Mike Skinner Bill Davis Racing Event Preview
Race/Date: POWER STROKE DIESEL 200 
presented by Ford and International – July 27, 2007
Location: O’Reilly Raceway Park – Indianapolis, I.N.

NOTES:

* This week’s race truck for O’Reilly Raceway Park is Chassis No. 5-76. This is the same truck Skinner won with earlier in the year at Martinsville and took home a fourth place finish at Mansfield, Milwaukee and Memphis as well. 

* Looking Back… In the first two NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series races at ORP in 1995 and 1996, Skinner captured the pole and the race win, while leading all 350 laps. This weekend he will attempt to become the track’s first three-time winner.

* Dominating Performance… Skinner was your race winner last time out at Kentucky Speedway leading 135 of 150 laps. 

* Record Breaking… Skinner broke the series record for most consecutive races led last time out in Kentucky when he led a lap in his 13 consecutive race this year. Skinner also joined Joe Ruttman as the only post-50 series race winner. 

* Point’s Leader… Skinner remains your NCTS point’s leader after Memphis. He is now leading Ron Hornaday by 164 points. * Tested and Approved… Skinner along with his BDR teammates Johnny Benson and Ryan Mathews tested this past Monday at Bristol Motor Speedway. Skinner’s truck ran well and the No. 5 team is ready to dominate again this weekend. 

* Stats… Skinner leads the series in a number of categories. He has the top marks in Driver Rating (125.0), Average Running Position (3.9), Fastest Laps Run (323), Laps in the Top 15 (2,104) and Laps Led (789 laps, 853.58 miles). 

* Gail Davis’ ride with Petty and Friends… Gail Davis took to the open road last week by participating in the 2007 Chick-fil-A Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America. This was Gail’s 12th trip with the Petty entourage, which embarked on its 13th- annual ride across the country in an effort raise money and awareness for children’s charities. To learn more, visit www.kylepettycharityride.com 

* Listen and watch … The POWER STROKE DIESEL 200 presented by Ford and International is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. ET Friday, July 27. It will broadcast on the Speed Channel (TV), MRN (radio) and Sirius Satellite Radio (Ch. 128).

Mike Skinner’s Racing Quotes:
Mike Skinner on racing at O’Reilly Raceway Park:

“Every time I go to Indy I want to win, probably because of the way we dominated in ’95 and ’96 when we sat on the pole, led every lap and won the race. I would love to win this weekend, but if we could get out of ORP with all our fenders on our Tundra and a top-10 I would feel like I had hit the lottery.”