Houston wins second

Andy Houston got his second Craftsman Truck Series race win of the season in Portland on Saturday to cut into point-leader Mike Wallace's lead by 20, from 59 points to 30 points. Of the six races so far this season, Houston and Wallace have claimed four wins, each with two.

Houstin squeezed by Dennis Setzer in turn two of the final lap for the win. "I have no clue how this happened," Houston said. "Coming down the back straightaway to the white flag it looked like his (Setzer's) truck stumbled a little bit and I was able to get a pretty good run on him then."

Setzer brought home a clean, second place finish. "Dennis could've put me away if he wanted," Houston said. "But he's a good competitor, and he's not gonna chap-shot you."

Jack Sprague, last year's series champion, still remains winless on the season but has finished in the top three in all but one race this season. He spun and hit a wall of tires but returned hoping for a caution. He got that caution on lap 62, then went on to pass six trucks in the final ten laps for a third place finish.

"We didn't come off the truck strong, but Dennis Conner and the guys made some changes and got the GMAC Chevrolet pretty good," Sprague said.

Wallace started fourth but broke the front sway bar on lap two. He re-entered the race back in the field but finished fourth for his fifth top five in six races.

"All in all it was a pretty good day," Walllace said. "You look at our day overall and it's pretty good. The guys did a great job rallying back and getting the sway bar fixed."

Roush Racing teammates Kurt Busch and Greg Biffle started first and second and traded the lead for the first half of the race with Biffle leading 23 laps and Busch 10. Both ended up casualties in late-race accidents and finished outside the top-10. Busch finished 11th and Biffle 13. Each dropped a postion in the points race, Busch to fifth and Biffle to 8th.

Finishing order: 1. Andy Houston 2. Dennis Setzer 3. Jack Sprague 4. Mike Wallace 5. Rick Crawford 6 Jimmy Hensley 7. Bryan Reffner 8. Steve Grissom 9. Marty Houston 10. John Young

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