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Archive for April, 2006

Truex makes it three-straight at Talladega, winning for DEI on special day

Sunday, April 30th, 2006
Martin Truex Jr. picked the perfect race to make his first Busch Series start of the season. Truex, the two-time Busch champion who is now a Nextel Cup rookie, returned to his roots Saturday to win his third straight race at Talladega Superspeedway. Driving a car owned by Dale Earnhardt Inc., Truex celebrated what would have been "The Intimidators" 55th birthday by giving the company yet another restrictor-plate victory.

Stewart flips in Busch race

Sunday, April 30th, 2006
Tony Stewart walked away unscathed from a frightening accident Saturday when his car flipped onto its roof during the Busch Series race at Talladega Superspeedway. Stewart, the defending Nextel Cup champion, was running in third when he drove into Kenny Wallace's path and the two cars touched. The hit wasn't hard, but enough to send Stewart's car airborne. "I take 100 percent responsibility for this one, I just drove in front of (Wallace's) nose," Stewart said.

Kyle Busch wins Aaron’s 499 (PA SportsTicker)

Saturday, April 29th, 2006

Bodine wins Craftsman Truck Series race

Saturday, April 29th, 2006
Todd Bodine raced to his second victory in the last three NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series events, leading a group of five Toyotas across the finish line Saturday night in the Ram Tough 200 at Gateway International Raceway. Bodine was followed by Ted Musgrave, David Reutimann, Jack Sprague and Johnny Benson before an estimated crowd of 40,000 fans who braved rainy and windy conditions.

Bobby Labonte wins wild NASCAR Busch Series Aaron’s 312 (PA SportsTicker)

Saturday, April 29th, 2006

Hornaday Jr. wins O’Reilly Auto Parts 250 (PA SportsTicker)

