|| *Comments on the 1998 Memphis 200:* View the most recent comment <#11> | Post a comment <#post> Tweet 1. biffle16 posted: 04.30.2007 - 12:40 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Dave Mader III's last NA$CAR start. 2. Matt posted: 09.08.2007 - 3:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) First NASCAR start for Stan Boyd. 3. Anonymous posted: 12.09.2008 - 12:39 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) As of the end of the 2008 season, the last truck race without Dennis Setzer. 4. RaceFanX posted: 02.21.2009 - 8:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Last NASCAR Truck Series race for Wayne Anderson who finished 10th. Anderson's move to Liberty Motorsports, a team fresh off two wins with Kenny Irwin Jr., was one of the most talked about moves of the 1998 offseason but the combination didn't produce the expected results and the #84 team finished the year with several different drivers 5. John posted: 10.15.2011 - 2:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) ERROR FIX: Lance Norick's Manufacturer for this race was a Dodge 6. Z posted: 04.26.2020 - 10:18 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) More To Come... Another Day, Another Race. Sprague Heads Into The Inagural Truck Race @ Memphis Having Scored A Crucial Victory @ Richmond, & Just As Important, Gaining Immensely From A Late Incident That Enveloped Hornaday & Turned His 7th/8th Place Run Into A 22nd Place Finish. Hornaday Would Come Back Strong In This One, However, Figuring The Best Way To Maintain His Characteristic Good Luck Was To Stay Near The Lead (& As Par For The Course, A Late Caution & Great Restart Propelling Him To A Checkered Flag). A Back & Forth Game Of Cat & Mouse That Defined Possibly The Greatest Truck Season Of History, Sprague & Hornaday Would Battle Until The Final Race, Sprague & Hornaday Both Laying It All On The Line As Hornaday Triumphed By A Mere x3 Points. The Infamous Big Daddy's BBQ Struck Again In This One As The Company Sponsored Kevin Cywinski's Entrant. Big Daddy's Had Sponsored Jack Sprague & Tony Roper In Prior Races. -7th Of x39 Starts, BA Wilson- -15th Of x46 Starts, Kevin Cywinski- 98/09 Rick Crawford Terry Cook Ron Hornaday (F/L) Butch Miller (F/L) Stacy Compton (F/L) David Starr (F/L) FR: Sammy Potashnick Danny Bagwell 2LR: Tammy Jo Kirk Randy MacDonald ('98) -14th Of x94 Starts- Randy Tolsma (w/ Steve Coulter) LR: David Starr ('98) Bryan Reffner (w/ Mike Mittler) OR: Tim Ice Boris Said (@ Memphis) -58th Of x65 Starts- Tony Roper (@ Memphis) Johnny Chapman (@ Memphis) Tony Raines (@ Memphis) Scot Walters (@ Memphis) Randy MacDonald (w/ Ron Keselowski) -Keselowski Was To Run This One But Had A Death In The Family, Handing The Wheel Over To MacDonald; Keselowski Wpuldn't Make It To The Track Until The Day Of- 2LDNQ: Ryan McGlynn ('98) -A Rough Initial Entry Into Trucks, McGlynn Would DNQ x7 & Qualify x2, Being Horribly In The Way During His Debut & Running Slightly But Not Much Better His 2nd Time Out- 7. Z posted: 04.26.2020 - 10:18 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Qualifying Results - Biffle: 119.792 , Bliss: 119.729 Hornaday: 119.707 , Roper: 119.665 Miller: 119.390 , Cook: 119.385 Sauter: 119.348 , Cywinski: 119.348 Crawford: 119.263 , Hensley: 119.184 Barfield: 119.174 , Chapman: 119.147 MacDonald: 119.090 , Wilson: 119.032 Sprague: 118.948 , Compton: 118.896 Anderson: 118.838 , Tolsma: 118.749 Harvick: 118.650 , Wallace: 118.551 Raines: 118.489 , Starr: 118.250 Said: 118.172 , Carelli: 118.059 Kirk: 117.780 , Norick: 117.775 Houston: 117.729 , Potashnick: 117.729 Ruttman: 117.709 , Walters: 117.386 Rush: 116.919 , Reffner: (PROV) Bagwell: (PROV) , Ice: (PROV) Boyd: (PROV) , Mader III: (PROV) 8. Z posted: 04.26.2020 - 11:03 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) ESPN2 Broadcast -Dorsey Schroeder/Dave Despain- Today's Field: Chev 15tr, 149pt, 11W Ford 16tr, 144pt, 8W Dodg 5tr, 87pt, 1W Race Analysis: Laps 200, Pole Sp 119.792, Pit Window 75/85 laps (tires), Purse $421,105 In-Truck Cam: Said, Raines, MacDonald, Chapman, Roper, Bliss, Biffle Stacy Compton running sick, severe food poisoning - hadn't eaten in x5 days prior to this one (eggs & toast) Concern heading into this race was tires, as practice & qualifying were held in x2 different conditions, plus the newness of the track - practice speeds were actually faster than qualifying speeds majority of field, was supposed to rain day prior to this race but didn't C1: fluid from Walters; L4: Biffle, Roper, Bliss, Miller, Sauter, Hornaday, Hensley, Crawford, Cook, Cywinski -Hornaday Dropback: managing tires, didn't like aggressive pace being set early- Mader III, Kirk pit Flagman: Chris Morgan L10: Sprague 15th L15: Biffle, Roper, Bliss, Sauter, Hornaday, Miller, Hensley, Crawford, Cook, Cywinski, Barfield, Chapman, Wilson, Sprague, Harvick, MacDonald, Wallace, Compton, Anderson, Houston, Said, Ruttman, Carelli, Raines, Rush, Tolsma, Starr, Norick, Bagwell, Ice, Boyd, Reffner, Kirk, Mader III, Potashnick -3, Walters (OUT) Despain: [Said] "Boris is a charger, figuring out how to do the oval track thing, & uh... still inconsistent, which of course is a product of experience - but I'll tell you what, when he's on, he's on... very fast" [Biffle] "Here's your leader - one thing that happens when you run away w/ the race is you don't get on television much; Biffle still has 'em baffled - the rookie's running away L21: Biffle, Roper, Bliss, Sauter, Hornaday, Miller, Hensley, Cook, Cywinski, Barfield (2/4 Battling, Biffle +2.3) Looking For Another Win: Miller, '95 - x79 Races Carelli, '96 - x62 Races Sauter, '97 - x38 Races Tolsma, '97 - x23 Races L31: Biffle +3.3 sec Schroeder: "That's where you wanna be, on the bottom, 'cause everybody down there is making the best lap around here" L37: Hornaday GF stop, rights & fuel; Right Side Delamination, also had tire problem during Happy Hour; exits 33rd L42: Biffle, Sauter, Roper, Miller, Bliss, Hensley, Cook, Barfield, Cywinski, Chapman [Return from commercial] Biffle +4.25 sec Miller CC: Troy Selburg (debuted @ Richmond) Mader III's sponsor "Raynor" body only, blank hood; smoking, no caution L43: Bliss identical tire issue to Hornaday, described as too much grip on tarck for sidewalls to take; Goodyear thinks too much camber/air pressure might be problem (later confirmed) - Bliss 30th, Hornaday 31st (-1 Both) Ruttman - L8: 23rd, L18: 21st, L28: 20th, L38: 19th, L48: 18th L53: Biffle, Sauter, Miller, Roper, Hensley, Cook, Barfield, Cywinski, Chapman, Sprague, Caution: Houston spins, backs into wall; car on fire, Houston got out of groove in turn & slip up track - was 21st Biffle, Miller, Roper, Chapman, Norick