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>>> LIKE THE HOT NIGHT THROUGH
BUTTER, SLASHING HAS WAY
THROUGH THE TOP 15 RIGHT NOW.
>> TIME HAS A NEW MEANING.
>> LIKE HE'S FOUND THE AFTER
BURNER ON THAT MACHINE!
>> A CHAMPION MUST RISE.
>> HERE'S A DRIVERS YOU WOULD
BELIEVE CAN VIE FOR THE
CHAMPIONSHIP.
>> HERE'S TODD BODINE, DIGGING
DOWNSTAIRS, LOOKING FOR
DAYLIGHT.
>> RIGHT NOW, NOBODY IN THE
SAME AREA CODE IS HORNADAY.
>> HE'S JUST TAKEN OFF AND
LEFT EVERYBODY WAY, WAY
BEHIND.
>> LOOKED LIKE THEY TRADED
PAINT DOWN IN THREE AND FOUR,
SKINNER GOES BACK IN FRONT!
>> TONIGHT THE TRUCKS ENTER
THE MILWAUKEE MILE.
>> THERE IS TWO AND THREE-LINE
RACING!
>> HE'S *** THE LEADER.
THAT BATTLE FOR THE TOP SPOT
CONTINUES.
JUST LIKE A CHESS GAME, ONE
WAITING FOR THE OTHER ONE TO
MAKE A MOVE.
>> ONLY ON SPEED!
♪♪
♪♪
♪
>>> THEY'RE LINING THEM UP ON
PIT ROAD IN WISCONSIN FOR RACE
NUMBER 11 OF THE NASRALLAH CAR
CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES SEASON.
WELCOME TO THE NASCAR
CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES TOYOTA
TUNDRA MILWAUKEE 200.
HELLO, EVERYONE.
MARCUS ALLEN -- MARCUS AM
BURROWING JOINING US HERE.
YOU'RE NOT A RUNNING BACK YET!
PHIL PARSONS, RICK ALLEN AS WE
GET READY FOR OUR 11th RACE OF
THE SEASON.
MARCUS, YOU STARTED IN THE
TRUCKS, WERE YOU DRIVING FOR
JTG, NOW YOU'VE MOVED UP TO
BUSCH SERIES.
LAST YEAR YOU FACED 18th, HOW
DIFFICULT IS THIS TRACK TO
MAFER MANEUVER AROUND?
YOU SAID IT WAS NINE DEGREES
BANKING.
IT FEELS DEAD FLAT, ALMOST THE
OPPOSITE WAY.
GREAT RACETRACK.
SKINNER SHOWED ME HOW TO GET
AROUND QUICKLY.
HE'LL BE PRETTY QUICK.
>> HE'S A GOOD VETERAN,
OBVIOUSLY A VETERAN YOU'VE
BEEN AROUND THIS PLACE BEFORE,
PHIL.
BUT I TELL WHAT YOU, THIS IS
ONE OF THOSE RACETRACKS WHERE
WE THINK WE MIGHT SEE A CLOSE
IN THE GAP BETWEEN OUR POINTS
LEADER MIKE SKINNER AND RON
HORNADAY.
>> WE THOUGHT THAT BECAUSE WE
THOUGHT MIKE SKINNER WAS
STRUGGLING IN PRACTICE BUT HE
GOT IT TOGETHER.
US
>> WE'RE ABOUT TO GET READY
WITH TODAY'S 11th RACE OF THE
2007 SEASON.
LET'S GO DOWN FOR PRE-RACE
ACTIVITIES TRACKSIDE.
>> RACE FANS, AT THIS TIME,
PLEASE RISE AND REMOVE YOUR
HATS.
AS THE U.S. MARINES MILWAUKEE
RECRUITING COLOR GUARD
PRESENTS OUR NATION'S COLORS.
AND REMAIN STANDING FOR OUR
INVOCATION BY MRO CHAPLAIN
LONNIE GLOSS AND THE
PERFORMANCE OF OUR NATIONAL
ANTHEM BY MARY SAUTER.
>> LET'S PRAY.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE PAUSE FOR
A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU.
WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY,
WHICH YOU HAVE GIVEN US TO
RACETRACKS HERE AT MILWAUKEE
MILE.
WE ASK THAT YOU MIGHT BE WITH
OUR MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE
FIGHTING TO PROTECT OUR
FREEDOM OVERSEAS AND AT HOME.
WE ASK FOR YOUR PROTECTION AND
BLESSING ON THIS EVENT, AND
WE'LL GIVE YOU THE THANKS FOR
IT.
AMEN.
[ CHEERING ]
>>
O SAY CAN YOU SEE ♪♪
BY THE DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT WHAT
SO PROUDLY WE HAILED AT THE
TWILIGHT'S LAST GLEAMING,
WHOSE BROAD STRIPES AND BRIGHT
STARS ♪♪
THROUGH THE PERILOUS FIGHT O-ER
RAMPARTS WE WATCHED WERE SO
GAL LANTLY
STREAMING.
