Race Capsule

What: Race 9 of 25 on Craftsman Truck circuit
Where: Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX
When: June 6, 2008
Laps: 167
Track Length: 1.5 miles
Race Length: 251.00 miles
Last Year Winner: Todd Bodine

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Sam's Town 400
Texas Motor Speedway
June 06, 2008
Race 9 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 RVs.com DeLana Harvick
4 Stacy Compton Grit, VA Dodge Bobby Hamilton Racing-Va. Lori Hamilton
5 Mike Skinner Susanville, CA Toyota Toyota Tundra Bill Davis
6 Colin Braun* Ovalo, TX Ford Con-way Freight Jack Roush
7 T.J. Bell Reno, NV Chevrolet TRG Motorsports Kevin Buckler
07 Ryan Lawler Colleyville, TX Chevrolet Manheim's Dealers Auto Auction of Dallas Ken Smith
8 Chad McCumbee Supply, NC Chevrolet Malcolmson Construction Dave Malcolmson
08 Jason White Powhatan, VA Dodge Gunbroker.com Bobby Dotter
9 Justin Marks* Rocklin, CA Toyota Construct Corps 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 Bobcat David "Duke" Thorson
14 Rick Crawford Mobile, AL Ford Circle Bar Truck Corral / Power Stroke Diesel 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 Bobby Hamilton Racing-Va. Clay Campbell
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 Int'l Brangus Breeders Assoc. OptimaxX 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 Aric Almirola Tampa, FL Chevrolet Morgan-Dollar Motorsports David Dollar
51 Kyle Busch Las Vegas, NV Toyota Miccosukee Resort & Gaming / NOS Energy Drink 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 P.J. Jones Torrance, CA Ford Dave Porter Truck Sales Michael Mittler
71 Donny Lia* Jericho, NY Chevrolet NationRides.com / Zurich Kevin Buckler
73 Nick Tucker Kannapolis, NC Dodge Derrike Cope Inc. Kevin Payne
74 Larry Gunselman Belfair, 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
136 J C Stout Castile, NY Ford Mittler Bros. Machine Beverly Mittler

* Denotes Rookie

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Sam's Town 400
Texas Motor Speedway
June 06, 2008
Race 9 of 25
Practice 1

RANK CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR SPEED TIME BEHIND

1 33 Ron Hornaday Chevrolet Camping World/ RVs.com 176.806 30.542 Leader
2 59 Ted Musgrave Toyota Team ASE / Harris Trucking 176.137 30.658 -0.116
3 5 Mike Skinner Toyota Toyota Tundra 175.936 30.693 -0.151
4 09 Bobby East Ford Zaxby's 175.627 30.747 -0.205
5 14 Rick Crawford Ford Circle Bar Truck Corral / Power Stroke Diesel 175.501 30.769 -0.227
6 2 Jack Sprague Chevrolet RoadLoans.com 175.421 30.783 -0.241
7 11 David Starr Toyota Red Horse Racing 174.531 30.940 -0.398
8 8 Chad McCumbee Chevrolet Malcolmson Construction 174.436 30.957 -0.415
9 30 Todd Bodine Toyota Lumber Liquidators 174.374 30.968 -0.426
10 60 Terry Cook Toyota wyler.com 174.284 30.984 -0.442
11 99 Erik Darnell Ford Northern Tool + Equipment 174.171 31.004 -0.462
12 4 Stacy Compton Dodge Blake Fulenwider Dodge 174.137 31.010 -0.468
13 6 Colin Braun* Ford Con-way Freight 174.053 31.025 -0.483
14 13 Shelby Howard Chevrolet Bobcat 173.975 31.039 -0.497
15 7 T.J. Bell Chevrolet Heathcliff's Cat Litter "Home 4 the Holidays" 173.913 31.050 -0.508
16 16 Brian Scott* Chevrolet Albertson's 173.645 31.098 -0.556
17 21 Jon Wood Ford U.S. Air Force 173.572 31.111 -0.569
18 23 Johnny Benson Toyota Int'l Brangus Breeders Assoc. OptimaxX 173.488 31.126 -0.584
19 88 Matt Crafton Chevrolet Vertis / Menards 173.344 31.152 -0.610
20 18 Dennis Setzer Dodge Bobby Hamilton Racing-Va. 173.077 31.200 -0.658
21 22 Michael Annett Toyota Red Bull 172.817 31.247 -0.705
22 10 Brendan Gaughan Ford International Maxx Force Diesel 172.756 31.258 -0.716
23 15 Marc Mitchell* Toyota Ergon Hyprene 172.552 31.295 -0.753
24 46 Aric Almirola Chevrolet Morgan-Dollar Motorsports 172.535 31.298 -0.756
25 40 Chad Chaffin Chevrolet Key Motorsports 172.518 31.301 -0.759
26 9 Justin Marks* Toyota Construct Corps 172.491 31.306 -0.764
27 51 J R Norris Toyota Miccosukee Resort & Gaming / NOS Energy Drink 172.205 31.358 -0.816
28 71 Donny Lia* Chevrolet NationRides.com / Zurich 170.326 31.704 -1.162
29 08 Jason White Dodge Gunbroker.com 169.497 31.859 -1.317
30 07 Ryan Lawler Chevrolet Manheim's Dealers Auto Auction of Dallas 168.966 31.959 -1.417
31 73 Nick Tucker Dodge Derrike Cope Inc. 164.699 32.787 -2.245
32 63 P.J. Jones Ford Dave Porter Truck Sales 161.132 33.513 -2.971
33 0 Butch Miller Chevrolet ASI Limited - - -
34 136 J C Stout Ford Mittler Bros. Machine - - -
35 74 Larry Gunselman Dodge Derrike Cope Inc. - - -

