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  • Joey Coulter’s Dream Comes True with First Ever Truck Win at Pocono

    [media-credit id=62 align=”alignright” width=”219″][/media-credit]With his mother Susan screaming “Burn out time” and “Oh, I love Pocono,” Joey Coulter’s dream of winning a race came true.

    The driver of the No. 22 RCR/darrellgwynnfoundation.com Chevrolet got his first win in the 3rd annual Pocono Mountains 125 and the first win ever in his Truck Series career.

    Coulter is the ninth different winner this season to visit Victory Lane and the fourth different first-time winner of 2012.

    “It feels amazing and there’s no way to describe it,” Coulter said. “I just can’t thank everyone enough for the opportunity. I can’t thank them enough for sticking behind me.”

    “It’s a dream come true,” Coulter continued. “Call me in three days when it finally hits me.”

    Coulter acknowledged that his racing has always included his family and that indeed his mom was even more excited than he was.

    “For us, it’s always been a family event,” Coulter said. “They’ve been the ones to help me get here.”

    “To have them at the race track every weekend is a huge part of my career.”

    Coulter’s mother Susan echoed the family pride in her son’s racing career and his first trip to Victory Lane.

    “I am so proud of him,” Susan Coulter said of her winning son. “He’s worked so hard for this since he was 8 years old.”

    “He did this one himself,” Susan Coulter continued. “We have the best team in the world. I’m so happy.

    While Coulter’s family was ecstatic, team owner Richard Childress was equally proud of his young driver. And he also revealed that Coulter, in his opinion, is ready to go to the next level in the sport.

    “Joey’s had a really fast truck for the last two years and misfortunes would take him out of the winner’s circle,” Childress said. “I’m really happy for his family and for the whole Coulter team.”

    “We’re talking about running in the Nationwide Series with him next year,” Childress continued. “Sponsorship is the key to putting it together.”

    An important part of that Coulter RCR team has been crew chief Harold Holly. Coulter fully credits Holly with “teaching him how to drive” when they first started together in the ARCA Series.

    “This is as big as any of ‘em win-wise,” Holly said of the win. “We have such a strong support group.”

    “I’m tickled to death.”

    James Buescher, piloting the No. 31 Koike Aronson/Ransome Chevrolet, finished second. This was his second top-10 finish in three races at Pocono and his seventh top-10 finish for the season.

    “The Chevy was decent but we were tight all day long,” Buescher said. “Just couldn’t get it to turn on exit on any corner.”

    “I was just trying to keep up with Nelson and stayed out to lead a lap,” Buescher continued. “The truck was good but it wasn’t the fastest truck out there.”

    “We’ll just dust it off, take it to Michigan and try to get back to it.”

    Probably the most disappointed racer when the checkered flag flew was Nelson Piquet Jr., who sat on the pole and was by far the dominant truck for most of the race. Piquet Jr. finished third, scoring his first top-10 finish in two races at the ‘Tricky Triangle.”

    “I don’t know what to say,” Piquet Jr. said. “There’s only one word that can describe it and that’s frustration.”

    “The last restart was a bit of a problem,” Piquet continued. “It’s a shame.”

    “It was another race that we could have won.”

    Piquet Jr. was also involved with one of the more dramatic moments of the race when he and veteran Todd Bodine tangled, with Bodine getting the worst end or it, including a trip to the infield care center.

    After exiting his race truck, Bodine hurled his helmet in the direction of Piquet, Jr.

    “Nelson didn’t get a good run off two and I pulled down to start drafting,” Bodine said. “I should have known better not to trust Nelson to do the right thing, just move over and side draft with me.”

    “You watch tomorrow in the Cup race and you’ll see it a million times,” Bodine continued. “I know Nelson feels like he owes me one, from Kansas I think.”

    “We had a great truck,” Bodine said. “It’s a shame that ignorance has to take you out of the race.”

    Without a doubt, Piquet Jr. had a different take on the incident.

    “His spotter should have told him that I was behind him,” Piquet Jr. said. “There’s nothing I could have done.”

    “The move he did was inexperienced,” Piquet continued. “With all the experience he has, there’s no explanation.”

    “Not much to say,” Piquet said. “I couldn’t have done anything else.”

    Ty Dillon, driving the No. 3 Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Chevrolet, was the highest finishing rookie driver. Dillon, teammate to race winner Joey Coulter, finished in the sixth spot.

    “I’m kind of disappointed,” Dillon said. “I made a rookie mistake on the first lap that really put us behind.”

    “I’m so proud of my teammate Joey Coulter though,” Dillon said. “That was awesome. I’m really happy for Joey. He’s put his time in.”

    Dillon was most excited about gaining some points in the championship standings. He is now just eight points behind leader Timothy Peters.

    “We’ve got some good momentum coming,” Dillon said. “I think we’ve found something.”

    “We’re second, only 8 points out,” Dillon continued. “And we’ll keep trucking.”

    Matt Crafton, in the No. 88 Jeld Wen/Menards Toyota, finished fourth and Danny Hamlin, driving the Kyle Busch Motorsports No. 18 GNC Live Well/M&Ms Toyota rounded out the top five.

    “The power of those guys in front of us was big,” Hamlin said. “We just didn’t have a great handling truck.”

    “Hopefully now I can give them a little bit of feedback for what I feel like this program needs to work on.”

    Unofficial Race Results
    Pocono Mountains 125, Pocono Raceway
    http://www.speedwaymedia.com/truckseries/race.php?race=11
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    Pos. St. No. Driver Make Points
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    1 4 22 Joey Coulter Chevrolet 47
    2 5 31 James Buescher Chevrolet 43
    3 1 30 Nelson Piquet Jr. Chevrolet 43
    4 9 88 Matt Crafton Toyota 40
    5 16 18 Denny Hamlin Toyota 0
    6 2 3 Ty Dillon * Chevrolet 38
    7 17 29 Parker Kligerman Ram 37
    8 11 9 John Wes Townley * Toyota 36
    9 35 6 Justin Lofton Chevrolet 35
    10 20 8 Ross Chastain * Toyota 34
    11 14 23 Jason White Ford 34
    12 18 98 Dakoda Armstrong * Toyota 32
    13 3 32 Miguel Paludo Chevrolet 31
    14 15 33 Cale Gale * Chevrolet 30
    15 6 2 Tim George Jr. Chevrolet 29
    16 25 27 C E Falk Chevrolet 28
    17 19 99 Bryan Silas * Ford 27
    18 23 84 Chris Fontaine Chevrolet 26
    19 10 9 Ron Hornaday Chevrolet 25
    20 34 57 Norm Benning Chevrolet 24
    21 32 159 Kyle Martel Chevrolet 0
    22 8 17 Timothy Peters Toyota 23
    23 27 28 Wes Burton Chevrolet 21
    24 7 5 Paulie Harraka * Ford 20
    25 30 282 Sean Corr Ford 19
    26 12 11 Todd Bodine Toyota 18
    27 13 13 Johnny Sauter Toyota 17
    28 21 93 Dennis Setzer Chevrolet 16
    29 26 39 Ryan Sieg Chevrolet 15
    30 31 225 Brandon Knupp Chevrolet 0
    31 22 7 Jeff Agnew Toyota 13
    32 29 174 Scott Riggs Chevrolet 0
    33 36 175 Adam Edwards Chevrolet 11
    34 28 38 Chris Jones Chevrolet 10
    35 33 0 Chris Lafferty Ram 9
    36 24 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Ram 8

  • Nelson Piquet Jr. Right at Home With Pocono Truck Pole

    [media-credit id=62 align=”alignright” width=”219″][/media-credit]Nelson Piquet Jr., who was racy in practice behind the wheel of his No. 30 Autotrac Chevrolet, scored the coveted pole position for the Camping World Truck race at Pocono. Piquet’s speed was 169.504 mph and a time of 53.096 seconds, a new track qualifying record.

