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THE RACE: Mountain Dew 250 - TALLADEGA SUPERSPEEDWAY

Truck Series Race #20 of 25 for the 2007 season

Race: Saturday, October 6, 2007 at Talladega Superspeedway

Length: 94 Laps, 250 Miles

Track Layout: 2.66-mile speedway

Race Purse: $780,490

2006 Winner: Mark Martin

2006 Pole: Mark Martin

TV: SPEED - 3:30pm/et

Radio: MRN

Announcers: Rick Allen, Phil Parsons

Pit Reporters: Bob Dilner, Adam Alexander

Pre-race Host: Krista Voda

Practice Dates/Times

Practice: Thursday, October 4, 2007 - Practice 1:10 - 2:10pm; Rookie practice 2:50 - 3:20pm; final practice 3:20 - 4:20pm

Qualifying Info

Qualifying: Friday, October 5, 2007 1:10pm/et [on SPEED/tv]

Goodyear Tire Notes

Tire:
Goodyear Wrangler Superspeedway Radials

Number of Tires:
Left-side - 375
Right-side - 375

Tire Codes:
Left-side -- D-4046
Right-side -- D-4068

Tire Circumference:
Left-side -- 87.9 in.
Right-side -- 88.4 in.

Technical Inspection Inflation:
Left Front -- 30 psi; Left Rear -- 30 psi
Right Front -- 55 psi; Right Rear -- 50 psi

Minimum Recommended Inflation:
Left Front -- 27 psi; Left Rear -- 27 psi
Right Front -- 50 psi; Right Rear -- 45 psi

Notes:
This is the second straight race at Talladega Superspeedway that teams in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series will run this specific combination of left- and right-side tires . . . Talladega is the only track at which this tire setup is run by truck series teams . . . mainly because the Nextel Cup cars are running the "Car of Tomorrow" this weekend, Craftsman Truck teams are running a distinct tire setup . . . as on all NASCAR ovals greater than one mile in length, teams are required to run inner liners in all four tire positions at Talladega . . . air pressure in those inner liners should be 12-25 psi greater than that of the outer tire.(Goodyear PR)(10-4-2007)

Entry, Practice, Qualifying and Race Information

Bodine wins at Talladega: After starting from the pole #30-Todd Bodine managed to hang on the lead following a restart with three laps to go. Three trucks across came to the finish line, but it was Bodine who had the edge and came home the winner of the Mountain Dew 250. This was Bodine's second win of the season; 12th career. . Rounding out the top ten were #14-Rick Crawford, #23-Johnny Bodine, #1-Jason Leffler, #18-Dennis Setzer, #13-Willie Allen, #33-Ron Hornaday Jr., #40-Chad Chaffin, #47-Regan Smith, #21-Jon Wood. With less than eight laps to go, points leader #5-Mike Skinner was black-flagged because the hood broke loose and was flapping; about to tear off. Skinner caught a break as the #03 of Mike Wallace had gotten turned and spin bringing the caution out; repairs were made without going a lap down. Skinner managed to finish 13th, however Hornaday was able to regain the points lead. One constituted the "big one" for the day happened when then race leader #60-Jack Sprague, after having problems with the right front, backed out of the throttle trying to get to pit road and was turned into the middle of the pack. Several cars were sidelined as a result. #27-Jacque Villeneuve's day ended early as well as someone slowed in front of him trying to get to the pits; he got hit from the rear and pushed up the track into the #50 of T.J. Bell. There were 12 lead changes among 8 drivers; 7 caution flags for 25 laps.(10-6-2007)
Race Awards:
Budweiser Pole Award: Todd Bodine, #30 (181.811 mph)
Checkers/Rally's Double Drive Through: Todd Bodine, #30 (73.428 Seconds)
Featherlite Most Improved Driver Award : Todd Bodine, #30 (27 Places)
Mobil1 Command Performance Driver of the Race: Todd Bodine, #30
Raybestos Rookie of the Year Award: Willie Allen, #13
Sunoco Diamond Performance: Todd Bodine, #30
Wix Filters Lap Leader Award: Todd Bodine, #30 (46 Laps)(10-6-2007)

Unofficial Race Results for the Mountain Dew 250 - Saturday, October 6, 2007
Talladega Superspeedway - Talladega, AL - 2.66 Mile Paved
Total Race Length - 94 Laps - 250.04 Miles - Purse: $780,490

Finish	Start	Trk #	Driver	Team	Laps	Points	Bonus	Award	Status
1	1	30	Todd Bodine	Lumber Liquidators Toyota	94	195	10	$83,525	Running
2	22	14	Rick Crawford	Power Stroke Diesel by Int'l	94	175	5	$52,200	Running
3	17	23	Johnny Benson	Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Toyota	94	165		$36,425	Running
4	9	1	Jason Leffler	RFMS/Red Horse Racing Toyota	94	160		$22,225	Running
5	23	18	Dennis Setzer	Fastenal Dodge	94	155		$20,400	Running
6	16	13	Willie Allen #	ThorSport Chevy	94	150		$19,650	Running
7	13	33	Ron Hornaday Jr.	Camping World Chevy	94	146		$17,800	Running
8	33	40	Chad Chaffin	Key Motorsports Chevy	94	142		$17,300	Running
9	28	47	Regan Smith	Ginn Resorts Chevy	94	138		$14,950	Running
10	20	21	Jon Wood	Bush's/Winn Dixie Ford	94	134		$18,325	Running
11	18	10	David Starr	Int'l MAXX FORCE Diesel	94	130		$17,000	Running
12	35	16	Derrike Cope	Xpress Motorsports Ford	94	127		$16,825	Running
13	8	5	Mike Skinner	Toyota Tundra Toyota	94	129	5	$16,725	Running
14	29	51	Kyle Busch	Flanders Beef Patties Chevy	94	126	5	$14,375	Running
15	34	75	Clay Rogers	Spears Mfg. Chevy	94	118		$17,400	Running
16	31	77	Brendan Gaughan	South Point Hotel Chevy	94	115		$16,425	Running
17	4	03	Mike Wallace	Southeast Toyota Dealers Toyota	94	112		$14,075	Running
18	21	88	Matt Crafton	Menards/PEAK Chevy	94	109		$16,225	Running
19	24	09	Joey Clanton #	Zaxby's Ford	93	111	5	$16,100	Running
20	25	15	Shane Sieg	Red Top Auto Auction Chevy	93	103		$16,450	Running
21	26	07	Tim Sauter #	Lester Buildings/ASI Limited Chevy	92	105	5	$15,900	Running
22	19	2	Cale Gale	Camping World Chevy	91	97		$13,550	Running
23	11	00	Josh Wise	Aaron's Lucky Dog Toyota	85	94		$15,700	Accident
24	15	8	Chad McCumbee	TheGPSStore.com/Garmin	85	91		$14,350	Running
25	7	9	Ted Musgrave	Team ASE Toyota	80	88		$14,250	Accident
26	5	6	Travis Kvapil	K&N Filters Ford	78	90	5	$13,150	Running
27	2	60	Jack Sprague	Con-way Freight Toyota	73	87	5	$13,050	Accident
28	12	59	Terry Cook	Harris Trucking Toyota	73	79		$12,950	Accident
29	3	99	Erik Darnell	Northern Tool + Equipment Ford	72	76		$12,850	Accident
30	10	27	Jacques Villeneuve	unicef Toyota	60	73		$12,750	Accident
31	6	50	T.J. Bell	Heathcliff's Cat Litter Ford	53	70		$12,625	Accident
32	32	71	Bryan Silas	PBG/Rockingham Speedway	52	67		$12,525	Accident
33	27	08	Marc Mitchell	People Against Drugs Chevy	12	64		$12,425	Vibration
34	14	4	Mike Bliss	Open Joist Dodge	6	61		$12,400	Accident
35	30	7	Jason White #	Gunbroker.com Dodge	6	58		$12,355	Accident
36	36	06	Wayne Edwards	Green Ligth Racing Chevy	3	0		$12,315	Vibration

