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THE RACE: Smith's Las Vegas 350 - LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY

Truck Series Race #19 of 25 for the 2007 season

Race: Saturday, September 22, 2007 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Length: 146 Laps, 219 Miles
Track Layout: 1.5-mile oval
Race Purse: $530,194
2006 Winner: Mike Skinner
2006 Pole: Mike Skinner
TV: SPEED - 8:30pm/et
Radio: MRN
Announcers: Rick Allen, Phil Parsons
Pit Reporters: Ray Dunlap, Adam Alexander
Pre-race Host: Krista Voda

Practice Dates/Times
Practice: Saturday, September 22, 2007; 11:30am - 12:30pm/et; Rookie practice 12:45 - 1:15pm/et; final practice 1:30 - 2:30pm/et

Qualifying Info
Qualifying: Saturday, September 22, 2007; 6:00pm/et [Live on SPEED/TV]

Goodyear Tire Notes
Tire:
Goodyear Wrangler Speedway Radials

Number of Tires:
Left-side - 350
Right-side - 350

Tire Codes:
Left-side -- D-4074
Right-side -- D-4022

Tire Circumference:
Left-side -- 87.4 in.
Right-side -- 88.7 in.

Technical Inspection Inflation:
Left Front -- 34 psi; Left Rear -- 34 psi
Right Front -- 62 psi; Right Rear -- 58 psi

Minimum Recommended Inflation:
Left Front -- 30 psi; Left Rear -- 30 psi
Right Front -- 62 psi; Right Rear -- 58 psi

Estimated Pit Window:
Every 54-58 laps, based on fuel mileage

Notes:
This is the first time that Goodyear has brought this exact combination of left- and right-side tires to Las Vegas. This combination was run by Craftsman Truck Series teams at Charlotte earlier this season. This right-side code (D-4022) was run with a different left-side code by truck series teams at Las Vegas and Charlotte last year. As on all NASCAR ovals greater than one-mile in length, teams are required to run inner liners in all four tire positions at Las Vegas. Air pressure in those inner liners should be 12-25 psi greater than that of the outer tire.(Goodyear PR)(9-20-2007)

Entry, Practice, Qualifying, and Race Information

Kvapil wins at Las Vegas: A restart with less than ten laps to go saw #6-Travis Kvapil, #23-Johnny Benson and #21-Jon Wood battle hard for the lead, but the #6 of Travis Kvapil was able to hold on to pick up the win in the Smith's Las Vegas 350 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. It was the fourth win this season for Kvapil; his ninth career win; 48th win for Roush Fenway Racing. Rounding out the top ten were #23-Johnny Benson second, # 21 Jon Wood third, #59-Terry Cook fourth, #99- Erik Darnell fifth, #00-Josh Wise sixth, #18-Dennis Setzer seventh, #9-Stacey Compton eighth, #14-Rick Crawford ninth, #8-Chad McCumbee was tenth. With less than twelve laps to go #33-Ron Hornaday Jr. blew a tire, and finished one lap down in 22nd place. #5-Mike Skinner finished 13th and was able to regain the points lead [+3] over Hornaday. #27-Jacque Villeneuve finished 21st [one lap down] and #15-Buddy Lazier finished 23rd [3 laps down for their Truck Series debut. There were 10 lead changes among 6 drivers; 8 caution flags for 32 laps.(Unofficial)(9-22-2007)

Race Awards:
Budweiser Pole Award: Travis Kvapil, #6 (175.387 mph)
Checkers/Rally's Double Drive Through: Johnny Benson, #23 (94.184 seconds)
Mobil1 Command Performance Driver of the Race: Johnny Benson, #23
Raybestos Rookie of the Year Award: Tim Sauter, #07
Sunoco Diamond Performance: Travis Kvapil, #6
Wix Filters Lap Leader Award: Jon Wood, #21 (49 Laps)
Featherlite Most Improved Driver Award : Dennis Setzer, #18 (23 Places)(NASCAR PR)(9-22-2007)

NASCAR Race Number 19
Unofficial Race Results for the Smith's Las Vegas 350 - Saturday, September 22, 2007
Las Vegas Motor Speedway - Las Vegas, NV - 1.5 Mile Paved
Total Race Length - 146 Laps - 219 Miles - Purse: $530,194