    This was Piquet’s second pole of the 2012 season. His first pole was in Rockingham in the spring of this year.

    “I feel at home when I come to Pocono,” Piquet Jr. said. “Everyone is so welcoming and there are some diehard race fans in Pennsylvania.”

    “After a weekend off, I’m always more than ready to get back to the racetrack,” Piquet Jr. continued. “It’s going to be an exciting race at the ‘Tricky Triangle.’

    “I would love to get my first NCWTS win at a track I feel so welcomed at.”

    What Piquet Jr. did not share was that he really did not off the weekend off. The young driver completed the Chicago Rock’n’Roll Half-Marathon, with a speed of 2 hours, 18 minutes and 43 seconds, as well as celebrated his 27th birthday.

    Piquet Jr., however, will have a challenge on his hands, having to battle Richard Childress Racing phenom Ty Dillon for the race win.

    Dillon qualified his No. 3 Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Chevrolet, in the outside pole position at a speed of 169.252 mph and a time of 53.175 seconds.

    This was Dillon’s ninth top-10 start for the 2012 season.

    “I’m excited to see what it’s really like to race on the new surface,” Dillon said. “I had a lot of fun there last year and earned a win in the ARCA Racing Series.”

    Miguel Paludo, with a speed of 168.631 mph and a time of 53.371 seconds, posted his first ever top-10 start at Pocono Raceway. This is the sixth in eleven races this season for the driver of the No. 32 Duroline Brakes Chevrolet.

    Joey Coulter, who had to go out last in the qualifying run due to Justin Lofton’s spin, qualified fourth in his No. 22 RCR/darrellgwynnfoundation.com Chevrolet. James Buescher, behind the wheel of the No. 31 Koike Aronson/Ransome Chevrolet, rounded out the top five.

     

    Starting Lineup
    Pocono Mountains 125, Pocono Raceway
    http://www.speedwaymedia.com/truckseries/qual.php?race=11
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    Pos. No. Driver Make Speed Time
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    1 30 Nelson Piquet Jr. Chevrolet 169.504 53.096
    2 3 Ty Dillon* Chevrolet 169.252 53.175
    3 32 Miguel Paludo Chevrolet 168.631 53.371
    4 22 Joey Coulter Chevrolet 168.53 53.403
    5 31 James Buescher Chevrolet 168.143 53.526
    6 2 Tim George Jr. Chevrolet 167.645 53.685
    7 5 Paulie Harraka* Ford 167.448 53.748
    8 17 Timothy Peters Toyota 167.33 53.785
    9 88 Matt Crafton Toyota 167.299 53.796
    10 9 Ron Hornaday Chevrolet 167.119 53.854
    11 9 John Wes Townley* Toyota 166.793 53.959
    12 11 Todd Bodine Toyota 166.698 53.99
    13 13 Johnny Sauter Toyota 166.396 54.088
    14 23 Jason White Ford 165.99 54.22
    15 33 Cale Gale* Chevrolet 165.63 54.338
    16 18 Denny Hamlin Toyota 165.596 54.349
    17 29 Parker Kligerman Ram 165.484 54.386
    18 98 Dakoda Armstrong* Toyota 165.484 54.386
    19 99 Bryan Silas* Ford 164.423 54.737
    20 8 Ross Chastain* Toyota 163.304 55.112
    21 93 Dennis Setzer Chevrolet 161.241 55.817
    22 7 Jeff Agnew Toyota 161.005 55.899
    23 84 Chris Fontaine Chevrolet 159.691 56.359
    24 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Ram 169.665 56.368
    25 27 C E Falk Chevrolet 159.295 56.499
    26 39 Ryan Sieg Chevrolet 158.73 56.7
    27 28 Wes Burton Chevrolet 158.59 56.75
    28 38 Chris Jones Chevrolet 158.231 56.879
    29 174 Scott Riggs Chevrolet 157.312 57.211
    30 282 Sean Corr Ford 156.125 57.646
    31 225 Brandon Knupp Chevrolet 155.491 57.881
    32 159 Kyle Martel Chevrolet 151.172 59.535
    33 0 Chris Lafferty Ram 149.43 60.229
    34 57 Norm Benning Chevrolet 147.278 61.109
    35 6 Justin Lofton+ Chevrolet – –
    36 175 Adam Edwards Chevrolet 131.886 68.241
  • Buescher wins the American Ethanol 225 at Chicagoland

    Buescher wins the American Ethanol 225 at Chicagoland

    [media-credit name=”Dan Sanger” align=”alignright” width=”256″][/media-credit]James Buescher battled back from two laps down and won Saturday nights NASCAR Camping World Truck Series American Ethanol 225 at Chicagoland Speedway.

    Buescher’s truck was losing power and he had to come to the pits to replace the carburetor. The team got it done very quickly and Buescher only went down two laps to the leaders.

    “I didn’t know if the carburetor was going to be a fix or not,” Buescher said. ”I was hoping it was. Luckily it was. From that point on, the goal was to get back on the lead lap and get as many spots as we could.”

    Buescher and Timothy Peters were side-by-side on the final restart with two laps to go. Buescher took the lead away from Peters on the final lap and held off a charge from Brendan Gaughan for his third career win and his third win of the season.

    Gaughan who led a race-high 83 laps finished second, Peters third, Matt Crafton fourth and Parker Kligerman finished fifth.

    Peters started in the back after an engine change.

    “It was just a testament to this whole Red Horse Racing Toyota Tundra team. We didn’t get much practice. We had to change engines and this team is strong from adversity. I’m just speechless every week on what they do for me. We started at the back and came to the front, we led a lap, man, close but no cigar.” Peters said.

    Making his 200th career start in the truck series, Todd Bodine finished 18th. He is the first driver in NASCAR to reach 200 starts in all three national series.

    “When I started in this sport as a driver, you never thought about getting to this point. You only thought about the next race — the future wasn’t something you thought about. Here I am after 21 years driving. My first full season in Nationwide was in ’91. To make it to this point, we all strive for excellence in whatever sport we’re in. To have longevity and to make a career out of it, and to get to this point, it’s a pretty special thing to know I’ve been able to accomplish that much. It’s not often in this world that you can get to do for a living the one thing that they love the most. I’m very fortunate in a lot of respects. I’m glad to be able to be a part of this sport.” Bodine said.

    Peters leads Ty Dillon, who finished 12th, in the series standings by 23 points.

