Trucks: Hornaday wins record 4th in a row

For the first time in Camping World Truck Series history a driver has won four consecutive races by holding off a determined Mike Skinner.

Our View O'Reilly Raceway Park can be difficult with very little passing, but Hornaday and Skinner ran side by side for the final seven laps. He also extended his series winning record to 44.

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Trucks: Braun on pole at ORP

Colin Braun backed up his fast speed in practice by winning the pole for Friday night's AAA Insurance 200 at O'Reilly Raceway Park. His pole speed was 109.965 mph.

Our View The top five hold no surprises with Mike Skinner, Stacy Compton, Ron Hornaday Jr. and Matt Crafton rounding out the list. It is incredibly hard to pass on this track, so these are your favorites.

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Skinner goes home from Michigan

Mike Skinner was the slowest of the "go-or-go-home" drivers, and he will be the only driver heading home early from the LifeLock 400.

Our View: Not that it would have mattered; Skinner is one of the start and park drivers.

Skinner, Marlin slowest in practice

Only one driver will go home this week without racing and if practice is any indication, that driver will be either Mike Skinner (44th fastest with a speed of 181.616 mph) or Sterling Marlin (41st – 181.887).

Our View: Both of these teams are start and park operations, so it won't make any difference to your fantasy roster.

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Trucks: Michigan's last five races

As fields thin in the Truck series, finding consistent top-10 finishers is not that difficult, but it's also not that simple. Luck continues to play an important role in who will finish up front. Ron Hornaday Jr. has had one of the trucks to beat the last two weeks after starting on the front row each time, but mishaps sent him home 26th at Dover and 19th at Texas. Worse still, this has not been one of his favorite tracks with an average finish of 17.5 that puts him well down the grid.

On the other hand, Todd Bodine has a little momentum on his side after winning last week at Texas—and Michigan has been among his preferred tracks. He's yet to win there, but with a four-race streak of top-10s, he deserves a spot on the roster for consistency alone.

Mike Skinner has a slightly lower average finish of 6.2, but he's been nearly as consistent with four top-10s and a worst of 11th in his last five races on this two-mile track. He and Bodine should be the marquee regulars who anchor your roster.

"Rowdy" Kyle Busch is back on the lineup this week after taking Texas off and he's looking to improve on two runner-up finishes from 2005 and 2007. Last year he finished seventh, which gives him even more to prove.

Notably, only one winner from the last five years is on the lineup this week. Dennis Setzer found victory lane in 2005, but his results have been eroding ever since. He was eighth in 2006, 24th in 2007 and 16th last year, so fantasy owners can reasonably expect a different winner this year.

