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NASCAR - Camping World Truck - Lucas Oil 150 Preview
From The Sports Network
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| DATE: Friday, February 25th |
| SITE: Phoenix International Raceway (1964) -- Avondale, Arizona |
| TRACK: one-mile oval - 1,179 feet (Frontstretch); 1,551 feet (Backstretch) |
| CAPACITY: 76,812 (Grandstand seating) |
| ANNUAL: 15th |
| TELEVISION: Speed Channel |
| ANNOUNCERS: Rick Allen, Phil Parsons, Michael Waltrip |
| RADIO: Motor Racing Network (MRN)/SIRIUS NASCAR Radio |
| START TIME: 8 p.m. (et) |
| DEFENDING CHAMPION: Clint Bowyer |
| RUNNER-UP: Kyle Busch |
| POLE WINNER: Austin Dillon (Finished 7th) |
| LAPS: 150 |
| MILES: 150 |
| QUALIFYING RECORD: Austin Dillon, 2010 (133.605 m.p.h.) |
| RACE RECORD: Kevin Harvick 2002 (108.014 m.p.h.) |
| TOTAL PURSE: $477,441 (2010 figures) |
| PAYOUTS: 1st Place - $37,475; 2nd Place - $30,290; 3rd Place - $22,335 |
| 2010 Finish |
| Finish | Driver | Start | Finish | Driver | Start |
| 1 | Clint Bowyer | 3 | 6 | Mike Skinner | 8 |
| 2 | Kyle Busch | 4 | 7 | Austin Dillon | 1 |
| 3 | Johnny Sauter | 5 | 8 | David Starr | 12 |
| 4 | Matt Crafton | 2 | 9 | Justin Lofton | 7 |
| 5 | Aric Almirola | 9 | 10 | Bobby Hamilton J | r 11 |
| 2010 Lucas Oil 150 Facts and Figures |
| AVERAGE SPEED: 99.539 m.p.h. |
| TIME OF RACE: 1 hour, 30 minutes, 25 seconds |
| MARGIN OF VICTORY: 1.038 seconds |
| CAUTION FLAGS: 5 for 27 laps |
| LEAD CHANGES: 4 among 4 drivers |
| POLE WINNER: Austin Dillon (133.605 m.p.h.) |
| Past Lucas Oil 150 Winners (Starting Position) Car -- Speed |
| 2010 -- Clint Bowyer (3rd) -- Chevrolet -- 99.539 m.p.h. |
| 2009 -- Kevin Harvick (2nd) -- Chevrolet -- 99.743 m.p.h. |
| 2008 -- Kevin Harvick (10th) -- Chevrolet -- 88.178 m.p.h. |
| 2007 -- Kyle Busch (8th) -- Chevrolet -- 83.218 m.p.h. |
| 2006 -- Johnny Benson (1st) -- Toyota -- 86.221 m.p.h. |
| 2005 -- Todd Bodine (6th) -- Toyota -- 96.515 m.p.h. |
| 2004 -- David Starr (5th) -- Chevrolet -- 90.756 m.p.h. |
| 2003 -- Kevin Harvick (2nd) -- Chevrolet -- 107.527 m.p.h. |
| 2002 -- Kevin Harvick (3rd) -- Chevrolet -- 108.014 m.p.h. (race record) |
| 2001 -- Greg Biffle (11th) -- Ford -- 92.726 m.p.h. |
| 2000 -- Not Held |
| 1999 -- Not Held |
| 1998 -- Mike Bliss (1st) -- Ford -- 103.686 m.p.h. |
| 1997 -- Joe Ruttman (7th) -- Ford -- 103.942 m.p.h. |
| 1996 -- Jack Sprague (1st) -- Chevrolet -- 95.289 m.p.h. |
| 1995 -- Mike Skinner (3rd) -- Chevrolet -- 91.102 m.p.h. |
| NOTE: Formerly called GM Goodwrench/Delco Battery 200 (1995) GM Goodwrench/AC |
| Delco 300 (1996, 1998), GM Goodwrench/Delco 300 (1997), Chevy Silverado |
| 150 (2001-05), Casino Arizona 150 (2006-07). |
| Past Lucas Oil 150 Pole Winners (Finish) |
| 2010 -- Austin Dillon -- 7th |
| 2009 -- Johnny Sauter -- 5th |
| 2008 -- Ron Hornaday Jr -- 25th |
| 2007 -- Mike Skinner -- 8th |
| 2006 -- Johnny Benson -- 1st |
| 2005 -- Brandon Whitt -- 19th |
| 2004 -- Jack Sprague -- 2nd |
| 2003 -- Ted Musgrave -- 2nd |
| 2002 -- Rick Crawford -- 3rd |
| 2001 -- Stacy Compton -- 4th |
| 2000 -- Not Held |
| 1999 -- Not Held |
| 1998 -- Mike Bliss -- 1st |
| 1997 -- Mike Bliss -- 10th |
| 1996 -- Jack Sprague -- 1st |
| 1995 -- Jack Sprague -- 6th |
| Last Race Results |
| RACE: NextEra Energy Resources 250 (February 18th) |
| SITE: Daytona International Speedway -- Daytona Beach, Florida |
| MILES: 257.5 |
| LAPS: 103 |
| WINNER: Michael Waltrip |
| RUNNER-UP: Elliott Sadler |
| THIRD: Clay Rogers |
| FOURTH: Miguel Paludo |
| FIFTH: Kyle Busch |
| POLE WINNER: Austin Dillon (Finished 20th) |
