Kvapil squeaks by Skinner for pole at LVMS

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09/22/2007 - Las Vegas, NV (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Travis Kvapil captured the pole for Saturday night's Smith's Las Vegas 350 Craftsman Truck Series race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The No.6 Roush Fenway Racing Ford circled the 1.5-mile variable-banked oval in 30.789 seconds (175.387 m.p.h.).

The pole victory was Kvapil's third of the season and fourth of his truck career.

"It's a really fast truck and my team has done a great job," said Kvapil. "I've never been to this configuration so I really didn't know what to expect."

Starting with Kvapil on the front row will be Mike Skinner who posted a time of 30.854 seconds.

David Green (30.954) and 2006 Craftsman Truck Series champion Todd Bodine (30.995) will make up row two.

Former Formula One World Champion, Jacques Villeneuve (1997), qualified seventh in his first NASCAR outing.

The truck series doesn't need to artificially create a close race like the Nextel Cup Series. That's because Ron Hornaday Jr. (starting 15th) and Skinner have both been spectacular in 2007 and the result is a great championship race.

Skinner led for most of the season, but Hornaday Jr. never let up and two races ago took over the top spot in the standings. He had a four-point edge heading into last week's race in New Hampshire.

On the 1.058-mile NHIS oval Hornaday Jr. put on a "show" leading 174 of 200 laps en route to the victory. The win gave the No.33 Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet driver a 29-point margin over Skinner heading into this week's race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

The race at LVMS is the first of four events at a 1.5-mile oval over the final seven races. Skinner won at LVMS last fall and also won the last time the series was on a 1.5 track at Kentucky. But Hornaday Jr. can argue that he is pretty good on mile-and-a-half ovals too, with wins at Lowe's, Atlanta and Homestead.

The race is set to drop the green flag at 9 p.m. (et).

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