Craftsman Truck Series Notebook
Dover International Speedway, Dover, DE (1-mile oval)

AAA Insurance 200: Friday, June 2 (SPEED at 9:00 p.m. AT, 8:00 p.m. ET - tape delay)

Pre-Race Fast Facts

What: AAA Insurance 200 (Race 8 of 25).

Green Flag: 4:45 p.m. ET, June 2.

Track layout: 1-mile banked concrete speedway.

Race length: 200 miles/200 laps.

Posted awards: $643,503.

2005 winner: Kyle Busch

2005 polesitter: David Starr

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Roush Trucks Finish 1, 2 at Dover

DOVER, DE (June 2, 2006) - Mark Martin continued his domination of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series on Friday scoring a 3.052-second victory over Roush Racing teammate Carl Edwards in the AAA Insurance 200 at Dover International Speedway.

The victory was Martin’s third of the 2006 season and fourth overall dating to 1996 at the old North Wilkesboro Speedway. Click here for the rest of the story.

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Post-Race Notes

• This is Mark Martin's third victory in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series this season. He has finished in the top five in five of the six races he has run this year.
• Martin started the race 13th, his lowest starting position this season. He won at Daytona International Speedway from the pole position and started seventh in his win at California Speedway.
• With the win Martin became the first driver to win a race at Dover International Speedway in all three national series. He has four wins in the NASCAR Busch Series and one win in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series.
• Carl Edwards finished second giving team owner Jack Roush the top two spots. This was his first series race since November 2004. In two previous starts at Dover, Edwards finished 33rd and 14th.
• Todd Bodine finished third and extended his lead in the point standings to 76 over Ted Musgrave. Bodine has finished in the top five six times this season.
• Seventeen trucks finished on the lead lap, a track record. The previous record was 13 at last year's race.
• Only one truck, the No. 02 Sutton Motorsports Chevrolet of Kelly Sutton, failed to complete the race. This tied the series record for least amount of DNF's.

Qualifying Notes

• This is David Reutimann's sixth career Budweiser Pole in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and his second in 2006 (California Speedway). He is the first driver to win multiple poles this season.
• Reutimann enters today's race third in the point standings.
• This is Toyota's fourth pole of the 2006 season.
• No. 2 qualifier Mike Bliss enjoys his best start of the 2006 season. Bliss' best previous start was sixth at California Speedway where he finished seventh.
• Bliss enters today's race ranked 10th in the point standings.
• Marcos Ambrose is the race's best qualifying Raybestos Rookie of the Year contender. Ambrose will start 12th.
• Current point leader Todd Bodine will start seventh. Defending race winner Kyle Busch will start third.
• Two drivers failed to qualify for the 36-truck field: Robert Richardson and Ryan Moore.

Pre-Race Notes & Quotes

Erin Crocker, No. 98 Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge "I am excited to go back to Dover. We qualified really well there in the Busch car last year. I think we started 9th. We didn't have a very good finish there. It is nice to go back to a track that I have already been on before. That is something that hasn't happened a lot this year. Most of the tracks I have gone to are all new to me. I like the tracks that are high banked and I think we will have a really good weekend. The team has come a long way. The guys feel really good about the truck we are taking this weekend. We need to get our selves back up there in points this weekend and finally get some good results. We have been running well, but just haven’t had the results lately that we should have had." This will mark Crocker's first Truck Series race at Dover.

Ted Musgrave, No. 9 Team ASE/Germain Toyota "I like racing at Dover," said Musgrave. "It is the type of race track where you have to have your mind set on racing the track, much like Darlington and Bristol. You need a truck that handles very well so you can be aggressive on the track and with your race truck. Dover is not a forgiving race track. You have to make sure you and your race team are on your 'A' game. We will be on our 'A' game this week." Ted has 19 career starts in his NASCAR Nextel Cup Series at Dover. His best starting spot in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series at Dover came in 1994 when Ted started in the seventh position, driving the No. 16 The Family Channel Ford for Jack Roush. His best NASCAR Nextel Cup Series career finish at Dover was in 1995 when Ted drove his No. 16 The Family Channel Ford home to a third place finish.

