Race Capsule

What: Race 5 of 25 on Craftsman Truck circuit
Where: Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, KS
When: April 26, 2008
Laps: 167
Track Length: 1.5 miles
Race Length: 251.00 miles
Last Year Winner: Erik Darnell

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O'Reilly Auto Parts 250
Kansas Speedway
April 26, 2008
Race 5 of 25

CAR DRIVER HOMETOWN MAKE SPONSOR OWNER

0 Wayne Edwards Shepherdsville, KY Chevrolet PAD Motorsports / Green Light Gene Christensen
2 Jack Sprague Spring Lake, MI Chevrolet American Commercial Lines DeLana Harvick
4 Stacy Compton Grit, VA Dodge Gladstone 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 / Adobe Road Winery Kevin Buckler
07 Ryan Lawler Colleyville, TX Chevrolet Deals Auto Auction of Dallas 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 V Foundation / Germain Toyota Bob Germain
09 Bobby East Brownsburg, IN 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 Asphalt & Emulsions James "Billy" Ballew
16 Brian Scott* Boise, ID Chevrolet Albertson's Joe Scott
18 Dennis Setzer Newton, NC Dodge Arrngton Eng./ Shop Hemi.com Lori Hamilton
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 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 Wrap It Up Vehicle Wraps.com Curtis Key
46 Landon Cassill Cedar Rapids, IA Chevrolet Morgan-Dollar Motorsports David Dollar
51 Shane Sieg Tucker, GA 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
63 Jack Smith Medina, OH Ford Dave Porter Truck Sales Michael Mittler
71 Donny Lia* Jericho, NY Chevrolet Autism Speaks.org / TRG Motorsports Kevin Buckler
73 Michelle Theriault Bristol, CT Dodge Derrike Cope Inc. / RMR Kevin Payne
74 Jennifer Cobb Kansas City, KS Dodge Providence Medical Center Derrike Cope
88 Matt Crafton Tulare, CA Chevrolet Turtle Wax / Menards Rhonda Thorson
99 Erik Darnell Beach Park, IL Ford Northern Tool + Equipment Jack Roush
212 Mario Gosselin Quebec City, Quebec Chevrolet DGM Racing Michelle Gosselin

* Denotes Rookie

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O'Reilly Auto Parts 250
Kansas Speedway
April 26, 2008
Race 5 of 25
Practice 1