| TIME OF RACE: 1 hours, 58 minutes, 33 seconds |
| AVERAGE SPEED: 130.025 m.p.h. |
| MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.061 second |
| CAUTION FLAGS: 6 for 24 laps |
| LEAD CHANGES: 6 among 6 drivers |
| LAP LEADERS: Dillon - pole; J. Buescher 1-55; T. Peters 56-67; C. Rogers |
| 68-69; R. Carmichael 70; E. Sadler 71-102; M. Waltrip 103. |
| Lucas Oil 150 Entry List |
| Car | Driver, Hometown | Car/Name |
| 1 | Jeffrey Earnhardt (Mooresville, NC) | Chevrolet/Fuel Doctor |
| 2 * | Clint Bowyer (Emporia, KS) | Chevrolet/Tide/Kroger |
| 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 | B.J. McLeod (Wauchula, FL) | Toyota/ASI Limited |
| 7 | Miguel Paludo (New Silver, Brazil) | Toyota/K&N |
| 8 | Nelson Piquet Jr (Brasilia, Brazil) | Chevrolet/Qualcomm |
| 9 | Max Papis (Como, Italy) | Toyota/GEICO |
| 10 | Chase Mattioli (Long Pond, PA) | Ford/collegecomplete.com |
| 13 | Johnny Sauter (Necedah, WI) | Chevrolet/Safe Auto/Curb Records |
| 15 | Dusty Davis (Las Vegas, NV) | Toyota/Vision Airlines/Emerald Coast |
| 17 | Timothy Peters (Providence, NC) | Toyota/Gear Wrench |
| 18 | Kyle Busch (Las Vegas, NV) | Toyota/Dollar General |
| 19 | David Mayhew (Atascadero, CA) | Chevrolet/MMI Services/Ron's Readend |
| 20 | Johanna Long (Pensacola, FL) | Toyota/Panhandle Grading & Paving |
| 22 | Joey Coulter (Miami Springs, FL) | Chevrolet/RCR/Rip-It |
| 23 | Jason White (Powhatan, VA) | Chevrolet/gunbroker.com |
| 25 | Tayler Malsam (Seattle, WA) | Toyota/Iron Horse Jeans |
| 27 | Chris Eggleston (Erie, CO) | Dodge/sponsorshorty.com |
| 29 | Parker Kligerman (Westport, CT) | Dodge/Brad Keselowski Racing |
| 30 | Todd Bodine (Chemung, NY) | Toyota/germain.com |
| 31 | James Buescher (Plano, TX) | Chevrolet/Wolfepack Rentals |
| 32 | Brad Sweet (Grass Valley, CA) | Chevrolet/Great Clips |
| 33 | Ron Hornaday Jr. (Bakersfield, CA) | Chevrolet/Sherwin-Williams |
| 39 | Ryan Sieg (Tucker, GA) | Chevrolet/S&W |
| 44 | Greg Pursley (Parker, AZ) | Chevrolet/Gene Price Motorsports |
| 45 | Mike Skinner (Susanville, CA) | Toyota/TBA |
| 46 | Craig Goess (Woodbury, NJ) | Toyota/Greenville Toyota |
| 51 | Justin Johnson (Las Vegas, NV) | 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 |
| 73 | Rick Crawford (Mobile, AL) | Chevrolet/Trans Pecos Trucking |
| 77 | Justin Lofton (Westmorland, CA) | Toyota/Lofton Cattle |
| 81 | David Starr (Houston, TX) | Toyota/Zachry |
| 85 | Brent Raymer (Concord, NC) | Ford/Drive One |
| 88 | Matt Crafton (Tulare, CA) | Chevrolet/Menards |
| 92 | Clay Rogers (Mooresville, NC) | Chevrolet/Fleet HQ/BTS Tire & Wheel |
| 93 | Shane Sieg (Tucker, GA) | Chevrolet/S&W |
| Leading Contenders (Finish the last nine years) |
| Driver | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
| Clint Bowyer | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | Won |
| Kyle Busch | --- | --- | --- | 11th | 9th | Won | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd |
| Johnny Sauter | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 5th | 3rd |
| Matt Crafton | 9th | 14th | 3rd | 8th | 5th | 14th | 8th | 8th | 4th |
| Austin Dillon | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 7th |
| David Starr | 18th | 6th | Won | 14th | 6th | 36th | 13th | 9th | 8th |
| James Buescher | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 23rd | 11th |
| Todd Bodine | --- | --- | 29th | Won | 4th | 6th | 3rd | 12th | 12th |
| Timothy Peters | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 16th | 13th |
| Ricky Carmichael | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 18th | 27th |
