Race Capsule
What: Race 3 of 25 on Craftsman Truck circuit
Where: Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, GA
When: March 7, 2008
Laps: 130
Track Length: 1.54 miles
Race Length: 200.00 miles
Purse: $552,521
Last Year Winner: Mike Skinner

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American Commercial Lines 200
Atlanta Motor Speedway
March 07, 2008
Race 3 of 25

CAR DRIVER HOMETOWN MAKE SPONSOR OWNER

0 Butch Miller Coopersville, MI Chevrolet ASI Limited Gene Christensen
2 Jack Sprague Spring Lake, MI Chevrolet American Comm Lines / RVs.com DeLana Harvick
4 Stacy Compton Grit, VA Dodge Landmark Dodge Lori Hamilton
5 Mike Skinner Susanville, CA Toyota Toyota Tundra Bill Davis
6 Colin Braun* Ovalo, TX Ford Con-way Freight Jack Roush
7 Andy Lally* Northport, NY Chevrolet TRG Motorsports Kevin Buckler
07 Shane Sieg Tucker, GA Chevrolet ASI Limited Ken Smith
8 Chad McCumbee Supply, NC Chevrolet MRD Motorsports Dave Malcolmson
08 Jason White Powhatan, VA Dodge Gunbroker.com Bobby Dotter
9 Justin Marks* Rocklin, CA Toyota Crocs Bob Germain
09 Travis Kvapil Janesville, WI Ford Zaxby's Jack Roush
10 Brendan Gaughan Las Vegas, NV Ford International Maxx Force Diesel Tom Mitchell
11 David Starr Houston, TX Toyota Red Horse Racing Tom DeLoach
13 Shelby Howard Greenwood, IN Chevrolet ThorSport Racing David "Duke" Thorson
14 Rick Crawford Mobile, AL Ford Power Stroke Diesel by International Tom Mitchell
15 Marc Mitchell* Tallahassee, FL Chevrolet Ergon Hyprene James "Billy" Ballew
16 Brian Scott* Boise, ID Chevrolet Shark Energy Drink / Albertson's Supermarket Joe Scott
18 Dennis Setzer Newton, NC Dodge Bobby Hamilton Racing-Va. Lori Hamilton
20 Scott Lagasse Jr. St. Augustine, FL Ford JTG Racing Tad Geschickter
21 Jon Wood Stuart, VA Ford The Barnhill Group Eddie Wood
22 Phillip McGilton* Marion, IL Toyota Bill Davis Racing Bill Davis
23 Johnny Benson Grand Rapids, MI Toyota Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Gail Davis
30 Todd Bodine Chemung, NY Toyota Lumber Liquidators Stephen Germain
33 Ron Hornaday Palmdale, CA Chevrolet Camping World/ RVs.com DeLana Harvick
40 Chad Chaffin Smyrna, TN Chevrolet Key Motorsports Curtis Key
46 Scott Speed Manteca, CA Chevrolet Red Bull David Dollar
51 Kyle Busch Las Vegas, NV Toyota Miccosukee Resort & Gaming James "Billy" Ballew
59 Ted Musgrave Franklin, WI Toyota Team ASE / Harris Trucking James Harris
60 Terry Cook Sylvania, OH Toyota wyler.com Jeffrey Wyler
71 Donny Lia* Jericho, NY Chevrolet TRG Motorsports Kevin Buckler
88 Matt Crafton Tulare, CA Chevrolet Energizer / Menards Rhonda Thorson
99 Erik Darnell Beach Park, IL Ford Northern Tool + Equipment Jack Roush

* Denotes Rookie

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American Commercial Lines 200
Atlanta Motor Speedway
March 07, 2008
Race 3 of 25
Practice 1

