UAW-GM Quality 500 at Lowe's Speedway Preview
Race details at Lowe's Motor Speedway include 500 miles over 334 laps with Matt Kenseth dropping from 354 to 259 points after Kansas and Ryan Newman moving to fourth. Defending champion Jamie McMurray and records held by Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson anchor the event. Meanwhile the Little Trees 300 Friday night at Kansas Speedway sees David Green surge to lead in points as Mark Martin and Ron Homaday set marks.
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Craftsman Trucks Race at Texas Motor Speedway
Brendan Gaughan leads the standings by 20 points over Travis Kvapil with a Texas Motor Speedway race set for Saturday at 2 p.m. Gaughan holds a 58 point edge on third place Ted Musgrave and 74 points ahead of Dennis Setzer. The race notes a former champ record by Gaughan and qualifying marks by Scott Riggs and decodes racing pace versus historical speeds.
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Turning Points for Ike Skinner in NASCAR Journey
Angela Skinner, wife of Ike Skinner, pens Turning Points about defining moments in NASCAR drivers. Ike rose from obscurity to the front row at Kansas, overcoming a four-year slump amid a career marked by early promise, near wins, and crashes, including time with Petty Enterprises and Richard Childress.
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Mike Skinner Rebounds After Major Career Turning Point
Veteran racer Mike Skinner, after a severe crash that left him with wrecked cars and a head injury, recounts his uneasy return in 2002 and how his career pivoted. He credits renewed qualifying success and top 10 runs since taking over the No. 01 Pontiac, while facing a final four races with Brian Vickers and weighing a future in the Craftsman Truck Series.
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