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The rain finally ceased on Sunday afternoon allowing the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series teams to finally turn testing laps in preparation for the Feb. 18 Florida Dodge Dealers 250 under the lights at historic Daytona International Speedway.

Ricky Craven, who is making the move to the Craftsman Truck Series in the No. 99 Superchips Ford for Roush Racing, was the first truck to complete a lap at 3:50 p.m. The session ran through Sunday night and teams were scheduled to continue testing on Monday.

Ron Hornaday, a two-time champion in the Craftsman Truck Series, was anxious to kick off testing. He'll compete in a full schedule of races as the driver of the No. 6 GM Goodwrench Chevrolet for Kevin Harvick Inc.

Hornaday, who is the series' winningest driver, knows that the competition level has increased dramatically since he last raced in the series full time in 1999 and is ready for the challenge.

"I've been watching the truck series - this is my love," said Hornaday, who has 26 career victories and 13 career poles in the Craftsman Truck Series. "It looks like if you don't win a bunch of races and finish in the top three, you're going to be out of the points hunt. It's just a matter of running hard every week."

Hornaday considers the Florida Dodge Dealers 250 at historic Daytona International Speedway to be among the best races on the schedule as far as the excitement it provides for both the drivers and the fans.

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"You can probably ride the best rollercoaster and you aren't going to get a more fun ride than in a truck here at Daytona," Hornaday said. "It's the biggest thrill. The track's not wide; now we put a (safer) barrier wall in there and narrow the track up even more and you're going to see four-wide racing here."

Reutimann excited about home track's new look: David Reutimann was eager to return to the newly renovated Daytona International Speedway and start his sophomore year behind the wheel of the No. 17 NTN Bearings Toyota fielded by Darrell Waltrip Motorsports. The 2004 Raybestos Rookie of the Year was impressed by the renovations to his home track.

"It's phenomenal all the work they've done," said Reutimann, a native of Zephyrhills, Fla. "It looks great - the garages - everything. It's definitely a facelift for the place. They've done a great job. The track looks great, just quite a bit more damp than we'd like to see it."

Reutimann said his ninth-place finish in last year's Florida Dodge Dealers 250 under the lights at Daytona gave himself and the team some momentum.

"It was a good way to start off," Reutimann said. "I learned a lot in that race. With a couple laps to go, I thought I was just going to drive out there and pass everybody by myself - I'd just fell out of line and I just thought somebody would go with me and I looked in the mirror and I was the only one out there.

"It was cool under the lights at Daytona - a place that I've been coming to for years. It's neat, the fact that I was here racing and I was supposed to be here. I didn't have to crawl under a fence or over a fence to get in; I was supposed to be here, so that was pretty neat."

Fastest of the day: Dennis Setzer driving the No. 46 Chevrolet was the fastest during Sunday's test session that featured drafting sessions. Setzer posted a lap of 189.163 mph in his Chevrolet Silverado.

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