2002 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Florida Dodge Dealers 250 At Daytona International Speedway

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
Florida Dodge Dealers 250
Daytona International Speedway
Daytona Beach, Florida
February 15, 2002

[@NotSteveCook]

Due to a rather rushed opening to the show, the starting lineup: Row 1: 1-Ted Musgrave & 24-Ron Hornaday Jr Row 2: 16-Mike Bliss & 4-Brian Rose Row 3: 2-Jason Leffler & 43-Carlos Contreras Row 4: 90-Lance Norick & 60-Travis Kvapil Row 5: 46-Dennis Setzer & 18-Robert Pressley Row 6: 50-Jon Wood & 6-Rick Carelli Row 7: 75-David Starr & 08-Bobby Dotter Row 8: 79-Joe Ruttman-W & 39-Steve Portenga Row 9: 63-Larry Gunselman & 62-Brendan Gaughan-R Row 10: 8-Bill Lester-R & 29-Terry Cook Row 11: 20-Coy Gibbs & 14-Rick Crawford Row 12: 99-Tim Fedewa & 88-Matt Crafton Row 13: 5-Lance Hooper & 07-Jason Small-R Row 14: 52-Mike Wallace-W & 54-Brian Sockwell-R Row 15: 86-Phil Bonifield & 81-Donnie Neuenberger-R Row 16: 37-Matt Mullins-R & 72-Randy MacDonald. Provisionals: 61-Butch Miller, 55-Tom Powers, 93-Randy Briggs-R, & 19-Ricky Sanders. Failed to Qualify: 56-Mike Swaim Jr-R, 02-Jim Inglebright, 15-Trent Owens-R, 00-Ryan McGlynn, 51-Michael Dokken, 28-Kenny Allen, 97-Ron Barfield Jr, 89-Stan Boyd, 21-Morgan Shepherd, 41-Jerry Hill, & 31-Jake Hobgood-R.

[@RacingWorldTV202]

14:57 It feels weird seeing Ron Hornaday Jr. in a #24 Hendrick Chevrolet truck when just a few years before, he raced against that truck for the title when Jack Sprague drove it...

[@otaviofrn_adv]

4 years in a row with these two getting the title

[@thedirtybubble9613]

Right you would think Ricky Hendrick would have been in that 24 truck.

[@whoasked9500]

Dodge 1-2-3-4! Dang, that's awesome! At least to me, anyway.

[@IgorFonseca244]

Dodge rules baby.

[@michaelkilgore8358]

With HEMI power comes great responsibility...DODGE Ram rules

[@thedirtybubble9613]

Dodge used to have a very good truck program in the early 2000s. I didn't care. I was still a Chevy fan.

[@michaelkilgore8358]

DODGE needs to come back to Nascar

[@racermac1988]

They aren't done being pissed at NASCAR & Toyota.

[@andrewhayes88]

Awkward start to the broadcast and the race. I guess there was a broadcast delay before the start or was this originally tape delayed?

[@goldsmith1210]

Skinner without a mustache. Weird.

[@evanwilliams6406]

I think he may have been going for a more professional appearance in the booth.

[@thedirtybubble9613]

This is back when NASCAR let these trucks run loose with no restrictor plates. You heard the announcer there... 194 mph average in the trucks. Result: overall better racing.

[@MrBurney12]

As I recall they were faster than the cup cars and they either slowed the trucks or sped up the cars

[@thedirtybubble9613]

@@MrBurney12 It was a combination of both. The trucks had 750 HP unrestricted open carb while the cup cars had like 600 HP with the restrictor plates. But because the trucks were aerodynamically challenged rarely did they exceed 194 mph. They had to eventually slow the trucks down in the years following because they were going too fast. But you see the trucks had overall better racing because they were able to pass and suck up well in the draft. The restrictor plates gave the cup cars very little passing abilities.

[@matthewporrini50]

This was matt craftons first season in the trucks

[@carwhiz90]

Matthew Porrini his first start was the season finale at California in 2000, 2002 was his second full time season

[@thedirtybubble9613]

2001

[@JasonDelarosa2000]

NASCAR on ESPN into 2002?! Am I nuts?!

[@otaviofrn_adv]

No. ESPN had the Craftsman Trucks (welcome back Craftsman) until the end of 2002. They lost the other national divisions after 2000.

[@wyattholo9956]

1:17:20 big one

[@wyattholo9956]

Whoa whoa whoa! Oh trouble on the backstretch

[@jaydenh922]

2002 Florida Dodge Dealers 250 Location: Daytona Beach, Florida Track: Daytona International Speedway Type of race track: Superspeedway Starting trucks: 36 Finishing trucks: 24 Laps: 100 Cautions: 6 Red flags: 1 Pole Winner: Ted Musgrave (1) Most laps led: Robert Pressley (18) (Rookie) (50 laps led) Race Winner: Robert Pressley (18) (Rookie)