The half-mile track, located in Mansfield, OH, has hosted a Truck Series race each year since 2004, and had an event scheduled for May 23. But according to a NASCAR press release, Mansfield requested that "the event be moved from its track because of its inability to meet the requirements necessary to remain a NASCAR sanctioned track." Track management posted a notice on its website.

"Due to the economic times that we are all facing, Mansfield Motorsports Park will not be hosting the 2009 NASCAR Truck Race," the notice read. "We will begin processing refunds immediately. Please accept our apologies and please be patient while we are going through the refund process. We apologize for any inconvenience." Mansfie

Benson, 45, has driven for Bill Davis Racing since 2005 and recorded 14 Truck Series wins with the organization, including five during his championship campaign this year. He won the series title by just seven points over Ron Hornaday, Jr. Benson recently announced he would leave BDR at the end of this season.

Benson's crew chief, Trip Bruce, has also joined the team.

Meanwhile, Todd Bodine won at Homestead, holding off Brian Scott in a green- white-checkered finish. The victory was Bodine's third of the season and the 15th of his Truck Series career.

Scott finished second, and Kevin Harvick was third.

"When they brought the spacer plate along, it's now at these big race tracks where everybody is holding it wide open," Skinner said. "And Homestead is one of those race tracks it's hard to hold wide open, and we were able to do it. I guess that's why we're on the pole." Meanwhile, the battle for the championship will be settled at Homestead as Johnny Benson enters the race with only a three point lead over defending series champion Ron Hornaday, Jr., making it the closest margin heading into the season-finale.

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All three of Harvick's career victories in the series have come at Phoenix.

Busch finished second, with Todd Bodine, Brian Scott and Mike Skinner rounding out the top-five.

edged Sprint Cup Series regular Kyle Busch to win the pole for Friday night's Lucas Oil 150 Craftsman Truck Series race at Phoenix International Raceway. The No.33 Chevrolet driver and defending series champion rounded the one-mile oval in 27.319 seconds (131.776 m.p.h.).

The pole victory was Hornaday's fifth of the season, second at Phoenix and 19th of his Truck Series career.

Hornaday recorded a season-sweep at Texas as he won here in June. It was his sixth victory of the season and the 39th of his career.

With the victory, Hornaday is just six points behind leader Johnny Benson, making it the closest margin in the series with two races to go. Only Phoenix and Homestead remain on the schedule.

Crawford recorded his fifth career Truck Series pole, but his first since October 2005 at Martinsville.

Starting alongside Crawford will be Cale Gale, who posted a time of 30.205 seconds.

Newman, the 2008 Daytona 500 champion, recorded his first victory in his first-ever Truck Series start.

Denny Hamlin, Todd Bodine and Scott Speed completed the top-five.

Qualifying was originally scheduled for Saturday morning, but a revised schedule for the track calls for Truck Series practice early in the morning followed by Sprint Cup Series final practice.

Truck teams never had the opportunity to practice Friday because of poor weather conditions. Sprint Cup teams only had a few minutes of practice before the session was halted. Qualifying for that series was also cancelled.

The victory was Benson's sixth of the season and the 14th of his Truck Series career.

He also reclaimed the lead in the championship standings, 65 points ahead of Hornaday.

won the pole for Saturday's Kroger 200 at the Martinsville Speedway. The No.33 Chevrolet driver and defending Craftsman Truck Series champion rounded the half-mile track in 19.817 seconds (95.554 m.p.h.).

Hornaday recorded his fourth pole of the season and the 18th of his career.

KHI co-owner Kevin Harvick will assume driving duties of the No.2 truck for the October 18th race at the Martinsville Speedway.

"The performance of the No.2 team was not up to either Jack or KHI's standards," Harvick said. "My main goal now is to prepare the team to run for a championship in 2009. I am looking forward to getting behind the wheel in Martinsville. It should be a lot of fun." Details on the driver lineup for the remainder of the season will be announced at a later date.

The No.30 Toyota driver passed Kyle Busch for the lead coming off the final turn on the last lap and then beat Ron Hornaday, Jr. to the finish line by 0.70 seconds.

The victory was Bodine's second of the season and the 14th of his Truck Series career.

The No.

99 Roush Fenway Racing Ford driver rounded the 2.66-mile track in 52.687 seconds (181.753 m.p.h.).

The No.5 Toyota driver grabbed the lead from Erik Darnell on the penultimate lap and then beat Darnell to the finish line by 0.02 seconds.

The victory was Skinner's first of the season and the 25th of his career.

The pole victory was Hornaday's third of the season and the 17th of his career.

After winning two straight races, Hornaday has moved to within 74 points of leader Johnny Benson. Hornaday holds the series record for career victories with 38 but has yet to win at Las Vegas.

The victory was Hornaday's series-leading fifth of the season and the 38th of his career.

Travis Kvapil, Erik Darnell and Rick Crawford completed the top-five.

NASCAR revised the weekend schedule for New Hampshire after rain postponed the Camping World East Series race. The East Series event was set for 5:10 p.m. (et) on Friday but rescheduled until 10:00 a.m.

Saturday, the same time qualifying was slated for the Truck Series.

Hornaday revealed to ESPN The Magazine earlier this week he used the cream from December 2004 to January 2006 for an undiagnosed condition. He had been losing weight and suffered from the shakes before doctors diagnosed him with Graves' disease, a common form of hyperthyroidism, in March 2006. Hornaday has been treated with the prescribed medication Synthroid since then.

NASCAR officials met with Hornaday Friday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, where the Truck Series is competing. Hornaday, the defending and only repeat winner at New Hampshire, has been cleared of any wrong-doing.

Hornaday scored his fourth victory of the season and his series-record extending 37th of his career.

Dennis Setzer started on the pole and finished second.

Louis. The No.18 Toyota driver circled the 1.25-mile oval in 33.927 seconds (132.638 m.p.h.).

The pole victory was Setzer's fourth career in the series, but his first since 2001 at Richmond.

Busch has now won 17 races in NASCAR's three national series this year. He has eight victories in the Sprint Cup Series compared to six in the Nationwide Series and three in the trucks.

"We had a great race tonight," Busch said. "This (truck) was pretty good when we unloaded it, same stuff as last year.

Speed captured his first pole in his ninth Truck Series start. He returns to the series since finishing third at Michigan in mid-June.

Speed, the current ARCA RE/MAX points leader, will run the first of eight remaining truck races left on his schedule this year for BDR.

Benson dealt with an ill-handling truck throughout the race, but triumphed at the end as he passed Erik Darnell with three laps to go and then held it for his series-leading fourth win of the season and the 13th of his career.

"I thought it would never happen," Benson said. "I didn't think it was all that possible with 10 to go.