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NASCAR - Camping World Truck - O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 Preview
From The Sports Network
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| DATE: Saturday, June 4th |
| SITE: Kansas Speedway (2001) -- Kansas City, Kansas |
| TRACK: 1.5-mile oval - 2,685 feet (Frontstretch); 2,207 feet (Backstretch) |
| CAPACITY: 81,687 (Grandstand Seating) |
| ANNUAL: 11th |
| TELEVISION: Speed Channel |
| ANNOUNCERS: Rick Allen, Phil Parsons, Michael Waltrip |
| RADIO: Motor Racing Network (MRN)/SIRIUS NASCAR Radio |
| START TIME: 2 p.m. (et) |
| DEFENDING CHAMPION: Johnny Sauter |
| RUNNER-UP: Ron Hornaday Jr |
| POLE WINNER: Ron Hornaday Jr (Finished 2nd) |
| LAPS: 167 |
| MILES: 250.5 |
| QUALIFYING RECORD: Bill Lester, 2005 (173.833 m.p.h.) |
| RACE RECORD: Ricky Hendrick, 2001 (125.094 m.p.h.) |
| TOTAL PURSE: $598,636 (2010 figures) |
| PAYOUTS: 1st Place - $46,950; 2nd Place - $34,090; 3rd Place - $26,085 |
| 2010 Finish |
| Finish | Driver | Start | Finish | Driver | Start |
| 1 | Johnny Sauter | 3 | 6 | Austin Dillon | 5 |
| 2 | Ron Hornaday Jr | 1 | 7 | Aric Almirola | 4 |
| 3 | Todd Bodine | 6 | 8 | Mike Skinner | 8 |
| 4 | Brian Ickler | 9 | 9 | Ken Schrader | 12 |
| 5 | Johnny Benson | 13 | 10 | David Starr | 25 |
| 2010 O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 Facts and Figures |
| AVERAGE SPEED: 110.936 m.p.h. |
| TIME OF RACE: 2 hours, 15 minutes, 29 seconds |
| MARGIN OF VICTORY: 5.032 seconds |
| CAUTION FLAGS: 7 for 37 laps |
| LEAD CHANGES: 16 among 9 drivers |
| POLE WINNER: Ron Hornaday Jr (169.194 m.p.h.) |
| Past O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 Winners (Starting Position) Car -- Speed |
| 2010 -- Johnny Sauter (3rd) -- Chevrolet -- 110.936 m.p.h. |
| 2009 -- Mike Skinner (2nd) -- Toyota -- 92.680 m.p.h. |
| 2008 -- Ron Hornaday Jr (1st) -- Chevrolet 105.820 m.p.h. |
| 2007 -- Erik Darnell (10th) -- Ford -- 124.403 m.p.h. |
| 2006 -- Terry Cook (5th) -- Ford -- 111.581 m.p.h. |
| 2005 -- Todd Bodine (10th) -- Toyota -- 117.346 m.p.h. |
| 2004 -- Carl Edwards (2nd) -- Ford -- 105.994 m.p.h. |
| 2003 -- Jon Wood (3rd) -- Ford -- 114.253 m.p.h. |
| 2002 -- Mike Bliss (4th) -- Chevrolet -- 121.487 m.p.h. |
| 2001 -- Ricky Hendrick (2nd) -- Chevrolet -- 125.094 m.p.h. (race record) |
| Past O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 Pole Winners (finish) |
| 2010 -- Ron Hornaday Jr -- 2nd |
| 2009 -- Ron Hornaday Jr -- 4th |
| 2008 -- Ron Hornaday Jr -- 1st |
| 2007 -- Mike Skinner -- 5th |
| 2006 -- Mike Skinner -- 5th |
| 2005 -- Bill Lester -- 5th |
| 2004 -- None -- Weather |
| 2003 -- Chad Chaffin -- 14th |
| 2002 -- Jason Leffler -- 4th |
| 2001 -- Dennis Setzer -- 3rd |
| Last Race Results |
| RACE: North Carolina Lottery Education 200 (May 20th) |
| SITE: Charlotte Motor Speedway -- Concord, North Carolina |
| MILES: 201 |
| LAPS: 134 |
| WINNER: Kyle Busch |
| RUNNER-UP: Clint Bowyer |
| THIRD: Cole Whitt |
| FOURTH: James Buescher |
| FIFTH: Ron Hornaday Jr. |
| POLE WINNER: Timothy Peters (Finished 32th) |
| TIME OF RACE: 1 hour, 58 minutes, 41 seconds |
| AVERAGE SPEED: 101.615 m.p.h. |
| MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.317 second |
| CAUTION FLAGS: 10 for 47 laps |
| LEAD CHANGES: 10 among 7 drivers |
| LAP LEADERS: T. Peters - pole; C. Bowyer 1-2; J. Buescher 3-11; C. Bowyer |
| 12-17; J. Buescher 18-24; T. Peters 25-54; R. Hornaday Jr. 55-67; |
| J. Sauter 68-76; C. Whitt 77-81; C. Bowyer 82-127; K. Busch |
| 128-134. |
