Cautions ended any hope for #2-Jamie McMurray’s first NASCAR Truck Series victory. A caution on Lap 198 of the scheduled 200 at Richmond International Raceway cut short McMurray’s late-race run on leader #1-Ted Musgrave. Then during the two-lap “overtime” period, #15-Shane Hmiel and #6-Matt Crafton running in the top-10 at the time wrecked on Lap 207 forcing the race to end under caution and ensuring Musgrave’s win in the Kroger 200. Under a rule change adapted earlier this season, only one attempt at a green-white-checkered is allowed in each of NASCAR’s top three series Nextel Cup, Busch and Trucks. #47-Tony Stewart, who won the past two Truck races at Richmond, finished third, #30-Todd Bodine was fourth in Germain-Arnold Motorsports’ debut in the series and #99-Carl Edwards completed the top-five. Series points leader #4-Bobby Hamilton, involved on Lap 4 wreck, finished 26th and now leads #46-Dennis Setzer by 57 points and third place Edwards by 76. After the race, Crafton and his Truck owner, Cup driver Kevin Harvick, got into a heated exchange with Hmiel in the garage area regarding the next-to-last lap wreck that forced the race to end under caution. The race was slowed an event-record 11 times by caution for 58 laps. There were four lead changes among three different drivers. (ThatsRacin.com)
For race results see:
ThatsRacin.com
Truckseries.com
Motorsports One
NASCAR.com.(9-9-2004)
