Mike Skinner displays his Bud Pole Award at the AAA Insurance 200 at Dover International Speedway. (VPS Motorimages Photo)

With a modest tone in his voice, Mike Skinner downplayed his chances at scoring his sixth straight NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Bud Pole Award following the conclusion of practice for the AAA Insurance 200 on Thursday afternoon at Dover International Speedway.

"We aren't too worried about qualifying as we are the race," Skinner said then. "I don't know if we are a threat for the pole. If you look at (the practice times) we are. But all we want to do is keep doing what we're doing. We've been able to salvage decent races all - year top tens and top fives. It's hard for me to race like that though."

Even though he's downplaying his recent streak in qualifying, everyone knows the driver of the No. 5 Toyota Tundra Toyota is the man to beat when it's time to set the field. It was no different Saturday morning as Skinner swept to his sixth consecutive pole, a streak that started in the third race of the season at Atlanta and has run uninterrupted since.

Skinner turned a quick lap around the Monster Mile timed at 23.163 seconds, or 155.420 miles per hour, about a third of a second slower than the track record set by David Starr in June 2005. NASCAR Nextel Cup Series visitor Clint Bowyer will start alongside Skinner after he turned a lap of 23.300 seconds/154.506 miles per hour in Kevin Harvick's No. 2 Camping World Chevrolet.

Skinner's Bill Davis Racing teammate Johnny Benson qualified third in the No. 23 Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Toyota with a 23.308 seconds/154.453 mph lap, and 2005 Dover winner Kyle Busch was fourth in the No. 51 Flanders Beef Patties Chevrolet at 23.329 seconds/154.314 miles per hour. Brendan Gaughan rounded out the top five qualifiers, timing in at 23.344 seconds/154.215 miles per hour in the No. 77 Georgetown Hoyas Chevrolet.

Leading Raybestos Rookie of the Year candidate Aaron Fike was sixth, with Jack Sprague in seventh, T.J. Bell in eighth, defending series champion Todd Bodine in ninth, and Terry Cook tenth.

Defending race winner Mark Martin was 12th in qualifying, while Charlotte winner Ron Hornaday was 15th, Ken Schrader was 23rd, and last week's winner Dennis Setzer ended up 26th.

All 36 drivers that entered the AAA Insurance 200 earned starting positions for the race, which is slated for a 4:45 P.M. green flag. SPEED will carry the race on a delayed basis at 8 P.M. Eastern, while MRN will have live radio coverage on selected affiliates nationwide. TruckSeries.com will provide real-time TrackSideLive! updates starting at 4:30 P.M. Eastern.