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Musgrave has battled cancer this season, team owner says
By DAVE KALLMANN
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
AVONDALE, Ariz. - Truck series championship contender Ted Musgrave battled cancer early this season, his team owner revealed Saturday.
"We were winning races while he was going to the doctor on Monday getting chemotherapy," Jim Smith, owner of Ultra Motorsports, said in an interview with a publicist for Dodge.
Musgrave, 48, formerly of Franklin, Wis., was not available a day after finishing second at Phoenix International Raceway in the series' second-last race of the season.
His wife, Debi, was stricken with leukemia years ago.
Musgrave has won three times this season and ranks second in the standings, 26 points behind Brendan Gaughan, and has scored 13 victories since coming to the series three years ago.
"I think if anybody's deserving of (a championship), it's Ted Musgrave," Smith said.
By DAVE KALLMANN
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
AVONDALE, Ariz. - Truck series championship contender Ted Musgrave battled cancer early this season, his team owner revealed Saturday.
"We were winning races while he was going to the doctor on Monday getting chemotherapy," Jim Smith, owner of Ultra Motorsports, said in an interview with a publicist for Dodge.
Musgrave, 48, formerly of Franklin, Wis., was not available a day after finishing second at Phoenix International Raceway in the series' second-last race of the season.
His wife, Debi, was stricken with leukemia years ago.
Musgrave has won three times this season and ranks second in the standings, 26 points behind Brendan Gaughan, and has scored 13 victories since coming to the series three years ago.
"I think if anybody's deserving of (a championship), it's Ted Musgrave," Smith said.