the sam's town 400 was held june 6 at texas motor speedway. justin marks won his first career pole. as the series was on a streak of three consecutive first time winners, many looked towards chad mccumbee, who had nearly won the fall texas race in '07, polesitter marks, and plano native colin braun. it was not just the young drivers seeking the win at texas, but veterans as well, such as defending champion ron hornaday, jr., mike skinner, who started on the front row at texas for his eighth consecutive start had never won, and brendan gaughan, who literally turned the track into his personal playground in both '02 and '03. although marks led early he would fall back to 8th before the first round of pit stops. as usual, cup series points leader kyle busch would also be a factor in the race. although busch started in the back (shane sieg qualified the no. 51 truck while busch was in pocono, pennsylvania and he also missed the drivers meeting.) he was able to work his way into the top 10 within 60 laps. however, busch's fortunes would be undone as he had not had the proper seat time to adjust the truck. all the while, "restart master" hornaday would lead a record 140 laps (breaking greg biffle's record of 119) and hold off busch on a green-white-checkered to take his first win at texas.