OFFICIAL RESULTS: Silverado 350K at Texas
Musgrave Wins Texas Stunner, Skinner Retakes Point Lead There was one winner and a number of big losers Friday night in the Silverado 350 at Texas Motor Speedway. Two accidents in the final five laps stirred up the running order. When the smoke finally cleared, Ted Musgrave had his first victory in 67 races, Mike Skinner had somehow salvaged a third-place finish and regained the lead in the Truck Series point standings, and at least three drivers - including previous point leader Ron Hornaday Jr. - were frustrated at missing a shot at winning. Musgrave held the lead early in the race, but fell back as the evening progressed. It appeared his winless streak would continue until two sets of leaders crashed in two separate late-race incidents. Those wrecks resulted in the race finishing under caution, with Musgrave in front. It was the first career victory at TMS for Musgrave, who lost one race at the track because of loose lug nuts and another because of a flat tire.  "We've had a few of these stolen away from us here," Musgrave said. "It's a sweet victory to come back and have something like that fall in my hands where I had a little luck. Now I can finally say I won at Texas after so many tries. I was just hoping for a top-five (near the end), but if you play your cards right, sometimes it comes to you."  Truck Series point leaders Ron Hornaday Jr. and Mike Skinner were running one-two on a restart with four laps to go. Then as Skinner tried to pass Hornaday on the high side going down the backstretch, Chad McCumbee went low and passed both drivers as the trio headed into Turn 3. That was quickly followed by Hornaday and Skinner making contact in the turn, starting a major incident that brought out the red flag for nearly 30 minutes.  But while Skinner still was able to finish in third place (behind runner-up Brendan Gaughan), Hornaday slipped all the way to 18th when he was assessed a one-lap penalty for pulling into the pits and failing to stop on the track for the red flag. That enabled Skinner to turn a four-point deficit in the standings into a 57-point lead with only two races remaining in the season.
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F S # Driver Team Laps Pts Bpts Money Status
1 3 9 Ted Musgrave Team ASE Toyota 149 190 5 $71,575 Running
2 14 77 Brendan Gaughan South Point Hotel Chevrolet 149 170   $44,575 Running
3 1 5 Mike Skinner Toyota Tundra Toyota 149 175 10 $36,075 Running
4 27 4 Mike Bliss Open Joist Dodge 149 160   $17,750 Running
5 7 14 Rick Crawford Power Stroke Diesel by Int'l. Ford  149 155   $15,825 Running
6 15 60 Jack Sprague Con-way Freight Toyota 149 150   $15,275 Running
7 20 88 Matt Crafton Menards/Moen Chevrolet 149 146   $13,475 Running
8 9 21 Jon Wood Bush's Baked Beans/Ravenswood Ford 148 142   $12,775 Running
9 11 1 Jason Leffler RFMS/Red Horse Racing Toyota 148 138   $10,125 Running
10 31 07 Tim Sauter # Lester Buildings/ASI Limited Chevrolet 148 139 5 $13,775 Running
11 18 13 Willie Allen # ThorSport Chevrolet 148 130   $12,850 Running
12 17 59 Terry Cook Harris Trucking Toyota 148 127   $11,975 Running
13 2 8 Chad McCumbee TheGPSStore.com/Garmin Chevrolet 147 129 5 $11,875 Accident
14 23 99 Erik Darnell Northern Tool + Equipment Ford 147 126 5 $11,775 Accident
15 24 18 Dennis Setzer Fastenal Dodge 147 118   $12,325 Running
16 13 30 Todd Bodine Lumber Liquidators Toyota 147 115   $12,550 Running
17 29 50 T.J. Bell Heathcliff's Cat Litter Ford 147 112   $11,650 Running
18 8 33 Ron Hornaday Jr. Camping World Chevrolet 147 114 5 $11,350 Running
19 30 10 David Starr International MAXX FORCE Diesel Ford 146 106   $11,250 Running
20 12 15 J.R. Norris McKinney Pipe and Steel Chevrolet 146 103   $11,600 Running
21 19 16 Brian Scott Strutmasters/TruckSeries.com Ford 146 100   $9,800 Running
22 25 00 Andy Lally TRG Toyota 146 97   $9,700 Running
23 28 03 Justin Marks crocs Toyota 144 94   $8,600 Running
24 26 40 Chad Chaffin Westerman Companies Chevrolet 144 91   $8,500 Running
25 16 27 Jacques Villeneuve UNICEF Toyota 141 88   $8,400 Running
26 6 6 Travis Kvapil K&N Filters Ford 138 90 5 $8,300 Accident
27 4 23 Johnny Benson Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Toyota 86 82   $8,200 Engine
28 32 63 Scott Lynch Cooper Bussmann Ford 82 79   $8,100 Engine
29 5 51 Kyle Busch Flanders Beef Patties Chevrolet 70 81 5 $8,000 Engine
30 10 47 Regan Smith Ginn Resorts Chevrolet 69 73   $7,900 Engine
31 34 76 Peyton Sellers Automotive Fabrication Chevrolet 64 70   $7,825 Accident
32 21 09 Joey Clanton # Zaxby's Ford 62 67   $7,800 Running
33 22 75 Clay Rogers Spears Mfg. Chevrolet 50 64   $7,785 Engine
34 36 7 Jason White # GunBroker.com Dodge 33 61   $7,775 Accident
35 33 86 Kevin Lepage 888KARPORT.com/Red Line Oil Chev. 23 0   $7,765 Vibration