Finish	Start	Trk #	Driver	Team	Laps	Points	Bonus	Award	Status
1	1	6	Travis Kvapil	K & N Filters Ford	146	190	5	$54,100	Running
2	22	23	Johnny Benson	Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Toyota	146	175	5	$35,100	Running
3	14	21	Jon Wood	Smith's/Air Force Ford	146	175	10	$25,325	Running
4	18	59	Terry Cook	Harris Trucking Toyota	146	160		$16,200	Running
5	5	99	Erik Darnell	Northern Tool + Equipment Ford	146	155		$14,875	Running
6	23	00	Josh Wise	Aaron's Lucky Dog Toyota	146	150		$12,525	Running
7	17	18	Dennis Setzer	Fastenal Dodge	146	146		$13,825	Running
8	8	09	Stacy Compton	Zaxby's Ford	146	147	5	$11,800	Running
9	25	14	Rick Crawford	Power Stroke Diesel by Int'l Ford	146	138		$11,750	Running
10	6	8	Chad McCumbee	TheGPSstore.com/Garmin Chevy	146	134		$12,925	Running
11	19	75	Clay Rogers	Spears Mfg. Co. Chevy	146	130		$11,650	Running
12	9	47	Regan Smith	Ginn Resorts Chevy	146	127		$9,275	Running
13	2	5	Mike Skinner	Toyota Tundra Toyota	146	129	5	$11,475	Running
14	26	10	David Starr	MAXXForce Int'l Diesel Ford	146	121		$11,425	Running
15	11	9	Ted Musgrave	Germain Toyota/Team ASE Toyota	146	118		$11,975	Running
16	29	40	Chad Chaffin	Curtis Key Plumbing Chevy	146	115		$11,200	Running
17	12	4	Kevin Hamlin	Open Joist/Dodge Dodge	146	112		$11,100	Running
18	3	1	David Green	RFMS/RedHorseRacing.net Toyota	146	109		$10,975	Running
19	27	29	Scott Lynch	Jasper Engines Dodge	146	106		$8,825	Running
20	16	07	Tim Sauter #	Lester Buildings Chevy	146	103		$11,975	Running
21	7	27	Jacques Villeneuve	Sonax Toyota	145	100		$9,725	Running
22	15	33	Ron Hornaday Jr.	Camping World/Las Vegas RV	145	97		$9,325	Running
23	24	13	Willie Allen #	Stratosphere/ThorSport Racing	144	94		$8,225	Running
24	21	15	Buddy Lazier	Flanders Beef Patties Chevy	143	91		$8,125	Running
25	31	61	Brett Thompson	Rich Thompson Trucking, Inc. Dodge	142	88		$8,100	Running
26	20	88	Matt Crafton	Menards/Pittsburgh Paints Chevy	130	85		$8,075	Engine
27	30	7	Jason White #	Hooters Energy Drink Dodge	111	82		$8,025	Accident
28	4	30	Todd Bodine	Lumber Liquidators Toyota	110	84	5	$9,000	Accident
29	32	16	Brian Scott	Xpress Motorsports Ford	105	76		$7,975	Running
30	13	77	Brendan Gaughan	South Point Hotel Chevy	84	73		$7,950	Accident
31	10	50	T.J. Bell	Heathcliff's Cat Litter Ford	41	70		$7,925	Accident
32	28	60	Jack Sprague	Con-way Freight Toyota	31	67		$7,900	Accident
33	34	86	Dana White	888KARPORT.com/Red Line Oil	9	64		$7,875	Handling
34	33	08	Johnny Chapman	People Against Drugs Chevy	5	61		$7,855	Overheating
35	35	06	Bobby Dotter	People Against Drugs Chevy	1	0		$7,825	Vibration

Race Comments:	Before an estimated crowd of 45,000, Travis Kvapil won the Smith's Las vegas 350, his ninth career NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series victory. Before the green flag the the following drivers, under penalty, dropped to the rear of the field for the reasons indicated: #13 Willie Allen (unapproved adjustments), #15 Buddy Lazier (unapproved adjustments), #16 Brian Scott (unapproved adjustments).
Failed to Qualify:	#76 Chris Wimmer
Time of Race:	01 Hrs, 54 Mins, 12 Secs.
Average Speed:	115.061 MPH
Margin of Victory:	0.718 Seconds
Caution Flags:	8 for 32 laps: Laps: 33-37 (#60 accident turn 2); 42-44 (#50 accident turn 2); 48-50 (#16, #27 accident turn 2); 87-94 (#77 accident turn 4); 98-100 (#09 spun frontstretch); 110-112 (#30 accident turn 4); 114-117 (#7 accident backstretch); 136-138 (#33 accident turn 3).
Lead Changes:	10 among 6 drivers: B. Dotter (Pole); M. Skinner 1-5; T. Kvapil 6-21; T. Bodine 22-33; S. Compton 34-37; T. Bodine 38-70; J. Benson 71-83; J. Wood 84-132; T. Kvapil 133-141; J. Benson 142; T. Kvapil 143-146.

