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NASCAR - Camping World Truck - Jeff Foxworthy's Grit Chips 200 Preview
From The Sports Network
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| DATE: Friday, August 31st |
| SITE: Atlanta Motor Speedway (1960) -- Hampton, Georgia |
| TRACK: 1.54-mile oval - 2,332 feet (Frontstretch); 1,800 feet (Backstretch) |
| CAPACITY: 124,000 |
| ANNUAL: 9th |
| 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: Ron Hornaday Jr. |
| RUNNER-UP: Clint Bowyer |
| POLE WINNER: Ricky Carmichael (Finished 8th) |
| 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: $501,490 (2011 figures) |
| PAYOUTS: 1st Place - $39,965; 2nd Place - $25,315; 3rd Place - $21,065 |
| 2011 Finish |
| Finish | Driver | Start | Finish | Driver | Start |
| 1 | Ron Hornaday Jr | 17 | 6 | Austin Dillon | 8 |
| 2 | Clint Bowyer | 2 | 7 | Matt Crafton | 7 |
| 3 | Kyle Busch | 6 | 8 | Ricky Carmichael | 1 |
| 4 | Blake Feese | 27 | 9 | Todd Bodine | 19 |
| 5 | Ryan Newman | 5 | 10 | James Buescher | 3 |
| 2011 Jeff Foxworthy's Grit Chips 200 Facts and Figures |
| AVERAGE SPEED: 122.467 m.p.h. |
| TIME OF RACE: 1 hour, 38 minutes, 5 seconds |
| MARGIN OF VICTORY: 1.596 seconds |
| CAUTION FLAGS: 5 for 24 laps |
| LEAD CHANGES: 7 among 4 drivers |
| POLE WINNER: Ricky Carmichael (177.812 m.p.h.) |
| Past Jeff Foxworthy's Grit Chips 200 Winners (Starting Position) Car -- Speed |
| 2011 -- Ron Hornaday Jr (17th) -- Chevrolet -- 122.467 m.p.h. |
| 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), Atlanta 200 (2011). |
| Past Jeff Foxworthy's Grit Chips 200 Pole Winners (Finish) |
| 2011 -- Ricky Carmichael -- 8th |
| 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: UNOH 200 (August 22nd) |
| SITE: Bristol Motor Speedway -- Bristol, Tennessee |
| MILES: 108.732 |
| LAPS: 204 |
| WINNER: Timothy Peters |
| RUNNER-UP: Parker Kligerman |
| THIRD: Ross Chastain |
| FOURTH: Joey Coulter |
| FIFTH: Brendan Gaughan |
| POLE WINNER: Cale Gale (Finished 28th) |
| TIME OF RACE: 1 hour, 21 minutes, 52 seconds |
| AVERAGE SPEED: 79.690 m.p.h. |
| MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.465 seconds |
| CAUTION FLAGS: 6 for 43 laps |
| LEAD CHANGES: 1 among 1 drivers |
| LAP LEADERS: C. Gale - pole; T. Peters 1-204. |
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| Jeff Foxworthy's Grit Chips 200 Entry List |
| Car | Driver, Hometown | Car/Name |
| 0 | Blake Koch (West Palm Beach, FL) | Ford/driven2honor.org |
| 2 | Tim George Jr.(New York, NY) | Chevrolet/Applebee's |
| 3 | Ty Dillon (Lewisville, NC) | Chevrolet/Bass Pro Shops |
| 4 | Kyle Larson (Elk Grove, CA) | Chevrolet/TBA |
| 5 | Paulie Harraka (Fair Lawn, NJ) | Ford/TBA |
| 6 | Justin Lofton (Westmorland, CA) | Chevrolet/Lofton Cattle |
| 07 | Johnny Chapman (Stony Point, NC) | Chevrolet/Wear Your Gear |
| 7 | Parker Kligerman (Westport, CT) | Toyota/Red Horse Racing |
| 08 | Ross Chastain (Alva, FL) | Toyota/Melon 1 |
| 8 | Max Gresham (Stockbridge, GA) | Chevrolet/Made in USA/Bug Band |
| 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) | RAM/driven2honor.org |
| 11 | Todd Bodine (Chemung, NY) | Toyota/Toyota Care |
| 13 | Johnny Sauter (Necedah, WI) | Toyota/Hot Honeys/Curb Records |
| 17 | Timothy Peters (Providence, NC) | Toyota/Red Horse Racing |
| 18 | Kyle Busch (Las Vegas, NV) | Toyota/Dollar General |
| 22 | Joey Coulter (Miami Springs, FL) | Chevrolet/Armour |
| 23 | Jason White (Powhatan, VA) | Ford/gunbroker.com |
| 27 | To Be Announced | Chevrolet/TBA |
| 29 | Ryan Blaney (High Point, NC) | RAM/Cooper Standard |
| 30 | Nelson Piquet Jr (Brasilia, Brazil) | Chevrolet/Drink B |
| 31 | James Buescher (Plano, TX) | Chevrolet/Central Wire |
| 32 | Miguel Paludo (New Silver, Brazil) | Chevrolet/Duroline Brakes |
