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• Lowes Motor Speedway: NC Education Lottery 200, Friday, May 16, 2008; SPEED/TV - Prerace 7:30pm/et; Race 8:00pm/et. Complete race information is posted on the Lowes Race Page.
  
  
• News & Notes - May 5, 2008: NASCAR's Truck Series News & Notes for this week are posted on the Lowes Race Page.(5-5-2008)
  
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• Kansas Speedway: O'Reilly Auto Parts 250, Saturday, April 26, 2008. Complete race information is posted on the Kansas Race Page.
  
  
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• NASCAR schedules award shows: 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 continue a tradition begun in 1981 for NASCAR's premier series. The event will be held in the Waldorf's Grand Ballroom. Television broadcast information will be announced at a later date. This lineup is a change from recent seasons, when the NASCAR Nationwide Series was the finale. This year, that event will preface the New York show. The rundown follows: Nov. 17: NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series; Seminole Hard Rock; Hollywood, Florida; Nov. 22: NASCAR Nationwide Series; Portofino Bay Hotel; Orlando, Florida; Dec. 5: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series; Waldorf Astoria; New York.(NASCAR PR)(5-9-2008)
  
  
• Seaman lands deal with Lafferty Motorsports: Even at 25 years of age, Ryan Seaman figured he was running out of racing opportunities … and the much needed money to fuel his thirst to race. Surprisingly, he came across a "want ad'' for a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver, someone who had his experience, his energy and his desire to win races. "It was a driver development deal in a truck series,'' Seaman said. Seaman and his father, Everett, flew to Concord, N.C., on Easter Sunday evening to meet with truck owner Chris Lafferty the next morning at Hickory Motor Speedway. On the second day [testing] at Hickory Motor Speedway, the evaluation gave Seaman a complete understanding of exactly what Lafferty Motorsports had been looking for and what they saw in his performance. Everyone sat down later in the day and talked about goals and tasks to build a long-lasting relationship within Lafferty Motorsports. Seaman will make his debut May 30 in the AAA Insurance 200 at Dover International Speedway.(Ashbury Park Press)(5-9-2008)
  
  
• Bodine to run Nationwide race at Darlington UPDATE: Hillman Jr. returns as crew chief: Todd Bodine and Germain Racing will next take to the track on May 9th at Darlington Raceway with the #03 Germain Motor Company Toyota in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, followed by more Truck Series action in the Lumber Liquidators Tundra on Friday night at Lowe's Motor Speedway on May 16th.(Germain Racing PR)(4-28-2008)
  UPDATE: Mike Hillman Jr. will serve as crew chief for the #03 Germain Motor Company Toyota. This is his first race back atop the pit box since he began serving a suspension issued by NASCAR following an infraction found before qualifying in the Truck Series race at Daytona. Bodine has one win, seven top five and 14 top-ten finishes at Darlington in 20 starts in the Nationwide Series.(Germain Racing PR)(5-9-2008)
  
  
• Benson returns to Berlin Raceway: Grand Rapids native Johnny Benson returns to his home track, Berlin Raceway, to compete in the Late Model division [during off-week for Truck Series]. Benson had planned on competing in last week's Berlin Raceway program, only to be stopped when rain washed out the week's action. Benson will be back at Berlin on Aug. 2 and Sept. 27 for two additional appearances.(Grand Rapids Press)(5-9-2008) [For ticket information visit the Appearances Page.]
  
  
• Key Motorsports sign England's Poulter: Key Motorsports is going across the Atlantic Ocean to find new talent for its Craftsman Truck Series program, and English-born Pickup Truck Racing standout Paul Poulter has signed a development agreement with team owner Curtis W. Key, Sr. for the 2008 season. The 6' 2", 225-pound Poulter, who hails from Fetcham Surrey outside of London, tested with Key Motorsports last year and performed well. He will test several times before initiating a three to 7-race program in the #40 Key Motorsports Chevy later this season beginning with the scheduled race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, WI in June. Follow-up starts at Memphis and Nashville, TN; Las Vegas, Atlanta, Texas and either Phoenix or Homestead, FL have also been penciled onto the schedule.(Key Motorsports PR)(5-8-2008)
  
  
• Kvapil returns to series at Lowes: Although Travis Kvapil is scheduled to run the full 2008 Sprint Cup Series for Yates Racing, he is also driving the #09 Zaxby's Ford for Roush Fenway Racing in 11 Craftsman Truck Series races this season. In only three starts in the truck series so far, Kvapil has two top-10 finishes. Next Friday he will compete in the North Carolina Education Lottery 200 at Lowe's Motor Speedway.(Roush Fenway Racing PR)(5-7-2008)
  
  
• Wood ready for more races with family-owned Cup team: A rejuvenated Jon Wood says he's thrilled to be taking a larger role on the Wood Brothers Racing team's NASCAR Sprint Cup driving schedule. The 26-year-old Wood says he is scheduled to drive the car in the upcoming races at Lowe's Motor Speedway, Dover International Speedway and Pocono Raceway. Bill Elliott will drive for the team this weekend at Darlington Raceway, but Wood has been at Lowe's this week participating in the NASCAR test session.(SceneDaily.com)(5-6-2008)
  
