Clint Bowyer erased the demons of runner-up finishes in NASCAR Nationwide and Sprint Cup races at his home track Saturday with a dominant victory in the Camping World Truck Series O’Reilly Auto Parts 250 at Kansas Speedway.
Bowyer, from Emporia, Kan., led 124 of 167 laps and scored a near-perfect driver rating en route to the first win by a Kansas native at the decade-old 1.5-mile tri-oval.
“It was a dream for me to be able to compete here in any series, and to roll into victory lane is a dream come true,” Bowyer said.
Bowyer held off Johnny Sauter, who ran consistently in second place most of the race and retook the series points lead with a runner-up finish.
Buried in the pack at the restart, Bowyer carved through the field on the way back to the front for the 11th truck series win in his career in the 400th NASCAR Truck Series race. Kansas City Star
Todd Bodine ran third, followed by James Buescher and Joey Coulter, who passed Kyle Busch on the last of 167 laps for the fifth spot.
Busch’s sixth-place run ended a three-race winning streak in the series. He had won at Nashville, Dover and Charlotte prior to Kansas.
Brendan Gaughan, Nelson Piquet Jr., Brad Sweet and Travis Kvapil finished seventh through 10th, respectively.
FIN CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 2 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 2 13 Johnny Sauter Chevrolet 3 30 Todd Bodine Toyota 4 31 James Buescher Chevrolet 5 22 Joey Coulter * Chevrolet 6 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 7 62 Brendan Gaughan Toyota 8 8 Nelson Piquet Jr. * Chevrolet 9 32 Brad Sweet Chevrolet 10 5 Travis Kvapil Toyota 11 29 Parker Kligerman * Dodge 12 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 13 7 Miguel Paludo * Toyota 14 17 Timothy Peters Toyota 15 60 Cole Whitt * Chevrolet 16 81 David Starr Toyota 17 23 Jason White Chevrolet 18 88 Matt Crafton Chevrolet 19 77 Justin Lofton Toyota 20 66 Justin Marks Chevrolet 21 4 Ricky Carmichael Chevrolet 22 9 Max Papis Toyota 23 46 Craig Goess * Toyota 24 20 Johanna Long * Toyota 25 63 Nick Hoffman Ford 26 99 Bryan Silas Ford 27 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Ford 28 92 Clay Rogers Chevrolet 29 93 Shane Sieg Chevrolet 30 33 Ron Hornaday Chevrolet 31 39 Ryan Sieg Chevrolet 32 73 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet 33 57 Norm Benning Chevrolet 34 87 Chris Jones Chevrolet 35 138 Mike Garvey Chevrolet 36 7 Scott Riggs Toyota
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