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| Toyota Race Notes: Kansas
04-28-2007 | TruckSeries.com Report
Six Tundra drivers finished in the top-10 of the O'Reilly Auto Parts 250. Pole sitter Mike Skinner led the first 58 laps of the race. Other Tundra drivers to lead a lap include Aaron Fike (six laps, 67-72) and Jack Sprague (10 laps, 73-81 and 111). Mike Skinner leads the Craftsman Truck Series point hunt following Kansas with 905 points. 2006 Champion Todd Bodine is second (-108). Fellow Tundra races Jack Sprague (fifth, -171), Ted Musgrave (sixth, -178) and Johnny Benson (seventh, -202) place five Toyota Tundras in the top-10 in NCTS driver points. Tundras have won the first four races of the 2007 season, with Jack Sprague winning at Daytona and Mike Skinner taking winning the last three consecutive events (California, Atlanta and Martinsville). Jack Sprague, No. 60 Con-Way Freight Tundra, Wyler Racing: Finishing position: 3rd How did that green flag pit stop propel you to the front of the field? "That pit stop was really cool wasn't it! We had a really good green flag pit stop and that put us into the lead. Then unfortunately we came in second behind Erik (Darnell) and a lug nut hung in the socket and we went out fourth or fifth. That's going to happen. I got two good ones. It may not have affected the outcome because he took off so fast and I couldn't run with him the first 20 laps I think the fastest truck won." What do you think about the manifold adjustment that NASCAR mandated in the Truck Series? "I had a pretty good motor. I don't think I could tell that there was any difference at all. TRD gives us a great motor every weekend. I was not hurting against anyone down the straightaway. I don't think it was a huge number, I don't even know the difference, it might have been seven or eight horsepower. My motor ran really strong, I could tell a difference at all." Johnny Benson, No. 23 360 OTC Tundra, Bill Davis Racing: Finishing position: 4th Mike Skinner, No. 5 Toyota Tundra, Bill Davis Racing: Finishing position: 5th Todd Bodine, No. 30 Lumber Liquidators Tundra, Germain Racing: Finishing position: 7th Aaron Fike, No. 1 Red Horse Racing Tundra, Red Horse Racing: Finishing position: 8th Terry Cook, No. 59 HT Motorsports Tundra, HT Motorsports: Finishing position: 9th Is your team on an upward swing this season? "The key was when we started talking during the off-season to get this HT Motorsports team to get it where we needed to be a work in progress. When we got in Daytona we had a great run going there with a great qualifying effort and got involved in a wreck. I won't give you a replay of the first four races, but there is a little bit of a progression each and every week. Hopefully this is the first of many top-10s to come. We are coming into a lot of the tracks I like and traditionally in my past have run well at and Danny Rollins, my crew chief the same. When you have the resources of TRD behind you we can't help but move this HT Motorsports to the front." Ted Musgrave, No. 9 Team ASE Tundra, Germain Racing: Finishing position: 12th Josh Wise, No. 00 Aaron's Lucky Dog Tundra, Darryl Waltrip Motorsports: Finishing position: 17th Tyler Walker, No. 36 360 OTC Tundra, Bill Davis Racing: Finishing position: 23rd
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