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Ted Musgrave has never won at Kentucky, but he's pretty consistent.By the Numbers: Kentucky
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Twelve races down. After this weekend, 12 races to go.
That makes Saturday's Built Ford Tough 225 (7:30 p.m. ET, SPEED) at Kentucky Speedway the halfway point of the 2007 Craftsman Truck Series season. So far, eight different winners have celebrated, with Mike Skinner collecting three trophies and Ron Hornaday and Travis Kvapil both with two apiece.
But in the last two weeks, two drivers have been slapped with suspensions. Rookie Aaron Fike was suspended indefinitely by NASCAR and faces much more serious stakes. And last week Ted Musgrave sat for a race stemming from his on-track incident the week prior at Milwaukee.
Musgrave, however, is back this week at the perfect place for him to snatch back those points he lost.
Interesting Fact
5Top-five finishes for Ted Musgrave in six Kentucky starts. He led 79 laps in his first race there but crashed and finished 24th. Ironically, since then he has recorded nothing but top-10s but has not led.
Fun Fact
8Races this season that have been run under the lights, with Saturday night's race being the ninth in the first 12 races. Of course, Louisville, Ky., was where the public saw an electric light for the first time. Thomas Edison introduced his incandescent light bulb at the Southern Exposition in 1883.
All the Facts
0Repeat winners at Kentucky Speedway in seven races held at the track.
0Starts for Ken Schrader at Kentucky Speedway.
2Drivers who have entered every Truck Series race held at Kentucky: Dennis Setzer and Terry Cook.
3Former Kentucky winners who are entered in Saturday's race: Mike Bliss, Ron Hornaday and Dennis Setzer.
4Drivers entered in Saturday's race with an average running position of better than 10th: Mike Skinner (6.800), Ron Hornaday (8.542), Terry Cook (9.266) and Rick Crawford (9.387).
7.857Average starting position for Kentucky winners. Five of the seven winners have started inside the top five.
10Races of the 12 this season have been won by former series champions.
23.98Percent of passes made on the frontstretch in the last two races, the most popular place to pass. The fewest passes are made in Turn 3 (9.79 percent).
78Laps led by Terry Cook in the last two races at Kentucky.
80Laps led by Terry Cook in seven races at Kentucky, the most by a driver who has never won at the track.
92Green-flag passes made by both Ted Musgrave and Todd Bodine in the last two years at Kentucky.
117.3Driver Rating for Mike Skinner at Kentucky, the best among drivers entered in Saturday's race. In the last two races, Skinner clocked 37 of the fastest laps, more than anybody.
165Points Ted Musgrave lost to leader Mike Skinner last week due to his one-race suspension. Musgrave fell from seventh to 10th, 612 points behind.
278Laps of the 301 run in the last two years at Kentucky that Ted Musgrave has run inside the top 15. Ron Hornaday has run 277 of those laps inside the top 15.
306Points scored by Ron Hornaday in the last two Kentucky races, more than any other driver.
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Former Winners
| Race | Winner | Make | Start |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Greg Biffle | Ford | 2 |
| 2001 | Scott Riggs | Dodge | 3 |
| 2002 | Mike Bliss | Chevrolet | 2 |
| 2003 | Carl Edwards | Ford | 5 |
| 2004 | Bobby Hamilton | Dodge | 3 |
| 2005 | Dennis Setzer | Chevrolet | 18 |
| 2006 | Ron Hornaday Jr. | Chevrolet | 22 |
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