O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 - Official Results
Mike Bliss in Victory Lane
Mike Bliss in Victory Lane
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Mike Bliss overcame a missing lug nut to win the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 at Kansas Speedway on Saturday. Bliss, with one of the fastest trucks on the 1.5-mile speedway all day, took the lead on lap 165 when leader Rick Crawford's Ford developed rear end problems after leading 127 of the 167 laps. Crawford finished two laps down in 12th. Coy Gibbs, son of Nextel Cup owner Joe Gibbs, finished third, followed by pole-sitter Jason Leffler, who had challenged Crawford for the lead most of the day. Leffler had to move up the track when Crawford's truck let go and had to ease out of the throttle, allowing Bliss to make the pass for the lead.  Bliss now has won $2,005,175 in his 132 series appearances. That’s No. 5 on the all-time list. He likely will catch Greg Biffle ($2,242,844) later this year.  Randy Briggs, a native of Kansas City, Kan., was the top Raybestos finisher in 23rd-place.  Raindrops peppered Kansas Speedway’s backstretch just before the mid-point of the O’Reilly Auto Parts 250, despite radar returns showing no precipitation. Virtually none of the moisture stuck to a 130-degree race track, however, and local veterans called the “shower” condensation due to the day’s high humidity.  Chevrolet’s sweep of the top three positions in the O’Reilly Auto Parts 250 marked a first since Sept. 6, 2001 at Richmond International Raceway, 15 races ago. Jack Sprague, Kevin Harvick and Setzer filled the spots in the Kroger 200. Bliss’s victory was the 91st by a CK 1500/Silverado truck, a winning percentage of .505.
Race 10 - Kansas Speedway - July 6, 2002 Printer Version 

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F S # Driver Sponsor / Owner Truck Laps Money Status
1 4 16 Mike Bliss IWX Motor Freight / Knights Inn Chevrolet 167 $46,350 Running
2 9 46 Dennis Setzer Acxiom / Computer Associates Chevrolet 167 $33,100 Running
3 11 20 Coy Gibbs MBNA Chevrolet 167 $22,440 Running
4 1 2 Jason Leffler Team ASE / Carquest Dodge 167 $15,950 Running
5 2 1 Ted Musgrave Mopar Performance Dodge 167 $13,500 Running
6 8 29 Terry Cook Power Stroke Diesel Ford 167 $13,750 Running
7 7 18 Robert Pressley Hamilton Racing Dodge 167 $13,125 Running
8 15 63 Carl Edwards Mittler Brothers / Blazin' Pits Ford 167 $11,725 Running
9 17 50 Jon Wood Navy Racing Ford 167 $12,500 Running
10 13 88 Matt Crafton Menards / Sealmaster Chevrolet 166 $13,750 Running
11 21 39 Steve Portenga Roto-Rooter Chevrolet 166 $12,400 Running
12 5 14 Rick Crawford Circle Bar Motel & RV Park Ford 165 $14,265 rear end
13 19 15 Rich Bickle Dickies Ford 165 $12,190 Running
14 30 58 Chris Horn HornEngines.com Chevrolet 165 $9,890 Running
15 33 08 Bobby Dotter People Against Drugs Chevrolet 165 $13,890 Running
16 20 43 Carlos Contreras Hot Wheels Dodge 164 $12,015 Running
17 26 34 Eric Jones Safelite Auto Glass Chevrolet 164 $9,690 Running
18 32 72 Randy MacDonald businessdriver.com Chevrolet 163 $11,890 Running
19 27 79 Jerry Hill RDS Racing Engines Dodge 161 $11,840 Running
20 35 55 Tom Powers University of Northwest Ohio Dodge 160 $12,040 Running
21 16 4 Brian Rose Perry Connection Dodge 157 $10,515 Crash
22 12 90 Lance Norick Express Personnel Services Chevrolet 156 $10,490 Engine
23 36 93 Randy Briggs Extreme Grafix Ford 153 $11,465 Running
24 6 75 David Starr Spears Manufacturing Chevrolet 142 $9,440 Engine
25 10 60 Travis Kvapil CAT Rental Stores Chevrolet 136 $9,415 Running
26 24 11 Aaron Daniel NASCART / Cummins Tools Ford 132 $9,390 Running
27 14 62 Brendan Gaughan NAPA Auto Parts Dodge 112 $9,365 Crash
28 31 27 Doug Keller Price Chopper Chevrolet 108 $9,340 Trans
29 3 8 Bill Lester Dodge Motorsports Dodge 87 $9,295 Tire
30 34 07 Jason Small Sunbelt Rentals Chevrolet 28 $9,265 Vibration
31 28 23 Phil Bonifield Red Line Synthetic Oil Chevrolet 19 $9,240 Engine
32 23 81 Morgan Shepherd Ware Racing Enterprises Dodge 16 $9,215 Handling
33 22 51 Donny Morelock OOIDA Dodge 14 $9,195 Engine
34 18 5 Lance Hooper Diamond Cut Jeans / Blair5.com Dodge 6 $9,165 Engine
35 29 89 Stan Boyd Engineered Victories Chevrolet 4 $9,140 Elec
36 25 86 Wayne Edwards Coverall Carports / Port-a-Fence Chevrolet 3 $9,115 Elec
Failed to Qualify: (3) Lonnie Cox (#66), Loni Richardson (#0), David Hall (#73)

Time of Race: 2 hours, 3 minutes, 43 seconds
Average Speed: 121.487 mph
Margin of Victory: 1.638 seconds

Bud Pole Award: 32.567 seconds, 165.812 mph (TRACK RECORD)
Jason Leffler, #2 Team ASE/Carquest Racing Dodge,

Clevite Engine Builders Award:
Mark Smith, #16 IWX Motor Freight/Knights Inn Chevrolet

Featherlite Long Haul Award:
Mike Bliss, #16 IWX Motor Freight/Knights Inn Chevrolet

Gatorade Front Runner Award:
Rick Crawford, #14 Circle Bar Motel & RV Park Ford

Raybestos Rookie of the Race Award:
Randy Briggs , #93 Extreme Grafix Ford

Waste Management Picking Up Places Award:
Bobby Dotter, #08 People Against Drugs Chevrolet (18 places)

Caution Flags: Laps 5-7 (Truck #29 spin, Turn 2); 52-56 (Liquid, Turn 2); 106-111 (Trucks #11, 63 accident, Turn 2); 115-121 (Trucks #60, 62 accident, Turn 4); 143-146 (Liquid, Turn 1); 158-161 (Trucks #4, 08 accident, Turn 4). 6 for 29 laps.

Lap Leaders: Jason Leffler 1, Ted Musgrave 2-12, Mike Bliss 13, Rick Crawford 14-52, Leffler 53-61, Crawford 62-98, Bliss 99-107, Robert Pressley 108, Leffler 109-112, Crawford 113-163, Bliss 164-167.

Total Laps Led: Rick Crawford 127, Jason Leffler 14, Mike Bliss 14, Ted Musgrave 11, Robert Pressley 1. 10 changes involving 5 drivers.

Points following this race:

Rank Driver Points -Back
1 Ted Musgrave 1538  
2 Mike Bliss 1477 -61
3 David Starr 1465 -73
4 Rick Crawford 1462 -76