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New Team Leads
Toyota Richmond Efforts
Richmond Photos
Courtesy of Toyota Motorsports
(10-10-04)
RICHMOND, VA, (Sept. 9,
2004) - Todd Bodine gave the Germain/Arnold Racing Team a
dramatic entry into the NASCAR Craftsman Truck series with
a fourth place and was the top finishing Toyota in the
Kroger 200 tonight at Richmond International Raceway. Ted
Musgrave ran up front most of the night for the victory.
It was the first race for Bodine and the Germain/Arnold
team, which announced their plans to form a team and enter
a Toyota Tundra at Richmond less than a month ago.
"It was awesome to come out of the box and run so well in
our first race," Bodine said. "Even though it's our first
truck race, it's not our first race. Arnold Motorsports is
an experienced team and they've made their team stronger
by combining with the Germain family. Mike Hillman is a
veteran crew chief and it shows. We built this truck in
four days and went and tested in Chicago. The truck was
just a little off. It wasn't perfect. But for our first
race - our first truck race - we got pretty close."
"Toyota has obviously come a long way in a short time.
This motor is awesome. We're looking forward to a lot more
races like this and trying to help the Toyota effort.
We're excited about the rest of the year."
Robert Huffman finished sixth for his best-ever NCTS
finish and fourth top-10 finish of the year. Huffman also
was the top finishing rookie and earned the Raybestos
Rookie of the Race award. "We went to Milwaukee last
week and tested and it really helped us here," Huffman
said. "Look out for us at Loudon next week, we're really
going to be good up there."
It was a heartbreak finish for Hank Parker, Jr., in the
AirVest Toyota. He ran in the top-10 for much of the race,
before suffering two flat tires during a caution period
prior to the green-white-checker finish. "It's a
disappointing finish because we had a great truck," Parker
said. "We ran in the top-10 most of the night and we
should have had a better finish."
Mike Skinner moved up from his 23rd starting position to
finish 10th and Johnny Benson was 25th. Bill Lester (29),
David Reutimann (30) and Travis Kvapil (31) were all
involved in on-track incidents.
Toyota Finishing Positions - Richmond International
Raceway:
4th - Todd Bodine - Germain/Arnold Racing Toyota - No. 30
Toyota Tundra
6th - Robert Huffman - Innovative Motorsport - No. 12
Toyota Tundra
10th - Mike Skinner - Bill Davis Racing - No. 42 Toyota
Tundra
20th - Hank Parker Jr. - Innovative Motorsports - No. 21
AirVest Toyota Tundra
25th - Johnny Benson - Bill Davis Racing - No. 23 TRD
Toyota Tundra
29th - Bill Lester - Bill Davis Racing - No. 22
Hire-A-Hero Toyota Tundra
30th - David Reutimann - Darrell Waltrip Motorsports - No.
17 NTN Bearings Toyota Tundra
31st - Travis Kvapil - Bang Racing - No. 24 Buckle Up For
Safety Toyota Tundra
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