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  • Ryan Blaney Battles Back From Penalty for Thrilling Victory at Bristol

    Ryan Blaney Battles Back From Penalty for Thrilling Victory at Bristol

    By Chris Knight
    NASCAR Wire Service

    BRISTOL, Tenn – A spin with four laps to go in Wednesday night’s UNOH 200 at Bristol Motor Speedway proved to be the saving grace for Brad Keselowski Racing’s Ryan Blaney, who grabbed the lead on a green-white-checkered restart to win his first race of the 2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season.

    Blaney recovered from an early race penalty for jumping a restart to find himself closing on leader Matt Crafton with five laps remaining. When Ty Dillon spun on Lap 196, it triggered the final caution of the night and the opportunity for Blaney to steal Crafton’s thunder. On the final restart, Crafton’s truck sputtered, failing to come up to speed, allowing Blaney to take off and seal his fourth career NCWTS victory.

    “It feels really good,” Blaney said. “I’m proud of everyone on this No. 29 team. I’ve had a chance to drive this truck four times this year and we’ve come really, really close every single time and to finally get it to Victory Lane, my last start of the year for this truck, it really means a lot to get Chad (Kendrick, crew chief) and Brad (Keselowski, team owner) back to Victory Lane.

    “To do that in that fashion coming from a lap down and being able to drive through the field like that says a lot about our race team and a lot about what as an organization we can do.”

    Keystone Light Pole Award winner Kyle Busch’s slow start allowed outside pole-sitter Blaney to steal the lead early by the exit of Turn 1, controlling the field through the first caution on Lap 31 for a spin in Turn 2.

    On the restart, Blaney roared away from the field, but a few laps later, NASCAR black-flagged him on Lap 37 for jumping the restart, forcing a pass-through penalty, giving the lead to Cole Custer.

    Busch, who restarted fifth, methodically worked his way forward and attempted to take the lead away from the young NASCAR Camping World Truck Series winner, but Custer kept Busch at bay through the race’s second caution on Lap 79 for debris in Turn 1.

    Busch and Johnny Sauter would trade the lead following the caution before Custer returned to the top spot on lap 90.

    A more than 1.5-second lead for Custer would be erased when Ray Black Jr. and Caleb Holman crashed in Turn 4 on lap 112.

    With darkening skies overhead and the threat of rain approaching the World’s Fastest Half-Mile, a majority of the teams elected to stay out. Despite his best efforts, Crafton tried to snatch the lead away from the JR Motorsports driver, but to no avail.

    Custer slowly saw Crafton become a diminishing factor in his rear-view mirror until he hit heavy lap traffic with 50 laps remaining. That’s when Spencer Gallagher spun in Turns 3 and 4, and Custer found himself trapped in the high-line and collided with Gallagher.

    Heavy front-end damage sent the No. 00 Chevrolet to pit road for repairs, eliminating the NASCAR Next driver from competition. As the accident happened, Crafton slipped by on the inside and took the lead — which he held until the green-white-checkered restart that lost him the race.

    While under yellow for the fourth time of the night, heavy rain began to fall, causing a red flag for 45 minutes, 50 seconds while the track was dried.

    Next up for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series is the Aug. 30 race at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park for the third-annual Chevrolet Silverado 250. Blaney is the defending champion.

    NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Race – UNOH 200 presented by ZLOOP
    Bristol Motor Speedway
    Bristol, Tennessee
    Wednesday, August 19, 2015

    1. (2) Ryan Blaney(i), Ford, 202, $46349.
    2. (1) Kyle Busch(i), Toyota, 202, $31811.
    3. (7) John H. Nemechek #, Chevrolet, 202, $25409.
    4. (17) Daniel Hemric #, Chevrolet, 202, $19358.
    5. (3) Brandon Jones #, Chevrolet, 202, $17800.
    6. (4) Erik Jones #, Toyota, 202, $16114.
    7. (6) Matt Crafton, Toyota, 202, $16948.
    8. (19) Tyler Reddick, Ford, 202, $15892.
    9. (12) Johnny Sauter, Toyota, 202, $15837.
    10. (18) Dalton Sargeant, Toyota, 202, $14482.
    11. (14) John Wes Townley, Chevrolet, 202, $15726.
    12. (15) Timothy Peters, Toyota, 202, $15560.
    13. (10) David Gilliland(i), Ford, 202, $13253.
    14. (21) JJ Haley, Chevrolet, 202, $13198.
    15. (11) Ben Kennedy, Toyota, 202, $15965.
    16. (5) Cole Custer, Chevrolet, 202, $15282.
    17. (24) Tyler Young, Chevrolet, 201, $15221.
    18. (9) Cameron Hayley #, Toyota, 201, $15143.
    19. (26) Travis Kvapil, Chevrolet, 199, $15088.
    20. (22) Justin Jennings, Chevrolet, 199, $15532.
    21. (20) Ray Black Jr. #, Chevrolet, 198, $14977.
    22. (13) Spencer Gallagher #, Chevrolet, 195, $14949.
    23. (23) Ty Dillon(i), Chevrolet, Accident, 194, $12672.
    24. (31) Norm Benning, Chevrolet, 190, $14894.
    25. (29) Jennifer Jo Cobb, Chevrolet, 189, $13739.
    26. (32) Wendell Chavous #, Chevrolet, 188, $13533.
    27. (30) Korbin Forrister #, Chevrolet, 176, $12505.
    28. (28) Ryan Ellis, Chevrolet, 176, $12258.
    29. (25) Mason Mingus, Chevrolet, Brakes, 158, $12202.
    30. (16) Daniel Suarez(i), Toyota, Overheating, 154, $11202.
    31. (8) Caleb Holman, Chevrolet, Accident, 112, $10702.
    32. (27) Tyler Tanner, Chevrolet, Brakes, 12, $9202.

    Average Speed of Race Winner: 80.481 mph.
    Time of Race: 01 Hrs, 20 Mins, 16 Secs.
    Margin of Victory: 0.512 Seconds.
    Caution Flags: 5 for 41 laps.
    Lead Changes: 9 among 6 drivers.

    Lap Leaders: K. Busch(i) 0; R. Blaney(i) 1-37; C. Custer 38-78; K. Busch(i) 79-82; J. Sauter 83-89; C. Custer 90-159; M. Crafton 160-174; B. Jones # 175; M. Crafton 176-199; R. Blaney(i) 200-202.

    Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led): C. Custer 2 times for 111 laps; R. Blaney(i) 2 times for 40 laps; M. Crafton 2 times for 39 laps; J. Sauter 1 time for 7 laps; K. Busch(i) 1 time for 4 laps; B. Jones # 1 time for 1 lap.

    Top 10 in Points: T. Reddick – 550; M. Crafton – 544; E. Jones # – 543; J. Sauter – 497; D. Hemric # – 460; C. Hayley # – 451; T. Peters – 448; J. Townley – 447; S. Gallagher # – 416; B. Kennedy – 410.

  • Kyle Busch Rallies For Second Straight Truck Series Win

    Kyle Busch Rallies For Second Straight Truck Series Win

    By Reid Spencer
    NASCAR Wire Service

    BROOKLYN, Mich.—Not even a pit road speeding penalty could keep Kyle Busch from his appointed rounds on Saturday at Michigan International Speedway.

    With drafting help from Kyle Busch Motorsports teammate Erik Jones entering Turn 1, Busch regained the lead from Ryan Blaney on Lap 97 of 100 in the Careers for Veterans 200 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race and held on to win by .157 seconds.

    Blaney held the second spot, and Jones finished third, followed by Johnny Sauter and Austin Dillon. Two-time defending series champion Matt Crafton battled a buckling windshield, a penalty for pitting too soon to correct it and a late spin after contact from John Wes Townley’s Chevrolet to finish sixth.

    Crafton gained three points on series leader Tyler Reddick, who ran ninth, and now trails by eight. Jones is third in the standings, nine points back.

    The victory was Busch’s first at MIS after four runner-up finishes in the series, and it was his second in two starts since returning from an injury that sidelined the driver of the No. 51 Toyota from all racing activity from Feb. 21 through mid-May.

    “First win for me, first win for KBM here,” said Busch, who won for the 44th time in the Truck Series. “I loved racing with those guys up there—Jones, Blaney and Dillon. It was pretty hectic on how all that was going to shape up and play out…

    “Just cool to finally get that monkey off my back here in the Truck Series and notch another race track where I’ve won in all three divisions here at Michigan.”

    Under caution on Lap 27, Busch was penalized for speeding while entering pit road and restarted at the back of the field on Lap 31. By Lap 51, Busch had worked his way back to fifth in the running order, and after an exchange of green-flag pit stops, he regained the lead on Lap 69.

    “We were trying something new with our tach settings, and it didn’t really work,” Busch said of the speeding infraction.

    Drivers gauge pit road speeds with their tachometers and a series of lights on the dashboard. In essence, Busch was seeing two sets of lights at the same time, calibrated to different settings, and that led directly to the speeding penalty.

    Once Busch passed Blaney with fewer than four laps left, Blaney—without a teammate to help—was resigned to a second-place finish.

    “When we got the lead (after a Lap 95 restart), I knew it was going to be hard to keep him behind us, because he can lay back to the 4 (Jones) and just get a big run and get by you,” Blaney said. “There’s nothing, as the leader, that you can do about it.

     “You’re wide open. You can break the draft all you want, but when he’s got a partner, it’s just like speedway racing—he can go by you.”

    NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Race – Careers for Veterans 200 Presented by Cooper Standard and Brad Keselowski’s Checkered Flag Foundation
    Michigan International Speedway
    Brooklyn, Michigan
    Saturday, August 15, 2015

                   1. (10) Kyle Busch(i), Toyota, 100, $43447.

                   2. (12) Ryan Blaney(i), Ford, 100, $36614.

                   3. (7) Erik Jones #, Toyota, 100, $26735.

                   4. (9) Johnny Sauter, Toyota, 100, $20254.

                   5. (3) Austin Dillon(i), Chevrolet, 100, $15653.

                   6. (1) Matt Crafton, Toyota, 100, $19792.

                   7. (2) Daniel Hemric #, Chevrolet, 100, $16325.

                   8. (5) Timothy Peters, Toyota, 100, $16241.

                   9. (11) Tyler Reddick, Ford, 100, $16185.

                   10. (6) Cameron Hayley #, Toyota, 100, $17107.

                   11. (16) Alex Bowman(i), Chevrolet, 100, $13852.

                   12. (17) John H. Nemechek #, Chevrolet, 100, $15934.

                   13. (23) Jordan Anderson, Chevrolet, 100, $15850.

                   14. (19) Garrett Smithley, Chevrolet, 100, $15795.

                   15. (13) Tyler Young, Chevrolet, 100, $16138.

                   16. (14) Spencer Gallagher #, Chevrolet, Accident, 99, $15711.

                   17. (8) John Wes Townley, Chevrolet, 99, $15799.

                   18. (20) Travis Kvapil, Chevrolet, 98, $15572.

                   19. (28) Jennifer Jo Cobb, Chevrolet, 98, $15515.

                   20. (18) Cody Coughlin, Toyota, 96, $15988.

                   21. (15) Chad Finley, Ford, 96, $13210.

                   22. (27) Korbin Forrister #, Chevrolet, 95, $15404.

                   23. (30) Wendell Chavous #, Chevrolet, 95, $15376.

                   24. (22) Mason Mingus, Chevrolet, Accident, 87, $14099.

                   25. (4) Ben Kennedy, Toyota, Accident, 82, $14220.

                   26. (21) Ray Black Jr. #, Chevrolet, 66, $13042.

                   27. (31) Norm Benning, Chevrolet, Rear Gear, 40, $12987.

                   28. (25) Caleb Roark, Chevrolet, Vibration, 19, $12747.

                   29. (32) Tyler Tanner, Chevrolet, Clutch, 16, $12692.

                   30. (26) BJ McLeod, Chevrolet, Electrical, 15, $12192.

                   31. (29) Todd Peck, Chevrolet, Rear Gear, 12, $10692.

                   32. (24) Justin Jennings, Chevrolet, Handling, 6, $9692.

    Average Speed of Race Winner:  128.94 mph.
    Time of Race:  01 Hrs, 33 Mins, 04 Secs. Margin of Victory:  0.157 Seconds.
    Caution Flags:  6 for 26 laps.
    Lead Changes:  15 among 6 drivers.

