The Craftsman Truck Series will run an early Saturday afternoon race at the tiny 0.50-mile Mansfield Motorsports Speedway oval.
Short track specialist Dennis Setzer is the defending champion after he edged Jack Sprague by 0.522 seconds. Setzer did it by completing all 250 laps without a pit stop. The race was interrupted by three rain delays and more than 100 caution-flag laps, but with 27 laps to go Rick Crawford led Setzer, Aaron Fike, Sprague and Ken Schrader to the restart.
Crawford's No.14 Ford pulled away from the field on the restart, but with 20 laps remaining Setzer started to chip away at Crawford's lead. With 13 laps left a flat right-front tire for Crawford caused him to slide high on the track allowing Setzer to make the pass for first.
Can it be done again?
Says Setzer: "We have smaller fuel cells this season and I can't help but wonder if that is because of me. But I think if the right circumstances played out it could still be done at a short track such as MMP. NASCAR also changed the carburetor this season. We are seeing with the combination of the new carburetor and smaller fuel cells that we are getting within a few laps of the fuel mileage we got last year at certain tracks. It may never be done again, but I wouldn't write it off just yet."
Falcons:
I would sure like to but at the current gas prices it will be a long shot. Still not able to drive any long distances yet health wise also. I am hoping to try the Eldora dirt track race Tony Stewart is having in June which is closer to me.
The young guns seem to be the wave of the future in racing. However ones that age ( not old enough for their drivers license yet) seems to be an accident waiting to happen in the maturity department.
I do recall when I started racing cars at 15, I was quite reckless and inmature..
"Thirteen-year-old Logan Ruffin of Nashville, Tenn., finished 12th and 15-year-old Joey Gase of Cedar Rapids was 13th. Two other 15-year-old Iowa drivers dropped out earlier in the event. Brett Moffitt of Grimes was involved in a mid-race crash and finished 23rd, while Thor Anderson of Bondurant dropped out with mechanical problems, finishing 25th."
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