    Unofficial Race Results
    American Ethanol 225, Chicagoland Speedway
    http://www.speedwaymedia.com/truckseries/race.php?race=10
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    Pos. St. No. Driver Make Points
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    1 11 31 James Buescher Chevrolet 47
    2 6 2 Brendan Gaughan Chevrolet 0
    3 4 17 Timothy Peters Toyota 42
    4 9 88 Matt Crafton Toyota 40
    5 17 29 Parker Kligerman Ram 40
    6 8 33 Cale Gale * Chevrolet 38
    7 14 9 Ron Hornaday Chevrolet 38
    8 5 18 Jason Leffler Toyota 36
    9 13 23 Jason White Ford 35
    10 21 81 David Starr Toyota 34
    11 22 73 Rick Crawford Chevrolet 33
    12 3 3 Ty Dillon * Chevrolet 33
    13 19 8 Ross Chastain * Toyota 31
    14 16 9 John Wes Townley * Toyota 30
    15 2 22 Joey Coulter Chevrolet 30
    16 20 98 Dakoda Armstrong * Toyota 28
    17 10 32 Miguel Paludo Chevrolet 28
    18 7 11 Todd Bodine Toyota 26
    19 18 5 Paulie Harraka * Ford 26
    20 28 92 Chad McCumbee Chevrolet 24
    21 1 6 Justin Lofton Chevrolet 24
    22 15 13 Johnny Sauter Toyota 22
    23 34 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Ram 21
    24 23 99 Bryan Silas * Ford 20
    25 36 57 Norm Benning Chevrolet 19
    26 12 30 Nelson Piquet Jr. Chevrolet 18
    27 33 84 Chris Fontaine Chevrolet 17
    28 25 168 Clay Greenfield Ram 16
    29 29 27 C E Falk III Chevrolet 15
    30 24 93 Ryan Sieg Chevrolet 14
    31 30 39 Chris Jones Chevrolet 13
    32 31 186 Blake Koch Ram 0
    33 27 38 Dennis Setzer Chevrolet 0
    34 35 0 T.J. Bell Ram 0
    35 26 37 Jeff Green Chevrolet 0
    36 32 7 Johnny Chapman Toyota 8
  • Peters wins the NCWTS American Ethanol 200 at Iowa Speedway

    Peters wins the NCWTS American Ethanol 200 at Iowa Speedway

    [media-credit id=2 align=”alignright” width=”230″][/media-credit]Timothy Peters passed Ron Hornaday Jr. with 10 laps to go and won Saturday night’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series American Ethanol 200 at Iowa Speedway.

    Peters started from the pole and led 87 of 200 laps on the 0.875-mile track en route to his first win of the season and the fourth of his NCWTS career.

    “You don’t get Toyota Tundras like this often and it was dominate. We sat on the pole. The testament goes to this team right here. Butch Hylton (crew chief), all the guys back in the shop. You work your butts off. Thank you so much. Joe Gibbs Engines. How about that horsepower?” Peters said.

    Peters also extended his series points lead to 12 over Justin Lofton.

    “This was for my dad. Eleven years Tuesday I lost my dad. We got him a win and we did it in the top-three series in NASCAR. I’m going to be a dad. I’m leading the points. Life is good.” Peters said.

    Hornaday finished second, Matt Crafton third, Johnny Sauter fourth and Lofton finished fifth.

    “We had a pretty good truck. We made some adjustments in the race. We made it tight. Just not good enough.” Hornaday said.

    Peters and James Buescher dominated the race. Buescher led for 91 laps but blew a right front tire on lap 135. He finished 30th.

    Unofficial Race Results
    American Ethanol 200, Iowa Speedway
    http://www.speedwaymedia.com/truckseries/race.php?race=9
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    Pos. St. No. Driver Make Points
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    1 1 17 Timothy Peters Toyota 47
    2 8 9 Ron Hornaday Chevrolet 43
    3 7 88 Matt Crafton Toyota 41
    4 5 13 Johnny Sauter Toyota 40
    5 3 6 Justin Lofton Chevrolet 39
    6 9 18 Jason Leffler Toyota 38
    7 15 3 Ty Dillon * Chevrolet 37
    8 12 22 Joey Coulter Chevrolet 36
    9 2 30 Nelson Piquet Jr. Chevrolet 35
    10 14 29 Parker Kligerman Ram 34
    11 17 297 Jeff Choquette Chevrolet 33
    12 11 11 Todd Bodine Toyota 32
    13 10 32 Miguel Paludo Chevrolet 31
    14 22 23 Jason White Ford 30
    15 18 2 Tim George Jr. Chevrolet 29
    16 20 8 Ross Chastain * Toyota 28
    17 25 39 Ryan Sieg Chevrolet 27
    18 23 275 Caleb Holman * Chevrolet 26
    19 30 93 Dennis Setzer Chevrolet 25
    20 29 9 John Wes Townley * Toyota 24
    21 21 7 Jeff Agnew Chevrolet 23
    22 28 99 Bryan Silas * Ford 22
    23 31 165 Justin Jennings Ford 21
    24 33 57 Norm Benning Chevrolet 20
    25 32 84 Chris Fontaine Chevrolet 19
    26 6 33 Cale Gale * Chevrolet 18
    27 16 98 Dakoda Armstrong * Toyota 17
    28 19 81 David Starr Toyota 16
    29 36 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Ram 15
    30 4 31 James Buescher Chevrolet 16
    31 26 27 Travis Miller Chevrolet 13
    32 35 15 Todd Shafer Toyota 12
    33 13 5 Paulie Harraka * Ford 11
    34 34 0 Chris Lafferty Ram 10
    35 27 38 Chris Jones Chevrolet 9
    36 24 214 Brennan Newberry Chevrolet 8
  • Busch squeaks past Kahne and Hamlin for NHMS pole

    Busch squeaks past Kahne and Hamlin for NHMS pole

    [media-credit name=”Gary Buchanan” align=”alignright” width=”260″][/media-credit]By just 0.003 and 0.004 seconds respectively, Kyle Busch, in the No. 18 Interstate Batteries Toyota, nudged both Kasey Kahne and Denny Hamlin out of the way to score the pole for the Lenox Industrial Tools 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

    This was Busch’s first pole of the 2012 season to date and his first pole in 15 races at the ‘Magic Mile.’

    “There hasn’t been a lot of times where I’ve qualified on the pole for 30 or 40 races,” Busch said. “It’s been awhile.”

    “Excellent lap,” Busch continued. “I just tried to hit the same marks I did in practice. We picked up a little bit here and a little bit there and that led to the fastest lap.”

    While several other competitors had too close encounters with the wall, including Greg Biffle, Busch denied touching the wall during his time trial run as some had suspected.

    “I didn’t feel it,” Busch said. “If anything, it was close. I just knew I got in the throttle early to make speed, but the car slipped at the last second and slid out to the cushion point.”

    “But there’s no mark on the car.”

    Busch was the last out to make his time trial run, however, he absolutely refused to watch any of his competitors take their qualifying laps before him.

    “I don’t pay attention to what anyone else is doing,” Busch said. “That screws me up more than it helps me.”

    “I didn’t watch anything,” Busch continued. “I just had to put those thoughts out of my mind and make the most of the lap.”

