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Compton Heads to Mansfield with Road Map in Hand
05-20-2008 | Martinsville, VA

No. 4 Spitzer Dodge Fast Facts
Stacy Compton
Mansfield Motorsports Park ¡V NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
The Ohio 250 - 250 laps
125 miles on a 0.5 Mile Oval
Qualifying: 6:30pm ET May 23rd              
Race Start: 12:30pm ET May 24th
Broadcast Live on Speed

News and Notes:
ƒæ The Virginia native will be making his first start at Mansfield Motorsports Park this weekend. This will also be Crew Chief Bryant Frazier¡¦s first visit to the short track.  
ƒæ The No. 4 Dodge will be sporting the Spitzer Dodge paint scheme this weekend. The Spitzer Dodge dealership was the outstanding sales performer selling more Dodge vehicles than all the surrounding dealerships thus winning the prize to sponsor Compton's No. 4 Dodge Ram this weekend.
ƒæ Compton will pilot ¡§SLIM¡¨ this weekend at MMP. This chassis is one of the oldest in the BHR stable and was Bobby Sr.¡¦s personal favorite.

Compton Not Sure What to Expect in Mansfield: ¡§Thank goodness it is not every weekend that you go to a race track that neither the driver nor crew chief have ever been to, but that is the challenge Mansfield is giving us this weekend. Bryant (Frazier) and I have never seen the track. Last week at Lowe¡¦s we both talked to several drivers and crew chiefs on what to expect. One told us to ¡§bring our rain boots¡¨ because it always rains and another told us it was ¡§good ole short track racing.¡¨ Luckily, I have the defending winner as a teammate to lean on. I think you will see pit strategy at its best this weekend. It is going to be interesting to see who takes tires and who doesn¡¦t.¡¨

Crew Chief Bryant Frazier on Stay Positive While in the Valley: ¡§I have always been a firm believer in this sport that you need to have a talented driver, a good set-up underneath your vehicle and a good dose of luck on your side. The latter of the three is exactly what we have been missing the last few weeks. It has not been a case of parts breaking down on the truck or anything similar to that. Instead it has been on track incidents beyond our control or pit road mishaps that have snatched a good finish from us. I took my crew guys out to eat on Monday to tell them they were doing a good job and the bad finishes are not because of anything they have done. We have to keep up the hard work and it will pay off in the end.  Last week at Lowe¡¦s teammate Dennis (Setzer) spun out and still finished in seventh place. They have luck on their side right now. It will come around eventually you just have to keep at it.¡¨    
                                                             
                                              

Stacy Compton Career NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Stats
Career NCTS Starts: 107    *    NCTS Wins: 2     *    NCTS Pole: 9     * NCTS Top five finishes: 26
      Top 10 finishes: 48

2008 Stacy Compton NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Stats

NCTS Starts: 6      NCTS Wins: 0    NCTS Pole: 0      NCTS Top five finishes: 0

NCTS Top 10 finishes: 1   Laps Led: 0         Laps Completed: 848/888

Average Starting Position: 14.5                       Average Finishing Position: 21.5

 

 

2008 Stacy Compton NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Race Results

Date          Venue                                              Start          Finish                
Feb. 15      Daytona International Speedway       4                 6  
Feb. 23     California Speedway                          15              21  
March 7     Atlanta Motor Speedway                10                19 
March 29   Martinsville Speedway                   26                  35 
April 26      Kansas Speedway                        15                   20   
May 16      Lowe¡¦s Motor Speedway             17                       28