Marks Enjoyed Practice at Dover

05/29/2008 — Dover, DE (05-29-2008) - Justin Marks posted a time that ranked tenth quickest in his first-ever NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series practice session at Dover's "Monster Mile." The time earned him the fastest rookie honors for first the session. Final practice also went well for the no. 9 Tundra team of Germain Racing. Marks posted a time that was 14th quickest. Justin's thoughts on being the fastest rookie in first practice are below. Marks will qualify for race no. 8 of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series schedule at 10:10 on Friday morning. Racing action at Dover takes place on Friday at 5:00 PM Eastern. RAYBESTOS® ROOKIE CONTENDER PRACTICE DAY QUOTES FOR THE AAA INSURANCE 200 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES RACE AT DOVER INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY , MAY 29, 2008, PAGE 3. by Jimmy White Justin Marks was the top Raybestos Rookie in the first practice session this afternoon at Dover. Marks posted the 10th-best overall speed. JUSTIN MARKS, No. 9 GERMAIN MOTOR COMPANY TOYOTA : “This series is so competitive that it’s all about being good right off the truck. We’re definitely good off the truck today. We’ve got a truck that’s fast but it’s comfortable, too. It’s nice to come to the racetrack and just tweak on some minor stuff and kind of do little stuff, sort of fine-tuning. The Germain Toyota Tundra is really good right off the truck and this is a really fun racetrack. I’ve never been here before but it’s a really, really awesome racetrack. I’m enjoying it. To me it’s a racetrack like Rockingham or some of the cool high banked short tracks like Salem or Winchester because it’s fast but you really work hard for the speed. You’ve got to drive the thing off in the corner a little bit beyond your comfort level and hope it sticks but if it’s tight or loose or whatever it is, you’ve got the truck up underneath you. It’s bumpy and you really feel like you’re wrestling with it so when you go fast it’s really rewarding. You feel like you really worked for it. You feel like you’re in the truck really working, man, working hard and that’s what’s cool about it.” THE GROOVE WILL WIDEN OUT AS MORE RUBBER IN PUT DOWN ON THE TRACK. “I noticed that it moved up just a little tiny bit. I think not until you get the Nationwide cars and the Cup cars you’re going to really see it move up and then I think you’ll be able to make it work up there because you kind of diamond the corners here anyway. So in the very middle of one and two and three and four the groove is already starting to move up. We’re just trying to get it to work good on the bottom. If we get it working good on the bottom and if the groove moves up in the race we can go up there.” ###

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