Pole-sitter Johnny Sauter passed Kyle Busch on the next-to-last lap of Saturday’s Kroger 250 at Martinsville Speedway and held on to post his first Camping World Truck Series victory of the season and the third of his career.
Busch, who has never won a race at Martinsville, ran second, .453 seconds behind Sauter. Ron Hornaday finished third, followed by his team owner, Kevin Harvick, who recovered from early trouble to finish fourth.
“About the only thing that was missing [Saturday] was leather interior,” Sauter said in Victory Lane. “I think Kyle got in the corner and got loose [on the penultimate lap]. He got loose and swung the back around and tried to come back down, and I was there and I made contact with him.
“It’s pretty cool when you can beat Kyle Busch.” NASCAR.com
Ron Hornaday Jr., who won at Martinsville last October, finished third, while his teammate and boss, Kevin Harvick, overcame a two-lap deficit to finish fourth.
Timothy Peters finished fifth, followed by Cole Whitt, Austin Dillon and Ricky Carmichael. Brendan Gaughan and Max Papis rounded out the top-10.
The truck race featured 13 cautions, including one for a five-truck incident on lap 136. Matt Crafton got into the back of Brad Sweet, who then spun around and triggered the accident. Jeffrey Earnhardt and James Buescher made contact and then slammed hard into the wall. Earnhardt’s front end briefly erupted into flames. No drivers were injured. MiamiHerald.com
FIN CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 13 Johnny Sauter Chevrolet 2 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 3 33 Ron Hornaday Chevrolet 4 2 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 5 17 Timothy Peters Toyota 6 60 Cole Whitt * Chevrolet 7 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 8 4 Ricky Carmichael Chevrolet 9 62 Brendan Gaughan Toyota 10 9 Max Papis Toyota 11 88 Matt Crafton Chevrolet 12 7 Miguel Paludo * Toyota 13 29 Parker Kligerman * Dodge 14 30 Todd Bodine Toyota 15 32 Brad Sweet Chevrolet 16 92 Clay Rogers Chevrolet 17 22 Joey Coulter * Chevrolet 18 20 Johanna Long * Toyota 19 7 Caleb Roark Chevrolet 20 5 Travis Kvapil Toyota 21 66 Justin Marks Chevrolet 22 23 Jason White Chevrolet 23 197 Matt Lofton Toyota 24 46 Craig Goess * Toyota 25 15 Dusty Davis * Toyota 26 81 David Starr Toyota 27 57 Norm Benning Chevrolet 28 10 Chase Mattioli * Ford 29 93 Shane Sieg Chevrolet 30 8 Nelson Piquet Jr. * Chevrolet 31 51 Justin Johnson * Toyota 32 77 Justin Lofton Toyota 33 39 Ryan Sieg Chevrolet 34 1 Jeffrey Earnhardt * Chevrolet 35 31 James Buescher Chevrolet
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