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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series to run at Talladega in fall of '06

By JOHN ZENOR, AP Sports Writer

July 26, 2005

TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) -- The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series will hold its first race at Talladega Superspeedway in 2006, creating a three-event weekend and taking on college football.

The race will be held Saturday, Oct. 7, on the eve of the Nextel Cup UAW-Ford 500 at the 2.66-mile superspeedway, track and NASCAR officials said Tuesday. The ARCA series race, normally run Saturday, will be held a day earlier.

Like the ARCA race, the truck race will go head-to-head with college football games in a state that relishes both sports.

``We've been racing since 1997 in the fall, and we feel like the truck series will be a good event on that day,'' said Rick Humphrey, vice president and general manager of the superspeedway. ``We just have to do what we can. We hope that fans here on this property and fans around the state will see a value in the truck series and come out and join us.''

The truck races have been running at Daytona Superspeedway as well as other tracks.

``This is just another step for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck series,'' said Wayne Auton, director of the series. ``The venues keep getting bigger and better. I think this is the biggest venue out there.''

The truck series began competition in 1995, with annual attendance figures rising from 400,000 to 1.1 million since then. It started running at Daytona in 2000 and has been a training ground for such drivers as Kurt Busch, Greg Biffle, Kevin Harvick and Carl Edwards.

Series driver Ricky Craven said bringing the race to Talladega ``is a natural.''

``It's going to be supported and it's going to be a big event,'' Craven said. ``I expect we'll see the same finishes that we've seen here in the past.''




Updated on Tuesday, Jul 26, 2005 3:25 pm EDT
 
Do the trucks run plates at Daytona? Are the trucks limited to a certain gear like the Cup cars?
Just wondering what they're going to do to slow em down.
I remember the first truck race at Daytona (that almost took Geoffrey Bodine's life) NASCAR just pulled out the front fenders and stood the rear spoilers up to slow em down.
 
I have been waiting for today's announcement. I thought that they were going to announce lights for dega but instead it was the addition of the Truck Series. I still haven't actually read anywhere whether or not they will have "plates". I assume not but you never know.
 
I think they don't have plates in them, because they are so un-aerodynamic that they don't need one, because they don't get too fast.
 
:beerbang: How coolis that! :beerbang: Even though she hasn't been here in a while, I'll bet Turtle will have a fantastic weekend.
 
I think they will do something to slow the trucks down. The trucks may be boxy and aero dirty but so were the cars in 1986 and they were averaging over 200 mph around the track back then. And they were doing that with less than 650 horse power. I'm pretty sure the trucks have horse power near or equal to the Cup cars. If they don't slow them down then there is a huge potential for a very big disaster.
 
^Yeah, like Bodine in the catchfence at 190+. I have it on tape. Probably one of the most horrific crashes I've ever seen.
They've gotta do something to slow 'em down. The trucks are VERY dangerous when turned around at those speeds, the cab is so far from the rear spoiler, that when turned around at over 180, the lift on the rear spoiler almost cancels out the roof flaps. (Roof flaps courtesy of Roush Racing, I might add).
 
This is gonna be fun... Trucks at Dega.. i am going to buy tickets when the go on sale... i think it would be awesome watching them on this track
 
Might not be a good idea to race on Saturday, unless they do it at night....its football season and attendence might be a little lower than imagined.
 
Lot of ppl in bama are going to be running around like a tiger with its head cut off on what to go to, race or football game!!

ROLL TIDE!!
 
BobbyFord said:
What's a football??
Click to expand...
1. a. A game played with a ball on a rectangular field by opposing teams of 11 players each. b. The ball used in this game, an inflated ellipsoid. 2. Cheifly Brit. a. Rugby football. b. Soccer.

lol
 
Trucks do not have plates. At Daytona they run a bigger spoiler and the truck has such a big greenhouse air just naturally slows them down. They've done enough safety innovation that ingredients have to be right for the truck to even turn over. I look forward to the Talladega race and would record a football game to watch what I think would be the most entertaining race of the year in all series combined.
 
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