| O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 Entry List |
| Car | Driver, Hometown | Car/Name |
| 2 | Clint Bowyer (Emporia, KS) | Chevrolet/Bad Boy Buggies |
| 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 | Butch Miller (Coopersville, MI) | Toyota/TBA |
| 7 | Miguel Paludo (New Silver, Brazil) | Toyota/Stemco Duroline |
| 8 | Nelson Piquet Jr (Brasilia, Brazil) | Chevrolet/Bozzano/Jontex |
| 9 | Max Papis (Como, Italy) | Toyota/GEICO |
| 10 | Jennifer Jo Cobb (Kansas City, KS) | Ford/Mark One Electric |
| 13 | *Johnny Sauter (Necedah, WI) | Chevrolet/Safe Auto/Curb Records |
| 17 | Timothy Peters (Providence, NC) | Toyota/Red Horse Racing |
| 18 | Kyle Busch (Las Vegas, NV) | Toyota/Dollar General |
| 20 | Johanna Long (Pensacola, FL) | Toyota/Panhandle Grading & Paving |
| 22 | Joey Coulter (Miami Springs, FL) | Chevrolet/RCR |
| 23 | Jason White (Powhatan, VA) | Chevrolet/gunbroker.com |
| 29 | Parker Kligerman (Westport, CT) | Dodge/Penske Truck Rental |
| 30 | Todd Bodine (Chemung, NY) | Toyota/germain.com |
| 31 | James Buescher (Plano, TX) | Chevrolet/Exide Batteries |
| 32 | Brad Sweet (Grass Valley, CA) | Chevrolet/Great Clips |
| 33 | Ron Hornaday Jr. (Bakersfield, CA) | Chevrolet/Anderson's Maple Syrup |
| 38 | Mike Garvey (Lakeville, MN) | Chevrolet/S&W Services |
| 39 | Ryan Sieg (Tucker, GA) | Chevrolet/S&W Services |
| 46 | Craig Goess (Woodbury, NJ) | Toyota/Greenville Toyota |
| 57 | Norm Benning (Level Green, PA) | Chevrolet/TBA |
| 60 | Cole Whitt (Alpine, CA) | Chevrolet/Red Bull/Fuel Doctor |
| 62 | Brendan Gaughan (Las Vegas, NV) | Toyota/South Point Hotel & Casino |
| 63 | Nick Hoffman (Mooresville, NC) | Ford/Mittler Bros. Machine & Tool |
| 65 | Stephan McCurley (Humble, TX) | Chevrolet/Steger Lumber Co. |
| 66 | Justin Marks (Rocklin, CA) | Chevrolet/Go-Pro |
| 73 | J.J. Yeley (Phoenix, AZ) | Chevrolet/County Building Centers |
| 77 | Justin Lofton (Westmorland, CA) | Toyota/Lofton Cattle |
| 81 | David Starr (Houston, TX) | Toyota/Zachry |
| 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 Services |
| 99 | Bryan Silas (Stuart, FL) | Ford/collegecomplete.com |
| Leading Contenders (Finish the last nine years) |
| Driver | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
| Johnny Sauter | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 9th | Won |
| Ron Hornaday Jr | --- | --- | --- | 17th | 12th | 6th | Won | 4th | 2nd |
| Todd Bodine | --- | --- | 15th | Won | 7th | 7th | 23rd | 21st | 3rd |
| Austin Dillon | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 6th |
| David Starr | 24th | --- | 19th | 24th | 8th | 15th | 27th | 17th | 10th |
| Timothy Peters | --- | --- | --- | --- | 19th | --- | --- | 24th | 23rd |
| Matt Crafton | 10th | 19th | 5th | 27th | 20th | 10th | 21st | 7th | 25th |
| Kyle Busch | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Clint Bowyer | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cole Whitt | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mover of the Week |
| Justin Marks - Started in 25th position and finished 9th |
| Sports Network Selections |
| Pick to Win - Kyle Busch |
| Darkhorse - Justin Marks |
| Last Week's Pick to Win (Kyle Busch) - Finished 1st |
| Last Week's Darkhorse (Cole Whitt) - Finished 3rd |
| NOTES: |
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Johnny Sauter miraculously held on to his truck when he went sideways
with Ron Hornaday Jr. in the closing laps and then held off Hornaday at the
finish to win the 2010 O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 at Kansas Speedway.
