Making excellent use of a fresh set of tires, Denny Hamlin drove through the field after a pit stop on Lap 134 and won Saturday’s Kroger 200 Camping World Truck Series race at Martinsville Speedway in his only start this year.
Ron Hornaday Jr. ran second to make a small dent in the advantage on series points leader Austin Dillon, who finished third. Johnny Sauter ran fourth, followed by rookie Joey Coulter.
The victory was Hamlin’s first in the series in 12 starts, adding the driver of the No. 18 Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota to the list of drivers, now 23 in number, who have won at least one race in each of NASCAR’s top three series. NASCAR.com
Kevin Harvick, Cale Gale, Timothy Peters, Brendan Gaughan and James Buescher finished sixth through 10th, respectively.
With two races remaining, Dillon holds an 11-point lead over Buescher. Hornaday and Sauter are both 15 points behind.
The 200-lap race at Martinsville featured nine cautions for 50 laps. One of the cautions involved Germain Racing teammates Todd Bodine and Max Papis. Bodine got into the back of Papis and turned him around. Both drivers tangled again on pit road shortly after their incident. MiamiHerald.com
FIN CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 18 Denny Hamlin Toyota 2 33 Ron Hornaday Chevrolet 3 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 4 13 Johnny Sauter Chevrolet 5 22 Joey Coulter * Chevrolet 6 2 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 7 121 Cale Gale Chevrolet 8 17 Timothy Peters Toyota 9 62 Brendan Gaughan Toyota 10 31 James Buescher Chevrolet 11 5 Todd Bodine Toyota 12 88 Matt Crafton Chevrolet 13 8 Nelson Piquet Jr. * Chevrolet 14 170 Jeff Agnew Chevrolet 15 23 Jason White Chevrolet 16 7 Miguel Paludo * Toyota 17 6 Justin Lofton Chevrolet 18 9 Max Papis Toyota 19 124 Elliott Sadler Chevrolet 20 136 Grant Enfinger Dodge 21 29 Parker Kligerman * Dodge 22 81 David Starr Toyota 23 39 Ryan Sieg Chevrolet 24 92 Clay Rogers Chevrolet 25 66 Max Gresham Chevrolet 26 109 Bryan Silas Ford 27 60 Cole Whitt * Chevrolet 28 151 Josh Richards Toyota 29 57 Norm Benning Chevrolet 30 265 Tyler Tanner Ford 31 197 Matt Lofton Toyota 32 32 Blake Feese Chevrolet 33 20 Johanna Long * Toyota 34 7 T.J. Duke Toyota 35 4 Ricky Carmichael Chevrolet 36 93 Mike Garvey Chevrolet
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