| GM FlexFuel 250 - Official Results |
 Martin Flexes Muscle to Pick up Daytona Glory
Mark Martin kicked off his NASCAR Speedweek with a resounding victory in Friday night's GM FlexFuel 250 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race. Martin started from the pole and led six times including the final 14 laps on his way to his second career NCTS win. Martin kicked out to the lead, but it was not long lived as he was forced to share the top spot with eight other drivers. Several drivers, including Martin's Roush Racing teammate, rookie Erik Darnell, were able to poke the nose of their machine up front but we unable to cross the line in the lead to become an official leader of the race. For much of the evening, the racing was intense but clean and relatively calm. At times, the front of the field thinned out to just three trucks in a single file draft as they stretched their lead over the pack by upwards of three seconds. But as is inevitable here at Daytona, trouble strikes and often sweeps up several other trucks. The first caution of the race came out at lap 26 as Joey Miller got loose in turn four and slid into the inside wall off turn four, making light contact with the inside wall. Miller was the only truck involved in that incident, but the next two incidents would sweep up several trucks. On lap 42, Mike Bliss had the air sucked off the spoiler of his Chevrolet and he darted towards the outside wall. As he fought to regain control, he caught up rookies Boston Reid and Kraig Kinser, and caught out an extremely strong Bill Lester. Reid retired on the spot, while the others were able to continue in various states of disrepair, but were no longer a factor to win.
(High Sierra Photo)
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F |
S |
# |
Driver |
Team |
Laps |
Points |
Bpts |
Money |
Status |
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1 |
1 |
6 |
Mark Martin |
Scotts Ford |
102 |
190 |
10 |
$88,850 |
Running |
|
2 |
8 |
30 |
Todd Bodine |
iRacing.com Motorsports Simulation Toyota |
102 |
175 |
5 |
$59,100 |
Running |
|
3 |
17 |
9 |
Ted Musgrave |
ASE/Germain Motors Toyota |
102 |
170 |
5 |
$41,650 |
Running |
|
4 |
5 |
5 |
Mike Skinner |
Toyota Tundra Toyota |
102 |
165 |
5 |
$32,000 |
Running |
|
5 |
7 |
60 |
Jack Sprague |
Con-Way Toyota |
102 |
160 |
5 |
$23,725 |
Running |
|
6 |
15 |
99 |
Erik Darnell # |
Woolrich Ford |
102 |
150 |
|
$22,375 |
Running |
|
7 |
18 |
08 |
Bobby Hamilton Jr. |
TECH-NET Law Enforcement Torch Run Dodge |
102 |
151 |
5 |
$20,375 |
Running |
|
8 |
12 |
14 |
Rick Crawford |
Circle Bar Racing Ford |
102 |
147 |
5 |
$21,775 |
Running |
|
9 |
13 |
17 |
David Reutimann |
Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Toyota |
102 |
138 |
|
$20,075 |
Running |
|
10 |
31 |
10 |
Terry Cook |
Ford Power Stroke Diesel by Int'l Ford |
102 |
134 |
|
$18,725 |
Running |
|
11 |
29 |
04 |
Kevin Hamlin |
Dodge Hemi Dodge |
102 |
135 |
5 |
$17,275 |
Running |
|
12 |
28 |
4 |
Timothy Peters |
Dodge Motorsports Dodge |
102 |
127 |
|
$17,090 |
Running |
|
13 |
25 |
85 |
Dennis Setzer |
FlexFuel E85 Silverado Chevrolet |
102 |
124 |
|
$16,990 |
Running |
|
14 |
6 |
11 |
David Starr |
Red Horse Racing Toyota |
102 |
121 |
|
$16,890 |
Running |
|
15 |
10 |
23 |
Johnny Benson |
Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Toyota |
102 |
118 |
|
$17,290 |
Running |
|
16 |
4 |
20 |
Jon Wood |
U.S. Air Force Ford |
102 |
115 |
|
$14,340 |
Running |
|
17 |
35 |
1 |
Robert Richardson # |
winyourmortgage.com Dodge |
102 |
112 |
|
$16,485 |
Running |
|
18 |
21 |
13 |
Kerry Earnhardt # |
ThorSport Chevrolet |
102 |
109 |
|
$16,365 |
Running |
|
19 |
34 |
8 |
Chase Montgomery |
Curry Racing Dodge |
102 |
106 |
|
$16,265 |
Running |
|
20 |
30 |
07 |
Sean Murphy # |
Garden Fresh Gourmet Salsa & Chips Chevrolet |
102 |
103 |
|
$16,265 |
Running |
|
21 |
26 |
18 |
Bobby Hamilton |
Fastenal Dodge |
101 |
100 |
|
$16,365 |
Running |
|
22 |
19 |
16 |
Mike Bliss |
Xpress Motorsports Chevrolet |
101 |
97 |
|
$13,715 |
Running |
|
23 |
20 |
33 |
Ron Hornaday Jr. |
Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet |
101 |
94 |
|
$15,840 |
Running |
|
24 |
32 |
77 |
Brendan Gaughan |
Orleans Casino Dodge |
101 |
91 |
|
$14,490 |
Running |
|
25 |
3 |
21 |
Stacy Compton |
Edy's Ice Cream/State Fair Corn Dogs Ford |
100 |
88 |
|
$13,390 |
Running |
|
26 |
22 |
88 |
Matt Crafton |
Menards/Energizer Chevrolet |
100 |
85 |
|
$14,290 |
Running |
|
27 |
24 |
98 |
Erin Crocker # |
Cheerios Betty Crocker Dodge |
100 |
82 |
|
$13,165 |
Running |
|
28 |
23 |
15 |
Kyle Krisiloff # |
ditech.com/Natl Land Lqdtrs/Krud Kutter Chev. |
98 |
79 |
|
$13,065 |
Accident |
|
29 |
36 |
02 |
Kelly Sutton |
Team Copaxone Chevrolet |
88 |
76 |
|
$12,965 |
Engine |
|
30 |
11 |
47 |
Kraig Kinser # |
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