RANK CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR SPEED TIME BEHIND

1 33 Ron Hornaday Chevrolet Camping World/ RVs.com 168.088 32.126 Leader
2 6 Colin Braun* Ford Con-way Freight 167.587 32.222 -0.096
3 99 Erik Darnell Ford Northern Tool + Equipment 167.567 32.226 -0.100
4 2 Jack Sprague Chevrolet American Commercial Lines 167.369 32.264 -0.138
5 8 Chad McCumbee Chevrolet MRD Motorsports 167.048 32.326 -0.200
6 5 Mike Skinner Toyota Toyota Tundra 166.904 32.354 -0.228
7 71 Donny Lia* Chevrolet Autism Speaks.org / TRG Motorsports 166.528 32.427 -0.301
8 46 Landon Cassill Chevrolet Morgan-Dollar Motorsports 166.477 32.437 -0.311
9 51 Shane Sieg Toyota Miccosukee Resort & Gaming 166.425 32.447 -0.321
10 23 Johnny Benson Toyota Toyota Certified Used Vehicles 166.328 32.466 -0.340
11 60 Terry Cook Toyota wyler.com 165.975 32.535 -0.409
12 30 Todd Bodine Toyota Lumber Liquidators 165.975 32.535 -0.409
12 18 Dennis Setzer Dodge Arrngton Eng./ Shop Hemi.com 165.975 32.535 -0.409
14 09 Bobby East Ford Zaxby's 165.950 32.540 -0.414
15 22 Scott Speed Toyota Bill Davis Racing 165.909 32.548 -0.422
16 7 Andy Lally* Chevrolet TRG Motorsports / Adobe Road Winery 165.756 32.578 -0.452
17 14 Rick Crawford Ford Power Stroke Diesel by International 165.685 32.592 -0.466
18 20 Scott Lagasse Jr. Ford JTG Racing 165.685 32.592 -0.466
19 11 David Starr Toyota Red Horse Racing 165.680 32.593 -0.467
20 16 Brian Scott* Chevrolet Albertson's 165.507 32.627 -0.501
21 10 Brendan Gaughan Ford International Maxx Force Diesel 165.456 32.637 -0.511
22 88 Matt Crafton Chevrolet Turtle Wax / Menards 165.431 32.642 -0.516
23 13 Shelby Howard Chevrolet ThorSport Racing 165.289 32.670 -0.544
24 59 Ted Musgrave Toyota Team ASE / Harris Trucking 165.097 32.708 -0.582
25 4 Stacy Compton Dodge Gladstone Dodge 165.017 32.724 -0.598
26 9 Justin Marks* Toyota V Foundation / Germain Toyota 164.735 32.780 -0.654
27 15 Marc Mitchell* Chevrolet Ergon Asphalt & Emulsions 164.479 32.831 -0.705
28 40 Chad Chaffin Chevrolet Wrap It Up Ve
hicle Wraps.com 163.384 33.051 -0.925
29 08 Jason White Dodge Gunbroker.com 162.788 33.172 -1.046
30 21 Brandon Whitt Ford U.S. Air Force 162.719 33.186 -1.060
31 212 Mario Gosselin Chevrolet DGM Racing 160.361 33.674 -1.548
32 07 Ryan Lawler Chevrolet Deals Auto Auction of Dallas 160.256 33.696 -1.570
33 63 Jack Smith Ford Dave Porter Truck Sales 158.284 34.116 -1.990
34 74 Jennifer Cobb Dodge Providence Medical Center - - -
35 73 Michelle Theriault Dodge Derrike Cope Inc. / RMR - - -
36 0 Wayne Edwards Chevrolet PAD Motorsports / Green Light - - -

* Denotes Rookie

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Tom Jensen
TruckSeries.com

After a season-high four-week break, the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series returns to action this weekend at Kansas Speedway for the O'Reilly Auto Parts 250, race No. 5 in the 25-race 2008 schedule.

For the first time all season, NCTS points leader and two-time race winner Kyle Busch is skipping this weekend's Truck race to concentrate on the NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series festivities at Talladega Superspeedway.

Busch's seat in the all-conquering Billy Ballew Racing Toyota Tundra will be filled this weekend by 25-year-old Georgia native Shane Sieg. And while the Truck regulars will still have to deal with what so far has been the most successful vehicle in the series, at least they won't have to deal with the winningest driver in NASCAR.

Sieg has competed in 27 races since 2003 with a best finish of eighth at The Milwaukee Mile. He drove Ballew's No. 15 truck three times last season, finishing 10th at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

"With Kyle's schedule at Joe Gibbs Racing this weekend, there was no way he could make the race in Kansas," Ballew said. "We looked at all the scenarios but it just wasn't feasible. Shane has driven for us before and is familiar with the equipment."

Busch's absence should open things up on Saturday.

At a fast 1.5-mile track, the favorites naturally include 2006 series champion Todd Bodine, driver of the No. 30 Lumber Liquidators Toyota Tundra, and Mike Skinner, who wheels the No. 5 Toyota for Bill Davis Racing. Bodine is a past winner here and Skinner has three top fives in four NCTS Kansas starts.

"I like Kansas a lot and I am looking forward to running there," said Skinner, who last year started on the pole and finished fifth at Kansas. "We have got to get back on track here and I think Kansas is the place to do it. Jeff (Hensley, crew chief) and the guys have worked real hard to get things up to par, so hopefully we can capitalize on that this weekend. We normally run rather well here, and I would love nothing more than to get this No. 5 Toyota Tundra back in victory lane."

