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Race Capsule
What: Race 6 of 25 on Craftsman Truck circuit
Where: Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, NC
When: May 18, 2007
Laps: 134
Track Length: 1.5 miles
Race Length: 201.00 miles
Purse: $544,474
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Martin, Harvick say trucks too much fun to pass up
By Bill Kimm, NASCAR.COM
May 18, 2007
10:48 AM EDT
All-Star weekend for the Cup Series is a chance for guys to relax. No worrying about points, no worrying about finishes, just a chance to relax for two weeks at home and try to win a million bucks in the All-Star Challenge.
So why do Cup guys, who rarely get a break during the season, race the Truck Series race on Friday night?
"Variety is the spice of life," according to Nextel Cup veteran Mark Martin.
Five Cup drivers -- Martin, A.J. Allmendinger, Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick and Ken Schrader -- will drive in Friday's Quaker Steak and Lube 200 at Lowe's Motor Speedway (8:30 p.m. ET, SPEED) in the sixth Craftsman Truck Series race of the season.
Martin will race in his second NCTS race this season when he gets behind the wheel of the No. 21 Ford. His first race went well at California when he led 45 laps and had the lead with six laps remaining. But on a restart, Ron Hornaday bumped Martin and he spun into the infield, losing the lead and ultimately finishing a disappointing 23rd.
But for a guy who said he was slowing down in 2007, he's certainly not showing it.
"I am carrying out that plan to cut back," Martin said. "I'm not interested in chasing that [Nextel Cup Series] championship. I had a great career, but 2007 isn't the year to do that anymore. There are portions of my life that have been passing me by. I hope to pick up a few pieces of that at age 48."
While a championship isn't in the cards for Martin anymore, getting his priorities back in order is -- and that begins at home.
"In my whole life, racing has always come first and then family. I have the opportunity to change that," Martin said.
Harvick, on the other hand, has no intentions of slowing down anytime soon. After running away with the Busch Series championship in 2006, he has cut some Busch races out of his schedule. But he has added some NCTS events to take their place.
Charlotte will mark the third time this season Harvick had piloted his own KHI-owned No. 2 Chevrolet. At California, Harvick brought home an eighth-place finish and in Martinsville he finished fourth.
If recent history is any indication, Harvick should finish in the top five once again. His last two races at Lowe's Motor Speedway in a truck -- a fourth and a fifth.
Still, it's been a couple years since Harvick cruised the 1.5-mile track in a truck and he knows it's different than what he is accustomed to.
"The trucks are almost wide open all the way around because they have so much more downforce," Harvick said. "With the cars, you have to lift off the throttle in the corners.
"With the trucks, you arc it in a lot more and roll out of the gas a lot slower in the corners. [The trucks] draft a lot more like a car would at Daytona or Talladega because they are so much boxier and punch such a bigger hole in the air."
Even with a chance to take a well-deserved break, Harvick saw too many positives to keep him on the racetrack.
"I really enjoy racing the trucks because they are so much fun," he said. "I like racing at Charlotte, under the lights on the All-Star weekend. I think it gets everybody excited."
Martin agrees, and even though he has cut down to a part-time schedule, he couldn't resist driving a truck for the Wood Brothers this weekend.
"I've always loved the Craftsman Truck Series," Martin said. "It's a lot of fun and, I think, it's some of the most competitive racing we have."
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By Bill Kimm, NASCAR.COM
May 17, 2007
11:08 AM EDT
Kyle Busch doesn't dabble in the Craftsman Truck Series very often, but when he does he makes the most of it.
Busch will make his 2007 Truck Series debut in the Quaker Steak and Lube 200 at Lowe's Motor Speedway on Friday (8:30 p.m. ET, SPEED) where he will try to win the race for the third consecutive year.
Last year, Busch also made his NCTS debut at Charlotte posting his only victory. In seven races he finished in the top 10 in all seven, including three top-fives.
"You come over here wanting to have some fun and race hard and do a good job," Busch said. "That is what we're going to do."
