The Races
• 94 different drivers have qualified for and competed in at least one race this season. J.R. Norris qualified for Kyle Busch at Texas but did not compete in the race.
• There have been 10 different race winners in 2008:
Ron Hornaday Jr. (five)
Johnny Benson (four)
Kyle Busch (three)
Todd Bodine (one)
Dennis Setzer (one)
Matt Crafton (one)
Donny Lia (one)
Scott Speed (one)
Erik Darnell (one)
Mike Skinner (one)
• 36 different drivers have posted top-10 finishes this season, led by Mike Skinner with 15.
The Pole Winner/Race Winner
• The pole winner (or driver that started first in cases of no qualifying) finishing position:
First 2
2nd-5th 7
6th-10th 5
11th-30th 4
31st or beyond 1
• The lap-leader performance of the pole winner (or driver that started first in cases of no qualifying):
Led First Lap 12
Led at All 17
Led Most Laps 5
Won Race 2
• The race winner’s starting positions:
Pole 4
2nd-5th 7
6th-10th 2
11th-30th 6
31st or beyond 0
• The lap-leader performance of the race winner:
Led First Lap 5
Led Most Laps 11
Led Mid-Race Lap 8
Led With 10 to Go 15
Led With One to Go 19
Note: Mid-Race lap is as scheduled regardless of shortened or extended race length.
Points
• Five drivers have led the points standings in 2008: Todd Bodine, Kyle Busch, Ron Hornaday Jr., Rick Crawford and Johnny Benson.
• Kyle Busch led the points for three races, the first time he ever led the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series standings.
• Rick Crawford took the points lead following Dover, his first time to lead the points since he headed the series for one week following his win in the season-opening Daytona race in 2003.
• Johnny Benson assumed the points lead at Michigan, his first time to lead the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series standings. Benson had been second in the points standings 13 times in his career.
• Three drivers have ranked in the top 10 in points all season: Johnny Benson, Todd Bodine and Rick Crawford.
Laps Led
• 32 different drivers have led at least one lap in 2008.
• Ron Hornaday Jr. has led 980 laps, more than any other driver.
• Seven different drivers have led the most laps in a race in 2008:
Ron Hornaday Jr. (seven)
Kyle Busch (four)
Todd Bodine (three)
Johnny Benson (two)
Dennis Setzer (one)
David Starr (one)
Erik Darnell (one)
Rookie Performance
• Six different rookies have been the highest-finishing rookie this season:
Colin Braun (five)
Donny Lia (four)
Marc Mitchell (three)
Scott Speed (three)
Justin Marks (two)
Brian Scott (two)
• Six different rookies have posted top-10 finishes this season, led by Colin Braun with six.
• Donny Lia won at Mansfield and became the first Raybestos Rookie of the Year contender to win in 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 257 on-track penalties issued this season.
• Penalty Recap:
Pitting Before Pit Road is Open 127
Too Fast Entering Pit Road 23
Too Fast Exiting Pit Road 34
Others 73
Manufacturer
• Toyota leads the manufacturers’ points standings with 133 points to 124 for Chevrolet, 92 for Ford and 69 for Dodge.
• Dodge posted its first victory since Mansfield in 2005 when Dennis Setzer won at Martinsville.
Notebook
• Erik Darnell won the Keystone Light Pole Award at Daytona, posting his first pole at Daytona and just the second of his career.
• 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.
• There were eight lead changes and 34 cars running at the finish at Martinsville, both tying the track records.
• Kyle Busch won the pole at Lowe’s Motor Speedway and posted Toyota’s 50th pole in 106 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series races.
• Not only did Donny Lia (Mansfield) and Scott Speed (Dover) post their career-first victory this season – for both it was the first time they had led a lap.
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