The driver to watch, though, might by Rick Crawford, who was runner-up in the last two Kansas truck races in the No. 14 Power Stroke Diesel by International Ford and finished third here in 2004. He'll certainly have the bit between his teeth on Saturday. "We've gotten to that point a few times, but we've just never had the perfect day that it takes to win a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race (at Kansas)," said Crawford. "You never say a track owes you one, but it'd sure be nice to put our Ford F-150 in Victory Lane at Kansas and erase all those memories of finishing second there."

Another Ford driver with a solid shot at victory on Saturday will be Erik Darnell, the defending race winner and driver of the No. 99 Northern Tool + Equipment F-150. Darnell led 92 laps here last year to score his first NCTS victory, and he did so by a whopping 10.440 seconds.

There may be some wildcards up front as well.

Jon Wood, who will do double-duty this weekend, driving both The Barnhill Group LLC Ford F-150 at Kansas, and his family's Sprint Cup No. 21 at Talladega, has one Kansas Truck victory as well as the best average finish here of any driver in the field.

Chad McCumbee, driver of the No. 8 MRD Motorsports Chevrolet, has shown strength at intermediate tracks recently, including this year's stop at Atlanta Motor Speedway where the Supply, N.C., native qualified on the outside pole and finished a career-best fifth. "The intermediates always have been a strength of mine," said McCumbee, who is looking to become the fourth driver to win his first NCTS race at Kansas Speedway. "They suit my driving style."

NOTES: Jennifer Jo Cobb and Michelle Theriault will make their NCTS debuts this weekend at Kansas. Cobb has competed in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. Theriault was 13th in NASCAR Camping World Series East standings in 2007. Also new this week is former USAR Pro Cup champion Mario Gosselin, who will drive the No. 12 Chevrolet.

Scott Speed will drive the No. 27 Red Bull Tundra for Bill Davis Racing in Kansas, replacing Phillip McGilton, who has been released despite being tied for the rookie points lead. "This is a great opportunity for me to work closely with Mike (Skinner) while I get my feet wet in the truck series," said Speed. "He knows what it takes to run well and win races, and that's a hell of a mentor to have. The more I can learn from him, the quicker my learning process will be in these trucks."

John Quinn has succeeded George Church at Wyler Racing while Lance Hooper, formerly with Thorsport Racing, replaces Gary Showalter at Key Motorsports.

Tom Jensen is the Senior NASCAR Editor for SPEEDtv.com, the former Executive Editor of NASCAR Scene and a contributing Editor for TruckSeries.com. He is the author of "Cheating: The Bad Things Good NASCAR Nextel Cup Racers Do In Pursuit of SPEED," and has appeared on numerous television and radio shows to discuss NASCAR racing. Jensen is the President of the National Motorsports Press Association. The

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Hornaday holds off Sprague to win at Kansas

April 26, 2008
08:48 PM EDT


Ron Hornaday held off Kevin Harvick Inc., teammate Jack Sprauge to win the O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 at Kansas Speedway on Saturday.

Rookie Colin Braun finished third, followed by veterans Johnny Benson Jr. (fourth) and Mike Skinner (fifth).

Brendan Gaughan finished sixth, followed by Chad McCumbee (seventh), Scott Speed (eighth), Rick Crawford (ninth) and Ted Musgrave (10th).

Hornaday's first victory of the season vaulted him to the top of the point standings. He leads Crawford by 61 points. Previous points leader Kyle Busch dropped to sixth. Busch did not race at Kansas.

A record 12 cautions marred the race.