Busch will again pay homage to one of his favorite movies, Days of Thunder, by driving the No. 51 Chevrolet and have "Rowdy Busch" above the window. "Rowdy Burns," the character played by Michael Rooker, drove the No. 51 in the 1990 movie starring Tom Cruise.
Interesting Fact
3 Only three drivers have won three consecutive races at the same track. Jack Sprague did it at Phoenix from 1996-97, Ted Musgrave did it at California from 2001-03 and the record for most consecutive wins at one track belongs to Brendan Gaughan who won four in a row at Texas Motor Speedway from 2001-03.
Fun Fact
1 Believe it or not, "Days of Thunder" is actually an Academy Award nominee. In 1991, the stock-car flick was nominated for Best Sound along with "Dick Tracy", "The Hunt for Red October", "Total Recall" and winner "Dances with Wolves".
All the Facts
0 Number of Truck Series winners at LMS who have started on the front row. The highest-starting winner was Kyle Busch in 2005 when he qualified third.
2 Number of second-place finishes for Terry Cook the last two truck races at LMS, finishing behind winner Kyle Busch in both of them.
2 Number of leaders in last year's truck race at LMS (polesitter Mike Skinner and winner Kyle Busch).
3.154 Kyle Busch's margin of victory, in seconds, in last year's race at LMS, the largest Truck Series margin of victory in track history.
6 Number of Nextel Cup regulars who will attempt to qualify for the truck race on Friday (A.J. Allmendinger, Mike Bliss, Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick, Mark Martin and Ken Schrader).
24.86 Percent of passes on the frontstretch in the last two races at LMS, the most on the track. Turn 3 saw the fewest amount of passes at 12.30 percent.
28.5 Average finish of Mike Skinner the last two truck races at LMS despite starting from the pole in both of them.
44.5 Percent of laps Kyle Busch had the fastest truck on the track at LMS in the past two races. The next closest is Mike Skinner at 14.3 percent.
96Number of laps Kyle Busch led in last year's truck race at LMS, the most laps led be a Truck Series race winner in track history.
99.33 Percent of laps Rick Crawford has been on the lead lap this season (745 of 750 total laps).
147.9 Driver Rating for Kyle Busch in the last two LMS truck races. A perfect rating is 150.0.
264 Laps Kyle Busch has been in the top 15 the past two truck races at LMS. 270 laps were run in the two events (97.8 percent).
423 Number of laps Mike Skinner has led in five races this season. The next closest to him is Erik Darnell who has led 97 laps.
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Quaker Steak and Lube 200 presented by Circle K
Lowe's Motor Speedway
May 18, 2007 | Race 6 of 25
POS CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR SPEED TIME BEHIND
1 5 Mike Skinner Toyota Toyota Tundra 180.469 29.922 Leader
2 6 Travis Kvapil Ford K&N Engineering 180.192 29.968 -0.046
3 60 Jack Sprague Toyota Con-way Freight 179.093 30.152 -0.230
4 21 Mark Martin Ford BUBBA Burger 178.560 30.242 -0.320
5 99 Erik Darnell Ford Northern Tool + Equipment 178.536 30.246 -0.324
6 51 Kyle Busch Chevrolet Richard Tocado Companies / ABC / Red Top Auto Auction 178.436 30.263 -0.341
7 33 Ron Hornaday Chevrolet Camping World
/ RVs.com 178.330 30.281 -0.359
