Sadler wins in Corn Country!
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[/media-credit]Elliott Sadler won the U.S. Cellular 250 at Iowa Speedway for his fourth win this season and a little bit of redemption from last week. Sadler who told ESPN’S Shannon Spake said that his dad gave him a great quote. Elliott said, “Elliott don’t let NASCAR take the championship away from you. Go to Iowa and give them ****”. You could see the relief on his face as he celebrated to his team in victory lane. Justin Allgaier, Sam Hornish Jr, who won the dash for cash, Michael Annett and Ricky Stenhouse Jr rounded out the top 5.
Sadler started on the pole and led the 43 NASCAR Nationwide series cars to the green. It did not take long for the lead to change as the 18 year old of Darrell Wallace Jr took the top spot on the back stretch. This is Wallace’s 2nd race as the other race he competed in was earlier this year at the very same track.
On lap 35 Wallace was leading until he caught lap traffic which made Austin Dillon and Justin Allgaier catch the leader. Dillon took the top spot until the competition caution on lap 50.
The leader came in during that caution. Justin Allgaier told the team he is very tight and he has no side bite so they gave him an air pressure adjustment and 4 tires. Dillon came in and also was tight but it was getting better as the run went on. He only took two tires and came out second as Sadler also took 2 tires and lead them off pit road.
Sadler led the field back to the green flag on lap 57 but got pushed back to 2nd as Dillon took over the top spot. Brian Scott had to make a unscheduled pit stop as he felt a vibration on his right front. He came in got 4 tires and fuel and went back out but fell back to 31st, 2 laps down.
Caution came out for the 2nd time when the 44 of John Blanketship got spun by Jeremy Clements in turn 2. All of the leaders came in as Dillon took four tires and was off but lost 9 spots. Stenhouse’s tire changer slipped coming to the left side of the car which slowed his stop.Stenhouse took 4 tires and a wedge adjustment. Sadler was talking in code with his crew saying they would take “Alabama”. He took 4 tires but barely avoided a penalty when the tire came off the right side and almost left the pit but the rear tire changer caught it and saved it. Allgaier came out first as well as Cole Whitt and gained 10 spots.
Allgaier lead the field to the green flag on lap 96 followed by Michael McDowell, Sam Hornish Jr, Cole Whitt and Michael Annett. Dillon came in on lap 138 with a vibration and took 4 tires and fuel. He finished 15th when he could not get a lap back. Allgaier was leading by 3.90 seconds when he caught the 01 of Mike Wallace, who was running 19, which made Sadler catch up to him and contend for the top spot.
Caution came out for debris for the 3rd time tonight as the leaders could make their last pit stops here in Iowa. The race leader came in to his pit, telling his pit crew that he was tight in the center and loose threw the turns, got four tires and an air pressure adjustment. Sadler got 4 tires wanting more forward bite and also some fuel. Allgaier went off pit road 1st while Sadler lost a spot to Kurt Busch who got 4 tires, fuel and an air pressure adjustment.
Allgaier led the field to the green flag with 178 in the books and started to pull away. Sadler gained lap by lap and caught the 31 and passed him for the lead with 57 to go and never looked back.
Kurt Busch was running second when a tire got cut with three laps to go and he had to go in a to get some new right side tires. He finished 17th driving for his brother Kyle.
