Jon Wood, the most recent winner on the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, captured his second career Bud Pole Friday in qualifying for Saturday's Built Ford Tough 225 at Kentucky Speedway. Wood, driving the Bob Graham For President Ford, lapped the 1.5-mile superspeedway at a record speed of 169.641 mph. Wood, the winner July 5 at Kansas Speedway, edged Bobby Hamilton's Square D Dodge by just.024 second as Hamilton qualified on the outside front row for the third time in 2003. Hamilton's speed of 169.513 also broke Bryan Reffner's three-year-old qualifying mark of 168.460, as did the speed of the No. 3 qualifier Chad Chaffin, Dickies Dodge of 168.734. Defending Kentucky Speedway Bud Pole winner Jason Leffler qualified fourth with Raybestos Rookie-of-the-Year leader Carl Edwards fifth. Edwards, however, changed an engine between practice and qualifying and will have to fall to the rear at the start of the 150-lap, 225-mile race. Ted Musgrave, Brendan Gaughan, Matt Crafton, Bill Lester and 1995 series champion Mike Skinner - making his first appearance since 1998 - completed the top-10 qualifiers. Series points leader Travis Kvapil will start 14th in the 36-truck field. Andy Hillenburg and Blake Mallory failed to make the race.
Results follow:
1. (50) Jon Wood, Ford, 169.641 mph.
2. (4) Bobby Hamilton, Dodge, 169.513 mph.
3. (18) Chad Chaffin, Dodge, 168.734 mph.
4. (2) Jason Leffler, Dodge, 168.219 mph.
5. (99) Carl Edwards #, Ford, 167.926 mph.
6. (1) Ted Musgrave, Dodge, 167.895 mph.
7. (62) Brendan Gaughan, Dodge, 167.853 mph.
8. (88) Matt Crafton, Chevrolet, 167.676 mph.
9. (8) Bill Lester, Dodge, 166.559 mph.
10. (15) Mike Skinner, Ford, 166.451 mph.
11. (59) Robert Pressley, Dodge, 166.430 mph.
12. (29) Terry Cook, Ford, 166.159 mph.
13. (46) Dennis Setzer, Chevrolet, 166.128 mph.
14. (16) Travis Kvapil, Chevrolet, 165.899 mph.
15. (58) Chris Horn, Chevrolet, 164.976 mph.
16. (14) Rick Crawford, Ford, 164.614 mph.
17. (75) Hank Parker Jr., Chevrolet, 164.604 mph.
18. (01) Lance Hooper, Ford, 164.439 mph.
19. (38) Brandon Whitt, Chevrolet, 164.419 mph.
20. (21) Morgan Shepherd, Ford, 163.191 mph.
21. (07) Johnny Chapman, Chevrolet, 163.053 mph.
22. (5) Jerry Hill, Dodge, 162.191 mph.
23. (9) Kenny Hendrick, Ford, 162.177 mph.
24. (08) Jody Lavender #, Chevrolet, 161.546 mph.
25. (31) Tina Gordon #, Chevrolet, 161.271 mph.
26. (51) Stan Boyd, Dodge, 160.762 mph.
27. (23) Phil Bonifield, Chevrolet, 160.461 mph.
28. (93) Jonathon Price, Chevrolet, 158.875 mph.
29. (0) Loni Richardson, Chevrolet, 158.107 mph.
30. (00) Ryan McGlynn, Chevrolet, 158.015 mph.
31. (72) Randy MacDonald, Chevrolet, 157.844 mph.
32. (86) T.J. Bell #, Chevrolet, 157.260 mph.
33. (53) Randy Briggs #, Ford, Provisional.
34. (66) Trevor Boys, Dodge, Provisional.
35. (11) Aaron Daniels, Ford, 157.155 mph.
36. (19) Ricky Sanders, Ford, 155.311 mph.
2 drivers failed to qualify.
37. (10) Andy Hillenburg, Ford, 153.881 mph.
38. (36) Blake Mallory, Dodge,