stay out (T5 on Restart); Ruttman RF tire temp: 225° (range ~240/270), L17: 22nd, L27: 20th, L37: 19th, L47: 18th, L57: 14th; Bliss repit, crewman inside truck (cooling system malfunctioned) #9 Truck obviously taped over 1st digit 9. Z posted: 04.26.2020 - 11:42 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Caution: Carelli - Bagwell goes offtrack to avoid, no contact; YF for Carelli's tire carcass rolling uptrack front straightaway; Sauter, Starr, Miller, Raines lefts - Biffle stays out Carelli had LR down, likely brake assembly damage; Carelli described as one of the faster trucks during practice, change in conditions affected qualifying Bliss, Crawford, Said pitting (lefts after rights previously) L67: Biffle, Roper, Chapman, Norick, Hensley, Sprague, Wallace, Barfield, Crawford, Wilson L70: Carelli problems, repits (MacDonald 11th) L73: Biffle, Roper, Chapman, Hensley, Sprague, Norick, Wallace, Barfield, Ruttman, Wilson, Cook, Rush, MacDonald, Sauter, Compton, Anderson, Raines, Harvick, Cywinski, Miller, Tolsma, Said, Crawford, Hornaday -1, Bliss -1, Boyd -1, Reffner -1, Kirk -1, Starr -1, Carelli -2, Ice -10, Houston (OUT), Bagwell -24, Mader III (OUT), Potashnick -38, Walters (OUT) Schroeder: "If you're a crew chief on any team but Biffle's team right now you're in big trouble, cause how are you gonna catch this guy if he's this strong, this far into the race?" L78: Carelli behind wall L79: Sprague -> 11th past Cook, gives an ol' chrome horn ESPN On The Move: Ruttman 29th -> 8th Norick 26th -> 6th Rush 31st -> 14th Wallace 20th -> 5th Sprague 15th -> 4th Miller dropback b/c of long pitstop L83: Hensley H3 (NOW), low 10th (L1) L96: Biffle, Hensley, Roper, Wallace, Ruttman, Norick, Sprague, Sauter, Barfield, Chapman L101: Biffle + ~6.0 sec Dodge Race Recap: Leader Biffle, laps led 101, Changes X, Caution 3/15, Avg sp 89.804 L104: Biffle, Hensley, Roper, Wallace, Ruttman, Sprague, Norick, Sauter, Barfield, Chapman, Wilson, Cook, Rush, MacDonald, Compton, Raines, Harvick, Anderson, Miller, Said, Crawford, Tolsma -1, Hornaday -1, Bliss -1, Boyd -1, Carelli -33, Bagwell -33, Ice (OUT), Potashnick -42, Houston (OUT), Mader III (OUT), Walters (OUT) L105: reports of rain drizzling L106: Norick pits; ~L109: Roper, Bagwell pit - Roper rights, -1; L113: Biffle GF stop, gas only -NO TIRES- (pit road speed: 35 mph), exits -1 in 20th; L115: Hensley +6.0 sec, Wallace +.30 sec > Ruttman; L117: Hensley, Wallace, Ruttman, Sprague, Sauter, Wilson, Barfield, Cook, Rush, MacDonald L123: Biffle & Bliss RFs down, Caution; Hensley rights & fuel, Ruttman pitted w/ #14, #61, #66, #51, others Hornaday: St3, Cur11; H4 (L1), Low 33 (L39) - Back On Lead Lap - L131: Hensley, Wallace, Ruttman, Sauter, Sprague, Cook, Barfield, Rush, Compton, Hornaday, MacDonald, Anderson, Miller, Wilson, Said, Raines, Crawford, Tolsma, Harvick, Roper -1, Reffner -1, Biffle -1, Norick -2, Chapman -2, Kirk -2, Bliss -3, Starr -5, Boyd (OUT), Bagwell -38, Potashnick -43, Cywinski -46, Carelli -60, Ice (OUT), Houston (OUT), Mader III (OUT), Walters (OUT) Anderson: St17, Cur11; H11 (L139), low 24th (L57); L140: Hensley +1.75 [CC: Fred Wanke]; L142: Hensley, Wallace, Sauter, Ruttman, Sprague, Barfield, Rush, MacDonald, Cook, Compton; L147: Caution, Starr LR damage, was -6 laps - Said low lane tapped Starr, Starr sent for a spin; Hensley lefts, Wallace