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Kroger 250
Martinsville
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Too Tough to Tame 200
Darlington
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02-14-2007

Chuck On Trucks: Number Crunching
Charles Krall, TrackSide Editor Printer Version 

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Chuck On Trucks: Number Crunching

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Let's take a look at some of the numerology leading up to the first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race of the 2007 season, the Chevy Silverado HD 250 at Daytona International Speedway:

0 - Career starts Robert Pressley had in the NCTS before making his series debut here in 2002; he won the race.
0 - Wins by Chevrolet and Toyota at Daytona in Truck Series competition.
0.027 - Margin in seconds between Rick Crawford and Travis Kvapil, the first and second place drivers in 2003, the closest finish in series history at Daytona.
0.318 - Margin in seconds between Joe Ruttman and Ricky Hendrick, the first and second place drivers in 2001, the largest margin of victory in series history at Daytona.
1 - Laps led by Bobby Hamilton in 2005, the fewest laps led by a Truck Series race winner at Daytona.
2 - Poles won by Joe Ruttman, the only driver in the seven-year history of the race to earn more than one.
2 - Times the pole winner has won, 2001 with Joe Ruttman and 2006 with Mark Martin.
3 - Top-five finishes by Ted Musgrave, the most by any driver.
3 - Wins scored by Bobby Hamilton Racing, 2001 with Joe Ruttman, 2002 with Robert Pressley and 2005 with Bobby Hamilton.
3 - Times the race has been forced by rule into "overtime" and settled with a green-white-checkered finish.
3 - Wins by Dodge, the second most of any NCTS manufacturer at Daytona
4 - Wins by Ford, the most of any NCTS manufacturer at Daytona.
5 - The fewest cautions of any NCTS race at Daytona, in 2006.
6 - Most top-ten finishes by any driver, scored by Terry Cook.
7 - Drivers that have won in the NCTS at Daytona, no driver has won more than one NCTS race here.
7 - Lead lap finishers in the 2000 race, the fewest lead lap finishers in a Truck race at Daytona.
8 - The most caution flags in an NCTS race at Daytona; it has happened two times, most recently in 2005.
9 - Leaders in the 2003 race, the fewest of any NCTS race at Daytona.
13 - Drivers running at the finish in 2000, the fewest of any Truck Series race at Daytona.
17 - Lead drivers in 2005, the most of any NCTS race at Daytona.
17 - The fewest laps run under caution in an NCTS race at Daytona, in 2006.
18 - Truck number with the most wins, 2, in 2001 and 2002.
18 - Degrees of banking through the tri-oval.
20 - Lead lap finishers in the 2006 event, the most of any Truck race at Daytona
27 - Drivers running at the finish in 2006
31 - Lead changes in the 2000 event, the inaugural NCTS race at DIS; that figure remains the event record and the overall series record for lead changes.
31 - Degrees of banking through the turns at DIS.
36 - Starting position for Bobby Hamilton when he won in 2006, the deepest anyone has ever come in series history to win a race.
42 - The most laps run under caution in a Truck race at Daytona, in 2004.
47.984 - Elapsed time, in seconds, of the quickest lap in Truck Series history at Daytona, by Joe Ruttman in 2000.
59 - Laps led my Mike Wallace in 2000, the most by any race winner at Daytona.
112.570 - Average speed, in miles per hour, of the slowest Truck Series race run at Daytona, in 2004.
146.622 - Average speed in miles per hour of the fastest Truck Series race run at Daytona, in 2006.
167 - Cumulative lead changes in the seven Truck Series races run at Daytona.
194 - Number of laps run under caution in the seven NCTS races at DIS.
712 - The number of laps run in the seven previous Truck Series races held at DIS.
1,200 - Length, in feet, of the two short chutes on the frontstretch at DIS.
1,780 - Miles run in competition in the seven previous NCTS races at DIS.
3,000 - Length, in feet, of the backstretch at DIS.
3,600 - Total length, in feet, of the frontstretch at DIS.
88,850 - Dollars earned by Mark Martin for his victory in 2006, the most ever for a Truck Series winner.
730,151 - Dollars available in the official purse for the 2006 race, the highest in series history.



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