NASCAR - Craftsman Truck - Dodge Dealers Ram Tough 200 Preview

Last season, Todd Bodine registered his ninth Craftsman Truck Series title, as he clipped Ted Musgrave by less than a second. Bodine, who's win total now stands at 11, led three times for a race-high 66 laps after starting from the third position. Pole sitter David Ragan failed to finish the race due to an accident and placed 28th. Bodine, who led early in the race, reclaimed the lead from David Reutimann on lap 147 and held on for the win. Reutimann led twice for 63 laps and finished third.

In 2005, Musgrave became the first multiple winner of this race, as he edged out Dennis Setzer by less than a second. Musgrave, who started on the pole, led 158 of the 160 laps, as he won for the 16th time on the Craftsman Truck Series, his last Series win.

Musgrave's 28-month dry spell, however, is only third-longest among active series winners. Ken Schrader is 0-for-81 since 1995 and Brendan Gaughan, the 2003 Ram Tough 200 winner, has gone 67 races since win No. 8 at Texas Motor Speedway in November of the same season.

The next race in the Craftsman Truck Series championship, the New Hampshire 200, is scheduled for September 15th at the New Hampshire International Speedway, where Johnny Benson captured the 2006 event.

Source: [url=http://www.newsobserver.com/1579/story/686090.html]News & Observer[/url]