Mike Skinner, No. 5 Toyota Tundra, smokes his tires for the fans after winning the Built Ford Tough 225 at Kentucky Speedway. (Photo: John Sommers II/Getty Images) » More Photos

Skinner said a driver error on the last pit stop cost him second at the finish.

"The driver made a huge mistake on a pit stop," Skinner said. "I changed my foot position when they went around to the left side of my truck and I rolled forward just a little bit, and it messed up our jack man. So, I messed the stop up and it cost us a spot -- actually the spot that Ron (Hornaday, Jr.) got. If we had been in front of Ron, he probably wouldn't have passed us -- we were running about the same lap times. It was a pretty good day. It could have been a lot worse. We're not happy with third, but it beats fourth."

David Starr made a huge gamble on the final stop by taking just right side tires and restarted second. He eventually was passed by Hornaday and Skinner, but he was able to hold on for a fourth-place finish in the No. 10 International MaxxForce Diesel Ford.

"Dennis Connor said the left side tires have absolutely no wear on them," Starr said. "Right before the last pit stop, Dennis made that great call and said only right side tires. We were tight right through the center of the corner. We knew that the left side tires didn't have much wear on them, we made a track bar adjustment and right side tires with air pressure adjustments. We knew that if we had track position that we'd have a shot at it. And the truck came alive and I wasn't able to hold off the guys that had four tires on."

Todd Bodine protects his "Onion" from the scorching heat at Nashville Superspeedway. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) » More Photos

Defending series champion Todd Bodine finished fifth in the No. 30 Lumber Liquidators Toyota. Bodine was disappointed that he didn't have a chance to mix it up for the win over the final fifty laps.

"We missed the setup. We started off too tight and we got too loose," Bodine said. "Then, we adjusted back and got too tight. We just missed it. Fifth -- for what we had, we'll just take it. The guys did a great job trying to fix the truck through the race. I never gave up on it and that's what we got."

Even with a top five finish, Bodine needs better to close the gap and make a run at defending his series championship.

"I've said all along that the only way any of us our going to gain points is if somebody has a bad race and wrecks or finishes in the back," Bodine said. "We're all going to be top-five trucks every week, and when that's the way it is you don't gain points. You just move around a little bit. It's going to take a big mistake on somebody's part to change that."

Rick Crawford finish sixth in the No. 14 Power Stroke Diesel by International Ford, Jon Wood was seventh in the No. 21 Bush's Beans Ford, Ted Musgrave was eighth in the No. 9 Team ASE Toyota, Erik Darnell was ninth in the No. 99 Northern Tool + Equipment Ford, and Joey Clanton rounded out the top ten in the No. 09 Zaxby's Ford.

The race was relatively clean with just a few minor incidents slowing the pace throughout the evening. After a debris caution at lap 43, Mike Bliss's spin into the turn two wall brought out the second caution in lap 54. Shortly after the restart, Chad McCumbee crashed hard going into turn one bring out the third caution ion lap 62. Johnny Benson was running fourth when he blew a right front tire and popped the turn two wall on lap 111. The final caution of the night waved on lap 111 when Willie Allen blew an engine and dropped fluid on the track. The five cautions consumed 21 laps.

Skinner unofficially leads Hornaday by 82 points going into the O'Reilly 200 at Bristol Motor Speedway on August 22.

UNOFFICIAL RESULTS: Toyota Tundra 200 at Nashville

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