CRAFTSMAN TRUCKS

• Skinner squeezes out pole win

  
  

  Brooklyn, MI (Sports Network) - Mike Skinner edged Jack Sprague by the smallest of margins - 0.001 seconds to win the pole for this afternoon's Cool City Custom's 200 Craftsman Truck Series race. The No.5 Toyota Tundra circled the two-mile oval in 41.156 seconds (174.944 m.p.h.).

  The pole victory was Skinner's second of the year and record 45th of his career.

  Sprague will start on Skinner's outside after a best lap of 41.157 seconds.

  Todd Bodine (41.158) and Chad McCumbee (41.200) will make up row two. Points leader Ron Hornaday Jr. will start ninth in the 34-truck field.

  After a great race in Texas where Hornaday Jr.

  held off Kyle Busch for the victory, the 2007 Craftsman Truck Series champion returned to the top of the standings.

  The No.33 Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet driver's win along with a weak finish from then points leader Rick Crawford (21st) leaves Hornaday Jr. with a 45- point lead heading to Michigan.

  But the truck series is not just a two-man race. There are six drivers within 100 points of Hornaday Jr. Matt Crafton is second, with Johnny Benson (-55), Bodine (-65), Sprague (-71), Crawford (-71) and Skinner (-100). Between those six drivers are five Craftsman championships Saturday's event is set to drop the green flag at 4 p.m. (et).

  06/14 12:36:27 ET