New England 200 - Official Results
Terry Cook in Victory Lane
Terry Cook in Victory Lane
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Terry Cook's Power StrokeŽ 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 Craftsman 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.
Race 12 - New Hampshire Int'l Speedway - July 20, 2002 Printer Version 

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F S # Driver Sponsor / Owner Truck Laps Money Status
1 2 29 Terry Cook Power Stroke Diesel Ford 207 $48,710 Running
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:
Rank Driver Points -Back
1 Ted Musgrave 1836  
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