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NASCAR Race Number 20
Unofficial Race Results for the Mountain Dew 250 - Saturday, October 6, 2007
Talladega Superspeedway - Talladega, AL - 2.66 Mile Paved
Total Race Length - 94 Laps - 250.04 Miles - Purse: $780,490
Leader
1
1
30
Todd Bodine
Lumber Liquidators Toyota
94
Running
2
46
10
195
$83,525

2
22
14
Rick Crawford
Power Stroke Diesel by International 
94
Running
1
1
5
175
$52,200

3
17
23
Johnny Benson
Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Toyota
94
Running
165
$36,425

4
9
1
Jason Leffler
RFMS/Red Horse Racing Toyota
94
Running
160
$22,225

5
23
18
Dennis Setzer
Fastenal Dodge
94
Running
155
$20,400

6
16
13
Willie Allen #
ThorSport Chevrolet
94
Running
150
$19,650

7
13
33
Ron Hornaday Jr.
Camping World Chevrolet
94
Running
146
$17,800

8
33
40
Chad Chaffin
Key Motorsports Chevrolet
94
Running
142
$17,300

9
28
47
Regan Smith
Ginn Resorts Chevrolet
94
Running
138
$14,950

10
20
21
Jon Wood
Bush’s/Winn Dixie Ford
94
Running
134
$18,325

11
18
10
David Starr
International MAXX FORCE Diesel 
94
Running
130
$17,000

12
35
16
Derrike Cope
Xpress Motorsports Ford
94
Running
127
$16,825

13
8
5
Mike Skinner
Toyota Tundra Toyota
94
Running
1
9
5
129
$16,725

14
29
51
Kyle Busch
Flanders Beef Patties Chevrolet
94
Running
1
1
5
126
$14,375

15
34
75
Clay Rogers
Spears Mfg. Chevrolet
94
Running
118
$17,400

16
31
77
Brendan Gaughan
South Point Hotel Chevrolet
94
Running
115
$16,425

17
4
03
Mike Wallace
Southeast Toyota Dealers Toyota
94
Running
112
$14,075

18
21
88
Matt Crafton
Menards/PEAK Chevrolet
94
Running
109
$16,225

19
24
09
Joey Clanton #
Zaxby’s Ford
93
Running
1
1
5
111
$16,100

20
25
15
Shane Sieg
Red Top Auto Auction Chevrolet
93
Running
103
$16,450

21
26
07
Tim Sauter #
Lester Buildings/ASI Limited Chevrolet
92
Running
1
2
5
105
$15,900

