The first thing David Green could say after climbing from the No. 1 RFMS/Red Horse Racing Toyota was, “Whew! ”
The 1994 NASCAR Busch Series champion hadn’t been in a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race in a decade – but Green raced his way to a fifth-place finish in the July 14 Built Ford Tough 225 at Kentucky Speedway despite landing the ride a few days earlier.
“Things have changed, ” said Green, “a lot. ”
“The races I won in the Busch Series and races that were very mentally stressful don’t even hold a candle to what it takes to run these things, ” said the 49-year-old Owensboro, Ky., competitor. “We ran 16 laps tonight before the first caution and the crew told me it was 16 laps down and I thought it should have been 200.
“I’ve never been in a race that fast and (at that) pace. ”
Green will drive Tom DeLoach’s Toyota in the remaining 12 events and appears destined to win his first NASCAR Craftsman Truck race. Green won nine races and $8.9 million in the NASCAR Busch Series.
Still …
“I have to be careful not to put too many expectations on myself, ” Green said prior to the race. “Every ingredient is going to be new to me. I probably should have three rookie stripes instead of one, but they didn’t put any on (the truck). ”
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