Mike Bliss News

Race Awards:

Race Awards:

August 24, 2006
Bud Pole Award: David Ragan (109.838 mph) Raybestos Rookie of the Race: Erik Darnell #99 Featherlite Most Improved Driver Award: Mike Bliss, #16 (22 Places) Mobil 1 Oil Command Performance Driver of the Race: Todd Bodine WIX Filters Lap Leader Award; Mike Skinner, #

Martin wins the O’Reilly 200 presented by Valvoline at Bristol:

Martin wins the O’Reilly 200 presented by Valvoline at Bristol:

August 23, 2006
Mark Martin dominated the race at Bristol in the #6 Scotts Ford to pick up his fourth Truck Series win this season. Todd Bodine and Ted Musgrave, once again, finished second and third to Martin; shades of the beginning of the season. Johnny Benson came in fourth, but

Mark Martin wins the pole for the O’Reilly 200 presented by Valvoline:

Mark Martin wins the pole for the O’Reilly 200 presented by Valvoline:

August 23, 2006
(Top ten) 1) #6-Mark Martin, 125.248 2) #75-Aric Almirola, 124.873 3) #77-Brendan Gaughan, 124.841 4) #16-Mike Bliss, 124.226 5) #14-Rick Crawford, 124.202 6) #5-Mike Skinner, 124.130 7) #15-Kyle Busch, 123.833 8) #23-Johnny Benson, 123.778 9) #20-Marcos Ambrose, 123

Final practice results for the O’Reilly 200 at Bristol:

Final practice results for the O’Reilly 200 at Bristol:

August 23, 2006
(Top ten) 1) #16-Mike Bliss, 124.170 2) #17-David Reutimann, 123.618 3) #77-Brendan Gaughan, 123.594 4) #9-Ted Musgrave, 123.491 5) #15-Kyle Busch, 123.285 6) #5-Mike Skinner, 123.024 7) #33-Ron Hornaday Jr., 122.913 8) #60-Jack Sprague, 122.858 9) #23-Johnny Benson

First practice results for the O’Reilly 200 at Bristol:

First practice results for the O’Reilly 200 at Bristol:

August 23, 2006
(Top ten) 1) #4-Timothy Peters, 120.195 2) #6-Mark Martin, 120.120 3) #9-Ted Musgrave, 119.850 4) #11-David Starr, 119.813 5) #16-Mike Bliss, 119.581 6) #23-Johnny Benson, 119.447 7) #5-Mike Skinner, 119.410 8) #60-Jack Sprague, 119.395 9) #14-Rick Crawford, 119.239

CertainTeed to sponsor of #66 of Green at Bristol:

CertainTeed to sponsor of #66 of Green at Bristol:

August 21, 2006
CertainTeed Corporation, one of North America's leading building products manufacturers, is announced a one-race, primary sponsorship of the Haas CNC Racing #66 Chevy and driver Jeff Green for the August 26 Sharpie 500 Nextel Cup race at the Bristol Motor Speedway.

Starting Lineup for the Toyotal Tundra 200 at Nashville Superspeedway:

Starting Lineup for the Toyotal Tundra 200 at Nashville Superspeedway:

August 12, 2006
(Top ten) 1) #99-Erik Darnell, 162.116 2) #08-Chad McCumbee, 161.990 3) #60-Jack Sprague, 161.712 4) #4-Timothy Peters, 161.456 5) #22-Bill Lester, 161.050 6) #11-David Starr, 160.888 7) #5-Mike Skinner, 160.662 8) #16-Mike Bliss, 160.527 9) #21-Bobby East, 160.511

1st practice results for the Toyota Tundra 200 at Nashville Superspeedway:

1st practice results for the Toyota Tundra 200 at Nashville Superspeedway:

August 11, 2006
(Top ten) 1) #60-Jack Sprague, 159.976 2) #4-Timothy Peters, 159.982 3) #11-David Starr, 159.238 4) #5-Mike Skinner, 159.027 5) #18-Bobby Hamilton Jr., 159.006 6) #6-David Ragan, 158.838 7) #22-Bill Lester, 158.649 8) #15-Kevin Grubb, 158.512 9) #23-Johnny Benson,

Truck Series News & Notes:

Truck Series News & Notes:

August 7, 2006
The 2005 season has not been kind to Bobby Hamilton Jr. (#18 Fastenal Dodge) or Bobby Hamilton Racing. This was supposed to be a season of redemption for the 28-year-old, second generation driver whose disappointing foray into Cup competition ended last November. Hamilton

Crawford wins at O’Reilly Motorsports Park:

Crawford wins at O’Reilly Motorsports Park:

August 7, 2006
(Top ten) 1) #14-Rick Crawford, Circle Bar Truck Corral Ford 2) #85-Dennis Setzer, FlexFuel E85 Chevy 3) #33-Ron Hornaday, KHI Chevy 4) #11-David Starr, Red Horse Racing Toyota 5) #16-Mike Bliss, Xpress Motorsports Chevy 6) #10-Terry Cook, Power Stroke Diesel by Int

Driver Point Standings following Power Stroke Diesel 200:

Driver Point Standings following Power Stroke Diesel 200:

August 4, 2006
(Top ten) 1) #30-Todd Bodine, 2307 2) #23-Johnny Benson, 2125 3) #14-Rick Crawford, 2120 4) #17-David Reutimann, 2110 5) #33-Ron Hornday Jr., 2070 6) #9-Ted Musgrave, 2055 7) #11-David Starr, 2037 8) #10-Terry Cook, 2014 9) #85-Dennis Setzer, 2005 10)#16-Mike Bliss

Rick Crawford wins the Power Stroke Diesel 200 at O’Reilly Motorsports Park:

Rick Crawford wins the Power Stroke Diesel 200 at O’Reilly Motorsports Park:

August 4, 2006
A tough battle over the last 16 laps of the race between the trucks of Crawford, Dennis Setzer, Ron Hornaday, and Mike Bliss, but through three late-race restarts, Rick Crawford maintained the lead to win the Power Stroke Diesel 200 at O'Reilly Motorsports Park in

Truck Series News & Notes:

Truck Series News & Notes:

July 31, 2006
Being a Raybestos Rookie of the Year candidate in the Truck Series means, among other things, that you're going to visit a lot of tracks you've never before seen. That won't be the case this week when two freshman drivers - Bobby East (#21 State Fair Corn Dogs/Edy'

Bliss to run Busch race at Gateway:

Bliss to run Busch race at Gateway:

July 27, 2006
Mike Bliss and the #30 Smith & Wesson Chevy of SKI Motosrports make their second Busch Series appearance of the season this weekend at Gateway International Raceway on the outskirts of St Louis. Bliss will debut a brand new SKI Motorsports-built Chevy, sporting a unique

Truck Series News & Notes:

Truck Series News & Notes:

July 17, 2006
Last Saturday's O'Reilly 200 at Memphis Motorsports Park concluded the longest stretch of the season for Truck Series competitors - nine races on consecutive weekends. Todd Bodine (#30 Lumber Liquidators Toyota) headed the standings when the grind began at Lowe's Motor