| Unofficial Race Results | |||||
| U.S. Cellular 250, Iowa Speedway | |||||
| http://www.speedwaymedia.com/n2s/race.php?race=20 | |||||
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| Pos. | St. | No. | Driver | Make | Points |
| ========================================= | |||||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | Elliott Sadler | Chevrolet | 47 |
| 2 | 5 | 31 | Justin Allgaier | Chevrolet | 44 |
| 3 | 7 | 12 | Sam Hornish Jr. | Dodge | 41 |
| 4 | 17 | 43 | Michael Annett | Ford | 40 |
| 5 | 11 | 6 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Ford | 39 |
| 6 | 8 | 18 | Michael McDowell | Toyota | 0 |
| 7 | 2 | 20 | Darrell Wallace Jr. | Toyota | 38 |
| 8 | 4 | 30 | Jason Leffler | Chevrolet | 0 |
| 9 | 10 | 199 | Brett Moffitt | Toyota | 0 |
| 10 | 13 | 22 | Ryan Blaney | Dodge | 34 |
| 11 | 18 | 7 | Danica Patrick | Chevrolet | 33 |
| 12 | 16 | 38 | Brad Sweet * | Chevrolet | 32 |
| 13 | 14 | 70 | Johanna Long * | Chevrolet | 31 |
| 14 | 6 | 33 | Brendan Gaughan | Chevrolet | 0 |
| 15 | 3 | 3 | Austin Dillon * | Chevrolet | 30 |
| 16 | 20 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | Toyota | 28 |
| 17 | 15 | 54 | Kurt Busch | Toyota | 0 |
| 18 | 9 | 11 | Brian Scott | Toyota | 26 |
| 19 | 12 | 88 | Cole Whitt * | Chevrolet | 25 |
| 20 | 21 | 10 | Mike Bliss | Toyota | 24 |
| 21 | 24 | 51 | Jeremy Clements | Chevrolet | 23 |
| 22 | 23 | 19 | Tayler Malsam | Toyota | 22 |
| 23 | 26 | 44 | John Blankenship | Chevrolet | 0 |
| 24 | 19 | 23 | Jamie Dick | Chevrolet | 20 |
| 25 | 32 | 1 | Mike Wallace | Chevrolet | 19 |
| 26 | 34 | 52 | Justin Jennings | Chevrolet | 0 |
| 27 | 28 | 40 | Erik Darnell | Chevrolet | 17 |
| 28 | 36 | 124 | Scott Saunders | Toyota | 16 |
| 29 | 22 | 81 | Jason Bowles * | Toyota | 15 |
| 30 | 42 | 41 | Timmy Hill | Ford | 0 |
| 31 | 33 | 14 | Eric McClure | Toyota | 13 |
| 32 | 25 | 39 | Joey Gase * | Ford | 12 |
| 33 | 41 | 4 | Daryl Harr | Chevrolet | 11 |
| 34 | 29 | 108 | Josh Richards | Ford | 10 |
| 35 | 39 | 89 | Morgan Shepherd | Chevrolet | 9 |
| 36 | 37 | 50 | T.J. Bell | Chevrolet | 8 |
| 37 | 40 | 174 | Mike Harmon | Chevrolet | 7 |
| 38 | 35 | 171 | Carl Long | Chevrolet | 6 |
| 39 | 38 | 47 | Tim Schendel | Chevrolet | 5 |
| 40 | 43 | 15 | Dusty Davis | Chevrolet | 0 |
| 41 | 30 | 42 | Matt DiBenedetto | Chevrolet | 0 |
| 42 | 31 | 46 | Chase Miller | Chevrolet | 2 |
| 43 | 27 | 191 | Jeff Green | Toyota | 1 |
Looking to be Chase contender Harvick knows RCR has work to do
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[/media-credit]A year ago Kevin Harvick was sitting primed to make a run at his first Sprint Cup Series championship. He had three wins, six top fives and was comfortably in the top three in points. He had made a reputation of being the closer, coming from behind and making the most out of what could have been a bad day.
That was a year ago. The 2012 version of the Richard Childress Racing driver isn’t as pretty. Harvick hasn’t been able to close the deal thus far in the season’s first 20 races, leaving just six more before the Chase starts. If he’ll be among the contenders has yet to be determined but with no wins and just three top fives, the No. 29 Budweiser team has work to do as the regular season starts to wind down.
“I think for us we need to make our cars better. We need to get faster,” Harvick said on Friday in Pocono, where he has yet to win. “We have been fortunate to be in the position that we’re in points wise. You’ve got to kind of balance that with trying to get better and also trying to protect what you’ve got.”
That would be a current spot in the top 10. Entering Sunday’s Pennsylvania 400 at Pocono, Harvick is tied in points with Martin Truex Jr., sitting sixth. The good news is that he has a 65-point advantage on 11th place Kyle Busch, 74 over 13th Kasey Kahne. Busch and Kahne hold the Wild Card positions because of the wins they bagged early in the season.
Winning is something Harvick’s accustomed to but what’s been foreign this season. The man he won with last season is gone, Gil Martin replaced by Shane Wilson before the start of the season, at Harvick’s request. After failing to win the title the last two seasons – finishing third to Jimmie Johnson and Tony Stewart – he went to Childress and asked for a change. Wilson moved away from the 33 team of Clint Bowyer, who left RCR in the offseason and the 33 team was disbanded, for Harvick’s 29.
