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NASCAR - Camping World Truck - VFW 200 Preview
From The Sports Network
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| DATE: Saturday, August 18th |
| SITE: Michigan International Speedway (1968) -- Brooklyn, Michigan |
| TRACK: two-mile oval - 3,600 feet (Frontstretch); 2,242 feet (Backstretch) |
| CAPACITY: 84,000 (Grandstand Seating) |
| ANNUAL: 13th |
| TELEVISION: Speed Channel |
| ANNOUNCERS: Rick Allen, Phil Parsons, Michael Waltrip |
| RADIO: Motor Racing Network (MRN)/SIRIUS NASCAR Radio |
| START TIME: 12:30 p.m. (ET) |
| DEFENDING CHAMPION: Kevin Harvick (Not defending) |
| RUNNER-UP: Timothy Peters |
| POLE WINNER: Matt Crafton (Finished 21st) |
| LAPS: 100 |
| MILES: 200 |
| QUALIFYING RECORD: Kyle Busch, 2005 (181.612 m.p.h.) |
| RACE RECORD: Brendan Gaughan, 2003 (154.044 m.p.h.) |
| TOTAL PURSE: $489,938 (2011 figures) |
| PAYOUTS: 1st Place - $33,150; 2nd Place - $29,975; 3rd Place - $23,650 |
| 2011 Finish |
| Finish | Driver | Start | Finish | Driver | Start |
| 1 | Kevin Harvick | 6 | 6 | Jason White | 18 |
| 2 | Timothy Peters | 12 | 7 | Ron Hornaday Jr | 3 |
| 3 | Miguel Paludo | 9 | 8 | Brendan Gaughan | 23 |
| 4 | James Buescher | 4 | 9 | Brendan Gaughan | 15 |
| 5 | David Starr | 19 | 10 | Cole Whitt | 17 |
| 2011 VFW 200 Facts and Figures |
| AVERAGE SPEED: 126.338 m.p.h. |
| TIME OF RACE: 1 hour, 36 minutes, 53 seconds |
| MARGIN OF VICTORY: Under Caution |
| CAUTION FLAGS: 7 for 22 laps |
| LEAD CHANGES: 13 among 10 drivers |
| POLE WINNER: Matt Crafton (177.489 m.p.h.) |
| Past VFW 200 Winners (Starting Position) Car -- Speed |
| 2011 -- Kevin Harvick (6th) -- Chevrolet -- 126.338 m.p.h. |
| 2010 -- Aric Almirola (10th) -- Toyota -- 118.558 m.p.h. |
| 2009 -- Colin Braun (12th) -- Ford -- 130.838 m.p.h. |
| 2008 -- Erik Darnell (11th) -- Ford -- 140.433 m.p.h. |
| 2007 -- Travis Kvapil (1st) -- Ford -- 135.364 m.p.h. |
| 2006 -- Johnny Benson (5th) -- Toyota -- 116.534 m.p.h. |
| 2005 -- Dennis Setzer (10th) -- Chevrolet -- 122.387 m.p.h. |
| 2004 -- Travis Kvapil (8th) -- Toyota -- 125.479 m.p.h. |
| 2003 -- Brendan Gaughan (6th) -- Dodge -- 154.044 m.p.h. (race record) |
| 2002 -- Robert Pressley (8th) -- Dodge -- 142.208 m.p.h. |
| 2001 -- Not Held |
| 2000 -- Greg Biffle (2nd) -- Ford -- 138.408 m.p.h. |
| 1999 -- Greg Biffle (11th) -- Ford -- 121.889 m.p.h. |
| NOTE: Formerly called goracing.com 200 (1999), Michigan 200 (2000, 2002, 2007, |
| 2009), Sears 200 (2003), Line-X Spray-on Truck Bedliners 200 (2004), |
| Paramount Health Insurance 200 (2005), Con-way Freight 200 (2006), Cool |
| City Customs 200 (2008). |
| Past VFW 200 Pole Winners (Finish) |
| 2011 -- Matt Crafton -- 21st |
| 2010 -- Austin Dillon -- 5th |
| 2009 -- Brian Ickler -- 3rd |
| 2008 -- Mike Skinner -- 8th |
| 2007 -- Travis Kvapil -- 1st |
| 2006 -- Mike Skinner -- 11th |
| 2005 -- Kyle Busch -- 2nd |
| 2004 -- Dennis Setzer -- 10th |
| 2003 -- Jason Leffler -- 4th |
| 2002 -- Ted Musgrave -- 32nd |
| 2001 -- Not Held |
| 2000 -- Jamie McMurray -- 6th |
| 1999 -- Stacy Compton -- 6th |
| Last Race Results |
| RACE: Pocono Mountains 125 (August 4th) |
| SITE: Pocono Raceway -- Long Pond, Pennsylvania |
| MILES: 125 |
| LAPS: 50 |
| WINNER: Joey Coulter |
| RUNNER-UP: James Buescher |
| THIRD: Nelson Piquet Jr |
| FOURTH: Matt Crafton |
