truck_top_tens first_busch_race updated birth_date years_in_truck total_busch_races busch_wins busch_poles name truck_wins busch_top_tens first_truck_race birth_place best_truck_pos years_in_busch last_busch_race total_truck_races last_truck_race best_busch_pos article_title truck_poles
0 2001 mbna platinum 200 -lrb- dover -rrb- november 29 , 2012 23 june 1963 6 8 0 0 phillip bonifield 0 0 1999 napacard 200 -lrb- evergreen -rrb- napa , california , united states 20th -lrb- 2003 -rrb- 3 2003 winn-dixie 200 -lrb- darlington -rrb- 70 2004 line-x spray-on truck bedliners 200 -lrb- michigan -rrb- 73rd -lrb- 2002 -rrb- phil bonifield
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phil bonifield

phil bonifield is an owner/driver in the nascar craftsman truck series and busch series .
he fielded team racing for six years in the truck series .
bonifield began his racing career in 1973 , when he began competing with bmx bicycles .
racing across the united states , he won several championships from 1979 to 1983 .
in 1987 , he moved to go-karts , where he raced against kevin harvick and casey mears , before competing part-time in the nascar elite division featherlite southwest series in 1991 .
bonifield became a driving instructor at the buck baker racing school in 1993 , after he moved to the southeast from california .
around the same time , he opened his own fabrication shop , and worked for various winston cup teams .
in 1998 , bonifield closed his fabrication shop and began fielding entries in the truck series .
his first race as owner in a points-paying event came that season at walt disney world speedway in the # 11 red line oil chevrolet , driven by brett bodine , who qualified 13th but finished 32nd after an engine failure .
bodine ran two more races for bonifield that season , both races resulting in dnfs .
in 1999 , he decided to pull double duty as an owner and driver , with tom mazucchi coming aboard as a partner in the # 23 red line oil truck .
he made his craftsman truck series debut at evergreen speedway , finishing 30th .
bonifield would compete 13 more times that year , and finished 31st in points , and 7th in rookie of the year standings .
in 2000 , he ran just eight races , and did not finish a single race .
in 2001 , bonifield posted a career-best 24th twice , at california and las vegas .
that same season , he began running races part-time for impact motorsports , and purchased impact 's owner 's points and equipment after it shut down , renaming his operation team racing .
he also made his busch debut at the mbna platinum 200 for jay robinson racing , starting 34th but finishing 36th after engine problems plagued the team .
in 2002 , mechanical problems continued to plague bonifield and his team , as he failed to finish any of his eleven starts that season .
despite this , he finished 31st in points .
he also ran six busch races , two for his own team , one for danny bost , and the rest for means racing .
his best finish was a 30th at fontana , the only race he finished that year .
2003 marked bonifield 's best truck series season , as he ran 21 of 25 races , and finished 20th in points .
his best finish was 23rd at memphis motorsports park .
unfortunately , his success was not carried over into 2004 .
neither bonifield nor his team ran many races that season .
bonifield only qualified for events , and was twice parked for driving too slow .
during the season , bonifield sold the trucks to bill davis racing and shut down the team .
he and spent 2005 and 2006 developing arca and nascar grand national division , autozone west series driver andrew myers .
he returned to the truck series in 2006 , fielding the # 86 chevrolet .
