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08-05-2008
SKINNER: Winning Nashville Guitar High on List
This week's race truck for the event at Nashville Superspeedway is
Chassis No. 5-118. Chassis No. 5-118 is the same truck Mike Skinner drove to
a seventh-place finish at Kentucky Speedway three weeks ago.
Calling the Shots
Interim crew chief Joe Lax will sit on top of the
pit box again this week. Lax most recently guided rookie Michael Annett to two
wins and four top-10 finishes in five ARCA RE/MAX Series starts.
Tested and Approved
Skinner and the No. 5 Toyota Tundra team were in
Chicago last Wednesday testing their Tundra in preparation for Saturday night's
event. The team worked on a number of front end geometry settings, trying to
find a combination which would help them at the 1.33-mile D-shaped speedway in
Tennessee.
Autographs Anyone? Skinner will join his two Bill Davis Racing
teammates, Johnny Benson and Michael Annett, Saturday, Aug. 9, in an autograph
session at Nashville Superspeedway. The trio will greet fans from noon to 1 p.m.
at the Craftsman Mobile Marketing Unit, located in the display area on the
frontstretch.
Top-10 Result
Skinner and the No.5 team have accumulated more top-10
finishes than any other team in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series garage. The
Toyota Tundra team has 12 top-10 finishes, with 10 of those finishes coming in
the last 10 races.
1,400th Start
When Dave Blaney took the green flag last weekend in the
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Pocono (Pa.) Speedway, it marked Bill Davis
Racing's 1,400th NASCAR start. The High Point, N.C., operation has accumulated
37 wins, 172 top-five finishes, 363 top-10 finishes and 66 pole positions in
NASCAR's three premier divisions.
Listen and watch
The Toyota Tundra 200 scheduled to start at 7:30
p.m. EST Saturday, Aug. 9. It will broadcast on SPEED (TV), MRN (radio) and
Sirius Satellite Radio (Ch. 128).
Mike Skinner on Racing at Nashville Superspeedway:
"I'm excited about Nashville for several reasons. I think Nashville is an
awesome facility, and I enjoy racing there. Toyota Tundra is the official truck
of the speedway, and Toyota is sponsoring the race. That gives us Tundra guys
extra incentive to perform well. Also, I love guitars, and they give you a
Gibson guitar if you win. I think that's pretty cool.
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