| OFFICIAL RESULTS: Casino Arizona 150 at Phoenix |
 There were plenty of caution flags in the air but not much caution on the track Friday night in the Casino Arizona 150 at Phoenix International Raceway. Kyle Busch emerged from the caution-filled race with his second NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series victory in the past three weeks. Meanwhile, Ron Hornaday Jr. used some aggressive driving over the final 10 laps to secure second place and close the gap between him and series point leader Mike Skinner to only 29 points with one race remaining in the season. The NCTS championship will be decided next Friday night at Homestead-Miami Speedway..
Skinner began the race on the pole, his record 11th Bud Pole of the season. He led for the first 18 laps, but later had some issues in the pits with Harvick and indicated after the race that he didn't have the cooperation on the track shown by Hornaday and Harvick, who is co-owner of Hornaday's team. "I'm not in a real good mood right now," Skinner said immediately after the race. "We're one team. It's just the (No.) 5 team. I don't know how many people we're going to have to race against. We're just going to do the best we can." When asked specifically about the incident in the pits, Skinner replied, "I don't really think that's for me to say, or not to say. They did what they felt like they had to do. If they win this thing like that - that's okay. We've had a great year. We had a good Tundra tonight. We lost our track position, and track position was hard to get back. We didn't play very well together. I'm just trying to stay positive with everything. (Hornaday) did everything that they accused us of doing. We obviously didn't do that. We'll go to Homestead and hammer down."
"It's a lot better than being 29 points behind," Skinner said of his precarious lead. "But obviously, we're standing out on an island by ourselves. We'll try to race a whole bunch of them at Homestead." (Worth Canoy/VPS Motorimages Photo)
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F |
S |
# |
Driver |
Team |
Laps |
Pts |
Bpts |
Money |
Status |
|
1 |
8 |
51 |
Kyle Busch |
Flanders Beef Patties Chevrolet |
150 |
190 |
5 |
$50,700 |
Running |
|
2 |
9 |
33 |
Ron Hornaday Jr. |
Camping World Chevrolet |
150 |
175 |
5 |
$36,150 |
Running |
|
3 |
10 |
4 |
Mike Bliss |
Open Joist Dodge |
150 |
175 |
10 |
$20,200 |
Running |
|
4 |
5 |
1 |
Jason Leffler |
RFMS/Red Horse Racing Toyota |
150 |
160 |
|
$12,250 |
Running |
|
5 |
4 |
2 |
Kevin Harvick |
Camping World Chevrolet |
150 |
160 |
5 |
$11,175 |
Running |
|
6 |
6 |
30 |
Todd Bodine |
Lumber Liquidators Toyota |
150 |
150 |
|
$14,200 |
Running |
|
7 |
7 |
23 |
Johnny Benson |
Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Toyota |
150 |
146 |
|
$11,650 |
Running |
|
8 |
1 |
5 |
Mike Skinner |
Toyota Tundra Toyota |
150 |
147 |
5 |
$13,400 |
Running |
|
9 |
31 |
18 |
Dennis Setzer |
Fastenal Dodge |
150 |
138 |
|
$11,550 |
Running |
|
10 |
16 |
60 |
Jack Sprague |
Con-way Freight Toyota |
150 |
134 |
|
$12,700 |
Running |
|
11 |
12 |
9 |
Ted Musgrave |
Team ASE Toyota |
150 |
130 |
|
$11,300 |
Running |
|
12 |
20 |
14 |
Rick Crawford |
Power Stroke Diesel by Int'l. Ford |
150 |
127 |
|
$11,675 |
Running |
|
13 |
24 |
77 |
Brendan Gaughan |
South Point Hotel Chevrolet |
150 |
124 |
|
$11,125 |
Running |
|
14 |
2 |
88 |
Matt Crafton |
Menards/Johns Manville Chevrolet |
150 |
121 |
|
$11,375 |
Running |
|
15 |
25 |
50 |
T.J. Bell |
Heathcliff's Cat Litter Ford |
150 |
118 |
|
$11,550 |
Running |
|
16 |
15 |
75 |
Clay Rogers |
Spears Mfg. Chevrolet |
150 |
115 |
|
$13,100 |
Running |
|
17 |
11 |
13 |
Willie Allen # |
ThorSport Chevrolet |
150 |
112 |
|
$11,900 |
Running |
|
18 |
23 |
16 |
Brian Scott |
Strutmasters/TruckSeries.com Ford |
150 |
109 |
|
$10,850 |
Running |
|
19 |
14 |
27 |
Jacques Villeneuve |
UNICEF Toyota |
150 |
106 |
|
$10,800 |
Running |
|
20 |
29 |
21 |
Jon Wood |
Bush's Baked Beans/Ravenswood Ford |
150 |
103 |
|
$11,200 |
Running |
|
21 |
18 |
59 |
Terry Cook |
Vanguard National Trailer Corp Toyota |
150 |
100 |
|
$10,675 |
Running |
|
22 |
19 |
40 |
Chad Chaffin |
Westerman Companies/Alice Chevrolet |