AND THE ROCKETS' RED GLARE,
THE BOMBS BURSTING IN AIR GAVE
PROOF THROUGH THE NIGHT THAT
OUR FLAG WAS STILL THERE.
♪♪
O SAY DOES THAT STAR SPANGLED
BANNER YET WAVE OER LAND OF
THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE
BRAVE ♪♪♪
[ CHEERING ]
>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MARY
SAUTER!
THANK YOU TO THE VETERANS AIR
LIFT COMMAND HONOR GUARD.
>> WE HAD THE FLY BY AND NOW
THE HARLEYS ARE DOING THE
DRIVE-BY HERE IN MILWAUKEE.
AND NOW LADY AND GENTLEMEN,
START YOUR ENGINES!
>> ALL 36 TRUCKS COMING TO
LIFE HERE AT THE MILWAUKEE
MILE FOR OUR 11TH BREAK OF THE
2007 SEASON.
WHO WILL FIND VICTORY LANE
TONIGHT?
WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT WHEN
WE COME BACK!
>>> WELCOME BACK, THE FINAL
CLEANING BEING DONE TO THE
RACETRACK BEFORE THE TRUCKS
MAKE THEIR WAY OUT ON TO THE
VERY HISTORIC MILE RACETRACK.
IT'S THE MILWAUKEE MILE.
WE'RE ABOUT TO RACE UNDER THE
LIGHTS IN RACE NUMBER 11 OF
2007 SEASON.
THE STARTING GRID WILL ROLL ON
THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN.
AND YOU WILL SEE SKINNER WITH
HIS 39th CAREER AND SECOND
HERE AT MILWAUKEE.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE LAST
TIME MIKE SKINNER WAS ON THE
POLE AT THIS RACETRACK, HE
ENDED UP IN VICTORY LANE.
WE'LL SEE IF HE CAN DUPLICATE
THAT FEAT FROM 12 YEARS AGO.
WE WANT TO TAKE A FEW MOMENTS
TO SHINE A SPOTLIGHT ON A FEW
DIFFERENT DRIVERS IN THE FIRST
ONE WE'LL SHINE A SPOTLIGHT ON
IS TIM SAUTER.
>> WHEN YOU START TALKING
ABOUT MILWAUKEE, YOU CAN
PROBABLY CALL THIS
SAUTERVILLE.
TIM SAUTER CAME TO THIS
RACETRACK TO WATCH HIS DAD RUN
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 199777
THAT.
WAS A STOCK CAR RACE.
AND TIM SAUTER HAS BEEN COMING
HERE FOR 30 YEARS, AND GUESS
WHAT?
HE WON A RACE HERE IN '94.
IT WAS AN ALL PRO EVENT.
HE SAID IF I'VE EVER, EVER
GOING TO WIN A NASCAR
CRAFTSMAN TRUCK RACE, I HOPE
IT'S RIGHT HERE AT THIS
SPEEDWAY.
>> KELLY SUTTON STARTS TWEFLth
FOR HER IT'S THE FOURTH AND
FINAL SCHEDULED RACE OF 2007.
SHE'S SEEKING SPONSORSHIP TO
EXTEND THIS DEAL.
AND IT'S ALL ABOUT CREATING
AWARENESS FOR MS, A DISEASE
SHE HERSELF SUFFERS FROM.
>> I WANT TO LOOK AT DAVID
STARR.
HE'S DRIVING AN INTERNATIONAL
MAX DIESEL FORD ON THE CIRCLE
BAR STABLE.
HE'S A FOUR-TIME WINNER IN THE
CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES, HE HAD
HIS BEST FINISH OF THE SEASON
TWO WEEKS AGO IN TEXAS AND
STARTS 15th TONIGHT,.
>> I WANT TO LOOK AT A GUY WHO
IS SPLITTING TIME BETWEEN ARCA
AND NASCAR CRAFTSMAN SERIES.
TWO TIMES HE STARTED IN THE
CRAFTSMAN SERIES THIS SEASON
HE WAS IN KANSAS AND FINISHED
17th AND AT TEXAS WHERE HE HAD
HIS CAREER BEST FINISH WITH
JUST 13th SOME HE IS LOOK TO
BE IMPROVE ON THAT AT THE
MILWAUKEE MILE TONIGHT.
>> WE'RE GOING TO RIDE ALONG
WITH A FEW DIFFERENT DRIVERS.
THE SPEARS MANUFACTURER
CHEVROLET OF DENNIS SETZER,
HE'LL START IN 26th POSITION.
THE 18, KENNY SCHRADER, WILL
START IN 24th.
KEN MAKING HIS FOURTH START AT
MILWAUKEE.
MOVE UP.