Skinner retakes points lead: Hornaday's late race troubles proved costly as #5-Mike Skinner was able to retake the lead in the drivers point standings with 3064 points; just three points ahead of #33 Ron Hornaday Jr. Rounding out the top ten are #33-Ron Hornaday Jr. second, #6-Travis Kvapil third, #30-Todd Bodine fourth, #23-Johnny Benson fifth, #14-Rick Crawford sixth, #9-Ted Musgrave seventh, #99-Erik Darnell eighth, #88-Matt Crafton ninth, #60-Jack Sprague tenth.(Unofficial)(9-22-2007)

Las Vegas Motor Speedway - Smith's Las Vegas 350
Driver Points Report
Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Saturday, 9/22/2007 @ 8:59 PM Eastern UNOFFICAL

Pos	Driver	BPts	Pts	Ldr
1	Mike Skinner	115	3064	0
2	Ron Hornaday	75	3061	-3
3	Travis Kvapil	65	2883	-181
4	Todd Bodine	35	2750	-314
5	Johnny Benson	35	2666	-398
6	Rick Crawford	25	2619	-445
7	Ted Musgrave	20	2386	-678
8	Erik Darnell	20	2351	-713
9	Matt Crafton	5	2302	-762
10	Jack Sprague	10	2252	-812
11	David Starr	0	2202	-862
12	Dennis Setzer	5	2106	-958
13	Brendan Gaughan	15	2089	-975
14	Terry Cook	5	2042	-1022
15	Ken Schrader	0	1913	-1151
16	Tim Sauter #	10	1850	-1214
17	Willie Allen #	10	1829	-1235
18	Chad McCumbee	20	1773	-1291
19	Mike Bliss	0	1573	-1491
20	Stacy Compton	5	1565	-1499
21	Bill Lester	5	1550	-1514
22	Aaron Fike	5	1487	-1577
23	Ryan Mathews	0	1379	-1685
24	Blake Bjorklund	5	1355	-1709
25	Jason White #	0	1215	-1849
26	Kraig Kinser	0	1186	-1878
27	Joey Clanton	0	1178	-1886
28	T.J. Bell	0	1084	-1980
29	A J Allmendinger	10	916	-2148
30	David Green	5	832	-2232
31	Josh Wise	0	810	-2254
32	Jon Wood	10	809	-2255
33	Clay Rogers	0	712	-2352
34	Mark Martin	15	648	-2416
35	Kyle Busch	15	624	-2440
36	Tyler Walker	0	585	-2479
37	Scott Lynch	0	580	-2484
38	Kelly Bires	0	572	-2492
39	Regan Smith	0	545	-2519
40	Kevin Harvick	0	523	-2541
41	Brandon Miller	0	467	-2597
42	Chase Miller	0	452	-2612
43	Kevin Hamlin	0	434	-2630
44	Cale Gale	0	417	-2647
45	J C Stout	0	392	-2672
46	Peter Shepherd	0	352	-2712
47	Brad Keselowski	5	329	-2735
48	Bryan Silas	0	304	-2760
49	Kenny Hendrick	0	286	-2778
50	Derrike Cope	0	286	-2778
51	Clint Bowyer	5	279	-2785
52	Shane Huffman	0	279	-2785
53	Aric Almirola	0	273	-2791
54	Bradley Riethmeyer	0	267	-2797
55	Jack Smith	0	252	-2812
56	Carl Edwards	0	251	-2813
57	Danny O'quinn, Jr	0	246	-2818
58	Kelly Sutton	0	231	-2833
59	Shane Sieg	0	222	-2842
60	Christoher Fontaine	0	215	-2849
61	Morgan Shepherd	0	201	-2863
62	Timothy Peters	0	193	-2871
63	Brian Scott	0	176	-2888
64	Chad Chaffin	0	170	-2894
65	Joe Ruttman	0	170	-2894
66	Brett Thompson	0	152	-2912
67	Wayne Edwards	0	146	-2918
68	Frank Kreyer	0	140	-2924
69	Travis Kittleson	0	134	-2930
70	Dana White	0	131	-2933
71	Kenny Wallace	0	124	-2940
72	Ken Butler	0	119	-2945
73	Benny Gordon	0	118	-2946
74	J R Norris	0	115	-2949
75	Brandon Knupp	0	109	-2955
76	Bobby Labonte	0	109	-2955
77	Eric Norris	0	103	-2961
78	Donny Lia	0	103	-2961
79	Jacques Villeneuve	0	100	-2964
80	Scott Lagasse	0	100	-2964
81	Boris Jurkovic	0	100	-2964
82	Buddy Lazier	0	91	-2973
83	Jimmy Simpson	0	85	-2979
84	Keven Wood	0	82	-2982
85	Justin Labonte	0	82	-2982
86	Daniel Pope	0	76	-2988
87	Tim Cowen	0	73	-2991
88	Chris Wimmer	0	73	-2991
89	Brad Mueller	0	73	-2991
90	Bobby Dotter	0	67	-2997
91	Larry Foyt	0	67	-2997
92	Paul Menard	0	64	-3000
93	Nate Monteith	0	64	-3000
94	Johnny Chapman	0	61	-3003
95	Boston Reid	0	58	-3006
96	Tim Schendel	0	58	-3006
97	Mike Wallace	0	55	-3009
98	Justin Hobgood	0	55	-3009
99	Kevin Lepage	0	55	-3009
100	Pierre Bourque	0	55	-3009
101	Blake Mallory	0	0	-3064
102	Bobby Dotter	0	0	-3064
103	Randy MacDonald	0	0	-3064

