Pole sitter Bodine finishes fourth; defending champ Skinner seventh

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Johnny Sauter raced to his first career NASCAR Trucks Series victory, taking the lead from Matt Crafton with 16 laps left and holding on to win the Las Vegas 350 on Saturday night.

Crafton, who took over the lead following a caution period with 26 laps remaining, held on to finish second in the 146-lap race on the 1.5-mile oval.

"My truck just didn't have the speed that Johnny Sauter's did," said Crafton, second in the standings — 197 points behind Hornaday. "Wow, that truck was fast."

Jason White was third, followed by pole-sitter Todd Bodine, Timothy Peters and points leader Ron Hornaday Jr. The 51-year-old Hornaday, who has six victories this year, led 33 laps before Sauter passed him on the 89th lap. Mike Skinner was seventh, followed by Aric Almirola, Brian Ickler and Tayler Malsam.

NOTES: The start of the race was delayed for about 40 minutes by a power failure of the lights over the Turn One grandstands. The race was scheduled to start at 6:40 p.m. and the trucks were stopped at 7 p.m. It is a critical area of the 1.5-mile tri-oval where trucks will be racing at 180 mph when entering the turn. The race started about 7:15 p.m.

Bodine won the pole this afternoon for tonight's race with a best lap of 31.47 seconds (173.371 mph) around the 1.5-mile tri-oval at the speedway. Sauter started on the outside of the front row. Skinner started 16th.

The top 10 in qualifying: Bodine, Sauter, White, Ron Hornaday Jr., Colin Braun, Rick Crawford, Chad McCumbee, Ricky Carmichael, Crafton and Mikey Kile.