22
19
2
Cale Gale
Camping World Chevrolet
91
Running
97
$13,550

23
11
00
Josh Wise
Aaron’s Lucky Dog Toyota
85
Accident
94
$15,700

24
15
8
Chad McCumbee
TheGPSStore.com/GARMIN 
85
Running
91
$14,350

25
7
9
Ted Musgrave
Team ASE Toyota
80
Accident
88
$14,250

26
5
6
Travis Kvapil
K&N Filters Ford
78
Running
1
4
5
90
$13,150

27
2
60
Jack Sprague
Con-way Freight Toyota
73
Accident
4
30
5
87
$13,050

28
12
59
Terry Cook
Harris Trucking Toyota
73
Accident
79
$12,950

29
3
99
Erik Darnell
Northern Tool + Equipment Ford
72
Accident
76
$12,850

30
10
27
Jacques Villeneuve
unicef Toyota
60
Accident
73
$12,750

31
6
50
T.J. Bell
Heathcliff’s Cat Litter Ford
53
Accident
70
$12,625

32
32
71
Bryan Silas
PBG/Rockingham Speedway 
52
Accident
67
$12,525

33
27
08
Marc Mitchell
People Against Drugs Chevrolet
12
Vibration
64
$12,425

34
14
4
Mike Bliss
Open Joist Dodge
6
Accident
61
$12,400

35
30
7
Jason White #
Gunbroker.com Dodge
6
Accident
58
$12,355

36
36
06
Wayne Edwards
Green Ligth Racing Chevrolet
3
Vibration
0
$12,315

Before an estimated crowd of 80,000  - Todd Bodine won the Mountain Dew 250, his 12th career NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series victory. Prior to the green flag the following driver(s) dropped to the rear for the reason(s) indicated: #4 Bliss, #40 Chaffin (engine change); #7 White, #21 Wood, #27 Villeneuve (unapproved impound adjustment).
 Race Comments:
N/A
 Failed to Qualify:
01 Hrs, 55 Mins, 25 Secs.
 Time of Race:
Average Speed:
Margin of Victory:
7 for 25 laps: Laps: 8-11 (#4,7 accident turn 2); 17-19 (Debris); 55-60 (#27,50,71 accident turn 4); 68-70 (Debris); 75-79 (#6,9,33,59,60,99 accident turn 4); 81-82 (#00,40 accident turn 4); 91-92 (#03 spun turn 1).
 Caution Flags:
12 among 8 drivers: T. Bodine (Pole); J. Sprague 1-16; J. Clanton # 17; T. Sauter # 18-19; T. Bodine 20-53; J. Sprague 54-56; K. Busch 57; T. Kvapil 58-61; J. Sprague 62-70; R. Crawford 71; J. Sprague 72-73; M. Skinner 74-82; T. Bodine 83-94.
 Lead Changes:
(1) R. Hornaday Jr. 3,207;(2) M. Skinner 3,193;(3) T. Kvapil 2,973;(4) T. Bodine 2,945;(5) J. Benson 2,831;(6) R. Crawford 2,794;(7) T. Musgrave 2,474;(8) E. Darnell 2,427;(9) M. Crafton 2,411;(10) J. Sprague 2,339.
Top 10 Driver Points: 
129.985 MPH
0.014 Seconds
NASCAR Public Relations @ P.O. Box 2875, Daytona Beach, FL 32120-2875
Oct. 20, 2007 - Martinsville Speedway
Next Race:
Budweiser Pole Award: Todd Bodine, #30 (181.811 mph)
Checkers/Rally’s Double Drive Through: Todd Bodine, #30 (73.428 Seconds)
Featherlite Most Improved Driver Award: Todd Bodine, #30 (27 Places)
Mobil1 Command Performance Driver of the Race: Todd Bodine, #30 
Raybestos Rookie of the Year Award: Willie Allen, #13 
Sunoco Diamond Performance: Todd Bodine, #30 
Wix Filters Lap Leader Award: Todd Bodine, #30 (46 Laps)
Fin
Str
Trk
Driver
Team
Laps
Pts
Bns
Total Award
Status
Times
Laps

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Todd Bodine barely held off Rick Crawford and Johnny Benson in a three-wide finish Saturday in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Talladega Superspeedway.

Bodine, the reigning truck champion, was out front for a restart with two laps to go on the 2.66-mile oval, with Crawford and Benson close behind in a single-file line of competitors.

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Dale Jarrett will apparently scale back his schedule next season, saying Saturday he plans to do “some racing” in 2008.

The 1999 Cup champion has been mulling his future for some time, and said he’ll reveal his plans next week at Lowe’s Motor Speedway.

“Can you hang on for five days?” he asked after qualifying at Talladega Superspeedway. “I don’t think it’s anything that will change the world or anything.

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The racing is always intense at Talladega Superspeedway, where drivers spend 500 white-knuckled miles trying to avoid the inevitable wreck known as “The Big One.”

The tension should be even higher Sunday. The restrictor-plate debut of the Car of Tomorrow, the Nextel Cup debut of former Formula One champion Jacques Villeneuve and a fierce title hunt should have the field on edge for what figures to be a wild race.

“It’s going to be interesting,” Dale Earnhardt Jr. said Saturday.

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Michael Waltrip led a charge of “go-or-go-home” entries to the top of the grid Saturday in qualifying for the UAW-Ford 500 at Talladega Superspeedway.

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Talladega is known for big crashes, but Jeff Hammond says with the debut of the COT, “the biggest one” is yet to come.

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Richie Gilmore, VP of Competition for Dale Earnhardt Inc.. was airlifted to Trinity Medical Center in Birmingham on Friday afternoon after suffering an aneurysm, according to DEI competition director Steve Hmiel.

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