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NASCAR - Camping World Truck - Mountain Dew 250 Preview

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Date: Saturday, October 31st

Start Time: 4:22 p.m. (et)

Site: Talladega Superspeedway -- Talladega, Alabama

Track: 2.66-mile tri-oval speedway

Laps: 94

Miles: 250.04

Capacity:

Total purse: $788,505 (2008 figures)

Payouts: 1st Place - $78,700; 2nd Place - $51,475; 3rd Place - $36,170

Year: 4th

On TV: SpeedChannel

Announcers: Rick Allen, Phil Parsons, Michael Waltrip

On Radio: Motor Racing Network (MRN)/SIRIUS XM Satellite

Race record: Todd Bodine, 2008 (145.513 m.p.h.)

Qualifying record: Mark Martin, 2006 (182.320 m.p.h.)

2008 Finish

Defending champion: Todd Bodine

Runner up: Ron Hornaday Jr

Pole winner: Erik Darnell (181.753 m.p.h.)

Top 10:

1. Todd Bodine (Start: 5)

2. Ron Hornaday Jr (7)

3. Kyle Busch (13)

4. Colin Braun (3)

5. Mike Wallace (10)

6. Landon Cassill (25)

7. Brian Scott (23)

8. TJ Bell (24)

9. Mike Skinner (9)

10. Chad McCumbee (21)

Average speed: 145.513 m.p.h.

Time of race: 1 hour, 43 minutes, 6 seconds

Margin of victory: 0.074 second

Caution flags: 4 for 17 laps

Lead changes: 16 among 8 drivers

Past winners

2008 Todd Bodine, Toyota, 145.513 m.p.h. (race record)

2007 Todd Bodine, Toyota, 129.985 m.p.h.

2006 Mark Martin, Ford, 138.207 m.p.h.

Last race

Race: Kroger 200 (October 24th)

Site: Martinsville Speedway -- Martinsville, Virginia

Miles: 200

Laps: 105.2

Finish line order: Timothy Peters, Todd Bodine, Colin Braun, Ron Hornaday Jr, Kevin Harvick

Time of Race: 1 hour, 31 minutes, 4 seconds

Average speed: 69.312 m.p.h.

Margin of victory: 1.815 seconds

Caution flags: 8 for 39 laps

Lead changes: 3 among 3 drivers

Lap leaders: M. Skinner 0; R. Hornaday Jr. 1-54; D. Hamlin 55-116; T. PetersM. Skinner 0; R. Hornaday Jr. 1-54; D. Hamlin 55-116; T. Peters117-200.

Entry list

#02 Steve Park (East Northport, NY) Chevrolet/KOMA Unwind

#3 Austin Dillon (Lewisville, NC) Chevrolet/TBA

#4 Ricky Carmichael (Clearwater, FL) Chevrolet/Monster

#5 Mike Skinner (Susanville, CA) Toyota/PC Miler Navigator

#6 Colin Braun (Ovalo, TX) Ford/Con-Way Freight

#07 Chad McCumbee (Supply, NC) Chevrolet/tiwi

#08 Chrissy Wallace (St. Louis, MO) Chevrolet/TBA

#8 Dennis Setzer (Newton, NC) Chevrolet/TBA

#9 Max Papis (Como, Italy) Toyota/GEICO

#10 James Buescher (Plano, TX) Ford/International Maxx Force Diesel

#11 TJ Bell (Reno, VA) Toyota/Red Horse Racing

#12 Mario Gosselin (St.Marie, Canada) Chevrolet/MyTireMonkey.com

#13 Johnny Sauter (Necedah, WI) Chevrolet/Fun Sand-Curb Records

#14 Rick Crawford (Mobile, AL) Ford/Circle Bar International Truck

#15 Aric Almirola (Tampa, FL) Toyota/Graceway Pharmaceuticals

#16 Brian Scott (Boise, ID) Toyota/Albertson's

#17 Timothy Peters (Providence, NC) Toyota/Strutmasters

#21 To Be Announced Dodge/GBRacing LLC

#23 Jason White (Powhatan, VA) Dodge/GBRacing LLC

#24 David Starr (Houston, TX) Toyota/Zachry Toyota Tundra

#25 Terry Cook (Sylvania, OH) Toyota/Harris Trucking-Cajun Ind.

