Race Capsule

What: Race 6 of 25 on Craftsman Truck circuit
Where: Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, NC
When: May 16, 2008
Laps: 134
Track Length: 1.5 miles
Race Length: 201.00 miles
Last Year Winner: Ron Hornaday Jr.

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North Carolina Education Lottery 200
Lowe's Motor Speedway
May 16, 2008
Race 6 of 25

CAR DRIVER HOMETOWN MAKE SPONSOR OWNER

2 Jack Sprague Spring Lake, MI Chevrolet American Commercial Lines DeLana Harvick
4 Stacy Compton Grit, VA Dodge Crown Dodge of Fayetteville 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 John Mickel Cambridge, England Chevrolet Dudman Group / Contac Services / R.S. Capp Ken Smith
8 Chad McCumbee Supply, NC Ford Malcolmson Construction 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 PIT Corporate Training 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 Toyota Ergon Hyprene James "Billy" Ballew
16 Brian Scott* Boise, ID Chevrolet Albertson's Joe Scott
18 Dennis Setzer Newton, NC Dodge Tahoe Smokeless Clay Campbell
20 Scott Lagasse Jr. St. Augustine, FL Ford JTG Racing Tad Geschickter
21 Jon Wood Stuart, VA Ford U.S. Air Force Eddie Wood
22 Scott Speed* Manteca, CA Toyota Red Bull Bill Davis
23 Johnny Benson Grand Rapids, MI Toyota Exide Batteries Gail Davis
28 Wayne Edwards Shepherdsville, KY Chevrolet FDNY Racing Jim Rosenblum
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 / Mays Meats Curtis Key
46 Landon Cassill Cedar Rapids, IA Chevrolet Morgan-Dollar Motorsports David Dollar
51 Kyle Busch Las Vegas, NV Toyota Miccosukee Resort & Gaming / NOS Energy Drink James "Billy" Ballew
52 Ken Schrader Fenton, MO Toyota Federated Auto Parts Ken Schrader
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
73 Nick Tucker Kannapolis, NC Dodge Derrike Cope Inc. Kevin Payne
74 Derrike Cope Spanaway, WA Dodge Derrike Cope Inc. Derrike Cope
88 Matt Crafton Tulare, CA Chevrolet Menards Rhonda Thorson
99 Erik Darnell Beach Park, IL Ford Northern Tool + Equipment Jack Roush
117 Timothy Peters Providence, NC Dodge Hayes Iron & Metals / Tahoe Smokeless Steve Stallings
154 Brian Sockwell Brown Summit, NC Chevrolet rearyracing.com Jerry Reary
191 J C Stout Castile, NY Chevrolet Stellar-Quest Racing Team Donald Stout

* Denotes Rookie

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North Carolina Education Lottery 200
Lowe's Motor Speedway
May 16, 2008
Race 6 of 25
Practice 1

