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NASCAR - Camping World Truck - Good Sam Club 200 Preview
From The Sports Network
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| DATE: Friday, September 2nd |
| SITE: Atlanta Motor Speedway (1960) -- Hampton, Georgia |
| TRACK: 1.54-mile oval - 2,332 feet (Frontstretch); 1,800 feet (Backstretch) |
| CAPACITY: 124,000 |
| ANNUAL: 8th |
| 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: Kevin Harvick (not defending) |
| RUNNER-UP: Kyle Busch |
| POLE WINNER: Ron Hornaday Jr (Finished 34th) |
| LAPS: 130 |
| MILES: 200.2 |
| QUALIFYING RECORD: Rick Crawford, 2005 (182.735 m.p.h.) |
| RACE RECORD: Ron Hornaday Jr, 2005 (142.424 m.p.h.) |
| TOTAL PURSE: $505,804 (2010 figures) |
| PAYOUTS: 1st Place - $42,565; 2nd Place - $32,055; 3rd Place - $27,500 |
| 2010 Finish |
| Finish | Driver | Start | Finish | Driver | Start |
| 1 | Kevin Harvick | 4 | 6 | Ricky Carmichael | 12 |
| 2 | Kyle Busch | 2 | 7 | Timothy Peters | 30 |
| 3 | Aric Almirola | 7 | 8 | Johnny Sauter | 9 |
| 4 | Steve Wallace | 6 | 9 | Rick Crawford | 24 |
| 5 | Todd Bodine | 10 | 10 | Austin Dillon | 5 |
| 2010 Good Sam Club 200 Facts and Figures |
| AVERAGE SPEED: 120.926 m.p.h. |
| TIME OF RACE: 1 hour, 39 minutes, 20 seconds |
| MARGIN OF VICTORY: 1.308 seconds |
| CAUTION FLAGS: 6 for 27 laps |
| LEAD CHANGES: 9 among 6 drivers |
| POLE WINNER: Ron Hornaday Jr (177.721 m.p.h.) |
| Past Good Sam Club 200 Winners (Starting Position) Car -- Speed |
| 2010 -- Kevin Harvick (4th) -- Chevrolet -- 120.926 m.p.h. |
| 2009 -- Kyle Busch (1st) -- Toyota -- 130.188 m.p.h. |
| 2008 -- Kyle Busch (3rd) -- Toyota -- 127.561 m.p.h. |
| 2007 -- Mike Skinner (1st) -- Toyota -- 105.739 m.p.h. |
| 2006 -- Todd Bodine (1st) -- Toyota -- 133.388 m.p.h. |
| 2005 -- Ron Hornaday Jr (18th) -- Chevrolet -- 142.424 m.p.h. (race record) |
| 2004 -- Bobby Hamilton (12th) -- Dodge -- 123.675 m.p.h. |
| NOTE: Formerly called EasyCare Vehicle Services Contracts 200 (2004), World |
| Financial Group 200 (2005), John Deere 200 (2006), American Commercial |
| Lines 200 (2007-09), E-Z Go 200 (2010). |
| Past Good Sam Club 200 Pole Winners (Finish) |
| 2010 -- Ron Hornaday Jr -- 34th |
| 2009 -- Kyle Busch -- 1st |
| 2008 -- Ron Hornaday Jr -- 2nd |
| 2007 -- Mike Skinner -- 1st |
| 2006 -- Todd Bodine -- 1st |
| 2005 -- Rick Crawford -- 29th |
| 2004 -- David Reutimann -- 3rd |
| Last Race Results |
| RACE: O'Reilly 200 (August 24th) |
| SITE: Bristol Motor Speedway -- Bristol, Tennessee |
| MILES: 106.6 |
| LAPS: 200 |
| WINNER: Kevin Harvick |
| RUNNER-UP: Johnny Sauter |
| THIRD: Todd Bodine |
| FOURTH: James Buescher |
| FIFTH: Timothy Peters |
| POLE WINNER: Elliott Sadler (Finished 9th) |
| TIME OF RACE: 1 hour, 31 minutes, 26 seconds |
| AVERAGE SPEED: 69.953 m.p.h. |
| MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.434 second |
| CAUTION FLAGS: 9 for 62 laps |
| LEAD CHANGES: 2 among 3 drivers |
| LAP LEADERS: E. Sadler 1-53; J. White 54-97; K. Harvick 98-200. |
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| Good Sam Club 200 Entry List |
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| Leading Contenders (Finish the last seven years) |
| Driver | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | | |
| Kyle Busch | --- | --- | --- | --- | Won | Won | 2nd | | |
| Todd Bodine | --- | 12th | Won | 2nd | 9th | 3rd | 5th | | |
| Ricky Carmichael | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 21st | 6th | | |
| Timothy Peters | --- | --- | 33rd | --- | --- | 15th | 7th | | |
| Johnny Sauter | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 18th | 8th | | |
| Austin Dillon | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 10th | | |
| David Starr | 36th | 5th | 15th | 22nd | 21st | 17th | 15th | | |
| Matt Crafton | 5th | 14th | 9th | 3rd | 4th | 11th | 27th | | |
| Ron Hornaday Jr | --- | Won | 20th | 11th | 2nd | 7th | 34th | | |
