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Date: Friday, May 31
Start Time: Approximately 5 p.m. ET
Site: Dover International Speedway -- Dover, Del.
Track: 1-mile oval
Laps: 200
Miles: 200
Capacity: 113,000 (Grandstand Seating)
Total purse:
Payouts:
Year: 14th
On TV: Speed
Announcers:
On Radio: Motor Racing Network (MRN)/SIRIUS NASCAR Radio
Race record: Mark Martin, 2006 (120.200 mph)
Qualifying record: Kevin Harvick, 2012 (158.235 mph)
2012 Finish
Defending champion: Todd Bodine
Runner up: Parker Kligerman
Pole winner: Kevin Harvick (158.235 mph)
Top 10:
1. Todd Bodine (Start: 13)
2. Parker Kligerman (11)
3. Kevin Harvick (1)
4. Nelson Piquet Jr. (18)
5. Cale Gale (5)
6. Ty Dillon (6)
7. James Buescher (15)
8. Matt Crafton (10)
9. Timothy Peters (8)
10. Justin Lofton (16)
Average speed: 81.667 mph
Time of race: 1 hr., 48 mins. (rain-shortened, stopped after 147 laps)
Margin of victory: Under Caution
Caution flags: 9 for 46 laps
Lead changes: 7 among 6 drivers
Past winners
2012 Todd Bodine, Toyota, 81.667 mph (rain-shortened)
2011 Kyle Busch, Toyota, 99.695 mph
2010 , Toyota, 97.881 mph
2009 Brian Scott, Toyota, 92.819 mph
2008 Scott Speed, Toyota, 100.279 mph
2007 Ron Hornaday Jr, Chevrolet, 107.463 mph
2006 Mark Martin, Ford, 120.200 mph.
2005 Kyle Busch, Chevrolet, 96.735 mph
2004 Chad Chaffin, Dodge, 98.996 mph
2003 Jason Leffler, Dodge, 97.232 mph
2002 Ted Musgrave, Dodge, 104.545 mph
2001 Scott Riggs, Dodge, 99.256 mph
2000 Kurt Busch, Ford, 97.168 mph
Last race
Race: North Carolina Education Lottery 200 (May 17)
Site: Charlotte Motor Speedway -- Concord, N.C.
Miles: 201
Laps: 134
Finish line order: Kyle Busch, Brendan Gaughan, Max Gresham, Matt Crafton, Ty Dillon
Time of Race: 1 hr., 53 mins., 54 secs.
Average speed: 105.882 mph
Margin of victory: 0.468 secs.
Caution flags: 8 for 40 laps
Lead changes: 7 among 5 drivers
Lap leaders: J. Burton - pole; T. Dillon 1-3; K. Busch 4-17; B. Gaughan 18-32; J. Burton - pole; T. Dillon 1-3; K. Busch 4-17; B. Gaughan 18-32; K. Busch 33-84; M. Gresham 85-87; M. Paludo 88-120; K. Busch 121-134.
Entry list
#0 Clay Greenfield (Clarksville, TN) Chevrolet/Koma Unwind Drink
#3 Ty Dillon (Welcome, NC) Chevrolet/Bass Pro Shops
#4 Jeb Burton (Halifax, VA) Chevrolet/Arrowhead
#5 Tim George Jr. (New York, NY) Chevrolet/Applebee's
#07 C.J. Faison (Seaford, DE) Chevrolet/TBA
#7 John Wes Townley (Watkinsville, GA) Toyota/Zaxby's
#8 Max Gresham ((Griffin, GA) Chevrolet/Amwins
#9 Ron Hornaday Jr. (Palmdale, CA) Chevrolet/Anderson's Maple Syrup
#10 Jennifer Jo Cobb (Kansas City, KS) RAM/Koma Unwind Relaxation Drink
#13 * Todd Bodine (Chemung, NY) Toyota/Sealmaster
#17 Timothy Peters (Providence, NC) Toyota/TBA
#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
#29 Ryan Blaney (High Point, NC) Ford/Cooper Standard
#31 James Buescher (Plano, TX) Chevrolet/Rheem
#32 Miguel Paludo (Nova Prata, Brazil) Chevrolet/Accudoc
#39 Ryan Sieg (Tucker, GA) Chevrolet/RSS Racing
#51 Kyle Busch (Las Vegas, NV) Toyota/Kyle Busch Motorsports
#54 Darrell Wallace Jr. (Mobile, AL) Toyota/Camping World
#57 Norm Benning (Level Green, PA) Chevrolet/TBA
#59 Kyle Martel (Lebanon, TN) 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/Food Country USA
#77 German Quiroga (Mexico City, Mexico) Toyota/Net 10
#81 David Starr (Houston, TX) Toyota/Striping Technology
#84 Chris Fontaine (Lakeland, FL) Toyota/TBA
#88 Matt Crafton (Tulare, CA) Toyota/Menard's
#93 Chris Jones (Forest, VA) Chevrolet/RSS Racing
#94 Chase Elliott (Dawsonville, GA) Chevrolet/Aaron's Dream Machine
#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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Todd Bodine | 28 | 3 | 11 | 29 | 18 | 5 | 27 | Won | |
| Ty Dillon | 6 | ||||||||
| James Buescher | 24 | 2 | 8 | 7 | |||||
| Matt Crafton | 29 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 8 |
| Timothy Peters | 6 | 14 | 17 | 25 | 17 | 9 | |||
| Joey Coulter | 6 | 11 | |||||||
| Jeb Burton | 19 | ||||||||
| Johnny Sauter | 5 | 15 | 11 | 24 | |||||
| Ron Hornaday Jr | 4 | 7 | Won | 3 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 27 | |
| Kyle Busch | Won | 10 | 12 | 27 | 9 | 16 | Won | ||
| Darrell Wallace Jr. |
Notes
The series has competed at Dover once each year since 2000. Kyle Busch is the only driver with multiple truck victories at this racetrack. Busch won there in 2005 and '11.
Todd Bodine won last year's rain-shortened race at Dover. Before the precipitation had arrived, Bodine had bounced back from a spin and a blown tire that occurred in the early going. He had capitalized on pit strategy and grabbed the lead before it rained heavily on the track, eventually forcing NASCAR to end the race 53 laps short of its scheduled 200-lap distance. The two-time series champion has not won a race since then.
Kurt Busch won the inaugural truck race at Dover, the MBNA 200, on Sept. 22, 2000. Busch started on the pole for that event.
In 2001, Scott Riggs started on the pole and won a truck race at this track. No driver has won from that starting position there since then.
Matt Crafton, the current points leader, has the most truck starts at Dover with 12. Crafton did not compete in the first race there in 2000. He has yet to win at this track, but has finished no worse than seventh in the previous five events there.
The next race is the June 7 WinStar World Casino 400k at Texas Motor Speedway. Johnny Sauter is the defending race winner.
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