|| *Comments on the 1998 Tempus Resorts 300K:* View the most recent comment <#9> | Post a comment <#post> Tweet <http://twitter.com/share> 1. Anonymous posted: 05.29.2007 - 12:58 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) The 1st time a truck race was run witout a break at halfway. 2. RaceFanX posted: 01.21.2008 - 3:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This race was originally scheduled to be run at Colorado National Speedway, a short track just outside Denver. Pikes Peak made a deal and bought the date to move it here. The move actually occured after the Truck Series season had started, a rarity in any NASCAR series 3. Anonymous posted: 06.19.2015 - 6:40 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Correction #41 Synergy / Dallas Mack http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/nascarjohn88/media/1998%20Truck%20Series/vlcsnap-1200964_zpsozm7zkb1.png.html 4. We need more Onion posted: 08.05.2018 - 10:16 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Scheduled distance was 186 laps, got extended due to multiple GWCs. To my greatest surprise, it turns out Renfrow didn't lead on strategy, he was genuinely up there, overtook hornaday and made it through the field after his pitstop went terribly wrong because of Reffner stopping diagonally right ahead of the #78 and having a tire carrier fall over right in the path of the luckless PacWest truck. Renfrow then had another chance with a late restart, but utterly bottled it, giving Hornaday one of his signature lucky breaks and holding up Raines pretty badly. 5. Z posted: 04.25.2020 - 10:20 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) More To Come... This One Would Ultimately Hurt Big Time In The Points For Sprague, As A 31st Here & Some Late Breaks For Hornaday, End Of Season, Would Result In A Decisive x3 Point Gap b/w The x2 Drivers Dennis Setzer's 2LR of his 1st stint behind the wheel for Ron Keselowski; Keselowski would return to run races 15/21, & after a brief run w/ Randy MacDonald, would turn back to Setzer & the move resulted in a win x3 races in. x22 Truck winners OTF, x24 Cup runners (+3 Attempts) 98/02: Terry Cook Lance Norick Rick Crawford Dennis Setzer Chris Horn Jack Sprague [X02] Randy Tolsma [X02] Jimmy Hensley [X02] FR: Terry Fisher Chris Horn 2R: Brendan Gaughan (FR '98) Randy Renfrow ('98) -11th Of x48 Starts- 2LR: Ron Fellows ('98;WF) LR: Jerry Glanville ('98; WF) -23rd Of x27 Starts- Rob Morgan (w/ Ed Scherer) -6th Of x61 Starts- OR: Ron Fellows (@ Pikes Peak) Boris Said (@ Pikes Peak) Scot Walters (@ Pikes Peak) Tony Roper (@ Pikes Peak) Barry Bodine (@ Pikes Peak) -17th Of x29 Starts- Wayne Anderson (@ Pikes Peak) -15th Of x23 Starts- Tammy Jo Kirk (@ Pikes Peak) -27th Of x32 Starts- Tony Raines (@ Pikes Peak) -37th Of x54 Starts- 6. Z posted: 04.25.2020 - 10:22 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) CBS Broadcast Pre-Race Interviews: Mike Bliss, Mike Wallace, Terry Cook -Mike Joy, Ned Jarrett, Buddy Baker- Baker: [of track] "It's a whole new track, so smooth - it's mirror smooth; and the groove out here - several trucks wide. We're gonna see some great racing, & some exciting racing today" Barry Bodine qualified 4th off L1 qualifying, but like @ Nazareth, put it in the wall (sliding out T2 & backing it in the wall for this one) - this time the Truck would burst into flames, hence the backup. CBS Pit Crew Tire Carrier: Mike Joy RF Changer: Dick Berggren RR Changer: Ralph Sheheen Jack: Buddy Baker Gas: Ned Jarrett Catch Can: George Shillinger (Demo: Rick Carelli) 31.8 sec - & Only x2 lugnuts were put on one side of tires Weather Conditions Temp 73°, Humidity 78%, Winds 4mi south, Forecast: possible showers (rained day prior), Track Temp 109°, In Truck 102° "Gentlemen, & Tammy Jo, start your engines" Manufacturer's