RANK CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR SPEED TIME BEHIND

1 33 Ron Hornaday Chevrolet Camping World/ RVs.com 176.915 31.337 Leader
2 2 Jack Sprague Chevrolet American Commercial Lines 176.718 31.372 -0.035
3 8 Chad McCumbee Chevrolet Malcolmson Construction 176.274 31.451 -0.114
4 59 Ted Musgrave Toyota Team ASE / Harris Trucking 176.145 31.474 -0.137
5 60 Terry Cook Toyota wyler.com 175.710 31.552 -0.215
6 99 Erik Darnell Ford Northern Tool + Equipment 175.677 31.558 -0.221
7 30 Todd Bodine Toyota Lumber Liquidators 175.011 31.678 -0.341
8 5 Mike Skinner Toyota Toyota Tundra 174.967 31.686 -0.349
9 51 Kyle Busch Toyota Miccosukee Resort & Gaming 174.653 31.743 -0.406
10 23 Johnny Benson Toyota Toyota Certified Used Vehicles 174.378 31.793 -0.456
11 6 Colin Braun* Ford Con-way Freight 174.044 31.854 -0.517
12 7 Andy Lally* Chevrolet TRG Motorsports 173.537 31.947 -0.610
13 88 Matt Crafton Chevrolet Energizer / Menards 173.521 31.950 -0.613
14 22 Phillip McGilton* Toyota Three Wide Life 173.499 31.954 -0.617
15 4 Stacy Compton Dodge Landmark Dodge 173.228 32.004 -0.667
16 14 Rick Crawford Ford Power Stroke Diesel by International 173.039 32.039 -0.702
17 11 David Starr Toyota Red Horse Racing 172.985 32.049 -0.712
18 9 Justin Marks* Toyota Crocs 172.458 32.147 -0.810
19 20 Scott Lagasse Jr. Ford Nicholson Group 172.211 32.193 -0.856
20 40 Chad Chaffin Chevrolet Key Motorsports 171.955 32.241 -0.904
21 08 Jason White Dodge Gunbroker.com 171.896 32.252 -0.915
22 13 Shelby Howard Chevrolet ThorSport Racing 171.843 32.262 -0.925
23 21 Jon Wood Ford The Barnhill Group 171.832 32.264 -0.927
24 15 Marc Mitchell* Chevrolet Ergon Hyprene 171.763 32.277 -0.940
25 16 Brian Scott* Chevrolet Shark Energy Drink / Albertson's Supermarket 171.487 32.329 -0.992
26 07 Shane Sieg Chevrolet ASI Limited 171.153 32.392 -1.055
27 18 Dennis Setzer Dodge Melling Engine Parts 171.042 32.413 -1.076
28 09 Travis Kvapil Ford Zaxby's 170.800 32.459 -1.122
29 71 Donny Lia* Chevrolet TRG Motorsports 170.260 32.562 -1.225
30 10 Brendan Gaughan Ford International Maxx Force Diesel 169.324 32.742 -1.405
31 46 Scott Speed Chevrolet Red Bull 168.937 32.817 -1.480
32 0 Butch Miller Chevrolet ASI Limited - - -

* Denotes Rookie

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American Commercial Lines 200
Atlanta Motor Speedway
March 7, 2008
Race 3 of 25