8 16 Mike Bliss Chevrolet Xpress Motorsports 178.024 30.333 -0.411
9 103 Justin Hobgood Toyota Southeast Toyota Dealers 177.509 30.421 -0.499
10 14 Rick Crawford Ford Power Stroke Diesel 176.945 30.518 -0.596
11 50 T.J. Bell Ford Heathcliff's Cat Litter 176.939 30.519 -0.597
12 77 Brendan Gaughan Chevrolet South Point Resort 176.494 30.596 -0.674
13 47 Kraig Kinser Chevrolet Ginn Resorts 176.309 30.628 -0.706
14 00 A.J. Allmendinger Toyota Aaron's Lucky Dog 176.154 30.655 -0.733
15 1 Aaron Fike* Toyota RFMS Inc. / Red Horse Racing 176.056 30.672 -0.750
16 88 Matt Crafton Chevrolet PEAK / Menards 176.033 30.676 -0.754
17 15 Bill Lester Chevrolet Manheim Ctrl Fla. Auto Auction / Richard Tocado Companies 176.010 30.680 -0.758
18 07 Tim Sauter* Chevrolet Lester Buildings / ASI Limited 175.936 30.693 -0.771
19 30 Todd Bodine Toyota Lumber Liquidators 175.890 30.701 -0.779
20 23 Johnny Benson Toyota Exide Batteries 175.598 30.752 -0.830
21 08 Chad McCumbee Chevrolet thegpsstore.com 174.978 30.861 -0.939
22 09 Joey Clanton* Ford Zaxby's 174.786 30.895 -0.973
23 75 Dennis Setzer Chevrolet Spears Manufacturing 174.757 30.900 -0.978
24 2 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Camping World
/ RVs.com 174.723 30.906 -0.984
25 13 Willie Allen* Chevrolet National Pork Board 174.684 30.913 -0.991
26 4 Kevin Hamlin Dodge Open Joist 174.402 30.963 -1.041
27 36 Tyler Walker* Toyota 360 OTC 174.239 30.992 -1.070
28 18 Ken Schrader Dodge Fastenal 174.132 31.011 -1.089
29 9 Ted Musgrave Toyota Team ASE / Germain Mtr Co. 173.433 31.136 -1.214
30 10 David Starr Ford Maxx Force Diesel 173.321 31.156 -1.234
31 59 Terry Cook Toyota Harris Trucking 172.872 31.237 -1.315
32 40 Shane Huffman Chevrolet Curtis Key Plumbing 172.800 31.250 -1.328
33 191 J C Stout Chevrolet Sterling Truck Corp. 172.772 31.255 -1.333
34 171 Bryan Silas Chevrolet Nortrax 172.326 31.336 -1.414
35 8 Blake Bjorklund* Chevrolet MRD Motorsports 172.013 31.393 -1.471
36 186 Clay Rogers Chevrolet 888karport.com 170.805 31.615 -1.693
Did Not Qualify
37 7 Jason White* Chevrolet Hooters Energy Drink 169.753 31.811 -1.889
+ Set by Owner Points
* Denotes Rookie
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Status: Final
Last Updated: Saturday, May 19, 2007 1:20 am EDT
Quaker Steak & Lube 200
Lowe's Motor Speedway
Order Driver (No.) Car Pts/Bonus Laps Laps Led Winnings
1 Ron Hornaday Jr. (33) Chevrolet 195/10 136 98 $57,550
2 A.J. Allmendinger (00) Toyota 175/5 136 7 $27,650
3 Todd Bodine (30) Toyota 170/5 136 1 $31,325
4 Mark Martin (21) Ford 160/0 136 0 $17,550
5 Ted Musgrave (9) Toyota 155/0 136 0 $16,225
6 Mike Bliss (16) Chevrolet 150/0 136 0 $10,675
7 Matt Crafton (88) Chevrolet 146/0 136 0 $12,775
8 Mike Skinner (5) Toyota 147/5 136 21 $13,975
9 T.J. Bell (50) Ford 138/0 136 0 $12,350
10 Rick Crawford (14) Ford 134/0 136 0 $13,175
11 Kyle Busch (51) Chevrolet 130/0 136 0 $9,275
12 Ken Schrader (18) Dodge 127/0 136 0 $13,450
13 Travis Kvapil (6) Ford 129/5 136 7 $11,250
14 Aaron Fike (1) Toyota 121/0 136 0 $12,150
15 Tyler Walker (36) Toyota 118/0 136 0 $11,725
16 Terry Cook (59) Toyota 115/0 136 0 $11,150
17 Tim Sauter (07) Chevrolet 117/5 136 1 $8,650
18 Chad McCumbee (08) Chevrolet 114/5 136 1 $10,850
19 Bill Lester (15) Chevrolet 106/0 136 0 $10,800
