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Sam’s Town “He Dared to Rock” 250 - Memphis Motorsports Park
Truex Wins from Pole in Memphis
Truex "Rocks" to Busch Pole in Memphis
Martin Truex Jr. was able to survive a record number of caution flags and a green-white-checkered finish to take the checkered flag for the Sam’s Town “He Dared to Rock” 250 at the Memphis Motorsports Park. The series points leader, who started the event from the pole position, padded his points lead by scoring his series-leading sixth win of the season. Truex grabbed an extra five bonus points for leading the most laps on the day, leading three times for a total of 133 laps. Truex outran Greg Biffle to the line by 0.305 seconds in the third green-white-checkered finish of the season. The race featured a record 13 caution periods for a total of 70 laps, including Michael Waltrip’s spin on lap 249 that set up the sprint to the finish. Biffle crossed the finish line in second place, followed by Ron Hornaday in third. Rookie Clint Bowyer and Mike Bliss, last week’s winner at Charlotte, rounded out the top five in the finishing order. Truex now takes a 208-point lead into Atlanta next weekend.
Points leader Martin Truex Jr. captured the pole position for the Sam’s Town “He Dared to Rock” 250 at Memphis Motorsports Park. Truex qualified in 22.463 seconds, at an average speed of 120.198 mph, to earn his seventh pole of the 2004 season. Former Cup series champion and Most Popular Driver Bill Elliott made a return to the Busch series for the first time in over 10 years. Elliott’s Dodge will start from the outside pole position after a qualifying lap of 22.575 seconds, at 119.601 mph. Dave Blaney, taking over for Casey Atwood in the No. 14 car, qualified in the third position, while last week’s winner Mike Bliss will start fourth.