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Lowe’s Motor Speedway News and Notes:

Todd Bodine (# 66 Fiddle Back Racing Toyota) is skeptical that the grinding of the race surface has significantly altered the personality of Lowes Motor Speedway. Its definitely different, but its the same old Lowes; just a lot faster and a lot smoother, said Bodine...

Hamilton wins pole at Martinsville:

#04-Bobby Hamilton won the pole for the Kroger 250 at Martinsville Speedway with a lap of 95.098mph, a new track record, beating out #66-Todd Bodine who will start 2nd. The rest of the top-10 are: #16-Jack Sprague, #99-Ricky Craven, #47-Bobby Labonte, followed by #...

Martinsville Testing UPDATE DW Fastest:

Brendan Gaughan is facing a pretty tough situation: he's trying to bounce back from a gosh-awful weekend at Atlanta last weekend while getting ready for one of his most difficult tracks, Martinsville Speedway. But there's one thing about Gaughan - it's almost impossible...

Hamilton Jr. tests at Martinsville:

#32-Bobby Hamilton's team was the only NEXTEL Cup team testing at Martinsville Tuesday, joining almost a half-dozen NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series teams. Hamilton won't be back for a second day of testing on Wednesday, but several NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series drivers...

Testing at Martinsville:

Advance Auto Parts 500/Kroger 200 Test Schedule 3/22: Cup Series: #32-Bobby Hamilton Jr.; Truck Series: Ricky Craven, Todd Kluever, Brad Keselowski, Justin Allgaier. 3/23: Truck Series: Todd Kluever, Darrell Waltrip, Robert Huffman, Bill Lester, Brandon Whitt, Justin...

Atlanta News and Notes:

David Reutimann (#17 NTN Bearings Toyota) had a decent season in 2004 but recognizes it could have been much better. Despite capturing 2004 Raybestos Rookie of the Year honors, Reutimann failed to reach other goals, such as a race win and a spot in the top 10 (he finished...

Hmiel fastest in Atlanta testing…in a Cup car, doing the triple:

Before last week, Shane Hmiel was just driving in the NASCAR Busch Series. But during Wednesday's test at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hmiel was preparing to run all three races during next weekend's Golden Corral 500 weekend. Hmiel will start the weekend in the World Financial...

Newman still fastest in testing at Atlanta:

The garages at Atlanta Motor Speedway were crowded Tuesday as 14 NASCAR teams prepared for the new tires, new impound rules and new spoiler heights that will be in effect for the March 18-20 Golden Corral 500. NASCAR NEXTEL Cup drivers #99-Carl Edwards, #43-Jeff Green...

California News and Notes:

To hear Rick Crawford (#14 Circle Bar Truck Corral Ford) tell it, competing in 200 consecutive NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series races was the furthest thing from his mind when he took the green flag at Walt Disney World Speedway in Florida on Jan. 19, 1997. Crawford showed...

Hamilton wins wild race at Daytona:

#04-Bobby Hamilton came from dead last to win the wild Florida Dodge Dealers 250 at the Daytona International Speedway Friday night, passing #2-Jimmy Spencer just before the yellow light came on for the third big wreck of the night on the green-white-checker final ...

Testing at Talladega:

Four Toyota teams/drivers are scheduled to test at Talladega Superspeedway on Thursday & Friday, February 3 & 4, 2005: #17-David Reutimann; #30-Chad Chaffin; #9-Shigeaki Hatori and #38-Brandon Whitt(Talladega Superspeedway PR)(2-3-2005) Five: Todd Bodine also tested...

Testing at California Speedway:

A handful of NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series teams got an early start on the 2005 season with a test session at California Speedway on January 24 and 25. The test, which included both single-day and two-day participants, saw approximately half a dozen Toyota and Chevrolet...

Bill Davis names Truck Lineup:

Bill Davis Racing is pleased to announce the 2005 Craftsman Truck Series driver and crew chief line-up. ike Skinner will begin his first full season piloting the #5 Toyota Tundra in 2005. Skinner competed for Bill Davis Racing in the final nine races of the 2004 and...

Todd Bodine has truck ride UPDATE:

While Todd Bodine won't be back with the [#30 with Chad Chaffin] Germain/Arnold Racing Craftsman Truck Series team next year, he will return to the series in a Toyota with a different team. "He's got a Toyota truck deal," Geoffrey Bodine, Todd's older brother, said...

Chaffin to drive the #30:

Germain/Arnold Racing announced today that veteran NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver Chad Chaffin has signed with the team to pilot the #30 Toyota Tundra in 2005. Chaffin, who drove for Bobby Hamilton Racing in 2004 winning two races at Dover and Indianapolis, finishing...

#30 loses Toyota support? UPDATE:

hearing that Todd Bodine and Germain/Arnold Racing have parted ways and that the team may have lost Toyota support, odd considering Bodine won two races in a few starts.(12-13-2004) UPDATE Bodine back in the mix? a 2nd truck team?: couldn't get any info out of the ...

Reutimann wins pole at Homestead, new track record:

#17-David Reutimann won the pole for the Ford 200 with a track record speed of 171.255mph, his 2nd pole of the season and career. Starting his last race in the #6 truck, Matt Crafton will start 2nd, followed by #99-Carl Edwards, #16-Jack Sprague and #47-Bobby Labonte...

Harvick wins at Homestead:

#29-Kevin Harvick won the FORD 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, beating #66-Jamie McMurray, who was going for his third straight Busch Series win and finished 2nd. Rounding out the top five were #5-Kyle Busch, #41-Reed Sorenson and #31-Todd Bodine, who started 37th...

Darlington News and Notes:

Handicapping the title contenders at Darlington Hamilton has won both series starts at Darlington Raceway in 2001 and 03. Musgrave won in 2002 and finished second a year ago. Setzer counts a best finish of 11th. Edwards was 23rd last year as a Raybestos rookie. Crafton...

Starr wins at Phoenix:

#75-David Starr spent the last 27 laps of Friday's Chevy Silverado 150 holding off pole winner #16-Jack Sprague through two cautions and beat Sprague to the checkers by .297 seconds at Phoenix International Raceway for his second NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series victory...