Craftsman Truck Series Notebook
Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX (1.5-mile oval)

Sam's Town 400: Friday, June 9 (SPEED at 10:00 p.m. AT, 9:00 p.m. ET)

Pre-Race Fast Facts
What: Sam’s Town 400 (Race 9 of 25).
Where: Texas Motor Speedway, Ft. Worth, Texas.
When: 9:15 p.m. ET, June 9.
Track layout: 1.5-mile paved speedway.
Race length: 400 kilometers/250.5 miles/167 laps.
Posted awards: $668,182.
TV: SPEED Channel, 9 p.m. (ET),
Radio: MRN, XM Satellite.
2005 winner: Dennis Setzer
2005 polesitter: Mike Skinner
Top 10 drivers: 1.Todd Bodine 1,305. 2. Ted Musgrave 1,229. 3. David Reutimann 1,194. 4. Johnny Benson 1,098. 5. David Starr 1,078. 6. Jack Sprague 1,073. 7. Mike Bliss 1,053. 8. Mark Martin 1,034. 9. Matt Crafton 1,028. 10. Dennis Setzer 1,025.
Pre-race schedule (all times local): Thursday –Practice 11 a.m. –12:00 noon. Rookie Practice 12:15 p.m. – 12:45 p.m. Final Practice 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Qualifying 6:00 p.m. Trucks impounded after qualifying.

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Bodine Makes Last Lap Pass for Texas Win

FORT WORTH, TX (June 9, 2006) - Todd Bodine’s phenomenal NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season continued Friday night with a come-from-behind, final lap victory in the Sam’s Town 400 at Texas Motor Speedway.

Bodine’s Lumber Liquidator Toyota, a lap down when caution flew at lap 101, regained the lead serial as the highest scored, lead-lap truck. Click here for the rest of the story.

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Post-Race Notes

• This is Todd Bodine's third win of the season and 10th of his career. Bodine previously won at Atlanta Motor Speedway and Gateway International Raceway.
• Bodine now has seven top-five finishes in nine races this season. All seven of those finishes are in the top three.
• This is Bodine's third win at Texas Motor Speedway in four races. He won the November race in 2004 and 2005. He finished 30th in this race last year after having trouble with his transmission.
• Bodine extended his lead in the point standings to 115 over Ted Musgrave who finished seventh.
• Mike Skinner finished second, marking the second consecutive race at Texas that Bodine-Skinner finished one-two.
• This is Skinner's second top-five finish of the season. His best previous finish was fourth at Daytona International Speedway.
• Skinner finished in the top five for the third consecutive time at Texas. He finished fourth in this race last year and second in the November race.
• The top finishing Raybestos Rookie of the Year contender was Chad McCumbee who finished ninth. Tonight's finish was McCumbee's career high, topping his previous best of 11th at Gateway earlier this season.

Qualifying Notes

• Budweiser Pole Winner: Mike Skinner, 183.206 mph (29.475 seconds) TRACK RECORD
• This is Mike Skinner's 26th career Budweiser Pole in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. The record is 27 by Jack Sprague.
• Skinner has now earned the pole position in four straight races at Texas Motor Speedway, setting the series record for consecutive poles at the same track. He was previously tied with Ron Fellows who sat on the pole at Watkins Glen International from 1997 to 1999.
• This is Skinner's second pole of the 2006 season, his previous coming at Lowe's Motor Speedway. David Reutimann (California Speedway, Dover International Speedway) is the only other driver with multiple pole awards.
• Terry Cook qualified second, his best start of the year. Cook has now qualified in the top 10 in four consecutive races.
• Raybestos Rookie of the Year contender Kraig Kinser qualified third, a career high. Kinser is the fourth different rookie to qualify in the top three this season (Erik Darnell - third, Atlanta Motor Speedway; Erin Crocker - second, Lowe's; Marcos Ambrose - third, Lowe's.)
• Brendan Gaughan, who won four consecutive races at the track in 2002 and 2003, is starting 18th.
• Series point standings leader Todd Bodine will start sixth.

Pre-Race Notes & Quotes

Bobby Hamilton, Jr., No. 18 Fastenal Racing Dodge Bobby Hamilton Jr. will be making his first NCTS start at Texas Motor Speedway. The Sam’s Town 400 at Texas Motor Speedway will mark Hamilton Jr.’s 14th NCTS career start. “We almost won there in the Busch car. It’s one of our favorite tracks. We’re looking forward to going there in the truck because it’s one of those wide open racetracks. We’ll get the Fastenal Dodge low and get it driving good, and it ought to be fast. Texas is a really forgiving racetrack. You can get two or three wide there – at least the last time I was there you could. I don’t know if they’ve done anything different with tires. Overall it’s a real, real aggressive and fast racetrack, so it makes it fun to drive the truck there.”

Erin Crocker, No. 98 Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge "I am excited to get to Texas. It is the truck that I ran in Charlotte. It was not only comfortable it was fast. The guys found some things that can improve the truck. I am looking forward to it. I like the mile and a half tracks, so we should have a pretty good run there. I have been there a number of times to watch my teammates in the Cup and Busch series. I have raced the sprint car at the dirt track not to far from the speedway. So it will be a fun trip back to Texas.”

Mike Skinner, No. 5 Bill Davis Racing Mike Skinner and the No. 5 Toyota Tundra team are trying to break a record while at Texas Motor Speedway this weekend. The team is going for its fourth consecutive pole position. No driver in any of the three top NASCAR touring series has been able to complete the task of four consecutive poles at Texas Motor Speedway. Three weeks ago, the No. 5 team captured its first pole of the season at Texas Motor Speedway’s sister track, Lowe’s Motor Speedway. Skinner has captured the top spot 25 times in his NCTS career. Mike and Angie Skinner will join team owners Bill and Gail Davis on a motorcycle expedition after the Sam’s Town 400. The two couples will ride from Justin, Texas, to Brooklyn, Mich., which will be a five-day, 1,300-mile journey.

Todd Bodine, No. 30 Lumber Liquidators Toyota "Texas is an exciting track and I have always run well there," said Bodine. "I have won two out of the three races I have run in my NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career at Texas. I am looking forward to running at Texas again and hope to get my third NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career win there as well. It would be awesome to make the sweep as I have never won the spring race at Texas." Todd Bodine will be seeking his third NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career win at Texas Motor Speedway as he and his No. 30 Lumber Liquidators Toyota Tundra team get ready for this Friday nights Sam's Town 400 Ft. Worth, Texas. Bodine won last years fall NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Texas Motor Speedway and is hoping to rope in another win.

Ted Musgrave, No. 9 Team ASE/Germain Toyota "I am looking forward to running at Texas," said Musgrave. "After Mansfield and Dover I am hoping our luck will change for Texas . I have won the pole in Texas in the past and would like to take home a win this time. A strong finish there would get us back on track in this points chase." In 10 starts in his NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career at Texas Musgrave has a career best finish of second. This will be Musgrave's first time out without his familiar No. 1 Mopar Dodge for Ultra Motorsports. Instead, the reigning NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Champion will be driving his No. 9 Team ASE Germain Toyota Tundra for Germain Racing.

Joey Miller, No. 12 Curb Records Toyota Tundra Miller piloted the No. 12 Toyota Tundra five times for Darrell Waltrip Motorsports last year. Texas was one of five race tracks where the Raybestos Rookie of the Year contender gained experience. “I’m glad that I was able to race at Texas last year,” Miller said, who finished 25th in the 147-lap event last November. “I kind of know what to expect going into this weekend. I learned a lot about the track and I know how unique it is. Being a rookie is not easy, but it’s easier when you actually have been to the track before.”

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