NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series News And Notes - Martinsville



Active Tracks With Most Different Winners

Track Winners Races

Martinsville Speedway 15 16

Homestead-Miami Speedway 11 11

New Hampshire Int’l Speedway 11 11

The Milwaukee Mile 11 12

Texas Motor Speedway 11 18

O’Reilly Raceway Park 10 12

Phoenix International Speedway 10 16

Las Vegas Motor Speedway 9 10

Daytona International Speedway 8 8

Bristol Motor Speedway 8 9

Gateway International Raceway 8 9

Memphis Motorsports Park 8 9

California Speedway 8 11

This Week’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Leaders

(Through 3 races of the 25-race season)

Points leader – Mike Skinner (550)

Driver Rating – Mike Skinner (129.2)

Winnings – Mike Skinner ($155,650)

Laps led – Mike Skinner (119)

Victories – Mike Skinner (2)

Budweiser Poles – Jack Sprague, Mike Skinner, Carl Edwards (1)

Top-five finishes – Mike Skinner (3)

Top-10 finishes – 3 drivers with 3

Raybestos Rookie Leader – Aaron Fike (1 over Joey Clanton)

Races led – Mike Skinner (3)

Weeks in Top 10 – 9 drivers tied with 3

Toyota Leads Manufacturers’ Championship

Toyota drivers have won all three races this season, putting Toyota on top of the manufacturers’ championship standings. Toyota trucks swept both races at Martinsville last year, the first time a manufacturer has won both season stops at the track.

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Manufacturers’ Championship

Toyota 27

Chevrolet 16

Ford 14

Dodge 9

Raybestos Rookie of the Year Standings

A trio of Raybestos Rookies of the Year have finished second in their freshman campaigns at Martinsville Speedway. Travis Kvapil (No. 6 K&N Engineering Ford) was the first in 2001 followed by Carl Edwards in 2003 and Todd Kluever in 2005.

Driver Points

1. Aaron Fike 30

2. Joey Clanton 29

3. Kelly Bires 26

4. Willie Allen 24

5. Blake Bjorklund 22

6. Tim Sauter 21

7. Tyler Walker 19

8. Casey Kingsland 5

9. Josh White 4

FAST FACTS

Next Race: Kroger 250

The Place: Martinsville Speedway

The Date: March 31

The Time: 3 p. m. (ET)

TV: FOX 3 p. m. (ET)

Track Layout:. 526-mile oval

Race Purse: $504,661

2006 Winner: David Starr

2006 Pole: Bobby Hamilton Jr.

No. Driver Pts 1 Skinner 550

2 Bodine 481

3 Hornaday 451

4 Sprague 449

5 Musgrave 440

6 Crafton 437

7 Crawford 437

8 Benson 409

9 Kvapil 408

10 Setzer 358

Schedule: Friday — Practice 12:10 p. m. – p. m. (rookies); 1 p. m. – 2 p. m. and 2:20 p. m. – 3:30 p. m. (live on SPEED); Saturday – Qualifying 11:10 a. m.

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