Complete Building A Legacy | Steven Gibson Jr's Racing Career: Year 2 (2004)
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Thank you! Funny thing is I actually thought the same thing about the scheme before I started the season but I just went with it. I'm gonna try to make things fit as much as possible for this upcoming season, I'll come up with something new soon!
2004 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Testing at Daytona | Jan. 10-11
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Day 2 (afternoon session)- (No draft)
The Craftsman Truck Series is gearing up for it's return to Daytona for its 10th year of racing action. It's a stacked field that everyone is ready to watch go to battle over the upcoming twenty-five race season. The drivers hit the track for the official series testing at Daytona, and they put up blistering times, a bit faster than NASCAR was expecting. We heard that they would be looking into it but no conclusion has been come to. The Toyotas however, are a bit off the pace, which was expected. Here's what first year full-timer Steven Gibson Jr. had to say about his first time at Daytona and what they'll need to cover before these trucks hit the track in official competition next month: "It was crazy fast. Obviously we are a bit off the pace, but we should be fighting with them come race weekend. We got the exact data we needed, just got done looking through it and it's pretty much what we were expecting. So once we get the trucks back to the shops, we'll work on what needs changing. I think we can be competitive." He is confident that they can work on what needs it and be strong in Daytona next month.
Day 1-
Day 2-
Day 2 (afternoon session)- (No draft)
The Craftsman Truck Series is gearing up for it's return to Daytona for its 10th year of racing action. It's a stacked field that everyone is ready to watch go to battle over the upcoming twenty-five race season. The drivers hit the track for the official series testing at Daytona, and they put up blistering times, a bit faster than NASCAR was expecting. We heard that they would be looking into it but no conclusion has been come to. The Toyotas however, are a bit off the pace, which was expected. Here's what first year full-timer Steven Gibson Jr. had to say about his first time at Daytona and what they'll need to cover before these trucks hit the track in official competition next month: "It was crazy fast. Obviously we are a bit off the pace, but we should be fighting with them come race weekend. We got the exact data we needed, just got done looking through it and it's pretty much what we were expecting. So once we get the trucks back to the shops, we'll work on what needs changing. I think we can be competitive." He is confident that they can work on what needs it and be strong in Daytona next month.
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*Crazy how it's already been a few weeks, but I'll be starting the 04' season very soon. I just came across a few last minute ideas right before I was about to start that I'm thinking about doing. Anyways, I'll be in Martinsville this weekend so I won't get anything done then, but starting next week the posts should (hopefully) return back to normal! Thanks everyone.
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*I lied. It took a little longer than I expected to get some things together, but I know for a fact that I'll have everything finished by Monday or Tuesday! Thanks again everyone.
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*Alright, time to try it for a second time! I have everything finished and what not, but I'm just gonna go ahead and put it out Friday. The reason the delay has been so long to begin with is because I was editing a video for the race and it took a while. I hope to start putting out the races either every week or every other week on Fridays from this point forward. I'll try my best to get the flow of the career back going. Also, big thanks to @Squared for allowing me to use his presentation style for the videos. If you've not seen his career mode videos on YT you should go check them out! They're very good and it really inspired me to start making race videos for my own career as well. Just a few more things to touch on. While I am pretty happy with how the video turned out, there are a few things that are rather sloppy including a mistake in the actual footage itself that I had to cover up post export (had the replay ui up for a few seconds lol), I didn't get to add graphics in a few spots that I wanted to, and the results graphics at the end are pretty messy (spreadsheet screenshots). But it is a good base to build on for future videos and it was very fun to put together! Hopefully everyone following along is fine with waiting a couple days, just wanted to wait until Friday so I can get a nice schedule going. Anyways, thanks again everyone!
Friday 11/12, 6:30PM EST Race Link
Friday 11/12, 6:30PM EST Race Link
Florida Dodge Dealers 250 at Daytona | Video
*If you want to watch the race before you see all the results, don't scroll down
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Florida Dodge Dealers 250 at Daytona | Practice
Matt Crafton tops the charts in practice followed by the fastest Toyota driver Steven Gibson Jr. with Tina Gordon rounding out the top three.
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Florida Dodge Dealers 250 at Daytona | Qualifying
Frank Kimmel qualifies on the pole for the Florida Dodge Dealers 250 at Daytona followed up by Bobby Hamilton and Carl Edwards. Two Fords and a Dodge make up the top three with the nearest Chevrolet just behind in fourth represented by Mike Wallace and the nearest Toyota in sixth represented by reigning champion Travis Kvapil.
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Florida Dodge Dealers 250 at Daytona | Happy Hour
A productive happy hour for most teams shows many new faces at the top of the timing sheets. Randy MacDonald, Jon Wood, and Andy Houston make up the top three with some of the biggest losers coming out of the Toyota camp with the nearest Tundra in sixteenth.
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Florida Dodge Dealers 250 at Daytona | Race
Steven Gibson Jr. controls the majority of the Florida Dodge Dealers 250 at Daytona in route to his first win at the famed superspeedway and collects a great points payout in the very early stages of the 2004 Craftsman Truck Series championship campaign.
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Florida Dodge Dealers 250 at Daytona | Post-Race
*If you want to watch the race before you see all the results, don't scroll down
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Florida Dodge Dealers 250 at Daytona | Practice
Matt Crafton tops the charts in practice followed by the fastest Toyota driver Steven Gibson Jr. with Tina Gordon rounding out the top three.
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Florida Dodge Dealers 250 at Daytona | Qualifying
Frank Kimmel qualifies on the pole for the Florida Dodge Dealers 250 at Daytona followed up by Bobby Hamilton and Carl Edwards. Two Fords and a Dodge make up the top three with the nearest Chevrolet just behind in fourth represented by Mike Wallace and the nearest Toyota in sixth represented by reigning champion Travis Kvapil.
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Florida Dodge Dealers 250 at Daytona | Happy Hour
A productive happy hour for most teams shows many new faces at the top of the timing sheets. Randy MacDonald, Jon Wood, and Andy Houston make up the top three with some of the biggest losers coming out of the Toyota camp with the nearest Tundra in sixteenth.
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Florida Dodge Dealers 250 at Daytona | Race
Steven Gibson Jr. controls the majority of the Florida Dodge Dealers 250 at Daytona in route to his first win at the famed superspeedway and collects a great points payout in the very early stages of the 2004 Craftsman Truck Series championship campaign.
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Florida Dodge Dealers 250 at Daytona | Post-Race
I probably could have said this a while ago, but I've decided not to go forward with this any longer. I have lot's of ideas for the future though so hopefully I can restart with something just as good as this was. Lastly, thanks everyone for the continued support throughout this mock career, it was very fun to put together!
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