Martin had worked with Harvick since 2009. While Harvick and Wilson had previously worked together in the Nationwide Series, the two have yet to reach Victory Lane together in the Cup Series. Their best shot to date was Phoenix, the second race of the season. Harvick led a race high 88 laps, only to finish second to Denny Hamlin after losing fuel pressure while attempting to make a battle for the lead.
More of a performance they’ll need over the next six weeks if they don’t want to chance falling out of the top 10 in points, even with the slight gap he currently holds.
“Well it doesn’t hurt anything you just don’t want to screw anything up,” Harvick said about his position. “When you are in that Wild Card position and you are trying to get in; not that we are not throwing everything at it that we have, but you are willing to take a lot more chances. You really don’t have anything to lose. It helps but you just don’t to screw it up.”
For as frustrating as Harvick’s season looks he’s still RCR’s only hope for a title chance. Teammates Paul Menard and Jeff Burton are also winless but sit 16th and 20th in points respectively. As Harvick races for an insurance win and bonus points toward the Chase, Menard and Burton are racing for a win that would give them a small chance at a WC position.
It will be a long six weeks for all three RCR drivers and teams. The pressure of trying to make NASCAR’s postseason will build as it looms. And Harvick said it’s not just his team that needs to get better, everyone at RCR has work to do. And there are many areas in which they need to improve before they can see the results and hope it’s in time for a Chase they’ll be apart of.
“I don’t think there is really one specific thing that you can put your finger on to say this is what we are doing,” he said. “I think it’s a lot of things that need to get better. Everybody is working on them to make them better. We didn’t capitalize on the situations that we were in to win races at the beginning of the year.
“Performance wise hasn’t been exactly where we needed to be. Everybody is working hard to try to get it to that point. Hopefully we can do that over the next six weeks.”
Matty’s Picks 2012 – Vol. 19 Pocono Raceway – Pennsylvania 400 – August 5, 2012
Well, what can I say other than it’s been a month since you’ve heard from me. Since my last edition of Matty’s picks, AJ Allmendinger has been suspended indefinitely, Kasey Kahne has slid into the number one ‘wild card’ spot, Jimmie Johnson won his fourth Brickyard 400, and Dale Jr has taken the points lead. I didn’t miss much did I?
Dale Earnhardt Jr. is a guy who started the season with two major feats to tackle, one being his four-year winless streak, the other, a Sprint Cup Championship. With the first of the two monkeys in Jr’s closet being taken care of in June, there’s just one left to conquer. Earnhardt hadn’t occupied the No. 1 points position since September of 2004, until his 4th place finish last week at the Brickyard vaulted him into garage stall number two. Dale Jr. has had a consistent season thus far, and keeping his streak of solid finishes alive is the goal for the No. 88 team in these coming five weeks.
Jimmie Johnson and the No. 48 team flexed their muscles last week in Indianapolis in Johnson’s fourth win at the yard of bricks, but also joined the short list of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers with three wins in this 2012 season. Reigning Sprint Cup Series champion Tony Stewart and Brad Keselowski are the other two drivers visiting Victory Lane, three times this season. Since his fourth place finish at Pocono back in June’s Pocono 400, Johnson has one victory, four top-fives, and six top-tens, truly morphing into championship form. The summer time is when Jimmie tends to flex his muscles, and the heat of the summer is where we’re at.
The ‘wild card’ race is shaping up to be as big of a craps shoot as ever, and these last five races before the start of the Chase for the Sprint Cup begins have become must-wins for drivers sitting 11th through 20th in the points standings. Kasey Kahne sits in the top ‘wild card’ spot with his two wins, and Kyle Busch sits in the second of the two ‘wild card’ spots, after a tie-breaker with Ryan Newman and Joey Logano, who visited Victory Lane after our first trip to the Tricky Triangle back in June. Time is ticking for 2012 non-winners Carl Edwards who played a major role in last year’s Chase for the Sprint Cup championship, currently 12th in points, and Jeff Gordon, currently 15th in points, a five time winner at Pocono. Drivers with their hopes riding on snagging a win in these last five races will surely be dicing it out this weekend in the Keystone State.