| Ron Hornaday Jr | --- | --- | 13th | 2nd | 13th | 2nd | 25th | 4th | 29th |
| Travis Kvapil | 4th | 9th | 15th | --- | --- | 23rd | --- | --- | --- |
| Brendan Gaughan | 13th | 12th | --- | 23rd | 21st | 13th | 10th | --- | --- |
| Nelson Piquet Jr. | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mover of the Week |
| Jennifer Jo Cobb - Started in the 31st position and finished 6th |
| Sports Network Selections |
| Pick to Win - Kyle Busch |
| Darkhorse - Jason White |
| Last Week's Pick to Win (Todd Bodine) - Finished 23rd |
| Last Week's Darkhorse (Travis Kvapil) - Finished 29th |
| NOTES: |
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The Lucas Oil 150 moves from near the end of the schedule to the
second week of the 2011 season, as the Camping World Series continues in
Arizona.
Last year, Todd Bodine wrapped up his second Camping World Truck Series
championship with a 12th-place finish at Phoenix International Raceway in
November. Bodine became the third driver in the series' 16-year history to win
multiple championships. His first title came in 2006. He joins Ron Hornaday,
who has won a record four championships, and Jack Sprague, who grabbed three
titles.
The race itself was captured by Clint Bowyer, who made his first truck start
in three years. Bowyer took the lead from pole-sitter Austin Dillon on lap 25.
He then ran in front for 97 of the final 125 laps for his second career truck
win. His first victory came in November 2006 at Texas. Bowyer drove the same
No. 2 Chevrolet that Kevin Harvick took to victory lane at Phoenix the
previous two years.
Bowyer, along with five other past winners are expected to compete this week.
Mike Skinner, the 1995 champion here, has recorded two wins, two poles and 10
top-10 finishes in 11 previous races at PIR.
Harvick captured this race for the second straight season in 2009 and fourth
time overall, as he defeated Kyle Busch for the second year in a row. Harvick
led the final 56 laps to clip Busch under the caution. Pole sitter Sauter led
the opening 11 laps, but finished fifth.
In 2008, Harvick and Busch battled throughout the entire race, but it was
Harvick who crossed the finish line first, as he defeated the defending
champion by 0.940 of a second. Harvick led twice for 60 laps, while Busch led
twice for a race-high 90 laps. Pole sitter Ron Hornaday Jr was never a factor,
as he finished a distant 25th. After Busch led the first 55 laps, Harvick took
over for the next nine; however, Busch reclaimed the lead on the 65th lap.
Harvick returned to the top spot on the 100th lap and held it the rest of the
way for his third career Truck Series win.
Busch led the final 42 laps in 2007 to record his sixth of 24 career Truck
Series titles, as he defeated Hornaday Jr by less than a second. Mike Bliss
led for a race-high 54 laps and finished third, while pole sitter Mike
Skinner placed eighth.
In 2006, pole sitter Johnny Benson edged Mark Martin by less than a second to
record his fifth of 14 career Camping World Truck Series titles. Benson
reclaimed the lead from Martin on lap 121, and the held it for the final 30
circuits before an estimated crowd of 30,000. Martin, who started ninth, led
twice for a race-high 82 laps, while Benson led for 31 laps.
The next Camping World Truck Series race is the March 12th Too Tough To Tame
200 at Darlington Raceway, where Todd Bodine is the defending race winner.
02/22 16:02:04 ET
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As of February 22, 2011, at 04:02 PM ET
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