O'Reilly 200
	August 20, 2008 O'Reilly 200 Bristol Motorspeedway Bristol, Tennessee Bristol at night! Ted has raced 5 times in the Truck Series at Bristol. He had finishes of ( 3rd - 6th - 15th - 27th - 27th ). The two 27th place finishes were the result of crashes. Ted was on the lead lap for the 3rd and 6th place finishes. He was caught 3 laps down for the 15th place finish. If he can keep the fenders in tact he has a decent chance of a quality finish. This year in 1st practice Ted was 16th quick with a speed of 120.369 mph. In final practice he was 18th quick with a speed of 120.900 mph. Ted would qualify 28th for the race with a speed of 120.475 mph. We can see Ted has an on-board camera. We also see he is still wearing the white helmet. I wonder what happened to the blue one? Green flag! There is 3-wide racing at Bristol. Ted was a part of some of it. Caution #1 on lap 9 as #48 Silas spins on the track. Restart on lap 14 and Ted is 26th. Ted does not seem to have a good truck right now. Lap 22 and Ted is 25th. Caution #2 as #6 Braun hits the wall. Ted pits for 2 tires and fuel. #81 Jimmy Johnson stay out and takes the lead. Restart on lap 46 and Ted is 17th. It takes so long for the SPEED scroll to go through. Caution #3 for a wreck involving #88 Crafton and #41 Malsam. I got to wonder at this point if Ted is done pitting. He can make it on fuel from here. Restart on lap 64 and Ted is 16th. Caution #4 for a wreck involving #13 Howard, #09 Townley and #07 Murphy. Ted does not pit. Restart on lap 93 and Ted is 14th. Lap 100 and Ted is now 18th. I got to think he will pit again based on him dropping back a little. Caution #5 as #81 Jimmie Johnson spins by himself and wrecks his truck. Ted just gets by him as he was trying to correct himself. Restart on lap 109 and Ted is now 22nd. My guess is that he pitted. Lap 117 and Ted is now 21st. Caution #6 on lap 118. Restart on lap 123 of 200 and Ted is 17th. Caution #7 just after the restart for a wreck involving many trucks. Ted just sneaks by again after tapping #4 Compton. Restart on lap 135 and Ted is 14th. Caution #8 on lap 146 and Ted is still 14th. Restart with 50 to go and Ted is now 12th. Ted seems to not be able to run the low groove. 36 to go and Ted is still 12th. Caution #9 for a wreck and #33 Hornaday and #2 Sprague are involved. The race is Red Flagged with 21 laps to go. Restart with just 16 to go and Ted is 10th. Caution #10 for debris with 13 to go. Restart with 9 to go and Ted is 11th. A record tying Caution #11 just as Ted nudges past Sprague for 10th. Restart with 4 to go and Ted is 10th. Now a record breaking Caution #12 for a spin. Ted was side by side with #15 Stremme when it came out. Ted could not complete the pass and will restart 10th. Green-white-checkered. Green till the end and Ted finished 10th. #51 wins the race. Ted gained a spot in the standings to 14th and just -137 from 10th. Ted had a good finish at a track where anything can and did happen. It was a wreck fest and Ted kept the fenders clean. The Team ASE/Harris Trucking Toyota kept on chipping away at the points. Top-10's are just what the doctor ordered. On to Gateway in 2 weeks where Ted has won 2 times with 5 top-5 finishes. Quote from Ted after the race: “We’ve had some good runs this year that didn’t really pay off at the end, but tonight maybe helps make up for some of them,” Musgrave said. “We weren’t all that great but we stayed out of everyone else’s trouble and kept the truck fairly clean and came out with a good finish. It’s good for the team to get a little momentum. We’re starting to get to the stretch run and it would be good for us all to close the season with some good solid runs and some good finishes.” “I know we had an on-board camera with us this week and I am usually hoping we get some good shots and keep the fans at home entertained but I think we might have given them a little too much excitement this week,” Musgrave laughed. “It seemed every time someone wrecked we were right behind it. Jimmie Johnson got loose and we were right there. Then they stacked up in turn two and a bunch of guys got caught up and we missed it by inches. I am sure the camera got a lot of great shots but maybe next time the camera can catch all that action pointed backwards instead of towards the front.”