POS CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR SPEED TIME BEHIND

1 33 Ron Hornaday Chevrolet Camping World/ RVs.com 175.571 31.577 Leader
2 8 Chad McCumbee Chevrolet Malcolmson Construction 174.741 31.727 -0.150
3 51 Kyle Busch Toyota Miccosukee Resort & Gaming 174.735 31.728 -0.151
4 59 Ted Musgrave Toyota Team ASE / Harris Trucking 174.307 31.806 -0.229
5 2 Jack Sprague Chevrolet American Commercial Lines 174.230 31.820 -0.243
6 60 Terry Cook Toyota wyler.com 173.979 31.866 -0.289
7 30 Todd Bodine Toyota Lumber Liquidators 173.804 31.898 -0.321
8 18 Dennis Setzer Dodge Melling Engine Parts 173.750 31.908 -0.331
9 6 Colin Braun* Ford Con-way Freight 173.652 31.926 -0.349
10 4 Stacy Compton Dodge Landmark Dodge 173.592 31.937 -0.360
11 9 Justin Marks* Toyota Crocs 173.510 31.952 -0.375
12 5 Mike Skinner Toyota Toyota Tundra 173.461 31.961 -0.384
13 23 Johnny Benson Toyota Toyota Certified Used Vehicles 173.282 31.994 -0.417
14 99 Erik Darnell Ford Northern Tool + Equipment 173.255 31.999 -0.422
15 88 Matt Crafton Chevrolet Energizer / Menards 173.045 32.038 -0.461
16 21 Jon Wood Ford The Barnhill Group 172.791 32.085 -0.508
17 22 Phillip McGilton* Toyota Three Wide Life 172.662 32.109 -0.532
18 13 Shelby Howard Chevrolet ThorSport Racing 172.426 32.153 -0.576
19 14 Rick Crawford Ford Power Stroke Diesel by International 172.078 32.218 -0.641
20 16 Brian Scott* Chevrolet Shark Energy Drink / Albertson's Supermarket 171.800 32.270 -0.693
21 11 David Starr Toyota Red Horse Racing 171.710 32.287 -0.710
22 09 Travis Kvapil Ford Zaxby's 171.646 32.299 -0.722
23 7 Andy Lally* Chevrolet TRG Motorsports 171.561 32.315 -0.738
24 10 Brendan Gaughan Ford International Maxx Force Diesel 171.551 32.317 -0.740
25 71 Donny Lia* Chevrolet TRG Motorsports 171.349 32.355 -0.778
26 40 Chad Chaffin Chevrolet Key Motorsports 170.328 32.549 -0.972
27 20 Scott Lagasse Jr. Ford Nicholson Group 170.030 32.606 -1.029
28 46 Scott Speed Chevrolet Red Bull 169.952 32.621 -1.044
29 15 Marc Mitchell* Chevrolet Ergon Hyprene 169.806 32.649 -1.072
30 07 Shane Sieg Chevrolet ASI Limited 168.731 32.857 -1.280
31 08 Jason White Dodge Gunbroker.com 168.000 33.000 -1.423
32 0 Butch Miller Chevrolet ASI Limited 165.973 33.403 -1.826

+ Set by Owner Points
* Denotes Rookie

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American Commercial Lines 200
Atlanta Motor Speedway

Order Driver (No.) Car Pts/Bonus Laps Laps Led Winnings

1 Kyle Busch (51) Toyota 190/5 130 39 $56,550
2 Ron Hornaday Jr. (33) Chevrolet 180/10 130 81 $40,575
3 Mike Skinner (5) Toyota 170/5 130 1 $26,145
4 Matt Crafton (88) Chevrolet 160/0 130 0 $17,335
5 Chad McCumbee (8) Chevrolet 160/5 130 3 $15,960
6 Jack Sprague (2) Chevrolet 155/5 130 4 $10,660
7 Ted Musgrave (59) Toyota 146/0 130 0 $12,390
8 Terry Cook (60) Toyota 142/0 130 0 $12,290
9 Todd Bodine (30) Toyota 138/0 130 0 $12,160
10 Jon Wood (21) Ford 134/0 129 0 $15,610
11 Rick Crawford (14) Ford 130/0 129 0 $11,635
12 Erik Darnell (99) Ford 132/5 129 1 $11,435
13 Dennis Setzer (18) Dodge 129/5 129 1 $11,335
14 Justin Marks (9) Toyota 121/0 129 0 $12,235
15 Brendan Gaughan (10) Ford 118/0 129 0 $12,485
16 Phillip McGilton (22) Toyota 115/0 129 0 $11,035
17 Brian Scott (16) Chevrolet 112/0 129 0 $10,985
18 Travis Kvapil (09) Ford 109/0 129 0 $10,860
19 Stacy Compton (4) Dodge 106/0 129 0 $10,810
20 Donny Lia (71) Chevrolet 103/0 128 0 $9,010
21 David Starr (11) Toyota 100/0 128 0 $10,910
22 Andy Lally (7) Chevrolet 97/0 128 0 $9,410
23 Marc Mitchell (15) Chevrolet 94/0 128 0 $8,360
24 Jason White (08) Dodge 91/0 128 0 $9,335
25 Chad Chaffin (40) Chevrolet 88/0 128 0 $8,310
26 Shelby Howard (13) Chevrolet 85/0 128 0 $8,260
27 Scott Speed (46) Chevrolet 82/0 127 0 $8,235
28 Colin Braun (6) Ford 79/0 126 0 $8,210
29 Scott Lagasse Jr. (20) Ford 76/0 125 0 $8,185
30 Johnny Benson (23) Toyota 73/0 110 0 $8,160
31 Shane Sieg (07) Chevrolet 70/0 76 0 $8,135
32 Butch Miller (0) Chevrolet 67/0 3 0 $8,110

