Fifth finishing David Starr came all the way from 26th to pick up yet another spot, fifth, in the championship standings. Starr may not win the title but he cemented his reputation as one of the series' most consistent finishers with his 41st consecutive race without a DNF.

Starr's streak began March 18, 2005 in Atlanta in his final year with Spears Motorsports. He's added 18 more finishes in Red Horse Racing's Toyota.

Another streak ended Saturday when Ted Musgrave was parked following an altercation with Crawford. The DNF halted a 32-race run beginning June 24, 2005 at The Milwaukee Mile.

Bobby Hamilton owns the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series consecutive finish record of 64 races.

Champ Car World Series title hopeful A.J. Allmendinger dropped in at NHIS for his first of two NASCAR Craftsman Truck appearances and finished a solid 13th in his debut. The weekend wasn't without peril as the 24-year-old Los Gatos, Calif. native wrecked his primary Toyota on his second qualifying lap and was forced to start shotgun on the 36-truck field in its replacement.

Allmendinger never put a wheel wrong thereafter and was impressive over the final 15 laps as he withstood pressure from veteran Dennis Setzer.

"Overall it was a good day," said Allmendinger, who'll return Oct. 7 at Talladega Superspeedway. "On the restarts a couple of times I got it right and a couple of times I got it wrong."

Former New Hampshire winner Terry Cook had a difficult day soldiering on to finish 22nd after his Ford Power Stroke Diesel by International Ford was part of a five-truck accident at lap 73. The start, his 233rd, enabled Cook to pass Joe Ruttman for the No. 6 spot on the series' career winnings table.

Cook has collected $3,142,009 to Ruttman's $3,135,757.

The Las Vegas event could see two drivers reach money milestones. Ron Hornaday Jr. can become the fourth competitor to win $4 million while fellow NASCAR Craftsman Truck champion Mike Bliss is on the threshold of the eighth to bank $3 million. Hornaday needs a victory; Bliss a finish of third or higher.

Saturday was not a good day for Georgetown University. It lost its football game with Brown University and its fastest alumnus Brendan Gaughan had a lousy afternoon in New Hampshire. Gaughan was kayoed in the same accident that collected Cook and finished a disappointing 34th.

Gaughan had promised to donate all his winnings to the university and a potential windfall of nearly $60,000 wound up being just $7,330.

Crawford and Jack Sprague made their 240th career starts in the series' 285th race. Bodine became the season's first $500,000 winner with a fourth-place payoff of $19,400.

Kyle Busch couldn't quite join older sibling Kurt to become the only brothers to win a series race at the same track but the 21-year-old nonetheless added to his flashy record in the Billy Ballew-owned Chevrolet. Busch has competed in eight NASCAR Craftsman Truck races for the Richie Wauters-wrenched team winning three, finishing six times in the top five and eight times in the top 10.

Busch has finished on the lead lap in all eight races.

When the Chase for the NEXTEL Cup participant heads to Dover next weekend, Jeremy Mayfield will settle into the No. 15 Chevy. Mayfield has started a single series race finishing sixth at Lowe's Motor Speedway on May 15, 2003. Shane Hmiel won at Las Vegas in 2004 marking Ballew's first victory in the team's 100th series race.

New Hampshire 200-winning crew chief Rick Ren has seen both extremes of experience in his two trips to Victory Lane at NHIS. In 1998, Ren called the strategy when Raybestos Rookie of the Year candidate Andy Houston edged Greg Biffle.

Dennis Connor is the series' only other double winner at the track. Connor backed Jack Sprague in 2001 and Jimmy Spencer two years later.