LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Mike Skinner raced to his first NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series victory of the year Saturday night, passing Ted Musgrave with 20 laps to go and holding on to take the Smith's Las Vegas 350.

Skinner, who started from the pole for the sixth time this year, led 114 of the 146-lap, 219-mile race on the reconfigured Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The victory was his first since Sept. 8, 2005, in Richmond.

Musgrave finished second, about three truck-lengths behind Skinner's Toyota. Mike Bliss was third, followed by Johnny Benson, Ron Hornaday, David Reutimann, Marcos Ambrose, Dennis Setzer, Kraig Kinser and Aric Almirola.

"We had an awesome truck," said Skinner. "We quit practice an hour early last night and we quit practice an hour early today to save laps on the motor. "I knew if things stayed green long enough we had a truck that was going to be hard to beat. I got beat on those restarts, so I wanted to go green longer. I thought I was better in the center of the turn than Ted, and that's the way we dominated."

Skinner earned $54,675 with the victory.   More