* Denotes Rookie

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Sam's Town 400
Texas Motor Speedway
June 06, 2008
Race 9 of 25
Practice 2

RANK CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR SPEED TIME BEHIND

1 2 Jack Sprague Chevrolet RoadLoans.com 175.867 30.705 Leader
2 22 Michael Annett Toyota Red Bull 175.359 30.794 -0.089
3 33 Ron Hornaday Chevrolet Camping World/ RVs.com 175.336 30.798 -0.093
4 5 Mike Skinner Toyota Toyota Tundra 174.622 30.924 -0.219
5 8 Chad McCumbee Chevrolet Malcolmson Construction 174.554 30.936 -0.231
6 60 Terry Cook Toyota wyler.com 174.205 30.998 -0.293
7 09 Bobby East Ford Zaxby's 174.053 31.025 -0.320
8 6 Colin Braun* Ford Con-way Freight 173.617 31.103 -0.398
9 21 Jon Wood Ford U.S. Air Force 173.410 31.140 -0.435
10 99 Erik Darnell Ford Northern Tool + Equipment 173.127 31.191 -0.486
11 14 Rick Crawford Ford Circle Bar Truck Corral / Power Stroke Diesel 173.127 31.191 -0.486
12 18 Dennis Setzer Dodge Bobby Hamilton Racing-Va. 173.105 31.195 -0.490
13 4 Stacy Compton Dodge Blake Fulenwider Dodge 172.922 31.228 -0.523
14 11 David Starr Toyota Red Horse Racing 172.872 31.237 -0.532
15 46 Aric Almirola Chevrolet Morgan-Dollar Motorsports 172.806 31.249 -0.544
16 30 Todd Bodine Toyota Lumber Liquidators 172.783 31.253 -0.548
17 15 Marc Mitchell* Toyota Ergon Hyprene 172.756 31.258 -0.553
18 13 Shelby Howard Chevrolet Bobcat 172.414 31.320 -0.615
19 59 Ted Musgrave Toyota Team ASE / Harris Trucking 172.227 31.354 -0.649
20 88 Matt Crafton Chevrolet Vertis / Menards 172.090 31.379 -0.674
21 23 Johnny Benson Toyota Int'l Brangus Breeders Assoc. OptimaxX 172.051 31.386 -0.681
22 9 Justin Marks* Toyota Construct Corps 171.849 31.423 -0.718
23 07 Ryan Lawler Chevrolet Manheim's Dealers Auto Auction of Dallas 171.816 31.429 -0.724
24 71 Donny Lia* Chevrolet NationRides.com / Zurich 171.352 31.514 -0.809
25 51 J R Norris Toyota Miccosukee Resort & Gaming / NOS Energy Drink 170.740 31.627 -0.922
26 10 Brendan Gaughan Ford International Maxx Force Diesel 170.692 31.636 -0.931
27 7 T.J. Bell Chevrolet Heathcliff's Cat Litter "Home 4 the Holidays" 170.492 31.673 -0.968
28 08 Jason White Dodge Gunbroker.com 169.673 31.826 -1.121
29 40 Chad Chaffin Chevrolet Key Motorsports 169.539 31.851 -1.146
30 16 Brian Scott* Chevrolet Albertson's 169.136 31.927 -1.222
31 0 Butch Miller Chevrolet ASI Limited 165.853 32.559 -1.854
32 63 P.J. Jones Ford Dave Porter Truck Sales 163.835 32.960 -2.255
33 74 Larry Gunselman Dodge Derrike Cope Inc. 159.283 33.902 -3.197
34 136 J C Stout Ford Mittler Bros. Machine 151.843 35.563 -4.858
35 73 Nick Tucker Dodge Derrike Cope Inc. - - -

