He ended up third in the final results behind race winner Ron Fellows.
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This was the first time a non-American driver has finished in the top five of a truck series event since Canadian Ron Fellows won on the Watkins Glen road course on 26 June 1999.
L. Ron Hubbard | Ron Howard | Ron Carter | Independent Order of Odd Fellows | Ron Sexsmith | Ron Paul | Ron Wyden | Ron Rivest | Ron Saunders | Ron Clarke | Ron Jeremy | Odd Fellows | Fellows | Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy | Ron White | Ron & Valerie Taylor | Ron Sims | Ron Rosenbaum | Ron Rifkin | Ron Hamence | Ron Dellums | Ron Athey | Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union Fellows | Ron Sparks | Ron Perlman | Ron Conway | Cam'ron | Ron Ng | Ron Nagle | Ron Ely |
Kelly Bires was signed to drive the No. 88 car for the full season, but was released 1/4th through it and he was replaced by Jamie McMurray, Elliott Sadler, Greg Sacks, Steve Arpin, Coleman Pressley, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. and Ron Fellows.
The team later used a number of drivers after Bliss left, including Geoffrey Bodine, Steve Park, Johnny Sauter, Ron Fellows, Casey Mears, J.J. Yeley, and Dave Blaney.
In 2006 he was the Bridgestone Racing Academy MTP Champion in his first year, and he defeated the Ron Fellows Scholarship drivers.