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2008 Official Race Results
O'Reilly Auto Parts 250
April 26, 2008
Race 5 of 25


FIN ST CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR PTS/BNS LAPS STATUS WINNINGS

1 1 33 Ron Hornaday Chevrolet Camping World/ RVs.com 195/10 167 Running 61,475
2 3 2 Jack Sprague Chevrolet American Commercial Lines 175/5 167 Running 37,500
3 6 6 Colin Braun * Ford Con-way Freight 165/0 167 Running 29,220
4 25 23 Johnny Benson Toyota Toyota Certified Used Vehicles 165/5 167 Running 20,335
5 18 5 Mike Skinner Toyota Toyota Tundra 155/0 167 Running 15,885
6 22 10 Brendan Gaughan Ford International Maxx Force Diesel 150/0 167 Running 14,685
7 2 8 Chad McCumbee Chevrolet MRD Motorsports 151/5 167 Running 16,035
8 8 22 Scott Speed Toyota Bill Davis Racing 142/0 167 Running 13,860
9 12 14 Rick Crawford Ford Power Stroke Diesel by International 138/0 167 Running 13,785
10 30 59 Ted Musgrave Toyota Team ASE / Harris Trucking 134/0 167 Running 15,185
11 17 9 Justin Marks * Toyota V Foundation / Germain Toyota 130/0 167 Running 13,685
12 13 71 Donny Lia * Chevrolet Autism Speaks.org / TRG Motorsports 127/0 167 Running 13,560
13 21 46 Landon Cassill Chevrolet Morgan-Dollar Motorsports 124/0 167 Running 13,485
14 11 16 Brian Scott * Chevrolet Albertson's 121/0 167 Running 13,435
15 29 08 Jason White Dodge Gunbroker.com 123/5 167 Running 14,735
16 19 13 Shelby Howard Chevrolet ThorSport Racing 115/0 167 Running 13,310
17 27 40 Chad Chaffin Chevrolet Wrap It Up Vehicle Wraps.com 112/0 167 Running 10,985
18 16 51 Shane Sieg Toyota Miccosukee Resort & Gaming 109/0 167 Running 13,185
19 9 60 Terry Cook Toyota wyler.com 106/0 167 Running 13,135
20 15 4 Stacy Compton Dodge Gladstone Dodge 103/0 166 Running 12,510
21 26 88 Matt Crafton Chevrolet Turtle Wax / Menards 100/0 166 Running 11,785
22 31 63 Jack Smith Ford Dave Porter Truck Sales 102/5 166 Running 10,760
23 10 30 Todd Bodine Toyota Lumber Liquidators 94/0 156 Accident 10,735
24 4 09 Bobby East Ford Zaxby's 91/0 154 Accident 10,710
25 20 18 Dennis Setzer Dodge Arrngton Eng./ Shop Hemi.com 88/0 126 Accident 10,685
26 32 21 Jon Wood Ford U.S. Air Force 85/0 115 Running 10,660
27 14 11 David Starr Toyota Red Horse Racing 87/5 114 Accident 10,635
28 7 99 Erik Darnell Ford Northern Tool + Equipment 79/0 108 Accident 10,610
29 24 7 Andy Lally * Chevrolet TRG Motorsports / Adobe Road Winery 76/0 106 Accident 10,560
30 23 20 Scott Lagasse Jr. Ford JTG Racing 73/0 85 Accident 10,535
31 5 15 Marc Mitchell * Chevrolet Ergon Asphalt & Emulsions 70/0 72 Accident 10,510
32 28 07 Ryan Lawler Chevrolet Deals Auto Auction of Dallas 67/0 72 Engine 10,485
33 36 74 Jennifer Cobb Dodge Providence Medical Center PE 31 Engine 10,460
34 33 212 Mario Gosselin Chevrolet DGM Racing 61/0 25 Engine 10,435
35 34 73 Michelle Theriault Dodge Derrike Cope Inc. / RMR 58/0 16 Electrical 10,410
36 35 0 Wayne Edwards Chevrolet PAD Motorsports / Green Light PE 2 Vibration 10,381

* Denotes Rookie

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