Since Mike Skinner returned to the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series a couple of years ago, he has been very fast but something always seemed to happen to ruin his finish. So far in the 2007 season, Skinner looks like the front runner. He won two weeks ago in California and he won the pole at the American Commercial Lines 200 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
From the start of this race, it became clear that Mike Skinner's #5 Toyota & Todd Bodine's #30 Lumber Liquidators Toyota were the fastest trucks in the field. Problems at the start. TJ Bell's #50 Heathcliff's Cat Litter Ford spun his tires and Tyler Walker's #36 360 OTC Toyota rear ended him and broke his radiator. Chase Miller's #4 Open Joist Dodge ran over debris, broke his steering and the caution came out. Skinner led until Bodine passed him for the lead on lap 19. NASCAR threw a competition caution on lap 23 because the trucks only had one practice session and NASCAR wanted the teams to check on tire wear.
Skinner led at the lap 32 restart and was passed by Bodine on lap 51. Skinner regains the lead on lap 73. There were a lot of cautions at the end of the race and that seemed to hurt Bodine. Bill Lester's #15 Bowen Homes Chevy hits the wall to bring out a caution on lap 109. This gave Clint Bowyer's #2 Camping World Chevy the lead but the cautions seemed to hurt him too. AJ Allmendinger's #00 Toyota crashes and brings out a caution on lap 116. On the restart, Skinner bumps Bowyer from behind and moves him out of the way. Bowyer finished fifth. Bowyer was calm about it afterwards. He said that he's won races that way so it's no big deal. Bodine finished second. Skinner's truck was better on short runs so the cautions really helped him. He now leads the points. Here's video of the end of the race including Skinner's pass for the win.
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