Skinner wins Truck race at Martinsville
Quote selected text Published October 20th, 2007 in NASCAR News
Mike Skinner put his Toyota truck in just about the only safe place there was at Martinsville Speedway – the lead – and stayed there to pick up the victory in Saturday’s rough-and-tumble Kroger 200.
Skinner grabbed his 24th career Craftsman Truck Series victory after passing Jack Sprague and Terry Cook in a three-way battle on Lap 135 and holding on through a shower of caution flags the rest of the way.
Ron Hornaday slogged through 13 caution flags plus one that didn’t count – half the field piled up in Turn 4 on the final lap after Skinner took the checkered flag – to finish third.
Still, Skinner’s win moved him back into the lead in the Truck Series standings by 11 points over Hornaday. Hornaday began the race with a 14-point lead.
“We saw lead changes, we saw tempers flare and we saw people act professionally,” Skinner said after the wild finish. “We saw it all. It was classic short-track racing.”
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That race was as crazy as the Cup race that’s for sure.