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Seven different drivers have won in the seven Truck races at Nashville.By the Numbers: Truck
Top 10 and then some for Nashville Superspeedway
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After a week off the Truck Series returns to action Saturday night at the 1.333-mile Nashville Superspeedway.
Johnny Benson continues to hold on to a slim points lead on Ron Hornaday as the two finished 1-2 in the most recent race at O'Reilly Raceway Park. The margin is a mere 15 points. And it very well could change drastically before the weekend is out. The problem is determining which way it could sway.
The two series leaders haven't exactly been the most consistent at the track.
Hornaday did finish second last year to Travis Kvapil, but his other two starts resulted in finishes outside the top 10 (12th in 2005; 33rd in 2006). Benson did win there two years ago, and he's got two other top-10 finishes. But his average finish is still 11.2, and the victory he scored wasn't exactly in dominating fashion.
1Laps led by 2006 race winner Johnny Benson, which represents the only lap he's led in four starts. He started 22nd, the highest of any winner. Benson has three top-10s, but crashed out after 109 laps and finished 30th last year.
2Best place of finish for now-Kevin Harvick Inc. teammates Jack Sprague and Ron Hornaday, representing each driver's lone top-10. Sprague finished second in 2006. He has a 14.6 average finish in five starts. Hornaday finished second last year. He has a 15.7 average finish in three starts.
3Lead changes in last year's race, fewest in series history at the track. Race winner Travis Kvapil led twice for 47 laps. Pole-sitter Mike Skinner led the first 102 laps. Ted Musgrave led one lap in between Kvapil.
4Wins from a top-10 starting position. Scott Riggs (2001) and Mike Bliss (2002) won the first two races from the pole when only eight drivers combined finished on the lead lap. Carl Edwards (2003) and David Reutimann (2005) each started sixth.
5Number of the Toyota truck Mike Skinner has driven to a track-high 250 laps led in just three races (out of 451 possible). Skinner is the only driver with two poles and both resulted in top-five finishes. He has three top-10s in four starts overall, finishing 10th place in the No. 42 Toyota of Bang! Racing in 2004.
6Top-fives for Ted Musgrave, most of any driver. Musgrave had never finished worse than fourth before coming home eighth last year. He has finished second three times and is the only driver to finish on the lead lap in all seven races.
7Average place of finish for Nashville natives Bobby Hamilton and Bobby Hamilton Jr., each of whom made three starts. Hamilton sandwiched in a win during his championship season of 2004 between 11th- and ninth-place runs. Hamilton Jr. finished fourth in his first two races, and came home 13th in his dad's No. 18 Dodge in 2006. The only year they ran in the same race was in 2004, started from the pole by son and won by dad.
8Drivers with multiple top-fives: Ted Musgrave with six; Rick Crawford and David Starr each with three; and Todd Bodine, Brendan Gaughan, Bobby Hamilton Jr., Travis Kvapil and Mike Skinner each with two. Of that group only Kvapil has a win.
9Combined top-10s for now-Circle Bar Racing teammates Rick Crawford and Brendan Gaughan. In seven starts, Crawford has five top-10s, second only to Ted Musgrave's seven; in five starts, Gaughan has four top-10s, third-most of any driver.
10Combined top-10s for the other four of the six total drivers (Ted Musgrave and Rick Crawford combine for 12) who have made all seven starts: Terry Cook, Matt Crafton and Dennis Setzer each with three; and Bill Lester with one. Setzer is the only one of the four with a top-five, but hasn't finished better than eighth since 2003. He and Cook have led just one lap each. Crafton has yet to lead a lap there.
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Nashville Superspeedway
Truck Series Winners
| Year | Winner | Start | Make |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Scott Riggs | 1 | Dodge |
| 2002 | Mike Bliss | 1 | Chevrolet |
| 2003 | Carl Edwards | 6 | Ford |
| 2004 | Bobby Hamilton | 15 | Dodge |
| 2005 | David Reutimann | 6 | Toyota |
| 2006 | Johnny Benson | 22 | Toyota |
| 2007 | Travis Kvapil | 11 | Ford |
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