|| *Comments on the 2001 Auto Club 200:* View the most recent comment <#26> | Post a comment <#post> Tweet 1. HomeDepot20TS posted: 03.28.2005 - 5:17 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Scott Riggs and Jack Sprague crashed out after Riggs made contact with Jon Wood on the backstretch. Sprague plowed Riggs on pit road and Riggs repaid the favor later on down the pit lane. NASCAR told both teams that even if their trucks could've been repaired (Both were destroyed) they would be watching the remainder of the race from the comfort of the sidelines. 2. Steve posted: 02.14.2006 - 1:35 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) This was Riggs' last Truck race before moving up to the Busch Series and then to Nextel Cup. Yeah, I remember that crash. I think Sprague was mad at him because he felt he could win the race. Good thing he had locked up the Championship already. Also the last major NASCAR race for Jimmy Hensley (finished 30th). Kyle Busch couldn't run this race because the CART/FedEx (now Champ Car) race was sponsored by Marlboro (the Marlboro 500). And because Kyle was only 16 at the time (a minor), the track promotors forbid him to run the race. I think it's cool that 4 years later, he has won at least 2 races in all 3 major series. (To date: 2 in Cup, 6 in Busch, 3 in Trucks.) Tim Woods III, a Winston West veteran, ran the 99 truck and finished 25th. 3. Darrell posted: 03.02.2006 - 8:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Last start for Jimmy Hensley. 4. J. Kircher posted: 04.19.2006 - 7:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I thought Kyle Busch was sidelined by NASCAR, who adopted an 18-year-old age limit for its top three series. This was after Kyle was fastest in the first practice. Either way too bad for Kyle, this could be his third or fourth year in Cup instead of his sophomore season. Of course he would probably be with Roush Racing. 5. Darrell posted: 05.28.2006 - 1:24 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Hopefully the last race for Willy T. Ribbs. His constant racism accusations got so old, so fast. 6. mcmurrayfan posted: 06.25.2006 - 5:11 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Best career finish for Jim Inglebright (8th). 7. Darrell posted: 10.22.2006 - 5:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Yeah J, Kyle was the victim of NASCAR's new rule regarding 18-year-olds. I know Kyle is far from the most well-liked drivers in the sport, but he was talented enough to be in the circuit at that age. 8. Steve posted: 09.17.2007 - 4:50 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) The Marlboro 500, which was the reason Kyle Busch couldn't compete, was won by Cristiano da Matta who last year struck a deer at the Road America circuit in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. Hopefully the 2002 CART Champion can race again. I think this was also the last time the truck race at Fontana was a support race to the CART or the IRL event. 9. RaceFanX posted: 12.03.2007 - 8:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I thought the Portland CTS race in 2000 was the only time 2 African-American drivers ran in the same NASCAR race, but this one proves that wrong, it had Tim Woods III and Willy T. RIbbs. Last time I trust Wikipedia. 10. Anonymous posted: 05.16.2008 - 10:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Last appearance by a #3 in the Top 3 series, finished 5th by David Starr 11. Patrick posted: 08.02.2008 - 9:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jim Inglebright's last truck series start. 12. RaceFanX posted: 12.16.2009 - 10:20 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Stan Boyd's best NASCAR finish in 13th The #3 finally returned to the Truck series on Austin Dillon's truck in 2009. 13. The Great Dave posted: 02.02.2012 - 11:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sammy Sanders only non-dodge start in the truck series. 14. Spannerhead29 posted: 04.14.2014 - 7:43 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Points standings with the 2001 F1 points system (10-6-4-3-2-1). Ted Musgrave wins by 1 win and 1 5th place finish. Position Driver Points 1 Ted Musgrave 105 2 Jack Sprague 93 3 Scott Riggs 92 4 Joe Ruttman 51 5 Travis Kvapil 50 6 Dennis Setzer 41 7 Ricky Hendrick 36 7 Rick Crawford 36 9 Terry Cook 28 10 Greg Biffle 20 11 Bobby Hamilton 13 12 Brendan Gaughan 10 13 Lance Norick 9 14 Jon Wood 8 15 Ken Schrader 6 15 David Starr 6 15 Kevin Harvick 6 18 Randy Tolsma 5 18 Stacy Compton 5 20 Coy Gibbs 4 21 Rick Carelli 3 21 Chad Chaffin 3 23 Matt Crafton 2 23 Kurt Busch 2 23 Billy Bigley Jr. 2 23 Bryan Reffner 2 15. Bradley posted: 04.16.2016 - 8:55 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Just noticed two drivers led 24 laps each and finished 1-2. 