Las Vegas Motor Speedway - Smith's Las Vegas 350
Owner Points Following Race # 19
Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Saturday, 9/22/2007 @ 8:45 PM Eastern UNOFFICIAL

Pos	Owner	Trk#	Pts	Ldr
1	Bill Davis	5	3,064	--
2	Delana Harvick	33	3,061	-3
3	Jack Roush	6	2,883	-181
4	Steve Germain	30	2,750	-314
5	Gail Davis	23	2,666	-398
6	Tom Mitchell	14	2,619	-445
7	Bob Germain	9	2,506	-558
8	Jack Roush	99	2,351	-713
9	Tom Deloach	1	2,319	-745
10	Rhonda Thorson	88	2,302	-762
11	Jeffrey Wyler	60	2,252	-812
12	Gregory Pollex	10	2,202	-862
13	Tad Geschickter	09	2,191	-873
14	Eddie Wood	21	2,169	-895
15	Lois Vance	18	2,147	-917
16	Wayne Spears	75	2,144	-920
17	Lois Vance	4	2,126	-938
18	Michael Gaughan	77	2,089	-975
19	James Harris, Jr	59	2,042	-1,022
20	Bill Davis	22	1,964	-1,100
21	Billy Ballew	15	1,954	-1,110
22	Jack Roush	50	1,933	-1,131
23	Darrell Waltrip	00	1,927	-1,137
24	David Dollar	47	1,892	-1,172
25	Gene Christensen	07	1,850	-1,214
26	Duke Thorson	13	1,829	-1,235
27	Bobby Dotter	08	1,803	-1,261
28	Curtis Key	40	1,772	-1,292
29	Dave Malcolmson	8	1,750	-1,314
30	David Fuge	16	1,728	-1,336
31	J L Pennington	7	1,549	-1,515
32	Delana Harvick	2	1,295	-1,769
33	Billy Ballew	51	1,207	-1,857
34	Michael Mittler	63	650	-2,414
35	Andy Hillenburg	71	490	-2,574
36	Donald Stout	91	392	-2,672
37	David Dollar	46	382	-2,682
38	Curtis Key	44	332	-2,732
39	Tracy Trotter	49	252	-2,812
40	Phil Bonifield	86	250	-2,814
41	James Lynch	29	240	-2,824
42	Jim Rosenblum	28	210	-2,854
43	Richard Thompson	61	152	-2,912
44	Shelly Brevak	31	131	-2,933
45	Scott Upshaw	95	119	-2,945
46	James Blankenbaker	53	119	-2,945
47	Bob Cowen	42	113	-2,951
48	Bill Davis	36	103	-2,961
49	Jerry Reary	54	101	-2,963
50	Bill Davis	27	100	-2,964
51	David Ervin	64	85	-2,979
52	Jeff Milburn	76	73	-2,991
53	Rick Germain	03	55	-3,009
54	Rick Jones	87	43	-3,021

Kvapil to start from the pole at LVMS: #6-Travis Kvapil was the fastest on track with a speed of 175.387 to win the pole for the Smith's Las Vegas 350 at LVMS. This is Kvapil's third pole for the season; his fourth career pole. Rounding out the top ten were #5-Mike Skinner second, #1-David Green third, #30-Todd Bodine fourth, #99-Erik Darnell fifth, #8-Chad McCumbee sixth, #27-Jacque Villeneuve seventh, #09-Stacy Compton eighth, #47-Regan Smith ninth, #50-T.J.Bell tenth. #16-Brian Scott & #13-Willie Allen both got sideways coming off turn four; will probably change tires and start from the rear of the field. #06-Casey Kingsland did not may a qualifying run but did pass inspection so will be starting the race. #76-Chris Wimmer got sideways coming off turn two, making contact off with the inside wall; considerable damage to the front end; no word if this team has a back up car available. #27-Jacque Villeneuve made an impressive qualifying run qualifing in the 7th position; #15-Buddy Lazier qualified 20th, got loose on the second lap going in to turn three, barely brushing the wall in turn four; will probably change tires and start from the rear. (9-22-2007)

Las Vegas Motor Speedway - Smith's Las Vegas 350
Craftsman Truck Series Starting Lineup
Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Sat, September 22, 2007 @ 07:46 PM Eastern