Average finish, last five races

Driver	Pwer Avg	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004
Travis Kvapil	1.00		1			1
Scott Speed	3.00	3
Kyle Busch	3.67	7	2		2
Bobby Hamilton Sr	4.00				3	5
Todd Bodine	6.00	4	7	4	9
Colin Braun	6.00	6
Kevin Harvick	6.00		8		4
Carl Edwards	6.00					6
Mike Skinner	6.20	8	4	11	5	3
Johnny Benson Jr	8.00	2	9	1	24	4
Shane Hmiel	8.00					8
Brendan Gaughan	8.75	5	3	16	11
Terry Cook	10.00	10	11	9	13	7
Dennis Setzer	11.80	16	24	8	1	10
Donny Lia	12.00	12
Rick Crawford	12.20	11	6	6	6	32
Erik Darnell	13.00	1	26	12
Justin Marks	13.00	13
J J Yeley	13.00					13
Mike Bliss	14.00			14
Jimmy Spencer Sr	14.00				14
Randy LaJoie	14.00					14
Robert Huffman	14.00				19	9
Chad Chaffin	15.00	27			7	11
Todd Kluever	15.00				15
Chad McCumbee	15.33	9	19	18
David Reutimann	15.67			15	8	24
Ryan Matthews	16.00		16
Ted Musgrave Sr	16.40	24	5	23	28	2
Stacy Compton	16.50	21	12
Regan Smith	17.00	17
David Starr	17.00	26	13	13	12	21
Aaron Fike	17.00		17
Robert Pressley	17.00				17
Ron Hornaday Jr	17.50	23	10	7	30
Mark Martin	17.50		33	2
Chase Montgomery	17.50				20	15
Matt Crafton	17.60	15	34	5	22	12
Bobby Labonte	17.67		18	3	32
Kraig Kinser	18.00		14	22
Sean Murphy	18.00				18
Shelby Howard	19.00	19
T J Bell	20.00	20	20
Joey Miller	20.00			20
Lance Hooper	20.00					20
Bill Lester	20.50		15	33	16	18
Blake Bjorkland	21.00		21
Johnny Chapman	21.00				23	19
Jack Sprague	21.20	30	29	10	10	27
Deborah Renshaw	21.50				21	22
Jon Wood	22.00	14				30
Marc Mitchell	22.00	22
Willie Allen	22.00		22
Tim Sauter	23.00		23
Andy Houston	23.00					23
Bobby East	24.00	18		30
Erin Crocker	24.00			24
Brian Scott	25.00	25
David Ragan	25.00			19		31
Clay Rogers	25.50		25		26
Boston Reid	26.00		35	17
Tracy Hines	26.00				36	16
Marcos Ambrose	26.00			26
Shane Sieg	26.00					26
Steve Park	26.33			31	31	17
Ryan Moore	27.00			27
Shigeaki Hattori	27.00				27
Jason White	27.50	28	27
Travis Kittleson	28.00		28
Bobby Hamilton Jr	28.00			28
Kevin Lepage	28.50		36	21
Mario Gosselin	29.00	29
Kelly Sutton	29.00			25	37	25
Hank Parker Jr	29.00					29
Kerry Earnhardt	29.00			29
Ken Schrader	29.50		30		29
Timothy Peters	30.00			35	25
Nick Tucker	31.00	31
Brandon Whitt	31.00				34	28
J C Stout	31.50	32	31
A J Allmendinger	32.00		32
Kyle Krisiloff	32.00			32
Rick Markle	33.00	33
Ricky Craven	33.00				33
Phil Bonifield	33.00					33
Chris Jones	34.00	34
Martin Truex Jr	34.00			34
Loni Richardson	34.00					34
Brad Keselowski	35.00				35
Aric Almirola	36.00			36
Bryan Silas	37.00		37
Robert Richardson	37.00			37
Blake Mallory	38.00				38

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Trucks: Dover Results

It's always great to see a first time winner. Brian Scott rolled the dice and stayed out on old rubber while those around him cut their tires and slammed the wall. Dennis Setzer also stayed out on old tires, but could not quite make the pass for the lead.

Two of the drivers snake bit by a blown tire were Kyle Busch and Colin Braun, who were running first and second at the time and who slapped the wall within seconds of one another. Braun would not recover and he retired 16 laps from the end of the race. Busch charged from 15th to ninth, but was unable to crack the top-five again.

It was a rough day for the point leader Ron Hornaday Jr. After starting from the pole, he cut a tire early and did major damage to his truck. The No. 33 crew made a valiant effort to get back on track, but Hornaday retired with crash damage after completing only 43 laps. About the only good news is that he managed to retain the point lead by a mere 27 markers over Mike Skinner and 29 points over Matt Crafton.

Results, with Avg. finish

Finish	Start	Driver	Laps	Laps Led	Status	Avg Fin
1	3	Brian Scott	200	14	Running	16.50
2	25	Dennis Setzer	200		Running	13.20
3	14	David Starr	200	3	Running	8.50
4	13	Jason White	200		Running	23.00
5	4	Johnny Sauter	200		Running	5.00
6	23	Matt Crafton	200		Running	16.44
7	5	Chad McCumbee	200		Running	13.75
8	11	Mike Skinner	200	5	Running	9.67
9	10	Kyle Busch	200	133	Running	11.80
10	6	Terry Cook	200		Running	12.50
11	16	J R Fitzpatrick	200		Running	11.00
12	20	Tayler Malsam	200		Running	12.00
13	12	Stacy Compton	200		Running	11.00
14	26	Chris Fontaine	200	5	Running	14.00
15	36	Tim Bainey Jr	200	1	Running	15.00
16	22	Max Papis	199		Running	16.00
17	19	Timothy Peters	198		Running	12.33
18	8	Todd Bodine	197		Running	17.80
19	18	Rick Crawford	197		Running	10.00
20	7	Johnny Benson Jr	195	23	Engine	14.80
21	24	Scott Wimmer	192		Running	21.00
22	2	Colin Braun	184	4	Accident	15.00
23	15	T J Bell	171		Running	21.67
24	17	James Buescher	160		Running	24.00
25	9	Brian Ickler	65		Accident	25.00
26	1	Ron Hornaday Jr	43	12	Accident	8.20
27	27	Dexter Bean	38		Handling	27.00
28	29	Andy Ponstein	31		Alternator	28.00
29	21	Ryan Hackett	26		Engine	29.00
30	33	Norm Benning	26		Vibration	30.00
31	28	Johnny Chapman	23		Overheating	32.50
32	35	Wayne Edwards	18		Oil	29.33
33	31	Kevin Lepage	15		Brakes	26.67
34	34	Brandon Knupp	12		Transmission	34.00
35	32	Brent Raymer	10		Vibration	35.00
36	30	Mario Gosselin	7		Accident	36.00

