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NASCAR - Camping World Truck - NextEra Energy Resources 250 Preview
From The Sports Network
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| DATE: Friday, February 18th |
| SITE: Daytona International Speedway -- Daytona Beach, Florida |
| TRACK: 2.5-mile tri-oval - 3,800 feet (Frontstretch); 3,000 feet (Backstretch) |
| ANNUAL: 12th |
| TELEVISION: Speed Channel |
| ANNOUNCERS: Rick Allen, Phil Parsons, Michael Waltrip |
| RADIO: Motor Racing Network (MRN)/SIRIUS XM Satellite |
| START TIME: 7:30 p.m. (et) |
| DEFENDING CHAMPION: Timothy Peters |
| RUNNER-UP: Todd Bodine |
| POLE WINNER: Jason White (Finished 4th) |
| LAPS: 100 |
| MILES: 250 |
| QUALIFYING RECORD: Joe Ruttman, 2000, (187.563 m.p.h.) |
| RACE RECORD: Mark Martin, 2006, (146.622 m.p.h.) |
| TOTAL PURSE: $693,949 (2010 figures) |
| PAYOUTS: 1st Place - $85,425; 2nd Place - $57,390; 3rd Place - $36,485 |
| 2010 Finish |
| Finish | Driver | Start | Finish | Driver | Start |
| 1 | Timothy Peters | 24 | 6 | Nelson Piquet Jr | 22 |
| 2 | Todd Bodine | 15 | 7 | Stacy Compton | 12 |
| 3 | Dennis Setzer | 14 | 8 | Johnny Benson | 9 |
| 4 | Jason White | 1 | 9 | Donnie Neuenberger | 32 |
| 5 | Matt Crafton | 17 | 10 | J.J. Yeley | 36 |
| 2010 NextEra Energy Resources 250 Facts and Figures |
| AVERAGE SPEED: 115.296 m.p.h. |
| TIME OF RACE: 2 hours, 10 minutes, 6 seconds |
| MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.068 second |
| CAUTION FLAGS: 7 for 33 laps |
| LEAD CHANGES: 23 among 12 drivers |
| POLE WINNER: Jason White (177.525 m.p.h.) |
| Past NextEra Energy Resources 250 Winners (Starting Position) Car -- Speed |
| 2010 -- Timothy Peters (24th) -- 115.296 m.p.h. |
| 2009 -- Todd Bodine (3rd) -- Toyota -- 122.766 m.p.h. |
| 2008 -- Todd Bodine (12th) -- Toyota -- 127.551 m.p.h. |
| 2007 -- Jack Sprague (1st) -- Toyota -- 117.739 m.p.h. |
| 2006 -- Mark Martin (1st) -- Ford -- 146.622 m.p.h. (race record) |
| 2005 -- Bobby Hamilton (36th) -- Dodge -- 124.931 m.p.h. |
| 2004 -- Carl Edwards (6th) -- Ford -- 112.570 m.p.h. |
| 2003 -- Rick Crawford (10th) -- Ford -- 127.642 m.p.h. |
| 2002 -- Robert Pressley (2nd) -- Dodge -- 140.121 m.p.h. |
| 2001 -- Joe Ruttman (1st) -- Dodge -- 129.407 m.p.h. |
| 2000 -- Mike Wallace (2nd) -- Ford -- 130.152 m.p.h. |
| NOTE: Formerly called Daytona 250 (2000), Florida Dodge Dealers 250 (2001-05), |
| GM FlexFuel 250 (2006), Chevy Silverado 250 (2007-08). |
| Past NextEra Energy Resources 250 Pole Winners (Finish) |
| 2010 -- Jason White -- 4th |
| 2009 -- Colin Braun -- 9th |
| 2008 -- Erik Darnell -- 21st |
| 2007 -- Jack Sprague -- 1st |
| 2006 -- Mark Martin -- 1st |
| 2005 -- Kerry Earnhardt -- 35th |
| 2004 -- Terry Cook -- 5th |
| 2003 -- Jason Leffler -- 30th |
| 2002 -- Ted Musgrave -- 2nd |
| 2001 -- Joe Ruttman -- 1st |
| 2000 -- Joe Ruttman -- 19th |
| Last Race Results |
| RACE: Ford 200 (November 19, 2010) |
| SITE: Homestead-Miami Speedway -- Homestead, Florida |
| MILES: 201 |
| LAPS: 134 |
| WINNER: Kyle Busch |
| RUNNER-UP: Ron Hornaday Jr |
| THIRD: Johnny Sauter |
| FOURTH: Todd Bodine |
| FIFTH: Aric Almirola |
| POLE WINNER: Austin Dillon (Finished 31st) |
| TIME OF RACE: 1 hour, 41 minutes, 43 seconds |
| AVERAGE SPEED: 118.565 m.p.h. |
| MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.577 second |
| CAUTION FLAGS: 6 for 26 laps |
| LEAD CHANGES: 17 among 9 drivers |
| LAP LEADERS: Dillon - pole, K. Busch 1-6, Dillon 7-8, K. Busch 9-10, Dillon |
| 11-19, Sauter 20-32, Almirola 33-36, K. Busch 37-67, Sauter 68, |
| K. Busch 69-76, White 77, Almirola 78-81, K. Busch 82-87, Bodine |
| 88-105, Mayhew 106-110, Kvapil 111-115, Hornaday Jr 116-130, K. |
| Busch 131-134. |
| NextEra Energy Resources 250 Entry List |
| Car | Driver, Hometown | Car/Name |
| 1 | Jeffrey Earnhardt (Mooresville, NC) | Chevrolet/Fuel Doctor Platinum |
| 02 | Jamie Dick (Albuquerque, NM) | Chevrolet/vivaautogroup.com |
