| New England 200 - Official Results |
| Terry Cook's Power Stroke® Diesel Ford had just enough gas to survive a late-race caution and a sprint to the finish to win the New England 200 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at New Hampshire International Speedway Saturday. The victory was Cook's third of the season and catapulted the Power Stroke Diesel Ford driver to fifth in the 2002 NCTS championship hunt, just 102 points out of first place. "We got another win and picked up a lot of points," said Cook, who also won at Gateway International Raceway and The Milwaukee Mile earlier this season. "We took the lead and I asked crew chief Bob Keselowski to start reading lap times off to me. He told me just to hit my marks. I knew Dennis Setzer was behind me and was closing because he had fresh tires. The big story is that we only took on one set of tires on the Power Stroke Diesel Ford the entire race while some of the front-runners took on new tires. We were concerned a little about that and we were watching our fuel closely at the finish." Cook, who just missed winning the pole position in qualifying, started second and stayed in the Top-5 throughout the first half of the event despite battling a tight handling condition.
At NHIS, Cook is the seventh different winner in as many Truck Series races
while Bob Keselowski became the first two-time winning owner. Cook took the lead
with 31 laps remaining when Bud Pole winner Leffler's No. 2 Team ASE Dodge
tangled with the lapped No. 03 Team EJP Chevrolet of Tom Carey in Turns 3 and 4.
Cook remained on the track without pitting and had a half-second lead when Brian
Rose crashed his No. 4 PerryConnection.com Dodge in Turn 1 with four laps
remaining in the original 200-lap distance. The race restarted with 205
laps in the books and Cook concerned about his fuel load. He had pitted for the
final time with 84 laps remaining in the original distance. The race finally
ended with 207 laps completed. David Starr in the No. 75 Spears
Manufacturing Chevrolet, point leader Ted Musgrave in the No. 1 Mopar Dodge and
Brendan Gaughan in the No. 62 NAPA Dodge rounded out the top-five finishers.
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F |
S |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Truck |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
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1 |
2 |
29 |
Terry Cook |
Power Stroke Diesel |
Ford |
207 |
$48,710 |
Running |
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2 |
23 |
46 |
Dennis Setzer |
Acxiom / Computer Associates |
Chevrolet |
207 |
$36,500 |
Running |
|
3 |
9 |
75 |
David Starr |
Spears Manufacturing |
Chevrolet |
207 |
$25,940 |
Running |
|
4 |
12 |
1 |
Ted Musgrave |
Mopar Performance |
Dodge |
207 |
$16,750 |
Running |
|
5 |
4 |
62 |
Brendan Gaughan |
NAPA Auto Parts |
Dodge |
207 |
$15,000 |
Running |
|
6 |
22 |
20 |
Coy Gibbs |
MBNA |
Chevrolet |
207 |
$13,225 |
Running |
|
7 |
14 |
60 |
Travis Kvapil |
CAT Rental Stores |
Chevrolet |
207 |
$11,825 |
Running |
|
8 |
3 |
6 |
Kevin Harvick |
Harvick Motorsports |
Chevrolet |
207 |
$9,625 |
Running |
|
9 |
6 |
18 |
Robert Pressley |
Hamilton Racing |
Dodge |
207 |
$11,525 |
Running |
|
10 |
5 |
16 |
Mike Bliss |
IWX Motor Freight / Knights Inn |
Chevrolet |
207 |
$12,125 |
Running |
|
11 |
7 |
50 |
Jon Wood |
Navy Racing |
Ford |
207 |
$10,175 |
Running |
|
12 |
13 |
15 |
Rich Bickle |
Dickies |
Ford |
205 |
$10,065 |
Running |
|
13 |
17 |
88 |
Matt Crafton |
Menards / Sealmaster |
Chevrolet |
205 |
$10,040 |
Running |
|
14 |
20 |
8 |
Bill Lester |
Dodge Motorsports |
Dodge |
205 |
$9,990 |
Running |
|
15 |
19 |
43 |
Carlos Contreras |
Hot Wheels |
Dodge |
205 |
$10,190 |
Running |
|
16 |
25 |
39 |
Steve Portenga |
Roto-Rooter |
Chevrolet |
205 |
$9,815 |
Running |
|
17 |
11 |
14 |
Rick Crawford |
Circle Bar Motel & RV Park |
Ford |
204 |
$9,740 |
Running |
|
18 |
15 |
90 |
Lance Norick |
Express Personnel Services |
Chevrolet |
204 |
$9,690 |
Running |
|
19 |
26 |
08 |
Bobby Dotter |
People Against Drugs |
Chevrolet |
204 |
$9,640 |
Running |
|
20 |
32 |
79 |
Jerry Hill |
RDS Racing Engines |
Dodge |
203 |
$8,340 |
Running |
|
21 |
16 |
72 |
Randy MacDonald |
Greenfield Truck Center |
Chevrolet |
203 |
$8,340 |
Running |
|
22 |
27 |
00 |
