2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Season In Review – Week 5
Apr 23, 2008
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - There have been three different race winners in the 2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season: Kyle Busch (two), Todd Bodine (one) and Dennis Setzer (one). While no driver has had a top-10 finish in every race, three drivers have posted top-10 finishes in three of the four: Bodine, Busch and Ron Hornaday Jr.
2008 Season Highlights
• Todd Bodine’s victory at Daytona International Speedway continued a streak of nine consecutive
years with a different race winner at Daytona.
• Todd Bodine, Kyle Busch and Johnny Benson all finished in the top-three in the first two races of
the season.
• Kyle Busch became the sixth different race winner in as many races at California. His win at Atlanta
made him the first repeat winner in eight races there.
• Dennis Setzer won for the third time at Martinsville, making him the all-time win leader there.
Qualifying
• 50 different drivers have attempted to qualify for at least one race this season.
• Erik Darnell won the Keystone Light Pole Award at Daytona, posting his first pole there and just the
second of his career.
• Qualifying was canceled at the Auto Club Speedway.
• Ron Hornaday Jr. (Atlanta) and Jack Sprague (Martinsville) are the other pole winners this season.
• Jack Sprague set a new track record of 96.327 mph in qualifying at Martinsville - topping the mark
set by Mike Skinner one year earlier.
• 50 different drivers have posted top-10 starts this season, led by Colin Braun and Ron Hornaday Jr.,
each with four.
The Races
• 49 different drivers have qualified for at least one race this season.
• Todd Bodine won at Daytona. Not only was it his first NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series victory there
- it was his first ever at the 2.5-mile superspeedway. Bodine was winless in nine NASCAR Sprint Cup
Series and 11 NASCAR Nationwide Series Daytona races. He also competed in six Gatorade Duels
and four Budweiser Shootouts - bringing his total number of Daytona races to 33 prior to his first
victory there.
• There were eight lead changes and 34 cars running at the finish at Martinsville - both tied the track
records.
• Matt Crafton finished second at Martinsville - his career-best NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
finish. Entering the race, Crafton had finished third five times, twice in 2004, twice in 2006 and most
recently at Atlanta in March 2007.
The Pole Winner/Race Winner
• The pole winner (or driver that started first in cases of no qualifying) finishing position:
First 0
2nd-5th 2
6th-10th 0
11th-30th 2
31st or beyond 0
• The lap-leader performance of the pole winner (or driver that started first in cases of no qualifying):
Led First Lap 3
Led at All 4
Led Most Laps 1
Won Race 0
• The race winner’s starting positions:
Pole 0
Top Five 1
6th-10th 1
11th-30th 2
31st or beyond 0
• The lap-leader performance of the race winner:
Led First Lap 1
Led Most Laps 3
Led Mid-Race Lap 1
Led With 10 to Go 4
Led With One to Go 4
Note: Mid-Race lap is as scheduled regardless of shortened or extended race length.
