Terry Cook, the most consistent NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver at Daytona International Speedway, won the Bud Pole for Friday's Florida Dodge Dealers 250 with a fast lap of 183.643 mph over the 2.5-mile high banked superspeedway. The pole was Cook's eighth but first since last August at Indianapolis Raceway Park, a short track.
Cook's pole run on Wednesday evening in the No. 10 Power Stroke Diesel Ford, came in the series debut for ppc Racing, a former NASCAR Busch Series championship team. His crew chief, Fred Wanke, collected the top qualifying spot two years ago with Ted Musgrave.
Cook's Ford F-150 is the first non-Dodge truck to win a Bud Pole at Daytona. In four starts, Cook never has finished out of the top 10. His worst finish, ninth, came in last year's race.
All four series manufacturers - including newcomer Toyota - held one of the top four qualifying spots for Friday's 100-lap, 250-mile race. Raybestos Rookie Chase Montgomery, at the controls of Bobby Hamilton's No. 8 Dodge, qualified on the outside front row. The No. 3 spot went to defending series champion Travis Kvapil in his LINE-X Toyota Tundra. Dennis Setzer took fourth in Chevrolet Silverado Chevrolet.
Rick Crawford, who beat Kvapil by .027 -second in last year's race, was a disappointing 31st in his Circle Bar Motel & RV Park Ford.
1. (10) Terry Cook, Ford, 183.643 mph.
2. (8) Chase Montgomery #, Dodge, 183.113 mph.
3. (24) Travis Kvapil, Chevrolet, 182.830 mph.
4. (46) Dennis Setzer, Chevrolet, 182.819 mph.
5. (6) Matt Crafton, Chevrolet, 182.545 mph.
6. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, 182.500 mph.
7. (2) Andy Houston, Dodge, 182.467 mph.
8. (12) Robert Huffman #, Toyota, 182.264 mph.
9. (59) Randy LaJoie, Dodge, 182.153 mph.
10. (4) Bobby Hamilton, Dodge, 182.105 mph.
11. (21) Hank Parker Jr., Toyota, 181.851 mph.
12. (17) David Reutimann #, Toyota, 181.719 mph.
13. (13) Tina Gordon, Chevrolet, 181.712 mph.
14. (42) Mike Skinner, Toyota, 181.441 mph.
15. (23) Shelby Howard #, Toyota, 181.419 mph.
16. (1) Ted Musgrave, Dodge, 181.265 mph.
17. (22) Bill Lester, Dodge, 181.167 mph.
18. (38) Brandon Whitt #, Ford, 181.145 mph.
19. (16) Jack Sprague, Chevrolet, 180.981 mph.
20. (50) Jon Wood, Ford, 180.919 mph.
21. (88) Tracy Hines #, Chevrolet, 180.875 mph.
22. (62) Steve Park, Dodge, 180.796 mph.
23. (75) David Starr, Chevrolet, 180.610 mph.
24. (18) Chad Chaffin, Dodge, 180.574 mph.
25. (67) Steadman Marlin #, Ford, 180.393 mph.
26. (52) Mike Wallace, Ford, 179.881 mph.
27. (07) Shane Sieg #, Chevrolet, 179.512 mph.
28. (29) Frank Kimmel, Ford, 179.483 mph.
29. (15) Shane Hmiel, Chevrolet, 179.422 mph.
30. (40) Joey Clanton #, Chevrolet, 179.244 mph.
31. (14) Rick Crawford, Ford, 179.033 mph.
32. (03) Geoffrey Bodine, Chevrolet, 178.798 mph.
33. (72) Randy MacDonald, Chevrolet, Provisional.
34. (31) Joe Aramendia #, Dodge, Provisional.
35. (08) Ken Weaver #, Chevrolet, Provisional.
36. (93) Wayne Edwards, Ford, 178.571 mph.
5 drivers failed to qualify.
37. (02) Kelly Sutton #, Chevrolet, 178.416 mph.
38. (25) Phil Bonifield, Chevrolet, 176.457 mph.
39. (28) L.W. Miller, Chevrolet, 175.847 mph.
40. (48) Greg Sacks, Dodge, 174.686 mph.
41. (0) Loni Richardson, Chevrolet,
