Mike Skinner bumped past Clint Bowyer to take the lead on a restart seven laps from the finish Friday night and raced away to his second straight victory in NASCAR’s Craftsman Truck Series.
Todd Bodine, the defending series champion and last spring’s winner at Atlanta Motor Speedway, followed Skinner past Bowyer to grab second place on lap 124 of the 130-lap event, but the leader was just too strong, pulling away to a five-length victory, the 21st of his truck career.
“I think the (No.
NASCARA whole lot of money, that’s what. That’s why Lee Spencer says NASCAR needs to act quickly to resolve the lawsuit AT&T filed, as it tries to remain the sponsor of Jeff Burton’s No. 31 car amid backlash from Sprint/Nextel.
NASCARJeff Gordon was one of three Hendrick Motorsports cars in the top 10 in practice. See if they can back it up at 7 p.m. ET in qualifying. Get LIVE speeds here and watch it on SPEED.
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Starting Line Up by Row
Atlanta Motor Speedway
Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Fri, March 16, 2007 @ 06:26 PM Eastern
142.424
Speed
Time
01:27:35
03/18/05
Date
Driver
Ron Hornaday Jr.
Track Race Record:
American Commercial Lines 200
1
5
Mike Skinner
Toyota Tundra Toyota
30.474
181.926
Row 1:
2
60
Jack Sprague
Con-way Freight Toyota
30.621
181.052
3
23
Johnny Benson
Exide Toyota
30.738
180.363
Row 2:
4
30
Todd Bodine
Lumber Liquidators Toyota
30.789
180.064
5
1
Aaron Fike #
RFMS/Red Horse Racing Toyota
30.811
179.936
Row 3:
6
47
Kraig Kinser
Ginn Resorts Chevrolet
30.824
179.860
7
21
Kelly Bires #
Bush’s Baked Beans Ford
30.840
179.767
Row 4:
8
13
Willie Allen #
National Pork Board Chevrolet
30.870
179.592
9
75
Dennis Setzer
Spears Mfg. Co. Chevrolet
30.879
179.539
Row 5:
10
14
Rick Crawford
Power Stroke Diesel by International Ford
30.901
179.412
11
18
Ken Schrader
Fastenal Dodge
30.929
179.249
Row 6:
12
2
Clint Bowyer
Camping World Chevrolet
30.942
179.174
13
15
Bill Lester
Bowen Family Homes Chevrolet
30.961
179.064
Row 7:
14
4
Chase Miller
Open Joist Dodge
31.020
178.723
15
08
Chad McCumbee
The GPS Store/Garmin Chevrolet
31.037
178.626
Row 8:
16
6
Travis Kvapil
K & N Engineering Ford
31.047
178.568
17
88
Matt Crafton
Menards/Quaker State Chevrolet
31.060
178.493
Row 9:
18
09
Joey Clanton #
Zaxby’s Ford
31.065
178.465
19
33
Ron Hornaday Jr.
AES HR Solutions Chevrolet
31.084
178.355
Row 10:
20
77
Brendan Gaughan
South Point Hotel Chevrolet
31.086
178.344
21
50
T.J. Bell
Heathcliff’s Cat Litter Ford
31.094
178.298
Row 11:
22
8
Blake Bjorklund #
MRD Motorsports Chevrolet
31.102
178.252
23
36
Tyler Walker #
360 OTC Toyota
31.114
178.183
Row 12:
24
40
Mike Bliss
Sile Stone/Atlanta Hilton Chevrolet
31.204
177.670
25
9
Ted Musgrave
Team ASE/Germain Toyota Toyota
31.207
177.652
Row 13:
26
99
Erik Darnell
Northern Tool + Equipment Ford
31.219
177.584
27
00
AJ Allmendinger
Aaron’s Lucky Dog Toyota
31.464
176.201
Row 14:
28
7
Brad Keselowski
Hooters Energy Drink Chevrolet
31.559
175.671
29
07
Tim Sauter #
Lester Buildings/TSG/ASI Limited Chevrolet
31.641
175.216
Row 15:
30
16
Stacy Compton
Melling Engine Parts Ford
31.675
175.028
31
78
Johnny Chapman
Green Light Racing Chevrolet
31.745
174.642
Row 16:
32
10
David Starr
International/MaxxForce Diesel Ford
32.245
171.934
33
44
Morgan Shepherd
Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet
33.093
167.528
Row 17:
34
95
Wayne Edwards
NRG Cases Ford
33.671
164.652
35
59
Terry Cook
Harris Trucking Toyota
0.000
0.000
Row 18:
Did Not Qualify:
None.