Following two samples testing positive for banned substances, indefinite suspension from NASCAR, and near silence from the public eye, AJ Allmendinger found himself officially unemployed on Wednesday. Penske Racing announced on Wednesday that Allmendinger would no longer be a part of their organization following his failing of a random NASCAR drug test before last month’s race at Daytona, and a face-to-face meeting with team owner Roger Penske. Allmendinger must complete NASCAR’s ‘Road to Recovery’ program before there is any chance of being reinstated, giving no timeline for the possibility of return to the sport.
Pocono Picks
Now that I’ve recapped the last month of NASCAR Sprint cup action in just over 500 words, I can get going on my picks for this week’s Pennsylvania 400. Much to my surprise, June’s Pocono 400 was not nearly as uneventful as I had projected. With the new racing surface facilitating a glimpse of passing opportunities , the pit road timing line fiasco, and the race being shortened from the traditional 500-mile mark to 400, I found the Pocono 400 moderately tolerable to watch. Though the weather in Long Pond, Pa is not looking great for tomorrow’s Pennsylvania 400, I am hopeful the race will go on as scheduled and these summer story lines live up to their hype.
Winner Pick
Its got to be Denny Hamlin this week in Pocono…
He’s one of the most decorated drivers to come out of Pocono Raceway with four wins, eight top-fives, and nine top-tens, after just thirteen starts at the Tricky Triangle. Pocono has been one of Hamlin’s best tracks since his rookie sweep of the two races in Eastern Pennsylvania back in the 2006 season, and his practice speeds from yesterday were certainly good enough to throw him to the top of the list of favorites for the win tomorrow afternoon. Fast forwarding to his most recent six starts at Pocono, Hamlin has an average finish of 17.50, a stat Hamlin is eager to boost with a solid finish this weekend. He’s a flat track specialist, and looks to join Jimmie Johnson, Tony Stewart, and Brad Keselowski as drivers with three wins on the season.
Dark Horse Pick
Mark Martin is a guy little talked about around the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series garage after taking his shortened schedule this season. He is not to be overlooked this weekend in Long Pond as he leads active drivers in both top-fives (20) and top-tens (34) in an unprecedented 51 starts at Pocono. Looking back to June’s Pocono 400, Martin lost the lead to eventual race-winner, Joey Logano, late in the race and earned his seventh runner-up finish in his storied NASCAR history. His average finish at Pocono in the last three years is 12.67, after failing to crack the top ten in both races at the Tricky Triangle last season. Martin is motivated to improve on his second place finish back in June, but has some work on his hands hovering around tenth place during both practice sessions yesterday at Pocono.
That’s all for this week, and be sure to stay tuned next week for my 20th or so consecutive trip to the road course located in the Finger Lakes of Central New York for live updates all weekend. I look forward to sharing another great race at Watkins Glen International with the great group of folks that make the trip each year to the 2.45-mile tyrant.
Until the wheels turn right…You Stay Classy NASCAR NATION!
Chad Hackenbracht First Time ARCA Series Winner At Pocono
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[/media-credit]Chad Hackenbracht, driver of the No. 58 CGH Motorsports Chevrolet, became the second first time winner of the day at Pocono Raceway, scoring his first ever ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards win.
Hackenbracht used some ‘Tricky Triangle’ strategy to claim victory in the Pennsylvania ARCA 125, his first win in 42 career starts.
“I’m not sure what to think,” Hackenbracht said. “My parents weren’t able to make it to this race so I’m not sure if we’ll let them come to any others.”
“Those last ten laps, I was just waiting for the caution,” Hackenbracht continued. “But finally it all played to our advantage and we finally got the monkey off our backs.”
“I can’t thank everybody enough.”
Brennan Poole, pole sitter and driver of the No. 25 Cometic Gasket/Midas-Venturini Motorsports Toyota, was runner up to Hackenbracht.
“Well, we just couldn’t take a chance in pitting that early and not being able to run all 50 laps,” Poole said. “We didn’t have a caution at the end and Chad’s strategy paid off for him.”
“We were close, but came up a little short on fuel strategy.”
Poole did, however, secure the points lead and is ahead of the field by 15 points. And he is looking forward to the rest of the season, at tracks where he has been good before.
“We’re going to a few great tracks for me so I’m looking forward to that,” Poole said. “I just have great people around me.”
“The Venturini Motorsports is a family and it’s a blessing to be able to work with them,” Poole continued. “I’ve had some of the most fun racing than I ever have this year.”