    “We haven’t found the magic way to get around the Magic Mile,” Busch said. “So, I think today we did.”

    Kasey Kahne, in the No. 5 Farmers Insurance Chevrolet, qualified second, with a time of 28.551 seconds and a speed of 133.403 mph. This was Kahne’s 15th top-15 start of the season and his sixth in 17 races at New Hampshire.

    “It felt really good,” Kahne said. “I was right on the edge the whole lap of being free but I was able to make it work.”

    “It was a solid lap and really close as far as the times.”

    As Kahne said, qualifying was close and right behind him was Denny Hamlin, who qualified his No. 11 FedEx Freight Toyota in the third position. Hamlin’s time was 28.552 second, with a speed of 133.399 mph.

    This was Hamlin’s fifth top-10 start at the ‘Magic Mile’ and his 10th in 19 races for the 2012 season.

    “A lot like Kasey’s, we were really on the edge most of the time,” Hamlin said. “That was pretty much all I had speed-wise.”

    “Sure maybe I could have squeezed four thousandths out of it somehow so it’s awful tight up front.”

    Martin Truex, Jr., in the No. 56 NAPA Auto Parts Toyota, and Clint Bowyer in the No. 15 5-hour Energy Toyota, rounded out the top-five in qualifying.

    Other drivers had polar opposite complaints about their qualifying runs.

    Dale Earnhardt, Jr., in the No. 88 National Guard/Diet Mountain Dew Chevrolet, complained bitterly that his car was too tight, while new father Kevin Harvick felt his 29 Rheem Chevrolet was too loose.

    Dale Junior qualified in the ninth position, while Harvick scored P12 in time trials.

    “Our car was a little bit too tight,” Dale Earnhardt, Jr. said. “We erred on the side of being conservative as far as making sure the rear had enough grip.”

    “Traditionally, this track gets really slick in qualifying,” Junior continued. “That probably helped us actually put together a decent lap and have a good starting spot.”

    “But we could have been a little better if we weren’t quite as tight as we were.”

    “We were just a little bit too loose up off the corner,” Harvick said in contrast. “But all in all, it was faster than we ran in practice so that is always a good thing here.”

    One of the biggest surprises in the qualifying session was Jeff Burton, who traditionally runs well at New Hampshire. In fact, at one ‘Magic Mile’ race, Burton totally dominated, leading every lap and taking the checkered flag.

    “Today has been a struggle,” Burton, who qualified 25th, said. “We were way off in practice and swung for the fences in qualifying trim.”

    “We just started off with some problems,” Burton continued. “We had a mechanical issue we found too when practice ended so we fought that for a while and didn’t know we were fighting it.”

    “I kind of feel like we might be headed in the right direction now.”

     

    Starting Lineup
    LENOX Industrial Tools 301, New Hampshire
    http://www.speedwaymedia.com/Cup/qual.php?race=19
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    Pos. No. Driver Make Speed Time
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    1 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 133.417 28.548
    2 5 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 133.403 28.551
    3 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 133.399 28.552
    4 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 133.338 28.565
    5 15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 133.319 28.569
    6 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 133.277 28.578
    7 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 133.254 28.583
    8 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 133.198 28.595
    9 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 133.045 28.628
    10 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 132.938 28.651
    11 16 Greg Biffle Ford 132.873 28.665
    12 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 132.868 28.666
    13 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet 132.572 28.73
    14 51 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 132.549 28.735
    15 55 Brian Vickers Toyota 132.425 28.762
    16 20 Joey Logano Toyota 132.425 28.762
    17 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet 132.393 28.769
    18 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota 132.333 28.782
    19 34 David Ragan Ford 132.264 28.797
    20 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford 132.2 28.811
    21 99 Carl Edwards Ford 132.186 28.814
    22 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge 132.085 28.836
    23 43 Aric Almirola Ford 131.833 28.891
    24 22 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge 131.556 28.952
    25 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 131.465 28.972
    26 10 David Reutimann Chevrolet 131.266 29.016
    27 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 131.234 29.023
    28 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 131.234 29.023
    29 83 Landon Cassill Toyota 131.184 29.034
    30 93 Travis Kvapil Toyota 130.833 29.112
    31 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet 130.662 29.15
    32 26 Josh Wise* Ford 130.14 29.267
    33 13 Casey Mears Ford 129.834 29.336
    34 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 129.807 29.342
    35 36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet 129.679 29.371
    36 98 Michael McDowell Ford 129.525 29.406
    37 32 Ken Schrader Ford 129.318 29.453
    38 249 J.J. Yeley Toyota 129.274 29.463
    39 38 David Gilliland Ford 129.156 29.49
    40 30 David Stremme Toyota 129.094 29.504
    41 23 Scott Riggs Chevrolet 128.863 29.557
    42 179 Kelly Bires Ford 128.515 29.637
    43 33 Stephen Leicht* Chevrolet 128.182 29.714
  • Buescher Brings the NCWTS Heat in a Convincing UNOH 225 Kentucky Speedway Victory

    Buescher Brings the NCWTS Heat in a Convincing UNOH 225 Kentucky Speedway Victory

    [media-credit name=”Credit: Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images” align=”alignright” width=”252″][/media-credit]Turner Motorsports driver collects his second career Kentucky Speedway victory

    SPARTA, Ky. – James Buescher brought the heat on a steamy Kentucky Speedway night and scored his first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) victory at the facility by leading 119 of 150 laps while guiding his No. 31 Turner Motorsports machine to a 3.805-seconds UNOH 225 victory ahead of Brad Keselowski’s No. 19 Brad Keselowski Racing ride.

    Buescher posted the fourth-widest NCWTS margin of victory in Kentucky Speedway history and became the 12th different series race winner in the 14th all-time series event at the track. He earned his second career Kentucky Speedway victory after claiming a 150-mile ARCA Racing Series win on May 9, 2009.

    “I’m just really proud of everyone on the Turner Motorsports Team.  My wife told me this morning she found a picture of the trophy on Twitter and told me she wanted it and you gotta make the wife happy so we got to Victory Lane.”

    Buescher took the lead for the third and final time on Lap 108, survived a restart seven laps later and pulled away from an entertaining battle for position between Keselowski and third-place driver Ty Dillon in the No. 3 Richard Childress Racing truck.

    “I’m just really proud of everyone on the Turner Motorsports Team. My wife told me this morning she found a picture of the trophy on Twitter and told me she wanted it. You gotta make the wife happy so we got to Victory Lane,” Buescher said after taking his second NCWTS victory of the season and first since April 21 at Kansas Speedway. He owns a combined four top-five and five top-10 series finishes this season.

    Keselowski picked up his first NCWTS Kentucky Speedway top-five finish in his third career series start at the venue and first since 2006. His posted his previous Kentucky-best 18th-place NCWTS finish on July 9, 2005.

    The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) Penske Racing star qualified 17th for tonight’s event and advanced to fifth place by Lap 30. He raced through the top 10 the rest of the way before nipping Dillon at the finish line.