Pos	#	Driver	Team	Time	Speed
1	6	Travis Kvapil	K & N Filters Ford	30.789	175.387
2	5	Mike Skinner	Toyota Tundra Toyota	30.854	175.018
3	1	David Green	RFMS/RedHorseRacing.net Toyota	30.954	174.452
4	30	Todd Bodine	Lumber Liquidators Toyota	30.995	174.222
5	99	Erik Darnell	Northern Tool + Equipment Ford	30.999	174.199
6	8	Chad McCumbee	TheGPSstore.com/Garmin Chevy	31.030	174.025
7	27	Jacques Villeneuve	Somex Toyota	31.072	173.790
8	09	Stacy Compton	Zaxby's Ford	31.115	173.550
9	47	Regan Smith	Ginn Resorts Chevy	31.175	173.216
10	50	T.J. Bell	Heathcliff's Cat Litter Ford	31.209	173.027
11	9	Ted Musgrave	Germain Toyota/Team ASE Toyota	31.274	172.667
12	4	Kevin Hamlin	Open Joist/Dodge Dodge	31.291	172.574
13	77	Brendan Gaughan	South Point Hotel Chevy	31.345	172.276
14	21	Jon Wood	Smith's/Air Force Ford	31.361	172.188
15	33	Ron Hornaday	Camping World/Las Vegas RV Chevy	31.372	172.128
16	07	Tim Sauter #	Lester Buildings Chevy	31.378	172.095
17	18	Dennis Setzer	Fastenal Dodge	31.409	171.925
18	59	Terry Cook	Harris Trucking Toyota	31.452	171.690
19	75	Clay Rogers	Spears Mfg. Co. Chevy	31.475	171.565
20	88	Matt Crafton	Menards/Pittsburgh Paints Chevy	31.480	171.537
21	15	Buddy Lazier	Flanders Beef Patties Chevy	31.483	171.521
22	23	Johnny Benson	Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Toyota	31.549	171.162
23	00	Josh Wise	Aaron's Lucky Dog Toyota	31.570	171.048
24	13	Willie Allen #	Stratosphere/ThorSport Racing Chevy	31.589	170.946
25	14	Rick Crawford	Power Stroke Diesel by Int'l Ford	31.641	170.665
26	10	David Starr	MAXXForce Int'l Diesel Ford	31.754	170.057
27	29	Scott Lynch	Jasper Engines Dodge	31.758	170.036
28	60	Jack Sprague	Con-way Freight Toyota	31.931	169.115
29	40	Chad Chaffin	Curtis Key Plumbing Chevy	32.054	168.466
30	7	Jason White #	Hooters Energy Drink Chevy	32.407	166.631
31	61	Brett Thompson	Rich Thompson Trucking, Inc. Dodge	32.562	165.837
32	16	Brian Scott	Xpress Motorsports Ford	32.741	164.931
33	08	Johnny Chapman	People Against Drugs Chevy	33.721	160.138
34	86	Dana White	888KARPORT.com/Red Line Oil Chevy	34.505	156.499
35	76	Chris Wimmer	AutomotiveFabrication/Electric Power & Light Chevy	0.000	0.000
36	06	Casey Kingsland	People Against Drugs Chevy	0.000	0.000
None.

Skinner fastest in final practice: Following delays as a result of overnight rain, practice sessions were combined into one session. #5-Mike Skinner was the fastest with a speed of 175.365 followed by #6-Travis Kvapil second, #47-Regan Smith third, #21-Jon Wood fourth, #1-David Green fifth. Rounding out the top ten were #8-Chad McCumbee, #30-Todd Bodine, #88-Matt Crafton, #77-Brendan Gaughan, #18-Dennis Setzer. #27-Jacque Villeneuve was 22nd; #15-Buddy Lazier; 30th.(9-22-2007)

Las Vegas Motor Speedway - Smith's Las Vegas 350
NCTS Final Practice (HAPPY HOUR)
Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Sat, September 22, 2007 @ 12:22 PM Eastern