RANK CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR SPEED TIME BEHIND

1 51 Kyle Busch Toyota Miccosukee Resort & Gaming / NOS Energy Drink 178.542 30.245 Leader
2 6 Colin Braun* Ford Con-way Freight 177.113 30.489 -0.244
3 5 Mike Skinner Toyota Toyota Tundra 176.373 30.617 -0.372
4 8 Chad McCumbee Ford Malcolmson Construction 176.188 30.649 -0.404
5 2 Jack Sprague Chevrolet American Commercial Lines 176.085 30.667 -0.422
6 33 Ron Hornaday Chevrolet Camping World/ RVs.com 175.919 30.696 -0.451
7 09 Travis Kvapil Ford Zaxby's 175.627 30.747 -0.502
8 16 Brian Scott* Chevrolet Albertson's 175.496 30.770 -0.525
9 22 Scott Speed* Toyota Red Bull 175.234 30.816 -0.571
10 21 Jon Wood Ford U.S. Air Force 174.695 30.911 -0.666
11 11 David Starr Toyota PIT Corporate Training 174.554 30.936 -0.691
12 46 Landon Cassill Chevrolet Morgan-Dollar Motorsports 174.419 30.960 -0.715
13 88 Matt Crafton Chevrolet Menards 174.300 30.981 -0.736
14 99 Erik Darnell Ford Northern Tool + Equipment 174.233 30.993 -0.748
15 23 Johnny Benson Toyota Exide Batteries 174.165 31.005 -0.760
16 71 Donny Lia* Chevrolet TRG Motorsports 174.160 31.006 -0.761
17 59 Ted Musgrave Toyota Team ASE / Harris Trucking 174.154 31.007 -0.762
18 15 Marc Mitchell* Toyota Ergon Hyprene 174.132 31.011 -0.766
19 30 Todd Bodine Toyota Lumber Liquidators 174.109 31.015 -0.770
20 7 Andy Lally* Chevrolet TRG Motorsports 173.807 31.069 -0.824
21 13 Shelby Howard Chevrolet ThorSport Racing 173.689 31.090 -0.845
22 20 Scott Lagasse Jr. Ford JTG Racing 173.516 31.121 -0.876
23 52 Ken Schrader Toyota Federated Auto Parts 173.044 31.206 -0.961
24 4 Stacy Compton Dodge Crown Dodge of Fayetteville 173.044 31.206 -0.961
25 10 Brendan Gaughan Ford International Maxx Force Diesel 172.783 31.253 -1.008
26 14 Rick Crawford Ford Power Stroke Diesel by International 172.645 31.278 -1.033
27 60 Terry Cook Toyota wyler.com 172.563 31.293 -1.048
28 191 J C Stout Chevrolet Stellar-Quest Racing Team 172.408 31.321 -1.076
29 40 Chad Chaffin Chevrolet Key Motorsports / Mays Meats 172.128 31.372 -1.127
30 18 Dennis Setzer Dodge Tahoe Smokeless 171.931 31.408 -1.163
31 9 Justin Marks* Toyota Crocs 171.499 31.487 -1.242
32 08 Jason White Dodge Gunbroker.com 170.908 31.596 -1.351
33 117 Timothy Peters Dodge Hayes Iron & Metals / Tahoe Smokeless 170.632 31.647 -1.402
34 07 John Mickel Chevrolet Dudman Group / Contac Services / R.S. Capp 169.566 31.846 -1.601
35 154 Brian Sockwell Chevrolet rearyracing.com 168.771 31.996 -1.751
36 74 Derrike Cope Dodge Derrike Cope Inc. 168.083 32.127 -1.882
37 73 Nick Tucker Dodge Derrike Cope Inc. 162.328 33.266 -3.021
38 28 Wayne Edwards Chevrolet FDNY Racing 161.866 33.361 -3.116

* Denotes Rookie

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North Carolina Education Lottery 200
Lowe's Motor Speedway
May 16, 2008
Race 6 of 25

POS CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR SPEED TIME BEHIND

1 51 Kyle Busch Toyota Miccosukee Resort & Gaming / NOS Energy Drink 179.045 30.160 Leader
2 33 Ron Hornaday Chevrolet Camping World/ RVs.com 176.904 30.525 -0.365
3 2 Jack Sprague Chevrolet American Commercial Lines 176.702 30.560 -0.400
4 5 Mike Skinner Toyota Toyota Tundra 175.798 30.717 -0.557
5 99 Erik Darnell Ford Northern Tool + Equipment 175.279 30.808 -0.648
6 6 Colin Braun* Ford Con-way Freight 175.262 30.811 -0.651
7 8 Chad McCumbee Ford Malcolmson Construction 174.718 30.907 -0.747
8 46 Landon Cassill Chevrolet Morgan-Dollar Motorsports 174.520 30.942 -0.782
9 7 Andy Lally* Chevrolet TRG Motorsports 174.492 30.947 -0.787
10 13 Shelby Howard Chevrolet ThorSport Racing 174.205 30.998 -0.838
11 15 Marc Mitchell* Toyota Ergon Hyprene 174.137 31.010 -0.850
12 09 Travis Kvapil Ford Zaxby's 173.991 31.036 -0.876
13 22 Scott Speed* Toyota Red Bull 173.885 31.055 -0.895
14 23 Johnny Benson Toyota Exide Batteries 173.689 31.090 -0.930
15 14 Rick Crawford Ford Power Stroke Diesel by International 173.500 31.124 -0.964
16 117 Timothy Peters Dodge Hayes Iron & Metals / Tahoe Smokeless 173.349 31.151 -0.991
17 4 Stacy Compton Dodge Crown Dodge of Fayetteville 173.238 31.171 -1.011
18 88 Matt Crafton Chevrolet Menards 173.105 31.195 -1.035
19 11 David Starr Toyota PIT Corporate Training - 31.287 -1.127
20 40 Chad Chaffin Chevrolet Key Motorsports / Mays Meats 172.458 31.312 -1.152
21 30 Todd Bodine Toyota Lumber Liquidators 172.447 31.314 -1.154
22 52 Ken Schrader Toyota Federated Auto Parts 172.403 31.322 -1.162
23 59 Ted Musgrave Toyota Team ASE / Harris Trucking 171.772 31.437 -1.277
24 191 J C Stout Chevrolet Stellar-Quest Racing Team 171.734 31.444 -1.284
25 60 Terry Cook Toyota wyler.com 171.265 31.530 -1.370
26 07 John Mickel Chevrolet Dudman Group / Contac Services / R.S. Capp 171.157 31.550 -1.390
27 21 Jon Wood Ford U.S. Air Force 171.021 31.575 -1.415
28 18 Dennis Setzer Dodge Tahoe Smokeless 170.908 31.596 -1.436
29 10 Brendan Gaughan Ford International Maxx Force Diesel 170.827 31.611 -1.451
30 20 Scott Lagasse Jr. Ford JTG Racing 170.573 31.658 -1.498
31 74 Derrike Cope Dodge Derrike Cope Inc. 170.438 31.683 -1.523
32 9 Justin Marks* Toyota Crocs 170.363 31.697 -1.537
33 08 Jason White Dodge Gunbroker.com 169.993 31.766 -1.606
34 71 Donny Lia* Chevrolet TRG Motorsports 169.785 31.805 -1.645
35 16 Brian Scott+* Chevrolet Albertson's - - -
36 154 Brian Sockwell Chevrolet rearyracing.com 167.567 32.226 -2.066

