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NEWS & NOTES LAS VEGAS:

Title race tightens for fall finish You might say Bobby Hamilton (No. 4 Square D Dodge) has been waiting for his rivals to catch up, and thats exactly what theyve done over the past two races. Hamilton, who enjoyed a 96-point lead after last months race at Bristol ...

Kvapil wins at Loudon:

#24-Travis Kvapil won the Sylvania 200 at New Hampshire International Speedway, his 2nd win of 2004 and the 2nd ever for Toyota. Finishing 2nd for the 29th time in his career [thanks to Speed's Ray Dunlap for that tidbit] was #16-Jack Sprague, followed by #23-Johnny...

Sprague wins pole at New Hampshire:

#16-Jack Sprague won the pole for the Sylvania 200 at NHIS with a fast lap of 128.515. The rest of the top five are: #62-Steve Park, #24-Travis Kvapil, #75-David Starr and #17-David Reutimann. The best starting Ford is #99-Carl Edwards who will start 10th. Points leader...

McMurray wins pole at Richmond:

Jamie McMurray, running Ultra Smith's #2 ASE Dodge for he first time, won the pole for the Kroger 200 at Richmond International Raceway with a speed of 125.436mph, beating is CTS teammate, #1-Ted Musgrave who will start 2nd after running a lap of 125.191. #30-Todd ...

Bristol News and Notes:

The television camera doesnt do justice to the steep 36-degree banked concrete turns of Bristol Motor Speedway. Few are prepared for the enormity of what they see. Imagine, then, what passes through the mind of a rookie competitor gazing upon the .533-mile track for...

Hamilton wins at Nashville:

#4-Bobby Hamilton used a high pass to get around #75-David Starr with eight laps remaining and claimed his fourth Craftsman Truck Series race of the season at Nashville Superspeedway on Saturday. Hamilton, the series point leader, won the Toyota Tundra 200 by 0.795...

Hamilton JR wins the pole at Nashville:

#04-Bobby Hamilton Jr., making a rare appearance in the Truck Series, won the pole for the Toyota Tundra 200 at Nashville Superspeedway with a lap of 160.990mph. The rest of the top five were: #17-David Reutimann, #46-Dennis Setzer, #6-Matt Crafton and #15-Shane Hmiel...

MICHIGAN – NEWS & NOTES

LaJoie rates another 10 Randy LaJoie (No. 59 Harris Trucking Dodge) scored his first NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series top-10 finish at Gateway on July 17 with an eighth-place finish, giving him at least one top 10 in each of NASCARs three national series. LaJoie, a two...

Nashville Toyota Testing:

Nashville Superspeedway and Toyota Motorsports will present Toyota Tundra NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series testing on Tuesday, July 20. Testing will be run all day. Drivers testing: #12-Robert Huffman, #24-Travis Kvapil, #22-Bill Lester, #21-Hank Parker Jr., #17-David...

News and Notes Milwaukee:

Based on his recent NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series record at The Milwaukee Mile, this could be the week Terry Cook (No. 10 Power Stroke Diesel by International Ford) returns to top form. Cook will be the first to welcome the change. Its been a miserable month for the...

Setzer wins at Texas:

#46-Dennis Setzer became the first two-time race winner in the NASCAR Truck Series this season Friday night, running down #1-Ted Musgrave in the final laps to win the O'Reilly 400K at Texas Motor Speedway. Setzer got his first career superspeedway win in the series...

DOVER NEWS & NOTES:

A 17th-place finish hardly is reason to celebrate, but for Robert Huffman (No. 12 Toyota Tundra Toyota) its a step in the right direction. Huffman, one of 17 Raybestos Rookie of the Year contenders on the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, was just happy to be racing at...

Todd Szegedy gets a Hills Bros. Coffee Break of a Lifetime; Nadeau to spot:

In 2003, Hills Bros. Coffee, along with grocery chains Jewel in Chicago, Pic 'N Save of Milwaukee and Meijers in Michigan teamed to create the Hills Bros. Coffee Break of a Lifetime. The program offers unknown drivers a chance to showcase their talent in top-notch...

LOWE’S NEWS & NOTES

Jack (Sprague) definitely is back Jack Sprague (No. 16 Chevy Trucks Chevrolet) measured the competition at Mansfield, Ohio to post his 24th career win and first since 2001. The victory vaulted Sprague to seventh in the points as he bids for a fourth series title. IWX...

Students to work for Truck teams in the pits:

Four students from Philadelphia's Urban Youth Racing School will get a taste of what it is like to compete on a NASCAR race team next week as they complete a one-week internship program for Craftsman Truck Series teams in Charlotte. The internships will culminate with...

Mansfield News and Notes:

All tickets sold for Mansfield inaugural race The May 16 UAW/GM Ohio 250 is a complete sell-out, according to Mansfield Motorsports Speedway officials who made the announcement during an April 23 news conference. The facility has been expanded to 20,000 seats in anticipation...

Reutimann to drive #87 at Nashville with sposnorship from Naturalgear:

NEMCO Motorsports announced that David Reutimann will pilot their #87 Chevy with sponsorship from NaturalGear in this weekend's Pepsi 300 NASCAR Busch Series...

Martinsville Notes:

K Automotive Racing, a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series fixture since the inaugural race in 1995, will return the Keselowski name to competition at Martinsville Speedway after an absence of more than four seasons. Bob Keselowski competed in 86 series races, winning at...

Hamilton wins at Atlanta; Parker, Gordon, Crawford Injured:

#4-Bobby Hamilton used overtime and a wild last-lap pass of fellow veteran #42-Mike Skinner to claim the win in Saturday's EasyCare 200, the inaugural NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. A late-race caution forced the scheduled 130-lap race...

Reutimann wins pole at Atlanta, Toyota on the pole:

#17-David Reutimann led a Toyota and rookie invasion of Atlanta Motor Speedway on Friday. Reutimann, a rookie, turned a lap at 179.452 mph to claim the pole for Saturday's EasyCare 200 (1 p.m. Eastern, Speed), the inaugural NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Atlanta...