Lap by Lap: Kroger 200 won by Johnny Sauter

Johnny Sauter would grab the lead with 17 laps to go from Jeb Burton and not look back as he would pick up his second straight victory of 2013.

 

Lap 1 Jeb Burton takes the early lead from the pole, Darrell Wallace Jr. slips in behind Burton

Lap 3 Burton leads Wallace Peters Sauter Quiroga

Lap 12 Ron Hornaday pushes Crafton up to grab a spot within the top 10. Crafton keeps it going.

Lap 24 Peters is up to second after passing Wallace, looking for a way around Burton

Lap 28 Burton leads Peters Wallace Sauter Quiroga Dillon Hornaday Gaughan Elliott Coulter

Lap 30 Coulter and Paludo pass Elliott for ninth and 10th

Lap 34 Burton leads Peters Wallace Sauter Quiroga Dillon Hornaday Gaughan Coulter Paludo

Lap 51 Burton leads Peters Sauter Quiroga Dillon Wallace Hornaday Gaughan Paludo Coulter

Lap 52 Dillon and Hornaday pass Quiroga for fourth while Wallace falls back to seventh

Lap 55 Harvick passes Paludo and Coulter to move up to eighth while Gaughan falls back to 11th; Hornaday passes Dillon for fourth

Lap 56 Burton leads Peters Sauter Hornaday Dillon Quiroga Wallace Harvick Paludo Coulter

Caution Lap 58 Galloway spins. Leaders head down pit road. Burton leads Peters Dillon Hornaday Harvick Quiroga off pit road. Coulter has a bad pit stop, suffering a pit road penalty which brings him back down pit road and puts him a lap down

Restart Lap 66 Burton holds the lead as Hornaday jumps from the outside down in front of Dillon out of turn two, and then underneath Peters for second through turns three and four

Lap 68 Burton leads Hornaday Peters Dillon Harvick Wallace Quiroga Sauter Paludo Piquet

Caution lap 70 fluid down in turn two. Quiroga hits pit road just before the caution came out.

Restart lap 77 Burton and Hornaday side-by-side through turns one and two…..Hornaday pulls the crossover into turn three and dives underneath Burton to grab the lead. Burton now hung out on the outside.

Lap 79 Hornaday leads Peters Harvick Sauter Burton Paludo Wallace Dillon Piquet Buescher

Lap 81 Paludo Wallace pass Burton; Buescher and Piquet pass Dillon

Lap 82 Hornaday leads Peters Harvick Sauter Paludo Wallace Burton Buescher Piquet Dillon

Lap 85 Burton, Buescher and Piquet pass Wallace for position

Caution lap 86 Galloway goes around in turns one and two.

Restart lap 91 Hornaday and Peters side-by-side through turns one and two….Hornaday grabs the lead as Harvick passes Peters for second

Lap 93 Hornaday leads Harvick Peters Paludo Sauter Piquet Buescher…..Burton passes Paludo for fourth

Lap 95 Harvick has caught Hornaday for the lead.

Lap 96 Hornaday leads Harvick Peters Burton Paludo Buescher Piquet Sauter Elliott Dillon…..Hornaday gives Harvick just enough room to get underneath him. The pair are side-by-side off of turn four for the lead. Hornaday gets the run into corner of three, slides down in front of Harvick. Hornaday then slides up and allows Harvick to pass.

Lap 100 Harvick leads Hornaday Peters Burton Paludo Buescher Piquet Sauter Elliott Dillon

Lap 103 Harvick pulls down and allows Hornaday to pass him back for the lead……Burton passes Harvick for second place on the outside through turns three and four.

Caution lap 104 Burton turns Hornaday for the lead, causing Hornaday to hit the wall with the back of the truck. Joey Coulter gets the lucky dog. “He shouldn’t have blocked me going down the back straigh-away.” Jeb Burton said, saying he didn’t mean to wreck Hornaday. Kevin Harvick, Hornaday’s NTS Motorsports teammate, pulled up alongside Jeb Burton to express his displeasure with the youngster’s move

Restart lap 110 Burton grabs the lead on the restart from Harvick.

Caution lap 112 for debris on the backstretch at about the entrance to pit road.

126 to go Restart Burton and Harvick side-by-side through turns one and two. Harvick tucks in behind Burton going into turn three

124 to go Burton leads Harvick Paludo Buescher Peters……Chastain slides sideways through the corner after going down across Sauter’s bumper, gets it straight and manages to keep it going.