    “I’m really pleased with the second-place effort. We just couldn’t get the speed that we needed to get all the way to the front. The truck kept coming to us. We were able to make some good moves to get to the front but just didn’t get close enough. Second is good, but I want to win so bad here. We’ll keep working on it and get better. I can’t wait to come back tomorrow and give it another shot,” said Keselowski, who will defend his 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) Feed The Children 300 victory tomorrow night at the track.

    Dillon also registered his first NCWTS Kentucky Speedway top-five finish tonight. He placed 18th in his series track debut on Oct. 1, 2011.

    The leader in the NCWTS Rookie of the Year standings leapt into contention for a victory by racing from 10th place on Lap 100 to second on Lap 110.

    “I was real happy with our performance. It has been a long day, a hot day and our guys kept digging all day. We battled from behind, almost got wrecked, and played the strategy right to get a third-place finish. I’m real happy with that.

    “We couldn’t have asked for a better day, except for maybe a win. I thought we were going to have a chance at it. We were starting to run back to the leader there, but we got a little too tight. I’m excited and really happy for what it says about our team in being able to come from behind,” Dillon said.

    Tonight’s UNOH 225 pole award winner Matt Crafton took fourth in the No. 88 ThorSport Racing machine and Timothy Peters completed the top five in the No. 17 Red Horse Racing truck.

    Peters takes over the series championship lead with his fifth top-five and seventh top-10 finish of the season. He will head to the series July 14 event at Iowa Speedway with a four-point advantage on former leader Justin Lofton and Dillon.

    Lofton rolled across the finish line 14th tonight after his No. 6 Eddie Sharp Racing truck was involved in a multiple-truck incident on Lap 70 in Turn 1 that also knocked Nelson Piquet Jr. and two-time Kentucky Speedway race winner Todd Bodine from winning contention.

    “We had a really good truck. Maybe I was driving it a little harder than I should of. We got caught in a three wide situation and it really just didn’t work out for us. I hit the No. 33 (of Cale Gale), got it spinning and it got me. I guess that is fair since I got him. All in all it was a decent run for our truck. I know we lost the points, but I don’t think we lost too much ground. We are going to regroup and go to Iowa,” Lofton said.

    Kentucky Speedway race action continues to tomorrow at 7:30 p.m., with the NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) Feed The Children 300. Keselowski is the defending race champion.

    Parking lots open at 7 a.m., and gates at 9 a.m., for NNS practice. NSCS teams hit the track for the first time this weekend at 11:30 a.m., for the first of two Quaker State 400 practice sessions. Feed The Children 300 qualifying commences at 3:30 p.m., and is followed by Quaker State 400 qualifying at 5:30 p.m.

    Tickets, campsites and daily infield Fan Zone passes for the Feed The Children 300 and Saturday’s Quaker State 400 can be purchased by logging on to http://www.kentuckyspeedway.com/tickets, calling 859-578-2300 or visiting the Kentucky Speedway corporate offices at 1 Speedway Drive, Sparta, Ky., 41086 just off of Interstate 71 Exit 57 and the newly-expanded, seven-lane Kentucky Highway 35.

    UNOH 225 Extras:

    -Matt Crafton’s fourth-place finish tonight marked his fourth career NCWTS Kentucky Speedway top-five and eighth series top-10 finish in 13 career starts since 2001. He earned career-best third place NCWTS finishes here on July 18, 2009 and July 19, 2008.

    -Tonight’s race witnessed seven caution periods and 31 caution laps. The NCWTS track record for caution periods is nine from the inaugural series race on June 17, 2000. The NCWTS track record for caution laps is 49 from the same race.

    Unofficial Race Results
    UNOH 225, Kentucky Speedway
    http://www.speedwaymedia.com/truckseries/race.php?race=8
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    Pos. St. No. Driver Make Points
    =========================================
    1 3 31 James Buescher Chevrolet 48
    2 17 119 Brad Keselowski Ram 0
    3 4 3 Ty Dillon * Chevrolet 42
    4 1 88 Matt Crafton Toyota 41
    5 7 17 Timothy Peters Toyota 39
    6 6 13 Johnny Sauter Toyota 38
    7 16 22 Joey Coulter Chevrolet 37
    8 18 18 Jason Leffler Toyota 36
    9 11 9 Ron Hornaday Chevrolet 35
    10 25 4 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 34
    11 12 23 Jason White Ford 33
    12 5 32 Miguel Paludo Chevrolet 32
    13 26 98 Dakoda Armstrong * Toyota 31
    14 10 6 Justin Lofton Chevrolet 30
    15 24 81 David Starr Toyota 29
    16 29 39 Ryan Sieg Chevrolet 28
    17 23 5 Paulie Harraka * Ford 27
    18 21 168 Clay Greenfield Ram 26
    19 8 29 Parker Kligerman Ram 25
    20 36 84 Chris Fontaine Chevrolet 24
    21 33 275 Caleb Holman * Chevrolet 23
    22 31 214 Brennan Newberry Chevrolet 22
    23 34 202 Tyler Young Chevrolet 21
    24 15 2 Tim George Jr. Chevrolet 20
    25 9 33 Cale Gale * Chevrolet 19
    26 28 99 Bryan Silas * Ford 19
    27 30 7 Jeff Agnew Chevrolet 17
    28 13 11 Todd Bodine Toyota 16
    29 2 30 Nelson Piquet Jr. Chevrolet 15
    30 19 24 Max Gresham * Chevrolet 14
    31 20 101 Jake Crum Chevrolet 13
    32 22 9 John Wes Townley * Toyota 12
    33 14 8 Ross Chastain * Toyota 11
    34 35 27 C E Falk Chevrolet 10
    35 27 93 Dennis Setzer Chevrolet 9
    36 32 186 Scott Riggs Chevrolet 0
  • Lap by Lap: Winstar World Casino 400k won by Johnny Sauter

    Lap by Lap: Winstar World Casino 400k won by Johnny Sauter

    [media-credit name=”Tom Pennington/Getty Images for Texas Motor Speedway” align=”alignright” width=”373″][/media-credit]Johnny Sauter led the final 22 laps on the way to winning the WinStar World Casino 400 for his victory of the 2012 season.

     

    Lap 1 Justin Lofton leads

    Lap 3 Lofton leads Timothy Peters, James Buescher, Ty Dillon, Brendan Gaughan, Nelson Piquet Jr., Parker Kligerman, Matt Crafton and Joey Coulter

    Caution lap 4 as John Wes Townley has a flat tire after getting into the outside wall.

    Restart Lap 8

    Lap 9 Lofton and Peters run side-by-side for the lead over Dillon, Buescher, Todd Bodine, Piquet Jr., Gaughan, Ron Hornaday, Kligerman and Jason Leftler

    Lap 11 Lofton holds the lead as Buescher moves up to second while Dillon and Peters run side-by-side for third.

    Lap 12 Peters stays third with Dillon fourth

    Lap 13 Lofton leads Buescher, Peters, Dillon, Bodine, Piquet Jr., Gaughan, Hornaday, Kligerman and Leftler

    Lap 16 Dillon passes Peters for third while Sauter passes Leftler for 10th

    Lap 18 Peters pits with a possible vibration and overheating problems.