  
• England's Mickel enters Charlotte race: 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 Light Racing Chevy for the North Carolina Education Lottery 200 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Lowes Motor Speedway on May 16th. Mickel has six-starts in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and experience in the former American Speed Association (ASA). He is also a color commentator for Sky Sports, the dominant subscription television sports brand in the United Kingdom and Ireland, which broadcast live NASCAR Sprint Cup Races.(SS Green Light Racing PR)(5-6-2008)
  
  
• Cook entered in Nationwide race at Darlington: Terry Cook is listed on the entry list for this weekend's Diamond Hill Plywood 200 at Darlington Speedway. Cook is scheduled to drive the #91 Ford for Randy Humphrey Racing. Sponsor TBA.(5-6-2008)
  
  
• Braun goes COT testing at VIR: In an effort to help Roush Fenway Racing prepare for the upcoming road course race at Infineon Raceway, Colin Braun joins Boris Said for a COT test session this week at Virginia International Raceway. Said will be on track Tuesday; Braun on Wednesday.(Con-wayRacing.com)(5-5-2008)
  
  
• Brad Daugherty starting truck team in '09? After discussion surrounding the recent announcement of Randy Moss' possible entry in the Truck Series during ESPN's NASCAR Now television broadcast on Wednesday night, analyst Brad Daugherty announced he too is going racing in 2009 with his own Craftsman Truck Series team. [No details given.](The Daly Planet)(5-1-2008)
  
  
• Randy Moss starting truck team: UPDATE Official Announcement: During the prerace report on Speed/TV at Kansas Speedway, Rick Allen reported that New England Patriot wide-receiver Randy Moss is starting a new truck team with plans to race toward the end of the year. A formal announcement is expected some time next week.(4-26-2008)
  UPDATE: Fresh off a record breaking NFL season, New England Patriots wide receiver Randy Moss announced today the formation of Moss Motorsports, LLC with its intended participation to begin in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. Moss anticipates that the team will debut at some point in the second half of the 2008 season and run selected races through the conclusion of the year. The partial schedule is a prelude to a full-time campaign in 2009. Sponsors and manufacturer alignments will be announced at a later date. Moss is a ten year veteran in the National Football League and was a first-round draft pick in the 1998 draft out of Marshall University. He has been a NASCAR fan for several years including sponsorship of a local dirt track program and recently made the decision to get involved with the ownership of a NASCAR team. He is also a Goodwill Ambassador for the Urban Youth Racing School and furthers his youth advocacy while holding the same honor with American Youth Football. A major component of the Moss Motorsports program will be the continued involvement and support of youth programs. "There are a lot of NASCAR fans in the locker room," Moss said. "We've seen a lot of football players get involved - guys like Dan Marino and Troy Aikman to name a couple. I think it's a good fit and gives some of the companies I am already working with an additional outlet. It's a smart move on the marketing side of things but on the personal side of things I think it's going to be a lot of fun." Randy has kick started his efforts by contracting with Integrity Sports Marketing, LLC - a leading motorsports marketing company in NASCAR. "We know it takes time to build a team from the ground up, and we have some good people working with us to get that process started," Moss said. "We are talking to the manufacturers, and we're already evaluating some drivers. Eventually I'd like to be able to have our team work with some of the young guys that are working hard to make it up the ladder, but right now it might make more sense to find a driver with a lot of experience to get us started. But we really don't have anyone in mind. We'll look at who is available and find someone that can help us compete and win as quickly as we can." Moss believes Moss Motorsports will give his current marketing partners another avenue to gain exposure and will open doors for new companies that want to work with him. "The companies I already work with now have a chance to get some exposure to another group of dedicated sports fans," Moss said. "And we'll have an opportunity to build some relationships with an entirely new group of companies as well. We'll have a chance to do some pretty cool things between the football side and the racing side. That's a part of the equation that most of the other teams don't have, so we already have a competitive advantage over them. Once we get everything in place we look forward to competing on the race track too."(Integrity Sports Marketing/Moss Motorsports PR)(4-29-2008)
  
  
• Braun takes lead in rookie standings after Kansas: NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series rookie class experienced a shake-up in points as Colin Braun moved from fourth to first in the Raybestos Rookie of the Year battle. Braun's third-place finish at Kansas gives him a five-point advantage over second-place Justin Marks. The third-place finish at Kansas was Braun's first top five of the season.(Roush Fenway Racing)(4-29-2008)
  
  
• Rick Allen signs to host '08 HorsePower Tee Shot Tour season: Rick Allen, veteran announcer, has signed on as the Host for the 2008 HorsePower Tee Shot Tour season [televised on SPEED/TV]. The HorsePower Tee Shot Tour is a series of Power Golf events featuring NASCAR personalities and eight of the longest drivers of the golf ball in the world. Events take place during Sprint Cup race weeks at golf facilities located in close proximity to the race tracks. [Listed as involved; Kyle Petty, Elliott & Hermie Sadler, Brian Vickers, J.J. Yeley, Jeff Hammond.] For additional information concerning the 2008 HTST season, visit: HorsePowerTeeShotTour.com.(4-29-2008)
  