Todd Bodine, No. 30 Lumber Liquidators Toyota "Dover is a very special track for me," said Todd Bodine. "I got my very first Busch Series win there. I have been lucky enough to go to victory lane three times there in the Busch series. Any time I am there, whether it's in the Nextel Cup, Busch or Truck Series, I always run well. The racing at the Dover track is different from most other tracks. It's pretty exciting to race on a 1-mile concrete oval, especially in the trucks. It would be awesome to take home a win at Dover in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series." Todd will be making his second NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series start at Dover International Speedway this Friday. His first race at Dover in the NCTS came in 2005, driving the No. 66 Fiddle Back Racing Toyota Tundra. Todd has 13 starts at Dover International Speedway in his NASCAR Nextel Cup Series career. Todd's best NASCAR Nextel Cup Series career start at Dover is ninth, which came in 1994 and 2001 while driving the No. 75 Factory Stores Ford for Bob Rahilly and in 2001, driving the No. 66 Kmart Ford for Travis Carter. Todd's best career finish in the NNCS at Dover is 12th, which came in 2003 while driving the No. 54 National Guard Ford. Todd has a total of 20 starts in his NASCAR Busch Series career at Dover International Speedway. His best NASCAR Busch Series start was when Todd sat on the pole while driving the No. 34 Hungry Jack Buick for Frank Cicci. Todd's best NASCAR Busch Series finish at Dover and first Busch Series win came in 1993 when he drove the No. 34 Fiddle Faddle Chevy for Frank Cicci. Todd has a total of three wins at Dover in his NASCAR Busch Series career.

Scott Lagasse, No. 04 Hemi Dodge Scott Lagasse, Jr. will be making his second-career start at The Monster Mile this weekend. He competed in last year’s NASCAR Busch Series race for FitzBradshaw Racing finishing 42nd after a crash ended his day. Lagasse Jr. will be driving the BHR chassis “Butthead” this weekend at Dover. It will be “Butthead’s” third start this season. The AAA Insurance 200 will mark Lagasse’s 6th NCTS career start.

Carl Edwards, No. 50 Ford "This is awesome to get back and race in the Truck Series again," said Edwards. "I've been bugging Jack for months to let me run a race or two. I'm glad he finally caved in and let me do this deal. The trucks are so much fun, they really are a blast to drive. I'm really looking forward to getting out there Friday and seeing what we can do."

Joey Miller, No. 12 Curb Records Toyota “I’ve never run there before and actually I’ve never seen the place,” said Miller. “The extent of my knowledge about the track is that it is a high-banked fast concrete one-mile track. I’m really excited to go back to another shorter track. Dover is a place where you can lift off the gas. It’s not a wide open track like all these intermediate tracks we are going to.”

David Reutimann “I don’t know exactly where we were in points last year coming into Dover, but I do know it’s a huge difference,” said Reutimann, who was 17th in the points last season entering the Monster Mile. “It feels good to be in third-place and knocking on the door of first-place in the points standings. We’ve been getting the finishes we need and the pit stops have been great. Everything has been really good for us. We’re closer to where we’ve ever been to the points lead. I think we’ve got a good shot at being even closer. We’re in a better position than we were last season when we raced at Dover.”

Timothy Peters, No. 4 Dodge Motorsports Dodge Timothy Peters will be making his second Dover start this weekend. Peters qualified fourth and finished sixth in last year’s Dover event. Peters will be driving the BHR chassis “Rocket” this weekend at Dover. The chassis ran at Charlotte, Kentucky, Memphis, IRP, Nashville, Bristol, Richmond, Las Vegas, Martinsville, Atlanta and Homestead with Peters behind the wheel in 2005 and ran as recently as last week at Mansfield where it posted an 11th place finish. The AAA Insurance 200 at Dover International Raceway will mark Peters’ 25th NCTS career start. Peters gained eight valuable spots in the NCTS owner’s points after his 11th place finish at Mansfield moving him up to 24th overall.

Bobby Hamilton Jr., No. 18 Fastenal Racing Dodge Bobby Hamilton Jr. will be making his fifth start in the No. 18 Fastenal Dodge at the Monster Mile in the AAA Insurance 200. Hamilton Jr. will be making his first NCTS start at Dover International Raceway. The AAA Insurance 200 will mark Hamilton Jr.’s 13th NCTS career start. Hamilton Jr. will run a new and yet unnamed BHR chassis at Dover - #33. Hamilton Jr. has three top five and four top-ten finishes in 10 NASCAR Busch Series starts at Dover with a best finish of second on Sept. 20, 2003. Hamilton Jr. also has four NASCAR Nextel Cup starts at Dover with a best of 21st on June 5, 2005.

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