Tundra drivers hold six of the top-10 spots in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (NCTS) championship point standings. After seven races, Mike Skinner continues to sit atop the point standings in his No. 5 Tundra for Bill Davis Racing. Tundra drivers trailing Skinner in the standings are Todd Bodine (third), Ted Musgrave (fourth), Jack Sprague (sixth), Johnny Benson (ninth) and Aaron Fike (10th).
So far this season, Tundra drivers have captured four wins (Sprague at Daytona and Skinner at California, Atlanta and Martinsville), 20 top-five finishes and six pole positions, including the current streak of five poles by Skinner.
Ryan Getting Ready: Friday's 200 mile NCTS race will mark Ryan Mathews' second career start in the No. 36 Tundra. Mathews, who is a developmental driver for Bill Davis Racing, is looking forward to competing at Dover. "From what I'm hearing, Dover is a pretty challenging track," says Mathews. "I've talked to (crew chief) Doug (Wolcott) about the track, and he tells me it's a little less banked than Bristol and about twice the length. If that's the case, it sounds like the track is bad to the bone."
Monster Mile: Dover International Speedway, with its 24-degree concrete banking in the turns, has the reputation of being the 'Monster Mile.' Ted Musgrave, the 2005 NCTS champion, has one win (2002) at the one-mile oval and considers Dover to be one of his favorite tracks. "Dover ranks right up there," says Musgrave, driver of the No. 9 Team ASE Tundra. "That's a pretty hairy racetrack, we'll call it. You are really on edge at all times there but it's a pretty good racetrack. At Dover you're so fast that you are on the very edge of loosing control at every point of the race track. Charlotte and other places, you're on the front straightaway or back straightaway and you take a little breather, relax and think about the next corner. In Dover, you don't do that. That's why you say you can never rest or let your mind rest at all at Dover because it will come up and bite you."