Riggs, Baldwin part company

After the Coke 600 is completed (assuming that ever happens), Scott Riggs and Tommy Baldwin will part ways, according to SceneDaily.com. Riggs cites the lack of competitiveness of the No. 36 as the reason.

Our View: Mike Skinner and Patrick Carpentier are schedule to run the car in most or all of the remaining races, but without sponsorship, this team will not be a good fantasy value.

Truck: North Carolina Education Lottery 200 Results

Ron Hornaday Jr. continues to pad his record in the Camping World Truck Series by earning his 40th victory. The inactive Jack Sprague sits at 28, while Mike Skinner is two further back with 26. Hornaday had a sizeable advantage at the end of the race, but a big reason for that was because Kyle Busch got penalized by NASCAR for rough driving after he crashed then-leader Colin Braun.

Skinner has the second most Truck victories, but Friday night was a rough one for the veteran. He tried to make a questionable pass on Johnny Sauter on the front stretch midway through the event and slammed the wall. As soon as he contacted the concrete, T.J. Bell piled in and sent the No. 5 truck tumbling toward turn one. Thank goodness NASCAR requires these things to get built to rigid standards.

Results

Finish	Start	Driver	Laps	Laps Led	Status	Avg Fin
1	3	Ron Hornaday Jr	134	29	Running	8.20
2	1	Kyle Busch	134		Running	4.60
3	5	Matt Crafton	134	11	Running	6.57
4	20	Ryan Newman	134		Running	4.00
5	9	Terry Cook	134		Running	8.43
6	19	David Gilliland	134		Running	6.00
7	15	David Starr	134		Running	16.00
8	12	Tayler Malsam	134		Running	8.00
9	10	Stacy Compton	134		Running	18.50
10	28	Dennis Setzer	134		Running	11.00
11	11	Rick Crawford	134		Running	10.29
12	14	James Buescher	134		Running	12.00
13	18	Johnny Sauter	134		Running	13.00
14	22	Jason White	134		Running	20.00
15	8	Chad McCumbee	134	17	Running	12.50
16	21	Brian Ickler	133		Running	16.00
17	32	Mario Gosselin	133		Running	17.00
18	34	Ryan Hackett	133		Running	18.00
19	33	Ben Stancil	131		Running	19.00
20	35	Chris Jones	131		Running	20.00
21	7	Brian Scott	129		Running	28.00
22	30	Brent Raymer	128		Running	22.00
23	6	Johnny Benson Jr	128		Running	15.40
24	27	Norm Benning	126		Running	24.00
25	4	Todd Bodine	97	7	Accident	15.67
26	17	Colin Braun	88	43	Accident	20.50
27	24	Mike Bliss	53		Engine	22.00
28	23	Brandon Knupp	43		Engine	28.00
29	2	Mike Skinner	34	27	Accident	19.83
30	16	T J Bell	34		Accident	19.50
31	13	Timothy Peters	24		Accident	27.75
32	26	Marc Mitchell	14		Quit	28.00
33	29	Johnny Chapman	9		Quit	31.00
34	36	John Jackson	9		Quit	34.00
35	25	Donnie Neuenberger	6		Quit	30.00
36	31	Chris Fontaine	4		Quit	36.00

Truck: Point-leader Skinner takes hard hit

The Camping World Truck Series points' leader Mike Skinner took a vicious hit after he tried to make a questionable pass on Johnny Sauter on lap 35 of the Lowe's race and spun in front of T.J. Bell. Skinner ended up on his lid.

Our View: He'll take a huge hit in the standings, but Skinner keyed the mike and told the crew he was o.k. before exiting the truck.

Truck: Skinner gets sponsor

Mike Skinner and Randy Moss Motorsports will receive sponsorship for an additional seven races, according to SceneDaily.com.

Our View: Skinner has done well with relatively limited resources and currently sits atop the Craftsman Truck Series standings, but more revenue means he will run even stronger.