NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series: Season In Review – Week 10
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Jun 12, 2008
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Rookie Performance
• Five different rookies have posted top-10 finishes this season – led by Colin Braun and Scott Speed, each with three.
• Donny Lia won at Mansfield and became the first Raybestos Rookie of the Year contender to win on the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series since Carl Edwards at Nashville in August 2003.
Rookie Excellence
Donny Lia and Scott Speed recorded the first back-to-back victories by different rookies in the series history. It was the third time that back-to-back rookie victories had occurred, but the other times were by the same driver: Kurt Busch in 2000 (Milwaukee and Loudon) and Carl Edwards in 2003 (ORP and Nashville).
Penalties
• There have been 122 on-track penalties issued this season.
• Penalty Recap:
Pitting Before Pit Road is Open 54
Too Fast Entering Pit Road 10
Too Fast Exiting Pit Road 21
Others 37
Manufacturer
• Chevrolet leads the manufacturers’ point standings with 54 points to 53 for Toyota, 37 for Ford and 32
for Dodge.
• Toyota has posted four victories in 2008. Chevrolet has three wins and Dodge has one.
• Toyota swept the first four finishing positions at Daytona and California.
• Dodge posted its first victory since Mansfield in 2005 when Dennis Setzer won at Martinsville.
• Kyle Busch won the pole at Lowe’s Motor Speedway and posted Toyota’s 50th pole in 106 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series races.
