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Jimmy Spencer's Team ASE/CARQUEST Dodge comes to the attention of his
Ultra Motorsports crew on lap 62 of the Black Cat 200 at the Milwaukee
Mile.
Handling Woes Relegate Spencer To 16th Place Finish At Milwaukee
Team ASE/CARQUEST Dodge Suffers From "Tight" Condition During
Black Cat 200
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Emmett Byrd
704.792.2091 (office)
704.425.3262 (cell)
emmettbyrd@aol.com
MILWAUKEE, MI- (June 26, 2004) -Jimmy Spencer's Team ASE/CARQUEST
Dodge showed some promise during the middle stages of the Black Cat 200
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series event at the Milwaukee Mile on Friday night.
Spencer climbed into the top ten by the halfway mark and seemed poised to
claim a solid finish. Unfortunately for the Berwick, PA native, his truck
was more than just a tick tight in the closing stages of the event and
Spencer was relegated to a 16th place finish.
"We were just too tight," Spencer claimed. "The Team ASE/CARQUEST Dodge
was pretty neutral in qualifying and we thought that the track would
tighten up when the race started. It just tightened up more than we though
it would."
Spencer qualified his Ultra Motorsports entry in the 23rd position. He was
patiently making his way up the standings during a long green flag run at
the start of the race. When caution befell the speedway on lap 60, Spencer
brought his Team ASE/CARQUEST Dodge down pit road for service. His pit
crew changed four tires and added fuel but was unable to keep Spencer's
used right rear tire from skittering out of the team's pit box. That
placed Spencer at the tail end of the longest line on the ensuing restart.
The Ultra Motorsports team attempted to make the most of a bad situation
by bringing him in to top off his fuel tank during several ensuing caution
periods. Spencer made his last stop for fuel when the yellow flag once
again fell on lap 127. He restarted the event in the 17th position but was
unable to make up significant ground in the closing laps of the event.
Spencer's Ultra Motorsports teammate Ted Musgrave won the race. It was
Musgrave's 14th career NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series win, and he became
the first repeat NCTS winner at the Milwaukee Mile. The next stop for the
truck series is at Kansas Speedway on Saturday July 3rd. The race will be
broadcast live on the Speed Channel, MRN Radio and XM Satellite Radio at
3pm ET.
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