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Truck Series News & Notes:

Sometimes the calendar can stop momentum cold but not in 2006 and not for Todd Bodine (# 30 Lumber Liquidators Toyota). Bodine closed out 2005 with three consecutive victories and hated to see the Truck Series season end at Homestead-Miami Speedway. His Germain Racing...

Qualifying for the John Deere 200 is over:

(Top five) #30-Todd Bodine 181.260 #5-Mike Skinner 181.171 #99-Erik Darnell 181.147 #85-Dennis Setzer 180.958 #20-Bobby East 180.798 1st Dodge(28th) #1-Robert Richardson 178.654 Going Home:#06-Chase Montgomery, #28-Carl Long, #40-Chad Chaffin For complete starting ...

Friday Final Practice:

for the John Deere 200 is over. (Top five ) #4-Mike Skinner 180.910 #6-Mark Martin 180.551 #99-Erik Darnell 180.522 #21-Jon Wood 179.965 #60-Jack Sprague 179.907 1st Chevy(7th) #06-Chad McCumbee 179.697 1st Dodge(8th) #01-Robert Richardson 179.633 slowest: #28-Carl...

1st Friday Practice:

for the John Deere 200 is over.(Top five) #20-Bobby East 182.195 #12-Joey Miller 181.420 #21-Jon Wood 181.271 #5-Mike Skinner 180.728 #60-Jack Sprague 180.663 1st Chevy(8th) #16-Mike Bliss 180.222 1st Dodge(21st) #08-Bobby Hamilton Jr. 178.677 For entire practice results...

Truck Series News & Notes:

John Deere 200 marks series' 100th race with at least one female starter. Terry Cook to become second series driver to log 200 consecutive starts Veteran Kelly Sutton (# 02 Team Copaxone Chevrolet) and Raybestos Rookie of the Year contender Erin Crocker (# 98 Cheerios...

Truck Series News and Notes:

Joey Miller (#12 Curb Records Toyota) has a couple of goals in mind for the 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season. One will follow the other. Miller hopes to join Darrell Waltrip Motorsports teammate David Reutimann (#17 Team Tundra Toyota) as the Raybestos Rookie...

Qualifying for the RaceTickets.com 200 is over:

Top five were: #17-David Reutimann 178.980 #5-Mike Skinner 178.253 #9-Ted Musgrave 177.932 #20-Jon Wood 177.730 #30-Todd Bodine 177.681 1st Chevy, (6th) #16-Mike Bliss 177.410 1st Dodge, (15th) #77-Brendan Gaughan 176.035 Going home: #24- Wayne Edwards; #47-Kraig Kinser...

California Qualifying Notes:

Kurt Busch won the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Bud Pole for the Auto Club 500, lapping California Speedway in 38.485 seconds at 187.086 mph. Kyle Busch holds the track-qualifying record of 38.248 seconds at 188.245 mph, set Feb. 26, 2005. This is his first top-10 ...

1st Thursday Practice:

for the RaceTickets.com 200 is over. Top five were: #6-Mark Martin 175.820 #20-Jon Wood 175.481 #5-Mike Skinner 175.251 #60-Jack Sprague 175.050 #30-Todd Bodine 174.978 1st Chevy, #33-Ron Hornaday Jr.(7th), 1st Dodge,#18-Bobby Hamilton(18th), 1st Rookie, #12-Joey Miller...

Skinner in the #37 for some races:

been told that Mike Skinner will run some Nextel Cup races in the #23 Bill Davis Racing Dodge as sponsorship permits and the #37 R&J Racing Dodge in some races. No word on what happened with Chad Blount's full time ride with the #37. Skinner will run the #37 at...

Daytona Race Results:

(Top Ten) 1) #6-Mark Martin, Scott's Ford 2) #30-Todd Bodine, iracing.com Toyota 3) #9-Ted Musgrave, ASE/Germain Motors Toyota 4) #5-Mike Skinner, Toyota Tundra Toyota 5) #60-Jack Sprague, Con-Way Toyota 6) #99-Erik Darnell, Woolrich Ford (1st Rookie) 7) #08-Bobby ...

GM Flex Fuel 250 Qualifying is over:

Top five were: #6-Mark Martin 178.628 (16th driver to win a pole in all three series) #22-Bill Lester 178.017 #21-Stacy Compton 177.715 #20-Jon Wood 177.480 #5-Mike Skinner 177.473 Starting 11th: #47-Kraig Kinser (first Chevrolet) 176.291 Starting 16th: #59-Mike Wallace...

News & Notes Daytona:

Ted Musgrave (#9 ASE/Germain Toyota) has figured out how to top his first NASCAR championship. Win another one. Musgrave now rides with Germain Racing, a five-time winner a year ago with Todd Bodine (#30 Germain Motors Toyota). Bodine, last years third-place finisher...

Golf Channel and NASCAR Drivers Raise Money for Charity:

Riding on the success from a previous NASCAR The Big Break: All-Star Challenge edition (Dale Jarrett, Elliott Sadler, Jamie McMurray, Michael Waltrip and Rusty Wallace), some of NASCAR's best will once again perform their driving skills...on a golf course for a charity...

Bad Boy Mowers back on the #23:

#23-Mike Skinner will run a third car for Bill Davis Racing in the Daytona 500 with Bad Boy Mowers as the primary sponsor. The #23 Bad Boy Mowers Dodge Charger at Daytona International Speedway is Chassis No. 62 It was last run in the 2004 Daytona 500 and helped carry...

Raybestos Rookie Contender Notes:

#1-Martin Truex Jr., #11-Denny Hamlin, #18-J.J. Yeley, #40-David Stremme, #41-Reed Sorenson, #07-Clint Bowyer, #49-Brent Sherman, and #92-Chad Chaffin plan to compete for Raybestos Rookie of the Year in 2006. The 2006 season is the first in the history of the Raybestos...

Skinner to attempt to qualify for the 500:

Mike Skinner, driver of the #5 Bill Davis Racing Toyota will race in both the Truck Series event Friday night, and also compete in the Gatorade Duel Thursday afternoon in an attempt to qualify the #23 Bad Boy Mowers Dodge for Sundays Daytona 500.(BDR PR)(2-7-2006)...

Dodge and Bill Davis Racing lock horns in lawsuit:

A multimillion-dollar breach of contract lawsuit between DaimlerChrysler and Bill Davis Racing is expected to get under way today in U.S. District Court in Detroit. DaimlerChrysler says Bill Davis Racing, based in North Carolina, violated the terms of a six-year contract...

Carter to Bill Davis Racing UPDATE 2:

although it was announced at Penske Racing that former #2 crew chief Larry Carter was staying there in another capacity, saw this reported on FoxSports.com in a Darrell Waltip article: "With my brother Michael being over at Bill Davis Racing, he's bringing NAPA and...

BDR to have three teams at Daytona:

Bill Davis Racing will field three teams at Daytona; Mike Skinner will pull double duty between trucks and the #23 Cup car. Former Penske South [#2] crew chief Larry Carter has been retained as a consultant and will primarily assist Skinner's team through Speedweeks...