San Bernardino County 200
California
- California has treated Ted well in his 7 starts there.
- Ted's first three trips were wins!
- The next four were all top five finishes.
- Ted says his HT Motorsports crew has worked hard on the California truck and he looks forward to being there at the end for a chance at the win.
- The #59 truck would be 11th quick in the first practice session.
- In final practice it would be 15th quick.
- Both practices would yield about the same speed of 171mph.
- Skinner would lead both practices at a speed of 173-174mph. (breaking news I know)
- Qualifying would get rained out and positioning will go by last years owner points.
- Ted and the Team ASE/Harris Trucking Toyota will start 17th for the race.
- Green flag on FOX at 3:19 for this 100 lap event.
- Ted gets racey early and passes low right after the start/finish line.
- Ted was slowly climbing to the front and was up to 7th when Caution #1 flies.
- #9 Marks gets loose just ahead of Ted.
- I was not sure where Ted was until then as the fox trax is a little slow updating.
- Skinner has engine issues that turned out to be a loose plug wire.
- Restart on lap 9 and Ted is 7th.
- Ted is 6th by the end of turn one.
- On lap 11 Ted is 5th.
- Lap 14th and Ted get around Crawford for 4th.
- Caution #2 for debris on lap 14.
- ALL pit.
- Ted took two tires anf fuel and comes out 2nd!
- Restart on lap 18 and Ted is behind Bodine.
- Lap 22 and Busch goes by Ted for 2nd.
- Lap 23 and Ted is now 4th.
- Lap 25 and Ted is 5th.
- Lap 27 and Ted passes 2 trucks in turn one for 3rd!
- Lap 33 and Hornaday get by Ted for 3rd.
- Lap 35 and Ted falls back to 5th.
- Lap 36 and Benson gets by Ted for 5th.
- Lap 42 and Ted is 6th and 8.5 seconds back.
- There are 26 trucks on the lead lap.
- Caution #3 and all pit again during a commercial.
- Ted had to of taken 4 tires this time.
- Ted came out 7th (Great job pit crew!)
- Restart on lap 49 and Ted is 7th.
- Ted tries to pass Cook right away but settles back in to 7th.
- 5th-6th-7th trucks all nose to tail with Ted in 7th.
- 38 to go and Ted passes Skinner for 6th.
- 30 to go and Ted is still 6th.
- 23 to go and still 6th.
- Commercials galore right now.
- Green flag pit stops!
- 18 to go and Ted pits for 4 tires and fuel and an adjustment.
- Some trucks only taking 2 tires and fuel.
- 12 to go and Ted is 12th, not all have pitted yet.
- 7 to go and Ted is 7th and 18 seconds back.
- 3 to go and Ted passes Kvapil for 6th.
- Race ends and Ted finished 6th.
- Busch wins.
- It was a good finish for the Team ASE/Harris Trucking Toyota crew.
- On to Atlanta where Ted has done well in the past with 5 top-10 finishes.
- Keep up with the great work guys and that win will come!
Quote from Ted about the the race from truckseries.com
“This was not a winning truck,” Musgrave said after the race. “We worked hard and had it running good; we just needed a caution there to make a shock adjustment. The truck was a little tight and the green flag pit stop did not give us enough time to make the adjustments we needed. The two-mile race tracks have touchy set-ups, but we’ll take what we learned today and apply it to Atlanta where we will be running this truck again with a similar set-up. Overall, we just want to come out running better and better each week, keep getting top-tens and top-fives to get up in the points for the start of the season.”