    Lap 25 Lofton leads Buescher, Dillon, Bodine, Piquet Jr., Gaughan, Hornaday, Sauter, Kligerman and Crafton.

    Lap 27 James Buescher takes the lead from Lofton; Sauter passes Hornaday; Crafton passes Kligerman

    Lap 30 Todd Bodine blew up to bring out the caution…..pit stops for the leaders……Dillon leads Lofton and Buescher off pit road……..Max Gresham gets the lucky dog

    Restart Lap 30 as Ty Dillon leads through turn one

    Lap 31 Dillon leads Lofton, Buescher, Gaughan, Piquet Jr., Coulter, Sauter, Leftler, Crafton and Kligerman

    Lap 43 Dillon leads Lofton, Buescher, Sauter, Piquet Jr., Gaughan, Coulter, Crafton, Leftler, Kligerman

    Lap 45 Buescher passes Lofton for second; Coulter passes Gaughan for sixth

    Lap 46 Paulie Harraka and Rick Crawford wreck for a caution.

    Restart Lap 51 Buescher passes Dillon on the backstretch for the lead

    Lap 52 Buescher leads Dillon, Sauter and Lofton

    Lap 53 Buescher leads Sauter, Dillon, Lofton, Piquet Jr., Gaughan, Crafton, Kligerman, Coulter and Leftler.

    Lap 55 Sauter takes the lead from Buescher on the front stretch.

    Lap 69 Sauter leads Buescher, Dillon, Piquet Jr., Lofton, Gaughan, Crafton, Coulter, Leftler and Kligerman.

    Lap 71 Piquet passes Dillon for third

    Caution Lap 73 Paulie Harraka and Max Gresham spin in front of Sauter – Harraka gets into the wall while Gresham stays out of the wall; Buescher passes Sauter for the lead…..Leaders hit pit road……Jason White leads Dillon, Piquet Jr., Buescher and Lofton off pit road. White took two tires; Kligermann runs Sauter into the grass a little coming off pit road.

    Restart Lap 79 as Jason White gets a good restart

    Lap 80 White leads Buescher, Dillon, Piquet Jr., Coulter, Kligerman, Sauter, Crafton, Lofton and Miguel Paludo

    Lap 82 Buescher takes the lead from White

    Lap 85 Sauter passes Kligermann; Gaughan  and Cale Gale pass Paludo

    Lap 86 Crafton passes Kligermann

    Lap 88 Gaughan passes Lofton for ninth; Buescher leads White, Dillon, Piquet Jr., Coulter, Sauter, Crafton, Kligermann, Gaughan and Lofton

    Lap 89 Gaughan passes Kligermann for eighth

    Lap 90 Dillon and Piquet pass White

    Caution Lap 93 for debris…….leaders pit for fuel……..Dillon leads Piquet Jr., Coulter, Crafton, Buescher and Sauter off pit road. Lofton stays out so he takes over the lead

    Restart Lap 100 as Lofton leads heading into turn one.

    Lap 101 Coulter and Buescher pass Dillon for second and third while Lofton leads.

    Lap 102 Buescher passes Coulter for second

    Lap 104 Dillon passes Coulter for third

    Lap 105 Lofton leads Buescher, Dillon, Coulter, Sauter, Crafton, White, Gaughan, Gale, and Piquet Jr.

    Lap 107 Kligerman passes Piquet Jr. for 10th

    Lap 115 Lofton leads Buescher, Dillon, Coulter, Sauter, Crafton, Gaughan, White, Gale, Kligerman

    45 laps to go Piquet passes Gale and Kligerman; Sauter passes Coulter for fourth

    43 to go Sauter passes Dillion; Piquet passes White

    42 to go Lofton pits, handing the lead over to Buescher; caution as Norm Benning spins Bryan Sylas…..leaders pit…….Dillon leads Buescher, Coulter, Crafton and Sauter off pit road……

    Restart 33 to go as Dillon and Buescher run side-by-side for the lead

    Caution 31 to go Dillon gets loose under Buescher and they both get into the wall; Crafton takes the lead…..Dakoda Armstrong gets the lucky dog

    Restart 24 to go as Crafton and Gaughan run side-by-side through turns one and two……Sauter makes it three-wide going in turn three. Gaughan backs off and now Sauter and Crafton run side-by-side

    23 to go Crafton clears Sauter for the lead

    22 to go Sauter takes the lead from Crafton

    18 to go Sauter leads Crafton, Coulter, Gaughan, Leftler, Gale, Piquet Jr., Kligerman, David Starr and Dillon

    17 to go Dillon passes Starr for ninth

    13 to go Piquet Jr. passes Gale; Dillon passes Kligerman

    10 to go Sauter leads Crafton, Coulter, Gaughan, Leftler, Piquet, Gale, Dillon, Lofton, Kligerman

    Sauter wins over Crafton Coulter Gaughan Piquet Leftler Dillon Gale Lofton Kligerman

  • Johnny Sauter Breaks Bad Luck Spell, Wins WinStar World Casino 400k

    Johnny Sauter Breaks Bad Luck Spell, Wins WinStar World Casino 400k

    [media-credit name=”Chris Graythen/Getty Images for NASCAR” align=”alignright” width=”300″][/media-credit]After having bad luck for the first six races this year, Johnny Sauter would come home victorious in the seventh race of the season as he won the WinStar World Casino 400 at Texas Motor Speedway. It marked his first victory and his second top 10 finish of the 2012 season.

    “First of all, I want to thank everyone at Peanut Roaster, Toyota, everyone at ThorSport,” Sauter says. “This is unbelievable. After all the bad luck this year, good to get this. I wasn’t sure what was going on with the restart there – first I was third, then I was fourth. The bottom was where you wanted to be on the restarts there. Great job by (crew chief) Joe.”

    Sauter led early in the race before problems on pit road set him back to the bottom half of the top 10. With 22 to go, he was able to pass ThorSport Racing teammate Matt Crafton and never looked back.

    Crafton came home second for a 1-2 finish for ThorSport and his third top 10 of 2012.

    “It was a bit too much,” Crafton says. “I was a little bit tight the previous one, went up a bit on the right rear and it was just a little too much. When I had Johnny right up there behind me, I was loose. I just burned the right rear off trying to hold Johnny off. This Thorsport organization is awesome.”

    Birthday boy Joey Coulter came home third for his best career Camping World Truck Series finish. Brendan Gaughan and Nelson Piquet Jr. rounded out the top five.

    Jason Leftler would come home sixth with rookie Ty Dillon seventh. Dillon was battling with James Buescher for the lead with 31 laps to go when Dillon got loose and caused both drivers to wreck.

    “”He was mad, but I’m not just going to pull over and let him go,” Dillon says. “I’m racing for my first career win.  “I’m goin’ to win races. If he’s not, then he can go where they don’t allow blocking and hard racing.”

    Buescher would come home with a 15th place finish and make contact with Dillon as they entered pit road and then have a discussion on pit road afterwards.

    “Ty just kept running me up the hill,” Buescher says. “He needs to learn how much space you need on the right sides of these trucks”

    Rookie Cale Gale would finish eighth followed by Justin Lofton and Parker Kligerman. Lofton would lead the most laps at 55, though after staying out under a caution, he had to pit before the leaders and got trapped a lap down. He would take the wave around and work his way back up to the top 10.