Pos	#	Driver	Team	Time	Speed
1	5	Mike Skinner	Toyota Tundra Toyota	30.793	175.365
2	6	Travis Kvapil	K & N Filters Ford	30.942	174.520
3	47	Regan Smith	Ginn Resorts Chevy	30.959	174.424
4	21	Jon Wood	Smith's/Air Force Ford	30.968	174.374
5	1	David Green	RFMS/RedHorseRacing.net Toyota	30.982	174.295
6	8	Chad McCumbee	TheGPSstore.com/Garmin Chevy	31.089	173.695
7	30	Todd Bodine	Lumber Liquidators Toyota	31.105	173.606
8	88	Matt Crafton	Menards/Pittsburgh Paints Chevy	31.130	173.466
9	77	Brendan Gaughan	South Point Hotel Chevy	31.137	173.427
10	18	Dennis Setzer	Fastenal Dodge	31.142	173.399
11	9	Ted Musgrave	Germain Toyota/Team ASE Toyota	31.169	173.249
12	4	Kevin Hamlin	Open Joist/Dodge Dodge	31.240	172.855
13	59	Terry Cook	Harris Trucking Toyota	31.272	172.678
14	60	Jack Sprague	Con-way Freight Toyota	31.277	172.651
15	50	T.J. Bell	Heathcliff's Cat Litter Ford	31.291	172.574
16	09	Stacy Compton	Zaxby's Ford	31.327	172.375
17	23	Johnny Benson	Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Toyota	31.327	172.375
18	99	Erik Darnell	Northern Tool + Equipment Ford	31.331	172.353
19	13	Willie Allen #	Stratosphere/ThorSport Racing Chevy	31.355	172.221
20	16	Brian Scott	Xpress Motorsports Ford	31.363	172.177
21	33	Ron Hornaday	Camping World/Las Vegas RV Chevy	31.387	172.046
22	27	Jacques Villeneuve	Toyota	31.428	171.821
23	*29	Scott Lynch	Jasper Engines Dodge	31.457	171.663
24	75	Clay Rogers	Spears Mfg. Co. Chevy	31.489	171.488
25	14	Rick Crawford	Power Stroke Diesel by Int'l Ford	31.533	171.249
26	07	Tim Sauter #	Lester Buildings Chevy	31.556	171.124
27	40	Chad Chaffin	Curtis Key Plumbing Chevy	31.680	170.455
28	10	David Starr	MAXXForce Int'l Diesel Ford	31.693	170.385
29	00	Josh Wise	Aaron's Lucky Dog Toyota	31.700	170.347
30	15	Buddy Lazier	Flanders Beef Patties Chevy	31.744	170.111
31	*61	Brett Thompson	Rich Thompson Trucking, Inc. Dodge	32.075	168.355
32	*76	Chris Wimmer	Auto.Fabrication/Elec.Pwr& Lght Chevy	32.206	167.671
33	*7	Jason White #	Hooters Energy Drink Chevy	32.338	166.986
34	*86	Dana White	888KARPORT.com/Red Line Oil Chevy	34.428	156.849
35	08	Johnny Chapman	People Against Drugs Chevy	34.805	155.150
36	*06	Casey Kingsland	People Against Drugs Chevy	0.000	0.000
*Required to qualify on time

Las Vegas Motor Speedway - Smith's Las Vegas 350
Craftsman Truck Series Entry List
Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Sat, September 22, 2007 @ 08:53 AM Eastern

Entry	Trk#	Driver	Team	Owner
1	00	Josh Wise	Aaron's Lucky Dog Toyota	Darrell Waltrip
2	1	David Green	RFMS/RedHorseRacing.net Toyota	Tom DeLoach
3	4	Kevin Hamlin	Open Joist/Dodge Dodge	Lois Vance
4	5	Mike Skinner	Toyota Tundra Toyota	Bill Davis
5	*06	Casey Kingsland	People Against Drugs Chevy	Gene Christensen
6	6	Travis Kvapil	K & N Filters Ford	Jack Roush
7	7	Tim Sauter #	Lester Buildings Chevy	Gene Christensen
8	*7	Jason White #	Hooters Energy Drink Chevy	J.L. Pennington
9	08	Johnny Chapman	People Against Drugs Chevy	Bobby Dotter
10	8	Chad McCumbee	TheGPSstore.com/Garmin Chevy	David Malcolmson
11	09	Stacy Compton	Zaxby's Ford	Tad Geschickter
12	9	Ted Musgrave	Germain Toyota/Team ASE Toyota	Bob Germain
13	10	David Starr	MAXXForce Int'l Diesel Ford	Greg Pollex
14	13	Willie Allen #	Stratosphere/ThorSport Racing	Duke Thorson
15	14	Rick Crawford	Power Stroke Diesel by Int'l Ford	Tom Mitchell
16	15	Buddy Lazier	Flanders Beef Patties Chevy	Billy Ballew
17	16	Brian Scott	Xpress Motorsports Ford	David Fuge
18	18	Dennis Setzer	Fastenal Dodge	Lois Vance
19	21	Jon Wood	Smith's/Air Force Ford	Eddie Wood
20	23	Johnny Benson	Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Toyota	Gail Davis
21	27	Jacques Villeneuve	Toyota	Bill Davis
22	*29	Scott Lynch	Jasper Engines Dodge	James Lynch
23	30	Todd Bodine	Lumber Liquidators Toyota	Steven Germain
24	33	Ron Hornaday	Camping World/Las Vegas RV Chevy	Delana Harvick
25	40	Chad Chaffin	Curtis Key Plumbing Chevy	Curtis Key
26	47	Regan Smith	Ginn Resorts Chevy	David Dollar
27	50	T.J. Bell	Heathcliff's Cat Litter Ford	Jack Roush
28	59	Terry Cook	Harris Trucking Toyota	James Harris
29	60	Jack Sprague	Con-way Freight Toyota	Jeff Wyler
30	*61	Brett Thompson	Rich Thompson Trucking, Inc. Dodge	Rich Thompson
31	75	Clay Rogers	Spears Mfg. Co. Chevy	Wayne Spears
32	*76	Chris Wimmer	Auto.Fabrication/Elec.Pwr& Lght Chev.	Jeff Milburn
33	77	Brendan Gaughan	South Point Hotel Chevy	Michael Gaughan
34	*86	Dana White	888KARPORT.com/Red Line Oil	Phil Bonifield
35	88	Matt Crafton	Menards/Pittsburgh Paints Chevy	Rhonda Thorson
36	99	Erik Darnell	Northern Tool + Equipment Ford	Jack Roush
* Required to qualify on time

