Super Truckin' More Super Race Fres " Superfreq superfreq Its superfregy yaaoow!" By Mike Bryson Itook some liberties with an old song by There is one big difference in the SuperTruck like underwear and frequencies only slightly Rick James, because that's just how I feel body, however; the truck "bed" is nonfunc- less often. about a lesser -known division of tional as far as trucks go. There is a covered Fortunately, I knew from previous experi- NASCAR - the Craftsman Supertruck se- access panel in its place similar to the rear deck ence that a great site for finding racing frequen- ries. lid of a race car. The only "hauling" you'll do cies is from the good folks at Northtex Found on many of the same short tracks with this truck is - well, you know. Motorsports. Their web site can be found at (and some new ones) as its Winston Cup and Underneath the truck suit is a race car very "http:\\www.northtex.com." Check to see if Busch Grand National series, the Craftsman similar to the Winston Cup cars. The engine there's a SuperTruck race coming near you, Supertruck series is another division of produces about 500 horsepower from its 358 `cause for great entertainment you "can't touch NASCAR racing that will light your scanner cubic inch V -8. As Mike Bliss, a regular this "! fire. The Supertruck series was started in 1994 SuperTruck driver, states, "It has been tough Craftsman Truck Series 1997 Schedule and has increased in popularity ever since. trying to remember to call it a race `truck' Like their Winston Cup cousins, these rather than a race car." Venue trucks are far from the everyday trucks that are June 6 Texas Motor Speedway 21 Bristol Motor Speedway found on the street. These super trucks are SuperFreqs 29 Nazareth Speedway really full -blown race cars in truck's clothing. July 5 Milwaukee Mile It seems that almost every racing site on the 12 Louisville Motor Speedway The body dimensions are regulated by Internet has links to the Winston Cup and 19 Colorado National Speedway NASCAR to be nearly identical to the four 27 Heartland Park Topeka Busch Grand National frequencies, but I found models of the full -sized trucks raced in this 31 Indianapolis Raceway Park locating SuperTruck frequencies a bit tricker. August 9 Flemington Speedway series. Fans can easily identify with Ford's Using a search engine like Excite, I asked for 16 Nashville Speedway USA F150, Chevy's C -1500, and GMC's C -1500. 24 Watkins Glen Intl Raceway any information containing NASCAR, 4 Richmond Intl Raceway Even Chrysler fans have something to hoot Spetember SuperTruck, and frequencies. (The more de- 27 Martinsville Speedway about with the Dodge 1500 racing alongside October 5 Sears Point Raceway tailed you make your search, the better.) As (and sometimes in front of) the usual Ford, 12 Mesa Marin Raceway always, some of your results will turn up old 18 California Speedway General Motors duo of NASCAR (Chrysler links pick the ones that indicate they were November 1 Phoenix Intl Raceway - Las Vegas dropped out of Winston Cup and Busch divi- 9 Motor Speedway updated in 1997! Teams can change drivers sions many moons ago). Courtesy of Northtex Motorsports, htlp: //www.northtex.com 1997 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Frequencies Driver Primary all rd Driver Primary 2nd Driver Primary 2nd 3rd 1 M. Colabucci 465.6375 25 Roger Mears 461.1750 72 Kevin Harvick 469.1875 2 Mike Bliss 468.3125 469.400 457.9750 26 MB Racing 469.5125 73 Bob Schact 460.1375 3 Mike Skinner 462.1250 466.9250 28 Ernie Irvan 466.4500 75 Nathan Buttke 457.8125 460.9125 4 Tony Stewart 464.9625 29 Bob Keselowski 464.6250 466.5750 469.6750 4 Morgan -McClure 451.9625 30 Jimmy Hensley 467.0000 77 Scott Lagasse 463.3750 469.5500 5 Darrell Waltrip 469.3125 31 Bob Brevak 451.9625 78 Mike Chase 466.2500 5 Terry Labonte 468.2125 32 Kenny Hendrick 462.7125 80 Joe Ruttman 460.9500 6 Rick Carelli 465.8125 33 Harry Gant 461.1500 81 Jerry Glanville 466.5750 467.7750 7 Dave Rezendes 457.3750 463.9750 457.1750 35 Bill Venturini 468.9250 468.8250 8 John Nemechek 464.7625 37 Bob Strait 467.8750 83 Steve Portenga 464.1875 10 Curtis Markham 465.6375 38 Ernie Cope 469.4750 469.4125 87 Joe Nemechek 460.2375 463.7125 11 Joe Gaita 461.1125 40 Carlos Serrano 463.8750 464.7625 11 Mike Hurlbut 469.4125 469.2875 461.0500 41 A.J. Foyt 461.8375 88 Terry Cooke 468.6875 12 Dave Smith 465.8625 42 Robbie Reiser 464.9625 90 Lance Norick 466.4125 14 Butch Gilliland 464.5625 464.5500 43 Gordon /Sauter 852.1875 92 C. Cragan 462.3625 15 B. Gill 467.7000 452.8250 44 Bryan Reffner 462.1625 94 Ron Barfield 469.8750 468.6750 16 Ron Homaday 466.5250 469.0125 48 Bobby Hamilton 461.6625 98 Kenny Irwin 463.7125 463.7375 17 Bill Sedgwick 469.3125 467.1625 51 TJ Clark 468.8125 99 Gary Herrin 469.2500 18 Green/Benson 464.0625 52 Ken Schrader 467.6875 01 Billy Ogle 463.8875 19 J. Chapman 466.6500 54 Steve McEarchern 464.1500 03 Tommy Archer 463.5125 466.5125 20 Walker Evans 461.6500 61 Randy Tolsma 461.1125 07 Geoff Bodine 463.1750 21 Doug George 469.5625 465.7625 64 Michael Dokken 461.4000 NASCAR 1 463.8500 22 Rusty Wallace 461.3375 461.5875 65 Kenny Allen 460.8875 466.6875 NASCAR 2 468.8500 23 T.J. Clark 466.8625 467.2125 68 Bobby Dotter 462.5625 Truck Racing Network 454.0000 24 Jack Sprague 466.3375 468.2120 469.4875 71 Ron Newman 461.1125 Courtesy of Northtex Motorsports, http: //www.northtex.com 12 MONITORING TIMES June 1997 .