#28 Andy Lally (Northport, NY) Chevrolet/TBA

#29 JR Fitzpatrick (Cambridge, Canada) Chevrolet/TBA

#30 * Todd Bodine (Chemung, NY) Toyota/Copart

#33 Ron Hornaday Jr (Palmdale, CA) Chevrolet/Copart

#41 Chris Jones (Forest, VA) Dodge/Mike Berg Trucking

#47 Brandon Knupp (Sidney, OH) Chevrolet/FT 11 Degreaser

#48 Mike Wallace (St. Louis, MO) Chevrolet/Rockingham Speedway

#51 Kyle Busch (Las Vegas, NV) Toyota/Miccosukee Resort

#53 Justin Hobgood (Winnsboro, SC) Chevrolet/Georgia Beef Board

#57 Norm Benning (Pittsburgh, PA) Chevrolet/Norm Benning Racing

#60 Stacy Compton (Hurt, VA) Toyota/SafeAuto Insurance

#65 Lance Hooper (Palmdale, CA) Chevrolet/Lumbermani Millwork Supply

#71 Robert Richardson Jr (McKinney, TX) Chevrolet/Draco Springs

#73 Ben Stancill (Ayden, NC) Chevrolet/County Building Center

#76 Ryan Hackett (LaPlata, MD) Ford/www.extendahaul.com

#81 Taylor Malsam (Seattle, WA) Toyota/One-Eighty

#88 Matt Crafton (Tulare, CA) Chevrolet/Menards

Leading contenders

Name	2006	2007	2008
Todd Bodine	4th	Won	Won
Ron Hornaday Jr	10th	7th	2nd
Kyle Busch		14th	3rd
Colin Braun			4th
Brian Scott			7th
Mike Skinner	2nd	13th	9th
Matt Crafton	18th	18th	16th
David Starr	24th	11th	19th
Terry Cook	14th	28th	23rd
Rick Crawford	15th	2nd	28th

Notes

Todd Bodine will attempt the three-peat at Talladega this weekend, as hedefends his title in the Mountain Dew 250. Bodine, who has won this race thelast two years, has tasted Victory Lane at superspeedways -- Daytona andTalladega -- four straight times. Bodine's victories in Alabama, however, havenot been blowouts. Neither has been won by more than 0.07 seconds. He has wonby leading the most laps (46, 2007) and the fewest (10, 2008).The 2008 victory came at the expense of Ron Hornaday Jr, whom he defeated by0.074 seconds. Bodine passed Colin Braun on the final lap and held offHornaday for his 14th career Truck Series title. Pole sitter Erik Darnell leda race-high 48 laps, including the first 32, but finished 12th.Bodine was quite dominant in winning in 2007, as he beat Rick Crawford to thecheckered flag. Bodine, who started on the pole, led twice for 46 laps, as hecrossed the finish line 0.014 seconds ahead of Crawford. Jack Sprague ledfour times for 30 laps, but failed to finish due to an accident and placed27th.There are just four races remaining on the Camping World Truck Series docketin 2009. Hornaday Jr leads Matt Crafton by 224 points and Mike Skinner by 326.Hornaday has three straight top-10 finishes at this race, including secondlast season.Talk about a family affair. This week will pit father against daughter, asMike Wallace will compete against Chrissy Wallace. This marks the first timein NASCAR national series history that a father-daughter duo will battle eachother.In 2006, pole sitter Mark Martin recorded his sixth of seven career TruckSeries titles, as he crossed the finish line by 0.405 seconds ahead ofSkinner. Martin, who led the first five laps, reclaimed the lead for thefourth time on lap 91 and held on for the victory. Martin led for a race-high37 laps, while Johnny Benson, who placed ninth, led for 32 laps.Although in its third year of existence, the Mountain Dew 250 was originallyheld at Richmond International Raceway from 1995-2005.The next race on the Camping World Truck Series schedule is November 6 atTexas Motor Speedway. Ron Hornaday Jr won last year's WinStar World Casino350k.10/27 18:55:47 ET

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