Did Not Qualify
37 73 Nick Tucker Dodge Derrike Cope Inc. 163.512 33.025 -2.865
38 28 Wayne Edwards Chevrolet FDNY Racing 163.379 33.052 -2.892

+ Set by Owner Points
* Denotes Rookie

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Friday, May. 16, 2008

Kyle Busch captured the pole for Friday night's North Carolina Education Lottery 200 at the Lowe's Motor Speedway. The No.51 Billy Ballew Motorsports Toyota driver took the top spot with a time of 30.160 seconds (179.045 mph).

The pole victory was Busch's first of the season and second of his Craftsman Truck Series career. His other pole win was in 2006 at Texas.

Starting alongside Busch will be Ron Hornaday Jr. who posted a time of 30.525 seconds around the fast 1.5-mile tri-oval.

Jack Sprague (30.560) and Mike Skinner (30.717) will make up row two.

Busch gave up his points lead in the Craftsman Truck Series when he missed last month's race at the Kansas Speedway. But the No.51 Miccosukee Resorts driver is on top of his game and will be a favorite this week at the Lowe's Motor Speedway.

Busch has made 40 career starts in the truck series and has won eight times (25%). His win percentage is higher than Greg Biffle (19.75%), 2007 Series champion Hornaday Jr. (16.59%), Kurt Busch (16.00%) or Mike Skinner (15.09%).

"Hand it to the man (Busch); it fits his style right now," said veteran Rick Crawford. "He's on top of his game."

"Rowdy" Busch has won at least one race (Sprint Cup, Nationwide or Craftsman) for the past six weeks. And he will be a very busy man over the next 10 days. Busch is scheduled to run in five races totaling 1,034 laps and 1,551 miles.

After missing the last race, Busch fell to sixth in the standings, 130 points behind Hornaday Jr. The defending series champion owns a 61-point edge over Crawford and 71 points over Todd Bodine after his win in the O'Reilly Auto Parts 250. He leads the series in points (775), laps led (236), races led (5) and top-10 finishes (4). Hornaday Jr. had a dominate truck in Kansas, leading 136 of 167 laps, including the final 54.

The race is set to drop the green flag to at 8 p.m. (et).

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UNOFFICIAL RESULTS
NC Education Lottery 200 at Charlotte
Lowe's Motor Speedway May 16, 2008
Race 6 -

