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September 23, 2006

 Skinner Hits Jackpot in Vegas
 
Craftsman Truck Series News
 

Mike Skinner won a race from the pole for the first time in ten years Saturday night at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway (LVMS). With the win Skinner broke many dry streaks. He picked up his first win in a truck since Richmond ’05, and it was his first win from the pole since Indianapolis Raceway Park in 1996. In that time Skinner has had 16 poles and 90 races in the series.

 

Skinner held off a hard charging Ted Musgrave to take the win, both drivers were looking for there first win of the 2006 season. Finishing third was Mike Bliss followed by Johnny Benson and Ron Hornaday.

 

With his fourth place finish Benson and with points leader Todd Bodine finishing 12th, Benson cut into Bodine’s points lead. Bodine now leads Benson by 91 with six races to go, David Reutimann sits third. SCR

Matthew Blaylock

 

Smith's Las Vegas 350 Results

 

Pos.

No.

Driver

 

Make

 

 

 

 

 

1

#5

Mike Skinner

 

Toyota

2

#9

Ted Musgrave

 

Toyota

3

#16

Mike Bliss

 

Chevrolet

4

#23

Johnny Benson

 

Toyota

5

#33

Ron Hornaday

 

Chevrolet

6

#17

David Reutimann

 

Toyota

7

#20

Marcos Ambrose

R

Ford

8

#85

Dennis Setzer

 

Chevrolet

9

#46

Kraig Kinser

R

Chevrolet

10

#75

Aric Almirola

R

Chevrolet

11

#13

Kerry Earnhardt

R

Chevrolet

12

#30

Todd Bodine

 

Toyota

13

#60

Jack Sprague

 

Toyota

14

#14

Rick Crawford

 

Ford

15

#77

Brendan Gaughan

 

Dodge

16

#10

Terry Cook

 

Ford

17

#99

Erik Darnell

R

Ford

18

#6

Peter Shepherd

R

Ford

19

#22

Bill Lester

 

Toyota

20

#11

David Starr

 

Toyota

21

#88

Matt Crafton

 

Chevrolet

22

#21

Bobby East

R

Ford

23

#15

Jeremy Mayfield

 

Chevrolet

24

#98

Erin Crocker

R

Dodge

25

#59

Chad Chaffin

 

Toyota

26

#18

Bobby Hamilton Jr.

 

Dodge

27

#76

Chase Montgomery

 

Chevrolet

28

#1

Robert Richardson, II

R

Chevrolet

29

#40

Tim Fedewa

 

Chevrolet

30

#50

Michel Jourdain Jr.

R

Ford

31

#07

Travis Kittleson

 

Chevrolet

32

#4

Chase Miller

 

Dodge

33

#25

Boston Reid

R

Dodge

34

#08

Chad McCumbee

R 

Chevrolet

35

#63

Scott Lynch

 

Ford

36

#03

Wayne Edwards

 

Chevrolet

R = Rookie

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Busch Series Will Sing 'O Canada' in 2007
 
Busch Series News - Source: Scene Daily
 

NASCAR will announce its 2007 Busch Series schedule at a news conference Tuesday in Montreal, site of a road-course race there next Aug. 4, sources confirmed today at Dover International Speedway.

 

The race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve will take the place of this year's Martinsville Speedway event and will join Mexico and Watkins Glen as road-course races. The Montreal race will share the same weekend as the Nextel Cup race at Pocono Raceway, but Cup drivers could still compete in Montreal by taking a 400-mile flight between locations.

 

NASCAR is in the process of giving Busch teams the '07 schedule, a copy of which was obtained by NASCAR Scene. No other new events are on the schedule, though there are a couple of date switches.

 

The first Nashville and Texas races swap race weekends, with Nashville's first race held the day before Easter, April 7, and Texas taking the April 14 date. The switch could also help smaller teams who can now simply travel from Nashville to Texas to Phoenix (April 20).

 

Also, since the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard changed weekends, the companion race at O'Reilly Raceway Park will move to July 28, with the race at Gateway International Raceway taking Martinsville