* Bobby Hamilton wins first
NASCAR Craftsman Truck title for Dodge * David Reutimann is
top Raybestos Rookie, Steve Park voted Most
Popular
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.
(November 24, 2004) – Bobby Hamilton (No. 4
Square D Dodge) was crowned 2004 NASCAR Craftsman
Truck Series champion during Saturday night’s 10th Annual
awards ceremonies held at the Loews Miami Beach
Hotel.
Hamilton is the fifth different
champion in as many seasons and at age 47, the Nashville, Tenn.
resident is the oldest to wear the crown.
Hamilton, owner of Mt. Juliet,
Tenn.-based Bobby Hamilton Racing, also gave
Dodge its first driver championship. Dodge won the NASCAR
Craftsman Truck Series manufacturer championship for the third
time in four seasons. Hamilton is the first owner-driver to win
a NASCAR national touring title since the late Alan Kulwicki
won the 1992 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series championship.
Hamilton won a total of $973,428 and
had four victories – at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Memphis
Motorsports Park, Kentucky Speedway and Nashville
Superspeedway. His post-season awards totaled $406,113 and
included the $20,000 Dodge Award, the $15,000 Goodyear Tire and
Rubber Co. Award, the $10,000 Mobil1 Command Performance Driver
of the Year Award and the $10,000 Sunoco Award.
Hamilton’s winnings are the
second-highest in series history. Greg Biffle,
the 2000 champion, remains the only competitor to top $1
million in a single season.
Also honored during the Miami Beach
festivities was David Reutimann of
Zephyrhills, Fla., who drove his Darrell Waltrip-owned
No. 17 NTN Bearings Toyota to Raybestos Rookie of the
Year honors. Steve Park (No. 62 Orleans Hotel
Dodge), of East Northport, N.Y., was voted Most
Popular Driver; the 10th different recipient of the
award.
2004 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN TRUCK
SERIES
Race
Season Driver Winnings Bonus $ Point
Fund Total Career 1 Bobby
Hamilton $567,315 $55,000 $329,863
$973,428 $1,741,848 2 Dennis Setzer
497,830 30,000 164,931 707,011
3,503,914 3 Ted Musgrave
541,545 30,000 148,438 728,883
2,892,331 4 Carl Edwards
467,610 35,000 131,945 638,905
1,306,870 5 Matt Crafton
325,005 115,452 444,307
1,332,951 6 David Starr
441,149 98,959 542,108
1,714,781 7 Jack Sprague
437,375 10,000 82,466 532,741
5,250,655 8 Travis Kvapil 423,890
20,000 65,973 511,563 2,358,941 9 Steve
Park 296,675
57,726 356,001 386,804 10 Chad
Chaffin 394,135
49,479 445,514 849,659 11 Mike
Skinner 310,790
47,005 357,795 1,501,986 12 Rick
Crawford 356,605
45,365 402,161 3,053,768 13 Shane
Hmiel
345,055 43,705
388,862 388,862 14 David
Reutimann 304,542 10,000 42,058
356,582 356,582 15 Jon Wood
271,102 40,408 311,510
1,350,241 16 Terry Cook
270,845 38,759 309,604
2,493,027 17 Hank Parker Jr.
