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Skinner rules Iowa Speedway
By: Tim Tuttle
NEWTON, IA (Sept 5) - Mike Skinner won his second race of the season in the
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, leading 180 of 200 laps in the Lucas Oil
200 at Iowa Speedway.
Skinner pulled away from Aric Almirola on a restart with four laps to go on
the .875-mile track, winning by 1.37 seconds, but he did have a few anxious
moments.
"The motor died coming off (Turn) 4," Skinner said. "I don't know if it was
a (fuel) pickup thing or vapor lock or what it did. I think it might have
boiled some fuel or something. I just nursed her along there and this thing
was so fast through the corner, it didn't matter what it was doing tonight."
It was the second victory for Randy Moss Motorsports. Skinner delivered the
first in a rain-shortened race at Kansas Speedway in April. Skinner's
victory was the 27th of his truck career.
Skinner's Toyota started the inaugural race at Iowa from the pole, extending
his all-time lead in the series to 47, but was passed immediately by Matt
Crafton. Skinner regained the lead on Lap 18 and, with the exception of
three laps led by Almirola gained through pit strategy, was in front to the
checkered flag.
"It was cool, really, really cool," Skinner said. "This one is for (owner)
Randy Moss. He's a big race fan and part owner in this team with David
Dollar."
Almirola was running ninth when a caution came out on Lap 111 and the entire
field pitted on separate stops for fuel and tires. Almirola took only two
tires and fuel and moved into the lead. He wasn't able to hold off Skinner,
but he maintained second the rest of the way.
"Our first stop was really bad and we just lost so much track position,"
Almirola said. "I told (crew chief) Doug George we had to get it back
somehow, someway, so we took two tires. That was a great call on Doug's
part. Thank goodness this tire was hard enough."
Almirola's second was his best finish in 41 truck starts.
Colin Braun continued his strong second half of the season by finishing
third. He passed Ron Hornaday Jr. for the position with 10 laps to go.
Hornaday's fourth place allowed him to increase his lead in the championship
standings to 225 over Crafton, who finished sixth. Johnny Sauter was fifth.
Austin Dillon, despite spinning early in the race, finished 12th in his
series debut driving the No. 3 Chevrolet owned by his grandfather, Richard
Childress.
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Race Number 17
Unofficial Race Results for the Lucas Oil 200 - Saturday, September 5, 2009
Iowa Speedway - Newton, IA - .875 Mile Paved
Total Race Length - 200 Laps - 175 Miles - Purse: $517,486
Leader
Fin Str Trk Driver Team Laps Pts Bns Driver Rating Winnings Status Tms Laps
1 1 5 Mike Skinner Toyota of Des Moines Toyota 200 195 10 149.5 $55,725
Running 2 180
2 8 15 Aric Almirola Graceway Pharmaceuticals Toyota 200 175 5 108.5 $31,520
Running 1 3
3 4 6 Colin Braun Con-way Freight Ford 200 165 109.4 $23,690 Running
4 15 33 Ron Hornaday Jr. Longhorn Chevrolet 200 160 118.3 $17,130 Running
5 6 13 Johnny Sauter # Fun Sand/Rodney Atkins/Curb Records/Karl Chevrolet
200 155 106.9 $16,730 Running
6 3 88 Matt Crafton Menards/Ideal Door Chevrolet 200 155 5 110.9 $14,580
Running 1 17
7 2 11 T J Bell Red Horse Racing Toyota 200 146 108.0 $12,380 Running
8 12 17 Timothy Peters Strutmasters/Red Horse Racing Toyota 200 142 97.4
$11,855 Running
9 18 16 Brian Scott Albertson's Toyota 200 138 87.3 $13,705 Running
10 5 81 Tayler Malsam # PC*MILER Navigator Toyota 200 134 91.4 $13,105
Running
11 10 25 Terry Cook Cajun Industries/Harris Trucking Toyota 200 130 85.1