150 |
97 |
|
$10,625 |
Running |
|
23 |
3 |
6 |
Travis Kvapil |
K&N Filters Ford |
150 |
94 |
|
$9,275 |
Running |
|
24 |
27 |
07 |
Tim Sauter # |
Lester Buildings Chevrolet |
150 |
91 |
|
$9,175 |
Running |
|
25 |
32 |
03 |
Justin Marks |
Grand Properties Toyota |
150 |
88 |
|
$8,075 |
Running |
|
26 |
36 |
49 |
Bradley Riethmeyer |
Trotter Racing Dodge |
150 |
85 |
|
$7,975 |
Running |
|
27 |
33 |
08 |
Chris Jones |
Robert's American Gourmet Snacks Chev. |
150 |
82 |
|
$7,850 |
Running |
|
28 |
21 |
29 |
Scott Lynch |
Jasper Engines/Baja Motorsport Dodge |
150 |
79 |
|
$7,750 |
Running |
|
29 |
35 |
8 |
Travis Dassow |
MRD Motorsports Chevrolet |
150 |
76 |
|
$7,650 |
Running |
|
30 |
34 |
15 |
Andrew Myers |
Neo Synthetic Chevrolet |
144 |
73 |
|
$7,550 |
Running |
|
31 |
28 |
00 |
Andy Lally |
Army Reserve Toyota |
136 |
70 |
|
$7,525 |
Accident |
|
32 |
26 |
09 |
Stacy Compton |
Zaxby's Ford |
135 |
67 |
|
$7,500 |
Accident |
|
33 |
22 |
61 |
Brett Thompson |
Rich Thompson Trucking, Inc. Dodge |
87 |
64 |
|
$7,475 |
Accident |
|
34 |
13 |
47 |
Regan Smith |
Ginn Resorts Chevrolet |
55 |
61 |
|
$7,450 |
Accident |
|
35 |
17 |
99 |
Erik Darnell |
Northern Tool + Equipment Ford |
41 |
58 |
|
$7,425 |
Accident |
|
36 |
30 |
10 |
David Starr |
International MAXX FORCE Diesel Ford |
34 |
55 |
|
$7,378 |
Accident |
# Raybestos Rookie Candidate
Race Comments: Before an estimated crowd of 30,000, Kyle Busch won the
Casino Arizona 150, his sixth career NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series victory.
Prior to the green flag, the following drivers dropped to the rear for the
reasons indicated: #08 Jones, #40 Chaffin (engine change).
Failed to Qualify: (2) 31 Tim Schendel, 7 Jason White.
Time of Race: 01 hrs, 48 mins, 09 secs.
Average Speed: 83.218 mph
Margin of Victory: 0.479 second
Budweiser Pole Award:
Mike Skinner, #5 (131.301 mph) (27.418 seconds)
Checkers/Rally's Double-Drive Thru Challenge Award:
Ron Hornaday, Jr., #33 (97.346 seconds)
Featherlite Most Improved Driver Award:
Clay Rogers, #75 (17 Places)
Mobil 1 Command Performance Driver of the Race Award:
Todd Bodine, #30
Raybestos Rookie of the Race Award:
Willie Allen, #13
Sunoco Diamond Performance Award:
Kyle Busch, #51
WIX Filters Lap Leader Award:
Ron Hornaday, Jr., #33 (19 Laps)
Caution Flags: 13 for 46 laps: Laps: 5-6 (#10,16 accident turn 3); 15-18
(#30 spun frontstretch); 23-25 (#09 spun turn 2.); 37-39 (#10 spun turn 1);
43-50 (#99 accident turn 3 [Red 5:22-Lap 48]); 56-60 (#6,47 accident
frontstretch); 72-74 (#29 accident frontstretch); 81-83 (#61 accident turn 3);
98-100 (#08 spun turn 4); 106-108 (#29 spun backstretch); 128-130 (#15 accident
turn 4); 138-140 (#00,09,27 accident frontstretch [Red 16:30-Lap 137]); 142-144
(Debris).
Lead Changes: 5 among 5 drivers: M. Skinner 1-18; K. Harvick 19-35; M.
Bliss 36-53; R. Hornaday Jr. 54-72; M. Bliss 73-108; K. Busch 109-150.
TOP 10 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES
POINTS(WINS)
1 - Mike Skinner 3,865 (5)
2 - Ron Hornaday Jr. 3,836 (4)
3 - Travis Kvapil 3,411 (4)
4 - Todd Bodine 3,404 (2)
5 - Johnny Benson 3,367 (3)
6 - Rick Crawford 3,358 (0)
7 - Ted Musgrave 3,074 (1)
8 - Matt Crafton 2,933 (0)
9 - Jack Sprague 2,886 (1)
10 - Erik Darnell 2,784 (1)
Manufacturers Championship
Points Wins
Toyota 170 (12)
Chevrolet 147 (7)
Ford 132 (5)
Dodge 79 (0)
WIX Filters Lap Leader
Mike Skinner 9
Ron Hornaday Jr. 8
Johnny Benson 1
Todd Bodine 1
Terry Cook 1
Rick Crawford 1
Brad Keselowski 1
Travis Kvapil 1
Jon Wood 1
Checkers/Rally's Double Drive-Through Challenge
Mike Skinner 5
Johnny Benson 4
Ron Hornaday Jr. 3
Todd Bodine 2
Jack Sprague 2
Kelly Bires 1
Stacy Compton 1
Matt Crafton 1
Rick Crawford 1
David Green 1
Ken Schrader 1
Dennis Setzer 1
David Starr 1
Mobil 1 Command Performance
Johnny Benson 8
Mike Skinner 8
Todd Bodine 4
Stacy Compton 1
Rick Crawford 1
Brendan Gaughan 1
Dennis Setzer 1
Raybestos Rookie of the Year
Willie Allen 158
Tim Sauter 151
Joey Clanton 149
Jason White 123
Blake Bjorklund 110
Budweiser Pole Award Standings
Mike Skinner 11
Travis Kvapil 3
Todd Bodine 2
Jack Sprague 2
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