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NASCAR - Camping World - Pocono Mountains 125 Preview
From The Sports Network
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| DATE: Saturday, August 4th |
| SITE: Pocono Raceway (1971) -- Long Pond, Pennsylvania |
| TRACK: 2.5-mile tri-oval - 3,740 feet (Frontstretch); 3,055 feet (Backstretch) |
| ANNUAL: 3rd |
| TELEVISION: Speed Channel |
| ANNOUNCERS: Rick Allen, Phil Parsons, Michael Waltrip |
| RADIO: Motor Racing Network (MRN)/SIRIUS NASCAR Radio |
| START TIME: 1 p.m. (ET) |
| DEFENDING CHAMPION: Kevin Harvick (Not Defending) |
| RUNNER-UP: Kyle Busch |
| POLE WINNER: Kevin Harvick (Finished 1st) |
| LAPS: 50 |
| MILES: 125 |
| QUALIFYING RECORD: Kevin Harvick, 2011 (162.684 m.p.h.) |
| RACE RECORD: Elliott Sadler, 2010 (111.966 m.p.h.) |
| TOTAL PURSE: $450,817 (2011 figures) |
| PAYOUTS: 1st Place - $33,800; 2nd Place - $22,175; 3rd Place - $23,950 |
| 2011 Finish |
| Finish | Driver | Start | Finish | Driver | Start |
| 1 | Kevin Harvick | 1 | 6 | Joey Coulter | 12 |
| 2 | Kyle Busch | 2 | 7 | Mark Martin | 5 |
| 3 | James Buescher | 6 | 8 | Matt Crafton | 13 |
| 4 | Johnny Sauter | 16 | 9 | Ron Hornaday Jr. | 7 |
| 5 | Austin Dillon | 8 | 10 | Timothy Peters | 11 |
| 2011 Pocono Mountains 125 Facts and Figures |
| AVERAGE SPEED: 99.582 m.p.h. |
| TIME OF RACE: 1 hour, 19 minutes, 50 seconds |
| MARGIN OF VICTORY: 1.140 second |
| CAUTION FLAGS: 7 for 22 laps |
| LEAD CHANGES: 2 among 2 drivers |
| POLE WINNER: Kevin Harvick (162.684 m.p.h.) |
| Past Pocono Mountains 125 Winners (Starting Position) Car -- Speed |
| 2011 -- Kevin Harvick (1st) -- Chevrolet -- 99.582 m.p.h. |
| 2010 -- Elliott Sadler (1st) -- Chevrolet -- 111.966 m.p.h. |
| NOTE: Formerly called Pocono Mountains 125 (2010) and Good Sam RV 125 (2011). |
| Past Pocono Mountains 125 Pole Winners (Finish) |
| 2011 -- Kevin Harvick -- 1st |
| 2010 -- Elliott Sadler -- 1st |
| Last Race Results |
| RACE: American Ethanol 225 (July 21st) |
| SITE: Chicagoland Speedway -- Joliet, Illinois |
| MILES: 225 |
| LAPS: 150 |
| WINNER: James Buescher |
| RUNNER-UP: Brendan Gaughan |
| THIRD: Timothy Peters |
| FOURTH: Matt Crafton |
| FIFTH: Parker Kligerman |
| POLE WINNER: Justin Lofton (Finished 21st) |
| TIME OF RACE: 1 hour, 53 minutes, 6 seconds |
| AVERAGE SPEED: 119.363 m.p.h. |
| MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.247 seconds |
| CAUTION FLAGS: 7 for 31 laps |
| LEAD CHANGES: 16 among 10 drivers |
| LAP LEADERS: J. Lofton 1-12; B. Gaughan 13-46; R. Hornaday Jr. 47; M. Paludo |
| 48-52; P. Kligerman 53-58; P. Harraka 59-60; B. Gaughan 61-100; |
| J. Coulter 101-103; J. Lofton 104; T. Dillon 105; J. Lofton |
| 106-116; T. Dillon 117-132; B. Gaughan 133-141; T. Peters |
| 142-143; J. Buescher 144-148; T. Peters 149; J. Buescher 150. |
| Pocono Mountains 125 Entry List |
| Car | Driver, Hometown | Car/Name |
| 0 | To Be Announced | Dodge/driven2honor.org |
| 2 | Tim George Jr.(New York, NY) | Chevrolet/Applebee's |
| 3 | Ty Dillon (Lewisville, NC) | Chevrolet/Bass Pro Shops |
| 5 | Paulie Harraka (Fair Lawn, NJ) | Ford/TBA |
| 6 | Justin Lofton (Westmorland, CA) | Chevrolet/Lofton Cattle |
| 07 | Johnny Chapman (Stony Point, NC) | Toyota/Wear Your Gear/bobber.info |
| 08 | Ross Chastain (Alva, FL) | Toyota/S. Carolina Watermelon Assc. |
| 09 | John Wes Townley (Waitville, GA) | Toyota/TBA |
| 9 | Ron Hornaday Jr. (Palmdale, CA) | Chevrolet/TBA |
| 10 | Jennifer Jo Cobb (Kansas City, KS) | Dodge/driven2honor.org |
| 11 | Todd Bodine (Chemung, NY) | Toyota/Northeast Toyota Dealer |
| 13 | Johnny Sauter (Necedah, WI) | Toyota/Hot Honeys/Curb Records |
| 17 | Timothy Peters (Providence, NC) | Toyota/Red Horse Racing |
| 18 | Denny Hamlin (Chesterfield, VA) | Toyota/Dollar General |
| 22 | Joey Coulter (Miami Springs, FL) | Chevrolet/Richard Childress Racing |
| 23 | Jason White (Powhatan, VA) | Ford/gunbroker.com |
| 27 | C.E. Falk (Norfolk, VA) | Chevrolet/TBA |
| 28 | Wes Burton (Chiefland, FL) | Chevrolet/FDNY Racing |
| 29 | Parker Kligerman (Westport, CT) | Dodge/Cooper Standard |
| 30 | Nelson Piquet Jr (Brasilia, Brazil) | Chevrolet/Auto Trac |