Race Comments:	Before an estimated crowd of 80,000 - Todd Bodine won the Mountain Dew 250, his 12th career NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series victory. Prior to the green flag the following driver(s) dropped to the rear for the reason(s) indicated: #4 Bliss, #40 Chaffin (engine change); #7 White, #21 Wood, #27 Villeneuve (unapproved impound adjustment).
Failed to Qualify:	N/A
Time of Race:	01 Hrs, 55 Mins, 25 Secs.
Average Speed:	129.985 MPH
Margin of Victory:	0.014 Seconds
Caution Flags:	7 for 25 laps: Laps: 8-11 (#4,7 accident turn 2); 17-19 (Debris); 55-60 (#27,50,71 accident turn 4); 68-70 (Debris); 75-79 (#6,9,33,59,60,99 accident turn 4); 81-82 (#00,40 accident turn 4); 91-92 (#03 spun turn 1).
Lead Changes:	12 among 8 drivers: T. Bodine (Pole); J. Sprague 1-16; J. Clanton # 17; T. Sauter # 18-19; T. Bodine 20-53; J. Sprague 54-56; K. Busch 57; T. Kvapil 58-61; J. Sprague 62-70; R. Crawford 71; J. Sprague 72-73; M. Skinner 74-82; T. Bodine 83-94.

Hornaday retakes points lead following Talladega: #33-Ron Hornaday Jr. is once again in the points lead with a total of 3,207 points; 14 points of second place, #5-Mike Skinner. Rounding out the top ten are #6-Travis Kvapil, #30-Todd Bodine, #23-Johnny Benson, #14-Rick Crawford, #9-Ted Musgrave, #99-Erik Darnell, #88-Matt Crafton, #60-Jack Sprague.(10-6-2007)

Talladega Superspeedway - Mountain Dew 250
Craftsman Truck Series Points Report
Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Saturday, 10/6/2007 @ 5:40 PM Central UNOFFICAL

Pos	Driver	BPts	Pts	Ldr
1	Ron Hornaday Jr.	75	3207	0
2	Mike Skinner	120	3193	-14
3	Travis Kvapil	70	2973	-220
4	Todd Bodine	45	2945	-28
5	Johnny Benson	35	2831	-114
6	Rick Crawford	30	2794	-37
7	Ted Musgrave	20	2474	-320
8	Erik Darnell	20	2427	-47
9	Matt Crafton	5	2411	-16
10	Jack Sprague	15	2339	-72
11	David Starr	0	2332	-7
12	Dennis Setzer	5	2261	-71
13	Brendan Gaughan	15	2204	-57
14	Terry Cook	5	2121	-83
15	Willie Allen #	10	1979	-142
16	Tim Sauter #	15	1955	-24
17	Ken Schrader	0	1913	-42
18	Chad McCumbee	20	1864	-49
19	Mike Bliss	0	1634	-230
20	Stacy Compton	5	1565	-69
21	Bill Lester	5	1550	-15
22	Aaron Fike	5	1487	-63
23	Ryan Mathews	0	1379	-108
24	Blake Bjorklund	5	1355	-24
25	Joey Clanton #	5	1289	-66
26	Jason White #	0	1273	-16
27	Kraig Kinser	0	1186	-87
28	T.J. Bell	0	1154	-32
29	Jon Wood	10	943	-211
30	A J Allmendinger	10	916	-27
31	Josh Wise	0	904	-12
32	David Green	5	832	-72
33	Clay Rogers	0	830	-2
34	Kyle Busch	20	750	-80
35	Regan Smith	0	683	-67
36	Mark Martin	15	648	-35
37	Tyler Walker	0	585	-63
38	Scott Lynch	0	580	-5
39	Kelly Bires	0	572	-8
40	Kevin Harvick	0	523	-49
41	Cale Gale	0	514	-9
42	Brandon Miller	0	467	-47
43	Chase Miller	0	452	-15
44	Kevin Hamlin	0	434	-18
45	Derrike Cope	0	413	-21
46	J C Stout	0	392	-21
47	Bryan Silas	0	371	-21
48	Peter Shepherd	0	352	-19
49	Brad Keselowski	5	329	-23
50	Shane Sieg	0	325	-4
51	Chad Chaffin	0	312	-13
52	Kenny Hendrick	0	286	-26
53	Clint Bowyer	5	279	-7
54	Shane Huffman	0	279	0
55	Aric Almirola	0	273	-6
56	Bradley Riethmeyer	0	267	-6
57	Jack Smith	0	252	-15
58	Carl Edwards	0	251	-1
59	Danny O'quinn, Jr	0	246	-5
60	Kelly Sutton	0	231	-15
61	Christoher Fontaine	0	215	-16
62	Morgan Shepherd	0	201	55
63	Timothy Peters	0	193	-8
64	Brian Scott	0	176	-17
65	Jacques Villeneuve	0	173	-3
66	Joe Ruttman	0	170	-3
67	Mike Wallace	0	167	-3
68	Jason Leffler	0	160	-7
69	Brett Thompson	0	152	-8
70	Wayne Edwards	0	146	-69
71	Frank Kreyer	0	140	-12
72	Travis Kittleson	0	134	-6
73	Dana White	0	131	-3
74	Kenny Wallace	0	124	-7
75	Ken Butler	0	119	-5
76	Benny Gordon	0	118	-1
77	J R Norris	0	115	-3
78	Brandon Knupp	0	109	-6
79	Bobby Labonte	0	109	0
80	Eric Norris	0	103	-6
81	Donny Lia	0	103	0
82	Scott Lagasse	0	100	-3
83	Boris Jurkovic	0	100	0
84	Buddy Lazier	0	91	-9
85	Jimmy Simpson	0	85	-6
86	Keven Wood	0	82	-3
87	Justin Labonte	0	82	0
88	Daniel Pope	0	76	-6
89	Tim Cowen	0	73	-3
90	Chris Wimmer	0	73	0
91	Brad Mueller	0	73	0
92	Larry Foyt	0	67	-6
93	Casey Kingsland	0	67	0
94	Paul Menard	0	64	-3
95	Nate Monteith	0	64	0
96	Marc Mitchell	0	64	0
97	Johnny Chapman	0	61	-3
98	Boston Reid	0	58	-3
99	Tim Schendel	0	58	0
100	Justin Hobgood	0	55	-3
101	Kevin Lepage	0	55	0
102	Pierre Bourque	0	55	0
103	Bobby Dotter	0	0	-55
104	Blake Mallory	0	0	0
105	Randy MacDonald	0	0	0

