Roush Racing Craftsman Truck Previews
Craftsman Truck Series
Homestead, Fla.
Ford 200, Friday, Nov.17
Mark Martin
Team: No. 6 Scotts Miracle-Gro Ford F-150
Crew Chief: Mike Beam
Chassis: No. 50 - Brand new truck.
Martin, in the NCTS:
Races Wins Top 5 Top 10 Led Poles
Totals 16 6 12 14 693 3
Martin on racing in the Truck Series at Homestead-Miami Speedway:
"I love driving that No. 6 Scotts Ford F-150 for Mike Beam and those guys. It's just an awesome team and they give me great trucks each week. Driving that truck this season is some of the best fun I've ever had in racing and I really appreciate the opportunity to work with these guys and I really appreciate all the hard work that each of the guys on the team have put into this season. Hopefully we can go to Homestead and finish up our season with another trip to victory lane."
Crew Chief Mike Beam on racing at Homestead-Miami Speedway:
"It's always great to work with Mark, especially in the Scotts truck and we are excited about the chance to go out and hopefully compete for another win. We had a good run in the Busch car last weekend and we have two more races with Mark in the Scotts Ford F-150, so hopefully we'll be able to give him a truck capable of going out and winning our last race of the season."
Martin's Fast Facts in the NCTS:
* This will be Martin's 17th career Craftsman Truck Series race.
* Martin has never won a NASCAR race at Homestead.
* Martin has finished in the top 10 in 14 of his 16 truck starts and inside the top five 12 times.
* This will be the last of 14 truck races Martin will run in 2006. He has finished inside the top 10 in 11 of 13 this season, including five wins and three poles.
* This will be Martin's second truck race at Homestaad. He finished eighth in the race a year ago.
Michel Jourdain Jr.
Team: No. 50 Purpose Money Ford F-150
Crew Chief: Matt Puccia
Chassis: 47, last raced at Atlanta where David Ragan started 11th and finished sixth
Jourdain Jr. at Homestead-Miami Speedway:
-No previous starts
Jourdain Jr. on racing at Homestead-Miami Speedway:
"I have some experience here, but it was in an IRL car and on the old track configuration. I'm happy to be able to close out the 2006 season with Roush Racing in the No. 50 Purpose Money Ford F-150. We have had some decent runs, and I think we will be able to get another one this weekend. Our race at Texas was not what we were looking for, but we are bringing a good truck with a strong record behind it this weekend. Everyone on the Purpose Money team has worked very hard to get inside the top 30 in points, and we will try to accomplish that by finishing well at Homestead."
Crew Chief Matt Puccia on racing at Homestead-Miami Speedway:
"We're looking forward to going to Homestead with one of our favorite trucks. We ran sixth with this chassis in Atlanta with David Ragan driving, and it seems that we've been able to get some solid finishes each time we've raced this chassis. Homestead is a fast mile-and-a-half track, and we've been fairly decent on this style speedway all year. We'd like to close this season out on a high note with Michel."
Erik Darnell
Team: No. 99 Woolrich Ford F-150
Crew Chief: John Quinn
Chassis: 41, last raced at Atlanta where Darnell started 15th and finished third.
Darnell at Homestead-Miami Speedway:
-No previous starts
Darnell on racing at Homestead-Miami Speedway:
"I'm excited about going to Homestead. It's a fast track and it suits the style track that we've had some of our best runs on this year. This will be our last race with Woolrich and we'd like nothing better than to give them a good finish to end the season. The last time we raced this truck we had one of our best runs of the season in Atlanta. It's hard to believe that the season is ending this coming weekend, but we're looking forward to ending it on a good note and getting ready for 2007."
Crew Chief John Quinn on racing at Homestead-Miami Speedway:
"We're happy to be heading to a mile-and-a-half track to close out the season. These tracks have suited us well this season, we've been at our best at tracks like this. As we prepare for 2007, we'd like nothing more than to continue on the late season top-10 streak that we've been on. Everyone has worked very hard to close the season out with strong finishes."
