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Prior to the season opener at Daytona International Speedway, if you said "John King," people responded...."Who?" The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) rookie made a name for himself in his debut with Red Horse Racing by climbing through the field and holding off series veterans to claim victory at the historic 2.5-mile superspeedway in only his eighth Truck Series start.

Paulie Harraka, the 2012 breakout Sunoco Rookie of the Year candidate in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and driver of the No. 5 Wauters Motorsports Ford F-150, partners with high tech sponsor MC10 for the Martinsville Speedway Kroger 250, March 31, 2012.

RAB Racing with Brack Maggard announced today that John Wes Townley will return to the driver's seat of their No. 09 Toyota Tundra in next weekend's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event at Martinsville Speedway.

Richard Childress Racing teammates finished fourth (Kevin Harvick), 19th (Paul Menard), 22nd (Jeff Burton) and 43rd (Brendan Gaughan). According to NASCAR's Loop Data Statistics, Harvick led the field in Quality Passes (passing a car running in the top 15 while under green-flag conditions) with 35 and was one of eight drivers who did not fall outside of the top 15 during the race.

Three-time defending NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) champion Tony Stewart scored his second win of 2012 at Auto Club Speedway, earned second top-10 finish of 2012, and claimed his second career victory at Auto Club Speedway in Round 5 on the series tour.

CHAD KNAUS, CREW CHIEF, NO. 48 LOWE’S/JIMMIE JOHNSON FOUNDATION CHEVROLET – FINISHED 10TH - WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CAR IN THE END? “Unfortunately we have an oil leak. We’re looking into it right now to see what happened there on that last pit stop."

Despite a pit-road speeding penalty, Regan Smith posted a 20th-place finish in Sunday’s rain-shortened Auto Club 400 Sprint Cup race.

Camry driver Kyle Busch (second) was the highest-finishing Toyota driver in Sunday's rain-shortened NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Auto Club Speedway of Southern California.

Brad Keselowski (No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger R/T) Finished 18th “We were really strong on the first run for sure. We started to lose the handle on the car after that. It’s difficult to say how fast we were going to be because we just didn’t dial the car in to where I knew how much speed we had in the car yet."

MARCOS AMBROSE – No. 9 DeWalt Ford Fusion – “It was just a quiet day. The track was coming to us a little bit, so we were hoping the race would get going again. This isn’t what we want for our DeWalt Ford, but we haven’t been good all weekend.”