Alex Bowman, behind the wheel of the No. 22 St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Dodge, came in third.
“It’s definitely frustrating with as good as we were in practice,” Bowman said. “We just came up a little bit short.”
“We got tight and fell back to 3rd or 4th,” Bowman continued. “We made up ground on the green flag pit stop but got beat on strategy.”
Frank Kimmel, driving the No. 44 Ansell-Menards Toyota, finished fourth and fifth place went to Chris Buescher in the No. 17 Reliance Tool-BeavEx Ford.
Joey Coulter’s Dream Comes True with First Ever Truck Win at Pocono
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[/media-credit]With his mother Susan screaming “Burn out time” and “Oh, I love Pocono,” Joey Coulter’s dream of winning a race came true.
The driver of the No. 22 RCR/darrellgwynnfoundation.com Chevrolet got his first win in the 3rd annual Pocono Mountains 125 and the first win ever in his Truck Series career.
Coulter is the ninth different winner this season to visit Victory Lane and the fourth different first-time winner of 2012.
“It feels amazing and there’s no way to describe it,” Coulter said. “I just can’t thank everyone enough for the opportunity. I can’t thank them enough for sticking behind me.”
“It’s a dream come true,” Coulter continued. “Call me in three days when it finally hits me.”
Coulter acknowledged that his racing has always included his family and that indeed his mom was even more excited than he was.
“For us, it’s always been a family event,” Coulter said. “They’ve been the ones to help me get here.”
“To have them at the race track every weekend is a huge part of my career.”
Coulter’s mother Susan echoed the family pride in her son’s racing career and his first trip to Victory Lane.
“I am so proud of him,” Susan Coulter said of her winning son. “He’s worked so hard for this since he was 8 years old.”
“He did this one himself,” Susan Coulter continued. “We have the best team in the world. I’m so happy.
While Coulter’s family was ecstatic, team owner Richard Childress was equally proud of his young driver. And he also revealed that Coulter, in his opinion, is ready to go to the next level in the sport.
“Joey’s had a really fast truck for the last two years and misfortunes would take him out of the winner’s circle,” Childress said. “I’m really happy for his family and for the whole Coulter team.”
“We’re talking about running in the Nationwide Series with him next year,” Childress continued. “Sponsorship is the key to putting it together.”
An important part of that Coulter RCR team has been crew chief Harold Holly. Coulter fully credits Holly with “teaching him how to drive” when they first started together in the ARCA Series.
“This is as big as any of ‘em win-wise,” Holly said of the win. “We have such a strong support group.”
“I’m tickled to death.”
James Buescher, piloting the No. 31 Koike Aronson/Ransome Chevrolet, finished second. This was his second top-10 finish in three races at Pocono and his seventh top-10 finish for the season.
“The Chevy was decent but we were tight all day long,” Buescher said. “Just couldn’t get it to turn on exit on any corner.”
“I was just trying to keep up with Nelson and stayed out to lead a lap,” Buescher continued. “The truck was good but it wasn’t the fastest truck out there.”
“We’ll just dust it off, take it to Michigan and try to get back to it.”
Probably the most disappointed racer when the checkered flag flew was Nelson Piquet Jr., who sat on the pole and was by far the dominant truck for most of the race. Piquet Jr. finished third, scoring his first top-10 finish in two races at the ‘Tricky Triangle.”
“I don’t know what to say,” Piquet Jr. said. “There’s only one word that can describe it and that’s frustration.”
“The last restart was a bit of a problem,” Piquet continued. “It’s a shame.”
“It was another race that we could have won.”
Piquet Jr. was also involved with one of the more dramatic moments of the race when he and veteran Todd Bodine tangled, with Bodine getting the worst end or it, including a trip to the infield care center.
After exiting his race truck, Bodine hurled his helmet in the direction of Piquet, Jr.
“Nelson didn’t get a good run off two and I pulled down to start drafting,” Bodine said. “I should have known better not to trust Nelson to do the right thing, just move over and side draft with me.”
“You watch tomorrow in the Cup race and you’ll see it a million times,” Bodine continued. “I know Nelson feels like he owes me one, from Kansas I think.”
“We had a great truck,” Bodine said. “It’s a shame that ignorance has to take you out of the race.”
Without a doubt, Piquet Jr. had a different take on the incident.
“His spotter should have told him that I was behind him,” Piquet Jr. said. “There’s nothing I could have done.”
