Johnny Sauter wasn’t chasing Clint Bowyer in Saturday’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series O’Reilly Auto Parts 250 as much as he was racing the rest of the field.
Sauter, the defending champion of the truck race at Kansas Speedway, finished second to Bowyer but took care of the most important order of business, regaining the lead in the points race.
“I couldn’t be more proud of our effort,” said Sauter, who took a 12-point lead over Cole Whitt. “There’s a little added pressure coming in here as the defending race winner. Everybody wants to talk to you about that … but we’re racing everybody. 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.
Austin Dillon, who started on the pole, fell off the pace early and was penalized twice, once for coming out of pit road too fast and once for entering too fast. He finished 12th.
Four-time series champion Ron Hornaday, who entered fifth in the standings, blew his left rear tire and hit the wall 17 laps in. He finished 30th, 66 laps down, and slipped one spot to sixth.
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NASCAR Truck Series: O’Reilly Auto Parts 250 at Kansas - Race Results
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RANK DRIVER POINTS BEHIND 1 Johnny Sauter 302 Leader 2 Cole Whitt* 290 -12 3 Austin Dillon 272 -30 4 Matt Crafton 270 -32 5 Timothy Peters 255 -47 6 Ron Hornaday 246 -56 7 James Buescher 243 -59 8 Parker Kligerman* 228 -74 9 Todd Bodine 224 -78 10 Brendan Gaughan 215 -87 11 Joey Coulter* 214 -88 12 Max Papis 214 -88 13 Clay Rogers 211 -91 14 David Starr 206 -96 15 Nelson Piquet Jr.* 203 -99 16 Ricky Carmichael 201 -101 17 Justin Marks 201 -101 18 Jason White 200 -102 19 Brad Sweet 193 -109 20 Craig Goess* 192 -110 21 Justin Lofton 187 -115 22 Travis Kvapil 186 -116 23 Miguel Paludo* 183 -119 24 Ryan Sieg 166 -136 25 Johanna Long* 154 -148 26 Shane Sieg 148 -154 27 Jeffrey Earnhardt* 96 -206 28 Norm Benning 89 -213 29 Justin Johnson* 88 -214 30 Chris Fontaine 77 -225 31 Dusty Davis* 60 -242 32 Jamie Dick 50 -252 33 T.J. Bell 48 -254 34 Chase Mattioli* 48 -254 35 Mike Garvey 34 -268 36 Nick Hoffman 29 -273 37 Caleb Roark 25 -277 38 Bobby Hamilton Jr. 22 -280 39 Mike Skinner 20 -282 40 Greg Pursley 16 -286
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