270,975 37,110
308,085 362,940 18 Tracy Hines
251,670 32,986 284,656
315,585 19 Brandon Whitt
235,150 17,318 262,468
321,298 20 Andy Houston
250,670 30,842 281,512
1,781,349 24 Shane Sieg 199,330
7,500
206,830 247,815 25 Johnny Benson
175,160 20,922
196,082 280,702 33 Shelby Howard
77,745 12,766
90,511 90,511 44 Jamie McMurray
69,375 2,870
72,245 273,110 47 Kasey Kahne
89,200 1,913
91,113 91,113 55 Jimmy Spencer
23,230 957
24,187 65,280 58 P.J. Jones
23,815 1,913
25,728 103,659 74 Dave Blaney
16,275 1,773
18,048 18,048 88 Brandon
Miller 10,065
957 11,022 61,782 96 Chad
Blount 7,435
957 8,392
8,392
1,665,809
Post Season
Awards:
Driver
Award Amount
Total Bobby Hamilton
Dodge
20,000 Goodyear
Tire
15,000 Mobil1 Command
Performance
10,000 Sunoco
Gasoline 10,000
55,000 Dennis
Setzer Chevrolet
20,000 International Crew
Chief 10,000 30,000 Ted
Musgrave Clevite Engine
Builder 10,000 Featherlite
Most Improved
Driver 10,000 Wix
Filters Lap Leader 10,000
30,000 Carl Edwards
Ford 20,000 POWERade
Pit Championship 15,000 35,000 Jack
Sprague Bud Pole
Award 10,000
10,000 Travis
Kvapil Toyota
20,000 20,000 David Reutimann Raybestos Rookie of
the Year 10,000 10,000 Shane
Sieg Waste Management Picking Up
Places 7,500
7,500 Total:
$197,500
**** NASCAR CRAFTSMAN
TRUCK SERIES DRIVER LEADERS ****
ADDITIONAL MONEY RACE NUMBER :
25
LAST RACE
DATE:11/23/04
PRINTOUT
DATE:11/23/04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MONEY
POS DRIVER NAME POINTS STARTS WINS TOP
5 TOP 10
WON ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 BOBBY HAMILTON 3624 25
4 12 16 973428 2 DENNIS
SETZER 3578 25 2
8 16 707011 3 TED MUSGRAVE
3554 25 2 11
16 728883 4 CARL EDWARDS
3493 25 3 9 17
638905 5 MATT CRAFTON 3379
25 0 6 17 444307
6 DAVID STARR 3298 25
2 8 16 542108 7 JACK
SPRAGUE 3167
25 1 8 13 532741
8 TRAVIS KVAPIL 3152 25
2 6 10 511563 9 STEVE
PARK 3138 25 0
5 10 356001 10 CHAD
CHAFFIN 3122 25 2
6 10 445514 11 MIKE
SKINNER 3037 25 0
4 9 357795 12 RICK CRAWFORD
3030 25 1 4 9
402161 13 SHANE HMIEL 2954
25 1 4 10 388862 14
DAVID REUTIMANN 2904 25
0 4 10 356582 15 JON
WOOD 2835 25
0 2 7 311510 16 TERRY
COOK 2821 25 0
2 7 309604 17 HANK PARKER,
JR 2737 25 0 2
4 308085 18 TRACY HINES
2604 25 0 1 2
284656 19 BRANDON WHITT
2569 25 0 0 0
262468 20 ANDY HOUSTON 2540
24 0 0 3
281512 21 CHASE
MONTGOMERY 2404 25
0 0 0 245342 22 BILL
LESTER 2400 25
0 0 1 238845 23 ROBERT
HUFFMAN 2314 24
0 0 6 236913 24 SHANE
SIEG 2020 19
0 0 1 206830 25 JOHNNY
BENSON 1818 13 0
5 8 196082 26 KELLY
SUTTON 1432 19 0
0 0 150917 27 TODD
BODINE 1317 10
2 4 5 201005 28 KEN
SCHRADER 1297 12 0
1 4 103797 29 KEN
WEAVER 1212 15
0 0 0 132860 30 DEBORAH
RENSHAW 1150 14 0 0
0 114697 31 CHRIS WIMMER
942 12 0 0 0