Talladega Superspeedway - Mountain Dew 250
Owner Points Following Race # 20
Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Saturday, 10/6/2007 @ 5:44 PM Central UNOFFICIAL

Pos	Owner	Trk#	Pts	Ldr
1	Delana Harvick	33	3,207
2	Bill Davis	5	3,193	-14
3	Jack Roush	6	2,973	-220
4	Steve Germain	30	2,945	-28
5	Gail Davis	23	2,831	-114
6	Tom Mitchell	14	2,794	-37
7	Bob Germain	9	2,594	-200
8	Tom Deloach	1	2,479	-115
9	Jack Roush	99	2,427	-52
10	Rhonda Thorson	88	2,411	-16
11	Jeffrey Wyler	60	2,339	-72
12	Gregory Pollex	10	2,332	-7
13	Eddie Wood	21	2,303	-29
14	Tad Geschickter	09	2,302	-1
15	Lois Vance	18	2,302	0
16	Wayne Spears	75	2,262	-40
17	Michael Gaughan	77	2,204	-58
18	Lois Vance	4	2,187	-17
19	Bill Davis	27	2,137	-50
20	James Harris, Jr	59	2,121	-16
21	Billy Ballew	15	2,057	-64
22	David Dollar	47	2,030	-27
23	Darrell Waltrip	00	2,021	-9
24	Jack Roush	50	2,003	-18
25	Duke Thorson	13	1,979	-24
26	Gene Christensen	07	1,955	-24
27	Curtis Key	40	1,914	-41
28	Bobby Dotter	08	1,867	-47
29	David Fuge	16	1,855	-12
30	Dave Malcolmson	8	1,841	-14
31	J L Pennington	7	1,607	-234
32	Delana Harvick	2	1,392	-215
33	Billy Ballew	51	1,333	-59
34	Michael Mittler	63	650	-683
35	Andy Hillenburg	71	557	-93
36	Donald Stout	191	392	-165
37	David Dollar	46	382	-10
38	Curtis Key	44	332	-50
39	Tracy Trotter	49	252	-80
40	Phil Bonifield	86	250	-2
41	James Lynch	29	240	-10
42	Jim Rosenblum	28	210	-30
43	Rick Germain	3	167	-43
44	Richard Thompson	61	152	-15
45	Shelly Brevak	31	131	-21
46	Jeff Milburn	76	128	-3
47	Scott Upshaw	95	119	-9
48	James Blankenbaker	53	119	0
49	Bob Cowen	42	113	-6
50	Bill Davis	36	103	-10
51	Jerry Reary	54	101	-2
52	David Ervin	64	85	-16
53	Rick Jones	87	43	-42

Bodine wins pole at Talladega: #30-Todd Bodine was the fastest on track with a speed of 181.811 to win the pole for the Mountain Dew 250 at Talladega Superspeedway. This is Bodine's second pole for the 2007 season. Rounding out the top ten were #60-Jack Sprague second, #99-Erik Darnell third, #03-Mike Wallace fourth, #6-Travis Kvapil fifth, #50-T.J. Bell sixth, #9-Ted Musgrave seventh, #5-Mike Skinner eighth, #1-Jason Leffler ninth, #27-Jacque Villeneuve tenth; first Chevy [13th] #33-Ron Hornaday Jr. #16-Derrike Cope did not attempt to qualify. After being involved in a wreck during practice, the team opted to make repairs as opposed to going to a backup truck.(10-5-2007)

Talladega Superspeedway - Mountain Dew 250
Craftsman Truck Series Starting Lineup
Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Fri, October 05, 2007 @ 01:56 PM Central

Pos	#	Driver	Team	Time	Speed
1	30	Todd Bodine	Lumber Liquidators Toyota	52.670	181.811
2	60	Jack Sprague	Con-way Freight Toyota	52.720	181.639
3	99	Erik Darnell	Northern Tool + Equipment Ford	52.766	181.481
4	3	Mike Wallace	Southeast Toyota Dealers Toyota	52.980	180.747
5	6	Travis Kvapil	K&N Filters Ford	52.986	180.727
6	50	T.J. Bell	Heathcliff's Cat Litter Ford	53.146	180.183
7	9	Ted Musgrave	Team ASE Toyota	53.238	179.872
8	5	Mike Skinner	Toyota Tundra Toyota	53.310	179.629
9	1	Jason Leffler	RFMS/Red Horse Racing Toyota	53.337	179.538
10	27	Jacques Villeneuve	unicef Toyota	53.365	179.443
11	00	Josh Wise	Aaron's Lucky Dog Toyota	53.427	179.235
12	59	Terry Cook	Harris Trucking Toyota	53.635	178.540
13	33	Ron Hornaday Jr.	Camping World Chevy	53.703	178.314
14	4	Mike Bliss	Open Joist Dodge	53.797	178.002
15	8	Chad McCumbee	TheGPSStore.com/GARMIN Chevy	53.819	177.930
16	13	Willie Allen #	ThorSport Chevy	53.858	177.801
17	23	Johnny Benson	Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Toyota	53.979	177.402
18	10	David Starr	Int'l MAXX FORCE Diesel Ford	53.991	177.363
19	2	Cale Gale	Camping World Chevy	54.024	177.255
20	21	Jon Wood	Bush's/Winn Dixie Ford	54.045	177.186
21	88	Matt Crafton	Menards/PEAK Chevy	54.047	177.179
22	14	Rick Crawford	Power Stroke Diesel by Int'l Ford	54.136	176.888
23	18	Dennis Setzer	Fastenal Dodge	54.363	176.149
24	09	Joey Clanton #	Zaxby's Ford	54.459	175.839
25	15	Shane Sieg	Red Top Auto Auction Chevy	54.465	175.819
26	07	Tim Sauter #	Lester Buildings/ASI Limited Chevy	54.511	175.671
27	08	Marc Mitchell	People Against Drugs Chevy	54.660	175.192
28	47	Regan Smith	Ginn Resorts Chevy	54.668	175.166
29	51	Kyle Busch	Flanders Beef Patties Chevy	54.739	174.939
30	7	Jason White #	Gunbroker.com Dodge	54.741	174.933
31	77	Brendan Gaughan	South Point Hotel Chevy	54.823	174.671
32	71	Bryan Silas	PBG/Rockingham Speedway Chevy	54.825	174.665
33	40	Chad Chaffin	Chevy	54.958	174.242
34	75	Clay Rogers	Spears Mfg. Chevy	56.033	170.899
35	16	Derrike Cope	Xpress Motorsports Ford	Owner Points
36	06	Wayne Edwards	Chevy	55.330	173.071
DNQ-None

