#62-Brendan Gaughan, who leads #1-Ted Musgave by 26 points with only Friday’s Ford 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway (3:15pm/et, Speed Chennel) remaining, lost an engine early Thursday and will have to start the race from the rear of the field, despite qualifying 13th fastest. Four drivers remain in the hunt for the title. Besides Gaughan and Musgrave, #16-Travis Kvapil (34 points behind Gaughan) and #46-Dennis Setzer (39 back) also have a shot to win the championship in Friday’s finale. Of the four, Kvapil got the biggest boost to his title hopes in qualifying, claiming the fourth starting position. Musgrave was 10th fastest and Setzer, 11th. #4-Bobby Hamilton claimed the pole Thursday at the newly reconfigured Homestead-Miami Speedway with a track record lap at 169.252 mph. Since last season, the previously flat track has added 20-degrees of variable banking and a new asphalt surface. #2-Andy Houston, Musgrave’s Ultra Motorsports teammate, qualified third. #29-Terry Cook completed the top-five.(full story at ThatsRacin.com)
Eight drivers failed to qualify: #93-Derrike Cope; #51-Jason Hedlesky; #95-Wayne Edwards; #01-Lance Hooper; #23-Dana White; 25-Jamie Aube; #81-Danny Bagwell; and #5-Carl Long.
For qualifying results/starting lineups, see
ThatsRacin.com
Truckseries.com
NASCAR.com or/and
the Homestead-Miami Speedway site.(11-13-2003)
