Saturday, August 11 Nashville Superspeedway Nashville, TN

Kvapil Wins In Music City

GLADEVILLE, Tenn.--Travis Kvapil was in command for the final third of the Toyota Tundra 200 at Nashville Superspeedway and took his third victory of the season in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.

Kvapil’s Roush Fenway Racing Ford passed Mike Skinner’s Bill Davis Racing Toyota for the lead on lap 103 of 150 on the outside in Turn 4 on the 1.33-mile track and led virtually the rest of the way to finish 2.403 seconds in front of runner-up Ron Hornaday.

The 31-year-old from Janesville, Wis., led 47 of the final 48 laps. Ted Musgrave was credited with leading lap 111, when the leaders pitted under caution for the final time and his Toyota was pitted across the timing line and Kvapil’s wasn’t.

Kvapil held off Hornaday’s Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet on the final restart on lap 125 and was never threatened.

“It took us half the race to get track position and get the truck adjusted,” Kvapil said. “We made a big adjustment on the first pit stop (on lap 43) and it really woke the truck up. After the pit stop, we got to racing on longer runs and I knew we were where we needed to be. We didn’t slow down and were really consistent.”

Kvapil had started 11th and was sixth following his first pit stop. He began climbing during an extended green-flag run that began on lap 67. He passed Musgrave for second on lap 101 and Skinner two laps later.

Skinner had started on pole and led the opening 102 laps. He finished third and, because he led the most laps and Hornaday didn’t lead any, added five points to his championship lead. Skinner is ahead of Hornaday by 82 with 10 races remaining.

“When we started out, we knew having clean air was huge,” Skinner said. “Our truck was tight all night and we lost some of the balance on our second set of tires. Travis had us. His truck was extremely strong.”

Hornaday got out in front of Skinner following their last pit stops and Skinner wasn’t able to pass him.

“Our trucks were pretty even,” Skinner said.

Hornaday came out third behind Kvapil and David Starr’s Circle Bar Racing Ford, which took two right-side tires to jump several positions.

Hornaday passed Starr on the apron on the front straightaway to take second on lap 116.

“Second place is fine, a good points night,” Hornaday said.

Starr finished fourth, his best finish of the year, and Todd Bodine’s Germain Racing Toyota was fifth.

Musgrave ran a close second to Skinner during the middle stages and was third following the second round of pit stops. But the Germain Racing Toyota was penalized for letting a tire get loose on pit road and having too many people over the wall. Musgrave had to go to the back of the longest line and drove up to eighth at the finish.

See the Event Stats section following for complete race results and points standings.

Broadcast Times

• Pre-Race Show: Saturday, August 11 (SPEED at 7 p.m./AT, 6 p.m./ET)
• Race: Saturday, August 11 (SPEED at 7:30 p.m. AT, 6:30 p.m. ET)

Event Stats PDF files unless noted otherwise

Entry List

Starting Lineup

Race Results

Point Standings

Green Flag Fast Facts
Next Race: Toyota Tundra 200
The Place: Nashville Superspeedway
The Date: Aug. 111
The Time: 6:30 p.m. (ET)
TV: SPEED 6:00 p.m. (ET)
Track Layout: 1.33-mile oval
Race Purse: $484,584
2006 Winner: Johnny Benson
2006 Pole: Erik Darnell
Schedule (local track time): Friday – Practice 2:15 – 3:15 p.m., 3:45 – 4:15 p.m. (rookies) and 4:15 – 5:15 p.m. Saturday – Qualifying 12:30 p.m.
Year-To-Date Standings: click here

Green Flag Notes

• A victory in Saturday’s Toyota Tundra 200 will make Ron Hornaday Jr. (No. 33 Camping World Chevrolet) the only competitor to sweep all three concrete-surfaced tracks on the 2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series schedule. Hornaday won June’s AAA Insurance 200 at Dover International Speedway and counts a pair of victories at Bristol Motor Speedway.
• Leave it to mom. With regular rear tire carrier Joe Szwaczkowski absent due to emergency surgery – and no other licensed NASCAR crew member available – Patricia “Tree” Stout will join the over-the-wall crew for son J.C. Stout’s (No. 91 Sterling Trucks Chevrolet) race this Saturday at Nashville Superspeedway. Normally, Mrs. Stout is the team’s “mom” away from home who makes sure the team is well-fed and hydrated. She’ll still perform those duties but once racetime comes, Mrs. Stout will don a firesuit. “I have to do whatever is needed to keep J.C. going,” she said. Added Don Stout, her husband and the team’s manager, “In the face of adversity, you have to make lemons into lemonade.” Driver J.C. Stout said, “She can do whatever she puts her mind to, and I love her for being willing to do this for me and our team.” The mother and son as over-the-wall crew member and driver is believed to be a first in a NASCAR national series.
• As Craftsman celbrates its 80th anniversary in August, the Official Tools of NASCAR will offer a special bonus for teams competing in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. For both events run in that month, at Nashville Superspeedway and Bristol Motor Speedway, the team leading the race on Lap 80 will receive an additional $8,000 prize.
• With more than 8,000 Toyota employees expected to attend Saturday’s Toyota Tundra 200, it would seem important that the product they build winds up in Victory Lane. And two out of three times since Toyota joined the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, it has. David Reutimann scored his first victory at Nashville Superspeedway in 2005 with Johnny Benson following a year ago.
• With just 16 points covering the top three Raybestos Rookie of the Year candidates heading to Nashville, the battle for top freshman honors is expected to get even closer. The Toyota Tundra 200 is the season’s 15th race – and the first in which Tim Sauter, Willie Allen and Blake Bjorklund can begin disposing of “worst finishes.” The championship is based upon a candidate’s 14 best finishes plus end-of-season bonus points. The current top three rookie point standings are: 1. Tim Sauter, 119; 2. Willie Allen, 112; 3. Blake Bjorklund, 103.

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