May 23rd, 2008 
T.C. Starting with last weekend’s race at Lowe’s Motor Speedway and continuing with Saturday’s Ohio 250 at Mansfield, the Truck Series schedule is just starting to roll. Since Daytona in February, there have only been six truck races, but they are currently on a streak of seven races in seven weeks. Since its inception in 1995 the Craftsman Truck Series offers some of the better racing in NASCAR’s top three series week in and week out.
Current points leader Ron Hornaday only has a five point cushion over second place Rick Crawford, and the top 15 in the standings are only separated by 145 points heading to Mansfield. The CTS always offers an interesting blend of seasoned veterans and upstart rookies and 2008 is no different. Veterans Ron Hornaday, Jack Sprague, Rick Crawford, Todd Bodine, and Mike Skinner will have their hands full with young drivers like Chad McCumbee and Colin Braun.
There is no shortage of story lines coming into this weekend’s race at Mansfield. Matt Crafton, coming off his first ever career CTS win, is returning to his team’s home track. Two drivers, John Wes Townley and Scotty Crocket, are in the field and have never competed in a truck race before. And two veteran short track racers, Benny Gordon and Gary St. Amant, will be looking to spoil the show.
Last year’s Ohio 250 was a drama filled event in which Dennis Setzer went the whole race without pitting and won after several rain delays. And Mansfield, being a tight short track, always offers great action when the trucks come to town.
Its a big weekend for motorsports with both the Nationwide Series and Cup Series at Lowes and the Indy 500 taking place Sunday. But, some of the better racing may take place early Saturday afternoon on an Ohio short track. The trucks roll off at 1PM EST on Saturday afternoon on SPEED.
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