* Denotes Rookie

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Status: Field Set Last Updated: Friday, Jun 6, 2008 1:34 am, EDT
Sam's Town 400
Texas Motor Speedway

Order Driver (No.) Car Qualifying Speed

1 Justin Marks (9) Toyota 176.951 mph
2 Mike Skinner (5) Toyota 176.200 mph
3 Ron Hornaday Jr. (33) Chevrolet 176.183 mph
4 Jon Wood (21) Ford 175.919 mph
5 Rick Crawford (14) Ford 175.884 mph
6 Todd Bodine (30) Toyota 175.838 mph
7 David Starr (11) Toyota 175.741 mph
8 Jack Sprague (2) Chevrolet 175.633 mph
9 Dennis Setzer (18) Dodge 175.450 mph
10 Chad McCumbee (8) Chevrolet 175.439 mph
11 Aric Almirola (46) Chevrolet 175.410 mph
12 Terry Cook (60) Toyota 175.365 mph
13 Bobby East (09) Ford 175.177 mph
14 Ted Musgrave (59) Toyota 175.126 mph
15 Johnny Benson (23) Toyota 175.092 mph
16 Scott Speed (22) Toyota 174.984 mph
17 Kyle Busch (51) Toyota 174.848 mph
18 Stacy Compton (4) Dodge 174.452 mph
19 Shelby Howard (13) Chevrolet 174.385 mph
20 Colin Braun (6) Ford 174.340 mph
21 Brendan Gaughan (10) Ford 174.340 mph
22 Erik Darnell (99) Ford 174.289 mph
23 Marc Mitchell (15) Toyota 173.947 mph
24 Matt Crafton (88) Chevrolet 173.879 mph
25 Donny Lia (71) Chevrolet 173.712 mph
26 T.J. Bell (7) Chevrolet 173.689 mph
27 Jason White (08) Dodge 173.650 mph
28 Brian Scott (16) Chevrolet 172.282 mph
29 Chad Chaffin (40) Chevrolet 172.254 mph
30 P.J. Jones (63) Ford 170.913 mph
31 Ryan Lawler (07) Chevrolet 170.854 mph
32 Butch Miller (0) Chevrolet 168.361 mph
33 Larry Gunselman (74) Dodge 165.522 mph
34 Nick Tucker (73) Dodge 163.661 mph
35 J.C. Stout (136) Ford 154.896 mph

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06-05-2008
TruckSeries.com Report

2008 Raybestos Rookie of the Year contender Justin Marks wheeled his No. 9 Construct Corps Toyota to the top of the speed charts on Thursday evening with a 176.951 mph in 30.517 seconds around the 1.5 mile Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas.

“You get a headwind going into turn one, and it slows you down and the truck is down on the ground, so you feel like a hero going into that corner." said Marks "It just gets a little sketchy going off into turn three because you have the tailwind. If you get a good enough gust on the frontstretch, it could improve you 10 or 15 spots out there.”