    Last week’s race winner Todd Bodine blew a motor early in the race on lap 30.

    “No warning at all,” Bodine says. “I think it broke a valve, dropped a piston and then it just locked up. We were just messing with Ty (Dillon) there. We could’ve went up and done more. I gotta thank (car owner) Todd for what he has done with this team. He’s done a great job. We’ve got a great team. It was just a part failure. Can’t be mad about that. They happen.”

    Lofton still leads the points, five points over Timothy Peters. Peters came home with an 11th place finish.

    Unofficial Race Results
    WinStar World Casino 400, Texas Motor Speedway
    http://www.speedwaymedia.com/truckseries/race.php?race=7
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    Pos. St. No. Driver Make Points
    =========================================
    1 20 13 Johnny Sauter Toyota 47
    2 10 88 Matt Crafton Toyota 43
    3 11 22 Joey Coulter Chevrolet 41
    4 6 2 Brendan Gaughan Chevrolet 0
    5 8 30 Nelson Piquet Jr. Chevrolet 39
    6 18 18 Jason Leffler Toyota 38
    7 3 3 Ty Dillon * Chevrolet 38
    8 16 33 Cale Gale * Chevrolet 36
    9 1 6 Justin Lofton Chevrolet 37
    10 5 29 Parker Kligerman Ram 34
    11 2 17 Timothy Peters Toyota 33
    12 9 9 Ron Hornaday Chevrolet 32
    13 17 81 David Starr Toyota 31
    14 15 32 Miguel Paludo Chevrolet 30
    15 4 31 James Buescher Chevrolet 30
    16 23 8 Ross Chastain * Toyota 28
    17 13 23 Jason White Ford 28
    18 19 98 Dakoda Armstrong * Toyota 26
    19 25 39 Ryan Sieg Chevrolet 25
    20 34 214 Brandon Miller Chevrolet 0
    21 21 24 Max Gresham * Chevrolet 23
    22 30 57 Norm Benning Chevrolet 22
    23 26 84 B.J. McLeod Chevrolet 21
    24 31 165 Scott Stenzel Chevrolet 20
    25 24 99 Bryan Silas * Ford 19
    26 27 93 Brent Raymer Chevrolet 18
    27 12 9 John Wes Townley * Toyota 17
    28 22 5 Paulie Harraka * Ford 16
    29 32 73 Rick Crawford Chevrolet 15
    30 7 11 Todd Bodine Toyota 14
    31 28 7 Johnny Chapman Toyota 13
    32 29 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Ram 12
    33 33 174 Mike Harmon Chevrolet 0
    34 35 0 Chris Lafferty Ram 0
    35 14 27 Brandon Knupp Chevrolet 9

  • Todd Bodine Scores Truck Win at Rainy Monster Mile

    [media-credit id=62 align=”alignright” width=”223″][/media-credit]In spite of Kevin Harvick having by far the dominant race truck, Todd Bodine, in his No. 11 Red Horse Racing Toyota, stole the win away thanks to rain calling an early end to the Lucas Oil 200.

    This was Bodine’s 22nd victory in 196 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races, but his first victory this year. It was also his first win at the Monster mile.

    “Man, finally,” Bodine said. “It’s pretty special. Dover has always been high on my list as one of my favorite tracks. To be able to come back and get a win in Trucks, it kind of puts in perspective what I’ve needed to do here.”

    “To be able to do it with a brand new team and get the team the Monster trophy, it means a lot.”

    “We didn’t have the best Tundra today but Rick (Gay Jr. crew chief) made a great call,” Bodine said. “You don’t like to win them this way but I’ve lost them this way so I’m going to take it.”

    “I took a gamble today and it paid off,” Gay said simply.

    Parker Kligerman, behind the wheel of the No. 29 Cooper Standard Ram, finished 2nd in the rain-shortened event. This was his first top-10 finish in two races at the Monster Mile and his third top-10 finish in 2012.

    “We had a really fast race truck and were biding our time until halfway,” Kligerman said. “We got a little front end damage and the guys did a great job repairing it.”

    “I was angry and I drove like my hair was on fire,” Kligerman continued. “We drove up to sixth and knew the rain was coming so we just were at the right place at the right time.”

    Kevin Harvick, pole sitter and driver of the No. 2 Tide Chevrolet, did all he could to preserve a good finish, coming out third when the race was called. It was his second top-10 finish in two races at Dover.

    “We had a great truck all weekend and just got beat by the weather there,” Harvick said. “All in all the guys did a great job of controlling all the things that can and that’s all you can do.”

    “I still thought we had a chance,” Harvick continued. “They threw the caution before it even started raining so we wasted 25 laps between two cautions waiting around to see if it was going to rain.”

    “It was just one of those deals.”

    Harvick was unbeatable when he was out front in clean air. But the driver of the No. 2 Tide Chevrolet had more difficulty in the midst of traffic.

    “We just got tight,” Harvick said. “So when we got in traffic, it didn’t handle near  as well.”

    “It would take a little longer in traffic because it would get so tight off the corner.”

    Nelson Piquet, Jr. had a great run in his No. 30 Qualcomm Chevrolet, finishing in the fourth position.

    “At the end with the rain coming and going, we stayed out and it worked out,” Piquet Jr. said. “We ended up with a top five and that was very important for us.”

    Cale Gale, who finished fifth in the No. 33 Rheem Chevrolet, was the highest finishing rookie in the race.

    “Obviously we qualified good today,” Gale said. “We got involved in a little incident at the start of the race that got us behind.”

    “We made adjustments to the truck and the last portion of the race, it was a lot better,” Gale continued. “We were praying for a little bit of rain there at the end.”

    “We are happy,” Gale said. “We finally got a result that we are proud of.”

    Ty Dillon, who finished sixth in his No. 3 Bass Pro Shops/Allstate Chevrolet, had a very special evening in addition to the top-ten finish.

    Dillon broke Ricky Hendrick’s record of five straight top-10 finishes by a rookie in the opening five races and now is the sole owner of that record, with six straight top-10 rookie finishes in the first five races.

    “That’s very special,” Dillon said. “I’m very happy for my team.”

    “Now we need to consistently make those top-fives,” Dillon continued. “We had a fast track today but a little bit to the free side.”

    “Track position meant a lot and we played our hand right there at the end.”

