July 8, 2003

Last Week's Heat Will Not Effect Bill Lester in Kentucky

Kentucky 225
July 12, 2003
Kentucky Speedway
TV: SPEED (Live) 8:00 PM-Eastern Time
Radio: MRN (Live) 8:00 PM-Eastern Time

2003 points standing after 10 of 25 races
Position Driver Points
1st Travis Kvapil 1529
2nd Brendan Gaughan 1523
3rd Bobby Hamilton 1499
4th Rick Crawford 1478
5th Ted Musgrave 1473
11th Chad Chaffin 1234
13th Bill Lester 1187

Bill Lester Profile
Birthdate - February 6, 1961
Wife - Cheryl
Children - Alex
Residence - Atlanta, Georgia
Education - BS in E.E./C.S.
U.C. Berkeley

NASCAR Truck Series Career Statistics Year-By-Year
Years Starts Wins Top 5's Top 10's Money
2000 1 0 0 0 $ 7,770
2001 5 0 0 0 35,700
2002 22 0 0 0 264,766
2003 10 0 0 1 114,145
Totals 38 0 0 1 $422,381

Career Best Start: 1st @ Lowes Motor Speedway 5-16-03
Best Finish: 10th @ Kansas Speedway 7-5-03
Biggest Purse: $ 15,165 @ Daytona Intl. Speedway 3-14-03

Career Highlights (1985-2003)
1. 1985 SCCA Northern California Region Rookie of the Year
2. 1986 SCCA GT-3 Regional Road Racing Champion
3. Entered three Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona between 1998 and 2000
4. One NASCAR Busch Series start at Watkins Glen Intl. Speedway in 1999

Bill Lester No. 8 Dodge Race Notes

Topics of Interest

Performance Record: Kentucky Speedway
Date Start Finish Laps Status Money Won
7-13-02 3 14 149 of 150 Running $ 14,740
Totals 149 of 150 (99.3%) $ 14,740

No. 8 Team History:
Year Start Finish Driver
2002 3 14 Bill Lester
2001 24 30 Willy T. Ribbs

Last Week's Heat Will Not Effect Lester in Kentucky: Last weekend at Kansas Speedway, Bill Lester did not get a chance to celebrate his team's first top ten finish because he went directly to the infield care center for water and oxygen. But that problem should not affect Lester this weekend at Kentucky Speedway.

"I got pretty hot last week," said Lester. "The doctor said I had a temperature of a 102, so they had to give me fluids and oxygen after the race, but I'm sure I'll be fine this week. I just need to drink more water than I did last week. I really thought I had consumed enough, but it was hotter than I can ever remember in one of these trucks."

The heat last week will probably be the last thing on Lester's mind, as he and his No. 8 BHR Dodge Motorsports team enter this week's race hot off of their first top ten finish.

"We finally did it last week," said Lester. "We broke our streak of races without a top ten. Now it's time to up that mark. Kentucky Speedway is another high speed speedway, and I love every one of the tracks like this. So again, I'm expecting big things out of myself and this team. Now that we showed we can finish in the top ten, we need to do it every race."
Lester and the No. 8 Team enter this week's race in the 13th position in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series points standings, exactly 100 points out of the top ten.

"It's still a little early to start worrying about points, but we need to keep them in mind for the final five races of the year," said Lester. "This stretch of races in the summer will help decide much of the points battle, so we need to take advantage of every opportunity."

Appearances: For the second week in a row, Bill Lester will be playing softball. This Thursday, July 10, 2003 the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series drivers will be playing the SPEED Channel crew in a softball game at the Northern Kentucky University campus, just east of Florence, Kentucky.
"Last year the broadcast guys beat us," said Lester. "But this time around, I think we'll be better. At least this week may not be as hot as last week at Kansas. All joking aside, we're going to have fun and sign a few autographs, but make no mistake, the drivers want to win this time around."

Lester's 2003 Craftsman Truck Series Event Results
Location Start Finish Laps Status Money
Daytona 8 18 97 of 106 Accident $ 15,165
Darlington 15 12 144 of 147 Running 9,465
Bakersfield 23 13 255 of 255 Running 8,190
Martinsville 17 19 250 of 250 Running 9,315
Charlotte 1 15 135 of 136 Running 11,890
Dover 15 11 198 of 200 Running 13,750
Texas 13 12 146 of 146 Running 13,165
Memphis 14 26 125 of 200 Running 8,990
Milwaukee 23 12 198 of 200 Running 10,215
Kansas 2 10 167 of 167 Running 14,000
Kentucky (Next Event)

2003 Totals
Starts - 10
Poles - 1
Wins - 0
Top fives - 0
Top tens - 1
Earnings - $ 114,145
Laps Completed - 1741 of 1828 (95.2%)
Laps Led - 0 of 1828
Races Led - 0 of 10
DNF's - 1

This Week's Truck: Lester and the No. 8 BHR Dodge Motorsports Team will be racing "Trix" again this week. They took it to Kansas Speedway last week and finished a career best 10th place, so they have decided to role the dice again this week and try to improve on that finish at Kentucky Speedway. Trix is also the same truck the team race with at Kentucky Speedway last year, starting in the third position and finishing in the 14th position.

Performance Chart: Trix
DATE RACE START/FINISH DRIVER
5-7-02 Texas 7 11 Bill Lester
7-6-02 Kansas 3 29 Bill Lester
7-13-02 Kentucky 3 14 Bill Lester
7-27-02 Michigan 19 15 Bill Lester
8-10-02 Nashville 12 16 Bill Lester
9-13-02 Texas 6 28 Bill Lester
10-13-02 Las Vegas 12 17 Bill Lester
11-2-02 California 3 14 Bill Lester
11-15-02 Homestead 9 18 Bill Lester
5-16-03 Charlotte 1 15 Bill Lester
5-30-03 Dover 15 DNS Bill Lester
7-5-03 Kansas 2 10 Bill Lester

Lester Quotes "One of the things we wanted to do when the season started was to eliminate the goose eggs in our performance columns. We entered this season with zeros in wins, poles, top fives, and top tens. Now after ten races, we've knocked two of them off with the pole at Lowes Motor Speedway and last week's top ten, but we've got a few more to go."

"I've been very happy with my team the last few weeks. With the exception of Memphis, we have had some great trucks. The guys are working well together and everything seems to be on the rise."

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