Bobby Hamilton News

Kvapil wins pole at California:

Kvapil wins pole at California:

October 1, 2004
#24-Travis Kvapil won the pole for the American Racing Wheels 200 at California Speedway with a track record of 178.669mph, beating out former teammate, #5-Mike Skinner by almost a mile-per-hour. #5-Skinner ran a lap of 177.708 and will start 2nd, followed by #17-David

California News and Notes:

California News and Notes:

October 1, 2004
Hmiel, Ballew are winners in Las Vegas ... Two winless streaks one short, the other long were snapped when Shane Hmiel (No. 15 Whitaker Farms Chevrolet) won the Las Vegas 350 on Sept. 25. Hmiel won in his 19th appearance to become the seasons 10th different winner.

Hmiel wins at Las Vegas:

Hmiel wins at Las Vegas:

September 26, 2004
#15-Shane Hmiel caught up to #30-Todd Bodine and took the lead with just over a lap remaining, doing a bump and run, to win Saturday night's Las Vegas 350 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race. Bodine finished second and #62-Steve Park was third. #23-Johnny Benson finished

Skinner wins pole at Las Vegas:

Skinner wins pole at Las Vegas:

September 25, 2004
#5-Mike Skinner set a track qualifying record of 165.320mph to grab the pole Saturday for the Las Vegas 350 NASCAR Craftsman Truck race set to start less than three hours after qualifying ended. Skinner, who won his first truck pole in eight years, beat the old mark

NEWS & NOTES LAS VEGAS:

NEWS & NOTES LAS VEGAS:

September 22, 2004
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:

Kvapil wins at Loudon:

September 18, 2004
#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:

Sprague wins pole at New Hampshire:

September 17, 2004
#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

Hamilton and Harris team up:

Hamilton and Harris team up:

September 15, 2004
Bobby Hamilton Racing announces the forming of an alliance with HT Motorsports #59 Dodge team for the remainder of the 2004 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season, effective immediately. The HT Motorsports Dodge will be run out of the BHR race shop in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee

Musgrave wins at Richmond:

Musgrave wins at Richmond:

September 9, 2004
Cautions ended any hope for #2-Jamie McMurray's first NASCAR Truck Series victory. A caution on Lap 198 of the scheduled 200 at Richmond International Raceway cut short McMurray's late-race run on leader #1-Ted Musgrave. Then during the two-lap "overtime" period, #

McMurray wins pole at Richmond:

McMurray wins pole at Richmond:

September 9, 2004
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

Square-D to leave NASCAR and the #4? UPDATE 2:

Square-D to leave NASCAR and the #4? UPDATE 2:

September 8, 2004
hearing a memo was sent out to Schneider Electric workers and distributors, in part: After almost nine years of NASCAR Sponsorship, Schneider Electric, sponsor of the Square D Craftsman Truck Series Racing Team has elected to end its sponsorship of Bobby Hamilton Racing

Did ya Know?

Did ya Know?

August 26, 2004
Seven drivers have won a race in each of the National Series: Nextel Cup, Busch and Craftsman Trucks: Greg Biffle Mark Martin Bobby Hamilton Kevin Harvick Terry Labonte Ken Schrader Jimmy Spencer NOTE: Geoffrey Bodine's Truck win was an exhibition race [Homestead]

Edwards wins at Bristol:

Edwards wins at Bristol:

August 25, 2004
#99-Carl Edwards, who finished 10th in his Nextel Cup Series debut Sunday at Michigan, returned to his regular ride in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series for a come-from-behind win Wednesday night in the O'Reilly 200 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Edwards had to battle

Myers named Crawford’s crew chief:

Myers named Crawford’s crew chief:

August 25, 2004
Todd Myers has been named crew chief of the #14 Circle Bar Motel & RV Park Ford F-150 driven by Rick Crawford, and will make his debut at this Wednesday's NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series O'Reilly 200 presented by Valvoline Maxlife at the Bristol Motor Speedway. Myers

Green’s deal with the #25 Team Marines is Nixed by Dodge:

Green’s deal with the #25 Team Marines is Nixed by Dodge:

August 25, 2004
Team Rensi Motorsports owner Sam Rensi told Sirius Speedway /Sirius Satellite/MRN Radio host Dave Moody Wednesday that Dodge has vetoed his decision to put Jeff Green in the Team Marines #25 Ford for the remainder of the 2004 season. "Dodge didn't like that deal,"