Tundra drivers Terry Cook (sixth), Kyle Busch (eighth) and Mike Skinner (10th) had top-10 finishes in tonight’s 201-mile
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (NCTS) race at Charlotte’s Lowe’s Motor Speedway.
Other Tundra drivers in the field included Johnny Benson (11th), Todd Bodine (12th), Ken Schrader (13th), Ted Musgrave
(22nd), Marc Mitchell (24th), Justin Marks (32nd) and Scott Speed (33rd).
Tundra [...]
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NASCAR-TRUCK: Charlotte: Toyota teams race quotes, notes
Published May 19th, 2008 in NASCAR Craftsman. 0 CommentsNASCAR-TRUCK: Charlotte: Race winner interview
Published May 19th, 2008 in NASCAR Craftsman. 0 CommentsMATT CRAFTON
, NO. 88 MENARDS/MCGUIRE-NICHOLAS SILVERADO, STARTED 18TH, RACE WINNER:
Talk about that first career win.
“It was awesome. Perseverance pays
off and we never gave up and we’ve got a really good crew. We’ve got
great owners, Duke and Rhonda Thorson and everyone did awesome. Crew
chief was awesome and everyone was behind me and I [...]
NASCAR-TRUCK: Charlotte: McCumbee post race interview
Published May 19th, 2008 in NASCAR Craftsman. 0 CommentsCHAD MCCUMBEE
, NO. 8 MALCOLMSON CONSTRUCTION SILVERADO, STARTED 7TH, FINISHED 2ND
You almost had a chance to win, you got to be excited. Take us through
the race and your emotions right now.
“Well you know we had a
little bit of a radiator problem early in the race and we had a miss
communication and didn’t know if [...]
NASCAR-TRUCK: Charlotte: GM teams race quotes, notes
Published May 19th, 2008 in NASCAR Craftsman. 0 CommentsMatt Crafton Scores Career-First Win at Charlotte
Concord, NC — Matt Crafton, No. 88 Menards/McGuire-Nicholas
Silverado, scored a dramatic win in the North Carolina Education Lottery
200 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway (LMS). The victory was the Tulare, CA
native’s first in NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series competition.
Crafton, who started 18th, steadily worked his way through the field to
be a [...]
NASCAR-TRUCK: Charlotte: Hornaday, Sprague post qualifying interview
Published May 19th, 2008 in NASCAR Craftsman. 0 CommentsRon Hornaday
, No. 33 Camping World Silverado, Qualified 2nd:
ON HIS QUALIFYING RUN.
“Like always it’s Charlotte and it
was a good lap for us. I mean we picked up quite a bit and we’ll
take that. Camping World Chevrolet was awesome. We’re not usually
good qualifiers but the last couple of weeks we have been. [...]
NASCAR-TRUCK: Charlotte: GM teams qualifying quotes, notes
Published May 19th, 2008 in NASCAR Craftsman. 0 CommentsConcord, NC — Ron Hornaday, Jr., No. 33 Camping World Silverado, scored
his fourth NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (NCTS) front row starting
position of the season for tonight’s North Carolina Lottery 200 at
Lowe’s Motor Speedway.
The three-time and defending NCTS champion will roll-off on the outside
of row one for the 134-lap/201-mile race. Hornaday’s Kevin Harvick, Inc.
teammate Jack Sprague, [...]
NASCAR-TRUCK: Charlotte: Ford teams race quotes
Published May 19th, 2008 in NASCAR Craftsman. 0 CommentsBRENDAN GAUGHAN — No. 10 Int’l MAXXFORCE Diesel Ford F-150 (Finished
3rd)
“Chad McCumbee and congratulations to Matt Crafton. He deserves
a win so much and to watch two young kids, Crafton and Chad go at it.
I told Chad, I said, ‘If you could have just hit him one more time.’
We made a great run at it. That’s [...]
NASCAR-TRUCK: Charlotte: Gaughan post race interview
Published May 19th, 2008 in NASCAR Craftsman. 0 CommentsBRENDAN GAUGHAN
— No. 10 Int’l MAXXFORCE Diesel Ford F-150 (Finished 3rd)
“It was a heck of a
night. We qualified 29th and I wasn’t worried about it one bit.
Bryan Berry and the Circle Bar guys build me race trucks and not
qualifying trucks. We knew we had a decent piece, but it’s a long
night. [...]
NASCAR-TRUCK: Charlotte: Dennis Setzer preview
Published May 16th, 2008 in NASCAR Craftsman. 0 CommentsNews and Notes:
The former NCTS Lowe’s Motor Speedway (LMS) winner will make his
sixth Lowe’s start this Friday night. In five previous starts Setzer has
scored one win (2004), one top five and three top 10 finishes. J
His 2004 win is the last by a North Carolina native at LMS in all
three NASCAR series. Dale Jarrett held [...]