Darnell fastest in Happy Hour: #99-Erik Darnell was the fastest in the final practice session for the Mountain Dew 250 with a speed of 191.520 followed by #21-Jon Wood second, #1-Jason Leffler third, #47-Regan Smith fourth, #30-Todd Bodine fifth. Rounding out the top ten were #23-Johnny Benson, #88-Matt Crafton, #40-Chad Chaffin, #77-Brendan Gaughan, #14-Rick Crawford. #27-Jack Villeneuve practiced 22nd. #07-Tim Sauter, Lester Buildings/ASI Limited Chevy was involved in a multi-truck incident during final practice - Sauter and the team elected to make repairs to the damage on the right side of the truck. #40-Chad Chaffin, Curtis Key Motorsports Chevy, lost an engine during final practice and will start in the back of the field for the race. #47-Regan Smith & #76-Clay Rogers both went to back up trucks as a result of damage received during an incident in final practice. There were 36 trucks on track for the final session.(10-4-2007)

Talladega Superspeedway - Mountain Dew 250
NCTS Final Practice (HAPPY HOUR)
Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Thu, October 04, 2007 @ 03:21 PM Central

Pos	#	Driver	Team	Time	Speed
1	99	Erik Darnell	Northern Tool + Equipment Ford	50.000	191.520
2	21	Jon Wood	Bush's/Winn Dixie Ford	50.099	191.142
3	1	Jason Leffler	RFMS/Red Horse Racing Toyota	50.110	191.100
4	47	Regan Smith	Ginn Resorts Chevy	50.186	190.810
5	30	Todd Bodine	Lumber Liquidators Toyota	50.236	190.620
6	23	Johnny Benson	Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Toyota	50.333	190.253
7	88	Matt Crafton	Menards/PEAK Chevy	50.334	190.249
8	40	Chad Chaffin	Chevy	50.342	190.219
9	77	Brendan Gaughan	South Point Hotel Chevy	50.405	189.981
10	14	Rick Crawford	Power Stroke Diesel by Int'l Ford	50.429	189.891
11	33	Ron Hornaday Jr.	Camping World Chevy	50.482	189.691
12	18	Dennis Setzer	Fastenal Dodge	50.548	189.444
13	00	Josh Wise	Aaron's Lucky Dog Toyota	50.580	189.324
14	8	Chad McCumbee	TheGPSStore.com/GARMIN Chevy	50.594	189.271
15	07	Tim Sauter #	Lester Buildings/ASI Limited Chevy	50.601	189.245
16	75	Clay Rogers	Spears Mfg. Chevy	50.611	189.208
17	10	David Starr	Int'l MAXX FORCE Diesel Ford	50.629	189.141
18	*7	Jason White #	Gunbroker.com Dodge	50.635	189.118
19	4	Mike Bliss	Open Joist Dodge	50.636	189.114
20	9	Ted Musgrave	Team ASE Toyota	50.644	189.085
21	*71	Bryan Silas	PBG/Rockingham Speedway Chevy	50.649	189.066
22	27	Jacques Villeneuve	unicef Toyota	50.726	188.779
23	*51	Kyle Busch	Flanders Beef Patties Chevy	50.728	188.771
24	50	T.J. Bell	Heathcliff's Cat Litter Ford	50.729	188.768
25	09	Joey Clanton #	Zaxby's Ford	50.740	188.727
26	*03	Mike Wallace	Southeast Toyota Dealers Toyota	50.750	188.690
27	59	Terry Cook	Harris Trucking Toyota	50.754	188.675
28	60	Jack Sprague	Con-way Freight Toyota	50.770	188.615
29	15	Shane Sieg	Red Top Auto Auction Chevy	50.794	188.526
30	13	Willie Allen #	ThorSport Chevy	50.805	188.485
31	*2	Cale Gale	Camping World Chevy	51.035	187.636
32	5	Mike Skinner	Toyota Tundra Toyota	51.239	186.889
33	6	Travis Kvapil	K&N Filters Ford	51.362	186.441
34	8	Marc Mitchell	People Against Drugs Chevy	51.886	184.558
35	*06	Wayne Edwards	Chevy	53.214	179.953
36	16	Derrike Cope	Xpress Motorsports Ford	53.241	179.861
*Required to qualify on time

Kvapil leads first practice session: #6-Travis Kvapil was the fastest during the first practice session at Talladega with a speed of 193.666 followed by #5-Mike Skinner second, #30-Todd Bodine third, #99-Erik Darnell fourth, #1-Jason Leffler fifth. Rounding out the top ten were #50-T.J. Bell, #9-Ted Musgrave, #09-Joey Clanton, #59-Terry Cook, #60-Jack Sprague; first Chevy [12th] #77-Brendan Gaughan; first Dodge [15th] #18-Dennis Setzer. #27 Jacque Villenueve was 30th overall. There were 33 trucks on track for the first session.(10-4-2007)

Talladega Superspeedway - Mountain Dew 250
NCTS Practice 1
Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Thu, October 04, 2007 @ 01:56 PM Central

