Kevin Harvick, No. 2 Camping World Chevy and Chad McCumbee, No. 08 The GPS Store/Garmin Chevy race side by side at the Kroger 250 at Martinsville. (VPS Motorimages Photo)

Even Daytona 500 winner Kevin Harvick got caught up in the day's "action" - and he was running fourth when Brendan Gaughan's laps-down South Point Chevrolet shoved Harvick's Camper World Chevy out of the groove following a lap 208 restart.

Unfazed, Harvick fought his way from seventh to regain the position he'd lost.

"Brendan (must have) thought the No. 88 (Matt Crafton) was giving him room and it was just one of those things," said Harvick.

By heading 246 of the race's 253 laps, Skinner erased Ron Hornaday Jr. from the record book as a race winner leading the most laps. Hornaday led all 225 laps at the old Louisville Motor Speedway on July 12, 1997.

Hornaday is the last competitor to win a race wire-to-wire.

Rich Bickle was the previous most dominant winner at Martinsville pacing 204 serials in 1997.

Skinner, meanwhile, matched Jack Sprague's series mark of eight races won from a pole start.

It's a bit early to speculate on Skinner's odds of becoming the series' first to win four consecutive races but his two recent trips to Kansas Speedway netted finishes of fourth and fifth. He led both races for a combined 118 laps.

Don't bet against him.

Todd Bodine is the most recent failing to add a fourth straight win, finishing second in last year's Daytona opener following victories at Texas, Phoenix and Homestead to close out 2005.

Ted Musgrave hasn't won in two years but the 2005 champion is creeping back into the spotlight scoring his second top five and fourth top 10 of the year. The 51-year-old Musgrave is a solid fifth in series standings three spots behind Germain Racing teammate Bodine.

"The truck's beat up but the driver's okay," quipped Musgrave, who led a single lap on pit road.

Joe Ruttman remains the series' only post 50 winner and will be in the seat of the No. 18 Fastenal Dodge at Kansas Speedway. Ruttman was age 56 years six months upon his last victory in May 2001 at Pikes Peak International Raceway. Ruttman last competed in the series in September 2002.

Kelly Sutton has signed to drive Billy Ballew's No. 51 Team Copaxone Chevrolet in four races beginning at Kansas. Until this year, at least one female driver had competed in a series race in six consecutive seasons.

Sutton is the top female performance in series winnings ($442,882) and starts (51). Her last appearance was last August at Nashville Superspeedway.