$11,705 Running
12 9 3 Austin Dillon Bad Boy Mowers/RCR 40th Anniversary Chevrolet 200 127
80.4 $9,330 Running
13 26 4 Ricky Carmichael # Monster Chevrolet 200 124 75.1 $11,530 Running
14 25 10 James Buescher # International MAXX FORCE Diesel Ford 200 121 71.8
$11,480 Running
15 14 07 Chad McCumbee Green Light Racing Chevrolet 200 118 76.6 $12,705
Running
16 13 60 Stacy Compton SafeAuto Insurance Toyota 200 115 66.8 $11,255
Running
17 24 14 Rick Crawford Circle Bar/International Truck Engine Ford 200 112
64.4 $11,155 Running
18 7 51 Brian Ickler # Miccosukee Resort/Graceway Pharmaceuticals Toyota 199
109 79.6 $11,030 Running
19 23 30 Todd Bodine Lumber Liquidators Toyota 199 106 55.7 $10,930 Running
20 21 12 Mario Gosselin OCRGasBar/James Carter/SponsortheTruck Chevrolet 198
103 52.6 $10,330 Running
21 32 00 Tim Bainey Jr. Aaron's Dream Machine Chevrolet 193 100 46.4 $8,480
Running
22 19 08 Jamie Dick Viva Auto Group Chevrolet 190 97 45.9 $9,380 Running
23 31 61 Brett Thompson Rich Thompson Truck Dodge 175 94 35.4 $8,280 Running
24 16 23 Jason White GunBroker.com Dodge 174 91 71.8 $8,205 Running
25 17 39 Ryan Sieg S & W Services Chevrolet 141 88 57.6 $8,180 Overheating
26 11 24 David Starr Harris Trucking/Zachry Toyota 108 85 60.9 $8,155
Accident
27 33 57 Norm Benning PellaMotors.com Chevrolet 80 82 42.2 $8,105 Engine
28 36 02 Andy Ponstein CorrieStottRacing.com Chevrolet 41 79 39.9 $8,080
Running
29 35 48 Pierre Bourque Rockingham Speedway Chevrolet 35 76 36.7 $8,055
Brakes
30 34 47 Wayne Edwards FT 11 Degreaser Chevrolet 25 73 40.4 $8,530 Brakes
31 20 92 John Jackson James Carter Attorney Chevrolet 19 0 35.6 $8,005
Vibration
32 29 21 Nick Tucker GunBroker.com Dodge 17 67 41.3 $7,980 Vibration
33 30 87 Chris Jones # Copy Wizard Chevrolet 8 0 40.6 $7,955 Ignition
34 27 41 Ryan Mathews Mike Berg Trucking Dodge 7 61 38.8 $7,935 Accident
35 22 93 Shane Sieg S & W Services Chevrolet 6 58 35.9 $7,905 Transmission
36 28 72 Michelle Theriault James Carter Attorney/SponsortheTruck.com
Chevrolet 2 55 34.2 $7,873 Accident
Race Comments: Before an estimated crowd of 27,478 Mike Skinner won the
Lucas Oil 200, his 27th NASCAR Camping World Series win.
Prior to the race, the following trucks dropped to the rear of the field for
reasons indicated: No. 61 (unapproved adjustment, No. 72 (missed drivers
meeting) .
Failed to Qualify: (1) 01 Dillon Oliver.
Time of Race: 1 Hrs, 45 Mins, 52 Secs. Average Speed: 99.181 MPH Margin of
Victory: 1.370 Seconds
Caution Flags: 7 for 33 laps: Laps: 3-5 (#92 spin Turn 4 [None]); 7-10 (#08
accident Turn 2 [None]); 59-63 (Debris [10]); 75-80 (#3 spin Turn 2 [30]);
111-116 (#24, 60 accident Turn 1 [12]); 128-132 (#23, 30 spin Turn 4 [60]);
193-196 (Debris [None]).
Lead Changes: 4 among 3 drivers: M. Skinner 0; M. Crafton 1-17; M. Skinner
18-113; A. Almirola 114-116; M. Skinner 117-200.
Top 10 Driver Points: (1) R. Hornaday Jr. 2,753;(2) M. Crafton 2,528;(3) M.
Skinner 2,472;(4) B. Scott 2,292;(5) T. Bodine 2,275;(6) C. Braun 2,261;(7)
D. Starr 2,195;(8) R. Crawford 2,163;(9) T. Peters 2,156;(10) T. Cook 2,145.
Featherlite Most Improved Driver : Brian Scott, #16 19
Places Keystone Light Pole Award : Mike Skinner, #5 137.052 mph
Mahle Clevite Engine Builder of the Race : Mike Skinner, #5
Mobil 1 Command Performance Driver of the Race : Mike Skinner, #5
O'Reilly Auto Parts People, Service and Performance : Colin Braun, #6
180.837 seconds
Raybestos Rookie of the Race : Johnny Sauter, #13
Sunoco Diamond Performance : Mike Skinner, #5
WIX Filters Lap Leader : Matt Crafton, #88 17 Laps
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