| Clint Bowyer | --- | --- | --- | 5th | --- | --- | --- | | |
| Ryan Newman | --- | --- | --- | --- | Won | --- | --- | | |
| James Buescher | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 14th | --- | | |
| Parker Kligerman | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | |
| Mover of the Week |
| Justin Lofton - Started in the 29th position and finished 7th |
| Sports Network Selections |
| Pick to Win - Timothy Peters |
| Darkhorse - Brendan Gaughan |
| Last Week's Pick to Win (Kyle Busch) - Finished 30th |
| Last Week's Darkhorse (Jason White) - Finished 16th |
| NOTES: |
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The hottest driver in the series is not only the 2010 winner of this
event, but also the winner of three straight Camping World Truck races. But
guess what, he's not racing this week.
That's right, Kevin Harvick, who scorched the field last year by leading 100
of the 130 laps, will not be on hand to defend his title, as he attempts to
solidify his position in the race for the Chase.
In five truck starts this season, Harvick has five top-5s, including winning
all three races during the month of August.
Last season, Harvick easily beat Kyle Busch by 1.3 seconds for his seventh
career victory in the series and third straight Truck win. He ended the 2009
season by winning at Phoenix and Homestead. With his win, he has now won all
three of NASCAR's national touring series races at Atlanta. He won his first
Cup race in March 2001 at Atlanta, in just his third start. His Nationwide win
here came in September of 2009. Harvick also has a win in each one of the top
three series at Martinsville, Michigan and Phoenix.
Heading down the stretch for the 2011 season, Johnny Sauter owns a slim 7-
point lead over James Buescher. In fact, the top-11 drivers are bunched within
100 points of each other. Although he did not lead a single lap last week at
Bristol, Sauter still managed to finish second
Starting from the pole in 2009, Kyle Busch edged Harvick by less than one
second for his 11th career truck win. Busch led the final five laps. Harvick,
who started third, led four times for a race-high 68 laps, while Busch led for
33.
In 2007, Mike Skinner, who started on the pole, outran Todd Bodine to claim
the 21st of his 28 career Truck Series title. Skinner, who led five times for
a race-high 67 laps, reclaimed the lead on lap 124 and held on to edge Bodine
by less than a second.
Back in 2006, Bodine cruised to a six-length victory over Mark Martin, for his
eight career Truck Series title. Bodine, who started on the pole, led for the
first 14 laps, until Martin took the lead for the next 17 laps. The two traded
for the lead throughout the race, until Bodine reclaimed the top spot with 10
laps remaining. The win, in front of 45,000 fans, was the first of three
checkered flags in 2006. Bodine led seven times for 38 laps, while Martin led
six times for 97 laps. Bodine, the 2006 Truck Series champion, now totals 21
career victories.
Ron Hornaday Jr, starting from the 18th position, edged Bobby Labonte by less
than a second for his 27th career title in 2005. The result was the third
closest finish in Truck Series history, as he finished 0.008 seconds ahead of
Labonte. Only Butch Miller's 0.001-second win over Mike Skinner (July 15,
1995) and Terry Labonte's 0.006-second victory over Geoffrey Bodine (September
5, 1995) were closer finishes. Hornaday now has 48 Truck titles.
Toyota had won this race four straight seasons prior to 2010. The pole sitter
has captured this race three times in the past five seasons.
The next Camping World Truck Series race is the September 16 Fast Five 225 at
Chicagoland Speedway. Kyle Busch is the defending race winner.
09/01 12:42:53 ET
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As of September 1, 2011, at 12:47 PM ET
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