>> THE TOP 10 WITH OUR NEXT
CAMERA,ED MUSGRAVE, DRIVERS
THE NUMBER 9 TOYOTA DONE DRAM
HE STARTS 8th POSITION.
STARTING 4th IS OUR CHAMPION,
JOHNNY BENSON, THE 23 TOYOTA
CERTIFIED USED VEHICLES
TOYOTA.
HE STARTS 4th.
>> POINTS LEADER CARRYING A
CAMERA, HE'LL HAVE NO IN FRONT
OF HIM TO LOOK AT BECAUSE HE
STARTS OFF ON THE POLE, DID
THE LAST TIME HE STARTED ON
THE POLE AT MILWAUKEE MILE HE
ENDED UP IN VICTORY LANE.
LET'S GO DOWN TO RAY DUNLAP
WITH THE THOUGHTS BEFORE THE
GREEN SFLOOING WHEN WE LOOK
BACK AT ALL THE CHAMPIONS IN
THE CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES,
AFTER 10 RACES NO DRIVER HAS
EVER BEEN FURTHER BACK IN THE
POINTS THAN THIRD POSITION.
SO THAT MEANS THIS YEAR'S
CHAMPIONS EITHER GOING TO BE
MIKE SKINNER, TODD BODINE OR
RON HORNADAY.
SKIRN HAS ADVANTAGE WHEN IT
COMES TO LEADING LAPS.
THIS YEAR HE'S LED 535 LAPS.
TONIGHT HE GOES OFF FROM THE
POLE AND HAS PITT STALL NUMBER
ONE.
>> THE RACE IS NOT EVEN
STARTED TONIGHT, AND ONE
DRIVER IS ALREADY BATTLING
BACK FROM ADVERSITY OR TRYING
TO.
THAT IS RYAN MATTHEWS.
WE HEARD FROM HIM EARLIER IN
THE CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES
SET-UP STARTING 6th TONIGHT
AFTER A GREAT QUALIFYING RUN.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY FOR HIM, A
CRACKED OIL LINE MEANT CHANGES
AFTER QUALIFYING, AND THAT
MEANS HE WILL HAVE TO DROP TO
THE REAR.
IT WOULD BE A STORIED FINISH
IF MATTHEWS COULD GO TO
VICTORY LANE.
BUT IF HE DOES, HE'LL HAVE DO
IT COMING FROM THE BACK.
GUYS.
>> UNFORTUNATELY FOR RYAN
MATTHEWS, SUCH A GOOD TIME IN
PRACTICE EARLIER AND THEN
GREAT QUALIFYING EFFORT, BUT
BECAUSE OF ADJUSTMENTS THEY
MADE, THEY HAVE TO GO TO THE
BACK OF THE FIELD.
>> THEY COPIED SOME OF THE
SET-UP OFF THAT TRUCK, THEIR
TEAMMATES AT BILL DAVIS RACING
SAID THAT MADE THEIR TRUCK
BETTER.
HE LOOKS FOR A GREAT RUN
TONIGHT.
>> BUTTERFLIES?
>> OH, YEAH!
NO DOCUMENT THESE RACES ARE SO
UNPREDICTABLE.
THE START OF THE RACE IS
CHAOTIC.
SO EVERY ONE OF THESE GUYS,
ROOKIES ESPECIALLY, REALLY
FEELING IT NOW, THEIR HEARTS
BE PURPOSING.
>> MATTHEWS NOW HAVING TO GO
TO THE BACK OF THE FIELD, ALSO
BLAKE BJORKLUND HAS TO BE BAG
TO THE BACK BECAUSE OF
ADJUSTMENTS HE MADE, ANOTHER
DRIVER, THE DRIVER OF THE 31
BRADLEY MILLER ALSO GOING TO
THE BACK OF THE FIELD TO START
THIS RACE TONIGHT.
WE TALK ABOUT THE WINNER HAS
TO COME FROM NO PART OF THE
BACK THAN ALL TWER YEARS HERE
SO THEY HAVE THEIR WORK CUT
OUT FOR THEM TO GET THERE.
>> IT'S THE 13th RACE FROM THE
MIRACLE MILWAUKEE MILE.
>> SOMETIMES IT IS A MIRACLE!
WHO IT'S DIFFICULT.
THE GREEN FLAG FLIES.
WE'RE UNDERWAY IN MILWAUKEE!
TODD BODINE ON THE OUTSIDE TO
START THIS ONE.
AND JACK SPRAGUE TUCKED IN
BEHIND MIKE SKINNER.
NOT GOING TO STAY EVEN WITH
THE 5.
MIKE SKINNER.
YOU CAN GET GRIP ON THE
OUTSIDE.
MIKE IS ABLE TO PULL IN FRONT
OF HIM.
HE WILL BE ABLE TO LEAD THIS
FIRST LAP.
>> FIRST IS MIKE SKINNER, NOW
WE'VE GOT SOME TWO BY TWO