20 Blake Bjorklund (8) Chevrolet 103/0 136 0 $13,000
21 Willie Allen (13) Chevrolet 100/0 136 0 $10,675
22 Dennis Setzer (75) Chevrolet 97/0 135 0 $10,625
23 David Starr (10) Ford 94/0 135 0 $9,350
24 Shane Huffman (40) Chevrolet 91/0 134 0 $8,325
25 Kevin Hamlin (4) Dodge 88/0 133 0 $9,275
26 J.C. Stout (191) Chevrolet 85/0 132 0 $8,250
27 Johnny Benson (23) Toyota 82/0 123 0 $8,225
28 Kevin Harvick (2) Chevrolet 79/0 110 0 $8,200
29 Kraig Kinser (47) Chevrolet 76/0 110 0 $8,150
30 Erik Darnell (99) Ford 73/0 108 0 $8,125
31 Joey Clanton (09) Ford 70/0 103 0 $8,100
32 Bryan Silas (171) Chevrolet 67/0 58 0 $8,075
33 Clay Rogers (186) Chevrolet 64/0 47 0 $8,050
34 Jack Sprague (60) Toyota 61/0 36 0 $8,025
35 Brendan Gaughan (77) Chevrolet 58/0 33 0 $8,000
36 Justin Hobgood (103) Toyota 55/0 8 0 $7,985
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Veteran Hornaday races to Quaker Steak and Lube win
By Jenna Fryer
The Associated Press
May 18, 2007
11:36 PM EDT
CONCORD, N.C. -- Ron Hornaday Jr. passed A.J. Allmendinger with 36 laps to go, then held on for two restarts to win the Craftsman Truck Series race at Lowe's Motor Speedway on Friday night.
Hornaday was driving toward the win when Johnny Benson lost a tire and hit the wall to bring out a caution with 11 laps to go. It set up a restart with five to go, and Hornaday got a decent jump on Allmendinger at the line.
Allmendinger was closing when Eric Darnell crashed to bring out the seventh caution. It sent the race into overtime for a two-lap sprint to the finish.
Hornaday was the leader, with Allmendinger in second and series champion Todd Bodine in third. Hornaday again got a good start, and Allmendinger briefly closed in on his bumper. But he couldn't get close enough to attempt a pass, Hornaday pulled out and Allmendinger never challenged over the final lap.
"I thought he had us, but I ran him down low and blocked him," Hornaday said. "Made sure I took some air off his nose. Man, I am so excited."
It was Hornaday's 30th career Truck Series victory, but the first at LMS. Hornaday, driving for Kevin Harvick Inc., also scored the first win of the season for Chevrolet after Toyotas won four of the first five events.
Allmendinger, the former Champ Car star, had a career-best second-place finish.
"Ron was just a touch better," Allmendinger said. "If he made a mistake, I was going to be all over him."
But after crashing his truck during an afternoon practice session, Allmendinger was thrilled to even compete. In the midst of a trying first season in NASCAR, Allmendinger has struggled to make Nextel Cup races -- he's been in only four of 11 -- and hasn't contended for a victory since the end of his open-wheel career.
"It's obviously an adjustment," Allmendinger said. "At the end of the Champ Car season, last October, that really was the last time I was in contention. But I knew coming into this that it was going to be a challenge. You've got to reset your goals.
"Making Cup races right now, that's a victory to me. I was going to be pleased with a top-10, so second, it feels great."
Bodine was third, followed by Mark Martin, Ted Musgrave, Mike Bliss, Matt Crafton, Mike Skinner, T.J. Bell and Rick Crawford.
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