Scott SpeedFormer Formula One driver Scott Speed, in just his sixth Craftsman Truck Series race, won Friday’s AAA Insurance 200 at the one-mile Dover International Speedway. Speed joins first-time winners Matt Crafton (Lowe’s) and Donny Lia (Mansfield) in Victory Lane. The No.22 Red Bull Toyota crossed the finish line comfortably ahead of runner-up Jack Sprague.

Speed’s pit crew used a two-tire stop late in the race to get him track position and he drove around Todd Bodine (no tires) for the lead.

“The truck seemed a little quicker (with just two tires),” said Speed after the race.

From there it was a “simple” matter of holding off a group of former champions in Sprague, Ron Hornaday Jr. and Travis Kvapil for the victory.

UNOFFICIAL RESULTS:

FIN ST CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR PTS/BNS LAPS STATUS
1 4 22 Scott Speed * Toyota Red Bull 190/5 200 Running
2 6 2 Jack Sprague Chevrolet American Commercial Lines 170/0 200 Running
3 5 33 Ron Hornaday Chevrolet Camping World/ RVs.com 170/5 200 Running
4 20 09 Travis Kvapil Ford Zaxby’s 160/0 200 Running
5 16 88 Matt Crafton Chevrolet Pittsburgh Paints / Menards 155/0 200 Running
6 15 11 David Starr Toyota Red Horse Racing 150/0 200 Running
7 1 5 Mike Skinner Toyota Toyota Tundra 146/0 200 Running
8 10 6 Colin Braun * Ford Con-way Freight 142/0 200 Running
9 12 14 Rick Crawford Ford Power Stroke Diesel by International 138/0 200 Running
10 2 23 Johnny Benson Toyota Toyota Certified Used Vehicles 134/0 200 Running
11 9 59 Ted Musgrave Toyota Team ASE / Harris Trucking 130/0 200 Running
12 11 8 Chad McCumbee Chevrolet Malcolmson Construction 127/0 200 Running
13 23 60 Terry Cook Toyota wyler.com 129/5 200 Running
14 19 15 Shane Sieg Toyota Miccosukee Resort & Gaming 121/0 200 Running
15 26 21 Jon Wood Ford U.S. Air Force 118/0 200 Running
16 7 9 Justin Marks * Toyota Germain Motor Company 115/0 200 Running
17 8 71 Donny Lia * Chevrolet NationRides.com 112/0 199 Running
18 30 18 Dennis Setzer Dodge Tahoe Smokeless 109/0 199 Running
19 13 13 Shelby Howard Chevrolet Bobcat 106/0 199 Running
20 27 10 Brendan Gaughan Ford International Maxx Force Diesel 103/0 197 Running
21 17 40 Chad Chaffin Chevrolet Key Motorsports 100/0 197 Running
22 31 7 Andy Lally * Chevrolet TRG Motorsports 97/0 197 Running
23 29 4 Stacy Compton Dodge LenStoler.com 94/0 197 Running
24 24 46 Landon Cassill Chevrolet GoDaddy.com 91/0 197 Running
25 18 99 Erik Darnell Ford Northern Tool + Equipment 88/0 195 Running
26 28 20 Scott Lagasse Jr. Ford Nicholson Group 85/0 188 Running
27 3 51 Kyle Busch Toyota Miccosukee Resort & Gaming / NOS Energy Drink 92/10 183 Running
28 22 07 Ryan Lawler Chevrolet Manheim’s Dealers Auto Auction of Dallas 79/0 179 Engine
29 21 30 Todd Bodine Toyota Lumber Liquidators 81/5 170 Accident
30 25 08 Jason White Dodge Gunbroker.com 73/0 129 Engine
31 32 191 J C Stout Chevrolet Stars & Stripes Tool Company 70/0 121 Accident
32 14 16 Brian Scott * Chevrolet Albertson’s 67/0 47 Accident
33 35 189 Ryan Seaman Chevrolet Lafferty Performance 64/0 13 Accident
34 33 74 Larry Gunselman Dodge Derrike Cope Inc. PE 7 Handling
35 34 73 Nick Tucker Dodge Derrike Cope Inc. PE 7 Vibration
36 36 0 Butch Miller Chevrolet ASI Limited 55/0 6 Axle

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One Response to “Speed wins first ever Craftsman Truck race”  

  1. 1 Anonymous

    Yikes!! An open wheeler that won in less than 10 starts.

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