| 2 | Elliott Sadler (Emporia, VA) | Chevrolet/One Main Financial |
| 3 | Austin Dillon (Lewisville, NC) | Chevrolet/Bass Pro Shops |
| 4 | Ricky Carmichael (Clearwater, FL) | Chevrolet/Monster Energy |
| 5 | Travis Kvapil (Janesville, WI) | Toyota/Int'l Truck/Monaco RVs |
| 07 | Donnie Neuenberger (Brandywine, MD) | Chevrolet/Lilly Trucking |
| 7 | Miguel Paludo (New Silver, Brazil) | Toyota/Stemco Duroline |
| 8 | Nelson Piquet Jr. (Brasilia, Brazil) | Chevrolet/Qualcomm |
| 9 | Max Papis (Como, Italy) | Toyota/GEICO |
| 10 | Jennifer Jo Cobb (Kansas City, KS) | Ford/Driven2Honor |
| 13 | Johnny Sauter (Necedah, WI) | Chevrolet/Safe Auto/Curb Records |
| 15 | Michael Waltrip (Owensboro, KY) | Toyota/Wounded Warrior Project |
| 17 * | Timothy Peters (Providence, NC) | Toyota/K&N |
| 18 | Kyle Busch (Las Vegas, NV) | Toyota/Dollar General |
| 20 | Johanna Long (Pensacola, FL) | Toyota/Panhandle Grading |
| 22 | Joey Coulter (Miami Springs, FL) | Chevrolet/Richard Childress Racing |
| 23 | Jason White (Powhatan, VA) | Chevrolet/Gunbroker.com |
| 25 | Tayler Malsam (Seattle, WA) | Toyota/One Eighty |
| 27 | Chris Eggleston (Erie, CO) | Dodge/SponsorShorty.com |
| 28 | Grant Enfinger (Fairhope, AL) | Chevrolet/FDNY Racing |
| 29 | Parker Kligerman (Westport, CT) | Dodge/Brad Keselowski Racing |
| 30 | Todd Bodine (Chemung, NY) | Toyota/Tire Kingdom/Valvoline |
| 31 | James Buescher (Plano, TX) | Chevrolet/Exide Batteries |
| 32 | Brad Sweet (Grass Valley, CA) | Chevrolet/Great Clips |
| 33 | Ron Hornaday Jr. (Bakersfield, CA) | Chevrolet/Steak-Umm |
| 39 | Ryan Sieg (Tucker, GA) | Chevrolet/S&W |
| 45 | Mike Skinner (Susanville, CA) | Toyota/TBA |
| 46 | Craig Goess Jr. (Woodbury, NJ) | Toyota/Greenville Toyota |
| 50 | T.J. Bell (Reno, VA) | Chevrolet/Liberty Tire Recycling |
| 51 | Aric Almirola (Tampa, FL) | Toyota/Vision Airlines |
| 57 | Norm Benning (Level Green, PA) | Chevrolet/TBA |
| 60 | Cole Whitt (Alpine, CA) | Chevrolet/Red Bull |
| 62 | Brendan Gaughan (Las Vegas, NV) | Toyota/South Point Hotel & Casino |
| 66 | Justin Marks (Rocklin, CA) | Chevrolet/Go-Pro |
| 68 | Clay Greenfield (Clarksville, TN) | Chevrolet/TBA |
| 73 | Rick Crawford (Mobile, AL) | Chevrolet/Superseal County Building |
| 76 | Alli Owens (Daytona Beach, FL) | Ford/Rue & Ziffra P.A. |
| 77 | Justin Lofton (Westmorland, CA) | Toyota/Lofton Cattle |
| 81 | David Starr (Houston, TX) | Toyota/Zachry |
| 84 | Chris Fontaine (Lakeland, FL) | Toyota/Glenden Enterprises |
| 85 | Brent Raymer (Concord, NC) | Ford/Drive One |
| 88 | Matt Crafton (Tulare, CA) | Chevrolet/Menards |
| 92 | Clay Rogers (Mooresville, NC) | Chevrolet/Action Gator Tire/Fleet HQ |
| 93 | Shane Sieg (Tucker, GA) | Chevrolet/S&W |
| 99 | Chad McCumbee (Supply, NC) | Ford/CollegeComplete.com |
| Leading Contenders (Finish the last nine years) |
| Driver | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
| Timothy Peters | --- | --- | --- | --- | 12th | --- | --- | 6th | Won |
| Todd Bodine | --- | --- | --- | 3rd | 2nd | 5th | Won | Won | 2nd |
| Jason White | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 35th | 22nd | 22nd | 4th |
| Matt Crafton | 23rd | 12th | 19th | 11th | 26th | 8th | 24th | 8th | 5th |
| Nelson Piquet Jr | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 6th |
| Aric Almirola | --- | --- | --- | --- | 32nd | --- | --- | --- | 12th |
| Tayler Malsam | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 10th | 17th |
| David Starr | 7th | 36th | 12th | 8th | 14th | 20th | 4th | 17th | 19th |
| Elliott Sadler | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 20th |
| Kyle Busch | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 2nd | 2nd | 22nd |
| Mike Skinner | --- | --- | 28th | 25th | 4th | 4th | 29th | 7th | 24th |
| Austin Dillon | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 26th |
| Ron Hornaday Jr | 12th | --- | --- | 26th | 23rd | 7th | 25th | 4th | 27th |
