Skinner’s Texas front row start – 8 in a row:

Mike Skinner [#5 BDR Toyota] will start on the front row for the NASCAR Craftsman Trucks Series race at Texas for the eighth straight time after qualifying second Thursday night. Skinner, still looking for his first victory in Texas, has had five poles at the track, and started second two other times. He has five consecutive top-three finishes on the 11/2-mile, high-banked track.(Sports Illustrated)(6-6-2008)