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TED MUSGRAVE COLLECTS $364,643 IN POINT FUND AWARDS
NASCAR CRAFTSMAN TRUCK CHAMPION HONORED IN ORLANDO
Orlando, Florida - Monday, December 12, 2005)

 

By: TRP
      Staff

 

    NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series champion Ted Musgrave (No. 1 Mopar Dodge) collected $364,643 in point fund awards along with special awards of $55,000 during Sunday’s Champions Award ceremonies to bring his 2005 season total to $880,553.
   Musgrave, the series’ eighth different champion in 11 seasons, was honored along with Ultra Motorsports owner Jim Smith, crew chief Gene Nead and Dodge Motorsports, the team’s 2005 sponsor.
    Musgrave’s career money total reached $3,772,884 to rank the veteran competitor third in all-time NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series winnings.
    The champion’s season winnings included Smith’s share of the series’ owner money, and special awards from Goodyear Tire & Rubber, Dodge, Mobil1 and Sunoco.
    The championship was the first in more than three decades of competition for Musgrave, who celebrates his 50th birthday on Dec. 18. He is NASCAR’s oldest national touring series champion.
    “Since awards are all about numbers, how about 3,930?” said Musgrave in addressing his fellow competitors and members of the news media during festivities at the Portofino Bay Hotel on the grounds of Universal Orlando. “Any guesses? That’s the number of days it took to finally win a championship.
    “It doesn’t count how many races, sleepless nights and people it took to accomplish this goal.”
    More than $1.8 million in point fund awards were distributed to the top 20 drivers in the final NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series point standings. Runnerup Dennis Setzer (No. 46 Chevrolet Z71 Silverado Chevrolet) received $179,447. Setzer finished in the No. 2 spot for the third consecutive season and won a personal season best of $780,312.
    Todd Bodine (No. 30 Germain Motorsports Toyota) finished second in the season money won standings – on the strength of a series-high five victories including the final three races – to end the year with $805,908. With $1,023,238, Bodine is the 31st series driver to win more than a million dollars.

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Top Five Money Winners (All-time):
1.       Jack Sprague $5,710,0052
2.       Dennis Setzer $4,283,826
3.       Ted Musgrave $3,772,884
4.       Ron Hornaday Jr., $3,615,555
5.       Rick Crawford, $3,398,305

(Note: A complete breakdown of season-ending 2005 money totals follows below

2005 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series

 

 Driver

Race Winnings

Special Awards

NASCAR/Craftsman

Season Total

Career Total

1

Ted Musgrave

$460,910

$55,000

$364,643

$880,553

$3,772,884

2

Dennis Setzer

575865

25000

179447

780312

4,283,826

3

Todd Bodine

649357

25000

131551

805908

1,023,238

4

Ron Hornaday Jr.

384480

 

143307

527787

3,615,555

5

Mike Skinner

432465

30000

117453

579918

2,060,297

6

Bobby Hamilton

455245

 

99133

554378

2,296,226

7

David Starr

318600

 

79563

398163

2,112,724

8

Jack Sprague

407315

 

52035

459350

5,710,005

9

Matt Crafton

297705

 

58994

356699

1,689,650

10

Johnny Benson

345790

 

53709

399499

680,281

11

Todd Kluever

367589

25000

51052

443641

443,641

12

Jimmy Spencer

331285

 

49395

380680

470,147

13

David Reutimann

379915

 

43190

423105

779,687

14

Ricky Craven

344905

 

49253

394158

401,218

15

Terry Cook

311505

 

44767

356272

2,851,824

16

Rick Crawford

323770

 

39767

363537

3,398,305

17

Bill Lester

270960

 

37282

308242

1,161,183

18

Brandon Whitt

327595

 

18227

345822

667,120

19

Brendan Gaughan

253914

 

3796

288710

1,674,062

20

Robert Pressley

243130

 

16570

259700

1,096,602

Totals                                                                                                                                                                     $1,824,134

Post Season Awards:

             Driver                                    Award                                    Amount                                                              Total

             Ted Musgrave                      Dodge                                    15,000                                                                55,000
                                                            Goodyear                               20,000
                                                            Mobil1                                    10,000
                                                            Sunoco                                   10,000

             Dennis Setzer                      Chevrolet                                15,000                                                                25,000
                                                            Featherlite                               10,000

             Todd Bodine                        International                           10,000                                                                25,000
                                                            Toyota                                    15,000

             Mike Skinner                        Bud Pole                                  10,000                                                                30,000
                                                            Clevite                                     10,000
                                                            Wix                                           10,000

             Todd Kluever                       Ford                                           15,000                                                              10,000
                                                            Raybestos                                10,000

             Total                                                                                                                                                            $160,000