|| *Comments on the 1996 NAPA 200:* View the most recent comment <#10> | Post a comment <#post> Tweet 1. Matt posted: 11.06.2008 - 4:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Truck owners for this race and the entire 1996 season with that truck number: 23. T.J. Clark (T.J. Clark) 40. Carlos Serrano (Carlos Serrano) 2. Matt posted: 11.29.2008 - 2:38 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Full name for the owner listed as H. Johnson is Harry Johnson. 3. RaceFanX posted: 10.04.2012 - 9:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Joe Gaita's Truck series debut 4. 83andJoe posted: 05.22.2013 - 2:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #6 sponsor: Total Petroleum/Chesrown Auto Group #11 sponsor: Hy-Tech Auto Body #14 sponsor: Stroppe Motorsports #31 sponsor: Concor Tool & Machine #65 sponsor: AAG Racing (plain yellow truck) #81 sponsor: Frickers/HBO Sports #83 sponsor: Coffee Critic/Mission Uniform & Linen #2 crew chief: Barry Dodson 5. 83andJoe posted: 05.22.2013 - 2:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) First caution: #8 spin turn 2 Second caution: #19 accident turn 4 Third caution: #19, #29 accident turn 2 Fourth catution: #36 spin turn 1 Fifth caution: #98 accident turn 2 Sixth caution: Competition Seventh caution: #21, #2 accident turn 1 Eighth caution: #11 accident turn 3 Ninth caution: #2, #44 spin turn 2 Tenth caution: #53 spin turn 2 Eleventh caution: #80 spin turn 2 6. nascar_vd / racing-reference.info posted: 04.24.2018 - 10:54 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) C1996-05 Awards Busch Pole Award: Bryan Reffner Gatorade Front Runner Award: Rich Bickle Plasti-Kote Winning Finish Award: Rich Burgess (#3) Ventvisor Brand Super Deflector Award: Rich Bickle Featherlite Trailers Long Haul Award: Mike Skinner Cintas Rookie-Of-The-Race Award: Bobby Gill 7. Z posted: 05.02.2020 - 10:28 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Only Truck entry sponsored by Supercuts, better known as an Armando Fitz sponsor during the 00s - Tucson native Carlos Serrano, coming into this one w/ over x30 wins @ Tucson, would make good on the deal w/ a career best 14th FR (of x5) for HBO Sports (or HBO as a whole) as a sponsor, all w/ Jerry Glanville - HBO also sponsored x1 race apiece in Cup/N'wide coming w/ Clint Bowyer (The Sopranos) & TJ Bell (Eastbound & Down), respectively; 2R of J&H Carlectibles as season-long sponsor of TJ Clark 95/97: Ron Hornaday Jr, Jack Sprague, Dave Rezendes, Bob Keselowski, Joe Ruttman, Butch Miller, Mike Bliss, Rick Carelli OR: Bob Brevak (@TUC) Joe Gaita (@TUC) Lance Norick (@TUC) Bobby Gill (@TUC; 2T10) Kenny Allen (@TUC) Lonnie Cox (@TUC) 2R: TJ Clark ('96) 2LR: Carlos Serrano (OR @TUC) Ernie Cope ('96; OR @TUC) Butch Gilliland ('96, w/ Bill Stroppe) ESPN Broadcast: (Kicked Off 1st of x8 ESPN Broadcasts) -Dave Despain/Benny Parsons- Weather Conditions: 71°, Wind: 16mphW, Humidity 22%, Forecast: Clear (Rain To The North) Pre-Race Interview: Bryan Reffner - described as T5 in practice but not "race-winning", question of translating qualifying into race pace; Reffner was optimistic about the changes they had made (& hard not to be when you're starting 1st) Starting Grid: (Not Exact, Broadcast Rounded To Last x2 Digits As Shown By Bryan Reffner) Bryan Reffner 87.14, Rich Bickle 86.51, Ron Hornaday Jr 86.38, Jimmy Hensley 86.37, Mike Bliss 86.28, Rick Carelli 86.23, Joe Ruttman 86.21, Mike Skinner 86.20, Butch Miller 85.91, Jack Sprague 85.75, Bob Keselowski 85.70, Butch Gilliland 85.69, Dave Rezendes 85.56, John Nemechek 85.42, Dan Press 85.32, Bill Sedgwick 85.16, Danny Gill 85.14, Lance Norick 84.67, Doug George 84.52, Ernie Cope 84.49, Michael Dokken 84.37, Joe Gaita 84.23, TJ Clark 84.10, Steve Portenga 