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05-19-2007

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AJ Allmendinger earned his career-best NCTS finish tonight of second, driving the No. 00 Aaron's Lucky Dog Tundra for Darrell Waltrip Racing. Three Toyota Tundras finished in the top-five in tonight's race with Allmendinger (second), Todd Bodine (third), and Ted Musgrave (fifth).

Allmendinger led his first laps of NASCAR competition tonight - leading a total of seven laps. Tundras led a total of 29 laps tonight with lap leaders including Skinner (21), Bodine (one), and Allmendinger (seven).

Skinner retained the NCTS points lead with his eighth place finish tonight. Skinner leadsfellow Tundra driver, Bodine by 81 points.

Six Tundras are in the top-10 in NCTS points following tonight's race including Skinner(first), Bodine (second), Musgrave (fifth), Jack Sprague (seventh), Aaron Fike (ninth), and Johnny Benson (10th)

Tundras earned two of the top-three starting positions for tonight's race with Skinner (first)and Jack Sprague (third).

Skinner earned his 36th career NCTS pole tonight at Lowe's Motor Speedway and fourth ofthe 2007 season. This was Skinner's third pole at the speedway.

AJ Allmendinger, No. 00 Aaron's Lucky Dog Toyota Tundra, Darrell Waltrip Motorsports: Finished: 2nd
Can you talk about your race tonight and if you had anything for Ron Hornaday at the end of the race?
"This is all a credit to the Darrell Waltrip Motorsports team because they had a lot of work to do after the spin in practice this morning. The truck was awesome tonight, but Ron (Hornaday) was just a tick better. If he would have made a mistake there at the end, I was going to be all over him. His truck was so good getting into the corners and mine was so good getting off the corners, basically he would stretch it out going into the corners and then I would match it coming off. I knew by ourselves, without him making any mistakes, it was going to be tough to get around him -- but with two to go, you never know. I think that last green-white-checker was bad for us because with that last yellow, we had broken away from the other guys and I was going to use that cushion to try to work on him. But it took my truck a few laps to really get going and with that last restart, I was really concerned with Todd (Bodine) and the veteran, Mark Martin back there."

Does this give you momentum for tomorrow night's Nextel Open? "This gives me a lot of confidence for tomorrow night. After the year we've had, being close and making mistakes - this had shown probably a lot of people including myself that in a good truck, we can be competitive."

Todd Bodine, No. 30 Lumber Liquidators Toyota Tundra, Germain Racing: Finished: 3rd
How was your race tonight?
"We had a good run. We were a little too aero-tight there at the end and we've been trying some different things on our set-up and trying to learn from those things. I think we'll be alright with them over time. The team gave me some great pit stops tonight and they've all had a long day, but to come out of here with a third place finish - we've had a good day. We had the white helmet on in the truck tonight and we got a good finish so we might have to try the white helmet again and see how things work out."

Ted Musgrave, No. 9 Team ASE Toyota Tundra, Germain Racing: Finished: 5th
How was your race tonight?
"The truck came around there toward the end, but the track position meant so much because when you're back in the pack with these hard tires it's really hard to pass. We tried to make the best of it and it kind of got down to desperate times there at the end. We got a top-five for Team ASE and we'll move on from here and learn from this one."

Mike Skinner, No. 5 Toyota Tundra, Bill Davis Racing: Finished: 8th
How was your race tonight?
"Under the circumstances, it was a pretty good finish for our team. We hurt ourselves a little bit in the pits, but we were able to salvage a top-10 run. With about 40 laps to go, we came out of the pits with a bad vibration, and were lucky to catch another caution because those tires weren't going to make it the rest of the way."

Is it hard to point's race when you know you have a truck that could win the race? "It's hard to points-race knowing we had a truck that could've competed for the win, but that's the breaks sometimes. We were on a roll early in the season and have showed a lot of speed throughout the year, so this finish isn't too bad. But, as a team, we're better than this. We know we have a chance to win every week."



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