Ford 200 Will Determine NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series The Champion – Again
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Daytona Beach, Fla.
Nov 12, 2007
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Mike Skinner (No. 5 Toyota Tundra Toyota) hopes history repeats itself for the 10th time.
Ron Hornaday Jr. (No. 33 Camping World Chevrolet) hopes he’ll be the third to score a come-from-behind victory.
Skinner, following an eighth-place finish at Phoenix International Raceway, enters the 2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series finale leading rival Hornaday by 29 points.
The margin is the fourth-closest in series history and marks the 12th time in 13 seasons the championship has gone down to the final race.
Just twice – Jack Sprague (No. 60 Con-way Freight Toyota) in 1999 and Travis Kvapil (No. 6 K&N Filters Ford) in 2003 – has the leader entering the final race failed to win the title.
Sprague came from 13 points down to bypass Greg Biffle. Kvapil, 23 points behind in third place, overtook Brendan Gaughan (No. 77 South Point Chevrolet).
Skinner can clinch his second championship by finishing second or third with a lap led. Hornaday can clinch by winning, leading the most laps and having Skinner finish third with zero laps led.
“We’ve run awfully well this year – we’ve won five races, ” said Skinner. “If they would have told me I’d win five races this year and run eighth in the points, I would have said ‘okay, I’ll take that. ‘ Anything after that is a bonus. ”
“All we can do is keep doing what we are doing and racing hard, ” said Hornaday.
