KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Matt Crafton called his truck "junk," and his crew chief tossed and turned all night, trying to come up with ways to make it better in time for Saturdays race. They changed out springs, adjusted shocks, messed with sway bars. "We made wholesale changes," Crafton said, "and luckily it worked." Crafton charged to the lead with 29 laps remaining in a crash-filled race at Kansas Speedway, and then held off a late run by Joey Coulter to pick up his third career Truck Series victory. Crafton and Coulter were engaged in a spirited game of cat-and-mouse over the final 20 laps, but Crafton maintained his truck-length lead as they crossed the start-finish line, allowing him to celebrate his first win since Iowa in 2011 with a burnout that tore up one of his rear tires. "I think track positioning was everything, and it was whoever got out front," said Crafton, who has made 298 starts in the Truck Series. "I knew Joey was there, and he had a very fast truck," Crafton said, "and its awesome to know that Joey isnt going to be one of those drivers whos going to do something stupid." Coulter chased Crafton across to finish second. "I could get to him, but that five feet I needed to get next to him was hard to get," said Coulter, who was looking for his second Trucks Series win. "Both of our trucks were good. Ryan Blaney got around Brendan Gaughan on the final lap to finish third, and Johnny Sauter rounded out the top five. Defending series champion James Buescher, who started on the pole, came home in sixth, followed by Darrell Wallace Jr., Ty Dillon, Ron Hornaday Jr. and Timothy Peters. There were 11 cautions, and a red flag flew for about 12 minutes after Brennan Newberry and Todd Bodine were involved in a wreck that scattered debris all over the track. Part of it had to do with what Bodine characterized as a side-force problem on the trucks that makes them difficult to drive side-by-side into corners. It was precisely that problem that caused Newberry to get into Bodine, sending him hard into the outside wall midway through the race. "I didnt even pinch him down, and it just sucked him around, and thats what happens in these trucks," Bodine said. "That was the kind of thing that can happen to any one of us." Another reason for the cautions may have been the new surface at Kansas Speedway. The track went through an extensive renovation last summer that laid down new asphalt and created progressive banking in the corners. That has ramped up the speed, and at least for part of the afternoon, turned the track into a perilous one-groove surface. "It was just really about track position. If you could start within the first six or seven, then you just hoped your line moved, whichever one you were in," Blaney said. "I didnt like all the cautions, the way we played it out," he said. "It was just such a crapshoot the first two or three laps, you didnt know how it would play out." What started off as a banner day for Turner-Scott Motorsports soured in a hurry. Buescher landed on the pole with teammates Miguel Paludo and Jeb Burton qualifying second and third, but Buescher got into Paludo when they were running 1-2 early in the race. Paludo slammed into the wall and sustained enough damage that he never returned to the race. "I think James got loose and hit me on the left rear. Its unfortunate," Paludo said. "We were having a good run. I dont know. I dont know what to say. Its a shame for us." Kyle Busch had a tough day, too. He went for a wild spin after making contact with Ty Dillon early in the race, and then got into German Quiroga on Lap 91. Busch had just told his team over the radio that "we have a very good race truck" before the wreck left him searching for his first series win since September 2011. Sauter remained atop the point standings, but Crafton closed within 12 points of the lead with the win. Burton is another point back in third, followed by Blaney and Dillon. "This truck was junk yesterday, and we did so many things to change it around," Crafton said. "What that comes down to is teamwork and believing in each other. It was so awesome." http://www.airmaxgronline.com/nike-air-max-90/nike-air-max-90-essential.html . Tom Soehn, Vancouvers director of soccer operations, had made the journey to evaluate defender Alain Rochat and midfielder Davide Chiumiento. http://www.airmaxgronline.com/nike-air-max-2015.html . Kevin Martin finished with 25 points and Courtney Lee supplied 22 off the bench for the Rockets (43-39), who are out of the playoffs despite recording their fifth consecutive winning season. 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Carlos Boozer picked up the scoring slack with 24 points and 13 rebounds -- his third 20-point scoring effort against the Magic this season -- and John Lucas added 20 points off the bench in just 21 minutes of action to lead the Bulls. "The real story honestly is our defence," said Boozer, whose team has beaten their next three chasers in the Eastern Conference in the past six days. "Our defence was ... that was probably one of the best performances weve had this season. "It was fitting because they kicked our butt in Chicago, (and) got a big win. For us to come back and do this ... its a big win for us." The Bulls defence was indeed the thing to marvel at Monday, with the 59 points they surrendered setting a new franchise record for fewest regular-season points allowed. It was also a milestone night for Chicago coach Tom Thibodeau, who became the fastest coach in NBA history to earn 100 career victories. Thibodeau did it in just 130 games, one game faster than Avery Johnson when he set the previous standard in 2006. "We had a lot a of guys step up," Thibodeau said. "We caught a break. They played last night in a tough game. Were fresh, so we had an advantage there and they missed some shots they normally make." The Bulls won for the fifth time in six games. They also improved to 3-1 over the past four games playing without Rose, who continued to nurse a sore groin. Thibodeau gave credit to his "great players" for his coaching record, and they gave it back to him. "He puts the work in and the time in and it shows," Lucas said. "Hes still a student of the game of basketball and hes always learning something. ... When you have a coach like that, youre going to be successful." Dwight Howard had 18 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Magic, who had 19 turnovers. Orlando had 11 in the first half, just two in the third quarter, but six more in the final 12 minutes. The Magic have lost three of their last four since posting a three-game win streak. Theyve also now gone six straight quarters without scooring at least 20 points.dddddddddddd Turnovers were a factor in the Magics loss to the Bulls in early January and they again played a huge role Monday as Orlandos miscues yielded 25 of Chicagos points. By comparison, the Bulls 16 turnovers only led to seven points for the Magic. Orlando trailed by double-digits for most of the second half, before cutting a 15-point Bulls first-half lead to 12 entering the fourth quarter as its early turnover issues began to subside. The Bulls offence was steady down the stretch, though, and Joakim Noahs three-point play on a two-handed dunk over Glen Davis with 6:54 to play in the game put them up 72-52 to end any comeback hope. "When you play the way we played tonight, this is a team-wide thing," Magic coach Stan Van Gundy said. "Ive got to take responsibility." Van Gundy said there isnt one singular issue ailing his team right now. "I mean, its everything," he said. "I really need to take a look at when were playing back-to-back games, and were just not creating any shots. Obviously, we played Chicago 11 days ago and we were able to create shots. We played Miami and we were able to create shots. This is clearly not satisfactory." As for where the Magic can go from here, Davis said there is still much gelling to do on the court. "If we want to win we all have to buy in -- me, the team, the most important guy all the way to the least important guy," Davis said. "Consistency (is whats lacking). Sometimes we get bored with the journey and just play to the level that we need to. "You saw a team out there playing without their biggest star and did what they needed to do to win. They beat us with no problem. I wish they would have had Derrick Rose, in a sense." Notes: Rose missed his 14th game of the season after sitting just six games in his first three NBA seasons combined. He appeared in 81 regular-season games in two of those seasons. His status continues to be day-to-day. ... Howard received his ninth technical of the season in the third quarter. ... Magic coach Stan Van Gundy said that the focus for the Magic over their final 19 games would be on reducing turnovers and building better defensive habits. "Were just not building solid habits and making good enough decisions," he said. "And at the end of the day, you are going to hit the playoffs and you are going to be left with your habits. Were running out of time. We have 5 1/2 weeks and its time." ... The Magic dropped to 7-8 in the second game of back-to-backs this season. cheap jerseys cheap nfl jerseys ' ' '