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  1.   Anonymous posted:
  05.29.2007 - 12:58 am
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The 1st time a truck race was run witout a break at halfway.


  2.   RaceFanX posted:
  01.21.2008 - 3:41 pm
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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-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)


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