    Lap Leaders:    0; D. Hemric # 1-4; A. Dillon(i) 5-6; K. Busch(i) 7-26; A. Dillon(i) 27; E. Jones # 28-34; R. Blaney(i) 35; E. Jones # 36-44; J. Sauter 45-68; K. Busch(i) 69-76; R. Blaney(i) 77-81; K. Busch(i) 82-89; A. Dillon(i) 90; K. Busch(i) 91-94; R. Blaney(i) 95-96; K. Busch(i) 97-100.

    Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led):  K. Busch(i) 5 times for 44 laps; J. Sauter 1 time for 24 laps; E. Jones # 2 times for 16 laps; R. Blaney(i) 3 times for 8 laps; A. Dillon(i) 3 times for 4 laps; D. Hemric # 1 time for 4 laps.

    Top 10 in Points: T. Reddick – 514; M. Crafton – 506; E. Jones # – 505; J. Sauter – 461; C. Hayley # – 425; D. Hemric # – 420; T. Peters – 416; J. Townley – 414; S. Gallagher # – 394; B. Kennedy – 381.

     

  • NASCAR Racing Schedule for Michigan and Mid-Ohio

    NASCAR Racing Schedule for Michigan and Mid-Ohio

    The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and Camping World Truck Series will compete this week at Michigan International Speedway while the NASCAR XFINITY Series travels to the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. All Sprint Cup and XFINITY Series practices, qualifying sessions and races can be seen on NBC Sports Live Extra. The Camping World Truck Series events will be televised on FOX Sports 1. The full schedule is listed below.

    All times are Eastern.

    Friday, August 14:

    On Track – Michigan:

    11 a.m.-1:25 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series Practice – NBCSN/Live Extra
    1:30-2:25 p.m.: Camping World Truck Series Practice – FOX Sports 1
    3-4:25 p.m.: Camping World Truck Series Final Practice (Will be shown on FOX Sports 1 at 8 p.m. ET)
    5:05 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying – NBCSN/Live Extra

    On Track – Mid-Ohio:

    1:30-2:25 p.m.: XFINITY Series Practice – NBCSN/Live Extra
    3-4:25 p.m.: XFINITY Series Final Practice – RSN/Live Extra

    Press Conferences (Watch live at NASCAR.com)

    9:45 a.m.: Greg Biffle
    10 a.m.: Matt Kenseth
    10:15 a.m.: Tyler Reddick
    10:30 a.m.: Erik Jones
    3:15 p.m.: Jeff Gordon
    6 p.m. (approx.): Post-NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Qualifying

    Saturday, August 15:

    On Track – Michigan:

    8:30-9:25 a.m.: Sprint Cup Series Practice – CNBC/Live Extra
    9:40 a.m.: Camping World Truck Series Keystone Light Pole Qualifying – FOX Sports 1
    11:30 a.m.-12:25 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series Final Practice – CNBC/Live Extra
    12:30 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Setup – FOX Sports 1
    1 p.m.: Camping World Truck Series Careers for Veterans 200 presented by Cooper Standard and Brad Keselowski’s Checkered Flag Foundation – (100 laps, 200 miles) – FOX Sports 1

    On Track – Mid-Ohio:

    11:15 a.m.: XFINITY Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying – Live Extra
    3 p.m.: NASCAR XFINITY Series Countdown to Green – NBCSN
    3:30 p.m.: XFINITY Series Nationwide Children’s Hospital 200 at Mid-Ohio (75 laps, 169.35 miles) – NBCSN/Live Extra

    Press Conferences (Watch live at NASCAR.com)

    2:30 p.m.: (approx.): Post-Camping World Truck Series Race

    Sunday, August 16:

    On Track – Michigan:

    11:30 a.m.: NASCAR RaceDay: Michigan – FOX Sports 1
    1:30 p.m.: NASCAR America Sunday – NBCSN
    2 p.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Countdown to Green – NBCSN
    2:30 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series Pure Michigan 400 (200 laps, 400 miles) – NBCSN/Live Extra
    5:30 p.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Post-Race Show – NBCSN
    11 p.m.: NASCAR Victory Lap – NBCSN
    Midnight: NASCAR Victory Lane – FOX Sports 1

    Press Conferences (Watch live at NASCAR.com)

    11 a.m.: MIS President Roger Curtis and Consumers Energy VP and Chief Customer Officer Garrick J. Rochow
    11:30 a.m.: Michigan Lt. Gov. Brian Calley, Michigan Economic Development Corporation CEO Steve Arwood, Travel Michigan Vice President Dave Lorenz and grand marshal Michael Harris
    5:15 p.m. (approx.): Post-Sprint Cup Series race

  • Kyle Busch Scores 43rd Career Truck Win at Pocono

    Kyle Busch Scores 43rd Career Truck Win at Pocono

    After three green, white, checkered attempts, Kyle Busch was again the one to reign victorious, scoring his 43rd Camping World Truck Series win at Pocono Raceway. This was Busch’s first Truck victory for the 2015 season and his first at Pocono Raceway in the Trucks.

    With the victory, Busch has now won at least one race in all three of NASCAR’s national series for the tenth time in his career.

    “This is really, really cool,” Kyle Busch said. “Great to win and put Toyota in Victory Lane and my first win here as well.”

    In spite of the three restarts he had to contend with, Kyle Busch felt that he managed them well.  Unfortunately, his young teammate Erik Jones did not fare so well, getting spun and suffering damage on one of those fateful restarts.

    “The restarts weren’t too bad from my seat,” Busch said. “But behind me it looked crazy. I hate it that Erik Jones got washed out on that restart. The restarts didn’t go his way today.”

    Busch also was running low on fuel at the end of the race and had to nurse his race track during through cautions.

    “One of the biggest things we did was to shut the engine off during yellows,” Busch said. “The more you can shut it off, because these things are gas guzzlers, the better off you are.”

    Kevin Harvick, driver of the No. 00 Haas Automation Chevrolet, finished in the runner-up position, after taking tires late in the race.

    “We had an interesting weekend, to say the least,” Harvick said. “But I signed up to give some feedback and help Cole (Custer) and JR Motorsports get situated on the bigger tracks. The great part is that the guys kept working and they didn’t get mad.”

    “So, we made something out of the weekend. IT’s not where we want to be performance-wise, but that’s why you run the race.”

    “Yeah, I just want to thank everybody on our Haas Automation Chevrolet.”