“The move he did was inexperienced,” Piquet continued. “With all the experience he has, there’s no explanation.”
“Not much to say,” Piquet said. “I couldn’t have done anything else.”
Ty Dillon, driving the No. 3 Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Chevrolet, was the highest finishing rookie driver. Dillon, teammate to race winner Joey Coulter, finished in the sixth spot.
“I’m kind of disappointed,” Dillon said. “I made a rookie mistake on the first lap that really put us behind.”
“I’m so proud of my teammate Joey Coulter though,” Dillon said. “That was awesome. I’m really happy for Joey. He’s put his time in.”
Dillon was most excited about gaining some points in the championship standings. He is now just eight points behind leader Timothy Peters.
“We’ve got some good momentum coming,” Dillon said. “I think we’ve found something.”
“We’re second, only 8 points out,” Dillon continued. “And we’ll keep trucking.”
Matt Crafton, in the No. 88 Jeld Wen/Menards Toyota, finished fourth and Danny Hamlin, driving the Kyle Busch Motorsports No. 18 GNC Live Well/M&Ms Toyota rounded out the top five.
“The power of those guys in front of us was big,” Hamlin said. “We just didn’t have a great handling truck.”
“Hopefully now I can give them a little bit of feedback for what I feel like this program needs to work on.”
| Unofficial Race Results | |||||
| Pocono Mountains 125, Pocono Raceway | |||||
| http://www.speedwaymedia.com/truckseries/race.php?race=11 | |||||
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| Pos. | St. | No. | Driver | Make | Points |
| ========================================= | |||||
| 1 | 4 | 22 | Joey Coulter | Chevrolet | 47 |
| 2 | 5 | 31 | James Buescher | Chevrolet | 43 |
| 3 | 1 | 30 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | Chevrolet | 43 |
| 4 | 9 | 88 | Matt Crafton | Toyota | 40 |
| 5 | 16 | 18 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | 0 |
| 6 | 2 | 3 | Ty Dillon * | Chevrolet | 38 |
| 7 | 17 | 29 | Parker Kligerman | Ram | 37 |
| 8 | 11 | 9 | John Wes Townley * | Toyota | 36 |
| 9 | 35 | 6 | Justin Lofton | Chevrolet | 35 |
| 10 | 20 | 8 | Ross Chastain * | Toyota | 34 |
| 11 | 14 | 23 | Jason White | Ford | 34 |
| 12 | 18 | 98 | Dakoda Armstrong * | Toyota | 32 |
| 13 | 3 | 32 | Miguel Paludo | Chevrolet | 31 |
| 14 | 15 | 33 | Cale Gale * | Chevrolet | 30 |
| 15 | 6 | 2 | Tim George Jr. | Chevrolet | 29 |
| 16 | 25 | 27 | C E Falk | Chevrolet | 28 |
| 17 | 19 | 99 | Bryan Silas * | Ford | 27 |
| 18 | 23 | 84 | Chris Fontaine | Chevrolet | 26 |
| 19 | 10 | 9 | Ron Hornaday | Chevrolet | 25 |
| 20 | 34 | 57 | Norm Benning | Chevrolet | 24 |
| 21 | 32 | 159 | Kyle Martel | Chevrolet | 0 |
| 22 | 8 | 17 | Timothy Peters | Toyota | 23 |
| 23 | 27 | 28 | Wes Burton | Chevrolet | 21 |
| 24 | 7 | 5 | Paulie Harraka * | Ford | 20 |
| 25 | 30 | 282 | Sean Corr | Ford | 19 |
| 26 | 12 | 11 | Todd Bodine | Toyota | 18 |
| 27 | 13 | 13 | Johnny Sauter | Toyota | 17 |
| 28 | 21 | 93 | Dennis Setzer | Chevrolet | 16 |
| 29 | 26 | 39 | Ryan Sieg | Chevrolet | 15 |
| 30 | 31 | 225 | Brandon Knupp | Chevrolet | 0 |
| 31 | 22 | 7 | Jeff Agnew | Toyota | 13 |
| 32 | 29 | 174 | Scott Riggs | Chevrolet | 0 |
| 33 | 36 | 175 | Adam Edwards | Chevrolet | 11 |
| 34 | 28 | 38 | Chris Jones | Chevrolet | 10 |
| 35 | 33 | 0 | Chris Lafferty | Ram | 9 |
| 36 | 24 | 10 | Jennifer Jo Cobb | Ram | 8 |
Coultor wins the Pocono Mountains 125
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[/media-credit]Joey Coulter captured his first career Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) win in the Poconos Mountain 125 race at Pocono Raceway on Saturday.