Breakdown Ford 14 (6W) 90pt Chev 17 (6W) 88pt Dodg 5 (0W) 50pt CBS Race Analysis: Trucks 36, Length 300k/186mi, Fuel Window 90/110 laps, Purse $413,755 Driver-Cam: Bliss, Hornaday, Setzer, Carelli, Renfrow, Said, Raines, Reffner, Biffle WC/NCTS: 3500/3400 (lb), 750/675 (hp), 12:1/9.5:1 (comp), 110/112 (wheelbase) Each team x4 sets of tires, start race on qualifying tires L5: Wallace, Hornaday, Bliss, Cook, Sprague, Houston L6: Renfrow 14th -> 9th C1: Morgan spins off T4 (Morgan pits, fresh tires, still on lead lap) R12: Hornaday past Wallace high T2 L14: Tolsma -3, way up in groove; started race (& qualified) on mismatched tires L15: Hornaday 128.137, Wallace 128.319, Bliss 127.982, Sprague 128.324, Cook 128.137, Houston 127.479, Ruttman 126.863, Barfield 126.850, Tolsma 127.254, Renfrow 127.011, Setzer 127.582, Compton 126.975, Carelli 126.418, Cywinski 126.148, Reffner 125.909 C2: L19 - Fellows, Glanville, Kirk Chris Horn prior to C2 made an unscheduled GF stop, -2; didn't contribute to Caution Fellows/Kirk side by side T3 (Kirk low), get into each other; Kirk slides up track, Glanville makes it past Fellows T3 high but speeds past & slams into Kirk T4 [ARCA Brakes]; Glanville slammed RR, caught fire - spilled oil/gas Kirk: "Well I was tryna pass the 48 outside, me & him got together, y'know - I was tryna save it, little overcorrected there, next thing I know I got hit in the back by Jerry there - pretty hard lick" Glanville & Kirk seemed to handle it well on camera, civil conversation & next to each other during seperate interviews 7. Z posted: 04.25.2020 - 11:16 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) L23: Hornaday, Bliss, Wallace, Sprague, Cook, Ruttman, Houston, Barfield, Renfrow, Tolsma, Setzer, Compton, Carelli, Reffner, Cywinski, Raines, Harvick, Said Following race was coverage of '98 NY Goodwill Games Hornaday CC: Little tight, not too worried in early running #52 CC worried about Hornaday restarts Bliss CC: car just fine, biding time Bill "Bundy" Johnson (Compton Gasman) None of Kevin Cram's crew had ever done an OTW pit, as w/ several other crews [Other tracks similar to Pikes Peak] Miller: "Shrunk-up California, shrunk-up Michigan, it's exactly like driving one of those places Hornaday: "Pretty close to looking like Richmond, it's not as high-banked, but the way you drive it into the corners, your whole front straightaway you're sweeping, only time you straighten up steering really is back straightaway Compton: Laid out like Richmond, but driving a lot like Vegas - track's so smooth Pitted During Caution: Scot Walters, Butch Miller, Boris Said, Wayne Anderson, Rob Morgan Restart: Hornaday foot-cam [Jericho Transmission]; L34: Bliss passes inside T4; L39: Bliss +.497, spaced 1/4, 5, 6/9, 10/12, 13/17, 18/20, 21/23, 24, 25/26, 27, 28/30, 31, 32, 33; L41: Bliss, Hornaday, Wallace, Sprague, Cook, Renfrow, Ruttman, Houston, Tolsma, Barfield, Setzer, Reffner, Compton, Carelli, Cywinski, Hensley, Harvick, Rush, Raines, Sauter, Roper, Biffle, Crawford, Norick, Fisher, Said, Morgan, Miller, Walters, Bodine, Gaughan, Anderson, Morgan, Horn -1, Kim (OUT), Fellows (OUT), Glanville (OUT) L44: Tolsma start of race handling issues, better as race goes on - brand new truck for this one; L45: Wallace/Sprague (3/4) Int .20; L46: Wallace sparks T3, no contact - RF flat, GF pit stop, trouble RR tire on pit, 36 sec stop, +2 Only x2 airguns allowed/stop, 3rd = +15 sec; Wallace dragging something under right rear post-stop (likely swaybar or shock absorber) L52: Wallace repits, NASCAR hadn't BFd TTP - crew just takes a look, nothing done during stop L54: Bliss (+1.566), Hornaday, Sprague, Renfrow, Tolsma, Cook, Houston, Ruttman, Setzer, Barfield, Reffner, Compton, Sauter, Cywinski, Carelli, Hensley, Raines, Biffle, Rush, Harvick, Crawford, Roper, Norick, Miller, L55: caution in front of leaders, T2 [#58 White Unsponsored] Cautions only allowed x2 tire stops (w/ exception of any flats) Pits: leaders make late break, "bit of gamesmanship" [Barry Dodson, Bliss CC, jackman for Truck & 1st pitting since '93, brother Brad Dodson RF Changer - 11.0 stop]; Sauter/Hensley biggest + on pit road; Norick/Said stay out, start 1/2; Cook pitted 5th, restart 13th L65: Bliss, Hornaday, Norick, Said, Renfrow, Tolsma, Sauter, Sprague, Hensley, Ruttman, Barfield, Compton, Cook, Cywinski, Reffner, Carelli, Biffle, Rush, Miller, Raines, Houston, Setzer, Harvick, Roper, Bodine, Walters, Fisher, Gaughan, Crawford, Morgan -1, Anderson -1, Horn -4, Wallace -9, Kirk (OUT), Fellows (OUT), Glanville (OUT) L66: Tolsma 128.824 (Fastest L66) -Andy Houston's long pit b/c of an air wrench failure; many of the teams' air wrenches were heavily used WC equipmemt General Impressions: [Roughly Halfway] good midpack racing, leaders jump out ahead & stay there - spaced out in groups of ~x5 per pack; Tolsma's strategy (partly born of necessity) of setting/running the truck for the latter going seems to be paying dividends; Really wondering what happened to Sprague, as although TTP he hasn't shown a "race-winning" Truck, he's run basically 5th all day Cook, TTP in his career a midpack guy, was starting to show speed & having one of the best races of his career purely through this point (barring any late race issues I'm forgetting, his x2 best TTP being @ Flemington & Texas); running similarly to Nazareth x2 weeks prior, but over a longer span of laps - funny looking back @ now that commentators, Cook, & Cook's CC all described him as more of an impatient, "speed-guy", as later Cook would become more of a "sit back & let the race develop" kinda driver L73: Tolsma strong on straightaways, turns he run a bit wide; L74: Wallace -15, problem found near swaybar; one piece of equipment broke, causing another to warp L77: Carelli 125.874; L84: Hornaday (L7L) +1/2 sec, changed line around track L85: Biffle pitted during break (L78/84 commercial break), thought he had tire going down, -2 8. Z posted: 04.25.2020 - 12:42 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) L86: Bliss, Hornaday -1.656, Tolsma -3.510, Renfrow -3.886, Ruttman -4.994, Sprague -5.794, Sauter -6.779, Barfield -7.409, Hensley -7.962, Reffner -9.970, Norick -11.123, Cook -11.431, Carelli -11.637, Setzer -11.800, Compton -12.797, Raines -12.967, Miller -13.422, Rush -14.937, Harvick -15.895, Houston -16.552, Roper -16.627, Cywinski -16.944, Bodine -17.667, Crawford -17.853, Walters -18.221, Gaughan -19.833, Fisher -24.557, Said -24.855, Anderson -1, Biffle -1, Morgan -2, Horn -9, Wallace -15, Kirk (OUT), Fellows (OUT), Glanville (OUT) L88: "Said about x12 Truck lengths in front of Bliss"; L90: Norick makes 1st pit stop, -2; L91: Setzer -> Carelli (13/12); L93: Setzer -> Cook (12/11); L94: Bliss pits, RF flat; Rights only, 14.3 stop, -1 [Only x5 allowed over wall, vs. x7 WC]; L97: Hornaday, Ruttman, Renfrow, Sprague, Tolsma, Sauter CBS Race Summary: Laps 98, Leaders 4, Changes 6, Avg Sp 92.043, Cau 3/20, OFF 3 L99: Bliss pits again, more RF trouble L104: Anderson RF down, almost hit T4 wall, went down out T2 (Hornaday +1.566); L105: Sprague 125.471, running tight AFLAC Trivia Question: "Which x2 drivers have won @ least x1 race in each year since the series began in 1995?" Jimmy Hensley ran this race w/ flu; Renfrow running loose but very fast/effectively - passed Hornaday low L112, shimmied but made it stick (Renfrow CC: Todd Myers; Engine Supplier: Joey Arrington, Dodge supplier & son of Buddy) -Sprague cause of 10th @ Nazareth: Broken Oil Liner (& On the penultimate lap; was running 3rd in that one)- L113: Said pits Tony Raines: L1 (17), L28 (16), L57 (19), L85 (16), L115 (11) L116: Renfrow, Hornaday, Sprague, Ruttman, Tolsma, Sauter 9. Z posted: 04.25.2020 - 4:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) -CONCLUSION- L117/120: Sprague @ some point just before caution had rocker arm trouble; Pit: Hornaday rights (perfectly timed caution, was debating unscheduled GF stop), Renfrow blocked in by Reffner; had to be pushed out, ran over one of crew members - Reffner's CC, actually; exits 9th x20 Trucks on lead lap Bliss 26th, best 1st (ST), worst 30th (L99); Hensley 7th -> 3rd, pitting L129: Hornaday, Tolsma, Hensley, Ruttman, Sauter, Barfield, Setzer, Renfrow, Raines, Miller, Carelli, Reffner, Compton, Harvick, Cywinski, Walters, Crawford, Bodine, Roper, Cook, Biffle -1, Houston -1, Gaughan -1, Bliss -2, Rush -2, Norick -2, Fisher -2, Said -4, Anderson -4, Morgan -5, Sprague -9, Horn -10, Wallace -18, Kirk (OUT), Fellows (OUT), Glanville (OUT) L132: Caution, Gaughan spins T2, pancakes, initially green but Gaughan unable to fire up; Bliss passes Hornaday on race back to S/F, gained +1 lap - either Hornaday didn't know (racing to the flag being new to Trucks) or allowed Bliss to so as to not battle w/ Bliss anymore, which had kept field bunched together Pitting: ~15 cars, Hornaday & Sauter (5th) highest x2 cars; Hornaday lefts, 12.0; Houston, Bliss pit - Bliss rights, Wallace rights; L136: Carelli 118.914; L137: Hornaday bumps Fisher from behind Ned: "That's more or less just like blowing the horn @ somebody" L139: Setzer off-pace, possibly cylinder; L141: Fisher T4 wall, no caution; L142: Hensley/Ruttman (1/2) Int.35; Houston almost identical incident as Fisher, keeps off wall (both hit marbles, slid high); L144: Sprague reenters; Caution: Fisher stalls, access road (T3/4) 1TG Raines In-Truck: "It's pretty slippery, y'know - we've been making adjustments but hadn't gotten any results, so we got as good tires on it as we got, so w/ 40 to go we'll see what we can do" Ruttman pitted, restarted 17th R150: Biffle, Bliss +1 LL Baker: "I wouldn't bet the front porch swing on that one, Hornaday's a vey active driver when it comes to making up spots getting in the corner" (Hornaday had come up on a x4 car pack in T2/3, & Joy had mentioned taking his time & methodically making his through) L151 FL: Hornaday 126.912, Bliss 126.850, Renfrow 126.810; L161: Hornaday, Renfrow, Hensley, Sauter, Reffner, Tolsma, Carelli, Raines, Cywinski, Ruttman, Miller, Walters, Compton, Setzer, Bodine, Barfield, Roper, Crawford, Harvick, Cook, Bliss, Biffle -1, Houston -1, Rush -2, Norick -2, Said -4, Anderson -4, Morgan -5, Fisher -9, Horn -10, Wallace -18, Sprague -24, Gaughan -28, Kirk (OUT), Fellows (OUT), Glanville (OUT) L161/169: Ruttman 10th -> 6th L169: Hornaday +2.6; L172: Reffner 127.434; L173: Sprague & Cook T1, Cook into fence, RF flat - trucks nearby did good to avoid, & for Sprague, who knows why he was racing Cook so hard [Cook was 20th @ the time & nowhere near the leaders, while Sprague was -24 laps down & also nowhere near the leaders] Hensley CC: Fred Wanke Rick's Crawford's Birthday L182: Hornaday +1.134; Houston/Bodine get together, no caution; L184: Caution, Raines got into back of Renfrow, both lost momentum, pack caught up & Sauter attempted pass low in T3, Reffner wrong place wrong time, squeezed middle & backed into wall - Ruttman squeaks by high before #66 caroms off wall; Sauter pits, RF down Hornaday does the usual restart schtick, Renfrow & Rettner had bad restarts the last x2 attempts, race ran over & CBS quickly segued to next programming; Hornaday got a quick session, made a joke about not spinning through grass b/c $500 fine for logo marking (rain previous day had made grass muddy anyways) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. 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