    Tyler Reddick, driver of the No. 19 Draw Tite Ford, finished third. And thanks to the misfortune that befell Matt Crafton, who tangled with Brad Keselowski to finish 28th, Reddick also became the new points leader in the Truck Series.

    “Our guys did an outstanding job,” Reddick said. “These guys have been working really hard. We didn’t have the speed we needed to compete with the 51 and the 4, but the truck was very raceable in traffic.”

    “But we still came home with a top three finish.”

    Reddick is now officially eleven points ahead of Matt Crafton in the championship point standings.

    “We need to stay aggressive,” Reddick said. “It’s always been race to race as far as the points If we run the best we can every weekend, it will all end up right at the end.”

    Cameron Haley scored his best career finish to date, finishing fourth in his No. 13 Cabinets by Hayley/Carolina Nut Co. Toyota.

    “I had Cup drivers on all sides and that was a hell of a feeling,” Haley said. “Learned a ton from him and my spotter Eddie D’Hondt (Jeff Gordon’s spotter) up on the stand.”

    “I will do lots of celebrating tonight. This was a good top five finish for sure.”

    Austin Dillon, who also pitted late in the race finished fifth in his No. 33 Rheem Chevrolet, in spite of an incident with Erik Jones.

    “We had a good run at the very last second, but it didn’t work,” Dillon said. “I hate it for Erik Jones, but we had a good conversation afterward.”

    Johnny Sauter, Timothy Peters, Matt Tifft, Daniel Hemric, and Erik Jones rounded out the top ten finishing order for the 6th annual Pocono Mountains 150.  The full results are as follows:

    015 NCWTS Pocono Mountains 150 Race Results

    Fin Str Trk Driver Team Lap Pts BPts Status TLd LLd
    1 2 51 Kyle Busch(i) Dollar General Toyota 69 0 Running 2 53
    2 7 0 Kevin Harvick(i) Haas Automation Chevrolet 69 0 Running
    3 6 19 Tyler Reddick Draw Tite Ford 69 41 Running
    4 16 13 Cameron Hayley # Cabinets by Hayley/Carolina Nut Co. Toyota 69 40 Running
    5 5 33 Austin Dillon(i) Rheem Chevrolet 69 0 Running
    6 17 98 Johnny Sauter Nextant/Curb Records Toyota 69 39 1 Running 1 4
    7 12 17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota 69 37 Running
    8 14 54 Matt Tifft ToyotaCare Toyota 69 36 Running
    9 15 14 Daniel Hemric # California Clean Power Chevrolet 69 35 Running
    10 1 4 Erik Jones # Toyota 69 35 1 Running 1 9
    11 8 11 Ben Kennedy Local Motors Toyota 69 33 Running
    12 11 15 Mason Mingus Call 811 Chevrolet 69 32 Running
    13 9 8 John H. Nemechek # D.A.B. Constructors Inc. Chevrolet 69 31 Running
    14 13 23 Spencer Gallagher # Allegiant Travel Chevrolet 69 31 1 Running 1 3
    15 20 2 Tyler Young Randco Industries/Young’s Building Systems 69 29 Running
    16 18 63 Garrett Smithley SegPay/Mittler Bros Machine & Tool/Ski Soda 69 28 Running
    17 10 5 John Wes Townley Zaxby’s Chevrolet 68 27 Running
    18 21 74 Jordan Anderson SRGFX.com Chevrolet 67 26 Running
    19 32 50 Kyle Martel Finish Line Express Chevrolet 67 25 Running
    20 25 28 Ryan Ellis FDNY/Julie’s Cause Chevrolet 67 24 Running
    21 23 40 Todd Peck Arthritis Foundation/OSS Health Chevrolet 66 23 Running
    22 30 6 Norm Benning Chevrolet 63 22 Running
    23 19 1 Travis Kvapil Burnie Grill Chevrolet 56 21 Running
    24 31 7 Ray Black Jr. # ScubaLife.com Chevrolet 52 20 Accident
    25 26 94 Wendell Chavous # Lilly Trucking Chevrolet 51 19 Accident
    26 24 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Driven2Honor.org Chevrolet 49 18 Running
    27 29 8 Korbin Forrister # Trump for President Chevrolet 24 17 Accident
    28 3 88 Matt Crafton ChiChi’s/Menards Toyota 13 16 Accident
    29 22 45 BJ McLeod Tilted Kilt Chevrolet 12 15 Overheating
    30 4 29 Brad Keselowski(i) Cooper Standard Ford 5 0 Accident
    31 28 36 Justin Jennings Mittler Bros Machine & Tool/Ski Soda Chevrolet 3 13 Vibration
    32 27 0 Caleb Roark Driven2Honor.org Chevrolet 3 12 Suspension

    # = Rookie, Fin = Finish, Str = Start, Pts = Total Points, BPs = Lap Leader Bns Pts, TLd = Times Led, LLd = Laps Led. (i) Ineligible for driver points in this series

     

     

     

  • NASCAR Racing Schedule for Pocono and Iowa

    NASCAR Racing Schedule for Pocono and Iowa

  • Christopher Bell Slings to Dramatic Win at Eldora Speedway

    Christopher Bell Slings to Dramatic Win at Eldora Speedway

    By Chris Knight
    NASCAR Wire Service

    In one of the most anticipated races of the year, Christopher Bell scored a dramatic win in the third annual 1-800-CAR-CASH Mud Summer Classic on the famed Eldora Speedway dirt. It was the first victory for Bell in just his third career start. Bell’s triumph marked back-to-back victories for Kyle Busch Motorsports in the No. 54 Toyota Tundra at Eldora.”It’s just unbelievable,” said Bell in Victory Lane. “I’ve been coming here quite a few times and if you would have told me two years ago that my first win at Eldora was going to be in a truck, I would have told you, ‘you’re crazy.’ This is just fantastic. I’m just thrilled to be here.”

    Veteran dirt late model ace Bobby Pierce scored the Keystone Light Pole Award earlier in the day, giving MB Motorsports, one of the longest running teams in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, its first-ever pole. Pierce lost the lead on Lap 1 to John Hunter Nemechek but took it back on Lap 2.

    Pierce maintained control of the race, until a Lap 42 restart when Bell, also a dirt veteran, swiped the lead from Pierce in Turn 1. Bell led through Lap 60.

    When Spencer Gallagher spun on lap 53, NASCAR utilized the yellow flag to serve as the competition caution originally scheduled for Lap 60, allowing teams to come in for tires and fuel. Brad Keselowski elected to stay out during the caution, inheriting the lead alongside Bell for the Lap 61 restart.

    Bell quickly slid by Keselowski a lap later and stretched his advantage by 1.5 seconds until a debris caution on Lap 72 brought the field to his bumper.

    Through the race’s then-longest green flag stretch, Bell increased his lead on Pierce, but when Chris Fontaine spun on Lap 94, it once again bunched up the field.

    On the restart, Pierce attacked Bell and stole the lead on the backstretch and kept it through a yellow for John Wes Townley on Lap 94. Bell slid in front of Pierce two laps after the restart and held the point until the end of segment two for the second competition caution of the night.

    Under the yellow, most of the field elected to stay out, setting up for the start of segment three, a 40-lap dash.

    Showcasing his dirt track skills, Bell checked out from the field with Pierce, Ty Dillon, Austin Dillon and Tyler Reddick chasing. The opportunity to pull away would be denied when the 11th caution flag of the night waved.

    Chasing his first career win in his truck series debut, Pierce stalking Bell for the lead, made contact with the Turn 4 wall with about 15 laps remaining, causing significant rear-end damage. Even with a battered truck, Pierce stayed on the throttle. The challenge for the lead would be slowed with 11 laps remaining when Timothy Peters went for a solo spin in Turn 2.

    A five-lap sprint to the finish set up for the winner of the 1-800-CAR-CASH Mud Summer Classic with Bell and Pierce up front on the restart.

    Bell would accelerate hard while a slow restart for Pierce put him in the clutches of Austin Dillon and Tyler Reddick. Pierce escaped them and set his sights on Bell.

    When Korbin Forrister spun with two laps to go, the drama meter pegged even more, setting up for a green-white-checkered finish.

    On the final restart of the night, Bell refused to give up the race lead and withstood an attempted pass by Pierce on the last lap to earn the win.

    “I’ll tell you that’s pretty awesome that Bobby and I could come here and run 1-2,” added Bell. “I never heard of him until I was at a sprint car race last year and he was running his late model. It’s pretty cool that a couple of dirt guys could run 1-2 at a dirt race track.”

    Tyler Reddick finished third ahead of Erik Jones and Daniel Hemric. Inaugural Eldora winner Austin Dillon was sixth followed by Nemechek, Cameron Hayley, Matt Crafton and Ty Dillon.

    The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series returns to action on Aug. 1 at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway for the running of the Pocono Mountains 150 (1 p.m. ET on FOX Sports 1).

    NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Race – 1-800-CarCash Mud Summer Classic
    Eldora Speedway
    Rossburg, Ohio
    Wednesday, July 22, 2015

    1. (4) Christopher Bell, Toyota, 154, $37273.
    2. (1) Bobby Pierce, Chevrolet, 154, $27697.
    3. (5) Tyler Reddick, Ford, 154, $23646.
    4. (19) Erik Jones #, Toyota, 154, $18870.
    5. (17) Daniel Hemric #, Chevrolet, 154, $16430.
    6. (10) Austin Dillon(i), Chevrolet, 154, $13086.
    7. (2) John H. Nemechek #, Chevrolet, 154, $14794.
    8. (9) Cameron Hayley #, Toyota, 154, $14745.
    9. (12) Matt Crafton, Toyota, 154, $15695.
    10. (15) Ty Dillon(i), Chevrolet, 154, $13346.
    11. (3) Ken Schrader, Toyota, 154, $12347.
    12. (27) Ben Kennedy, Toyota, 154, $14548.
    13. (6) Tyler Young, Chevrolet, 154, $14498.
    14. (20) John Wes Townley, Chevrolet, 154, $14450.
    15. (23) Ray Black Jr. #, Chevrolet, 154, $15000.
    16. (21) Chris Fontaine, Chevrolet, 154, $12100.
    17. (18) Spencer Gallagher #, Chevrolet, 154, $14302.
    18. (30) Jody Knowles, Ford, 154, $14252.
    19. (13) Norm Benning, Chevrolet, 154, $14050.
    20. (25) Sean Corr, Ford, 154, $12251.
    21. (22) Matt Tifft, Toyota, 154, $13952.
    22. (7) Johnny Sauter, Toyota, 153, $13902.
    23. (8) Timothy Peters, Toyota, 153, $13853.
    24. (16) Korbin Forrister #, Chevrolet, 153, $12554.
    25. (26) Cody Erickson, Chevrolet, 153, $11654.
    26. (32) Wendell Chavous, Chevrolet, 152, $12456.
    27. (29) Jennifer Jo Cobb, Chevrolet, 151, $11406.
    28. (11) Brad Keselowski(i), Ford, 144, $11063.
    29. (38) Cole Custer, Chevrolet, 136, $10964.
    30. (28) Travis Kvapil, Chevrolet, Accident, 119, $10464.
    31. (14) Chad Boat, Chevrolet, Accident, 110, $8964.
    32. (31) Stewart Hayward, RAM, Engine, 79, $7964.

    Average Speed of Race Winner: 44.602 mph.
    Time of Race: 1 Hrs, 43 Mins, 35 Secs. Margin of Victory: 0.761 Seconds.
    Caution Flags: 13 for 61 laps.
    Lead Changes: 9 among 4 drivers.
    Lap Leaders: B. Pierce 0; J. Nemechek # 1; B. Pierce 2-5; A. Dillon(i) 6-12; B. Pierce 13-22; A. Dillon(i) 23; B. Pierce 24-41; C. Bell 42-98; B. Pierce 99-105; C. Bell 106-154.
    Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led): C. Bell 2 times for 106 laps; B. Pierce 4 times for 39 laps; A. Dillon(i) 2 times for 8 laps; J. Nemechek # 1 time for 1 lap.


    Top 10 in Points: M. Crafton – 452; T. Reddick – 438; E. Jones # – 428; J. Sauter – 381; J. Townley – 360; C. Hayley # – 351; D. Hemric # – 347; T. Peters – 343; S. Gallagher # – 335; B. Kennedy – 329. 

     

  • NASCAR Racing Schedule for Eldora Speedway

    NASCAR Racing Schedule for Eldora Speedway

    Wednesday, July 22:

    On Track:

    10:30-11:25 a.m.: Camping World Truck Series practice – FOX Sports 1
    11:30 a.m.-12:55 p.m.: Camping World Truck Series final practice – FOX Sports 1
    5:15 p.m.: Camping World Truck Series Keystone Light Pole Qualifying – FOX Sports 2
    7 p.m. (approx.): Camping World Truck Series Qualifying Race #1 (10 laps) – FOX Sports 2
    7:09 p.m. (approx.): Camping World Truck Series Qualifying Race #2 (10 laps) – FOX Sports 2
    7:18 p.m. (approx.): Camping World Truck Series Qualifying Race #3 (10 laps) – FOX Sports 2
    7:27 p.m. (approx.): Camping World Truck Series Qualifying Race #4 (10 laps) – FOX Sports 2
    7:36 p.m. (approx.): Camping World Truck Series Qualifying Race #5 (10 laps) – FOX Sports 2
    8:15 p.m. (approx.): Camping World Truck Series Last Chance Race (15 laps) – FOX Sports 1
    9 p.m.: Camping World Truck Series 1-800-Car-Cash Mud Summer Classic (150 laps; three segments: 60-50-40 for 75 miles) – FOX Sports 1

    Qualifying and Race Format for Eldora Speedway

    Qualifying.Format.for.Eldora (1)

     

  • Crafton Wins Shortened Kentucky Truck Race After Damage to Catchfence

    Crafton Wins Shortened Kentucky Truck Race After Damage to Catchfence

    July 9, 2015

    By Reid Spencer

    SPARTA, Ky. – In a race that ended five laps short of its scheduled distance, polesitter Matt Crafton was declared the winner of Thursday night’s UNOH 225 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event after Ben Kennedy’s Toyota damaged the catchfence at Kentucky Speedway beyond the track’s capacity to repair it expeditiously.

    With a shove from the Ford of Ryan Blaney, Crafton had taken the lead from eventual runner-up Erik Jones on Lap 145 moments before Kennedy was launched into the fence from contact with David Gilliland’s Ford.

    The victory was the fourth of the season for the two-time defending series champion, who won for the first time at Kentucky and the eighth time in his career.

    “I’ve got to thank Ryan Blaney—he was all about that restart,” Crafton said in Victory Lane. “I know we had the best truck here when we got track position. When we got track position earlier, we’d drive away from everybody.”

    But Crafton, who led 44 laps, lost the top spot during a pit stop on Lap 100, when he had to wait for John Wes Townley to clear to his inside before he could enter his pit stall.

    “I think that was the only reason we lost the lead,” Crafton said. “But this Toyota Tundra was really, really good.”

    The race was slowed for the seventh time on Lap 140 when contact from the No. 05 Chevrolet of John Wes Townley sent the No. 23 Silverado of Spencer Gallagher hard into the outside wall.

    NASCAR red-flagged the proceedings for 3 minutes, 28 seconds for track clean-up, leaving Jones in the lead for a restart on Lap 145.

    But Gallagher’s wreck was nothing compared with the jolt Kennedy took on the restart lap after contact with Gilliland’s Ford sent Kennedy’s Toyota to the top of the SAFER barrier and into the catch fence.

    “I thought I was clear,” Kennedy said on his radio. The driver of the No. 11 Tundra had moved up the track into Gilliland’s Ford after being cleared by his spotter.

    “I heard ‘Clear’ on the radio, so I moved up to the wall and as soon as I went to the wall,” Kennedy said after leaving the infield care center. “I guess Gilliland had a run on the outside and pretty much hit me in the right rear — and I went up.

    “I guess I was on top of the wall. I remember being on top of the wall for quite some time. I didn’t see much — just a bunch of dust and debris flying. Then came down. The ride from the wall to the ground was pretty hard. But I’m OK.

    “Thank God for everything that NASCAR has done to keep this sport safe. ’Cause for me to get out of my car on my own power after a hit like that is pretty incredible.”

    Blaney finished third, followed by Daniel Suarez and Timothy Peters.

    Two support poles in the catchfence had to be replaced, a process that would consume 90 minutes. Accordingly, NASCAR called the race with five laps left.

    It was the second straight race in one of NASCAR’s top three touring series in which a car has hit the fence protecting the grandstands. In last Sunday’s Coke Zero 400 Sprint Cup Series at Daytona International Speedway, Austin Dillon’s Chevrolet was launched into the fence during a last-lap wreck in the tri-oval.

    NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Race – UNOH 225

    Kentucky Speedway

    Sparta, Kentucky

    Thursday, July 09, 2015

                   1. (1) Matt Crafton, Toyota, 145, $59498.

                   2. (3) Erik Jones #, Toyota, 145, $48487.

                   3. (6) Ryan Blaney(i), Ford, 145, $34948.

                   4. (4) Daniel Suarez(i), Toyota, 145, $22029.

                   5. (10) Timothy Peters, Toyota, 145, $19072.

                   6. (2) Tyler Reddick, Ford, 145, $17403.

                   7. (31) David Gilliland(i), Ford, 145, $14608.

                   8. (7) John Wes Townley, Chevrolet, 145, $16314.

                   9. (12) Cameron Hayley #, Toyota, 145, $16205.

                   10. (9) Brandon Jones #, Chevrolet, 145, $17018.

                   11. (13) John H. Nemechek #, Chevrolet, 145, $15959.

                   12. (5) Johnny Sauter, Toyota, 145, $15766.

                   13. (15) Ray Black Jr #, Chevrolet, 145, $15657.

                   14. (23) Travis Kvapil, Chevrolet, 145, $15548.

                   15. (19) Timmy Hill, Chevrolet, 145, $15811.

                   16. (14) Ben Kennedy, Toyota, Accident, 145, $15497.

                   17. (16) Christopher Bell, Toyota, 144, $15188.

                   18. (11) Daniel Hemric #, Chevrolet, 143, $15079.

                  19. (22) Mason Mingus, Chevrolet, 143, $14970.

                   20. (30) Cody Coughlin, Toyota, 143, $12811.

                   21. (18) Korbin Forrister #, Chevrolet, 141, $15052.

                   22. (21) Justin Jennings, Chevrolet, 140, $14643.

                   23. (20) Jennifer Jo Cobb, Chevrolet, 140, $13284.

                   24. (8) Spencer Gallagher #, Chevrolet, Accident, 139, $13175.

                   25. (29) Brandon Brown, Chevrolet, 132, $12216.

                   26. (17) Tyler Young, Chevrolet, 132, $11957.

                   27. (28) Caleb Holman, Chevrolet, Accident, 124, $11848.

                   28. (26) Jordan Anderson, Chevrolet, Suspension, 98, $11508.

                   29. (27) BJ McLeod, Chevrolet, Electrical, 32, $11400.

                   30. (25) Ryan Ellis, Chevrolet, Electrical, 16, $10900.

                   31. (24) Norm Benning, Chevrolet, Engine, 2, $9400.

    Average Speed of Race Winner:  117.268 mph.

    Time of Race:  1 Hrs, 51 Mins, 17 Secs. Margin of Victory:  Caution.

    Caution Flags:  8 for 30 laps.

    Lead Changes:  13 among 7 drivers.

    Lap Leaders:   M. Crafton 0; T. Reddick 1-4; D. Suarez(i) 5-22; T. Reddick 23-30; E. Jones # 31-45; R. Black Jr # 46; J. Nemechek # 47; R. Blaney(i) 48-58; M. Crafton 59-100; E. Jones # 101-128; R. Blaney(i) 129-131; T. Reddick 132; E. Jones # 133-144; M. Crafton 145;.

    Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led):  E. Jones # 3 times for 55 laps; M. Crafton 2 times for 43 laps; D. Suarez(i) 1 time for 18 laps; R. Blaney(i) 2 times for 14 laps; T. Reddick 3 times for 13 laps; R. Black Jr # 1 time for 1 lap; J. Nemechek # 1 time for 1 lap.

    Top 10 in Points: M. Crafton – 417; T. Reddick – 397; E. Jones # – 388; J. Sauter – 359; J. Townley – 330; T. Peters – 322; C. Hayley # – 315; S. Gallagher # – 308; D. Hemric # – 308; B. Kennedy – 297.

  • NASCAR Racing Schedule for Kentucky Speedway

    NASCAR Racing Schedule for Kentucky Speedway

    This week the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, XFINITY Series and the Camping World Truck Series travel to Kentucky Speedway for a tripleheader of racing action. The Sprint Cup and XFINITY Series practices, qualifying sessions and races will be televised on NBC Sports Live Extra. The Camping World Truck Series events will be shown on FOX Sports 1. The full schedule is listed below.

    All times are Eastern.

    Wednesday, July 8:

    On Track:

    3-5 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series practice – Postponed 
    6-8 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series practice – Postponed 

    Press Conferences (Watch live at NASCAR.com)

    5:05 p.m.: Carl Edwards
    5:20 p.m.: Jamie McMurray
    5:45 p.m.: Greg Biffle

    Thursday, July 9:

    On Track:

    8-10:55 a.m.: Camping World Truck Series final practice – FOX Sports 1 coverage starts at 10 a.m. – Canceled
    11 a.m.-12:55 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series practice – Canceled
    2-3:25 p.m.: XFINITY Series practice – NBC Sports Network – Canceled
    4-4:55 p.m.: XFINITY Series final practice – NBC Sports Network – Postponed
    5:10 p.m.: Camping World Truck Series Keystone Light Pole Qualifying – FOX Sports 2 – Canceled
    5:15-6:25 p.m.: XFINITY Series final practice – NBC Sports Network
    7:30 p.m.: Camping World Truck Series UNOH 225 (150 laps, 225 miles) – FOX Sports 1

    Press Conferences (Watch live at NASCAR.com)

    11:45 a.m.: Jamie McMurray and Greg Biffle
    1:00 p.m.: Erik Jones and Matt Crafton
    3:15 p.m.: Brendan Gaughan
    3:30 p.m.: Brad Keselowski
    9:15 p.m.: Post-NCWTS Race Press Conferences (Time approx.)

    Friday, July 10:

    On Track:

    10:30 a.m.-2 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series practice – NBC Sports Network
    3:45 p.m.: XFINITY Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying – NBC Sports Network – Canceled
    4:25-6 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series final practice
    5:45 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series Coors Light Pole – NBC Sports Network – Canceled
    7:30 p.m.: XFINITY Series Kentucky race (200 laps, 300 miles) – NBC Sports Network

    Press Conferences (Watch live at NASCAR.com)

    10 a.m.: Kyle Busch
    2:30 p.m.: Chase Elliott
    3:30 p.m.: Jeff Gordon
    6:45 p.m.: Post-NSCS Qualifying Press Conferences (Time approx.)
    9:45 p.m.: Post-NXS Race Press Conferences (Time approx.)

    Saturday, July 11:

    On Track:

    7:30 p.m.: Sprint Cup Series Quaker State 400 Presented by Advance Auto Parts (267 laps, 400.5 miles) – NBC Sports Network

    Press Conferences (Watch live at NASCAR.com)

    10:45 p.m.: Post-NSCS Race Press Conferences (Time approx.)

    Additional Information: Per NASCAR

    Teams have a four-hour extended practice scheduled for Wednesday at Kentucky to acclimate themselves to the new aero package. (3-5 p.m. and 6-8 p.m.) Postponed due to rain. The Sprint Cup Series will have an extra practice instead on Thursday 11 a.m.-12:55 p.m.

    This weekend’s Kentucky aero package features a shorter spoiler (reduced from 6 inches to 3-1/2 inches) and a splitter extension panel (radiator pan) reduction from 38 inches to 25 inches. The splitter will have 1-3/4 inches less overhang that what has previously been used this season.

    Combined, the aero changes are expected to lessen the amount of downforce on the cars by approximately 1,000 pounds.

  • Jones ends streak of bad luck, wins first race of 2015

    Jones ends streak of bad luck, wins first race of 2015

    June 19, 2015

    By Rob Gray

    NEWTON, Iowa — Last season, a powerful run through Iowa Speedway helped Erik Jones finally emerge from the tall shadows cast by bad luck.

    But the talented 19-year-old’s relationship with misfortune re-formed in 2015 — until, again, Iowa.

    Jones entered Friday’s American Ethanol 200 winless in eight NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starts this season and stung by back-to-back finishes of 23rd and 15th.

    He left the track pumping his fists, victorious.

