With Kyle Busch’s dominant car getting crunched, Matt Crafton survived a wild finish to win his first Craftsman Truck Series race.
Crafton avoided the mayhem over the final laps Friday night, pulling away in a green-white-checkered finish to win at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. It was Crafton’s first win in 178 career starts dating to 2000.
“Finally we can shut them up,” Crafton said of his critics.
Despite his harsh comments about his race team at Darlington Raceway, Greg Biffle said he’s still committed to signing a contract extension with Roush Fenway Racing.
Dale Jarrett insists he’s not second-guessing his decision to retire. It won’t make his last race on Saturday night any easier.
“It’s difficult knowing that when I get out of the car that’s the last time I’ll ever compete at this level,” Jarrett said Friday.
The All-Star race will mark the end of a 24-year career for Jarrett at NASCAR’s highest level. The 51-year-old has run 668 points races, winning 32 times, including three Daytona 500s. Jarrett won the 1999 Cup championship.
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Starting Line Up by Row
Lowe’s Motor Speedway at Charlotte
Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Fri, May 16, 2008 @ 04:55 PM Eastern
124.845
Speed
Time
01:36:36
05/19/06
Date
Driver
Kyle Busch
Track Race Record:
North Carolina Education Lottery 200
1
51
Kyle Busch
Miccosukee Resorts/NOS Energy Drink
30.160
179.045
Row 1:
2
33
Ron Hornaday
Camping World Chevrolet
30.525
176.904
3
2
Jack Sprague
American Commercial Lines Chevrolet
30.560
176.702
Row 2:
4
5
Mike Skinner
Toyota Tundra/Banner Sales Event Toyota
30.717
175.798
5
99
Erik Darnell
Northern Tool + Equipment Ford
30.808
175.279
Row 3:
6
6
Colin Braun #
Con-way Freight Ford
30.811
175.262
7
8
Chad McCumbee
Malcolmson Construction Chevrolet
30.907
174.718
Row 4:
8
46
Landon Cassill
GoDaddy.com Chevrolet
30.942
174.520
9
7
Andy Lally #
TRG Motorsports/Adobe Road Winery
30.947
174.492
Row 5:
10
13
Shelby Howard
ThorSport Racing Chevrolet
30.998
174.205
11
15
Marc Mitchell #
Hyprene Ergon Toyota
31.010
174.137
Row 6:
12
09
Travis Kvapil
Zaxby’s Ford
31.036
173.991
13
22
Scott Speed #
Red Bull Toyota
31.055
173.885
Row 7:
14
23
Johnny Benson
Exide Batteries Toyota
31.090
173.689
15
14
Rick Crawford
Power Stroke Diesel by Int’l Ford
31.124
173.500
Row 8:
16
17
Timothy Peters
Hayes Iron & Metal/Tahoe Smokeless Dodge
31.151
173.349
17
4
Stacy Compton
Crown Dodge of Fayetteville Dodge
31.171
173.238
Row 9:
18
88
Matt Crafton
Menards/McGuire-Nicholas Workwear
31.195
173.105
19
11
David Starr
Pit CorporateTraining/Pit-Now.com Toyota
31.287
172.596
Row 10:
20
40
Chad Chaffin
Curtis Key Plumbing/Mays Meats Chevrolet
31.312
172.458
21
30
Todd Bodine
Lumber Liquidators Toyota
31.314
172.447
Row 11:
22
52
Ken Schrader
Federated Auto Parts Toyota
31.322
172.403
23
59
Ted Musgrave
Team ASE/Harris Trucking Toyota
31.437
171.772
Row 12:
24
91
J.C. Stout
Hart’s Insurance Agency Chevrolet
31.444
171.734
25
60
Terry Cook
Wyler.com Toyota
31.530
171.265
Row 13:
26
07
John Mickel
Dudman Grp/Contac Svc/RSCapp Chevrolet
31.550
171.157
27
21
Jon Wood
Air Force Ford
31.575
171.021
Row 14:
28
18
Dennis Setzer
Tahoe Smokeless Dodge
31.596
170.908
29
10
Brendan Gaughan
International MAXXFORCE Diesel Ford
31.611
170.827
Row 15:
30
20
Scott Lagasse, Jr
Nicholson Group Real Estate Ford
31.658
170.573
31
74
Derrike Cope
Dodge
31.683
170.438
Row 16:
32
9
Justin Marks #
crocs Toyota
31.697
170.363
33
08
Jason White
GunBroker.com Dodge
31.766
169.993
Row 17:
34
71
Donny Lia #
Nationrides.com Chevrolet
31.805
169.785
Owner Points
35
16
Brian Scott #
Albertsons Chevrolet
Row 18:
36
54
Brian Sockwell
Sculley Boatbuilders Chevrolet
32.226
167.567
Did Not Qualify:
# 73 Nick Tucker; # 28 Wayne Edwards.
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DNQs
Manufacturer
Starting Lineup
DNQs
Manufacturer
Chevrolet
13
1
Dodge
5
1
Ford
7
0
Toyota
11
0
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Speed
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Driver
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