Post #1: Lineup
Post #2: Mark Martin throws caution to the win, Race results

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Race Lineup
GM Flex Fuel 250 | Daytona International Speedway
February 17, 2006 | Race 1 of 25

Pos. Car Driver Make Sponsor Speed Time Behind
1 6 Mark Martin Ford Scotts 178.628 50.384 Leader
2 22 Bill Lester Toyota Checkers/Rally's 178.017 50.557 -0.173
3 21 Stacy Compton Ford State Fair Corn Dogs/Edy's Ice Cream 177.715 50.643 -0.259
4 20 Jon Wood Ford U.S. Air Force 177.480 50.710 -0.326
5 5 Mike Skinner Toyota Toyota Tundra 177.473 50.712 -0.328
6 11 David Starr Toyota Red Horse Racing 177.452 50.718 -0.334
7 60 Jack Sprague Toyota Con-Way Transportation 177.225 50.783 -0.399
8 30 Todd Bodine Toyota iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations 176.779 50.911 -0.527
9 12 Joey Miller Toyota Curb Records 176.367 51.030 -0.646
10 23 Johnny Benson Toyota Toyota Certified Used Vehicles 176.315 51.045 -0.661
11 47 Kraig Kinser Chevrolet CENTRIX Financial 176.291 51.052 -0.668
12 14 Rick Crawford Ford Circle Bar Truck Corral 176.029 51.128 -0.744
13 17 David Reutimann Toyota Toyota Tundra 175.812 51.191 -0.807
14 29 Brad Keselowski Ford K Automotive Performance 175.761 51.206 -0.822
15 99 Erik Darnell Ford Roush Racing 175.743 51.211 -0.827
16 59 Mike Wallace Dodge Melling Eng. Pts/M-Select/Harris Trkg 175.685 51.228 -0.844
17 9 Ted Musgrave Toyota Team ASE/Germain Mtr Co. 175.644 51.240 -0.856
18 08 Bobby Hamilton Jr. Dodge Tech-Net 175.569 51.262 -0.878
19 16 Mike Bliss Chevrolet Xpress Motorsports 175.486 51.286 -0.902
20 33 Ron Hornaday Chevrolet Kevin Harvick, Inc. 175.227 51.362 -0.978
21 13 Kerry Earnhardt Chevrolet ThorSport Racing 175.227 51.362 -0.978
22 88 Matt Crafton Chevrolet Menards/Energizer 175.029 51.420 -1.036
23 15 Kyle Krisiloff Chevrolet ditech.com/Nat'l Land Liquidations/Krud Kutter 174.948 51.444 -1.060
24 98 Erin Crocker Dodge Cheerios/Betty Crocker 174.924 51.451 -1.067
25 85 Dennis Setzer Chevrolet Flex Fuel E85 Silverado 174.839 51.476 -1.092
26 18 Bobby Hamilton Dodge Fastenal 174.632 51.537 -1.153
27 25 Boston Reid Dodge Woodard & Sharp Racing 174.405 51.604 -1.220
28 4 Timothy Peters Dodge Dodge Motorsports 174.365 51.616 -1.232
29 04 Kevin Hamlin Dodge Dodge Motorsports 174.338 51.624 -1.240
30 07 Sean Murphy Chevrolet Garden Fresh Chips & Salsa 174.122 51.688 -1.304
31 10 Terry Cook Ford Power Stroke Diesel 174.108 51.692 -1.308
32 77 Brendan Gaughan Dodge Orleans Hotel & Casino 173.953 51.738 -1.354
33 75 Aric Almirola+ Chevrolet Spears Manufacturing - - -
34 8 Chase Montgomery+ Dodge BHR2 - - -
35 1 Robert Richardson+ Dodge WinYourMortgage.com - - -
36 02 Kelly Sutton Chevrolet Team Copaxone 175.404 51.310 -0.926

Did not Qualify
37 106 Chad McCumbee Chevrolet MRD Motorsports - - -
38 40 Chad Chaffin Chevrolet R.E. Garwood Electrical Contractors - - -
39 63 J R Patton Ford Dave Porter Truck Sales - - -
40 28 Carl Long Chevrolet Adult Oncology/Hemotology - - -
41 24 Wayne Edwards Chevrolet Liquid Nitro Energy Drink - - -
42 289 Norm Benning Chevrolet Lafferty Motorsports - - -

+ Set by Owner Points
* Denotes Rookie

 

Mark Martin passes Rick Crawford on his way to the victory Friday night at Daytona. Credit: HSP/Nate Mecha

Trucks: Martin throws caution to the win
By Mark Long, The Associated Press
February 17, 2006
11:59 PM EST (04:59 GMT)

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Mark Martin found rare success at his least favorite track Friday night.

Martin won the season-opening Craftsman Truck series race at Daytona International Speedway, picking up his fourth victory at the famed track in 111 races.

Driving a partial truck series schedule, Martin took the lead with 13 laps remaining, got a fortuitous caution flag in overtime and cruised into Victory Lane.

Sort of.

Martin once gave away a Busch Series victory when he turned onto pit road before taking the checkered flag in a similar situation.

"I've messed this up before," Martin radioed while completing the final two laps under caution. "This race isn't over with yet."