94805 32 DAVID RAGAN 802
10 0 0 0
84640 33 SHELBY HOWARD 707
8 0 0 0
90511 34 BRAD KESELOWSKI 692
8 0 0 0
72315 35 J R PATTON 637
7 0 0 0
59370 36 MARK MCFARLAND 603
7 0 0 1
57265 37 DENNY HAMLIN 582
5 0 0 1 43190
38 RANDY LAJOIE 570
6 0 0 1
64475 39 PAUL WHITE 516
6 0 0 0
52275 40 GEOFFREY BODINE 495
5 0 0 1
52310 41 KEVIN LOVE 494
5 0 0 0
46510 42 ERIC JONES 461
5 0 0 0
48180 43 LANCE HOOPER 458
5 0 0 0
50925 44 JAMIE MCMURRAY 444
3 1 2 2
72245 45 CHARLIE BRADBERRY 417
6 0 0 0
41137 46 BOBBY HAMILTON, JR 395
3 0 1 2
24915 47 KASEY KAHNE 380
2 2 2 2
91113 48 JAY SAUTER 373
4 0 0 0
31510 49 TINA GORDON 371
5 0 0 0
44545 50 FRANK KIMMEL 344
3 0 0 1
38555 51 SEAN MURPHY 338
4 0 0
0 29315 52 JASON SMALL
331 4 0 0 0
34405 53 KEVIN HARVICK 315
2 0 2 2
22150 54 JOHNNY SAUTER 310
2 0 1 1
33900 55 JIMMY SPENCER 303
3 0 0 0
24187 56 LONI RICHARDSON 290
5 0 0 0
40599 57 JOHNNY CHAPMAN 284
4 0 0 0
41875 58 P J JONES 263
2 0 0 1
25728 59 BOBBY LABONTE 246
2 0 1 1
24780 60 JOE ARAMENDIA 231
3 0 0 0
31195 61 MICHAEL WALTRIP 215
2 0 1 1
19087 62 BUTCH MILLER 209
2 0 0 0
16555 63 STEADMAN MARLIN 209
2 0 0 0
20875 64 WAYNE EDWARDS 198
4 0 0
0 42210 65 SCOTT LYNCH
188 2 0 0 0
14705 66 JAMEY CAUDILL 182
2 0 0 0
15355 67 ERIC NORRIS 176
2 0 0
0 20120 68 MIKE WALLACE
170 1 0 1 1
38740 69 TONY STEWART 165
1 0 1 1
16875 70 TIM SCHENDEL 164
2 0 0 0
15955 71 ROBBY GORDON 160
1 0 1 1
11450 72 TERI MACDONALD 155
2 0 0 0
17155 73 JERRY HILL
152 2 0 0
0 19105 74 DAVE BLANEY
150 1 0 0
1 18048 75 BOBBY DOTTER
146 3 0 0
0 26410 76 BRAD TEAGUE
143 2 0 0
0 16305 77 GREG BIFFLE
142 1 0 0
1 12925 78 REGAN SMITH
138 1 0 0
1 13775 79 JOEY CLANTON
137 2 0 0
0 19155 80 RYCK SANDERS
134 2 0 0
0 17640 81 KYLE
BUSCH 130
1 0 0 0
8575 82 DANA WHITE 125
2 0 0 0
13530 83 JAMES SAUTER 124
1 0 0 0
8065 84 J J YELEY 124
1 0 0 0
10040 85 RON HORNADAY, JR 124
1 0 0 0
7915 86 TONY RAINES 112
1 0 0 0
7815 87 ANDY PETREE, III 109
1 0 0 0
9540 88 BRANDON MILLER 103
1 0 0 0
11022 89 NICK TUCKER 103
1 0 0 0
7315 90 RANDY MACDONALD 100
1 0 0 0
15190 91 SAMMY SANDERS 97
1 0 0 0
8735 92 DERRIKE COPE 97
1 0 0 0
7440 93 DARRELL WALTRIP 91
2 0 0 0
14355 94 KEVIN DOWLER 91
1 0 0 0
6915 95 JASON LEFFLER 91
1 0 0 0
6640 96 CHAD BLOUNT 88
1 0 0 0
8392 97 JOSH RICHESON 88
1 0 0 0
6540 98 RICK GONZALEZ 85
1 0 0 0
9090 99 DERRICK KELLEY 85
1 0 0 0
10065 100 ERIK DARNELL 85
1 0 0 0
7265 101 DAVID FROEHLICH, JR 79
1 0 0
0 8140 102 JEFF
JEFFERSON 79 1
0 0 0 7215 103 J C
STOUT 73 1
0 0 0 8090 104 RICK
BOGART 73
1 0 0 0
7115 105 RICKY CRAVEN 70
1 0 0 0
7060 106 GREG SACKS 67
1 0 0 0
9140 107 PHIL BONIFIELD 64
4 0 0 0
37220 108 A J FIKE 64
1 0 0 0
6365 109 BILL MANFULL 55
1 0 0 0
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