| 33 | Cale Gale (Mobile, AL) | Chevrolet/RUUD |
| 38 | Chris Jones (Forest, VA) | Chevrolet/RSS Racing |
| 39 | Ryan Sieg (Tucker, GA) | Chevrolet/RSS Racing |
| 51 | Kurt Busch (Las Vegas, NV) | Chevrolet/Bill Holt Chevrolet |
| 57 | Norm Benning (Level Green, PA) | Chevrolet/Norm Benning Racing |
| 74 | Mike Harmon (Birmingport, AL) | Chevrolet/Koma Unwind |
| 75 | Caleb Holman (Abingdon, VA) | Chevrolet/Food Country USA |
| 81 | David Starr (Houston, TX) | Toyota/AdvoCare |
| 84 | Chris Fontaine (Lakeland, FL) | Chevrolet/Glenden Enterprises |
| 88 | Matt Crafton (Tulare, CA) | Toyota/Menards |
| 92 | Chad McCumbee (Supply, NC) | Chevrolet/fleethq.com/BTS Tire |
| 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 eight years) |
| Driver | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | |
| Ron Hornaday Jr | --- | Won | 20th | 11th | 2nd | 7th | 34th | Won | |
| Kyle Busch | --- | --- | --- | --- | Won | Won | 2nd | 3rd | |
| Matt Crafton | 5th | 14th | 9th | 3rd | 4th | 11th | 27th | 7th | |
| Todd Bodine | --- | 12th | Won | 2nd | 9th | 3rd | 5th | 9th | |
| James Buescher | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 14th | --- | 10th | |
| Parker Kligerman | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 12th | |
| Joey Coulter | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 13th | |
| Timothy Peters | --- | --- | 33rd | --- | --- | 15th | 7th | 16th | |
| Nelson Piquet Jr. | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 20th | |
| Justin Lofton | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 20th | 26th | |
| Johnny Sauter | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 18th | 8th | 29th | |
| Kurt Busch | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | |
| Mover of the Week |
| James Buescher - Started in 28th position and finished 7th |
| Sports Network Selections |
| Pick to Win - James Buescher |
| Darkhorse - Cale Gale |
| Last Week's Pick to Win (Ron Hornaday Jr) - Finished 8th |
| Last Week's Darkhorse (Dakoda Armstrong) - Finished 30th |
| NOTES: |
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One year ago, Ron Hornaday Jr extended his record of career wins in the
Camping World Truck Series to 49 with an impressive come-from-behind victory
at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Hornaday benefited from pit strategy when he made his last stop on lap 75 in
the 130-lap race. His fuel and tires held up for him to cross the finish line
1.6 seconds ahead of Sprint Cup Series regular Clint Bowyer, who dominated
most of the race with 97 laps led.
Starting 17th, Hornaday suffered slight damage to his right-front fender when
several trucks bumped into each other in the mid-pack after the green flag
waved. Hornaday was forced to pit early, as his No.33 Kevin Harvick Inc. team
placed tape on the fender to keep it in place.
When Bowyer and all of the other front-runners had to pit for fuel within the
final 20 laps, Hornaday captured the lead for the first time with 17 laps to
go. He went on to claim his 49th career win in the series.
In 2010, Kevin 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 that 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.
Starting from the pole in the 2009 race at Atlanta, 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.
Toyota had won this race four straight seasons prior to 2010, with Chevrolet
capturing the last two. The pole sitter has won this race three times in the
past six seasons.
The next Camping World Truck Series race is the Sept. 15 inaugural Iowa Corn
Field 200 at Iowa Speedway.
08/28 14:00:40 ET
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As of August 28, 2012, at 02:00 PM ET
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