King Of The Mountain; Mike Skinner

By Mark Young

Let me start this gig off by saying that Jimmie Johnson's dominance the past two weeks is very deserving of the throne but I am going to deny him of it for the simple reason that Mike Skinner and the Craftsman Truck Series gets only a fraction of the exposure they deserve.  So without further adieu I hereby decree that by the powers vested in me by TR.com that MIKE SKINNER be King Of The Mountain.

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Why Mike Skinner?  Did you know that his victory at Atlanta Friday night was second consecutive win of the season?  In three races this season Skinner has three top 5 finishes and leads the point series by 69 over Todd Bodine.  I tell you what, if you haven't seen a truck race in a while give it a try.  These guys go out and run the wheels off those things every race in front of empty grandstands, a fairly small TV audience, and a helluva lot less cash than the other two series.  These guys should be racing on Saturday before the Cup races and not the Busch cars.  If Cup guys want to come and race trucks fine, it would help boost ratings, sell more seats, and not ruin the careers of so many young Busch Series drivers by choking them off.

You might think Skinner is a has-been that couldn't hack it in Cup, he didn't win there but ran very well more times than not.  In the trucks he kicks ass and deserve his moment in the sun.....even if it is just in this blogger's little piece of the Internet.

That's what I think, what say you?