Pos	#	Driver	Team	Time	Speed
1	6	Travis Kvapil	K&N Filters Ford	49.446	193.666
2	5	Mike Skinner	Toyota Tundra Toyota	49.538	193.306
3	30	Todd Bodine	Lumber Liquidators Toyota	50.106	191.115
4	99	Erik Darnell	Northern Tool + Equipment Ford	50.325	190.283
5	1	Jason Leffler	RFMS/Red Horse Racing Toyota	50.503	189.612
6	50	T.J. Bell	Heathcliff's Cat Litter Ford	50.519	189.552
7	9	Ted Musgrave	Team ASE Toyota	50.533	189.500
8	09	Joey Clanton #	Zaxby's Ford	50.578	189.331
9	59	Terry Cook	Harris Trucking Toyota	50.611	189.208
10	60	Jack Sprague	Con-way Freight Toyota	50.631	189.133
11	21	Jon Wood	Bush's/Winn Dixie Ford	50.693	188.902
12	77	Brendan Gaughan	South Point Hotel Chevy	50.777	188.589
13	10	David Starr	Int'l MAXX FORCE Diesel Ford	50.835	188.374
14	16	Derrike Cope	Xpress Motorsports Ford	50.837	188.367
15	18	Dennis Setzer	Fastenal Dodge	50.842	188.348
16	23	Johnny Benson	Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Toyota	50.923	188.049
17	*03	Mike Wallace	Southeast Toyota Dealers Toyota	50.939	187.990
18	*51	Kyle Busch	Flanders Beef Patties Chevy	50.943	187.975
19	00	Josh Wise	Aaron's Lucky Dog Toyota	51.020	187.691
20	47	Regan Smith	Ginn Resorts Chevy	51.028	187.662
21	07	Tim Sauter #	Lester Buildings/ASI Limited Chevy	51.055	187.562
22	8	Chad McCumbee	TheGPSStore.com/Garmin Chevy	51.179	187.108
23	15	Shane Sieg	Red Top Auto Auction Chevy	51.188	187.075
24	88	Matt Crafton	Menards/PEAK Chevy	51.196	187.046
25	13	Willie Allen #	ThorSport Chevy	51.313	186.619
26	75	Clay Rogers	Spears Mfg. Chevy	51.329	186.561
27	14	Rick Crawford	Power Stroke Diesel by Int'l Ford	51.422	186.224
28	*7	Jason White #	Gunbroker.com Dodge	51.433	186.184
29	33	Ron Hornaday Jr.	Camping World Chevy	51.497	185.953
30	27	Jacques Villeneuve	unicef Toyota	53.421	179.255
31	*2	Cale Gale	Camping World Chevy	54.353	176.182
32	40	Chad Chaffin	Chevy	54.911	174.391
33	08	Marc Mitchell	People Against Drugs Chevy	54.957	174.245
*Required to qualify on time

Talladega Superspeedway - Mountain Dew 250
Craftsman Truck Series Entry List
Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Thu, October 04, 2007 @ 01:56 PM Central

Entry	Trk#	Driver	Team	Owner
1	00	Josh Wise	Aaron's Lucky Dog Toyota	Darrell Waltrip
2	1	Jason Leffler	RFMS/Red Horse Racing Toyota	Tom DeLoach
3	*2	Cale Gale	Camping World Chevy	Delana Harvick
4	*03	Mike Wallace	Southeast Toyota Dealers Toyota	Richard Germain
5	4	Mike Bliss	Open Joist Dodge	Lois Vance
6	5	Mike Skinner	Toyota Tundra Toyota	Bill Davis
7	*06	Wayne Edwards	Chevy	Gene Christensen
8	6	Travis Kvapil	K&N Filters Ford	Jack Roush
9	07	Tim Sauter #	Lester Buildings/ASI Limited Chevy	Gene Christensen
10	*7	Jason White #	Gunbroker.com Dodge	J.L. Pennington
11	08	Marc Mitchell	People Against Drugs Chevy	Bobby Dotter
12	8	Chad McCumbee	TheGPSStore.com/GARMIN Chevy	David Malcolmson
13	09	Joey Clanton #	Zaxby's Ford	Tad Geschickter
14	9	Ted Musgrave	Team ASE Toyota	Bob Germain
15	10	David Starr	Int'l MAXX FORCE Diesel Ford	Greg Pollex
16	13	Willie Allen #	ThorSport Chevy	Duke Thorson
17	14	Rick Crawford	Power Stroke Diesel by Int'l Ford	Tom Mitchell
18	15	Shane Sieg	Red Top Auto Auction Chevy	Billy Ballew
19	16	Derrike Cope	Xpress Motorsports Ford	David Fuge
20	18	Dennis Setzer	Fastenal Dodge	Lois Vance
21	21	Jon Wood	Bush's/Winn Dixie Ford	Eddie Wood
22	23	Johnny Benson	Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Toyota	Gail Davis
23	27	Jacques Villeneuve	unicef Toyota	Bill Davis
24	30	Todd Bodine	Lumber Liquidators Toyota	Steven Germain
25	33	Ron Hornaday Jr.	Camping World Chevy	Delana Harvick
26	40	Chad Chaffin	Chevy	Curtis Key
27	47	Regan Smith	Ginn Resorts Chevy	David Dollar
28	50	T.J. Bell	Heathcliff's Cat Litter Ford	Jack Roush
29	*51	Kyle Busch	Flanders Beef Patties Chevy	Billy Ballew
30	59	Terry Cook	Harris Trucking Toyota	James Harris
31	60	Jack Sprague	Con-way Freight Toyota	Jeff Wyler
32	*71	Bryan Silas	PBG/Rockingham Speedway Chevy	Andy Hillenburg
33	75	Clay Rogers	Spears Mfg. Chevy	Wayne Spears
34	77	Brendan Gaughan	South Point Hotel Chevy	Michael Gaughan
35	88	Matt Crafton	Menards/PEAK Chevy	Rhonda Thorson
36	99	Erik Darnell	Northern Tool + Equipment Ford	Jack Roush
* Required to qualify on time

Truck Series News & Notes - Talladega

One way or the other, Talladega won't lack excitement: The most unpredictable weekend of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season is on tap Saturday as competitors head to Talladega Superspeedway for the second running of the Mountain Dew 250. The race could be a rerun of Daytona International Speedway's three-truck photo finish in February. Or it could mirror last year's inaugural Talladega race in which a multiple truck incident in Turn 3 of the final lap allowed Mark Martin to win under caution.

Two things are certain: Martin won't be defending his victory and Mike Skinner (#5 Toyota Tundra Toyota) owns the slimmest of championship leads - three points - entering the 20th of 25 scheduled races. "I like Talladega; it is a track where you have to be on your toes at all times," said Skinner, whose best Nextel Cup Series finish of second came at Talladega in the spring of 2000. Skinner finished second to Martin a year ago. Skinner will have help in Bill Davis Racing teammate Johnny Benson (#23 Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Toyota). "Skinner is doing a great job and we'll do whatever it takes to help him out," said Benson, who finished second at Daytona.

