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• 2006 Loop Scoring Data

• Bodine Wraps Up Family's First National Title
• Bodine Sixth Consecutive Different Champion
• Champion's Banquet At Disney World

Youngest Raybestos Rookies of the Year
Driver Age Season
1. Kurt Busch 22 years 3 mo. 2000
2. Erik Darnell 23 years 11 mo. 2006
3. Carl Edwards 24 years 3 mo. 2003
4. Travis Kvapil 25 years 10 mo. 2001
5. Kenny Irwin 27 years 3 mo. 1997

Season finale scrambles standings… Three drivers moved up in the rankings with solid performances at Homestead-Miami Speedway. David Starr (No. 11 Red Horse Racing Toyota) gained a spot, to fourth, while Jack Sprague (No. 60 Con-way Toyota) moved from seventh to fifth. Terry Cook (No. 10 Power Stroke Diesel by International Ford) took eighth after entering the finale in 10th. • 2006 Loop Scoring Data

Defending champ Musgrave slides… Ted Musgrave (No. 9 Team ASE Toyota) saw two personal streaks end in South Florida as engine failure relegated the defending champion to a finish of 33rd and sixth-place ranking in final point standings. Musgrave failed to win for the first time since joining the series fulltime in 2001 and finished outside the top five in points for the first time in six seasons. Musgrave is the eighth champion failing to defend his title. • 2006 Loop Scoring Data

Homestead keeps pace… Homestead-Miami Speedway joined New Hampshire International Speedway as the only series facilities with 11 consecutive, different race winners. Martinsville Speedway saw its 14th and 15th different winners in 2006 as only one driver - Dennis Setzer (No. 85 FlexFuel E85 Chevrolet) - has been able to repeat. • 2006 Loop Scoring Data

Dodge doubles up in finale… A tough year for Dodge ended on a high note as a pair of Ram trucks scored top-five finishes for the first time since September 2005. Brendan Gaughan (No. 77 South Point Resort Dodge) was second - his best run since late 2003 - while Bobby Hamilton Jr. (No. 18 Fastenal Dodge) took the fourth position. Dodge finished fourth among series manufacturers and failed to post a victory for the first time since 1996. Gaughan and Hamilton were the manufacturer's best placed drivers with rankings of 15th and 16th. • 2006 Loop Scoring Data

Special awards determined… Mike Skinner (No. 5 Toyota Tundra Toyota) won season-ending Budweiser Pole and Wix Filters awards, while Sprague captured Featherlite Most Improved Driver honors with Bodine topping Mobil 1 Command Performance standings. The Roush-Yates No. 6 Scotts Ford won Clevite Engine Builder of the Year accolades as the team finished runnerup in owner championship standings. • 2006 Loop Scoring Data

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Largest Championship Margins
Season Champion Lead
1. 1997 Jack Sprague 232
2. 2000 Greg Biffle 230
3. 2006 Todd Bodine 127
4. 1995 Mike Skinner 126
5. 2001 Jack Sprague 73

The Bodines in NASCAR* By The Numbers
Starts: 1,853
Poles 85
Wins 55
Top 5 309
Top 10 560
Winnings $48,896,871
* Brett, Geoffrey and Todd Bodine in NASCAR NEXTEL Cup, Busch Series and Craftsman Truck Series competition.

Final NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Leaders…  Through 25 races of the 25-race season:
 •  Champion - Todd Bodine (3,666)
 •  Winnings - Todd Bodine ($604,310)
 •  Laps led - Mark Martin (661)
 •  Miles led - Mark Martin (885.792)
 •  Victories -Mark Martin (6)
 •  Budweiser Poles - Mike Skinner (8)
 •  Top-five finishes - Johnny Benson (13)
 •  Top-10 finishes -David Reutimann (19)
 •  Raybestos Rookie of the Year - Erik Darnell (66 over Chad McCumbee)
 •  Races led - Mike Skinner (14)
 •  Weeks in Top 10 - 3 drivers (25)

Roush Racing Is All-time Leader
In NASCAR Craftsman Truck Wins
Driver Wins 
1. Greg Biffle 16
2. Mark Martin 7
3. Carl Edwards 6
    Joe Ruttman 6
5. Kurt Busch 4
6. Jon Wood 2
7. Mike Bliss 1
8. Ricky Craven 1
Total  43

Champions Awards Banquet Up Next

Disney World Site of 2006 Champions Awards Banquet … 2006 Champion Todd Bodine, the No. 30 Germain Racing team's owner Stephen Germain and champion crew chief Mike Hillman Jr. will be feted Sunday, Dec. 10 at the Grand Floridian Resort at Walt Disney World. The event is the second in Orlando and first on the Disney property. The team also will meet the media during a Dec. 8 luncheon. Later that evening, Bodine will attend the NASCAR Busch Series Champion's Awards Banquet. Of note, Hillman is the second member of his family to win a NASCAR national touring series title. His father and Germain Racing general manager, Mike Hillman, was crew chief for 1988 NASCAR Busch Series champion Tommy Ellis. The younger Hillman is the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series' youngest championship crew chief at 28 years, one month.

Quotable

"I think it's great for Todd. I've raced against all three of them (Bodine brothers) and all three of them are fierce competitors. Coming from a guy who's never won one, I would have to say that they don't need a title to make them great." - Mark Martin.

"It's been a great season; nothing to complain about. I thought the performance of our race team has been pretty good all year." - Johnny Benson, No. 23 Exide Batteries Toyota, No. 2 to Bodine in the final point standings.

"I think this will give us some momentum as we start looking ahead to the 2007 season and a championship run. Con-way Freight is coming back next year, and we're hoping to celebrate more wins and a championship with them." - Jack Sprague, who moved from 11th to fifth in the championship standings with five season-ending, top-10 finishes.

"If you can run with the Roush truck and you can run next to Mark Martin driving the Roush truck and hold him off and have a chance to win, then you've definitely cleared that next hurdle of being a top tier team." - Brendan Gaughan following his runnerup finish in the Ford 200.

Champion Todd Bodine didn't dominate the 2006 season's Scoring Loop Data but was a solid performer across the board. Bodine ranked No. 2 in Driver Rating at 104.0. He was fourth in Laps Run Among the Top 15, fourth Early in the Run, 12th Late in a Run, fifth in Speed on the Straightaways and third in Speed in the Turns.

Mike Skinner was the season's Driver Rating leader with a score of 104.9. Skinner ranked first in Fastest Laps Run and fourth in Average Running Position. Despite leading the second most laps/miles (to Mark Martin), Skinner was only able to hold on to 10th in the final point standings due to five costly DNFs that more than offset a season-high eight Budweiser Poles.

Brendan Gaughan finished the year 15th in the point standings but headed one Loop Data Category. Gaughan made the Most Green Flag Passes - 1,100.

Driver Rating  Fastest Laps Run   Average Running Position
Driver Rating  Driver No. Fastest
Laps  Driver Average Place
Mike Skinner 104.9  Mike Skinner 290  Todd Bodine 9.557
Todd Bodine 104.0  Mark Martin 262  David Reutimann 9.922
Johnny Benson 102.6  Mike Bliss 209  Johnny Benson 10.055
David Reutimann 101.5  Johnny Benson 208  Mike Skinner 10.324
Jack Sprague 100.1  Todd Bodine 197  Rick Crawford 11.050

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Toyota finished the 2006 season with 12 victories, the most by the third-year manufacturer. Ford won eight times with Chevrolet picking up the other five wins.  Four different Toyota teams - Bill Davis Racing, Germain Racing, Red Horse Racing and Wyler Racing - contributed victories.