Cheerios Betty Crocker 200 - Official Results
Skinner Takes Two in RichmondMike Skinner drove to his second consecutive NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series win in the Cheerios Betty Crocker 200 at Richmond International Raceway. Skinner started from second and fought back to the lead after dropping into the pack during pit stops to win his 18th career NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race. Skinner had the dominant truck but was forced to come from the middle of the pack after pit strategy put several others near the front of the field. As the race came back to Skinner, he was forced to race hard with Todd Bodine for the second race in a row for the win. Skinner was able to dip inside to retake the lead after the 11th caution flag of the night and was forced to endure two late race restarts before closing down on the victory.

Bodine settled into second for the second race in a row, but he had to fight off a hard charging Kevin Harvick. Harvick also led several laps in the middle stages of the race, but dropped back into the pack after his second round of stops.

Ted Musgrave got into a scuffle with Terry Cook within 10 laps to go, but was able to pick up the fourth spot at the finish and pick up considerable ground on point leader Dennis Setzer. Setzer had a right front tire go down and spent many laps on pit road while his team made repairs to the sway bar arm underneath the truck. Setzer unofficially finished 34th on the night.

Tracy Hines picked up 21 spots to finish fifth, his first top-10 of the season and the first top-5 finish since Mansfield in 2004.

Mike Wallace was sixth with Matt Crafton right behind in seventh. Robert Pressley finished eighth with Jimmy Spencer in ninth and Ron Hornaday rounding out the top-10.

Brandon Whitt was involved in a hard crash in turn one that also collected fourth-place runner Todd Kluever. Whitt made contact with the driver's side, and in the stack up Kluever got hit from behind by Jack Sprague, who was laps down after he had a brake problem early in the going. Kluever had damage to the nose the dropped him from fourth to 32nd at the end. Cook also was knocked out of fourth late in the going when he spun in turn one and dropped him back to 19th at the finish.

The next race for the NCTS is next Saturday at the New Hampshire International Speedway.
(High Sierra Photo)

Race 18 - Richmond International Raceway - September 9, 2005 Printer Version 

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F S # Driver Team Laps Pts Bpts Money Status
1 2 5 Mike Skinner Toyota Tundra Toyota 201 190 10 $45,200 Running
2 11 30 Todd Bodine Germain Motor Company Toyota 201 175 5 $27,850 Running
3 5 47 Kevin Harvick KISS/RaySat Chevrolet 201 170 5 $15,425 Running
4 3 1 Ted Musgrave Mopar Dodge 201 160   $14,425 Running
5 30 13 Tracy Hines ThorSport/Dave Zoriki Chevrolet 201 155   $13,050 Running
6 28 12 Mike Wallace Toyota Tundra Toyota 201 155 5 $7,500 Running
7 15 88 Matt Crafton Menards/Seal Best Chevrolet 201 146   $9,450 Running
8 14 59 Robert Pressley Harris Trucking Dodge 201 142   $9,325 Running
9 26 2 Jimmy Spencer Team ASE Dodge 201 138   $9,275 Running
10 24 6 Ron Hornaday Jr. GM Goodwrench Chevrolet 201 134   $10,575 Running
11 33 77 Brendan Gaughan Jasper Engines & Transmissions Dodge 201 130   $9,275 Running
12 12 65 Clay Rogers  Glynn Motorsports Dodge 201 127   $6,790 Running
13 10 23 Johnny Benson Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Toyota 201 124   $8,990 Running
14 16 22 Bill Lester SunTrust Toyota 201 121   $8,940 Running
15 36 52 Ken Schrader Federated Auto Parts Chevrolet 201 118   $7,140 Running
16 34 29 Brad Keselowski Samson Stone Ford 201 115   $8,565 Running
17 18 17 David Reutimann NTN Bearings Toyota 201 112   $8,415 Running
18 19 62 Steve Park Orleans Racing Dodge 201 109   $8,365 Running
19 6 10 Terry Cook Ford Power Stroke Diesel by Int'l Ford 201 106   $8,315 Running
20 23 99 Ricky Craven Superchips Ford 201 103   $8,665 Running
21 1 75 David Starr Spears Manufacturing Chevrolet 201 100   $9,740 Running
22 29 18 Chase Montgomery Dodge 201 97   $8,215 Running
23 8 9 Justin Hobgood Germain Motor Company Toyota 200 94   $5,940 Running
24 21 04 Bobby Hamilton Bailey's Dodge 199 91   $7,915 Running
25 32 08 Jarit Johnson Levi Strauss Signature Chevrolet 199 88   $6,890 Running
26 4 16 Jack Sprague Chevy Trucks Chevrolet 197 85   $5,890 Running
27 17 60 Chad Chaffin Jeff Wyler Toyota Toyota 191 82   $5,840 Engine
28 9 14 Rick Crawford Lilly Trucking of Virginia Ford 191 79   $5,790 Running
29 22 4 Timothy Peters # Bailey's Dodge 191 76   $6,715 Running
30 27 15 Kyle Busch ditech.com Chevrolet 188 73   $5,690 Accident
31 31 07 Jack Bailey Century 21/Cheyenne Chevrolet 181 70   $5,665 Running
32 25 50 Todd Kluever # World Financial Group Ford 179 67   $5,640 Accident
33 7 38 Brandon Whitt Red Horse Racing Toyota 177 64   $5,615 Accident
34 20 46 Dennis Setzer Chevrolet Silverado Chevrolet 176 66 5 $5,590 Running
35 35 8 Deborah Renshaw Heritage Dodge 148 58   $5,565 Accident