16. pimmy posted: 03.14.2017 - 9:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Standings page corrections: 84 - Mike Hamby - 144 114 - Mark Gibson - 52 115 - James Stephenson - 52 116 - Ed Spencer III - 49 117 - Jimmy Burns - 49 118 - Auggie Vidovich - 49 119 - Jeff Spraker - 43 120 - Kenny Allen - 40 121 - Scotty Sands - 40 17. Bramblegrunt posted: 04.12.2018 - 12:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Tim Woods, who was one of the candidates for a full time Roush ride for 2002 (was rumored to be their pick in the mid 2001 season when Roush was going through their transition from the Hossfeld/Haseleu attempt to others) was their pick to replace Busch under the Marlboro 500 controversy. He raced pretty well starting from the back and made his way to the top 10 when he got caught up in an accident on a restart. He stated someone missed a shift in front of him. The race featured the big incident between Riggs and Sprague where they crashed and then intentionally crashed eachother again on pit road. The anger wasnt from the contact with Jon Wood but rather from Sprague just being upset at Riggs for driving so aggressively early in the event. Sprague intentionally spun Riggs on pit road, causing Riggs to retaliate and intentionally rear end Sprague when both were en route to the garage. It was pretty heated briefly but cooler heads prevailed The race also featured a very hard late crash for Tom Carey Jr, whose left rear tire cut going into turn 1. Thankfully, unlike Bristol, Carey was perfectly fine. Jim Inglebright, who was hoping for a full 2002 season, had earlier announced Jelly Belly wasnt returning. He had a brilliant race hoping to impress sponsors and claimed his lone top 10 of the season. It did not pay off. He only had a 1 race deal for Daytona with Wunder Bar, where he DNQ'd and would never attempt another Truck race. Musgrave, meanwhile, checked out in the later stages of the event. The real race was for 2nd when Crawford and Jon Wood were battling for 2nd in all the closing laps. 18. Darrell posted: 03.02.2019 - 1:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Driver Change: Kyle Busch entered and practiced the No. 99 truck 19. Danish_Pie posted: 03.02.2019 - 3:40 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Driver Changes are only recoded when the driver who qualifies isn't the one who races. 20. Stonex posted: 10.16.2019 - 7:32 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Under the modern playoff system, here's what the points would look like. 1. Ted Musgrave (4036) 2. Joe Ruttman (4021) 3. Jack Sprague (4006) 4. Scott Riggs (4005) 5. Ricky Hendrick (2354) 6. Dennis Setzer (2246) 7. Terry Cook (2232) 8. Travis Kvapil (2219) 21. Luke posted: 02.27.2020 - 8:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kyle Busch should be listed as a DC in the #99 truck since he was scheduled to run that race and even was the fastest in practice but the deal of Marlboro make Kyle ineligible to run that race so Roush called Tim Woods to replace Kyle 22. SweetRich posted: 02.27.2020 - 10:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The commentators for the race were Jerry Punch and Phil Parsons. The pit road reporters were Ray Dunlap and Amy East. 23. Gabriel posted: 03.25.2020 - 4:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) How CART was able to manipulate a 16 year old driving in a NASCAR race, I still don't understand to this day. This race was sponsored by Auto Club (which has sponsored California Speedway in SOME form or another since 1997), which IMO is fitting for a 16 year old driver! Did NASCAR really have to ban Kyle Busch because of a CART event? I don't think so. If I were NASCAR, I would've said "No. He's racing in the Auto Club 200, not the Marlboro 500. Once he's done here he'll leave the speedway." but it seems to me that they bowed down to CART and the track promoters. 24. RaceFanX posted: 03.25.2020 - 5:01 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @23 The whole fiasco was as a result of the Marlboro sponsorship of the CART race and everything related to it. CART didn't force Busch out of this NASCAR race, Marlboro did. Marlboro was sponsoring a lot of the events at the track and the weekend as a whole, including this Truck race as it had large billboards at the track (watch the race, they had a huge one in Turn 3), and the tobacco company objected to Busch racing on the basis that it had a dealer in place with California state attorneys to prevent anyone aged 18 or younger from participating in any event it sponsored. 25. Anonymous posted: 03.25.2020 - 5:23 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) "Did NASCAR really have to ban Kyle Busch because of a CART event? I don't think so. If I were NASCAR, I would've said "No. He's racing in the Auto Club 200, not the Marlboro 500. Once he's done here he'll leave the speedway." but it seems to me that they bowed down to CART and the track promoters." Wow this is one of the craziest things I've ever seen someone say. I can just see the CART board in their smoke-filled room laughing maniacally as they try to ruin the career of a 16 year old NASCAR driver for no reason whatsoever. People's brains are seriously broken these days. 26. SweetRich posted: 07.09.2020 - 8:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The final race for David Hodson, the owner of Impact Motorsports. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: