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Penalties Announced from Daytona:

Twelve NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series crew chiefs have been fined a total of $21,750 for various infractions prior to the Feb. 13 Florida Dodge Dealers 250 at Daytona International Speedway, NASCAR officials announced today. Douglas Howe, crew chief for the #07 Chevrolet...

Cook wins the pole at Daytona:

Terry Cook, driving ppc Racing's first entry in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, won the pole for Friday night's Florida Dodge Dealers 250 season opener at Daytona. Cook, 35, turned a lap Wednesday night at 183.643mph in his #10 Power Stroke Ford to claim the eighth...

Notes from Day 3 of Daytona testing:

#46 Morgan-Dollar Motorsports, headquartered in Oklahoma since its first series race in 1996, has moved its shops to Statesville, N.C. The guys have done a really great job racing out of Oklahoma but we need to step up, said driver Dennis Setzer, last years championship...

Daytona Testing Speeds – Day 3 [non-drafting]:

#59-Steve Grissom,Dodge 182.994 #10-Terry Cook,Ford 182.760 #99-Carl Edwards,Ford 182.382 #4-Chad Chaffin,Dodge 181.594 #67b-Steadman Marlin, Ford 181.583 #1-Andy Houston,Dodge 181.528 #8-Chase Montgomery,Dodge 181.426 #50-Jon Wood,Ford 181.057 #08-Ken Weaver,Chevy...

Daytona Testing Speeds – Day 2 [32 listed]:

#4-Bobby Hamilton, Dodge, 49.786 seconds, 180.774 mph #99-Carl Edwards, Ford, 49.821, 180.647 #25-Jamie Aube/Phil Bonifeld, Chevrolet, 49.846, 180.556 #18-Chad Chaffin, Dodge, 49.903, 180.350 #59-Steve Grissom, Dodge, 49.922, 180.281 #8-Chase Montgomery, Dodge, 49...

Daytona Testing Speeds – Day 1 [32 listed]:

#99-Carl Edwards, Ford, 49.664 seconds, 181.218mph #50-Jon Wood, Ford, 49.919, 180.292 #8-Chase Montgomery, Dodge, 49.954, 180.166 #4-Bobby Hamilton, Dodge, 49.985, 180.054 #18-Chad Chaffin, Dodge, 50.153, 179.451 #59-Steve Grissom, Dodge, 50.272, 179.026 #46-Dennis...

Hamilton wins race at Homestead; Kvapil wins the Championship:

#16-Travis Kvapil claimed his first NASCAR Truck series championship and the second consecutive for IWX Racing and its #16 Chevrolets with his sixth place finish in Friday's Ford 200 season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Pole-winner #4-Bobby Hamilton won the race...

Top five Driver Points Standings after Homestead – Final Race:

#16-Travis Kvapil, 3837, finished 6th at Homestead #46-Dennis Setzer, 3828, -9, 7th #1-Ted Musgrave, 3819, -18, 13th #62-Brendan Gaughan, 3797, -40, 29th #50-Jon Wood, 3659, -178, 8th For standings see ThatsRacin.com.com.(11-14-2003) old track layout record was 149...

#46 to NC; new engines, Setzer still driver? UPDATE:

The other General Motors team with a shot at this years Championship is Dennis Setzers #46 Acxiom Chevy. While Setzer lost a little ground with his 8th place finish at Texas, he comes into Martinsville with the truck they call Stan (three wins this year: Bakersfield...

Hamilton takes the pole at the NEW Homestead; Points leader to the back:

#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...

Since it is the last race of the year, figured I’d post the Entry List [44 entries for 36 spots]:

#01 Lance Hooper...

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the Truckseries.com site for up to date notes on the testing at Homestead on Monday. The top 10 speeds from the Truck Series site [have other info there on the testing also - lots of notes]: #62-Brendan Gaughan, Dodge, 168.224 #14-Rick Crawford, Ford, 168.119 #1-Ted...

Harvick wins at Phoenix:

#6-Kevin Harvick was able to hold off #1-Ted Musgrave for the victory in Friday's Chevy Silverado 150 at Phoenix International Raceway. NASCAR Truck series points leader Brendan Gaughan was able to keep from blowing up. While Harvick cruised to his second consecutive...

Some Phoenix Notes:

#6-Kevin Harvick only Phoenix winner in field The defending Chevy Silverado 150 champion is the only one of seven Phoenix winners expected to go to the post in Fridays race. The track has seen more multiple winners four than any other series venue. Two drivers Mike...

Notes:

With two races remaining, four drivers are within 72 points the closest margin at this stage of the season of winning their first NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series championship. Last year, the worst finish any of these teams had at the final two tracks Phoenix International...

Wood wins at Martinsville:

#50-John Wood won the Advance Auto Parts 200 at Martinsville Speedway on Saturday, beating pole sitter and teammate, #99-Carl Edwards. Rounding out the top five were #46-Dennis Setzer, #14-Rick Crawford and #4-Bobby Hamilton. #17-Darrell Waltrip finished 7th, points...

Edwards wins pole at Martinsville; DW is 13th:

#99-Carl Edwards and Jon Wood, rookie teammates for Roush Racing, locked up front-row starting spots Friday for the Advance Auto Parts 200 at Martinsville Speedway for a race Saturday that could play a key role in a tight battle for the NASCAR Truck Series championship...

Surprise – Gaughan wins at Texas:

#62- Brendan Gaughan came from the back of the pack and won Saturday at Texas Motor Speedway, becoming the first NASCAR truck driver to win four straight races at the same track. Gaughan was forced to drop to the back of the 36-truck field to start the Silverado 350...

Setzer wins at South Boston:

#46-Dennis Setzer won the John Boy & Billy 250 at South Boston. It is the 10th win of Setzer' Truck Series career. The rest of the top five were #16-Travis Kvapil, #1-Ted Musgrave, #50-Jon Wood and #14-Rick Crawford. Points leader, #62-Brendan Gaughan ended up 15th...

Gaughan wins another pole, this time at South Boston:

Truck Series points leader Brendan Gaughan continued his hot qualifying streak at Big Daddy's South Boston Speedway Saturday as he won the Bud Pole for the John Boy & Billy 250 with a record average speed of 92.480mph, his third pole in a row and in his career. #50...