| FIFTH: Denny Hamlin |
| POLE WINNER: Nelson Piquet Jr (Finished 3rd) |
| TIME OF RACE: 1 hour, 1 minute, 43 seconds |
| AVERAGE SPEED: 121.523 m.p.h. |
| MARGIN OF VICTORY: 1,224 seconds |
| CAUTION FLAGS: 3 for 12 laps |
| LEAD CHANGES: 7 among 5 drivers |
| LAP LEADERS: N. Piquet Jr. 1-21; J. Buescher 22; T. Peters 23-24; J. White |
| 25-26; N. Piquet Jr. 27-33; J. Buescher 34-38; N. Piquet Jr. |
| 39-43; J. Coulter 44-50. |
| VFW 200 Entry List |
| Car | Driver, Hometown | Car/Name |
| 0 | T.J. Bell (Reno, VA) | Ford/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 |
| 7 | Parker Kligerman (Westport, CT) | Toyota/Red Horse Racing |
| 08 | Ross Chastain (Alva, FL) | Toyota/Melon 1/Engine Parts Plus |
| 09 | John Wes Townley (Waitville, GA) | Toyota/TBA |
| 9 | Ron Hornaday Jr. (Palmdale, CA) | Chevrolet/Joe Denette Motorsports |
| 10 | Jennifer Jo Cobb (Kansas City, KS) | Dodge/driven2honor.org |
| 11 | Todd Bodine (Chemung, NY) | Toyota/Toyota Care |
| 13 | Johnny Sauter (Necedah, WI) | Toyota/Hot Honeys/Curb Records |
| 14 | Brennan Newberry (Bakersfield, CA) | Chevrolet/NTS/IronClad Performance |
| 17 | Timothy Peters (Providence, NC) | Toyota/Red Horse Racing |
| 18 | Kurt Busch (Las Vegas, NV) | Toyota/Shore Lodge |
| 22 | Joey Coulter (Miami Springs, FL) | Chevrolet/Rip-It |
| 23 | Jason White (Powhatan, VA) | Ford/gunbroker.com |
| 25 | Brandon Knupp (Sidney, OH) | Chevrolet/TBA |
| 27 | To Be Announced | Chevrolet/TBA |
| 29 | Brad Keselowski (Rochester Hls, MI) | Dodge/Cooper Standard |
| 30 | Nelson Piquet Jr (Brasilia, Brazil) | Chevrolet/Auto Trac |
| 31 | James Buescher (Plano, TX) | Chevrolet/TBA |
| 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 |
| 74 | Mike Harmon (Birmingport, AL) | Chevrolet/Koma Unwind |
| 75 | To Be Announced | Chevrolet/TBA |
| 84 | Chris Fontaine (Lakeland, FL) | Chevrolet/Glenden Enterprises |
| 88 | Matt Crafton (Tulare, CA) | Toyota/Menards |
| 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 nine years) |
| Driver | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Timothy Peters | --- | --- | 25th | 35th | --- | --- | 8th | 7th | 2nd |
| Miguel Paludo | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 3rd |
| James Buescher | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 33rd | 16th | 4th |
| Jason White | --- | --- | --- | --- | 27th | 28th | 14th | 7th | 6th |
| Ron Hornaday Jr | --- | --- | 30th | 7th | 10th | 23rd | 7th | 4th | 7th |
| Todd Bodine | --- | --- | 9th | 4th | 7th | 4th | 13th | 2nd | 11th |
| Johnny Sauter | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 16th | 14th | 13th |
| Justin Lofton | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 18th | 15th |
| Nelson Piquet Jr | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 10th | 16th |
| Joey Coulter | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 18th |
| Matt Crafton | 25th | 12th | 22nd | 5th | 34th | 15th | 4th | 27th | 21st |
| Brad Keselowski | --- | --- | 35th | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kurt Busch | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ty Dillon | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mover of the Week |
| Justin Lofton - Started in the 35th position and finished 9th |
| Sports Network Selections |
| Pick to Win - Timothy Peters |
| Darkhorse - Cale Gale |
