Trucks: Texas lineup, with avg. start / finish

Making only his second start at Texas Motor Speedway and his first since 2005, Johnny Sauter won the pole for Friday night's WinStar World Casino 400k at a speed of 178.485 mph. He beat Ron Hornaday Jr. be a mere 0.09 seconds and that driver is looking to overcome an early-race crash last week at Dover International Speedway.

This race is a companion event with the Indy Racing League, and as such there are no Truckstopper Cup regulars. The accompanying bad news is only 33 trucks showed up—which is three less than a full field—and the slowest driver in the field is nearly six seconds slower than the pole sitter. Nick Tucker will almost certainly start and park his Silverado, but under green flag conditions, he would likely be lapped within six circuits.

Lineup

Start	Driver	Avg. Fin	Avg. Start	Attempts
1	Johnny Sauter	11.00	33.00	1
2	Ron Hornaday Jr	10.67	9.50	12
3	Matt Crafton	12.38	20.31	16
4	Brian Ickler
5	Dennis Setzer	10.86	11.57	21
6	Rick Crawford	11.64	10.59	22
7	Chad McCumbee	12.80	13.80	5
8	Ricky Carmichael
9	Todd Bodine	8.11	13.22	9
10	Timothy Peters	26.00	24.50	2
11	Mike Skinner	5.50	3.70	10
12	Aric Almirola	25.75	14.25	4
13	David Starr	13.33	13.33	21
14	Colin Braun	13.50	14.50	2
15	Johnny Benson Jr	12.78	8.33	9
16	T J Bell	26.00	20.00	5
17	Brian Scott	14.33	24.00	3
18	Jason White	26.40	31.40	5
19	Stacy Compton	13.67	16.50	6
20	James Buescher
21	Mario Gosselin
22	Terry Cook	15.36	14.55	22
23	J J Yeley
24	Tayler Malsam
25	Ryan Matthews	27.00	23.50	2
26	Marc Mitchell	12.00	23.00	1
27	Butch Miller	23.60	26.80	5
28	Ryan Hackett
29	John Jackson
30	Norm Benning	28.00	32.00	1
31	Brandon Knupp	34.00	35.00	1
32	Wayne Edwards	31.00	31.00	5
33	Nick Tucker	33.00	34.00	1