Truck Series News & Notes - Las Vegas Motor Speedway

Intermediate tracks could determine 2007 Champion: Performance on the intermediate speedways - those measuring 1.5-miles in length - likely is the key to winning the 2007 Craftsman Truck Series championship. Four of the remaining seven races, beginning with Saturday's Smith's Las Vegas 350 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, will be contested on 1.5-mile ovals. Mike Skinner (#5 Toyota Tundra Toyota), who trails Ron Hornaday Jr. (#33 Camping World Chevy) by 29 points, is the defending winner at LVMS and blitzed the field at Kentucky Speedway in July - the most recent race on a 1.5-mile track. Beginning with last year's Las Vegas race, Skinner has three victories in the past nine 1.5-mile races. He also won in Atlanta in March.

Hornaday, who has yet to win at LVMS, won May's race at Lowe's Motor Speedway. The 49-year-old Californian counts four 1.5-mile victories - including wins at two remaining tracks - Atlanta Motor Speedway and Homestead-Miami Speedway.

Todd Bodine (#30 Lumber Liquidators Toyota), despite being 298 points behind Hornaday, shouldn't be overlooked. Bodine is the series' intermediate track leader with eight victories - seven on the remaining tracks. He won in Las Vegas in 2005; at Texas Motor Speedway in June and four times overall; and in 2005 in Atlanta and Miami.
Eleven seasons and ten races later, six still are going strong: The more the Craftsman Truck Series changes, the more it stays the same. Las Vegas Motor Speedway was the fastest track when it joined the series in November 1996 but that speed - a lap of 157.909 mph - pales by comparison to this year's Daytona top qualifying lap of 179.508 turned in by race winner Jack Sprague (#60 Con-way Freight Toyota).
Sprague and four others - all series champions - share a common bond with Las Vegas Motor Speedway, host of Saturday night's Smith's Las Vegas 350. The five are among the six remaining active drivers who competed in the 1996 Carquest 420 won by Sprague. Mike Skinner clinched the first Craftsman Truck title with a seventh-place finish. Also in the field - and still racking up wins and top finishes - were Ron Hornaday Jr.; Mike Bliss (#4 Open Joist Dodge); and Ted Musgrave (#9 Team ASE Toyota). Joe Ruttman, 62, who runs a limited schedule for Bobby Hamilton Racing, also competed in the first event. Bliss is absent this week competing in the NASCAR Busch Series at Dover. Sprague is LVMS' only two-time winner. Ruttman, Skinner - the defending winner - and Musgrave also have victories at the 1.5-mile speedway.
Villeneuve isn't first Canadian competitor: Formula One champion and Indianapolis 500 winner Jacques Villeneuve (#27 Bill Davis Racing Toyota) is set to make his NASCAR debut this week in Las Vegas. But Canadian competitors are no strangers to the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. Randy Churchill of Windsor, Ontario, competed in 1995's seventh race at I-70 Speedway near Kansas City. Churchill's father, Jerry, joined his son at Bristol, making them the first father-son entry in a series race.

Randy MacDonald of Oshawa, Ontario, is the Canadian leader in starts (94) and winnings ($953,783). MacDonald and his sister, Teri, are the only brother and sister to compete in the same race. Their most recent of four concurrent starts came at Darlington Raceway in 2003.

World class road racer Ron Fellows, however, remains the highest profile Canadian in the series - at least until Villeneuve's debut. Fellows, a Toronto native, won twice at Watkins Glen International in 1997 and 1999. He was the Bud Pole starter at WGI in three consecutive seasons.

Two Canadians have competed in 2007: Pierre Bourque of Ottawa and Peter Shepherd of Brampton, Ontario.

