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Martin Takes Third of 2006 in Dover
06-02-2006 | Charles Krall, TrackSide Editor
 Mark Martin was the beneficiary of Kyle Busch's misfortune and capitalized on
it to take his third NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series victory of the 2006 season in
the AAA Insurance 200 Friday at Dover International Speedway. Martin ascended to
the lead when Busch was black-flagged for a loose hood pin, sending him to pit
road and out of contention.
Martin led in the middle stages of the race, but Busch flexed his muscles and
took the lead just past the halfway point and looked to have a solid chance at
repeating his 2005 victory in Dover. But on lap 133, NASCAR posted his number
and called him to pit road. Busch stayed out for four laps hoping to catch a
caution, but it never came and he was forced to make a green flag stop to
reattach the loose hood pin. Martin took over the top spot on lap 137, and
except for an exchange of pit stops during the final caution of the afternoon
for Kelly Sutton's crash, he led the rest of the way unchallenged in the No. 6
Scott's Ford.
"It's great to win with this Scott's F-150 here in Dover," Martin said. "I've
picked up some unique trophies in my career, but never a Monster like this one.
They weren't giving these out when we were winning here with the Cup car."
Martin was comfortably ahead of teammate Carl Edwards at the checkered flag.
Edwards, making a rare one-off start in the third No. 50 Roush Racing Ford,
charged through the pack after a long pit stop under the last caution to finish
second and give Roush Racing it's first one-two finish since Martinsville last
fall.
Behind Edwards at the finish was current series championship leader Todd Bodine.
Bodine's No. 30 Lumber Liquidators Toyota was in the middle of a heated battle
for position over the final 20 laps.
Mike Bliss was fourth in the No. 16 IWX Motor Freight Chevrolet and pole sitter
David Reutimann rounded out the top-five in the No. 17 Team Tundra Toyota.
Johnny Benson finished sixth in the No. 23 Toyota Certified Used Vehicles
Toyota, last week's winner in Mansfield Ron Hornaday was seventh in the No. 33
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Chevrolet, Rick Crawford was eighth in the No. 14
Circle Bar Motel and RV Park Ford, Jack Sprague was ninth in the No. 60 Con-Way
Freight Toyota, and Kyle Busch made it all the way back to the lead lap and
tenth at the finish in the No. 51 National Land Liquidators Chevrolet.
There were 10 lead changes among five drivers, with Martin picking up the 10
bonus points for leading the most laps (86). Other lap leaders included Bliss,
who led two laps on pit road under caution, Reutimann, who led twice for 18
laps, Busch, who led twice for 85 laps, and Bobby Hamilton, Jr., who led 9 laps
in the early stages of the race in the No. 18 Fastenal Dodge.
There were 4 caution flags for just 18 laps on the afternoon. Scott Lagasse and
Kraig Kinser each had separate incidents on the backstretch, while Kelly Sutton
had the most serious incident of the day when she slammed the inside wall in the
frontstretch on lap 160. No one was injured in any of the incidents throughout
the afternoon. The few cautions on the day allowed the race to run at a record
pace, with Martin's average speed on the day 120.200 miles per hour.
The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series moves on to Texas Motor Speedway for the Sam's
Town 400. TruckSeries.com will have complete event coverage, including practice
and qualifying updates in Thursday June 8, and pre- and post-race coverage on
Friday June 9.
