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News & Notes from Texas Motor Speedway:

The Truck Series is in its 12th season and no speedway has hosted more truck events than Texas Motor Speedway. The Sam's Town 400 on Friday evening will be the 17th truck series race since "The Great American Speedway!" opened in 1997. The Sam's Town 400 is the third...

News & Notes from the Raybestos Rookie Contenders:

Aric Almirola was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the June 2 AAA Insurance 200 at Dover International Speedway. Almirola finished 12th and took top rookie honors for the third time this season. Almirola's truck owner, Wayne Spears, made history at Dover. The Spears...

Reutimann wins the pole for the AAA Insurance 200 at Dover:

(Top five) 1) #17-David Reutimann, 153.905 2) #16-Mike Bliss, 153.780 3) #51-Kyle Busch, 153.374 4) #14-Rick Crawford, 153.224 5) #18-Bobby Hamilton Jr., 153.224 1st Rookie (12th) #20-Marcos Ambrose, 151.892) Going home: #1-Robert Richardson, #40-Ryan Moore For complete...

Raybestos Rookie News & Notes:

Joey Miller took Raybestos Rookie of the Race honors at Mansfield Motorsports Speedway, the first time he has captured the honor in 2006. Miller finished fifth, his first top-five in 12 career Truck Series starts. He scored his first top-five and first top-10 finish...

News from the Raybestos Rookies:

Aric Almirola was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the May 19 Quaker Steak and Lube 200 at Lowe's Motor Speedway. Almirola finished ninth, his second top-10 of the season, and took top Raybestos Rookie honors for the second time in 2006. Erik Darnell finished 10th...

Qualifying order for the Quaker Steak & Lube:

(Top five) 1) #5 Mike Skinner 179.378 2) #98 Erin Crocker 178.986 3) #20 Marcos Ambrose 177.754 4) #33 Ron Hornaday 177.049 5) #14 Rick Crawford 177.020 1st Rookie -Erin Crocker 178.986 Going home: #1 Robert Richardson, #40 Chad Chaffin, #63 J.R. Patton, #31 Nicholas...

Richardson to switch to Chevy:

Robert Richardson Racing has made the switch from Dodge, to Chevy starting with this weekend's Dodge Ram Tough 200 at Gateway International Raceway. Robert Richardson will take his experience at the 1.25-mile oval and apply that to his new race truck in hopes of improving...

News & Notes from the Raybestos Rookie contenders:

Erik Darnell was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the April 1 Kroger 250 at Martinsville. Timothy Peters was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the 2005 Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers Ram Tough 200 at Gateway, posting a 16th-place finish. The best finish by a ...

Raybestos Rookie contenders news & notes:

Erik Darnell was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the March 17 John Deere 200 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Darnell finished eighth, his second top-10 finish in three career Truck Series starts. He has claimed top rookie honors in all three races this season and is...

News & Notes – Martinsville:

Most competitors would be pleased to count a quartet of third-place finishes at any racetrack. Not that Jack Sprague (# 60 Con-Way Toyota) is complaining about his NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series record at Martinsville Speedway. But what's missing from those third-place...

Raybestos Rookies; where they stand:

Following Atlanta the Rookie of the Year point standings are; Erik Darnell 41, Kyle Krisiloff 25, Aric Almirola 21, Erin Crocker 19, Kerry Earnhardt 16, Robert Richardson 16, Joey Miller 15, Chad McCumbee 13, Boston Reid 11, Kraig Kinser 10, Sean Murphy 10, Bobby East...

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...

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 ...

New crew chief for Richardson:

#1-Robert Richardson will be working with a new crew chief this weekend at Atlanta, with Wayne Setterington coming over from Evernham Motorsports. Setterington has served as a crew chief in the ARCA Series and most recently has worked on the surface plate on the Evernham...

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...

Darnell takes top rookie honors at Daytona:

Driver X Winner, Erik Darnell was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the GM FlexFuel 250 at Daytona. Darnell finished 6th in his series debut, and the only Rookie to finish inside the top 10. Darnell holds a six-point lead (16-10) over Robert Richardson in the standings...

Reid, Crocker, Richardson locked in truck field:

Boston Reid will now have one of the top-30, locked-in spots for the first five Truck Series races of the 2006 season, including the GM FlexFuel 250 season-opener at Daytona. The new Woodard & Sharp Racing team, with Reid, has formed a partnership with Orleans Racing...

Sad News:

Gene Harper, 58, of Newnan, Ga., passed away on Dec. 18, 2005. Surviving are his wife, Patricia D. Harper, Newnan, Ga.; son Michael D. Harper, Ft. Worth, Tx; daughter and son-in-law Bennie and Christi (Harper) Hurt, Carrollton, Ga. Owner of Harper Motorsports Carolina...