2006 Ford 200

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The 2006 Ford 200 was a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race held November 17, 2006, the final race of the season. Mark Martin won the race for his sixth win of the season, and Todd Bodine clinched his first NASCAR championship despite finishing 21st.

2006 Ford 200
The Germain Racing crew celebrating their championship win
General info
Series	Craftsman Truck Series
Location	Homestead-Miami Speedway
Date	November 17, 2006
Qualifying
Pole Sitter	Mike Skinner
Pole Speed	171.865 mph
Race Data
Winner	Mark Martin
Margin of Victory	2.613 seconds
Average Speed	126.019 mph
Cautions	5 for 17 laps
Points Leader	Todd Bodine (+127)

Qualifying notes

Mike Skinner broke his record for most poles in a season by winning the top spot at this race. It was his eighth pole of the season. Bill Lester had his best qualifaction of the year by starting on the outside pole. Points leader Todd Bodine started twelfth.

Robert Richardson was the only driver who failed to qualify for this race.

Additional race data

• Leaders: 8

• Time of race: 1:35:42

• Cautions: 5 for 17 laps

• Margin of Victory: 2.613 seconds

• Most Spots Improved: Terry Cook (+24)

• This race brought a streak of consecutive years with at least one win in the Truck series held by both Ted Musgrave and Dennis Setzer.

Results

Finish	Start	No.	Name	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Laps Lead	Status
1	6		Mark Martin	Scotts Miracle-Gro	Ford	134	57	running
2	8		Brendan Gaughan	South Point Resort	Dodge	134	12	running
3	5		Erik Darnell (R)	Woolrich	Ford	134	0	running
4	19		Bobby Hamilton, Jr.	Fastenal	Dodge	134	0	running
5	15		Jack Sprague	Con-way Freight	Toyota	134	0	running
6	4	46	Joe Nemechek	Ginn Clubs & Resorts	Chevrolet	134	37	running
7	28		David Starr	Red Horse Racing	Toyota	134	0	running
8	3		David Reutimann	Toyota Tundra	Toyota	134	12	running
9	24		Dennis Setzer	Flex Fuel E85 Silverado	Chevrolet	134	2	running
10	34	10	Terry Cook	Power Stroke Diesel	Ford	134	3	running
11	2	22	Bill Lester	Waste Management	Toyota	134	0	running
12	21		Matt Crafton	Menards/Energizer	Chevrolet	134	0	running
13	22		Chad McCumbee (R)	The GPS Store/Garmin	Chevrolet	134	1	running
14	27		Ron Hornaday	Allstate Employer Services	Chevrolet	134	0	running
15	16	14	Rick Crawford	Circle Bar Truck Corral	Ford	134	0	running
16	7		Bobby East (R)	State Fair Corn Dogs/Edy's Dibs	Ford	134	0	running
17	30	12	Michael Waltrip	Jani-King	Toyota	134	0	running
18	23		Damon Lusk	Woodard Racing	Dodge	134	0	running
19	33	13	Kerry Earnhardt (R)	National Pork Board	Chevrolet	134	0	running
20	26		Shane Huffman	R.E. Garwood Electrical Contractors	Chevrolet	134	0	running
21	12		Todd Bodine	Lumber Liquidators	Toyota	133	0	running
22	29	15	Mike Wallace	Miccosukee Resorts/GEICO	Chevrolet	133	0	running
23	9		Aric Almirola (R)	Spears Manufacturing	Chevrolet	132	0	running
24	31	63	Brad Keselowski	Dave Porter Truck Sales	Ford	132	0	running
25	14	87	Willie Allen	Menards	Chevrolet	132	0	running
26	18	23	Johnny Benson	Exide Batteries	Toyota	131	0	running
27	17		Marcos Ambrose (R)	Team Australia/Aussie Vineyards	Ford	131	0	running
28	36	7	Casey Kingsland	Hooters Energy Drink	Chevrolet	129	0	running
29	35		John Mickel	Dudman Group/DSI Group	Chevrolet	127	0	running
30	11		Mike Bliss	Xpress Motorsports/Strutmasters.com	Chevrolet	125	0	running
31	25		Michel Jourdain (R)	Purpose Money	Ford	120	0	running
32	13		Chase Miller	Dodge Motorsports	Dodge	93	0	crash
33	10		Ted Musgrave	Team ASE/Germain Motor Co.	Toyota	58	0	engine
34	32		Erin Crocker (R)	Cheerios/Betty Crocker	Dodge	17	0	ignition
35	1		Mike Skinner	Toyota Tundra	Toyota	14	10	crash
36	20		Chad Chaffin	Harris Trucking	Toyota	4	0	crash

• R-Denotes rookie driver

Points

1. Todd Bodine +127
2. Johnny Benson -127
3. David Reutimann -136
4. David Starr -311
5. Jack Sprague -338
6. Ted Musgrave -352
7. Ron Hornaday -353
8. Terry Cook -398
9. Rick Crawford -414
10. Mike Skinner -447

External links

• Results at Racing-Reference.info