rights - Sprague, Ruttman pit; Hornaday/Sauter, Cook stay Sauter: St7, Cur1, H1 (L147), low20 (L67) Inagural Event Winners: 1996 - Homestead/Rezendes, Nazareth/Sprague, Watkins Glen/Hornaday, Nashville/Rezendes, Loudon/Hornaday, Vegas/Sprague 1997 - Orlando/Ruttman, Texas/Irwin, Fontana/Bliss 1998 - Pikes Peak/Hornaday 10. Z posted: 04.26.2020 - 12:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) -CONCLUSION- R159: Crawford stays out but worried about tires; Sauter tries holding Biffle from gaining lap, gets loose - Biffle scrapes grass, Hornaday leader but Sauter makes it back & runs side by side low; Cook tries high, enters fray briefly - Sauter having to work harder than Hornaday to work that bottom line, Hornaday runs better high L167: Hornaday, Sauter, Cook, Crawford, Raines, Hensley, Ruttman, Barfield, Harvick, Wallace, Rush, Sprague, Anderson, Tolsma, Miller, Said, Compton, Wilson, Roper -1, Biffle -1, Chapman -2, Norick -2, Kirk -2, Bliss -5, Starr -9, Caution: Raines spins from 4th, heavy damge; rear catches fire - Bliss after the wreck would say the brake pedal mashed to the floor, was given a pitroad penalty by NASCAR ensuing YF Raines: "Y'know I don't mind racing hard, but stupid stuff really upsets me & as far as that's concerned that was really stupid - y'know, we were a little loose, y'know a guy's 2 or 3 laps down, maybe he thinks he's gonna get all in one lap; y'know, it's a shame, we were looking like we could get a top 10 finish out of it, we weren't running as good as we wanted to be, but it ain't gonna happen today, it's over, we'll go to St. Louis next week, see if we can't get another good race there" [Concerning Bliss; Raines threw his steering wheel @ Bliss passing by] "I know he's a good driver, he's smarter than that, maybe he had another problem, but if he did he shouldn't have been up there like that - I'm sure we'll work it out, it won't happen again" (Bliss was actually -5 laps down) Restart: Hornaday better GF start than previous; near wreck, x5 wide @ one point; Hensley fastest out there but 3rd w/ lapped truck b/w Hensley & Sauter; L186: Hensley past lapped truck - Sauter sticking near, running high in attempt to save truck for late-lap pass; ~L190: Biffle RF down T2, no caution; Hornaday pulls large gap ahead of Sauter, Hensley right behind; Caution, #85/86: Hensely nearly slams into BA Wilson as Wilson tries to turn around from the low groove he was in, Hensley slams brakes; L193: Hornaday, Sauter, Hensley, Ruttman, Crawford, Barfield, Wallace, Cook, Sprague, Anderson Restart: Hornaday's best jump for last, No contest -Race ran over, I'd imagine post-race coverage aired on RPM2night later on; BA Wilson ran better than the results indicate, was around the T10 roughly 3/4 of the race; the drivers that were "in contention for the win" would be Biffle (until the yellow didn't fall their way) & Hornaday basically (once he got that lead lap back, his patented "save the car, blast the restart" maneuver was too much); Hensley probably didn't need to make that last stop for tires, while Sauter used up too much of the truck keeping w/ Hornaday @ the ~50TG stage- 11. Rich posted: 01.11.2021 - 7:41 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Dave Despain and Dorsey Schroeder were the commentators. Marty Reid 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: