Category: RC Truck Series

[media-credit name=”Tyler Barrick/Getty Images” align=”alignright” width=”300″][/media-credit]Denny Hamlin would make his way to the front after starting in the back due to missing the driver’s meeting and bump his way past Matt Crafton to win the Kroger 200 at Martinsville Speedway.

Lap 1 Timothy Peters leads

Lap 3 Cale Gale has an engine problem

Lap 4 Peters leads Harvick, Brian Scott, Crafton, Piquet Jr., Crafton, Coulter

Lap 7 Dillon up to sixth, ahead of Sauter, Agnew, Buescher, Bodine, Blaney, Kligermann, Coulter and Hornaday. Gale heads to pit road, missed a shift

Lap 11 Report from Gale’s team is that they are down to four cylinders

Caution as Todd Bodine gets into the outside wall after Bodine got sideways off of the corner

Restart Lap 24

Lap 27 Peters leads Harvick, Crafton, Scott, Piquet Jr., Sauter, Dillon as Agnew goes around to bring out the caution. Agnew has a left front tire down. Agnew spun as a result of contact from Starr

Restart lap 36

Lap 37 Peters leads Harvick, Crafton, Scott, Piquet Jr., Sauter, Dillon, Kligermann, Buescher and Hornaday. Scott slides back to sixth.

Lap 40 Scott and Dillon side-by-side for sixth

Lap 41 Peters leads Harvick, Crafton, Piquet Jr, Sauter, Dillon, Scott, Kligermann, Buescher, Hornaday

Lap 43 Peters leads Harvick, Crafton, Piquet Jr., Sauter, Dilon, Scott, Hornaday, Kligermann and Blaney

Lap 45 Sauter passes Piquet Jr. for fourth

Lap 59 Peters leads Harvick, Sauter, Crafton, Piquet Jr., Hornaday, Dillon, Starr, Hamlin and Scott

Lap 60 Harvick takes the lead from Peters at the start-finish line; Sauter to the outside of Peters for second

Lap 61 Harvick leads Sauter, Peters, Crafton, Piquet Jr., Hornaday, Starr, Hamlin, Dillon and Scott. Sauter clears Peters for second

Lap 65 Hamlin passes Starr for seventh

Lap 68 Scott passes Dillon for ninth

Lap 70 Harvick leads Sauter, Peters, Crafton, Hornaday, Piquet Jr., Hamlin, Starr, Scott and Dillon. Hornaday passes Crafton for fourth.

Lap 81 Harvick leads Sauter, Hornaday, Crafton, Hamlin, Piquet Jr., Peters, Starr, Scott, Lofton

Lap 93 Harvick leads Sauter, Hamlin, Hornaday, Crafton, Piquet Jr., Peters, Starr, Scott and Lofton…..George gets into the outside wall to bring out the caution after a flat tire. Buescher gets the lucky dog….Pit stops….Harvick leads Hornaday, Crafton, Piquet Jr., Peters, Sauter and Hamlin off pit road

Restart lap 100…..Jeff Agnew gets into the back of Ryan Truex on the restart as Harvick grabs the lead ahead of Crafton……Harvick leads Crafton, Hornaday, Peters, Piquet Jr.

97 to go Greenfield gets into the back of Sylas

96 to go Harvick leads Crafton, Hornaday, Peters, Piquet Jr., Scott, Lofton, Hamlin, Dillon and Coulter

95 to go Hamlin and Dillon go by Lofton

85 to go Hamlin cracks the top five after starting at the rear due to missing the driver’s meeting

77 to go Norm Benning has a flat tire, makes it to pit road

76 to go Harvick leads Crafton, Peters, Hamlin, Piquet Jr., Hornaday, Scott, Dillon, Coulter and Lofton

65 to go Hornaday down pit road, done for the day

48 to go Caution as Ty Dillon has a right front tire go down. Leaders also pitted for tires to make it to the end of the race. Harvick leads Crafton, Peters, Hamlin, Lofton, Piquet Jr., Scott, Coulter, Townle, Riggs, Blaney, Truex. Dillon falls a lap down during repairs, will fall down more. Parker Kligermann takes the wave around.

Restart 41 laps to go

40 to go Harvick leads Crafton, Peters, Hamlin, Scott, Lofton, Coulter, Piquet Jr, Riggs and Townley….Coulter passes Lofton for sixth.

38 to go Crafton passes Harvick for the lead

Caution 37 to go Clay Greenfield and Jason White go around. Greenfield got loose, spins around while White spins around behind him. Dillon, six laps down.

Restart 31 to go

30 to go Crafton leads Harvick as Lofton and Hamlin battle for third. Piquet pushes Scott up, Coulter squeezes by both

29 to go Crafton leads Harvick, Hamlin, Peters, Coulter, Riggs, Piquet Jr., Scott, Blaney and Lofton

28 to go Peyton Sellers go for a spin after coming down on Todd Bodine

Restart 21 laps to go as Crafton grabs the lead ahead of Harvick and Hamlin.

20 to go Hamlin passes Harvick.

19 to go Piquet Jr. dives under both Harvick and Coulter

18 to go Coulter pushes Piquet Jr. up to grab position

17 to go Harvick passes Piquet Jr. for fourth

16 to go Crafton leads Hamlin, Coulter, Piquet Jr.

Caution 14 to go Miguel Paludo spins around by himself

12 to go Harvick pitted due to a flat tire after contact with Piquet Jr.

9 to go Crafton leads Hamlin, Coulter, Piquet Jr., Riggs, Buescher, Peters, Lofton, Blaney, Kligermann……Dillon was 28^th

Restart 8 to go Hamlin puts the bumper to Crafton

7 to go Hamlin passes Crafton for the lead

6 to go Coulter and Piquet Jr. slip past Crafton as Crafton slides up

4 to go Buescher and Crafton side-by-side for fourth

3 to go Crafton keeps Buescher behind him

2 to go Piquet Jr. passes Coulter for second with some contact

Denny Hamlin wins ahead of Nelson Piquet Jr., Joey Coulter, Crafton, Riggs, Buescher, Peters, Blaney, Kligerman and Scott.

Brian Scott bumps Nelson Piquet Jr. after the race. Crafton gets into Hamlin after the race.

[media-credit name=”CIA Stock Photography, Inc.” align=”alignright” width=”217″][/media-credit]Nelson Piquet Jr. won Saturday nights NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) Smith’s 350 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Piquet Jr. passed Matt Crafton on the final lap and captured his second win of the season.

Crafton was leading heading into the final lap after a restart. Piquet Jr. went low on the final lap and made the pass. Piquet Jr. also won in the Nationwide Series race at Road America in June and the Truck Series race at Michigan in August.

“I have no idea what happened. I had to give it a last try, I stuck it in there and God gave me a little bit more grip on the inside and we made it. It feels great. We really needed this win. Probably the best win of my career.” Piquet Jr. said.

Crafton finished .223 seconds behind Piquet Jr. and remains winless this season.

“That sucks. Just plain and simple sucks. We had a great truck. We were really good on the second run and the third run we got really loose and the thing was really good right there at the end.” Crafton said.

Polesitter Joey Coulter finished third, Brendan Gaughan fourth and Todd Bodine finished fifth.

Ty Dillon finished 10th and holds a one point lead over James Buescher with five races remaining.

[media-credit name=”Credit: Wesley Hitt/Getty Images for NASCAR” align=”alignright” width=”234″][/media-credit]HAMPTON, Ga. (Aug. 31, 2012) – Rookie Ty Dillon made anything but a rookie move to pass veteran Atlanta Motor Speedway ace Kyle Busch for his first career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win Friday in the Jeff Foxworthy’s Grit Chips 200.

“I’m so happy and so excited, and I finally did it, I won a NASCAR race,” said Dillon, grandson of legendary NASCAR team owner Richard Childress, son of former NASCAR driver Mike Dillon, and brother of current NASCAR Nationwide Series contender Austin Dillon. “My whole life has revolved around NASCAR and RCR and our team. My whole dream was just to win a race in NASCAR and eventually maybe one day become a champion. I accomplished one of my goals tonight; it just feels so great.”

Dillon came close last week, running in the top five at Bristol before running out of fuel with three laps remaining. He was afraid tonight was going to be a repeat performance, as he would have run out of fuel without the benefit of that last caution. But the caution did come out at lap 106 of 130 for debris on the track, and Dillon stopped for fuel.

He came out of the pits first, with Busch second, a lead that didn’t last a single lap after the restart. But Dillon kept searching for a way to get past the wily veteran, then dove low with six laps to go, relegating Busch to the high line.

“I couldn’t be more prouder than what he accomplished tonight,” Childress said. “To watch him race, and watch how he kept searching for the groove and moving around … he looked like he was a pro out there.”

Even racing against a pro. Busch has won four events in his eight starts, never finishing outside the top 10. But the veteran had nothing for the rookie who forced him high, where his truck was helpless, tagging the wall as Dillon streaked past him underneath.

“They were just a better truck; they had a lot better handle on the bottom of the race track than we did, especially throughout the longer runs,” Busch said. “Then when it’s time to race, a guy catches you and you’ve got to go up to the top, and you try to push and you get sideways and get into the fence. There’s no room to catch it up there. It was all I could do to try to push as hard as I could; I didn’t have anything to hold onto.”

Busch has finished second, third and second for the last three years consecutively, and while that sounds like a fantastic record for most drivers, it left Busch extremely frustrated Friday in Atlanta.

“We’ve run the same thing for three years and got beat by same truck for three years,” Busch said. “It gets a little old. It’s like Groundhog Day today.”

It might have felt that way to Busch, but not for proud papa Mike Dillon.

“You want to get them out there and give them everything it takes to do it,” Dillon said. “And then when they accomplish it, it’s hard to put into words. It’s like a kid getting up there to hit a ball on their first time at bat, you just want them to make contact … and he hit it out of the park tonight.”

Racing action continues with Saturday’s NRA American Warrior 300 NASCAR Nationwide Series race and Sunday’s AdvoCare 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race. Seats are still available by calling the Atlanta Motor Speedway ticket office at 877-9-AMS-TIX (877-926-7849), 770-946-4211 or by visiting www.atlantamotorspeedway.com.

[media-credit name=”David Yeazell” align=”alignright” width=”225″][/media-credit]Timothy Peters dominated the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) UNOH 200 at Bristol Motor Speedway on Wednesday night. Peters led all 204 laps run in route to his second victory of the season and the fifth of his career.

“Oh man, what an awesome feeling. First, I want to apologize to the guys at home for the burnout and hurting the truck. Thank you guys for an awesome Toyota Tundra. These guys right here worked their butts off like they do week in and week out.” Peters said.

With this win, Peters became first NCWTS driver since 1997 to lead every lap in a race.

Peters takes over the series points lead by 17 points over James Buescher, who finished seventh.

Peters’ Red Horse Racing teammate, Parker Kligerman finished second, Ross Chastain, who captured his career best finish was third, Joey Coulter fourth and Brendan Gaughan finished fifth.

Ty Dillon ran out of fuel on the final restart while running in the top-5. Dillon finished 21st and falls to third in the series standings, 25 points behind.

Brad Keselowski also ran out of fuel on the final restart and finished 25th.

“On the last restart I didn’t the chance. It ran out of fuel so I don’t know; really confusing. I should have had a good 30 or 40 laps of fuel left. Something happened so we’ll have to go back and figure out what it was.” Keselowski said.

The No. 33 of Cale Gale came up the track and touched the No.11 of Todd Bodine in turn-2, cutting down Bodine’s tire as he entered turn-3. Bodine spun into the outside wall and slid back down the track with heavy damage.

“Pretty much the same thing that’s happened all year. Cale (Gale) just pushed and got into the left-rear (tire) and cut the left- rear down. This racing is so close and so competitive — the kids without experience don’t know that there’s a lot of times that you have to let off.” Bodine said.

The series heads next to Atlanta Motor Speedway on Friday August 31st for the Jeff Foxworthy’s Grit Chips 200.

[media-credit name=”Dan Sanger” align=”alignright” width=”241″][/media-credit]Brooklyn, Mich. – Nelson Piquet Jr. won the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) race at Michigan International Speedway on Saturday.  Piquet Jr. stretched his fuel mileage to 48 laps in route to his first NCWTS victory in 42 career starts.

“It’s finally an amazing moment that I made it in the Truck Series.  I think if we were second or third in the championship, I would have been more concerned. But I said, ‘Let’s just go for it,’ and we went for the win.” Piquet Jr. said.

Piquet Jr. is the tenth different winner in the last 10 races for the NCWTS.

Jason White finished second, Dakoda Armstrong third, Parker Kligerman fourth and James Buescher finished fifth.

“Really worked out with good strategy there.  We were having problems in the pits today.  I did mess up and then the guys kind of messed up a little bit, but to come back and get that good finish it was awesome.” Armstrong said.

Kurt Busch led a race-high 57 laps (of 100) and finished ninth in his first NCWTS start since 2001.

“It was fun to get back in the trucks.  I really enjoyed myself out there and wanted to do a good job for Kyle and I think we got that done as far as evaluating our program, his program.  I say, ‘Ours,’ because we’re brothers and its fun to do this together.” Busch said.

Todd Bodine lost control of his No.11 truck and crashing the rear end of the truck into the outside wall, ending his day.

“I don’t know what happened on the first deal.  I don’t know who pushed up into me or whatever.  The aerodynamics on these trucks are so sensitive that you get really aero-pushy and real aero-loose.  Got into the corner, probably got aero-tight and pushed into me.  It happens.” Bodine said