LOUDON, N.H. -- Rick Crawford fought off series points leaders Dennis Setzer and Ted Musgrave to win Saturday's Craftsman Truck Series event at New Hampshire International Speedway. The win in the Sylvania 200 was the fourth for Crawford and his first since April 2004 at Martinsville. To get it, the driver from Mobile, Ala., had to outrun the two strongest drivers in the series over the last 30 laps. "What a great race among the veterans out there," Crawford said. "I needed to run my line and make sure Musgrave and Setzer battled it out. They did and I won." The ninth caution flag of the day gave Setzer and Musgrave one last shot at the leader, but Crawford was able to hold the two challengers off after the green flag waved with five laps to go in the 200-lap event. Musgrave fell out of contention when he bobbled while trying to get past Setzer for second place on Lap 199, and Crawford was able to pull away from Setzer to win by 0.221-seconds -- about four truck-lengths -- in the race that featured 17 lead changes among eight drivers. More |