Pos
Trk
Driver
Team
Time
Speed
Larry McReynolds says defending champion of the Atlanta spring race, Kasey Kahne leads the Dodge charge. But don’t be surprised if front-row starter Elliott Sadler gives his Evernham Motorsports teammate a run for his money.
NASCARJeff Gordon was one of three Hendrick Motorsports cars in the top 10 in practice. See if they can back it up at 7 p.m. ET in qualifying. Get LIVE speeds here and watch it on SPEED.
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Starting Line Up by Row
Atlanta Motor Speedway
Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Fri, March 16, 2007 @ 06:26 PM Eastern
142.424
Speed
Time
01:27:35
03/18/05
Date
Driver
Ron Hornaday Jr.
Track Race Record:
American Commercial Lines 200
1
5
Mike Skinner
Toyota Tundra Toyota
30.474
181.926
Row 1:
2
60
Jack Sprague
Con-way Freight Toyota
30.621
181.052
3
23
Johnny Benson
Exide Toyota
30.738
180.363
Row 2:
4
30
Todd Bodine
Lumber Liquidators Toyota
30.789
180.064
5
1
Aaron Fike #
RFMS/Red Horse Racing Toyota
30.811
179.936
Row 3:
6
47
Kraig Kinser
Ginn Resorts Chevrolet
30.824
179.860
7
21
Kelly Bires #
Bush’s Baked Beans Ford
30.840
179.767
Row 4:
8
13
Willie Allen #
National Pork Board Chevrolet
30.870
179.592
9
75
Dennis Setzer
Spears Mfg. Co. Chevrolet
30.879
179.539
Row 5:
10
14
Rick Crawford
Power Stroke Diesel by International Ford
30.901
179.412
11
18
Ken Schrader
Fastenal Dodge
30.929
179.249
Row 6:
12
2
Clint Bowyer
Camping World Chevrolet
30.942
179.174
13
15
Bill Lester
Bowen Family Homes Chevrolet
30.961
179.064
Row 7:
14
4
Chase Miller
Open Joist Dodge
31.020
178.723
15
08
Chad McCumbee
The GPS Store/Garmin Chevrolet
31.037
178.626
Row 8:
16
6
Travis Kvapil
K & N Engineering Ford
31.047
178.568
17
88
Matt Crafton
Menards/Quaker State Chevrolet
31.060
178.493
Row 9:
18
09
Joey Clanton #
Zaxby’s Ford
31.065
178.465
19
33
Ron Hornaday Jr.
AES HR Solutions Chevrolet
31.084
178.355
Row 10:
20
77
Brendan Gaughan
South Point Hotel Chevrolet
31.086
178.344
21
50
T.J. Bell
Heathcliff’s Cat Litter Ford
31.094
178.298
Row 11:
22
8
Blake Bjorklund #
MRD Motorsports Chevrolet
31.102
178.252
23
36
Tyler Walker #
360 OTC Toyota
31.114
178.183
Row 12:
24
40
Mike Bliss
Sile Stone/Atlanta Hilton Chevrolet
31.204
177.670
25
9
Ted Musgrave
Team ASE/Germain Toyota Toyota
31.207
177.652
Row 13:
26
99
Erik Darnell
Northern Tool + Equipment Ford
31.219
177.584
27
00
AJ Allmendinger
Aaron’s Lucky Dog Toyota
31.464
176.201
Row 14:
28
7
Brad Keselowski
Hooters Energy Drink Chevrolet
31.559
175.671
29
07
Tim Sauter #
Lester Buildings/TSG/ASI Limited Chevrolet
31.641
175.216
Row 15:
30
16
Stacy Compton
Melling Engine Parts Ford
31.675
175.028
31
78
Johnny Chapman
Green Light Racing Chevrolet
31.745
174.642
Row 16:
32
10
David Starr
International/MaxxForce Diesel Ford
32.245
171.934
33
44
Morgan Shepherd
Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet
33.093
167.528
Row 17:
34
95
Wayne Edwards
NRG Cases Ford
33.671
164.652
35
59
Terry Cook
Harris Trucking Toyota
0.000
0.000
Row 18:
Did Not Qualify:
None.
Pos
Trk
Driver
Team
Time
Speed
Juan Pablo Montoya was fourth-fastest in Nextel Cup practice. Check out the speeds of all 51 drivers, and then see if they can back it up at 7 p.m. ET during qualifying. Get LIVE speeds here and watch it on SPEED.
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