| 31 | James Buescher (Plano, TX) | Chevrolet/Koike Aronson |
| 32 | Miguel Paludo (New Silver, Brazil) | Chevrolet/Duroline Brakes |
| 33 | Cale Gale (Mobile, AL) | Chevrolet/Rheem |
| 38 | Chris Jones (Forest, VA) | Chevrolet/RSS Racing |
| 39 | Ryan Sieg (Tucker, GA) | Chevrolet/RSS Racing |
| 57 | Norm Benning (Level Green, PA) | Chevrolet/Norm Benning Racing |
| 75 | To Be Announced | Chevrolet/TBA |
| 81 | David Starr (Houston, TX) | Toyota/Zachry |
| 82 | Sean Corr (Goshen, NY) | Ford/Leonard Bus Sales |
| 84 | Chris Fontaine (Lakeland, FL) | Chevrolet/Glenden Enterprises |
| 88 | Matt Crafton (Tulare, CA) | Toyota/Menard's |
| 93 | Dennis Setzer (Newton, NC) | Chevrolet/RSS Racing |
| 98 | Dakoda Armstrong (New Castle, IN) | Toyota/everfi.com |
| 99 | Bryan Silas (Stuart, FL) | Ford/Rockingham Speedway |
| Leading Contenders (Finish the last two years) |
| Driver | 2010 | 2011 | | | | | | | |
| James Buescher | 11th | 3rd | | | | | | | |
| Johnny Sauter | 14th | 4th | | | | | | | |
| Joey Coulter | --- | 6th | | | | | | | |
| Matt Crafton | 3rd | 8th | | | | | | | |
| Ron Hornaday Jr | 29th | 9th | | | | | | | |
| Timothy Peters | 8th | 10th | | | | | | | |
| Todd Bodine | 12th | 12th | | | | | | | |
| Parker Kligerman | --- | 13th | | | | | | | |
| Nelson Piquet Jr. | --- | 14th | | | | | | | |
| Justin Lofton | 5th | 16th | | | | | | | |
| Denny Hamlin | 9th | --- | | | | | | | |
| Ty Dillon | --- | --- | | | | | | | |
| Mover of the Week |
| Parker Kligerman - Started in 17th position and finished 5th |
| Sports Network Selections |
| Pick to Win - Denny Hamlin |
| Darkhorse - Ty Dillon |
| Last Week's Pick to Win (Johnny Sauter) - Finished 22nd |
| Last Week's Darkhorse (Jason Leffler) - Finished 8th |
| NOTES: |
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The Camping World Truck Series makes its third visit to Pocono Raceway
for the Pocono Mountains 125. With only 50 laps (125 miles), this race
is somewhat of a shootout.
Timothy Peters comes to Pocono as the points leader. Peters has finished no
worse than 11th in the first 10 races this season. He won the July 14 event at
Iowa Speedway. Peters holds a 23-point advantage over rookie Ty Dillon, the
younger brother of Austin Dillon, who won the Camping World Truck Series
championship in 2011.
In last year's truck race at Pocono, Kevin Harvick conserved enough fuel and
held off Kyle Busch during a two-lap overtime finish to win it. Harvick
started on the pole and dominated the event by leading 44 of 53 laps. After
making his lone pit stop, Harvick lost the lead to Parker Kligerman. Shortly
after, heavy rainfall forced NASCAR to postpone the remainder of the race for
one day.
On lap 24, Harvick reclaimed the lead. Harvick later gambled on fuel when he
opted to stay on the track while most of the lead-lap drivers made pit stops.
During the closing laps of the race, an incident involving Todd Bodine and Ron
Hornaday Jr. resulted in the seventh caution and setup up a green-white
checkered finish. On the final restart, Harvick pulled away from the field,
beating Busch to the finish line by 1.14 seconds.
In 2010, Elliott Sadler held off Kasey Kahne during a second green-white-
checkered finish to win the inaugural race. Starting on the pole, Sadler led
the opening 20 laps, but needed a push from behind by Justin Lofton and moved
ahead of Kahne to take the lead with just six laps remaining. Johnny Sauter
got loose and bumped into Ron Hornaday Jr., as Hornaday spun around and then
slammed into the infield wall in turn three. That set up the second green-
white-checkered attempt.
Sadler easily pulled away from Kahne after the final restart and beat his
Richard Petty Motorsports teammate in the Sprint Cup Series by 0.45 seconds
for his first truck win in his eighth start. Sadler led 31 of the 50 laps,
while Kahne, who started second on the grid, led twice for 17.
The next Camping World Truck Series race is the August 18 VFW 200 at Michigan
International Speedway. Kevin Harvick won last year's race there.
07/31 17:30:18 ET
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As of July 31, 2012, at 05:30 PM ET
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