Race Facts: Dodge Dealers Ram Tough 200

2002 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race facts:

WHAT:

Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers Ram Tough 200
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Race No. 4 of 22

WHERE:

Gateway International Raceway, Madison, Ill.
1.25-mile Banked Paved Oval Speedway

WHEN:

Sunday, May 5, 2002
4 p.m. ET

DISTANCE:

200 Miles / 160 Laps

POSTED AWARDS:

$538,893

FIELD:

Thirty-six trucks. Fastest 32 trucks through time trials with three provisional starting positions available to owners based on final 2001 owner point standings and one provisional starting position available to a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series champion driver or champion owner. If unused, it will go to the next eligible owner.

SANCTION:

National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, Inc. (NASCAR)

PROMOTER:

Gateway International Motorsports Corporation

TELEVISION:

ESPN (Live) Airtime: 4 p.m. ET, May 5, 2002
Announcers: Jerry Punch and Phil Parsons
Pit Announcers: Ray Dunlap and Amy East

RADIO:

MRN (Live)
Airtime: 3:30 p.m. ET
Booth Announcers: Dave Moody and Kurt Becker
Turn Announcers: Dan Hubbard and Buddy Long
Pit Announcers: Adam Alexander, Tony Rizzuti and Preston Root

RECORDS:

QUALIFYING: Stacy Compton, Dodge, 8/19/99, 133.093 mph, 33.811 seconds
RACE: Jack Sprague, Chevrolet, 5/7/00, 113.726 mph, 1 hour, 45 minutes, 31 seconds

THE RACE TRACK:

Gateway International Raceway is a 1.25-mile low-banked oval with 11-degree banks in Turns 1 and 2 and nine-degree banks in Turns 3 and 4. The frontstretch is 1,922 feet long and the backstretch is 1,976 feet long.