Caution 120 to go Robert Bruce goes for a spin coming off of turn two.

Restart 114 to go. Burton holds the lead. Harvick tries the crossover but doesn’t make it work.

112 to go Burton leads Harvick Paludo Buescher Peters Sauter Piquet Dillon Elliott Chastain…..Piquet passes Sauter for sixth.

111 to go Dillon and Elliott also make their way past Sauter

110 to go Burton leads Harvick Paludo Buescher Peters Piquet

107 to go Caution. Galloway goes around in turns three and four. Some of the leaders pit, while others stay out. Harvick is the first to stay out so he will take the lead. Peters and Buescher have minimal contact coming off of pit road.

Restart 100 to go as Harvick holds the lead while Piquet and Wallace battle for second.

99 to go Piquet holds Wallace off and gets by Harvick through turns one and two. Wallace grabs second from Harvick through turns three and four.

97 to go Burton leads Piquet Wallace Bodine Jones Sieg Blaney Helman Paludo Buescher Peters

Lap 158 Hornaday, George Jr and Galloway all go around off of turn two to bring out the caution. Dillon makes his way down pit road – no tires, just making a wedge adjustment.

Restart 88 to go as Piquet leads Wallace at the front of the field

86 to go Darrell Wallace Jr. passes Nelson Piquet Jr. for the lead in turns one and two

84 to go Devin Jones goes for a spin in turn four, no caution. Quiroga bounced off the curb into Jones to cut Jones’ tire.

83 to go Wallace leads Piquet, Bodine, Eric Jones, Sieg, Blaney, Peters, Buescher, Burton, Paludo

77 to go Blaney, Peters, Buescher, Burton and Paludo pass Sieg for position

75 to go Blaney and Peters pass Jones for position

74 to go Buesher and Burton pass Jones for position

73 to go Wallace leads Piquet, Bodine, Blaney , Peters, Buescher, Burton, Jones, Paludo, Sieg

62 to go Wallace leads Piquet Peters Burton Blaney Paludo

61 to go Paludo passes Blaney for fifth

60 to go Wallace leads Piquet Peters Burton Paludo Blaney Buescher Sauter Gaughan Jones

56 to go Burton passes Peters for third; Crafton passes Jones for 10th

55 to go Caution Gresham goes around in turn two. Leaders head down pit road while some others stay out. Nelson Piquet Jr. stalls on pit road and can’t get it restarted.

Restart 49 to go Jeb Burton slides up through the corner, but keeps the leads.

47 to go Quiroga goes around, but gets it going so no caution.

Caution 44 to go Crafton gets into Townley, sending him around and into the outside wall.

Restart 33 to go Burton and Peters side-by-side for the lead through turns one and two…..Peters takes the lead through turns three and four.

32 to go Burton gets to the inside of Peters through turns one and two to get back side-by-side. Burton grabs the lead back off of turn four.

28 to go Burton leads Peters Buescher Sauter Wallace Paludo Crafton Bodine Harvick

27 to go Sauter passes Buescher for third

26 to go Wallace passes Buescher for fourth; Sauter passes Peters for second

23 to go Sauter has caught Burton and is looking for a way by for the lead. Bodine goes around off of Harvick’s bumper. Caution.

Restart 17 to go Burton and Sauter side-by-side for the lead. Sauter grabs the lead off of turn two.

14 to go Sauter leads Burton Wallace Crafton Harvick Peters……Crafton passes Wallace for third

12 to go Harvick passes Wallace for position

11 to go Coulter goes around virtue of contact from Hornaday but keeps it going so no caution

6 to go Wallace passes Harvick back for position. Harvick has a flat tire. Sieg, Jones and Elliott also by Harvick; Seig passes Wallace

5 to go Sauter Burton Crafton Peters Sieg Wallace Jones…..Wallace and Jones pass Sieg while Crafton passes Burton

2 to go Elliott and Armstrong pass Sieg

Johnny Sauter wins for back-to-back victories. Crafton. Burton. Peters. Wallace. Elliott. Amrstrong. Seig. Jones. Hornaday. Bodine. Gaughan. Starr. Buescher. Coulter. Blaney. Paludo. Dillon. Piquet. Chastain.

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