No. 5 Toyota driver Mike Skinner qualified second with Ron Hornaday, Jr. third and fellow Ford drivers Jon Wood and Rick Crawford rounding out the Top-5.

Watch the Sam's Town 400 from Texas Motor Speedway live on SPEED with coverage starting at 8:30 pm ET.

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2008 Official Race Results : Sam's Town 400
Sam's Town 400
June 6, 2008
Race 9 of 25

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

1 3 33 Ron Hornaday Chevrolet Camping World/ RVs.com 195/10 172 Running 74,275
2 17 51 Kyle Busch Toyota Miccosukee Resort & Gaming / NOS Energy Drink 170/0 172 Running 49,050
3 15 23 Johnny Benson Toyota Int'l Brangus Breeders Assoc. OptimaxX 170/5 172 Running 37,295
4 8 2 Jack Sprague Chevrolet RoadLoans.com 165/5 172 Running 22,410
5 6 30 Todd Bodine Toyota Lumber Liquidators 155/0 172 Running 20,310
6 10 8 Chad McCumbee Chevrolet Malcolmson Construction 150/0 172 Running 16,960
7 24 88 Matt Crafton Chevrolet Vertis / Menards 146/0 172 Running 15,610
8 13 09 Bobby East Ford Zaxby's 142/0 172 Running 15,710
9 2 5 Mike Skinner Toyota Toyota Tundra 138/0 172 Running 15,010
10 4 21 Jon Wood Ford U.S. Air Force 134/0 172 Running 16,660
11 9 18 Dennis Setzer Dodge Bobby Hamilton Racing-Va. 130/0 172 Running 14,810
12 23 15 Marc Mitchell * Toyota Ergon Hyprene 127/0 172 Running 15,635
13 28 16 Brian Scott * Chevrolet Albertson's 124/0 172 Running 14,535
14 1 9 Justin Marks * Toyota Construct Corps 126/5 172 Running 16,335
15 21 10 Brendan Gaughan Ford International Maxx Force Diesel 118/0 172 Running 15,685
16 12 60 Terry Cook Toyota wyler.com 115/0 172 Running 14,235
17 11 46 Aric Almirola Chevrolet Morgan-Dollar Motorsports 112/0 172 Running 12,885
18 31 07 Ryan Lawler Chevrolet Manheim's Dealers Auto Auction of Dallas 114/5 172 Running 11,785
19 25 71 Donny Lia * Chevrolet NationRides.com / Zurich 106/0 172 Running 12,635
20 19 13 Shelby Howard Chevrolet Bobcat 108/5 172 Running 14,485
21 5 14 Rick Crawford Ford Circle Bar Truck Corral / Power Stroke Diesel 100/0 172 Running 13,685
22 20 6 Colin Braun * Ford Con-way Freight 97/0 172 Running 13,585
23 30 63 P.J. Jones Ford Dave Porter Truck Sales 94/0 171 Running 11,235
24 22 99 Erik Darnell Ford Northern Tool + Equipment 91/0 168 Running 11,135
25 29 40 Chad Chaffin Chevrolet Key Motorsports 88/0 165 Running 11,035
26 16 22 Scott Speed * Toyota Red Bull 85/0 164 Accident 10,935
27 7 11 David Starr Toyota PIT Corporate Training 82/0 147 Accident 10,835
28 14 59 Ted Musgrave Toyota Team ASE / Harris Trucking 79/0 146 Engine 10,735
29 26 08 Jason White Dodge Gunbroker.com 81/5 119 Accident 10,635
30 18 4 Stacy Compton Dodge Blake Fulenwider Dodge 73/0 76 Transmission 10,535
31 26 7 T.J. Bell Chevrolet Heathcliff's Cat Litter "Home 4 the Holidays" 70/0 39 Engine 10,410
32 32 0 Butch Miller Chevrolet ASI Limited 67/0 11 Transmission 10,310
33 34 73 Nick Tucker Dodge Derrike Cope Inc. PE 9 Ignition 10,235
34 35 136 J C Stout Ford Mittler Bros. Machine 61/0 4 Vibration 10,185
35 33 74 Larry Gunselman Dodge Derrike Cope Inc. PE 2 Electrical 10,160

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STEPHEN HAWKINS
The Associated Press
Friday, Jun. 06, 2008

FORT WORTH, Texas - Kyle Busch arrived at Texas Motor Speedway, got in his truck and started driving through the field.