Rick Ren, crew chief for championship runner-up Ron Hornaday Jr. (#33 Camping World Chevy), is understandably wary. "There are too many variables and things that are out of your control that can cause you to have a bad day," said Ren. Hornaday, like Skinner a four-time winner this season, finished 10th in last year's race. "Our current program is completely different from last year and we should be even faster this year," he said.

Third-place Travis Kvapil (#6 K&N Filters Ford) didn't compete in last year's race but has momentum coming off his fourth victory at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Kvapil has competed in three NASCAR NEXTEL Cup races at Talladega with a best finish of 16th in the fall of 2005.

Mountain Dew 250's finish could predict the '07 Champion: Daytona and Talladega are unlike any other tracks on the NASCAR Craftsman Truck schedule. The speeds are higher, packs of trucks are larger and the rules governing aerodynamics and engine performance are different. And statistically, the two tracks have become predictors of the season's champion. In four of the past five races at the two tracks, the higher-finishing driver among the top two in the championship standings won the title. A year ago, champion Todd Bodine (#30 Lumber Liquidators Toyota) finished fourth to Benson's ninth at Talladega. He also beat Benson at Daytona.

There are, of course, exceptions to every rule. Mike Bliss (#4 Open Joist Dodge) overcame a 33rd-place Daytona finish to win the championship in 2002. And in 2000 - the first season Daytona appeared on the schedule - Greg Biffle was 11th to Roush Fenway Racing teammate Kurt Busch's second. Biffle and Busch finished one-two in final points.

Since 2003, only Bobby Hamilton has overcome a poorer Daytona finish than his closest championship rival. Here's how the current top three finished at Daytona in February: Kvapil, third; Skinner fourth and Hornaday seventh.

Setzer's Las Vegas finish earns second drive For BHR: Fresh off Saturday's victory in Martinsville Speedway's Bailey's 300 late model stock car race - his fourth in the prestigious race - Dennis Setzer has been tabbed to drive Bobby Hamilton Racing's #18 Fastenal Dodge at Talladega Superspeedway. Setzer, who won May's event at Mansfield Motorsports Park in the #75 Spears Manufacturing Co. Chevy, drove the BHR entry at Las Vegas Motor Speedway where the Newton, NC., native finished a solid seventh. Setzer, a free agent of sorts, is attempting to hold or improve on his 12th-place ranking in Craftsman Truck point standings. The 47-year-old Setzer, three times a runner-up in series championship standings, drove for Green Light Racing at New Hampshire International Speedway in mid-September. He'll team with Mike Bliss (#4 Open Joist Dodge), whose fifth-place finish at NHIS was the 2002 champion's fifth top 10 for BHR.

NCTS Etc:

Wallace fills out Germain threesome … Inaugural Daytona 250 winner Mike Wallace will drive Germain Racing's #03 Toyota at Talladega, giving the series' 2006 championship team a one-two-three punch of Wallace, Todd Bodine and Ted Musgrave (#9 Team ASE Toyota).

Busch thinks trucks good warm-up for Sunday. … Kyle Busch (#51 Flanders Beef Patties Chevy) believes the Mountain Dew 250 will be a great tune-up for the debut of NASCAR's new Nextel Cup car at Talladega Superspeedway. "The trucks, just like the COT, have more drag and they both have more power so drafting is different, but similar to the truck," said Busch. "The way both the COT and the trucks are built, the bumpers line up so I expect you'll see a lot of bump drafting in both races."

Bud Pole can be important … Seven of the season's 19 winners started from the Bud Pole, giving added importance to Friday's qualifying session. Mark Martin won the Mountain Dew 250 from the #1 starting position a year ago; Jack Sprague won the race from the Bud Pole in January. Mike Skinner continues to pursue his tenth Bud Pole of the 2007 season, which would match his series record set in 1995.

Two Alabama natives in field. … Rick Crawford (#14 Power Stroke Diesel by Int'l Ford) and Cale Gale (#2 Camping World Chevy) will represent Alabama in the Mountain Dew 250. Both hail from Mobile. Crawford finished 15th in 2006; Gale, teammate to Ron Hornaday Jr., did not compete here a year ago.

Gaughan's best Nextel Cup finish came at Talladega. … Brendan Gaughan (#77 South Point Hotel Chevy) finished fourth in Talladega's 2004 fall race and 12th in last year's Mountain Dew 250. He's completed all 470 possible laps in three trips to the speedway.

Key Motorsports seeks TSS 'payback'. … Curtis Key felt his driver was on the verge of giving his team its first victory in Key Motorsports' initial season in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series a year ago. Daytona 500 winner Derrike Cope (#16 Xpress Motorsports Ford), was teamed up with Mike Wallace and moving forward as the lead draft entered Turn 3 of the final lap of Talladega's Mountain Dew 250. Unfortunately for Key, it was not to be. Both Wallace and Cope were caught up in a multi-truck incident that wrecked both trucks and relegated the pair to finishes of 26th and 27th. Key hopes to repeat his team's performance this week - and make it all the way back to the start-finish stripe on Lap 94.

Manufacturers' Standings: Toyota Nears '07 Title

Toyota carries a 19-point lead over Chevy into this week's Mountain Dew 250 but more importantly last year's Manufacturers' champion is closing in on a second consecutive crown. Two victories are all the truck maker needs to clinch the 2007 championship. Toyota has won nine of the season's first 19 races.

Championship 2007 Point Standings
Toyota, 133
Chevy, 114
Ford, 112
Dodge, 59

In the Loop:

Going on a one-race sampling, look forward to continued gridlock at the top of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series standings. Mike Skinner leads the points by a mere three markers over Ron Hornaday Jr. going into tricky Talladega, a track at which the Craftsman Truck Series has run only once. In that race last year, Skinner was not his dominant self, yet still finished with a flair. Skinner closed nine positions in the final 10 laps to earn a second-place finish behind winner Mark Martin. Otherwise, Skinner had a relatively quiet day. He earned a Driver Rating of 84.2 and an Average Running Position of 18.6.

Despite finishing well behind Skinner in 10th, Hornaday had much better statistics. Hornaday notched a Driver Rating of 101.6, an Average Running Position of 10.9 and a race-high 170 Quality Passes (passes of cars in the top 15 under green) in last year's race. He also ran 77 of the 94 laps in the top 15 - Skinner had just 43 Laps in the Top 15.