Saturday, April 29th, 2006

Craftsman Truck standings

Saturday, April 29th, 2006
NASCAR Craftsman Truck SeriesDodger Ram Tough 200Unofficial Points Report Following Race Number 5Gateway International Raceway - Madison, Ill. Provided by NASCAR Statistical Services - Saturday, April 29, 2006 @ 11:19 PM Eastern Pos Driver BPts Points -Ldr -Nxt Starts Poles Wins T5s T10s DNFs Money Won PPos G/L 1 Todd Bodine 25 852 0 0 5 1 2 4 4 0 $172,290 3 2 2 Ted Musgrave 10 840 -12 -12 5 0 0 5 5 0 $111,015 2 0 3 David Reutimann 10 746 -106 -94 5 1 0 3 4 0 $71,240 4 1 4 Mark Martin 30 720 -132 -26 4 1 2 4 4 0 $191,810 1 -3 5 Jack Sprague 10 704 -148 -16 5 0 0 3 3 0 $57,705 7 2 6 David Starr 10 698 -154 -6 5 0 1 1 2 0 $91,895 5 -1 7 Mike Bliss 0 682 -170 -16 5 0 0 1 4 0 $49,040 8 1 8 Johnny Benson 0 661 -191 -21 5 0 0 2 3 0 $64,155 11 3 9 Bobby Hamilton Jr. 10 639 -213 -22 5 1 0 0 3 0 $57,230 12 3 10 Terry Cook 0 638 -214 -1 5 0 0 0 2 0 $53,245 14 4 11 Dennis Setzer 10 630 -222 -8 5 0 0 0 2 0 $54,515 9 -2 12 Erik Darnell # 0 622 -230 -8 5 0 0 0 2 1 $61,800 6 -6 13 Matt Crafton 0 621 -231 -1 5 0 0 1 2 0 $58,155 13 0 14 Rick Crawford 5 599 -253 -22 5 0 0 0 3 1 $59,290 10 -4 15 Brendan Gaughan 0 541 -311 -58 5 0 0 0 1 1 $46,743 16 1 16 Mike Skinner 10 540 -312 -1 5 0 0 1 2 1 $63,700 15 -1 17 Aric Almirola # 0 519 -333 -21 5 0 0 0 1 1 $46,560 20 3 18 Ron Hornaday Jr. 0 503 -349 -16 5 0 0 0 0 0 $47,270 19 1 19 Kyle Krisiloff # 0 458 -394 -45 5 0 0 0 0 2 $46,510 18 -1 20 Joey Miller # 0 434 -418 -24 5 0 0 0 0 2 $45,900 21 1 21 Erin Crocker # 0 434 -418 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 $44,510 25 4 22 Kerry Earnhardt # 0 431 -421 -3 5 0 0 0 0 0 $45,810 22 0 23 Bill Lester 5 421 -431 -10 5 0 0 0 0 2 $45,110 23 0 24 Jon Wood 5 408 -444 -13 3 0 0 0 2 0 $36,715 17 -7 25 Timothy Peters 0 407 -445 -1 5 0 0 0 0 1 $44,360 24 -1 26 Chad McCumbee # 0 394 -458 -13 4 0 0 0 0 0 $26,045 29 3 27 Boston Reid # 0 392 -460 -2 5 0 0 0 0 2 $39,931 28 1 28 Robert Richardson # 0 383 -469 -9 5 0 0 0 0 1 $43,005 26 -2 29 Bobby East # 0 345 -507 -38 3 0 0 0 0 0 $15,955 31 2 30 Kraig Kinser # 0 340 -512 -5 4 0 0 0 0 1 $28,920 30 0 31 Bobby Hamilton 0 315 -537 -25 3 0 0 0 0 0 $39,920 27 -4 32 Chad Chaffin 5 299 -553 -16 3 0 0 0 0 0 $18,655 32 0 33 Kelly Sutton 0 261 -591 -38 3 0 0 0 0 1 $23,530 36 3 34 Steve Park 0 252 -600 -9 3 0 0 0 0 1 $16,794 38 4 35 Scott Lagasse Jr. # 0 243 -609 -9 3 0 0 0 0 0 $18,010 39 4 36 Brad Keselowski 5 181 -671 -62 2 0 0 0 0 1 $25,880 33 -3 37 Stacy Compton 0 173 -679 -8 2 0 0 0 0 0 $24,005 34 -3 38 Sean Murphy # 0 170 -682 -3 2 0 0 0 0 0 $23,755 35 -3 39 Clint Bowyer 5 151 -701 -19 1 0 0 0 1 0 $8,600 37 -2 40 David Ragan 0 140 -712 -11 3 0 0 0 0 2 $14,705 47 7 41 Mike Wallace 0 140 -712 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 $23,300 40 -1 42 Kevin Hamlin 5 135 -717 -5 1 0 0 0 0 0 $17,275 41 -1 43 Marcos Ambrose # 0 125 -727 -10 2 0 0 0 0 1 $6,940 46 3 44 Chase Montgomery 0 106 -746 -19 1 0 0 0 0 0 $16,265 42 -2 45 Justin Martz 0 103 -749 -3 1 0 0 0 0 0 $0 0 6 46 Johnny Sauter 0 97 -755 -6 1 0 0 0 0 0 $7,765 43 -3 47 Boris Jurkovic 0 88 -764 -9 1 0 0 0 0 0 $0 0 4 48 Butch Miller 0 82 -770 -6 1 0 0 0 0 0 $8,540 44 -4 49 David Stremme 0 67 -785 -15 1 0 0 0 0 0 $6,965 45 -4 50 Eric Norris 0 58 -794 -9 1 0 0 0 0 1 $10,420 48 -2

