JENSEN: Hornaday Back On Top
10-04-2008 | Tom Jensen, TruckSeries.com
The 33 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series drivers who participated in Saturday's Mountain Dew 250 at Talladega Superspeedway all managed to avoid The Big One, the huge multi-vehicle pile-up that always seems to happen at Talladega. (SPEED Photo)
Bodine Does The Dew
10-04-2008 | Tom Jensen, TruckSeries.com
Todd Bodine made a dramatic last-lap pass of Kyle Busch to win Saturday's Mountain Dew 250 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Talladega Superspeedway. Bodine pulled Ron Hornaday Jr. into second with him in the pass at the exit of Turn 4. Combined with Johnny Benson's 11th-place finish, Hornaday now has 39-point lead in the NCTS standings with five races to go. Pole-sitter Erik Darnell led at the start in his Northern Tool + Equipment Ford F-150, only to see the first caution fly on Lap 2 for debris on the track. Darnell led teammate Colin Braun's Con-way Freight Ford and defending race-winner Todd Bodine's Lumber Liquidators Toyota Tundra on the Lap 4 restart. On Lap 15, Jack Sprague pitted the American Commercial Lines Chevrolet Silverado, with suspected engine problems. Joey Logano's NCTS debut, meanwhile, hit a big snag as he lost his right-side window in the Team ASE/Raybestos/Harris Trucking Toyota and had to pit for a lengthy repair.
(Rusty Jarrett/Getty/NASCAR Photo)
Ford Dominates 'Dega Qualifying
10-03-2008 | TruckSeries.com Report
Qualifying at Talladega Superspeedway on Friday proved to as easy as one-two-three for Roush Fenway Racing. Roush Fenway drivers took the top three positions during qualifying for Saturday’s running of the Mountain Dew 250 Fueled by Winn-Dixie NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race. It is the first time in the 14-year history of the NCTS that a single team has captured the first three spots in qualifying. Erik Darnell, driver of the No. 99 Northern Tool + Equipment Ford, will be on the pole for Saturday’s race after posting a fast-lap qualifying speed of 181.753 mph. He will be joined on the front row by John Wes Townley, driver of the No. 09 Zaxby’s Ford, who qualified at 181.563. They are followed by fellow teammate Colin Braun, who turned in a lap of 181.093 in the No. 6 Con-way Freight Ford.
Top Ten Things to Watch at Talladega
10-02-2008 | Tom Jensen, TruckSeries.com
Johnny Benson and Ron Hornaday Jr. are in a virtual dead heat in the 2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series points race heading into Saturday's Mountain Dew 250 at the always-treacherous Talladega Superspeedway in central Alabama. Through the first 19 races on the 25-race season, Benson leads Hornaday by a single point, with Matt Crafton third, 164 markers back. No one else is within 200 points of the lead duo and truth is, it will take a streak of remarkably bad luck for anyone other than Benson, Hornaday or Crafton to win the title — and Crafton is an extreme long shot. Then again, remarkably bad luck is a common commodity at Talladega Superspeedway, where a simple mistake making a pass can turn into a 10-truck pile-up. On the other hand, the 2.66-mile track does make for some thrilling finishes, as last year's three-way fight among Todd Bodine, Rick Crawford and Benson showed.
Camping World In Play
09-26-2008 | Tom Jensen, TruckSeries.com
NASCAR Craftsman Truck and Nationwide Series team owner Kevin Harvick said Friday he doesn't know if Camping World will become the Truck Series title sponsor, but he knows the company is of several looking at it for next season and beyond. Camping World has decided it will not sponsor the Kevin Harvick Inc. Nationwide team for 14 races next season as the team had hoped, Harvick said at Kansas Speedway on Friday. Camping World will continue as the primary sponsor of Ron Hornaday Jr.'s KHI Chevrolet Silverado in the Truck Series next year, however. "Right now on the truck side, it doesn't really affect anything until the end of 2009," Harvick said. "Camping World is signed on to be the sponsor through the end of '09. It affects our Nationwide program a little bit. It opens up a 14-race gap that wasn't there. That is how it affects it." As far as Camping World's plans with the Truck Series, Harvick added, "Obviously Camping World has been involved in a lot of entitlements and things. I want them to do what is best for them as a sponsor and what works best for them. Understanding where everything comes from and how it works, I think for them, it sounds like they think that is a better avenue. That is OK. They are still solid on our truck and I feel confident on getting the 14 races on our Nationwide car put in place."
(Robert Laberge/Getty Images/NASCAR Photo)
Skinner Wins In Vegas
09-21-2008 | Tom Jensen, TruckSeries.com
Mike Skinner won Saturday night's Qwik Liner Las Vegas 350 NASCAR Craftsman Truck race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Saturday night, with a dramatic last-lap pass of Erik Darnell in a race marred by a record number of cautions. Points leader Johnny Benson had a disastrous night, blowing a right-front tire and crashing hard en route to a 27th-place finish in the 31-truck race. Benson lost the points lead to Ron Hornaday Jr. for the first time since Memphis seven weeks ago. Benson's crash made the points race a virtual dead heat with six races to go.
(Ronda Greer/NASCAR Photo)
Odds On Fav Hornaday Scores Vegas Pole
09-20-2008 | TruckSeries.com Report
From coast to coast, Ron Hornaday, Jr. is on a tear, capturing the Keystone Light Pole Award at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Hornaday, driver of the No. 33 Camping World Chevrolet and Vegas bookmakers favorite, will start up front in tonight's Qwik Liner Las Vegas 350 live on SPEED at 9:00 pm Eastern. A 31.685 second lap averaging a 170.428 mph put the reigning NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Champion in tonight's event, the 19th race of the 2008 season.
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