| Ricky Carmichael | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 24th | 29th |
| Johnny Sauter | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 27th | 35th |
| Travis Kvapil | 20th | 2nd | 2nd | --- | --- | 3rd | --- | --- | --- |
| Brendan Gaughan | 13th | 10th | --- | 30th | 24th | 21st | 34th | --- | --- |
| Sports Network Selections |
| Pick to Win - Todd Bodine |
| Darkhorse - Travis Kvapil |
| Last Week's Pick to Win (November 19th - Todd Bodine) - Finished 4th |
| Last Week's Darkhorse (November 19th - Jason White) - Finished 23rd |
| NOTES: |
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The Camping World Truck Series begins this week in Daytona for the 12th
annual NextEra Energy Resources 250, as Timothy Peters defends his title.
Starting from the 24th position on the grid, Peters led only five laps, but it
was his crucial pass on the final lap over Todd Bodine that lifted him to
victory. Bodine held the lead on the final lap, but Peters got a push from
pole sitter Jason White and then tapped Bodine from behind, shoving him up the
track. Peters protected his lead and finished 0.068 seconds ahead of Bodine
for his second career truck victory. Bodine led four times for a race-high 32
laps, while pole sitter Jason White placed fourth.
In 2009, Bodine led the final 11 laps to edge Kyle Busch by 0.249 of a second
for his 16th career Truck Series title. Bodine, who started third, led twice
for a race-high 25 laps, while pole sitter Colin Braun, who placed ninth, led
three times for 15 laps. With his win, Bodine became the only two-time winner
of this race after winning in 2008.
Pole sitter Jack Sprague clipped Johnny Benson in 2007 by less than a second
for his 28th career Truck Series title. Sprague led for the first eight laps
and then again on lap 87, but it was Travis Kvapil who dominated this race,
leading six times for a race-high 49 laps. Kvapil took the lead on lap 88
through 99, but Sprague, on the final lap, went to the outside and Johnny
Benson to the bottom of the track to produce a photo finish with Sprague
edging Benson by one foot and Kvapil by about four feet.
Starting on the pole in 2006, Mark Martin raced to victory, as he crossed the
finish line under caution ahead of Todd Bodine for his second career Truck
Series victory. With his win, Martin became only the second driver to capture
this event from the pole, as he joined Joe Ruttman in that category. Martin,
who was the first to capture the pole at this track and win, set a new winning
speed mark of 146.622 m.p.h.
The pole sitter has won this race on three occasions. Joe Ruttman in 2001,
Martin in 2006 and Sprague (2007). Ruttman is the only two-time pole sitter.
When the late Bobby Hamilton raced to victory in 2005, he came from the 36th
starting position, the furthest start for a winner.
It should come as no surprise this week that the race will be decided on the
final lap. The previous 11 races have been decided by split seconds. This
race has produced two three-wide finishes in its short history.
Winning this race could spell doom for a driver attempting to capture the
Camping World Truck Series championship, as no winner has ever gone on to
capture the title. Bobby Hamilton, who claimed the top prize in 2004, remains
the only driver to win the series championship and then follow up with a
victory at Daytona in February.
The NextEra Energy Resources 250 is the first NASCAR Camping World Truck
Series race to utilize a 17.75-gallon fuel cell that's now standard in all
three of NASCAR's national series. It is anticipated the change will result in
shorter fuel windows and more pit stops.
The Camping World Truck Series moves on to Phoenix International Raceway for
the February 25 Lucas Oil 150, as Clint Bowyer defends his title.
02/16 22:37:31 ET
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As of February 16, 2011, at 10:37 PM ET
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