Federated Auto Parts 200 - Official Results
Carl Edwards in Victory Lane
Carl Edwards in Victory Lane
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Carl Edwards Makes it Two in a Row at Nashville

Carl Edwards closed to within one victory of Kurt Busch's Raybestos Rookie record as he won Friday night's NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Federated Auto Parts 200 at Nashville Superspeedway. The victory, by 1.209 seconds over Ted Musgrave, was the second in a row by the Roush Racing driver and third of the 2003 season. Edwards' Ford averaged 129.557 mph for the 150-lap, 200-mile distance on the 1.333-mile banked concrete oval. Edwards, who qualified sixth, fell to the rear of the field at the start due to an engine change. He wasted no time coming to the front, taking 10th place on lap 17 and the lead at lap 60. He passed Musgrave's Mopar Performance Dodge for the final time on lap 103 and built leads of as much as 2.2 seconds. Rick Crawford overcame a 15-second pit road penalty to finish third in his Town & Country/Circle Bar Ford. David Starr was fourth with Brendan Gaughan fifth. Gaughan, who trailed Travis Kvapil by 10 points entering the season's 15th race, takes over the series championship lead by seven over Kvapil and 21 over Musgrave. Kvapil finished ninth. There were nine lead changes among seven drivers. Three caution periods consumed 16 laps.
03-01-2005 | Race 15 - Nashville Superspeedway - August 8, 2003

F S # Driver Sponsor / Owner Truck Laps Money Status
1 6 99 Carl Edwards Roush Racing Ford 150 $47,665 Running
2 4 1 Ted Musgrave Mopar Performance Dodge 150 $27,125 Running
3 11 14 Rick Crawford Town & Country/Circle Bar Ford 150 $20,665 Running
4 13 75 David Starr Spears Manufacturing Chevrolet 150 $12,175 Running
5 2 62 Brendan Gaughan The Orleans Hotel Dodge 150 $11,075 Running
6 1 18 Chad Chaffin Dickies Dodge 150 $11,950 Running
7 9 50 Jon Wood Graham for President Ford 150 $9,250 Running
8 14 46 Dennis Setzer Acxiom/Computer Assoc Chevrolet 150 $9,450 Running
9 10 16 Travis Kvapil IWX Motor Freight Chevrolet 150 $9,100 Running
10 12 88 Matt Crafton Menards/Enzyme Solutions Chevrolet 150 $10,625 Running
11 3 4 Bobby Hamilton Square D Dodge 150 $9,000 Running
12 19 52 Mike Wallace Federated Auto Parts Chevrolet 149 $8,890 Running
13 21 31 Tina Gordon Microtel Inn & Suites Chevrolet 149 $8,840 Running
14 8 29 Terry Cook Power Stroke Diesel/Oil Mate Ford 148 $8,815 Running
15 15 59 Robert Pressley Harris Trucking Dodge 148 $9,190 Running
16 7 8 Bill Lester Strauss Auto Parts/The Club Dodge 148 $8,640 Running
17 24 07 Johnny Chapman Green Light Racing Chevrolet 148 $8,590 Running
18 22 08 Jody Lavender Hartsville Community Bank Chevrolet 148 $8,540 Running
19 28 53 Randy Briggs Shop At Home Network Ford 147 $8,740 Running
20 17 15 Ryan Hemphill Vokal Clothing / Fasscore Dodge 146 $7,290 Running
21 29 72 Randy MacDonald U.S. Security Chevrolet 145 $5,865 Running
22 20 51 Chase Montgomery Wilson Bank & Truct Chevrolet 142 $5,815 Running
23 26 66 Blake Mallory Mallory Screenprint Dodge 141 $5,765 Running
24 5 2 Jason Leffler Team ASE / Carquest Dodge 122 $5,715 Engine
25 16 21 Morgan Shepherd Racing With Jesus Ford 35 $5,690 Handling
26 27 86 T.J. Bell Speed Motorsports Mgmt Chevrolet 25 $5,640 Crash
27 31 19 Ricky Sanders Pitboxes.com Ford 16 $5,615 Engine
28 32 23 Phil Bonifield Meguiar's / Red Line Oil Chevrolet 14 $5,590 Overheat
29 30 5 Jerry Hill Ware Racing Enterprises Dodge 14 $5,565 Ignition
30 25 93 Roland Isaacs Troxell-MacDonald Racing Chevrolet 10 $5,545 Vibration
31 23 81 Doug Keller Ware Racing Enterprises Dodge 8 $5,535 Fuel Pump
32 18 9 Kenny Hendrick Fasscore / Vokal Clothing Ford 4 $5,525 Rear End
33 33 83 Willie Green Quaker Steak & Lube Ford 0 $5,515 Ignition

Failed to Qualify: (0)

Time of Race: 1 hour, 32minutes, 36 seconds
Average Speed: 129.557 mph
Margin of Victory: 1.209 seconds

Bud Pole Award:
Chad Chaffin, #18 Dickies Dodge, 30.596 seconds, 156.844 mph

Clevite Engine Parts Award:
Ed Lesley, #99 Roush Racing Ford

Featherlite Long Haul Award:
Carl Edwards, #99 Roush Racing Ford

Mobil 1 Command Performance Driver of the Race Award:
Carl Edwards, #99 Roush Racing Ford

Raybestos Rookie of the Race Award:
Carl Edwards, #99 Roush Racing Ford

Waste Management Picking Up Places Award:
Randy Briggs, #53 Shop At Home Network Ford (nine places)

Caution Flags: Laps 27-32 (Truck #86 accident, Turn 1); 88-94 (Truck #16 accident, Turn 3); 124-127 (Debris, Turn 3). 3 for 17 laps.

Lap Leaders: Chad Chaffin 1-17, Jason Leffler 18-24, Jon Wood 25-27, Bill Lester 28-42, Wood 43-59, Carl Edwards 60-87, Chaffin 88, Dennis Setzer 89, Ted Musgrave 90-102, Edwards 103-150.

Total Laps Led: Carl Edwards 76, Jon Wood 20, Chad Chaffin 18, Bill Lester 15, Ted Musgrave 13, Jason Leffler 7, Dennis Setzer 1. 9 changes involving 7 drivers.

Points following this race:
Rank Driver Points -Back
1 Brendan Gaughan 2315  
2 Travis Kvapil 2308 -7
3 Ted Musgrave 2294 -21
4 Dennis Setzer 2210 -105
5 Jon Wood 2182 -133
6 Rick Crawford 2176 -139
7 Bobby Hamilton 2163 -152
8 Jason Leffler 2071 -244
9 Carl Edwards 2057 -258
10 Terry Cook 2018 -297
11 Chad Chaffin 1890 -425
12 Matt Crafton 1850 -465
13 Bill Lester 1745 -570
14 Randy MacDonald 1521 -794
15 Robert Pressley 1485 -830
16 David Starr 1449