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DAVID POOLE
The Charlotte Observer
Friday, Mar. 07, 2008

HAMPTON, Ga. – Kyle Busch and his team guessed right on tires and weather Friday night to beat Ron Hornaday Jr. and win the American Commercial Lines 200 race in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.

Busch was running second behind Hornaday when rain began falling lightly on Lap 110. Busch came to pit road as soon as it was open to get fresh tires, a decision that then forced Hornaday and other contenders to come in for tires on the next lap.

The rain left and Busch restarted third behind two trucks that stayed out during the shower. It took Busch less than a lap to get back to the lead, with Hornaday moving to second before another shower forced a 10-minute delay.

The rain left again and the race resumed with four laps remaining. Hornaday tried to get a jump when the green flew, but Busch wasn’t about to give back the lead.

It was a second straight Truck Series victory for Busch, who won at California after finishing second in the season opener at Daytona.

Hornaday started from the pole and took command of the race after passing Busch for the lead on Lap 59. He was five seconds ahead of Busch after a round of green-flag pit stops, and while Busch was beginning to close in the first shower came before he could get there.

That’s when the decision to come down pit road turned things around.

“It wasn’t that tough of a call when you have Kyle Busch,” said Ritchie Waters, Busch’s crew chief, of the call to bring his driver to pit road. “Our truck was good on old tires. The only way we were going to win this thing was to come get tires.”

Busch said he thought it was a fairly easy call, too.

“I was kind of surprised when nobody followed me,” he said.

Hornaday said that as the leader, he was in a tough spot.

“Second stinks,” he said. “As the leader, you’re darned if you do and darned if you don’t. But even if we had come in and put all four tires on, he was faster in the first 10 laps that we were.”

Hornaday praised Busch’s driving ability, which the eventual winner displayed by passing trucks high and low as he moved back through the field after falling behind early when his team had to make major adjustments on his Toyota.

“How he drives that thing so far out of control is unbelievable,” Hornaday said.

Mike Skinner finished third.

“I saw Kyle come down pit road and I said, ‘Do we have a radar?’ ” Skinner said. “‘Because he just won the race with that move."

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SPEED was happy with a 31% increase in viewership for the Craftsman Truck Series race from Atlanta.

The SPEED TV package for this series did not change much this year. It is a solid and comfortable presentation, sometimes a bit on the dry side. Rick Allen has a certain style of play-by-play, and Phil Parsons and Michael Waltrip share roles of providing commentary and analysis.

Ray Dunlap and Adam Alexander cover both the garage and pits, and are very familiar with all aspects of the series. Krista Voda has been giving this TV presentation a "family feel" since she joined the program, and why she departs from the air after the pre-race show is still anyone's guess.

The series struggles with the lower exposure on SPEED. This is simply due to the cable systems distribution of the network. It is often on the added digital tier or requires a special purchase of a group of sports-related channels. Hopefully, SPEED-HD will eventually bring this network the level of visibility that it needs to grow in the public eye.

The total number of homes watching the race grew from 565 thousand to 753 thousand.

If you are a fan of the Truck Series, or have comments about the coverage on SPEED, please feel free to add them. Just click on the COMMENTS button below. Thanks.

Posted by Daly Planet Editor at 6:24 PM

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