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| Toyota Race Notes: Michigan
06-16-2007 | TruckSeries.com Report
Mike Skinner finished in the fourth position driving the No. 5 Toyota Tundra. Ted Musgrave brought the No. 9 Team ASE Tundra to the finish line in the fifth position. Last week's winner, Todd Bodine, finished seventh in the No. 30 Lumber Liquidators Tundra. Defending race winner, Johnny Benson, finished ninth in the No. 23 Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Tundra. Terry Cook made his 250th career NCTS start today from the 18th starting position and finished 11th in the No. 59 Harris Trucking Tundra. Toyota earned their first NCTS win at Michigan International Speedway (July 31, 2004) in their 13th start of their first season of competition. Tundras have started on the pole in eight of the ten races in 2007. Along with Skinner's six poles, Sprague won the pole at Daytona and Bodine won the pole last week at Texas. Bodine's pole marked the 40th pole for a Tundra in NCTS competition since 2004. Mike Skinner, No. 5 Toyota Tundra, Bill Davis Racing: Finished: 4th Did you have anything for the leaders there at the end? "You've got a couple guys there at the front that have everything to gain and nothing to lose. I'm out there points racing and I'm supposed to be learning how to points race. I couldn't take some of the chances that they were taking -- I had to run a smart race and that's what I tried to do. We needed to get out of here with what we could and there at one point I really thought we were going to be okay, but this is one of those tracks where the leader can be a sitting duck." Ted Musgrave, No. 9 Team ASE Toyota Tundra, Germain Racing: Finished: 5th Would you have had anything for the leaders with one more restart? "I don't think so because we were just too tight. I had a chance there on that last caution, but all the trucks were just too equal. If I would have been out front with clean air on the front of the truck it might have been a different story, but that's all we could do today with the way we were set-up." Johnny Benson, No. 23 Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Toyota Tundra, Bill Davis Racing: Finished: 9th How was your truck handling today? "I was very loose and I was wearing my right-rear tire out. It was blistering and coming apart a little bit and I was probably running it a little harder than I needed to, but I was trying to come from the back at the time. There were some pretty hard-fought battles back there with a lot of guys and it just seemed like I never picked the right lane. It just wasn't our day." Terry Cook, No. 59 Harris Trucking Toyota Tundra, Harris Motorsports: Finished: 11th How special was it to make your 250th career NCTS start at Michigan International Speedway? "It was real cool to come to my home track where I grew up watching the legends race when I was a kid and getting to make my 250th start here was real special. I've got a special place in my heart for Michigan International Speedway because this is the track where I went on my first date with my wife and where I proposed to her. There's just a lot of special memories here at Michigan and it was really special to make this start right here." Todd Bodine, No. 30 Lumber Liquidators Toyota Tundra, Germain Racing: Finished: 7th
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