NCTS, Etc:
Bowyer Joins The Club. Clint Bowyer had no luck in Saturday's New Hampshire 200, exiting the race on the 57th lap when his #2 Camping World Chevy was involved in an accident. Bowyer, however, came back on Sunday to win his first NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series event and become the 18th competitor to win in all three of NASCAR's national series.
Perfect No Longer. Ron Hornaday Jr. became New Hampshire International Speedway's first repeat winner Saturday with a convincing performance in which the two-time series champion lead 174 of 200 laps. Ironically, Hornaday's 1996 victory saw the Californian lead only the final lap - the first series winner to lead only the last serial.
National Anthem. Mary Wilson, one of the original Supremes, will sing the National Anthem prior to the Smith's Las Vegas 350.
Moving - again. Dennis Setzer will drive the #18 Fastenal Dodge subbing for Ken Schrader, who is competing in the Dodge Dealers 400 at Dover International Speedway. Clay Rogers remains in the #75 Spears Manufacturing Chevy following his 12th-place finish in New Hampshire.
Indianapolis 500 Winner, IRL Champion Lazier to make Craftsman Truck Debut At LVMS: Buddy Lazier, who won the IRL championship in 2000 and the Indianapolis 500 in 1996, is the latest open-wheel star to sit in a NASCAR Craftsman Truck. The Vail, Colo., native will drive Billy Ballew's #15 Flanders Beef Patties Chevy. Lazier tested with the team in 2005 at Lowe's Motor Speedway. Lazier will join Jacques Villeneuve in the Smith's Las Vegas 350, marking the first time two Indianapolis 500 champions have started the same series event.

Manufacturers' Standings: win #5 for Chevy
Ron Hornaday Jr.'s New Hampshire 200 victory snapped a two-race Toyota win streak at the 1.058-mile track. It was the GM brand's fifth victory of the 2007 season. Toyota has won nine times and continues to hold a solid lead of 16 points in the 2007Craftsman Truck Series Manufacturers' Championship.

Point Standings:
Toyota, 127
Chevrolet, 111
Ford, 103
Dodge, 55

In The Loop:
The miniscule 29-point lead Ron Hornaday Jr. enjoys over Mike Skinner might evaporate if past Las Vegas Motor Speedway trends continue. Skinner is the defending champion of the race, and has won three consecutive poles there. Over the past two Las Vegas races, Skinner holds top marks in Driver Rating (131.5), Average Running Position (3.3), Laps in the Top 15 (298). He also has 45 Fastest Laps Run, which is third-best. But what has to grab Hornaday's attention is Skinner's Vegas performance of a year ago. He led 114 laps that race, earned a perfect Driver Rating of 150.0 and an Average Running Position of 1.5.
Hornaday does have success at Las Vegas as well, however. In six career NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series starts there, Hornaday has four top fives and five top 10s (his worst finish was 13th in 2005). Over the past two Vegas races, he has a Driver Rating of 113.1 (fourth-best) and an Average Running Position of 7.1 (third-best).
Though outside the championship hunt, defending series champion Todd Bodine could also make noise in Vegas. He won there in 2005, and finished second in 2004. Over the past two races there, Bodine has a Driver Rating of 116.2 (fourth-best), an Average Running Position of 10.0 (sixth-best) and a series-high 54 Fastest Laps Run.

This Week's Craftsman Truck Series Leaders: (through 18 races of the 25-race season)
Points leader - Ron Hornaday Jr. (2,964)
Driver Rating - Mike Skinner (120.4)
Winnings - Mike Skinner ($585,600)
Laps led - Mike Skinner (956)
Victories - Ron Hornaday Jr., Mike Skinner (4)
Bud Poles - Mike Skinner (9)
Top-five finishes - Mike Skinner (14)
Top-10 finishes - Ron Hornaday Jr. (17)
Raybestos Rookie Leader - Tim Sauter (4 points over Willie Allen)
Races led - Mike Skinner (17)
Weeks in Top 10 - Nine drivers tied with 18

Raybestos Rookie of the Year Standings:
Willie Allen (#13 Pork Chevy) led six laps of the New Hampshire 200 but mechanical problems dropped him two laps behind Raybestos Rookie of the Year rival Tim Sauter (#07 Lester Buildings Chevy) at race's end. Sauter, who finished 23rd, doubled his standings lead - from two to four points.

Driver Points
1. Tim Sauter, 134
2. Willie Allen, 130
3. Blake Bjorklund, 110
4. Joey Clanton, 109
5. Jason White, 105

On Deck: Talladega Superspeedway
More than 80,000 fans turned out on a perfect autumn afternoon last year to see the Craftsman Truck Series tackle the legendary high banks of Talladega Superspeedway. None were left unsatisfied with the sometimes five-wide competition that ended with Mark Martin coasting under the checkered and caution flags after a Turn 3 melee on the race's final lap spoiled what could have been the closest, multi-truck finish in series history. Judged by the season-opening race at Daytona International Speedway - where a similar rules package is employed - Talladega's Mountain Dew 250 should be even more dramatic the second time around. Jack Sprague, Johnny Benson (No. 23 Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Toyota) and Travis Kvapil (No. 6 K&N Filters Ford) finished virtually side-by-side-by-side.(NASCAR PR)(9-17-2007)
Additional Las Vegas Truck Series Race Info at:
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espn.go.com
NASCAR.com
truckseries.com

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