(High Sierra Photo)
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F |
S |
# |
Driver |
Team |
Laps |
Pts |
BPts |
Money |
Status |
|
1 |
13 |
6 |
Mark Martin |
Scotts Ford |
200 |
190 |
10 |
$56,575 |
Running |
|
2 |
17 |
50 |
Carl Edwards |
Scotts/Ortho Ford |
200 |
170 |
|
$31,650 |
Running |
|
3 |
7 |
30 |
Todd Bodine |
Lumber Liquidators Toyota |
200 |
165 |
|
$28,050 |
Running |
|
4 |
2 |
16 |
Mike Bliss |
IWX Chevrolet |
200 |
165 |
5 |
$19,925 |
Running |
|
5 |
1 |
17 |
David Reutimann |
Team Tundra Toyota |
200 |
160 |
5 |
$23,825 |
Running |
|
6 |
10 |
23 |
Johnny Benson |
Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Toyota |
200 |
150 |
|
$16,475 |
Running |
|
7 |
9 |
33 |
Ron Hornaday Jr. |
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Chevrolet |
200 |
146 |
|
$15,975 |
Running |
|
8 |
4 |
14 |
Rick Crawford |
Circle Bar Truck Corral Ford |
200 |
142 |
|
$15,475 |
Running |
|
9 |
23 |
60 |
Jack Sprague |
Con-way Freight Toyota |
200 |
138 |
|
$15,075 |
Running |
|
10 |
3 |
51 |
Kyle Busch |
Nat'l Land Liquidation/B&G Chevrolet |
200 |
139 |
5 |
$13,950 |
Running |
|
11 |
14 |
11 |
David Starr |
Red Horse Racing Toyota |
200 |
130 |
|
$14,625 |
Running |
|
12 |
27 |
75 |
Aric Almirola # |
Spears Manufacturing Chevrolet |
200 |
127 |
|
$17,040 |
Running |
|
13 |
5 |
18 |
Bobby Hamilton Jr. |
Fastenal Dodge |
200 |
129 |
5 |
$14,240 |
Running |
|
14 |
21 |
4 |
Timothy Peters |
Dodge Motorsports Dodge |
200 |
121 |
|
$14,140 |
Running |
|
15 |
22 |
88 |
Matt Crafton |
Menards/Energizer Chevrolet |
200 |
118 |
|
$14,040 |
Running |
|
16 |
6 |
10 |
Terry Cook |
Ford Power Stroke Diesel by Int'l Ford |
200 |
115 |
|
$14,440 |
Running |
|
17 |
15 |
21 |
Bobby East # |
State Fair Corn Dogs/Edy's Dibs Ford |
200 |
112 |
|
$13,840 |
Running |
|
18 |
26 |
9 |
Ted Musgrave |
Team ASE/Germain Motors Toyota |
199 |
109 |
|
$14,740 |
Running |
|
19 |
30 |
77 |
Brendan Gaughan |
Orleans Racing Dodge |
199 |
106 |
|
$13,640 |
Running |
|
20 |
18 |
85 |
Dennis Setzer |
E85 FlexFuel Chevrolet |
199 |
103 |
|
$13,940 |
Running |
|
21 |
36 |
59 |
Steve Park |
Harris Trucking Company Ford |
198 |
100 |
|
$11,190 |
Running |
|
22 |
11 |
5 |
Mike Skinner |
Toyota Tundra Toyota |
198 |
97 |
|
$13,340 |
Running |
|
23 |
16 |
06 |
Chad McCumbee # |
MRD Motorsports Chevrolet |
198 |
94 |
|
$13,240 |
Running |
|
24 |
25 |
98 |
Erin Crocker # |
Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge |
197 |
91 |
|
$11,890 |
Running |
|
25 |
24 |
99 |
Erik Darnell # |
Roush Racing Ford |
196 |
88 |
|
$11,790 |
Running |
|
26 |
12 |
20 |
Marcos Ambrose # |
Team Australia/Aussie Vineyards Ford |
196 |
85 |
|
$10,690 |
Running |
|
27 |
31 |
15 |
Kyle Krisiloff # |
ditech.com/Krud Kutter Chevrolet |
196 |
82 |
|
$10,590 |
Running |
|
28 |
28 |
07 |
Kevin Lepage |
Green Light Racing Chevrolet |
196 |
79 |
|
$10,490 |
Running |
|
29 |
33 |
13 |
Kerry Earnhardt # |
National Pork Board Chevrolet |
196 |
76 |
|
$10,390 |
Running |
|
30 |
8 |
22 |
Bill Lester |
Bill Davis Racing Toyota |
195 |
73 |
|
$10,290 |
Running |
|
31 |
19 |
46 |
Kraig Kinser # |
U.S. Army Chevrolet |
194 |
70 |
|
$10,190 |
Running |
|
32 |
29 |
12 |
Joey Miller # |
Curb Records Toyota |
193 |
67 |
|
$10,115 |
Running |
|
33 |
35 |
25 |
Boston Reid # |
Red Rock Cafe Dodge |
193 |
64 |
|
$10,090 |
Running |
|
34 |
34 |
08 |
Johnny Chapman |
US Restoration Chevrolet |
191 |
61 |
|
$10,015 |
Running |
|
35 |
20 |
04 |
Scott Lagasse Jr. # |
Hemi Dodge Dodge |
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