| Last Week's Pick to Win (Denny Hamlin) - Finished 5th |
| Last Week's Darkhorse (Ty Dillon) - Finished 6th |
| NOTES: |
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Following a week off, the Camping World Truck Series resumes its
season this week at Michigan International Speedway.
Just 18 points separate first-place Timothy Peters from fourth-place Justin
Lofton heading into the 12th race of the season. Peters saw his advantage
dwindle to eight points ahead of Ty Dillon after placing 22nd in the Poconos.
Peters had finished in the top-10 in nine of 10 previous starts.
Although not defending his title, Kevin Harvick bounced back from an ill-
handling truck and an early-race pit road blunder to defeat Peters last year.
Harvick dealt with a loose truck and then had a lengthy stop on pit road
shortly before the halfway point. Just after he passed Mark Martin for the lead
on a restart on lap 90, Martin and Parker Kligerman made contact and then spun
around, triggering a five-truck wreck on the backstretch.
An incident involving rookie Joey Coulter in the closing laps setup the two-
lap green-white overtime finish.
After the final restart, Peters moved ahead of Miguel Paludo to take second.
Peters then challenged Harvick for the lead before Nelson Piquet Jr got loose
and slammed into the inside wall along the backstretch to end the race under
caution.
Back in 2010, Aric Almirola captured his second victory in the Camping World
Truck Series, defeating Todd Bodine by 0.111 of a second.
There have been 10 different winners in 12 previous truck races at Michigan.
In fact, the last seven races at this track have been won by a different
driver, including three first-time winners in the series (Johnny Benson, Erik
Darnell and Colin Braun).
With 24 laps remaining, Colin Braun assumed control of the 2009 race and held
on to the bitter end to defeat Kyle Busch by 1.790 seconds for his first and
only Truck Series title. Busch led four times for a race-high 62 laps, while
pole sitter Brian Ickler finished third.
Starting from the 11th position, Erik Darnell claimed the lead on lap 76 and
led the final 25 laps, as he defeated Johnny Benson by the slimmest of margins
for his second career Truck Series title in 2008. Darnell, who's first career
title came in 2007, clipped Benson by 0.005 of a second.
Travis Kvapil became the first and only pole sitter to capture this race when
he won in 2007, as he took the checkered flag 0.292 of a second ahead of Kyle
Busch. The victory was his sixth career Truck Series title. Kvapil led three
times for 18 laps, while Busch led four times for a race-high 38 laps. Kvapil
regained the lead with just two laps remaining and held on for the first of
four wins in 2007.
Kurt Busch will make his first NCWTS appearance in 11 years at the wheel of the
No. 18 Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota. Busch made just one start after his four-
win, rookie of the year season, finishing fifth at The Milwaukee Mile in 2001
Just four days after the VFW 200, the Camping World Truck Series race moves to
Bristol Motor Speedway on August 22nd for the UNOH 200. Kevin Harvick is the
defending race winner.
08/14 17:37:30 ET
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As of August 14, 2012, at 05:37 PM ET
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