NASCAR Craftsman Trucks at Portland 1999: (pt.1/9)

The start of the Grainger 225k.

Replay shows of Dennis Setzer (#1) going into the tire wall in practice.

Boris Said (#44) leads the field into the tricky turn 1 chicane.

Kevin Cywinski (#31) crashes in turn 4b, no caution.

Dane Pitarresi (#78) noses into the wall, no caution.

Ron Fellows (#87) takes the lead.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• NASCAR
• Craftsman
• Truck
• Series
• CTS
• Portland
• Dennis
• Setzer
• Boris
• Said
• Kevin
• Cywinski
• Dane
• Pitarresi
• Ron
• Fellows

[wickedj3]

I dunno about Mid-Ohio. tight track with little passing. maybe let them run Road Atlanta or road America w/ Nwide or even better Lime Rock with the East series

[wildbeemer]

there are only 2 places to pass at Road Atlanta lol Lime Rock Park only has one left turn with minimal braking zones - of course, where could you pass here? just 2 places :-/

[wildbeemer]

Heaven forbid they put any fun back into NASCAR

the Trucks would make a great show in Montreal, so lets put em somewhere they've never been before, like in Canada or Mid Ohio or something

[gadgefan48]

Man I wish NASCAR could put the trucks back on a road course, it will make for great tv.

[bigdaddymatty17]

MAN... this is when racing was great. Bring back the road courses for the trucks!

[benno6391]

what nascar also needs to do is use "the boot" at Watkins Glen and get rid of the chute at Infineon

[fellows63]

man this is classic battles between fellows and said

[66hourenergy]

Watkins Glen would be ideal for a Truck race, they've done it before and it would make a good companion event to the Indy car race up here. Also, what about Heartland Park Topeka? That was a good challenging track.

[megaton118]

I was at this race. They used to be at the Portland Speedway across I-5 before. We took my best friend's 4 year old nephew with us. Was so much fun! I wish we here in PDX hadn't lost the truck races. And we lost our Indy car race too. Portland is not too friendly to auto racing. They burn fossil fuels.

[CookieDude1178999]

I bet the trucks would do good running at Sonoma like they used to. Plus they could go anywhere in the

states with the IndyCars. Somewhere like Barber or St. Petersburg where they already have a good market in Alabama and Florida. Canada would cost way too much for the truck teams, hell its too much for Nationwide.

[Anarchist86ed]

I just woke up from a coma I've been in since late 1999. How is Nascar doing now?

[DeathToRetro666]

Jeremy Dale is the cohost's name. he did sports car racing in imsa in the 80s and early 90s. and hey this will never happen but why don't they create like a nascar road course series. let the cup guys have the two horible tracks (okay only the one in northern california is bad) but start a new series that's all road course. 36 races at 36 different tracks. all 500 miles. oooooo that's my kind of racing. and just think of all the great road course tallent it would atract!

[bigdctherock]

Man, the old ESPN broadcasters were better than todays. Marty Reid sucks now but he was great back then, but I forget the other guys name. All I remember is he's a former Indy car driver.

[schoolcraftT]

@wickedj3

Beleve it or not they acctualy ran some Nationwide Races at Road Atlanta. Today the nationwide series runs at . Road America.

[clintonhockey30]

Watkins Glen again!