This is also the 26th career win for Richard Childress Racing (RCR) and the second in 2012.
“Joey’s had a really fast truck and it was misfortune that took him out of the winner’s circle. I’m really happy for his family. They’ve been there at every race pulling for him.” Childress said.
Coulter is the fourth first-time winner of 2012 and the ninth different winner this season.
While in victory lane Coulter was very happy with his No. 22 RCR team and thanked them all for the great work they did in putting him victory lane for the first time.
“As soon as the spotter said ‘green,’ I put the foot to the floor and just let the ECR [Earnhardt Childress Racing Engines] Chevrolet horsepower do the rest,” Coulter said. “We needed to make moves quick. Track position was real important.
Coultor’s mom joined them in victory lane and was very emotional for what her son has accomplished with his first win.
Timothy Peters who entered the weekend as the points leader was involved in a late race wreck which narrowed his points lead to 8 over Ty Dillon.
| Unofficial Race Results | |||||
| Pocono Mountains 125, Pocono Raceway | |||||
| http://www.speedwaymedia.com/truckseries/race.php?race=11 | |||||
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| Pos. | St. | No. | Driver | Make | Points |
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| 1 | 4 | 22 | Joey Coulter | Chevrolet | 47 |
| 2 | 5 | 31 | James Buescher | Chevrolet | 43 |
| 3 | 1 | 30 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | Chevrolet | 43 |
| 4 | 9 | 88 | Matt Crafton | Toyota | 40 |
| 5 | 16 | 18 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | 0 |
| 6 | 2 | 3 | Ty Dillon * | Chevrolet | 38 |
| 7 | 17 | 29 | Parker Kligerman | Ram | 37 |
| 8 | 11 | 9 | John Wes Townley * | Toyota | 36 |
| 9 | 35 | 6 | Justin Lofton | Chevrolet | 35 |
| 10 | 20 | 8 | Ross Chastain * | Toyota | 34 |
| 11 | 14 | 23 | Jason White | Ford | 34 |
| 12 | 18 | 98 | Dakoda Armstrong * | Toyota | 32 |
| 13 | 3 | 32 | Miguel Paludo | Chevrolet | 31 |
| 14 | 15 | 33 | Cale Gale * | Chevrolet | 30 |
| 15 | 6 | 2 | Tim George Jr. | Chevrolet | 29 |
| 16 | 25 | 27 | C E Falk | Chevrolet | 28 |
| 17 | 19 | 99 | Bryan Silas * | Ford | 27 |
| 18 | 23 | 84 | Chris Fontaine | Chevrolet | 26 |
| 19 | 10 | 9 | Ron Hornaday | Chevrolet | 25 |
| 20 | 34 | 57 | Norm Benning | Chevrolet | 24 |
| 21 | 32 | 159 | Kyle Martel | Chevrolet | 0 |
| 22 | 8 | 17 | Timothy Peters | Toyota | 23 |
| 23 | 27 | 28 | Wes Burton | Chevrolet | 21 |
| 24 | 7 | 5 | Paulie Harraka * | Ford | 20 |
| 25 | 30 | 282 | Sean Corr | Ford | 19 |
| 26 | 12 | 11 | Todd Bodine | Toyota | 18 |
| 27 | 13 | 13 | Johnny Sauter | Toyota | 17 |
| 28 | 21 | 93 | Dennis Setzer | Chevrolet | 16 |
| 29 | 26 | 39 | Ryan Sieg | Chevrolet | 15 |
| 30 | 31 | 225 | Brandon Knupp | Chevrolet | 0 |
| 31 | 22 | 7 | Jeff Agnew | Toyota | 13 |
| 32 | 29 | 174 | Scott Riggs | Chevrolet | 0 |
| 33 | 36 | 175 | Adam Edwards | Chevrolet | 11 |
| 34 | 28 | 38 | Chris Jones | Chevrolet | 10 |
| 35 | 33 | 0 | Chris Lafferty | Ram | 9 |
| 36 | 24 | 10 | Jennifer Jo Cobb | Ram | 8 |
