A series of events, including battery problems on the No. 9 Chevrolet caused by a faulty alternator, relegated Ron Hornaday to a 16th-place finish in the 27th Annual NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) Kroger 250 at Martinsville Speedway on Saturday.
Making his second NASCAR Camping World Truck Series start at Martinsville Speedway, Max Gresham piloted the No. 24 Made In USA Brand Chevrolet to a career-best finish of 19th in Saturday's Kroger 250.
Richard Childress Racing teammates finished first (Kevin Harvick), second (Ty Dillon) and 30th (Joey Coulter). Harvick and Dillon ranked first and second, respectively, in NASCAR's Loop Data category for Fastest Drivers Early in a Run and Fastest Drivers Late in a Run.
Even though he had never seen the Martinsville Speedway before Friday morning, Ross Chastain scored his career best NASCAR Camping World Truck Series finish Saturday afternoon at the tight half-mile track bringing home his No. 08 Toyota an impressive seventh in the Kroger 250 behind winner Kevin Harvick.
The No. 92 BTS Tire and Wheel Distributors/ fleetHQ/QMI Chevrolet from which David Reutimann emerged Saturday afternoon after a 20th place run in the Kroger 250 at Martinsville Speedway bore the signs of the type of day the driver and the team had on NASCAR's oldest track.
Parker Kligerman (No. 29 Cooper Standard RAM) Finished 11th “The guys on this No. 29 Cooper Standard RAM worked real hard on the off weeks and we had a great truck. I mean, it was what I thought from practice. I thought we were a seventh to 10th-place truck which was exactly what we were."
Tundra driver Timothy Peters (fifth) was the highest-finishing Toyota driver in Saturday's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) race at Virginia's Martinsville Speedway.
Kasey Kahne No. 5 Hendrickcars.com Chevrolet, earned his second straight pole in NASCAR Sprint Cup series (NSCS) competition in the past four weeks, and fifth top-10 start in 2012, by capturing the top spot in today’s qualifying session at the .586-mile Virginia short track.
Brad Keselowski (No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger R/T) Qualified 7th “I think that’s going to be respectable for sure. I would have liked to have had a little bit more, obviously, but it’s solid."
Bobby Gossett (No. 44 BSI Racing) might have thought lady luck was not on his side at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park on Saturday when his provisional pole time was disallowed, but she made herself known in the race.
Daniel Hemric continued his consistent road course handiwork with a sixth-place finish on Saturday afternoon at Lime Rock Park and substantially increased his cushion on the provisional Chase cutline.
Christian Eckes notched a gritty fifth-place finish on Saturday afternoon at Lime Rock Park to advance to fourth in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series (NCTS) standings.
RAFA Racing Team enjoyed a historic Saturday at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, claiming its first-ever IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge victory and a record-breaking seventh consecutive IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge GSX win.
