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The team is still mourning the loss of their boss and leader Bobby Hamilton, Sr who succumbed to neck cancer earlier this month.Ĭhad McCumbee will start his sophomore season in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series full time with Green Light Racing behind the wheel of the No.

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Hornaday and Kevin Harvick are looking for the same magic that new crew chief Rick Ren brought to Johnny Benson last season.Ĭhase Miller was the fastest driver from Bobby Hamilton Racing’s stable last weekend. Gale, who will also run for the team in NASCAR Busch Series competition, will share this gig with boss Kevin Harvick and NASCAR Nextel Cup Series sophomore Clint Bowyer. Musgrave, the 2005 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series champion will look to add his name to TOYOTA winner’s list this season.Ĭale Gale, KHI (Kevin Harvick, Inc.) newest top gun looked smooth and mature during his runs in the No. Bodine also announced last weekend at Daytona that his team will cut back their NNC efforts to focus on retaining the NCTS title.īehind Bodine came teammate Ted Musgrave in the No. Reigning NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series champion Todd Bodine led the Germain Racing brigade with the 11th fastest time in his No. Kinser is expected to run in a mixture of NCTS and share a ride with Regan Smith in the NASCAR Busch Series. Kraig Kinser in an entry fielded between Ginn Racing and Morgan-Dollar Motorsports rebounded after a poor speed in his first practice session of the weekend. Shepherd was ahead of fellow teammate and darkhorse Erik Darnell in the No. Peter Shepherd, the likable Canadian young gun racked in the eighth fastest time in what is expected to be a full year of competition behind the wheel of the No. Cook has been driving Chevrolets and Fords since he joined the series. Terry Cook leaping from ppc Racing and a Ford took his new stab at HT Motorsports for Jim Harris and piloting a TOYOTA Tundra for the first time in his NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career. Benson had a remarkable year in 2006 scoring five wins and finishing second in the championship to fellow TOYOTA colleague Todd Bodine. to reel in the sixth fastest time in the third BDR entry. Johnny Benson recovered nicely after losing crew chief Rick Ren to Kevin Harvick, Inc.

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Mike Skinner, the second of three drivers for BDR (Bill Davis Racing) who recently signed a multi-year contract to continue driving the No. 22 TOYOTA formally driven by Bill Lester. Walker is expected to retain the owner’s points from the No. Walker reunites to a full time gig after sitting on the sidelines for a couple years. 36 TOYOTA looked strong out of the box after turning the fourth fastest effort. Tyler Walker in a new entry for Bill Davis Racing in the No. Jack Sprague, whose Wyler Racing team is expected to float between a full NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series schedule and some COT (Car of Tomorrow) races in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, wound up third quickest in the No. Allmendinger is expected to share the DWM (team located at Michael Waltrip’s shop in North Carolina) with fellow TOYOTA rookies, Josh Wise and Ken Buttler, III sharing the No. 00 and bolted to the second fastest lap.Īllmendinger, who will use the NCTS as extra practice for his full tenure in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series driving for Team Red Bull Racing turned a lap of 48.399 seconds at 185.954 mph. TOYOTA, who scored the 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series manufacturers championship, is keeping their momentum rolling into the new season with newcomer and former open wheel star AJ Allmendinger taking the new reins of Darrell Waltrip Motorsports, who swapped numbers from the No. Now, returning to the division which brought him stardom and being associated with the team that triumphed six times last season, another championship could be in the works. He moved into the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series in 2004 with limited success. Kvapil returns to the NCTS after netting a championship with Xpress Motorsports in 2003. Kvapil, sporting the Dish Network uniform colors whipped his machine around the 2.5-mile speedway with a time of 48.252 seconds at 186.521 mph.

6 Ford F-150 for Roush Racing dominating the weekend, posting the fastest time during each segment and the final composite standings. The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series ended their three-day preseason testing session Sunday with Kvapil, in the famed No. And by early predictions and looks, he is the man to beat. NASCAR Preseason Thunder - 2007Former NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series champion Travis Kvapil is coming to Daytona ready to pick off where former Roush Racing emblem Mark Martin left off.