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Nextel Cup Series | Busch Series | Craftsman Truck Series
EasyCare 200
Atlanta Motor Speedway | October 28, 2006 | 130 laps | 201 miles | 5 p.m. | SPEED
Race 22 of 25
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Pure Bliss for Mike at Atlanta
Pure Bliss for Mike at Atlanta

HAMPTON, Ga. -- Mike Bliss grabbed the lead on a restart 10 laps from the end Saturday at Atlanta Motor Speedway and held off Terry Cook for his first NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series victory in four years.

Bliss caught the lead pack and moved up to second-place behind rookie Erik Darnell before a fire in rookie Arik Almirola's truck brought out the last of seven caution flags with 15 laps to go in the EasyCare Vehicle Services Contract 200.

The winner's Chevrolet Silverado quickly moved into the lead on the restart and began to pull away. But Cook, in a Ford F-150, also drove past Darnell to take second on lap 124 and quickly began to close in on Bliss.

He was just over a truck-length behind the leader at the start of the final lap, but that was as close as Cook could come.

Bliss, who now has 13 truck victories, won by about 2 lengths, getting his first series win since a race at South Boston, Va., in September 2002. Bliss did win a Busch Series race in Charlotte in 2004.  More

Car Driver Speed
5 Mike Skinner180.993
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EasyCare Vehicle Service Contracts 200
Fin.No.Driver
116Mike Bliss
210Terry Cook
399Erik Darnell
417David Reutimann
514Rick Crawford
650David Ragan
708Chad McCumbee
85Mike Skinner
918Bobby Hamilton Jr.
1060Jack Sprague
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After: EasyCare Vehicle Service Contracts 200
RankDriverBehind
1. --Todd BodineLeader
2. --Johnny Benson-86
3. --David Reutimann-190
4. --Ted Musgrave-271
5. --Rick Crawford-279
6. --David Starr-341
7. --Ron Hornaday-372
8. --Jack Sprague-418
9. --Terry Cook-422
10. --Mike Bliss-424
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