83.75, Jerry Glanville 83.27, Allen 83.00, Carlos Serrano 82.81, Walker Evans 82.04, Bob Brevak 81.60, Lonnie Cox - NO TIME Ernie Cope needed a push during warmup laps, truck stalled on track; Butch Miller was in a backup after damaging the primary in practice held the morning of the race On-Board Camera: Mike Bliss, 8. Z posted: 05.02.2020 - 12:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) *Reffner (On-Board) GF: bad jump Reffner, 4th by L2 - Carelli, Skinner, Bliss (Sprague after Bliss) try making bottom line work (high preferred @TUC); L10: Bickle, Hornaday, Hensley, Reffner, Skinner, Sprague, Bliss, Gilliland, Carelli, Ruttman; ~L20: Skinner's CC warns to save tires; C1: Nemechek spins T2, nearly hits Sprague low turning back 'round; L29: Bickle, Hornaday, Skinner, Reffner, Hensley, Sprague, Ruttman, Bliss, Carelli, Press; Restart: Hornaday great jump, Bickle holds off & stalls momentum - Skinner -> 2nd; C2: Norick, just spun solo - truck won't start, stalled on track; OK City mayor Ron Norick in attendance L44: Bickle, Skinner, Hornaday, Hensley, Reffner; L47: x6 cars not LL, restart bottom; ~L50: Dan Press bottom blows past Jack Sprague, has great truck; C3: Norick/Keselowski - Norick goes behind wall, from how described Norick spun & as turning around backed it into Bob Keselowski, as strange as that sounds Cintas ROTY Standings: Reffner 56pt, Barfield 54pt, George 33pt, Gill 26 pt, Norick 23pt, Gilliland 23pt -ROTY=$7,500 Award @ EOY- (Barfield didn't run @TUC b/c he was in Charlotte qualifyinh for a Busch race, but unfortunately DNQd) R58: Bickle's continuing to do a *great job of holding off Skinner/Hornaday, Skinner/Bickle run side by side into T3 through straightaway, Hornaday 3-wide @ straightaway but nothing of it; L64: Sprague T4 smoking, no caution - LR damage shown, cars went x5(!!) wide into turn, Sprague was 3rd middle when hit from behind & spinning 180 low, unhit by other cars; C4: Cox stalled in turn; L69: Bickle, Skinner, Hornaday, Hensley, Reffner - Bliss 8th; R73: calmer restart, everybody single-file high L74: Bickle, Skinner, Hornaday, Hensley, Reffner, Ruttman, Press, Bliss, George, Sedgwick, Carelli, Rezendes, Miller, Gill, Dokken, Gilliland, Cope, Allen, Portenga, Keselowski, Serrano, Sprague, Gaita, Nemechek -1, Evans -1, Brevak -1, Glanville -3, Clark -3, Cox -9, Norick -18 C5: Miller loops it, running lowest line of any driver out there; L83: Bickle, Skinner, Hornaday, Hensley, Reffner, Press, Ruttman, Bliss, George, Sedgwick -Gatorade Half-Way Leader = $1,000- L89: Skinner briefly tries passing low, sees Hornaday high rear-view & gies back high-line to defend; L95: Skinner shimmies sideways, takes lap to regain before attempting exact same move, same spot HALF: Bickle, Skinner, Hornaday, Hensley, Press, Reffner, Ruttman, George, Carelli, Sedgwick, Bliss, Rezendes, Gill, Dokken, Gilliland, Cope, Portenga, Allen, Keselowski, Serrano, Gaita, Sprague, Miller -1, Nemechek -1, Evans -1, Brevak -1, Clark -3, Glanville -3, Norick -18, Cox (OUT) Interviews: Rich Bickle & Mike Skinner -Neither making too many adjustments, Skinner tightening off corners- Ron Hornaday Jr: ran back-pack during practice, changed just about everything on truck - feels good about it, just getting a feel for things; race ran on an officially announced "Ron Hornaday Day" in TUC Bryan Reffner: Swaybar/Wedge adjustment to tighten, says bottom slippery & truck not suited to run bottom NASCAR ESPN Schedule (Trucks): 6/22 Bristol, 8/1 IRP, 8/25 Watkins Glen, 9/5 Richmond, 9/21 M'ville, 10/5 Sonoma, 10/13 Mesa Marin Serrano detail added, a former Honda motorcycle racer, w/ x10 wins @TUC on dirt & x20 after move to pavement Tom Leonard, an AZ native & NASCAR fan, was interviewed as part of winning a Sears