Ryan McGlynn |
Buyers Choice Auto Warranties |
Chevrolet |
199 |
$7,090 |
Running |
|
23 |
29 |
81 |
Jonathon Price |
Ware Racing Enterprises |
Dodge |
198 |
$7,065 |
Running |
|
24 |
30 |
86 |
Dana White |
Coverall Carports / Port-a-Fence |
Chevrolet |
198 |
$7,040 |
Running |
|
25 |
10 |
4 |
Brian Rose |
Perry Connection |
Dodge |
195 |
$7,015 |
Crash |
|
26 |
31 |
93 |
Teri MacDonald |
Troxell Racing |
Chevrolet |
195 |
$6,990 |
Running |
|
27 |
1 |
2 |
Jason Leffler |
Team ASE / Carquest |
Dodge |
169 |
$10,265 |
Crash |
|
28 |
24 |
03 |
Tom Carey |
EJP Inc. |
Chevrolet |
166 |
$6,915 |
Engine |
|
29 |
28 |
5 |
Lance Hooper |
amihealthy.com |
Dodge |
71 |
$6,940 |
Crash |
|
30 |
21 |
51 |
Morgan Shepherd |
Quality Metric |
Dodge |
68 |
$6,895 |
Rear End |
|
31 |
33 |
23 |
Emerson Newton-John |
Steirwalt-Pirtle Racing |
Chevrolet |
51 |
$6,885 |
Engine |
|
32 |
18 |
07 |
Jason Small |
Sunbelt Rentals |
Chevrolet |
37 |
$6,875 |
Crash |
|
33 |
8 |
52 |
Ken Schrader |
Federated Auto Parts |
Chevrolet |
27 |
$6,865 |
Brakes |
|
34 |
34 |
74 |
Bobby Coffey |
Bo-Co Performance |
Chevrolet |
3 |
$6,855 |
Engine |
Failed to Qualify: (0)
Time of Race: 2 hours, 6 minutes, 54 seconds
Average Speed: 103.549 mph
Margin of Victory: .189 second
Bud Pole Award:
Jason Leffler, #2 Team ASE Racing/Carquest Dodge, 29.658 seconds, 128.424
mph (TRACK RECORD)
Clevite Engine Builders Award:
Ernie Elliott, Terry Cook, #29 Power Stroke Diesel Ford
Featherlite Long Haul Award:
Terry Cook, #29 Power Stroke Diesel Ford
Gatorade Front Runner Award:
Jason Leffler, #2 Team ASE Racing/Carquest Dodge
Raybestos Rookie of the Race Award:
Brendan Gaughan, #62 NAPA Auto Parts Dodge
Waste Management Picking Up Places Award:
Dennis Setzer, #46 ACXIOM/Computer Associates Chevrolet (21 places)
Caution Flags: Laps 5-10 (Fluid, Turn 2); 29-32 (Truck #52 stall, Turn
2); 40-43 (Truck #07 accident, Turn 3); 170-175 (Truck #2, #03 accident, Turn
3); 198-205 (Truck 4 accident, Turn 1). 5 for 28 laps.
Lap Leaders: Jason Leffler grid, Kevin Harvick 1-28, Leffler 29-40,
Harvick 41-51, Mike Bliss 52-61, Harvick 62-111, Bliss 112-117, Leffler 118-132,
Bliss 133-142, Leffler 143-168, Terry Cook 169-207.
Total Laps Led: Kevin Harvick 89, Jason Leffler 53, Terry Cook 39, Mike
Bliss 26. 10 changes involving 4 drivers.
Points following this race:
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Rank |
Driver |
Points |
-Back |
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1 |
Ted Musgrave |
1836 |
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2 |
Mike Bliss |
1801 |
-35 |
|
3 |
David Starr |
1772 |
-64 |
|
4 |
Rick Crawford |
1739 |
-97 |
|
5 |
Terry Cook |
1734 |
-102 |
|
6 |
Dennis Setzer |
1721 |
-115 |
|
7 |
Jason Leffler |
1705 |
-131 |
|
8 |
Robert Pressley |
1681 |
-155 |
|
9 |
Travis Kvapil |
1583 |
-253 |
|
10 |
Coy Gibbs |
1578 |
-258 |
|
11 |
Brendan Gaughan |
1567 |
-269 |
|
12 |
Jon Wood |
1524 |
-312 |
|
13 |
Lance Norick |
1420 |
-416 |
|
14 |
Bobby Dotter |
1335 |
-501 |
|
15 |
Brian Rose |
1330 |
-506 |
|
16 |
Carlos Contreras |
1325 |
-511 |
|
17 |
Matt Crafton |
1302 |
-534 |
|
18 |
Bill Lester |
1302 |
-534 |
|
19 |
Lance Hooper |
1229 |
-607 |
|
20 |
Steve Portenga |
1191 |
-645 |
Manufacturers Championship
Points Wins
Chevrolet 81 (5)
Dodge 78 (4)
Ford 69 (2)
Gatorade Front Runner
Jason Leffler 16
Ted Musgrave 14
Terry Cook 10
Mike Bliss 10
Rick Crawford 8
Robert Pressley 7
Travis Kvapil 6
Dennis Setzer 5
Brendan Gaughan 4
Brian Rose 3
Stan Boyd 1
Rick Carelli 1
Carlos Contreras 1
Lance Hooper 1
Joe Ruttman 1
David Starr 1
Mike Wallace 1
Jon Wood 1
Waste Management Picking Up Places
Randy MacDonald 2
Steve Portenga 2
Dennis Setzer 2
Aaron Daniel 1
Bobby Dotter 1
Ryan Hemphill 1
Bill Lester 1
Brian Rose 1
Jerry Hill 1
Bud Pole Award Standings
Jason Leffler 7
Ted Musgrave 2
Mike Bliss 1
Terry Cook 1
Rick Crawford 1
Raybestos Rookie of the Year
Brendan Gaughan 163
Bill Lester 119
Jason Small 110
Trent Owens 61
Rodney Sawyers 56
Dana White 37
Randy Briggs 33
Loni Richardson 24
Aaron Daniel 19
Clevite Engine Builder
Joey Arrington #1 154
Joey Arrington #2 142
Mark Smith #16 139
NEXT EVENT: MICHIGAN 200, MICHIGAN INT’L. SPEEDWAY, BROOKLYN, Mich.,
7/27/02
2 Mile Asphalt, 200 Miles, 100 Laps
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