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Date: Friday, May 17
Start Time: 8 p.m. ET
Site: Charlotte Motor Speedway -- Concord, N.C.
Track: 1.5-mile oval
Laps: 134
Miles: 201
Capacity: 135,000 (Grandstand Seating)
Total purse:
Payouts:
Year: 11th
On TV: Speed
Announcers:
On Radio: Motor Racing Network (MRN)/SIRIUS NASCAR Radio
Race record: Kyle Busch, 2006 (124.845 mph)
Qualifying record: Mike Skinner, 2005 (183.051 mph)
2012 Finish
Defending champion: Justin Lofton
Runner up: Brad Keselowski
Pole winner: Ty Dillon (181.616 mph)
Top 10:
1. Justin Lofton (Start: 2)
2. Brad Keselowski (9)
3. Todd Bodine (17)
4. Jason Leffler (5)
5. Ron Hornaday Jr (15)
6. Jason White (7)
7. Joey Coulter (3)
8. Jeb Burton (21)
9. Timothy Peters (4)
10. Ty Dillon (1)
Average speed: 109.786 mph
Time of race: 1 hr., 59 mins., 51 secs.
Margin of victory: 0.261 secs.
Caution flags: 8 for 36 laps
Lead changes: 8 among 7 drivers
Past winners
2012 Justin Lofton, Chevrolet, 109.786 mph
2011 Kyle Busch, Toyota, 101.615 mph
2010 Kyle Busch, Toyota, 109.653 mph
2009 Ron Hornaday Jr, Chevrolet, 121.125 mph
2008 Matt Crafton, Chevrolet, 111.490 mph
2007 Ron Hornaday Jr, Chevrolet, 122.809 mph
2006 Kyle Busch, Chevrolet, 124.845 mph
2005 Kyle Busch, Chevrolet, 104.571 mph
2004 Dennis Setzer, Chevrolet, 107.631 mph
2003 Ted Musgrave, Dodge, 114.768 mph
Last race
Race: SFP 250 (April 21)
Site: Kansas Speedway -- Kansas City, Kan.
Miles: 250.5
Laps: 167
Finish line order: Matt Crafton, Joey Coulter, Ryan Blaney, Brendan Gaughan, Johnny Sauter
Time of Race: 2 hrs., 25 mins., 53 secs.
Average speed: 103.028 mph
Margin of victory: 0.167 secs.
Caution flags: 11 for 52 laps
Lead changes: 18 among 10 drivers
Lap leaders: J. Buescher 1-14; B. Silas 15-15; M. Paludo 16-20; J. Buescher J. Buescher 1-14; B. Silas 15-15; M. Paludo 16-20; J. Buescher 21-33; J. Burton 34-35; M. Crafton 36-39; J. Buescher 40-61; K. Busch 62-72; G. Quiroga Jr 73-73; D. Wallace Jr 74-80; J. Burton 81-84; T. Dillon 85-95; J. Burton 96-108; J. Buescher 109-114; J. Coulter 115-118; J. Burton 119-125; J. Coulter 126-136; D. Wallace Jr 137-137; M. Crafton 138-167.
Entry list
#101 Jake Crum (Statesville, NC) Chevrolet/TBA
#002 Brad Keselowski (Rochester Hills, MI Ford/Draw Tite
#102 Tyler Young (Midland, TX) Chevrolet/Randco
#3 Ty Dillon (Welcome, NC) Chevrolet/Bass Pro Shops
#4 Jeb Burton (Halifax, VA) Chevrolet/Arrowhead/Kangaroo
#5 Tim George Jr. (New York, NY) Chevrolet/Applebee's
#6 Justin Lofton (Westmorland, CA) Chevrolet/Mad Vapes
#07 Chris Cockrum (Conyers, GA) Chevrolet/Advanced Comm. Group
#7 John Wes Townley (Watkinsville, GA) Toyota/Zaxby's
#8 Max Gresham ((Griffin, GA) Chevrolet/Amwins
#9 Ron Hornaday Jr. (Palmdale, CA) Chevrolet/NTS/Piggly Wiggly
#10 Jennifer Jo Cobb (Kansas City, KS) RAM/Koma Unwind Relaxation Drink
#13 Todd Bodine (Chemung, NY) Toyota/Mattei
#17 Timothy Peters (Providence, NC) Toyota/Parts Plus
#18 Joey Coulter (Miami Springs, FL) Toyota/Darrell Gwynn Foundation
#19 Ross Chastain (Alva, FL) Ford/TBA
#24 Brennan Newberry (Bakersfield, CA) Chevrolet/Qore-24
#27 Jeff Agnew (Copper Hill, VA) Chevrolet/TBA
#28 Blake Koch (West Palm Beach, FL) Chevrolet/FDNY Racing
#29 Ryan Blaney (High Point, NC) Ford/Cooper Standard
#31 James Buescher (Plano, TX) Chevrolet/Rheem
#32 Miguel Paludo (Nova Prata, Brazil) Chevrolet/Leavine's Children's Hosp.
#39 Ryan Sieg (Tucker, GA) Chevrolet/RSS Racing
#50 Danny Efland (Irmo, SC) Chevrolet/TBA
#51 Kyle Busch (Las Vegas, NV) Toyota/Kyle Busch Motorsports
#54 Darrell Wallace Jr. (Mobile, AL) Toyota/Liberty Tire Recycling
#57 Norm Benning (Level Green, PA) Chevrolet/TBA
#60 Dakoda Armstrong (New Castle, IN) Chevrolet/Winfield
#62 Brendan Gaughan (Las Vegas, NV) Chevrolet/South Point
#75 Caleb Holman (Abingdon, VA) Chevrolet/Highland Hickory Market
#77 German Quiroga (Mexico City, Mexico) Toyota/Net 10
#81 David Starr (Houston, TX) Toyota/NCCER/BYF
#84 Chris Fontaine (Lakeland, FL) Toyota/TBA
#88 Matt Crafton (Tulare, CA) Toyota/Menard's
#92 Scott Riggs (Bahama, NC) Chevrolet/92 Blacks Tire/Fleet-HQ
#93 Chris Jones (Forest, VA) Chevrolet/RSS Racing
#98 Johnny Sauter (Necedah, WI) Toyota/Carolina Nut Co/Curb Records
#99 Bryan Silas (Stuart, FL) Ford/Rockingham Speedway
Leading contenders
| Name | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Lofton | 15 | 13 | Won | ||||||
| Brad Keselowski | 24 | 28 | 2 | ||||||
| Todd Bodine | 20 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 25 | 2 | 27 | 3 |
| Ron Hornaday Jr | 11 | 5 | Won | 23 | Won | 3 | 5 | 5 | |
| Joey Coulter | 16 | 7 | |||||||
| Jeb Burton | 8 | ||||||||
| Timothy Peters | 32 | 23 | 25 | 31 | 10 | 32 | 9 | ||
| Ty Dillon | 10 | ||||||||
| Brendan Gaughan | 8 | 14 | 35 | 3 | 30 | 12 | |||
| Matt Crafton | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | Won | 3 | 11 | 26 | 15 |
| James Buescher | 12 | 4 | 4 | 22 | |||||
| Johnny Sauter | 13 | 12 | 6 | 25 | |||||
| Kyle Busch | Won | Won | 11 | 8 | 2 | Won | Won | ||
| Ryan Blaney | |||||||||
| Darrell Wallace Jr. |
Notes
Justin Lofton won last year's truck race at Charlotte. Lofton grabbed the lead from Brad Keselowski after a restart with 10 laps remaining when Ron Hornaday Jr. bumped Keselowski from behind and shoved him down the track, allowing Lofton to slip by. He went on to beat Keselowski at the finish by 0.26 seconds for his first victory in his 55th career start in the series.
Kyle Busch holds the record for most truck wins at Charlotte with four. Busch won back-to-back races there from 2005-06 and again from 2010-11. He did not compete in last year's event.
Hornaday is the only other driver with multiple truck victories at Charlotte (2007 and '09).
Busch is the only driver who has won from the pole position at this track (2010).
Matt Crafton and David Starr are those drivers who have competed in all 10 truck races at Charlotte. Crafton is the current points leader and winner of the most recent event on April 20 at Kansas Speedway. His first career victory in the series came at Charlotte in 2008.
The next race is the May 31 Lucas Oil 200 at Dover International Speedway. Todd Bodine won there last year.
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