NASCAR Craftsman Truck St. Louis results

Saturday, April 29th, 2006
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Race Number 5Unofficial Race Results for the Dodger Ram Tough 200 - Saturday, April 29, 2006Gateway International Raceway - Madison, Ill. - 1.25 Mile PavedTotal Race Length - 160 Laps - 200.000 Miles Provided by NASCAR Statistical Services - Saturday, April 29, 2006 @ 11:19 PM Eastern Fin Str Trk Driver Team Laps Pts Bns Status Ti.Led LpsLed 1 3 30 Todd Bodine Lumber Liquidators Toyota 160 190 10 Running 3 66 2 2 9 Ted Musgrave Team ASE Toyota 160 175 5 Running 1 28 3 4 17 David Reutimann Toyota Tundra Toyota 160 170 5 Running 2 63 4 7 60 Jack Sprague Con-Way Freight Toyota 160 160 Running 5 11 23 Johnny Benson Newbold Toyota Toyota 160 155 Running 6 13 10 Terry Cook Ford Power Stroke Diesel by Int'l Ford 160 150 Running 7 15 18 Bobby Hamilton Jr. Fastenal Dodge 160 146 Running 8 5 11 David Starr Red Horse Racing Toyota 160 142 Running 9 8 16 Mike Bliss TKO Graphix Chevrolet 160 138 Running 10 22 75 Aric Almirola # Spears Manufacturing Chevrolet 160 134 Running 11 12 88 Matt Crafton Menards/Energizer Chevrolet 160 130 Running 12 16 21 Bobby East # State Fair Corndogs/Edy's Dibs Ford 160 127 Running 13 34 06 Chad McCumbee # MRD Motorsports Chevrolet 160 124 Running 14 18 77 Brendan Gaughan Casino Queen Hotel Dodge 160 121 Running 15 21 33 Ron Hornaday Jr. Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet 160 118 Running 16 35 25 Boston Reid # Woodard Racing Dodge 160 115 Running 17 32 46 Kraig Kinser # Centrix Auto Finance Chevrolet 160 112 Running 18 31 59 Steve Park Harris Trucking Company Dodge 160 109 Running 19 25 02 Kelly Sutton Team Copaxone Chevrolet 160 106 Running 20 23 07 Justin Martz www.JustinMartz.com Chevrolet 160 103 Running 21 28 04 Scott Lagasse Jr. # Hemi Dodge Dodge 160 100 Running 22 30 98 Erin Crocker # Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge 160 97 Running 23 9 85 Dennis Setzer FlexFuel E85 Chevrolet 159 99 5 Running 1 3 24 10 14 Rick Crawford Circle Bar Truck Corral Ford 154 91 Accident 25 17 08 Boris Jurkovic Reliable Recovery Chevrolet 150 88 Running 26 36 40 Chad Chaffin Russell E. Garwood Elec. Contractors Chev 149 85 Running 27 26 13 Kerry Earnhardt # ThorSport Racing Chevrolet 127 82 Running 28 1 6 David Ragan Scotts Ford 124 79 Accident 29 24 12 Joey Miller # Curb Records Toyota 111 76 Handling 30 27 22 Bill Lester Waste Management Toyota 105 73 Accident 31 6 99 Erik Darnell # Simply Wow Ford 104 70 Accident 32 29 4 Timothy Peters Dodge Motorsports Dodge 97 67 Running 33 20 15 Kyle Krisiloff # ditech.com Chevrolet 61 64 Accident 34 19 20 Marcos Ambrose # Wood Bros./JTG Racing Ford 61 61 Accident 35 14 5 Mike Skinner Toyota Tundra Toyota 60 58 Accident 36 33 1 Robert Richardson # winyourmortgage.com Chevrolet 47 55 Accident Time of Race 2 hours, 21 minutes, 14 seconds Average Speed 84.966 mph Margin of Victory 0.433 Seconds

Spies extends AMA Superbike lead (AP)

Saturday, April 29th, 2006
Ben Spies raced to his third straight AMA Superbike victory Saturday, beating Australia's Mat Mladin in the first leg of the Suzuki Superbike Challenge doubleheader at California Speedway. Spies, from Longview, Texas, rallied after running wide and dropping from first to fourth on the first lap. He passed Suzuki teammate Mladin on lap 15 of the 28-lap race and pulled away to a 6.972-second victory.

DJ’s next stop

Saturday, April 29th, 2006
TALLADEGA, Ala. – Could the big brown truck be coming to a Toyota dealership near you?