NASCAR-TRUCK: Charlotte: Wood Brothers Racing preview
Published May 16th, 2008 in NASCAR Craftsman. 0 CommentsWood Brothers Racing Lowe’s Motor Speedway Preview
Harrisburg, NC (May 15, 2008)-Wood Brothers Racing and Jon Wood are
looking forward to taking the U.S. Air Force Ford F-150 to Lowe’s
Motor Speedway this weekend hoping that the North Carolina Education
Lottery 200 will bring them some good fortune.
In the wake of the media hoopla that surrounds the NASCAR Sprint [...]
NASCAR-TRUCK: Charlotte: Roush Fenway Racing preview
Published May 16th, 2008 in NASCAR Craftsman. 0 CommentsColin Braun on racing at Lowe’s Motor Speedway:
“This will be my first race at Lowe’s Motor Speedway and I’m excited to race there. I am going to get some
laps on the track this week at the Nationwide test so that will be great to kind of figure out the track before I
get in the truck [...]
NASCAR-TRUCK: Mansfield Motorsports Park news 2008-05-13
Published May 15th, 2008 in NASCAR Craftsman. 0 CommentsSprague, Benson, Speed, Crafton to Headline Race Fest in Downtown
Mansfield
As has been tradition since 2005, the Ohio 250 weekend in Mansfield will
officially kick off with Race Fest in downtown Mansfield. This
year’s event will feature the transporter parade with 32 of the
race team transporters parked on Park Avenue West and several of the
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series [...]
NASCAR-TRUCK: Charlotte: Kyle Busch preview
Published May 14th, 2008 in NASCAR Craftsman. 0 CommentsRowdy Ready to Return to the Trucks
‘Billy Ballew Motorsports and Kyle Busch reunite in Charlotte looking
for win No. 3′
Concord, NC (May 12, 2008)-Kyle Busch returns to the NASCAR
Craftsman Truck Series Friday night for the running of the North Carolina
Education Lottery 200 (134 laps, 201 miles) race at the Lowe’s Motor
Speedway. Busch was last in the [...]
DAYNE PIERANTONI, GM RACING SILVERADO PROGRAM MANAGER FOR NCTS:
“Next to
Daytona, Lowe’s Motor Speedway is to one everyone wants to win. Nearly
all of the teams have friends and family in the Charlotte area and many
of those will be there to watch. It will be a busy day for our Silverado
teams with practice, qualifying and the race [...]
NASCAR-TRUCK: Charlotte: Stacy Compton preview
Published May 14th, 2008 in NASCAR Craftsman. 0 CommentsStacy Compton
The Virginia native will be making his 16th start at Lowe’s Motor
Speedway this weekend, but his first in trucks. He has five Sprint Cup
Series and 10 Nationwide starts.
The No. 4 Dodge will be sporting the Crown Dodge of Fayetteville
paint scheme this weekend. The Crown Dodge of Fayetteville dealership [...]
NASCAR-TRUCK: Charlotte: Brian Scott preview
Published May 13th, 2008 in NASCAR Craftsman. 0 CommentsSCOTT FOCUSED ON KEEPING MOMENTUM AT LOWE’S
Mooresville, NC (May 12, 2008) –NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series rookie
of the year candidate Brian Scott hopes to keep his learning curve dialed
in the right direction when he tackles the treacherous 1.5 mile
Lowe’s Motor Speedway on Friday night in the North Carolina Education
Lottery 200. Scott, coming off a top fifteen [...]
NASCAR SCHEDULES NATIONAL SERIES AWARDS SHOWS
Lineup Capped by Annual NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards Ceremony In NYC
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (May 9, 2008) — NASCAR announced today the lineup for
its three top series’ 2008 postseason awards shows, including the NASCAR
Sprint Cup Awards Ceremony’s return to the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York
City.
The Dec. 5 Waldorf event will [...]
NASCAR-TRUCK: SS GLR names John Mickel for Charlotte
Published May 7th, 2008 in NASCAR Craftsman. 0 CommentsEngland’s John Mickel Enters NASCAR Craftsman Truck Race at Charlotte
Sky Sports NASCAR Commentator Returns to Drivers Seat with SS Green Light
Racing
Tuesday May 6, 2008 Concord, NC — John Mickel will step away from his Sky
Sports job as a NASCAR Commentator and return to the driver’s seat. Mickel
will pilot the #07 Torquespeed / SS Green [...]