Also watch for Travis Kvapil, who will pilot the #6 Ford that won this race last year. Kvapil is quietly creeping up the standings and, with his win in Las Vegas two weeks ago, is 181 points out of first. He did not race at Talladega last season with the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.

The driver with the top Talladega statistics last season finished ninth - Johnny Benson. Benson, who sits in fifth place in the series standings, had a Driver Rating of 112.8, an Average Running Position of 4.9 and 91 Laps in the Top 15.

It's also interesting to note that the top 10 in season-to-date Driver Rating almost exactly mirrors the top 10 in the points standings. The top seven are identical. Jack Sprague, with an eighth-best Driver Rating of 84.3, is 10th in the point standings. Erik Darnell and Matt Crafton are ninth and 10th in Driver Rating, but eighth and ninth in the series standings.

This Week's Craftsman Truck Series Leaders: (through 19 races of the 25-race season)
Points leader - Mike Skinner (3,064)
Driver Rating - Mike Skinner (118.7)
Winnings - Mike Skinner ($597,095)
Laps led - Mike Skinner (961)
Victories - Ron Hornaday Jr., Travis Kvapil, Mike Skinner (4)
Bud Poles - Mike Skinner (9)
Top-five finishes - Mike Skinner (14)
Top-10 finishes - Ron Hornaday Jr. (17)
Raybestos Rookie Leader - Tim Sauter (4 points over Willie Allen)
Races led - Mike Skinner (18)
Weeks in Top 10 - Nine drivers tied with 19

Raybestos Rookie of the Year Standings:

Joey Clanton (#09 Zaxby's Ford) returns to competition after a month's absence and hopes to close the gap on the Raybestos Rookie of the Year leaders. Clanton can make up ground in a hurry since he's started only 11 races and will post full Raybestos points three more times while his rivals discard "worst" finishes.

Driver Points
1. Tim Sauter, 138
2. Willie Allen, 134
3. Jason White, 111
4. Blake Bjorklund, 110
5. Joey Clanton, 109

On Deck: Martinsville Speedway

The series returns to historic Martinsville Speedway for the Oct. 20 Kroger 200. Martinsville is the second of three tracks to host two races in 2007 and is one of just four tracks to stage races in all 13 seasons of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.

Jack Sprague (#60 Con-way Freight Toyota) won last year's Kroger 200 in his "lucky" 13th trip to the .526-mile paper clip-shaped track. In March, Mike Skinner won his third consecutive race of the 2007 season and first at Martinsville since 1996. Skinner was just the second series competitor to post multiple wins at Martinsville joining Dennis Setzer, whose victories came in 2002-03. Up to a half dozen former winners are expected to complete in the Kroger 200.(NASCAR PR)(10-1-2007)

Truck Series News & Notes - September 24, 2007

Las Vegas winner Kvapil laments lost opportunity to close: With Saturday's victory at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Travis Kvapil (#6 K&N Filters Ford) joined Ron Hornaday Jr. (#33 Camping World Chevy) and Mike Skinner (#5 Toyota Tundra Toyota) as a four-time Craftsman Truck Series winner in 2007. Kvapil, however, still is scratching his head over his performance a week earlier in New Hampshire. It might be a case of "woulda, coulda, shoulda" but his 181-point deficit in the race for the 2007 title might be much smaller. Kvapil and Roush Fenway Racing teammate Erik Darnell (#99 Northern Tool+Equipment Ford) ran identical setups at New Hampshire International Speedway. Darnell finished second; Kvapil 18th - a difference of 57 points.

Kvapil must concentrate on finding a way to make the Skinner-Hornaday title race a three-way struggle. Each leader has suffered a mechanical failure over the past three races. "I tell you what, coming into tonight, I didn't think we had much of a shot. You never give up hope and you never know what can happen in six or seven races," said Kvapil, who's 108 points and four positions closer to the lead since reeling off four wins among seven top-five finishes since May 26. "We're going to continue to run up front and try to win races. If they have a bad day here and there, I think we'll be right there in the hunt by the time we get to Homestead."

Skinner regains lead as rival Hornaday stumbles at LVMS: Pressure - as in air pressure - has made the 2007 title race a topsy-turvy proposition. At Gateway International Raceway on Sept. 1, Skinner's near-perfect season was jolted by a cut tire that cost the Bill Davis Racing team its championship lead. Fast-forward three weeks to Las Vegas Motor Speedway, where Hornaday's right-front tire went down with 12 laps remaining, sending his Chevy into the wall and to a 22nd-place finish. Skinner, who trailed the 1996 and 1998 champion by 29 points coming in, left Las Vegas leading by three. The margin is the closest in series history with six races remaining. Hornaday's misfortune ended his run of lead lap finishes. The 49-year-old Californian entered the race as the only competitor to complete all 3,066 laps - one more than Kvapil. Despite leading his 18th (of 19) race, Skinner was remarkably uncompetitive as the defending Smith's Las Vegas 350 winner. "We just struggled all night," said the 13th-place finisher and 1995 champion. "Whatever it is, we didn't capitalize on our night very well. "It was just one of those deals. Ronnie had bad luck. We tightened it up some so I guess we can't complain."

Villeneuve pleased with initial NASCAR performance: A 21st-place finish doesn't seem like much after you've won the World Formula One championship and the Indianapolis 500, but Jacques Villeneuve (#27 Sonax Toyota) pronounced his NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series debut a success. Villeneuve qualified seventh and couldn't find a way to join a pack of 20 lead-lap rivals after damaging his truck when another competitor spun out on Lap 47. "It was a great experience," said Villeneuve, surrounded by a large contingent of Canadian reporters covering the Smith's Las Vegas 350. "We learned a lot tonight; we had a lot of pit stops." Villeneuve exercised what amounted to caution, dropping back to a comfortable position in the second 10 laps after the green flag fell. He was working his way to the front when he couldn't avoid the backstretch incident. "The truck was running really strong in the first part of the race and the lap times showed that," he said. "After (the accident) I lost all the downforce. The truck got really tight and it was just a matter of trying to patch it up and trying to run to the end."

NCTS Etc:

Lazier runs 24th. … Buddy Lazier (#15 Flanders Beef Patties Chevy) finished three laps behind Kvapil in his first NASCAR race but the 1996 Indianapolis 500 champion hopes to return for a better ranking. "I can't say we have any rock solid plans but we have a lot of irons in the fire trying to make things happen," he said. "So I'd like to do it."