  
• SS Greenlight Racing's Murphy wins ASI Late Model race: Sean Murphy piloted the #32 ASI LIMITED; Akzo Nobel; Spectrum Metal Finishing Chevy Late Model to Victory Lane on Saturday night at O'Reilly Raceway Park in Indianapolis, Indiana. Murphy won the race in dominating fashion in front of the hometown crowd of primary sponsor ASI LIMITED.(SS Greenlight Racing PR)(4-28-2008)
  
  
• Images added: A few images added from Kansas; #74-The Annexus Group Dodge driven by Jennifer Jo Cobb; #20-Nicholson Group/Kansas Jayhawks Ford driven by Scott Lagasse Jr.; -#12-CrashedToys.com Chevy driven by Mario Gosselin. Images can be viewed on the 2008 Paint Scheme Gallery page.(4-26-2008)
  
  
• Harvick institutes Drug Testing Policy for KHI: Kevin Harvick's voice was perhaps the loudest of anyone's during the recent discussion about NASCAR drug testing. Harvick called for a series-wide random drug testing policy two weeks ago but admitted at the time that his own Kevin Harvick Inc. race team had no testing policy of its own. Upon returning home to North Carolina, Harvick fixed that. KHI's Nationwide and Craftsman Truck Series drivers and crew chiefs have all since been tested, and an independent testing company has been retained to test the entire company.(SceneDaily.com)(4-25-2008)
  
  
• Chrissy Wallace signs deal for 2009; to run for ROTY? UPDATE Six more in '08; possible full time in '09: On Sirius Radio's Morning Drive program, it was reported that Chrissy Wallace has signed an agreement with Germain Racing for the 2009 season and will run for Rookie of the Year.(4-21-2008)
  UPDATE: Statement from Mike Hillman Sr., General Manager for Germain Racing: "We have built a schedule for Chrissy Wallace to run six more NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series races with us in 2008. Her next race is Milwaukee, followed by Kentucky, Nashville, Gateway, Atlanta and Homestead. We are looking at building some ARCA RE/MAX Series races into that schedule, if funding becomes available. And, ideally, we'd like to see Chrissy Wallace in a fully-sponsored campaign for Raybestos Rookie of the Year in a Tundra for Germain Racing in 2009. We're very excited about working with Chrissy and I think we're all looking forward to Milwaukee."(Germain Racing PR)(4-23-2008)
  
  
• Upshaw-Adams Motorsports sign Mack to run select events: The #95 NRG Cases Ford will once again be making a return to the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series as Lloyd Mack will jump behind the wheel for a minimum of seven races during the 2008 season. Lloyd, who has participated in the NASCAR Drive for Diversity Testing & Evaluation Combine has spent the last couple of seasons competing in the Camping World Grand National West division. The current plan has Lloyd driving for at least seven races this season beginning with the Ohio 250 at Mansfield Motorsports Park on May 24th. From there the team will evaluate whether to stick with the seven race plan for Lloyd and run him for the Raybestos Rookie of the Year in 2009 or forgo the rookie title chase in favor of more seat time and the best opportunity at the overall title chase.(Upshaw-Adams Motorsports PR)(4-22-2008)
  
  
• Keven Wood readies for debut at Mansfield; tests at South Boston: Wood Brothers Racing and Keven Wood tested South Boston Speedway this week to prepare for Keven's debut race in Mansfield, OH on May 24th. The test was the first time Keven Wood worked with the team as a driver, as the test was solely for him. After being on the track for most of the colder than normal spring day; Keven felt that this test gave him a boost of confidence as he learned to push the truck to the limit on qualifying runs. By doing this, he tied the track record lap time of 15.42 seconds that was set by Brendan Gaughan when the trucks ran there. Keven is also getting extra seat time by running a Late Model stock car at Motor Mile Speedway in Radford, VA set to run on Saturday, April 19th for the Hawkeye 150.(Wood Brothers Racing PR)(4-18-2008)
  
  
• Race Fest to kick off race weekend in downtown Mansfield: As has become tradition during the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series annual visit to Mansfield, the Ohio 250 weekend will kick off on Thursday afternoon [May 22nd] with the annual Race Fest in the heart of downtown. The event will include many motorsports-themed attractions and activities with the popular transporter parade featuring all the big rigs that carry the participating teams equipment the center of attention. After the rigs get parked, the attention turns to the gazebo area as several Craftsman Truck Series drivers will sign autographs & participate in an Q&A session. [More information is posted on the Driver Appearances Page.] (Mansfield Motorsports Park PR)(4-17-2008)
  
  

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• Derrike Cope Racing to run handful of races
• Speed to drive for BDR; McGilton out
• Little holds off Skinner for Pro/Celebrity Win
• Hoooper named crew chief for Key Motorsports
• Braun wins Nationwide pole in Mexico
• Fike admits using heroin on race days
• Gaunt leaves TRG Motorsports; to BDR
• Lia honored at Thompson Icebreaker
• No penalties from Martinsville incident
• Quinn assumes crew chief duties at Wyler Racing
• Mansfield next race for Chrissy Wallace
  
  
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