    The Kyle Busch Motorsports driver led 112 laps and dominated most of the race en route to his fifth career series triumph.

    “We’ve had fast trucks,” Jones said. “Things just haven’t been happening. Just kept fighting the good fight and waited for it to come around.”

    Jones sped to the victory by 5.661 seconds over Brandon Jones, who notched a career-best runner-up finish.

    Tyler Reddick finished third, Matt Crafton took fourth and Christopher Bell — in his first career start — completed the top five. Crafton retained his points lead by 12 over Reddick. Jones now stands third, 26 points behind Crafton.

    “I think we’ve had speed all year long, honestly,” said Brandon Jones, whose GMS Racing teammate, Spencer Gallagher, secured a career-high second last weekend at Gateway Motorsports Park. “It’s just starting to come around for us.”

    Bell started 10th and the former USAC National Midget Champion hadn’t raced on pavement until last September.

    “I just had one expectation and goal and that was just to finish the race,” Bell said. “I really didn’t know what to expect, so to come out with a top five, I’m just thrilled about it.”

    A different type of excitement pulsed through Jones, who earlier Friday became the series’ youngest Keystone Light 21 means 21 Pole winner at Iowa (19 years, 20 days).

    He led the first 43 laps, slipped back to ninth after a lap 53 restart, but patiently threaded to third by lap 98.

    Jones re-took the lead for good on lap 128, surging by Crafton on another restart and within 15 laps had built a 1.5-second advantage.

    Crafton led 33 laps and nearly outdueled Reddick for third in the closing stages. His ThorSport Racing teammates, Johnny Sauter and Cameron Hayley, led 14 and 37 laps, respectively, before mechanical issues put them off the pace.

    Jones finally evaded a similar setback.

    “This one’s just enjoyment now,” Jones said. “We’re back in the swing of things. I guess the last month was just stressful all around. Stressful on me as a person. … I kind of came to realize it doesn’t come as easy as everybody thinks it does. I had a lot of success early on and definitely got into kind of a hard spot.”

    Make that hard spots.

    His win last season at Iowa’s fast, short track ignited a much-needed hot streak that followed a 23rd-place finish at Gateway.

    Deja vu?

    “It’s really similar,” Jones said. “Last year we really kind of came off the same beginning to the season to this point and went here and kind of turned everything around. So I would say our luck or whatever you want to call it was worse this year at the beginning of the year than it was last year, but definitely a similar feel in getting back to Victory Lane here and getting things going in the right direction.”

    It worked last season.

    Jones closed out the 2014 Camping World Trucks season with two more wins and posted at least a top-seven finish in seven of the final eight races.

    And while it’s doubtful 2015 will fully mirror 2014, Jones offered a confident prediction.

    “It took is a while to get here, but now that we’re here I think we’ll keep reeling a few off.”

    NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Race – American Ethanol 200

    Iowa Speedway

    Newton, Iowa

    Friday, June 19, 2015

    1. (1) Erik Jones #, Toyota, 200, $48421.

    2. (4) Brandon Jones #, Chevrolet, 200, $29147.

    3. (3) Tyler Reddick, Ford, 200, $27459.

    4. (9) Matt Crafton, Toyota, 200, $21600.

    5. (10) Christopher Bell, Toyota, 200, $18646.

    6. (16) Timothy Peters, Toyota, 200, $16562.

    7. (14) Spencer Gallagher, Chevrolet, 200, $16006.

    8. (13) Daniel Hemric #, Chevrolet, 200, $15757.

    9. (7) Cole Custer, Chevrolet, 200, $15701.

    10. (12) John Wes Townley, Chevrolet, 200, $16596.

    11. (11) Justin Boston, Toyota, 200, $15591.

    12. (18) Austin Theriault #, Ford, 200, $15451.

    13. (8) Ben Kennedy, Toyota, 200, $15396.

    14. (6) Caleb Holman, Chevrolet, 200, $13090.

    15. (23) Ray Black Jr. #, Chevrolet, 199, $15801.

    16. (17) Mason Mingus, Chevrolet, 199, $15062.

    17. (20) Johnny Sauter, Toyota, 198, $14952.

    18. (22) Timmy Hill, Chevrolet, 198, $14813.

    19. (5) Cameron Hayley #, Toyota, 198, $14702.

    20. (19) Tyler Young, Chevrolet, 197, $13897.

    21. (27) Jennifer Jo Cobb, Chevrolet, 196, $13230.

    22. (26) Jordan Anderson, Chevrolet, 193, $12119.

    23. (2) John H. Nemechek #, Chevrolet, Accident, 157, $11980.

    24. (21) Travis Kvapil, Chevrolet, Drive Shaft, 148, $11897.

    25. (29) Norm Benning, Chevrolet, Oil Leak, 93, $12019.

    26. (25) Korbin Forrister #, Chevrolet, Engine, 65, $11841.

    27. (15) Jake Griffin, Chevrolet, Accident, 41, $11786.

    28. (30) Tommy Regan, Chevrolet, Electrical, 33, $11539.

    29. (28) Ryan Ellis, Chevrolet, Suspension, 24, $11511.

    30. (31) Michael Affarano(i), Chevrolet, Vibration, 22, $11011.

    31. (24) Justin Jennings, Chevrolet, Electrical, 15, $9511.

    32. (32) Caleb Roark, Chevrolet, Vibration, 5, $8511.

     

    Average Speed of Race Winner: 96.73 mph.

    Time of Race: 1 Hrs, 48 Mins, 33 Secs. Margin of Victory: 5.860 Seconds.

    Caution Flags: 6 for 36 laps.

    Lead Changes: 6 among 5 drivers.

    Lap Leaders: E. Jones # 1-43; J. Sauter 44-57; C. Hayley # 58-94; M. Crafton 95-127; E. Jones # 128-152; B. Jones # 153-156; E. Jones # 157-200.

    Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led): E. Jones # 3 times for 112 laps; C. Hayley # 1 time for 37 laps; M. Crafton 1 time for 33 laps; J. Sauter 1 time for 14 laps; B. Jones # 1 time for 4 laps.

    Top 10 in Points: M. Crafton – 370; T. Reddick – 358; E. Jones # – 344; J. Sauter – 327; J. Townley – 294; S. Gallagher – 288; T. Peters – 283; D. Hemric # – 282; C. Hayley # – 280; B. Kennedy – 269.