Ford PSD by Int'l News and Notes - Mansfield
Contact: Jeffrey Sturek, Ford Power Stroke Diesel by International Racing, (704) 450-9060, jeffrey@gperformance.com News and Notes - No. 10 Ford Power Stroke Diesel by International / Terry Cook City of Mansfield 250 / Mansfield Motorsports Speedway - Saturday, May 27, 2006 "THESE ARE BETTER DAYS!" ~ The Ford Power Stroke Diesel by International race team and driver Terry Cook are relishing in their best season in three years with ppc Racing. Three top-10 finishes in the first six races have positioned Cook and the team to fifth in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (NCTS) driver and owner points standings ~ The Ford Power Stroke Diesel by International race team tested Truck No. 10-01 at Ace Speedway in Elon, N.C. last Monday to prepare for this weekend's race ~ Nicole Addison (rear tire changer) is the only female over-the-wall crew member in NASCAR's top-three divisions. This is her third year in the NCTS ~ Local Angles: Terry Cook (driver) is from Sylvania, Ohio, Tim Whitaker (front tire changer) is from Hamilton, Ohio and Jeff Fleenor (catch can) is from Cleveland COOK AT MANSFIELD MOTORSPORTS SPEEDWAY: DATE START FINISH STATUS EARNINGS 05/20/05 21 31 Running $ 6,515 05/21/04 34 3 Running $17,940 Averages 27.5 17.0 COOK ON HOW PACKED MANSFIELD GETS: "Mansfield is a pretty neat track in itself because I think their average weekly crowd - I'm just guessing - their grandstands actually only seats probably about 4,500 people. For them to bring in extra seating capacity and then sell it out at around 22,500 people and I think they sell about 25,000 tickets so you can see just by those numbers in itself that they're selling standing room only seats so it's a pretty neat deal that you can take a little itty bitty track like that. To be able to take 25,000-plus people and put them around that place when the track was really not built for that, that in itself is pretty neat so they have a sea of people you might say that goes all the way around the racetrack." TRUCK OWNER, GREG POLLEX ON THE TEAM'S PERFORMANCES THIS YEAR: "We're really happy with where we're at right now. Building this truck program has been a real endeavor for me with (NASCAR) Busch (Series) racing all those years. The first couple of years we struggled. We didn't have enough pieces for Terry to drive. (Crew Chief,) Dennis Connor has really put together a great stable of trucks for us. We're really happy and Terry's efforts have been exemplary. We're looking forward to a great remainder of the season." 2006 RACE RESULTS: Date Race Site Start Finish Laps Total Laps Status Points Earnings Feb. 17 GM Flex Fuel 250 Daytona International Speedway 31 10 102 102 Running 134 $18,725 Feb. 24 racetickets.com 200 California Speedway 22 14 106 106 Running 121 $13,590 March 17 John Deere 200 Atlanta Motor Speedway 11 12 135 135 Running 127 $10,815 April 1 Kroger 250 Martinsville Speedway 17 19 250 250 Running 106 $10,115 April 29 Ram Tough 200 Gateway International Raceway 13 6 160 160 Running 150 $16,200 May 19 Quaker Steak and Lube 200 Lowe's Motor Speedway 7 2 134 134 Running 170 $33,150 May 27 City of Mansfield 250 Mansfield Motorsports Speedway Average Start: 16.8 Average Finish: 10.5 Wins: 0 Top-5s: 1 Top-10s: 3 Earnings: $102,595 Total Points: 808 Points Standings: 5 Total Owner's Points: 808 Owner's Points Standings: 5 Laps Completed: 887 Total Possible Laps: 887 Percentage: 100 MEET THE NO. 10 FORD POWER STROKE DIESEL BY INTERNATIONAL RACE TEAM . . . Nicole Addison, Rear Tire Changer Marty Brice, Pit Sign Jon Bruns, Rear Tire Carrier Cal Bofrey, Truck Chief Bill Cahill, Second Gas Can Terry Cook, Driver - (from Sylvania, Ohio) Dennis Connor, Crew Chief Jeff Fleenor, Catch Can - (from Cleveland) Cliff Graves, Shop Foreman Tony Hirschman III, Spotter Jeff Kirkendall, Engineer Teresa Kirkendall, Scorer Ken Majors, Engine Tuner Bill Page, Gas Man Greg Pollex, Truck Owner Steve Rasmussen, Shock Specialist Kenneth Purcell, Jack Man Shaun Wheeler, Front Tire Carrier Tim Whitaker, Front Tire Changer (from Hamilton, Ohio) ###