Wood Brothers/JTG Racing hits high water mark. … For the first time, both of the team's drivers led the same race as Jon Wood (#21 Smith's/Air Force Ford) finished third and Stacy Compton (#09 Zaxby's Ford) was eighth. Wood led 49 laps and won the WIX Filters Lap Leader Award. "We definitely had a good truck and we do, week in and week out," said Wood. "My results (three top 10s in five races) show that but our qualifying doesn't," he said after starting 14th. "Qualifying doesn't really pay anything but the race does." Compton, meanwhile, posted his third top 10 of the season as he became the 23rd different driver to compete in 100 NASCAR Craftsman Truck races.

Skinner pole bid foiled. … When Skinner took his Toyota to the top of the qualifying order it appeared he would match a pair of series records - his 10-pole season of 1995 and four consecutive poles at Texas Motor Speedway. Kvapil, however, might have said "not so fast," relegating Skinner to the second spot in the starting order with a lap of 175.387 mph. The pole was Kvapil's third of the year. Pole starters have won the last two races and seven of the season's 19.

Roush Fenway nearing half century mark. … Kvapil's victory was the 48th by a Roush Fenway entered truck raising the possibility that the team, with three entries in each of the season's six races, could reach a milestone 50 victories. The team holds the record by 12 wins over Ultra Motorsports. The closest currently active team - Bill Davis Racing - has won 15 times.

News & Notes - Part II:

Cook, Wise, McCumbee post best '07 finishes: It's taken awhile but HT Motorsports' Toyota program finally is hitting on all eight cylinders. Celebrating its one year anniversary with Toyota a week late, the team logged its first top-five finish as crew chief Danny Rollins' call for a two-tire stop gave veteran Terry Cook (#59 Harris Trucking Toyota) the fourth-place position he held to the finish of the Smith's Las Vegas 350. "Our program keeps getting better and better," said Cook, who joined the team over the winter. His last top five was a second-place finish last October in Atlanta.

Josh Wise (#00 Aaron's Lucky Dog Toyota) finished sixth, bettering his eighth place, career bested the previous week in New Hampshire. "We are making progress," said the 25-year-old open wheel graduate, who is sharing the Darrell Waltrip Motorsports truck with AJ Allmendinger and Ken Butler III.

McCumbee's 10th-place finish was his first top 10 of the season - as well as the first ever for MRD Motorsports' #8 TheGPSStore.com/Garmin Chevy. "I tell you what, we had a truck that could win at times," said McCumbee. "We definitely needed this and I am really looking forward to going to Atlanta with these guys."

Manufacturers' Standings: Ford Wins #5

Travis Kvapil's victory ended a six-race drought for the manufacturer at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. In fact, Ford had not won since 1999 - the season before the series took a one-year hiatus from LVMS competition. Toyota continues to enjoy a 19-point lead over rival Chevy in the race for the 2007 Manufacturers' Championship.

2007 Point Standings:
Toyota, 133
Chevy, 114
Ford, 112
Dodge, 59

In The Loop:

The Craftsman Truck Series standings got a bit more interesting after the Smith's Las Vegas 350 last Saturday night. The standings shuffled and tightened, thanks to a cut tire for Ron Hornaday Jr., and workman's effort by Mike Skinner and a victory by Travis Kvapil.

Kvapil, in joining Skinner and Hornaday as four-time winners this season, never fell below fourth place in a race that saw a record-number of 18 green flag passes for the lead (since the stat's inception in 2005). With the win, Kvapil closed to within 181 points of new points leader Skinner.

Skinner finished 13th last Sunday, besting Hornday's finish of 22nd to take a three-point lead in the standings. Skinner now has a season-to-date Driver Rating of 118.7, an Average Running Position of 5.5, 398 Fastest Laps Run and 2,972 Laps in the Top 15. All those numbers are best of any driver.

Only five drivers have a Driver Rating above 100: Skinner (118.7), Hornaday (113.6), Kvapil (107.8), Todd Bodine (101.3) and Johnny Benson (101.1).

One other notable performance from Saturday was that of Jon Wood. Wood, who finished third, had a Driver Rating of 128.4 (second-best), an Average Running Position of 4.5 (second-best), 28 Fastest Laps Run (tied for the top spot), 18 laps where he improved his position (fourth-most) and 137 Laps in the Top 15 (fifth-most).

Bodine's finish streak ends: Todd Bodine's (#30 Lumber Liquidators Toyota) 54-race streak without a DNF abruptly ended at Las Vegas Motor Speedway when the defending series champion's truck was too damaged to continue following a Lap 97 accident triggered by a cut tire. Bodine had finished every race since being sidelined by an accident at Memphis Motorsports Park on July 23, 2005. The streak was within sight of the late Bobby Hamilton's series record of 65 straight finishes between 2003 and 2005. "We had the truck to win the race and it's a shame we have to end like this," said Bodine, who led 45 of the event's first 70 laps.

This Week's NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Leaders: (through 19 races of the 25-race season)
Points leader - Mike Skinner (3,064)
Driver Rating - Mike Skinner (118.7)
Winnings - Mike Skinner ($597,095)
Laps led - Mike Skinner (961)
Victories - Ron Hornaday Jr., Travis Kvapil, Mike Skinner (4)
Bud Poles - Mike Skinner (9)
Top-five finishes - Mike Skinner (14)
Top-10 finishes - Ron Hornaday Jr. (17)
Raybestos Rookie Leader - Tim Sauter (4 points over Willie Allen)
Races led - Mike Skinner (18)
Weeks in Top 10 - Nine drivers tied with 19

Raybestos Rookie of the Year:
Although no Raybestos Rookie of the Year candidate was able to generate a top-10 finish in the Smith's Las Vegas 350, standings leader Tim Sauter (#07 Lester Buildings Chevy) maintained his four-point lead as one of 20 drivers completing all 146 laps of the race.

Driver -- Points
1. Tim Sauter, 138
2. Willie Allen, 134
3. Jason White, 111
4. Blake Bjorklund, 110
5. Joey Clanton, 109

On Deck: Talladega Superspeedway

More than 80,000 fans turned out on a perfect autumn afternoon last year to see the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series tackle the legendary high banks of Talladega Superspeedway. None left unsatisfied with the sometimes five-wide competition that ended with Mark Martin coasting under the checkered and caution flags after a Turn 3 melee on the race's final lap spoiled what could have been the closest, multi-truck finish in series history. Judged by the season-opening race at Daytona International Speedway - where a similar rules package is employed - Talladega's Mountain Dew 250 should be even more dramatic the second time around. Jack Sprague, Johnny Benson (#23 Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Toyota) and Travis Kvapil (#6 K&N Filters Ford) finished virtually side-by-side-by-side.(NASCAR PR)(9-24-2007)

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