trucking Dodge 99 91   $10,290 Running
25 34 21 Mike Harmon Global Pigeon Supply Chevrolet 94 88   $12,515 Running
26 30 02 Kelly Sutton Team Copaxone Chevrolet 94 85   $10,240 Running
27 2 75 David Starr Spears Manufacturing Chevrolet 77 92 10 $11,215 Accident
28 15 30 Chad Chaffin Germain Toyota/Arnold Dev Toyota 59 79   $10,190 Engine
29 20 18 Chase Montgomery Bobby Hamilton Racing Dodge 58 76   $11,165 Running
30 23 9 Shige Hattori # Aisin/Aisin AW Toyota 41 73   $10,120 Accident
31 31 29 Brad Keselowski SUBcrews.com Ford 39 70   $10,110 Running
32 24 19 Regan Smith # Curb Records Chevrolet 37 67   $10,100 Engine
33 19 13 Tracy Hines ThorSport Chevrolet 19 64   $10,090 Engine
34 35 24 Wayne Edwards Mighty Motorsports Chevrolet 11 61   $10,080 Oil Leak
35 27 08 Ken Weaver 1-800-4-A-Phone Chevrolet 3 58   $10,045 Accident
36 26 66 Todd Bodine BowTech Archery Toyota 3 55   $10,012 Accident

# Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contenders

Race Comments: Steve Park won the American Racing Wheels 200, posting his first career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series victory. He became the 10th driver to post victories in all three of NASCAR's national series. Prior to the green flag, the following drivers dropped to the rear of the field for the reasons indicated: #2 Spencer (engine change), #88 Crafton (unapproved adjustment), #16 Sprague (driver change); #66 Bodine (engine change), #02 Sutton (engine change). Mike Bliss relieved Sprague in the #16 on lap 5.

Failed to Qualify: (2) Derrike Cope, #48; Jason Rudd, #31.

Time of Race: 1 hour, 33 minutes, 45 seconds
Average Speed: 128.000 mph
Margin of Victory: 1.229 seconds

Bud Pole Award:
Mike Skinner, #5 Toyota Tundra Toyota, 40.400 seconds, 178.218

Featherlite Most Improved Driver Award:
Todd Kluever, #50 Shell Rotella T Ford (28 places)

International Truck Crew Chief Award:
Gene Nead, #1 Mopar Dodge

Mobil 1 Command Performance Driver of the Race Award:
Steve Park, #62 Jasper Engines and Transmissions Dodge

Raybestos Rookie of the Race Award:
Todd Kluever, #50 Shell Rotella T Ford

Sunoco Award:
Steve Park, #62 Jasper Engines and Transmissions Dodge

WIX Filters Lap Leader Award:
Jack Sprague, #16 Chevy Trucks Chevrolet (31 laps)

Caution Flags: 5 for 21 laps: Laps 5-10 (#08,66 accident turn 2); 44-48 (#18,9 accident turn 2); 57-59 (#8 spun turn 2); 64-66 (#30 stalled pit road entrance); 79-82 (#75,23,46 accident backstretch).

Lead Changes: 7 among 5 drivers: M. Skinner (Pole); D. Starr 1-45; R. Hornaday Jr 46-48; J. Benson 49; D. Starr 50-61; R. Hornaday Jr 62-63; J. Sprague 64-94; S. Park 95-100.

Points following this race:
Rank Driver Points -Back
1 Bobby Hamilton 355  
2 Ricky Craven 330 -25
3 Jimmy Spencer 321 -34
4 Ted Musgrave 310 -45
5 Matt Crafton 280 -75
6 Steve Park 279 -76
7 Johnny Benson, Jr. 271 -84
8 David Reutimann 256 -99
9 Dennis Setzer 254 -101
10 Casey Atwood 251 -104
11 Robert Huffman 244 -111
12 Ron Hornaday, Jr. 237 -118
13 David Starr 234 -121
14 Todd Bodine 230 -125
15 Todd Kluever 227 -128
16 Jack Sprague 226 -129
17 Terry Cook 226 -129
18 Brad Keselowski 221 -134
19 Robert Pressley 214 -141
20 Ken Weaver 208 -147

Manufacturers Championship
Points Wins
Dodge 18 (2)
Ford 10 (0)
Toyota 9 (0)
Chevrolet 7 (0)

Raybestos Rookie of the Year
Todd Kluever 28
Sean Murphy 20
Kerry Earnhardt 17
Shige Hattori 16
Regan Smith 16

Featherlite Most Improved Driver
Todd Kluever 1
Kelly Sutton 1

Mobil 1 Command Performance
Bobby Hamilton 1
Steve Park 1

International Crew Chief
Carl Barnes #2 1
Gene Nead #1 1

WIX Filters Lap Leader
Todd Bodine 1
Jack Sprague 1

Bud Pole Award Standings
Kerry Earnhardt 1
Mike Skinner 1

Clevite Engine Builder
Joey Arrington #04 29
Jack Roush #99 25
TRD #2 23

NEXT EVENT:
March 18, 2005 - World Financial Group 200, Atlanta Motor Speedway, Atlanta, Ga.

NOTE: The above figures are based on team winnings and include racing purse and cash contingency awards by participating manufacturers (2/28/05)