F S # Driver Team Lap Pts BPts Status TLd LLd

1 18 88 Matt Crafton Menards/McGuire-Nicholas 138 190 5 Running 2 10
2 7 8 Chad McCumbee Malcolmson Construction 138 175 5 Running 1 1
3 29 10 Brendan Gaughan International MAXXFORCE Diesel 138 165 Running
4 5 99 Erik Darnell Northern Tool + Equipment Ford 138 165 5 Running 1 23
5 15 14 Rick Crawford Power Stroke Diesel by Int'l Ford 138 155 Running
6 25 60 Terry Cook Wyler.com Toyota 138 155 5 Running 1 2
7 28 18 Dennis Setzer Tahoe Smokeless Dodge 138 151 5 Running 1 1
8 1 51 Kyle Busch Miccosukee Resorts/NOS Energy 138 152 10 Running 3 86
9 8 46 Landon Cassill GoDaddy.com Chevrolet 138 138 Running
10 4 5 Mike Skinner Toyota Tundra/Banner Sales 138 134 Running
11 14 23 Johnny Benson Exide Batteries Toyota 138 130 Running
12 21 30 Todd Bodine Lumber Liquidators Toyota 138 132 5 Running 2 5
13 22 52 Ken Schrader Federated Auto Parts Toyota 138 124 Running
14 3 2 Jack Sprague American Commercial Lines 138 121 Running
15 6 6 Colin Braun # Con-way Freight Ford 138 123 5 Running 1 3
16 9 7 Andy Lally # TRG Motorsports/Adobe Road 138 115 Running
17 19 11 David Starr Pit CorporateTraining 137 112 Running
18 12 09 Travis Kvapil Zaxby's Ford 137 109 Running
19 27 21 Jon Wood Air Force Ford 137 106 Running
20 10 13 Shelby Howard ThorSport Racing Chevrolet 137 103 Running
21 20 40 Chad Chaffin Curtis Key Plumbing/Mays Meats 137 105 5 Running 1 1
22 23 59 Ted Musgrave Team ASE/Harris Toyota 137 102 5 Running 1 5
23 2 33 Ron Hornaday Camping World Chevrolet 137 99 5 Running 1 1
24 11 15 Marc Mitchell # Hyprene Ergon Toyota 136 91 Running
25 16 17 Timothy Peters Hayes Iron & Metal/Tahoe 136 88 Running
26 33 08 Jason White GunBroker.com Dodge 136 85 Running
27 30 20 Scott Lagasse, Jr Nicholson Group Real Estate Ford 136 82 Running
28 17 4 Stacy Compton Crown Dodge of Fayetteville 135 79 Running
29 36 54 Brian Sockwell Sculley Boatbuilders Chevrolet 134 76 Running
30 24 91 J.C. Stout Hart's Insurance Agency 124 73 Running
31 26 07 John Mickel Dudman Grp/Contac Svc/RSCapp 113 70 Accident
32 32 9 Justin Marks # crocs Toyota 113 67 Accident
33 13 22 Scott Speed # Red Bull Toyota 107 64 Transmission
34 34 71 Donny Lia # Nationrides.com Chevrolet 9 61 Accident
35 35 16 Brian Scott # Albertsons Chevrolet 8 58 Accident
36 31 74 Derrike Cope Dodge 4 55 Vibration


# = Rookie, F = Finish, S = Start, Pts = Total Points, BPs = Lap Leader Bns Pts, TLd = Times Led, LLd = Laps Led


I will update these with official results after they are posted.

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By MIKE CRANSTON
AP Sports Writer
27 minutes ago

(AP)—With Kyle Busch’s dominant car getting crunched, Matt Crafton survived a wild finish to win his first Craftsman Truck Series race.

Crafton avoided the mayhem over the final laps Friday night, pulling away in a green-white-checkered finish to win at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. It was Crafton’s first win in 178 career starts dating to 2000.

“Finally we can shut them up,” Crafton said of his critics. “Now they can say, ‘When’s the second one coming?”’

Crafton successfully blocked Chad McCumbee’s pass attempt in turn 3 of the final lap and pulled away. Brendan Gaughan finished third, followed by Erik Darnell and Rick Crawford.

“Congratulations to Matt Crafton,” McCumbee said. “They’ve been trying for so long and have come so close.”

Busch finished 13th after getting caught in a wreck started by points leader Ron Hornaday, who later lost his cool after he was hit from behind by Todd Bodine and finished 23rd.

Hornaday’s lead was cut to five points over Crawford.

The field drives down the fron…

Busch, the 23-year-old rising star, was hoping to win four races at the track in 10 days. Hours after he captured the pole for Saturday’s Sprint Cup All-Star race, Busch started from the pole in his No. 51 Toyota. He led 86 of the 134 laps and appeared unbeatable until becoming the victim of bad luck.

Hornaday got loose in turn 4 with 29 laps to go and clipped Busch’s car, which hit the outside wall.

“I got loose and got into him,” Hornaday said. “He got the short end of the stick.”

Busch’s No. 51 Toyota was left with a broken splitter and damage to the right front fender. He came in for repairs, then was back on the track for the restart in 12th place with 26 laps to go.

With sparks flying off the right front, Busch came onto pit road again for more work after a wreck with 20 laps to go. He was 15th on the restart with 16 laps left.

The Sprint Cup points leader never challenged for the lead again, wasting a chance for his ninth win this season in NASCAR’s top three series. Busch could only watch the trouble in front of him.

Johnny Benson stormed past the sputtering Darnell for the lead with seven laps to go, but was black-flagged for jumping the restart.

Moments later, Hornaday was hit from behind by Bodine with five laps to go and spun into the grass. Hornaday got back on the track after the caution flag was waved, sped down the track and lightly bumped Bodine’s car.

“He just flat tried to kill me,” Hornaday said. “You don’t spin somebody out on the straightaway. … We were pretty good friends. I don’t know what’s going to happen now.”

The wreck allowed Crafton to take the lead, and he held on, leading to a hearty celebration with his crew in Victory Lane after ending his long drought.

“We never gave up,” Crafton said. “This truck got wrecked at Kansas and I had a really good truck there. They took it back to the shop, rebuilt it and made it as good as ever.”

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