sweepstakes held w/in a x100mi radius of TUC; Prize: being a pit-crew member for Doug George - washed windshield, brought out LR; Broadcast mentioned a different winner would get to join the pit-crew each remaining race of the season 9. Z posted: 05.02.2020 - 5:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) -CONCLUSION- R102: Hornaday struggles (so for most other drivers a regular restart), Hensley behind clearly faster but can't pass Despain: "Bickle's been one smooth customer since the drop of the green flag - he's been wearing Skinner like a fanny pack since this race started" ~L110: Allen smoking, no caution - likely an internal engine issue, BFd about x2 laps later; ~L113: Bickle FL 85.018, AvgL 73.515; L125: Bickle, Skinner, Hornaday, Hensley, Press, Reffner, Ruttman, George, Sedgwick, Bliss; C6: Miller spin/crash Bliss, George collected - Bliss hit LR of George, #75 right behind does good weaving b/w Bliss/Geogre; they only showed Bliss' rear-view camera b/c Bliss was clearly the reason, later audio was played where Bliss & Dodson were talking, Bliss was sorry George got collected but Dodson didn't seem too concerned, saying George had been racing Bliss hard enough anyways... Bliss replaces RF PFL: Skinner passed low b/c Bickle hit lapped traffic of Carelli/Gaita (high) & Bob Brevak (low); L137: Skinner, Bickle, Hornaday, Press, Hensley, Reffner, Ruttman, Sedgwick, Sprague, Gill R139: Skinner great start, Bickle not C7: Gaita stalled in grass, broke piece of concrete wall on contact but truck surprisingly very solid/intact L152: Skinner, Bickle, Hornaday, Press, Hensley, Reffner, Ruttman, Sprague, Sedgwick, Gill -Carelli Fallback: cut tire right after restart, also made a 2nd unspecified stop- Restart: Hornaday gives Bickle a tap but can't complete pass, Skinner good start C8: Bliss spins behind Nemechek, tried going outside T1, Reffner behind Bliss tried low to avoid Bliss but tapped by Ruttman, did 360 and re-fired, unlike Bliss; Bliss: "What A Day" L165: Skinner, Bickle, Hornaday, Press, Hensley, Ruttman, Sprague, Sedgwick, Gill, Rezendes R170: Skinner slightly lesser start, still probably ~0.5 sec L171: Skinner, Bickle, Hornaday, Press, Hensley, Ruttman, Sprague, Sedgwick, Gill, Rezendes, Dokken, Portenga, Keselowski, Reffner, Serrano, Miller -1, Nemechek -1, Evans -1, Brevak -2, Bliss -2, Clark -3, George -3, Glanville -4, Carelli -6, Gilliland -18, Norick -19, Gaita -21, Cope -27, Allen -52, Cox (OUT) L180: Press spins under Hornaday, was running 4th... Dang... Hensley did good to avoid, Nemechek spun low avoiding (Nemechek got a lot of screen time in this one, unfortunately for running lapped around the leaders, unlike Press who was easily a 3rd place car); Press 15th L185: Skinner, Bickle, Hornaday, Hensley, Ruttman, Sprague, Sedgwick, Gill, Rezendes, Dokken R188: Bickle better start than prior but Skinner just too good @ this point, Hornaday tried a pass low but nothing C11: Ruttman wall, in front of leaders when it happened Restart Hold-Up: 1st, concrete kick-up from C11; 2nd, Miller unreceptive about going to back-pack on restart WF: Keselowski spun, Hensley nearly passes Hornaday but just nicked Skinner does a double donut & Polish victory lap, fans love it Skinner: "Tell Richard this one's for him, maybe he'll sleep tonight... We'll bring the keys back to the jet in the morning" Post-Race Interviews: Skinner, Hornaday, Bickle -Skinner jokingly planted a GM hat on Bickle, who smiled & immediately reversed the cap, saying "Oh no, we can't do that"- 10. Rich posted: 04.23.2021 - 4:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Dave Despain and Benny Parsons were the commentators. Rick DeBruhl was the sole pit road reporter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: