79°
Kyle Larson became a first-time race winner in the Camping World Truck Series with a dominating performance in Sunday's North Carolina Education Lottery 200 at Rockingham Speedway.
Larson led 187 of 205 laps but had to fend off a hard-charging Logano in the final laps for his maiden truck win in just his fifth start. The 20-year-old Elk Grove, Calif. native is a rookie in the Nationwide Series this year and won the 2012 championship in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East. He clinched his title in that regional touring series at Rockingham.
Logano, who finished fifth in Saturday night's 500-mile Sprint Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway, drove the No. 19 Ford for Brad Keselowski Racing. Logano had to pit unexpectedly for a loose wheel in the late stages and fell one lap behind, but fresh tires allowed him to quickly charge through the field.
The seventh and final caution for an accident involving Timothy Peters and Ryan Sieg set up a green-white-checkered finish. After the restart, Larson pulled away from the field but Logano caught up with him on the final lap. Larson beat Logano to the finish line by just 0.18 seconds.
Brendan Gaughan finished third, while points leader Johnny Sauter took the fourth spot. Sauter had won at Daytona and Martinsville and was attempting to become the first driver in series history to score victories in the first three races. Chase Elliott, the 17-year-old son of 1988 NASCAR Cup champion Bill Elliott, completed the top-five.
Sauter now holds a 16-point lead over rookie Jeb Burton, who finished seventh after starting on the pole. Matt Crafton, who is Sauter's teammate at ThorSport Racing, is 20 points behind after his sixth-place run.
After the caution for Peter and Sieg's crash, Ron Hornaday Jr. hit the back of rookie Darrell Wallace Jr. and punted him into the outside wall. Hornaday had retaliated after Wallace bumped into him while the two were battling for position just before the yellow flag waved.
Wallace ended up finishing 27th with a heavily damaged truck. Hornaday, who placed 15th, was summoned to the NASCAR hauler to discuss his aggressive driving.
RSS
My Yahoo