Mike Skinner - Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site

News & Notes from the Raybestos Rookie Contenders:

Erik Darnell was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the August 23 O'Reilly 200 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Darnell was credited with an 18th-place finish and took Raybestos Rookie of the Race honors for the ninth time this season. Darnell leads Chad McCumbee by 32 ...

Truck Series News & Notes – New Hampshire:

Ron Hornaday Jr. (#33 AES HR Solutions Chevy) laid the foundation for New Hampshire International Speedway's reputation as a track with a flair for the dramatic. Hornaday, winner of the first New Hampshire 200 in 1996, passed a number of trucks on a late restart and...

1st Annual Toyota Tundra Skinner Round-Up Ponies raises $104,000:

1995 Truck Series Champion, Mike Skinner will deal out over $104,000 to local Daytona Beach charities in the next week after an extremely successful first annual charity golf and poker tournament held on September 5th, 2006 at Spruce Creek Country Club in Daytona Beach...

Where the Truck Series Regulars finished at Richmond:

Eric Almirola finished 18th driving the #19 Banquet Chevy. Other regulars had a tough night, all out early due to accidents; 32nd, #12-Mike Skinner, bluegreen/Supercuts Dodge; 41st, #33-Ron Hornaday Jr., Outdoor Channel Chevy; 43rd, #56-Kevin Grubb, Western Sizzlin...

Skinner and Musgrave Back for FitzBradshaw at Richmond: UPDATE:

Mike Skinner will pilot the #12 Bluegreen Resorts Dodge in the Emerson Radio 250 Friday night at Richmond. The Book of Fate, a Brad Meltzer novel, is set to become the first novel ever to adorn a NASCAR racecar as it shares space on the #12 with primary sponsor Bluegreen...

Truck Series News & Notes:

It's been a year since Erik Darnell became Roush Racing's "Driver X," the ultimate winner in an on-track competition that drew resumes from several hundred of the nation's top, young competitors. The prize was a full season in the Craftsman Truck Series and the hope...

Where Series drivers finished in the Busch Race:

Congratulations go out to Ron Hornaday Jr, driver of the #33 Outdoor Channel Chevy, for his 3rd place finish in the Food City 250 at Bristol last night. The other Truck Series "regulars" also finished well with David Reutimann crossing the line 9th in the #99 Aaron...

Truck Series News & Notes:

Florida native Aric Almirola (#75 Spears Manufacturing Chevy) has his eye on an eventual seat in the NEXTEL Cup Series. Almirola, 22, believes his time in the Truck Series will help him reach that goal - as it did for Greg Biffle, Kurt Busch and Kevin Harvick. Almirola...

Race Awards:

Bud Pole Award: David Ragan (109.838 mph) Raybestos Rookie of the Race: Erik Darnell #99 Featherlite Most Improved Driver Award: Mike Bliss, #16 (22 Places) Mobil 1 Oil Command Performance Driver of the Race: Todd Bodine WIX Filters Lap Leader Award; Mike Skinner, #...

Martin wins the O’Reilly 200 presented by Valvoline at Bristol:

Mark Martin dominated the race at Bristol in the #6 Scotts Ford to pick up his fourth Truck Series win this season. Todd Bodine and Ted Musgrave, once again, finished second and third to Martin; shades of the beginning of the season. Johnny Benson came in fourth, but...

Mark Martin wins the pole for the O’Reilly 200 presented by Valvoline:

(Top ten) 1) #6-Mark Martin, 125.248 2) #75-Aric Almirola, 124.873 3) #77-Brendan Gaughan, 124.841 4) #16-Mike Bliss, 124.226 5) #14-Rick Crawford, 124.202 6) #5-Mike Skinner, 124.130 7) #15-Kyle Busch, 123.833 8) #23-Johnny Benson, 123.778 9) #20-Marcos Ambrose, 123...

Final practice results for the O’Reilly 200 at Bristol:

(Top ten) 1) #16-Mike Bliss, 124.170 2) #17-David Reutimann, 123.618 3) #77-Brendan Gaughan, 123.594 4) #9-Ted Musgrave, 123.491 5) #15-Kyle Busch, 123.285 6) #5-Mike Skinner, 123.024 7) #33-Ron Hornaday Jr., 122.913 8) #60-Jack Sprague, 122.858 9) #23-Johnny Benson...

First practice results for the O’Reilly 200 at Bristol:

(Top ten) 1) #4-Timothy Peters, 120.195 2) #6-Mark Martin, 120.120 3) #9-Ted Musgrave, 119.850 4) #11-David Starr, 119.813 5) #16-Mike Bliss, 119.581 6) #23-Johnny Benson, 119.447 7) #5-Mike Skinner, 119.410 8) #60-Jack Sprague, 119.395 9) #14-Rick Crawford, 119.239...

Four drivers do double duty at Bristol:

Four drivers will run both the Truck Series and the Busch Race at Bristol Motor Speedway this week. Aric Almirola will be in the #19 J.D. Gibbs Banquet Chevy; Ron Hornaday Jr. will be in the #33 KHI Outdoor Channel Chevy, David Reutimann in the #99 Aaron's Sales and...

Skinner, Bodine discussed truck incident:

Mike Skinner said Saturday that he has talked with Todd Bodine to clear the air over their last-lap incident in last week's Truck Series race at Nashville. Bodine bumped Skinner to take the lead on the first lap of a green-white-checkered finish. Skinner then crashed...

Four teams tire test at LVMS: UPDATE:

Four Truck Series teams are testing tires for Goodyear in a closed session on Las Vegas Motor Speedway's new pavement and banked turns Tuesday and Wednesday: #14-Rick Crawford [Ford], #85-Dennis Setzer [Chevy], #30-Todd Bodine [Toyota] aNd #77-Brendan Gaughan [Dodge...

Four Truck Series teams conclude tire tests at LVMS:

Four Truck Series teams concluded tire tests for Goodyear at Las Vegas Motor Speedway tonight. The next time they see the track will be Smith's Las Vegas 350 on Saturday, Sept. 23. Each of the four participating manufacturers were represented: Dodge (Brendan Gaughan...

Skinner Back in #12 at Michigan:

Mike Skinner will make his fourth Busch Series start for FitzBradshaw Racing driving the #12 Supercuts Dodge in the Carfax 250 Saturday at Michigan.(FBR PR)(8-15-2006)...

Skinner to run Busch & Cup at MIS:

Mike Skinner is scheduled to drive the #12 FitzBradshaw Racing Dodge in this weekend's Busch Series event at Michigan International Speedway. Skinner will make his fourth series start for FitzBradshaw if he qualifies for Saturday's Carfax 250 Busch Series race. The...

Johnny Benson Wins the Toyota Tundra 200 at Nashville Superspeedway

(Top ten) 1) #23-Johnny Benson, Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Toyota 2) #60-Jack Sprague, Con-way Freight Toyota 3) #20-Marcos Ambrose,Team Australia/Aussie Vineyards Ford 4) #9-Ted Musgrave, Team ASE, Germain Motorsports Toyota 5) #77-Brendan Gaughan, South Coast...