Craftsman Truck Series
Homestead, Fla.
Ford 200, Friday, Nov.17
Mark Martin
Team: No. 6 Scotts Miracle-Gro Ford F-150
Crew Chief: Mike Beam
Chassis: No. 50 - Brand new truck.
Martin, in the NCTS:
Races Wins Top 5 Top 10 Led Poles
Totals 16 6 12 14 693 3
Martin on racing in the Truck Series at Homestead-Miami Speedway:
"I love driving that No. 6 Scotts Ford F-150 for Mike Beam and those guys. It's just an awesome team and they give me great trucks each week. Driving that truck this season is some of the best fun I've ever had in racing and I really appreciate the opportunity to work with these guys and I really appreciate all the hard work that each of the guys on the team have put into this season. Hopefully we can go to Homestead and finish up our season with another trip to victory lane."
Crew Chief Mike Beam on racing at Homestead-Miami Speedway:
"It's always great to work with Mark, especially in the Scotts truck and we are excited about the chance to go out and hopefully compete for another win. We had a good run in the Busch car last weekend and we have two more races with Mark in the Scotts Ford F-150, so hopefully we'll be able to give him a truck capable of going out and winning our last race of the season."
Martin's Fast Facts in the NCTS:
* This will be Martin's 17th career Craftsman Truck Series race.
* Martin has never won a NASCAR race at Homestead.
* Martin has finished in the top 10 in 14 of his 16 truck starts and inside the top five 12 times.
* This will be the last of 14 truck races Martin will run in 2006. He has finished inside the top 10 in 11 of 13 this season, including five wins and three poles.
* This will be Martin's second truck race at Homestaad. He finished eighth in the race a year ago.
Michel Jourdain Jr.
Team: No. 50 Purpose Money Ford F-150
Crew Chief: Matt Puccia
Chassis: 47, last raced at Atlanta where David Ragan started 11th and finished sixth
Jourdain Jr. at Homestead-Miami Speedway:
-No previous starts
Jourdain Jr. on racing at Homestead-Miami Speedway:
"I have some experience here, but it was in an IRL car and on the old track configuration. I'm happy to be able to close out the 2006 season with Roush Racing in the No. 50 Purpose Money Ford F-150. We have had some decent runs, and I think we will be able to get another one this weekend. Our race at Texas was not what we were looking for, but we are bringing a good truck with a strong record behind it this weekend. Everyone on the Purpose Money team has worked very hard to get inside the top 30 in points, and we will try to accomplish that by finishing well at Homestead."
Crew Chief Matt Puccia on racing at Homestead-Miami Speedway:
"We're looking forward to going to Homestead with one of our favorite trucks. We ran sixth with this chassis in Atlanta with David Ragan driving, and it seems that we've been able to get some solid finishes each time we've raced this chassis. Homestead is a fast mile-and-a-half track, and we've been fairly decent on this style speedway all year. We'd like to close this season out on a high note with Michel."
Erik Darnell
Team: No. 99 Woolrich Ford F-150
Crew Chief: John Quinn
Chassis: 41, last raced at Atlanta where Darnell started 15th and finished third.
Darnell at Homestead-Miami Speedway:
-No previous starts
Darnell on racing at Homestead-Miami Speedway:
"I'm excited about going to Homestead. It's a fast track and it suits the style track that we've had some of our best runs on this year. This will be our last race with Woolrich and we'd like nothing better than to give them a good finish to end the season. The last time we raced this truck we had one of our best runs of the season in Atlanta. It's hard to believe that the season is ending this coming weekend, but we're looking forward to ending it on a good note and getting ready for 2007."
Crew Chief John Quinn on racing at Homestead-Miami Speedway:
"We're happy to be heading to a mile-and-a-half track to close out the season. These tracks have suited us well this season, we've been at our best at tracks like this. As we prepare for 2007, we'd like nothing more than to continue on the late season top-10 streak that we've been on. Everyone has worked very hard to close the season out with strong finishes."
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