Sauter led 101 of 167 laps, but Hornaday, who started on the pole, chased him
down for the lead with less than 15 laps remaining. When Hornaday attempted to
pass Sauter while they were caught in lap traffic, the two bumped into each
other and slid up the track towards the turn three wall at roughly a 45-degree
angle.
They avoided hitting the wall and regained control of their trucks, with
Sauter pulling ahead of Hornaday from there. Sauter beat Hornaday to the finish
line by five seconds for his second career truck win. His first victory came
last September at the 1.5-mile Las Vegas Motor Speedway -- a track similar to
Kansas. NASCAR halted the race for 90 minutes when a heavy thunderstorm moved
over the area and dropped marble-size hail on the track after 113 laps were
completed.
Following three consecutive fifth-place finishes, Mike Skinner broke
through into the winner's circle, as he captured the 2009 O'Reilly Auto Parts
250. The race's first 52 laps were run on the originally scheduled date of
Saturday, April 25, while the remainder was completed two days later due to
inclement weather. Skinner led three times for a race-high 67 laps, while pole
sitter Ron Hornaday Jr, who placed fourth, led twice for 58 laps. Johnny
Benson finished second.
After three years of steadily improving in this race, Ron Hornaday Jr
came away the victor in 2008, as he clipped Jack Sprague by less than a second
for one of six wins that year. Hornaday, who placed 17th, 12th and 6th prior
to winning, dominated the race, as he led five times for 136 laps, including
the last 55. The victory was the 34th of 47 career Camping World titles.
Back in 2007, Erik Darnell recorded his first career Truck Series title, as he
cruised to victory over Rick Crawford. Starting 10th on the grid, Darnell led
three times for a total of 92 laps, including the final 56, as he finished
over 10 seconds clear of Crawford, who finished runner-up for the second
consecutive year. Pole sitter Mike Skinner led the first 58 laps, but finished
fifth. The margin of victory, 10.440 seconds, is the fifth largest margin of
victory in the NASCAR Truck Series.
When Terry Cook raced to victory in 2006, he clipped Rick Crawford for his
sixth career Truck Series title. Starting fifth on the grid, Cook claimed the
lead on lap 127 and held on the rest of the way to post a 2.040 seconds win
before a crowd of 81,687. Cook led for a total of 41 laps, while pole sitter
Mike Skinner, who placed fifth, led for a race-high 59.
In 2005, Todd Bodine recorded his third career Truck title, as he edged Todd
Kluever for the win. Bodine, who started in the 10th position on the grid,
took the lead for the first time on lap 59, but held it just nine laps. Mike
Skinner, who led for the first 30 laps, reclaimed the lead on lap 68, but that
was his last lap led, as he finished fourth. Bodine, who's wining margin was
just 0.387 of a second, took over on lap 145 and held on the rest of the way
for his first win of the 2005 season. Overall, Bodine led three times for 81
laps, while Skinner led four times for 57 laps.
There have been ten different winners at Kansas Speedway. With his win in
2008, Ron Hornaday Jr became the first and only pole sitter to capture this
race. Hornaday is a three-time pole sitter at Kansas Speedway. The top-10
positions have won all 10 races.
The next Camping World Truck Series race is the June 10 WinStar World Casino
400k at Texas Speedway. Todd Bodine is the defending race winner.
05/31 13:38:05 ET
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As of May 31, 2011, at 01:38 PM ET
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