Catchfence

From the pole to victory lane, Mike Skinner wins his 27th career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race, as he holds off Aric Almirola in the inaugural Lucas Oil 200 at Iowa Speedway. This is Skinner’s second series win of the 2009 season.

The series points leader, Ron Hornaday, Jr., who finished fourth, now has a 225 point lead over Matt Crafton (who finished sixth) as the series now has eight races left to determine the champion.

Following Skinner and Almirola to the drop of the checkered flag were: Colin Braun in third, Ron Hornaday, Jr., fourth, Raybestos Rookie contender Johnny Sauter fifth, Matt Crafton sixth, T J Bell seventh, Timothy Peters eighth, Brian Scott ninth and Raybestos Rookie contender Tayler Malsam rounds out the top-10 finishers.

Race Notes:

Average Speed: 99.181 MPH
Time of Race: 1 Hrs, 45 Mins, 52 Secs.
Margin of Victory: 1.370 Seconds
Lead Changes: 4 among 3 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 33 laps
Attendance: 27,478

Unofficial Top-10 in the Points Standings: 1.) Ron Hornaday Jr. – 2753 2.) Matt Crafton – 2528 (-225 Behind Leader) 3.) Mike Skinner – 2472 (-281) 4.) Brian Scott – 2292 (-461) 5.) Todd Bodine – 2275 (-478) 6.) Colin Braun – 2261 (-492) 7.) David Starr – 2195 (-558) 8.) Rick Crawford – 2163 (-590) 9.) Timothy Peters – 2156 (-597) 10.) Terry Cook – 2145 (-608).

2009 Lucas Oil 200 NCWTS Race Results

Fin	Str	Trk	Driver	Team	Lap	Pts	BPts	Status	TLd	LLd
1	1	5	Mike Skinner	Toyota of Des Moines Toyota	200	195	10	Running	2	180
2	8	15	Aric Almirola	Graceway Pharmaceuticals Toyota	200	175	5	Running	1	3
3	4	6	Colin Braun	Con-way Freight Ford	200	165		Running
4	15	33	Ron Hornaday Jr.	Longhorn Chevrolet	200	160		Running
5	6	13	Johnny Sauter #	Fun Sand/Rdny Atkins/Curb /Karl Chevrolet	200	155		Running
6	3	88	Matt Crafton	Menards/Ideal Door Chevrolet	200	155	5	Running	1	17
7	2	11	T J Bell	Red Horse Racing Toyota	200	146		Running
8	12	17	Timothy Peters	Strutmasters/Red Horse Racing Toyota	200	142		Running
9	18	16	Brian Scott	Albertson's Toyota	200	138		Running
10	5	81	Tayler Malsam #	PC MILER Navigator Toyota	200	134		Running
11	10	25	Terry Cook	Cajun Industries/Harris Trucking Toyota	200	130		Running
12	9	3	Austin Dillon	Bad Boy Mowers/RCR 40th Ann Chevrolet	200	127		Running
13	26	4	Ricky Carmichael #	Monster Chevrolet	200	124		Running
14	25	10	James Buescher #	International MAXX FORCE Diesel Ford	200	121		Running
15	14	7	Chad McCumbee	Green Light Racing Chevrolet	200	118		Running
16	13	60	Stacy Compton	SafeAuto Insurance Toyota	200	115		Running
17	24	14	Rick Crawford	Circle Bar/International Truck Engine Ford	200	112		Running
18	7	51	Brian Ickler #	Miccosukee Resort/Graceway Toyota	199	109		Running
19	23	30	Todd Bodine	Lumber Liquidators Toyota	199	106		Running
20	21	12	Mario Gosselin	OCRGasBar/Carter/SponsortheTruck Chevrolet	198	103		Running
21	32	0	Tim Bainey Jr.	Aaron's Dream Machine Chevrolet	193	100		Running
22	19	8	Jamie Dick	Viva Auto Group Chevrolet	190	97		Running
23	31	61	Brett Thompson	Rich Thompson Truck Dodge	175	94		Running
24	16	23	Jason White	GunBroker.com Dodge	174	91		Running
25	17	39	Ryan Sieg	S & W Services Chevrolet	141	88		Overheating
26	11	24	David Starr	Harris Trucking/Zachry Toyota	108	85		Accident
27	33	57	Norm Benning	PellaMotors.com Chevrolet	80	82		Engine
28	36	2	Andy Ponstein	CorrieStottRacing.com Chevrolet	41	79		Running
29	35	48	Pierre Bourque	Rockingham Speedway Chevrolet	35	76		Brakes
30	34	47	Wayne Edwards	FT 11 Degreaser Chevrolet	25	73		Brakes
31	20	92	John Jackson	James Carter Attorney Chevrolet	19	0		Vibration
32	29	21	Nick Tucker	GunBroker.com Dodge	17	67		Vibration
33	30	87	Chris Jones #	Copy Wizard Chevrolet	8	0		Ignition
34	27	41	Ryan Mathews	Mike Berg Trucking Dodge	7	61		Accident
35	22	93	Shane Sieg	S & W Services Chevrolet	6	58		Transmission
36	28	72	Michelle Theriault	Carter Attorney/SponsortheTruck Chevrolet	2	55		Accident