    Unofficial Race Results
    Lucas Oil 200, Dover International Speedway
    http://www.speedwaymedia.com/truckseries/race.php?race=6
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    Pos. St. No. Driver Make Points
    =========================================
    1 13 11 Todd Bodine Toyota 47
    2 11 29 Parker Kligerman Ram 43
    3 1 2 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 0
    4 18 30 Nelson Piquet Jr. Chevrolet 40
    5 5 33 Cale Gale * Chevrolet 39
    6 6 3 Ty Dillon * Chevrolet 38
    7 15 31 James Buescher Chevrolet 37
    8 10 88 Matt Crafton Toyota 36
    9 8 17 Timothy Peters Toyota 35
    10 16 6 Justin Lofton Chevrolet 35
    11 2 22 Joey Coulter Chevrolet 33
    12 9 32 Miguel Paludo Chevrolet 33
    13 17 18 Brian Scott Toyota 0
    14 24 81 David Starr Toyota 31
    15 12 8 Ross Chastain * Toyota 29
    16 21 9 John Wes Townley * Toyota 28
    17 25 5 Paulie Harraka * Ford 27
    18 30 275 Caleb Holman * Chevrolet 26
    19 7 27 Jeb Burton * Chevrolet 25
    20 19 98 Dakoda Armstrong * Toyota 24
    21 27 170 Jeff Agnew Chevrolet 23
    22 23 99 Bryan Silas * Ford 22
    23 29 84 Chris Fontaine Chevrolet 21
    24 4 13 Johnny Sauter Toyota 20
    25 35 57 Norm Benning Chevrolet 19
    26 33 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Ram 18
    27 3 9 Ron Hornaday Chevrolet 17
    28 31 261 Wes Burton Ford 16
    29 22 39 Ryan Sieg Chevrolet 15
    30 14 24 Max Gresham * Chevrolet 14
    31 28 7 Chris Jones Toyota 13
    32 32 93 Johnny Chapman Chevrolet 12
    33 20 23 Jason White Ford 11
    34 34 174 Mike Harmon Chevrolet 0
    35 26 38 Dennis Setzer Chevrolet 0
  • Lofton Conquers Charlotte to earn his first career win

    Lofton Conquers Charlotte to earn his first career win

    [media-credit name=”Brad Keppel” align=”alignright” width=”209″][/media-credit]Charlotte NC – Justin Lofton earned his first career victory at Charlotte Motor Speedway, joining two other rookie winners in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) in 2012. It was the 55th start for the Westmoreland CA native. At age 26, Lofton held off a hard charging Brad Keselowski to take the checkers.

    Lofton’s best career finish had been third twice, most recently at the Daytona International Speedway in the NCWTS season-opener. Owner Eddie Sharp invested all his cards and funds to this team. “I’m just tickled to be apart of it,” said Sharp, who at the end of last year bought a good portion of equipment from KHI Motorsports. “I love being in this series, and I love being a part of NASCAR,” said Sharp.

    “The stars aligned,” said Lofton, who attributes some of his win to timing. He gives credit to Todd Bodine as his mentor. With this win, Lofton takes over the points lead in the NCWTS by one point over Timothy Peters. “This is definitely my favorite place now,” said Lofton. He will ride the wave of confidence to Dover and Texas.

    The Camping World Truck Series delivered four-wide door to door racing and an action packed event. With a distance of 134 lap scheduled in the 10th Annual North Carolina Education Lottery 200, the fans witnessed nail biting competition, multiple cautions and on track shuffling.

    An after race discussion between Ron Hornaday Jr. and Brad Keselowski had the potential of fireworks, but was quickly simmered down by multiple officials. An altercation between their cars on tone of the final restarts led to a raunchy discussion between the two on pit lane.

    Keselowski spoke to the media regarding his second-place finish, he was very proud of his team’s effort and a “phenomenally good car,” Keselowski said. In reference to his incident with Hornaday, Keselowski was looking for a little respect. The second place finish is Keselowski’s second top-10 of 2012. A win in the NCWTS still eludes the Rochester Hills, Michigan driver.

    Third place finisher Todd ‘Onion’ Bodine had a decent run. This is the fourth top-10 for Todd Bodine in 9 starts at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

    Rounding out the top five was the No. 18 of Jason Leffler and the No. 9 of Hornaday. Finishing in sixth was Jason White. Joey Coulter would cross the finish line in seventh; his evening was not without interest. He had lost a lap when the radiator clamp broke, pushing out water on the RCR Chevrolet.

    Jeb Burton, son of former Sprint Cup competitor Ward Burton was the top finishing rookie. He ran the raced and finished the event in eighth place. Burton is trying to get more track time and is in search of a full-time sponsor. He is trying to keep a positive outlook and advance his career in the NCWTS.

    The top-ten included point’s leader Timothy Peters and the polesitter Ty Dillon.

    Race leaders included Ryan Sieg, Keselowski, Dillon, Lofton and James Beuscher. Ty Dillon led the field to the green flag. Dillon who pilots the No. 3 Bass Pro Shop Chevrolet in the Truck Series earned his pole award with a speed of 181.616. This is his first pole in eight Camping World Truck Series Races, and his fourth top-ten start in 2012

    Notable cautions include an incident between Paulie Harraka in the No. 5 and David Reutimann, which sent the No. 5 spinning down the track. The Child Help Ford went back up the track and sustained rear end damage after striking the outside retaining wall. The No. 31 machine of James Buescher was involved. He would return to the track and finish 22nd.

    The No. 14 of Brennan Newberry brought out multiple cautions during the event. The Bakersfield, CA native received some driver side door damage in the initial incident, but suffered throughout the event. He finished in 27th.

    The NCWTS returns to on-track action at Dover International Speedway on June 1.

    Unofficial Race Results
    NC Education Lottery 200, Charlotte
    http://www.speedwaymedia.com/truckseries/race.php?race=5
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    Pos. St. No. Driver Make Points
    =========================================
    1 2 6 Justin Lofton Chevrolet 48
    2 9 119 Brad Keselowski Ram 0
    3 17 11 Todd Bodine Toyota 41
    4 5 18 Jason Leffler Toyota 40
    5 15 9 Ron Hornaday Chevrolet 40
    6 7 23 Jason White Ford 38
    7 3 22 Joey Coulter Chevrolet 37
    8 21 27 Jeb Burton * Chevrolet 36
    9 4 17 Timothy Peters Toyota 36
    10 1 3 Ty Dillon * Chevrolet 35
    11 14 29 Parker Kligerman Ram 33
    12 11 2 Brendan Gaughan Chevrolet 0
    13 24 98 Dakoda Armstrong * Toyota 31
    14 12 32 Miguel Paludo Chevrolet 30
    15 6 88 Matt Crafton Toyota 29
    16 22 9 John Wes Townley * Toyota 28
    17 34 81 David Starr Toyota 27
    18 31 92 David Reutimann Chevrolet 0
    19 8 33 Cale Gale * Chevrolet 25
    20 26 99 Bryan Silas * Ford 24
    21 35 275 Caleb Holman * Chevrolet 23
    22 10 31 James Buescher Chevrolet 23
    23 28 101 Jake Crum Chevrolet 21
    24 23 24 Max Gresham * Chevrolet 20
    25 13 13 Johnny Sauter Toyota 19
    26 25 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Ram 18
    27 29 214 Brennan Newberry Chevrolet 17
    28 27 39 Ryan Sieg Chevrolet 17
    29 16 30 Nelson Piquet Jr. Chevrolet 15
    30 20 5 Paulie Harraka * Ford 14
    31 30 60 Chad McCumbee Chevrolet 13
    32 32 84 Chris Fontaine Chevrolet 12
    33 19 7 John King * Toyota 11
    34 36 138 Dennis Setzer Chevrolet 10
    35 18 8 Ross Chastain * Toyota 9
    36 33 168 Clay Greenfield Ram 9