Busch finished second Friday night in the Craftsman Trucks Series race, the first of a planned cross-country trifecta to become the first driver to race in all three of NASCAR's national series at three different tracks on the same weekend.

Ron Hornaday Jr. held off Busch for the final two laps after a green-white-checkered finish for his 35th career victory, his first at the 1.5-mile, high-banked Texas track.

On the previous restart with 11 laps to go, Busch moved from fourth to second in less than one lap, getting past Johnny Benson and Jack Sprague to get behind Hornaday. But Busch never could push in front for the lead.

Because Busch didn't drive the truck during qualifying Thursday, and also missed the drivers' meeting, he had to start at the back of the 35-truck field. He was up to 16th after only 30 laps, and was in the top 10 within 53 laps.

"We fixed it and made the most of it," Busch said of his Toyota, which he wasn't happy with all night. "It wasn't for me. We made so many adjustments to it all night. We're lucky we made it home in second. ...That's all we could do."

Busch was going for his third Craftsman Trucks victory in seven starts this season. He is the Sprint Cup points leader and is second in Nationwide points, with four victories in each of those series.

Busch arrived at the track about an hour before the start of the truck race, after a nearly three-hour flight from Pocono Raceway in Pennsylvania, where he had earlier qualified 10th for the Sprint Cup race Sunday.

Busch was headed back to Pocono late Friday night, and his itinerary said that he was scheduled to arrive at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport "really late." There will be more Cup practice Saturday before Busch goes to Nashville for the Nationwide Series race.

Asked how he felt, Busch said he wasn't tired.

"Tonight was a hot night, that's for sure," he said. "I'm not tired. No, just hot."

The final restart was set up when Scott Speed, the ARCA rookie who traveled with Busch from Pocono, slammed into the wall with two laps to go in the scheduled 167-lap race.

That set up the fifth straight green-white finish at Texas, extending the race to 172 laps. But Busch, more than a half-second behind Hornaday when the caution flag came out, couldn't take advantage of the extra restart.

"I spun my tires a little too much and wasn't able to get alongside Ron," Busch said. "When he went, I went and I went too hard, and spun the tires. So I missed out on a good run."

Hornaday led a record 140 laps and finished 0.283 seconds ahead of Busch, taking over the season points lead.

"You have no idea what was going through my mind," Hornaday said about the final restart. "I'm going for a championship ... He had nothing to lose at this race but to try to win all three races in three different starts. But that shows what kind of driver Kyle is. He raced me clean."

When Hornaday crossed the finish line, he excitedly yelled in his radio about finally winning at Texas. He had led at least 78 laps three other times, but had late-race accidents and even ran out of gas while running up front.

"Things happened and it wasn't meant to be," Hornaday said. "I wanted this race so bad. When Kyle got up there, I knew I had my hands full."

Benson was third and Sprague was fourth. Todd Bodine, a four-time winner at Texas, finished fifth. Rookie driver Justin Marks, who felt ill during the race, finished 14th.

Busch gave up most of his gained track position on the first pit stop, during a caution 34 laps into the race. As planned, there was an extended stop to make adjustments on the truck, and he restarted 28th.

After the second stop, on a caution brought out by Aric Almirola's accident on the backstretch on the 61st lap, Busch came out of the pits 10th.

In seven starts for owner Billy Ballew, Busch has five top-10 finishes.

Speed, who will run an ARCA race at Pocono on Saturday, also had to start at the back of the field a week after getting his first Craftsman Trucks victory.

On the 128th lap, Speed made contact along the frontstretch with series points leader Rick Crawford on the 128th lap when both were around the top 10.

Speed slid through the grassy infield, though somehow managed to avoid slamming into the inside pit wall. But Crawford blew a tire, then had to make almost a full lap around the track, causing serious damage to his Ford.

But Speed couldn't avoid the wall at the end.

Mike Skinner, who started on the front row at Texas for the eighth straight time, finished ninth. He still hasn't won at Texas.

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