Toyota teammates Todd Bodine and Ted Musgrave finished second and third. Bodine closed last season with three consecutive wins, and Musgrave is the defending series champion.

But Martin has more experience at Daytona than the two of them combined -- just very few victories.

Martin's only other wins at Daytona came in the Budweiser Shootout exhibition race (1999) and in the IROC series (2003, 2005).

He had hoped to add to his total earlier Friday in the IROC event, but crashed out early and finished last. It gave him plenty of time to prepare for his fourth truck race in his long and storied career. He has won half of those starts in the truck series. His other victory came in his second start, at North Wilkesboro in 1996.

Martin led 42 of 102 laps and was in control until a late caution reset the field. Martin was shuffled back to ninth, then powered his way back to the front.

He was back in first when a caution came out with three laps to go, setting up a green-white-checker finish. The restart was for naught, as Ron Hornaday Jr. spun out and wrecked several other trucks. That instantly froze the field, meaning Martin only had to complete the final two laps under yellow for the win.

"Kind of made it easy on me here at the end without me having to fight for it," Martin said.

Musgrave said if the race would have finished under green, he would have teamed up with Bodine to run Martin down.

"Mark got his Christmas present because we had a plan," Musgrave said. "It's a last-lap deal where you just use the brakes real quick, let him shoot out, and then we come charging like a freight train."

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Unofficial Race Results
GM Flex Fuel 250 | Daytona International Speedway
February 17, 2006 | Race 1 of 25

Fin St Car Driver Make Sponsor Pts/Bonus Laps Status
1 1 #6 Mark Martin Ford Scotts 190/10 102 Running
2 8 #30 Todd Bodine Toyota iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations 175/5 102 Running
3 17 #9 Ted Musgrave Toyota Team ASE/Germain Mtr Co. 170/5 102 Running
4 5 #5 Mike Skinner Toyota Toyota Tundra 165/5 102 Running
5 7 #60 Jack Sprague Toyota Con-Way Transportation 160/5 102 Running
6 15 #99 Erik Darnell * Ford Roush Racing 150/0 102 Running
7 18 #08 Bobby Hamilton Jr. Dodge Tech-Net 151/5 102 Running
8 12 #14 Rick Crawford Ford Circle Bar Truck Corral 147/5 102 Running
9 13 #17 David Reutimann Toyota Toyota Tundra 138/0 102 Running
10 31 #10 Terry Cook Ford Power Stroke Diesel 134/0 102 Running
11 29 #04 Kevin Hamlin Dodge Dodge Motorsports 135/5 102 Running
12 28 #4 Timothy Peters Dodge Dodge Motorsports 127/0 102 Running
13 25 #85 Dennis Setzer Chevrolet Flex Fuel E85 Silverado 124/0 102 Running
14 6 #11 David Starr Toyota Red Horse Racing 121/0 102 Running
15 10 #23 Johnny Benson Toyota Toyota Certified Used Vehicles 118/0 102 Running
16 4 #20 Jon Wood Ford U.S. Air Force 115/0 102 Running
17 35 #1 Robert Richardson * Dodge WinYourMortgage.com 112/0 102 Running
18 21 #13 Kerry Earnhardt * Chevrolet ThorSport Racing 109/0 102 Running
19 34 #8 Chase Montgomery Dodge BHR2 106/0 102 Running
20 30 #07 Sean Murphy * Chevrolet Garden Fresh Chips & Salsa 103/0 102 Running
21 26 #18 Bobby Hamilton Dodge Fastenal 100/0 101 Running
22 19 #16 Mike Bliss Chevrolet Xpress Motorsports 97/0 101 Running
23 20 #33 Ron Hornaday Chevrolet Kevin Harvick, Inc. 94/0 101 Running
24 32 #77 Brendan Gaughan Dodge Orleans Hotel & Casino 91/0 101 Running
25 3 #21 Stacy Compton Ford State Fair Corn Dogs/Edy's Ice Cream 88/0 100 Running
26 22 #88 Matt Crafton Chevrolet Menards/Energizer 85/0 100 Running
27 24 #98 Erin Crocker * Dodge Cheerios/Betty Crocker 82/0 100 Running
28 23 #15 Kyle Krisiloff * Chevrolet ditech.com/Nat'l Land Liquidations/Krud Kutter 79/0 98 Out of Race
29 36 #02 Kelly Sutton Chevrolet Team Copaxone 76/0 88 Out of Race
30 11 #47 Kraig Kinser * Chevrolet CENTRIX Financial 73/0 73 Out of Race
31 16 #59 Mike Wallace Dodge Melling Eng. Pts/M-Select/Harris Trkg 70/0 72 Out of Race
32 33 #75 Aric Almirola * Chevrolet Spears Manufacturing 67/0 72 Out of Race
33 9 #12 Joey Miller * Toyota Curb Records 64/0 72 Out of Race
34 14 #29 Brad Keselowski Ford K Automotive Performance 61/0 72 Out of Race
35 2 #22 Bill Lester Toyota Checkers/Rally's 63/5 43 Out of Race
36 27 #25 Boston Reid * Dodge Woodard & Sharp Racing 55/0 55 Out of Race

* Denotes Rookie