Reddick wins; Larson captures the 2012 K&N Pro Series East Championship at Rockingham
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[/media-credit]Polesitter CJ Faison led the field to green Saturday afternoon in the inaugural Classic 3 Championship presented by RCR Racing Museum at Rockingham Speedway. However, Darrell Wallace Jr. soon took over the lead and held it until the midway break on lap 50.
Jesse Little was in second place at the midway point followed by Reddick, Pressley, Moffitt, Elliott, Pena, Kennedy, LaJoie and Larson.
During the break, the previous leader, Wallace Jr, was penalized for unapproved adjustments and sent to the rear of the field.
On lap 79, the field was red flagged after an accident. Dylan Presnell’s car flipped and landed on its roof in the infield. Jorge Artega and Chase Elliott were also involved in the incident. All the drivers involved escaped injury.
Racing resumed with Jesse Little in the lead followed by Moffitt, Pressley, Reddick, Pena, LaJoie and Larson.
Tyler Reddick went on to win the race with Corey LaJoie finishing second. Darrell Wallace Jr. came from the back after his penalty to finish in the third position, Coleman Pressley fourth and Jesse Little rounded out the top five.
Kyle Larson finished sixth and is the unofficial Series Champion of the 2012 K&N Pro Series East division. Larson had two wins and 12 top-10 finishes in 14 races driving a Toyota Camry for Rev Racing.
“I’ve been lucky a lot this year, just stayed consistent and got the championship,” said Larson. “It feels great. I have to thank the whole Rev Racing team, Toyota and everyone that helps out on this team.”
Sauter wins at Texas; Chevrolet clinchs 2012 NCWTS Manufacturers’ Championship
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[/media-credit]Johnny Sauter won Friday nights NASCAR Camping World Truck Series WinStar World Casino 350 at Texas Motor Speedway. Sauter took over the lead with 11 laps remaining and captured his second win of the season (both at Texas) and the sixth of his career.
“We’ve had the truck to beat I felt last week and just had a lot of bad luck this year quite frankly. Toyota had a great week down in San Antonio at the Toyota Tundra plant down there. Say, ‘Hi,’ to all of those people down there. Just an awesome performance.” Sauter said.
Parker Kligerman only took two tires on his final pit stop and could not hold off Sauter for the lead. Kligerman finished second.
“I hate finishing second man — so does this truck. This truck is 001, the one of the first of the new trucks Red Horse built, the new generation. Every time we’ve run it we either finished fourth or second. It wants to win so bad, but sadly this is probably its last race.” Kligerman said.
Polesitter Nelson Piquet Jr. led twice for a race-high 65 laps and finished third.
Chevrolet clinched the 2012 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Manufacturers’ Championship with Piquet Jr.’s third place finish. Chevrolet has captured the prestigious title for the eighth time since the 1995 inception of the Series.
Kyle Busch finished fourth and Ty Dilon finished fifth.
Dillon’s fifth place finished moved to within 15 points of the series points lead after current points leader James Buescher finished 11th, after he reported a vibration about midway through the race and contact from Matt Crafton on the restart after the second caution flag.
“It could have been worse.” Buescher said. “I thought we were controlling our own destiny tonight and we got run into on a restart.”
| Unofficial Race Results | |||||
| WinStar World Casino 350, Texas | |||||
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| Pos. | St. | No. | Driver | Make | Points |
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| 1 | 13 | 13 | Johnny Sauter | Toyota | 47 |
| 2 | 10 | 7 | Parker Kligerman | Toyota | 43 |
| 3 | 1 | 30 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | Chevrolet | 43 |
| 4 | 3 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | 0 |
| 5 | 9 | 3 | Ty Dillon * | Chevrolet | 40 |
| 6 | 11 | 88 | Matt Crafton | Toyota | 39 |
| 7 | 5 | 22 | Joey Coulter | Chevrolet | 37 |
| 8 | 19 | 11 | Todd Bodine | Toyota | 36 |
| 9 | 7 | 5 | Aric Almirola | Ford | 0 |
| 10 | 14 | 17 | Timothy Peters | Toyota | 34 |
| 11 | 2 | 31 | James Buescher | Chevrolet | 34 |
| 12 | 21 | 8 | Max Gresham * | Chevrolet | 32 |
| 13 | 18 | 39 | Ryan Sieg | Chevrolet | 31 |
| 14 | 4 | 32 | Miguel Paludo | Chevrolet | 31 |
| 15 | 12 | 33 | Cale Gale * | Chevrolet | 30 |
| 16 | 8 | 9 | John Wes Townley * | Toyota | 28 |
| 17 | 15 | 2 | Brendan Gaughan | Chevrolet | 0 |
| 18 | 17 | 4 | Brandon McReynolds | Chevrolet | 26 |
| 19 | 20 | 23 | Jason White | Ford | 26 |
| 20 | 22 | 9 | Ron Hornaday | Chevrolet | 24 |
| 21 | 27 | 81 | David Starr | Toyota | 23 |
| 22 | 23 | 6 | Justin Lofton | Chevrolet | 22 |
| 23 | 25 | 99 | Bryan Silas * | Ford | 21 |
| 24 | 6 | 119 | David Mayhew | Ram | 0 |
| 25 | 26 | 7 | Jeff Agnew | Chevrolet | 19 |
| 26 | 34 | 57 | Norm Benning | Chevrolet | 18 |
| 27 | 36 | 10 | Jennifer Jo Cobb | Ram | 17 |
| 28 | 24 | 151 | German Quiroga | Toyota | 16 |
| 29 | 35 | 84 | Russ Dugger | Chevrolet | 15 |
| 30 | 16 | 29 | Ryan Blaney | Ram | 14 |
| 31 | 31 | 8 | Ross Chastain * | Toyota | 13 |
| 32 | 33 | 27 | Stephen Leicht | Chevrolet | 0 |
| 33 | 29 | 25 | B.J. McLeod | Chevrolet | 0 |
| 34 | 30 | 174 | Scott Riggs | Chevrolet | 0 |
| 35 | 32 | 93 | Dennis Setzer | Chevrolet | 9 |
| 36 | 28 | 38 | Chris Jones | Chevrolet | 8 |
