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Date: Thursday, June 27
Start Time: 8 p.m. ET
Site: Kentucky Speedway -- Sparta, Ky.
Track: 1.5-mile oval
Laps: 150
Miles: 225
Capacity: 107,000 (Grandstand seating)
Total purse:
Payouts:
Year: 14th
On TV: Speed
Announcers:
On Radio: Motor Racing Network (MRN)/SIRIUS NASCAR Radio
Race record: Mike Bliss, 2002 (143.515 mph)
Qualifying record: Austin Dillon, 2011 (179.868 mph)
2012 Finish
Defending champion: James Buescher
Runner up: Brad Keselowski
Pole winner: Matt Crafton (173.288 mph)
Top 10:
1. James Buescher (Start: 3)
2. Brad Keselowski (17)
3. Ty Dillon (4)
4. Matt Crafton (1)
5. Timothy Peters (7)
6. Johnny Sauter (6)
7. Joey Coulter (16)
8. Jason Leffler (18)
9. Ron Hornaday Jr. (11)
10. Kyle Larson (25)
Average speed: 121.330 mph
Time of race: 1 hr., 51 mins., 16 secs.
Margin of victory: 3.805 secs.
Caution flags: 7 for 31 laps
Lead changes: 8 among 4 drivers
Past winners
2012 James Buescher, Chevrolet, 121.330 mph
2011 Kyle Busch, Toyota, 119.860 mph
2010 Todd Bodine, Toyota, 130.603 mph
2009 Ron Hornaday Jr, Chevrolet, 121.933 mph
2008 Johnny Benson, Toyota, 114.592 mph
2007 Mike Skinner, Toyota, 127.179 mph
2006 Ron Hornaday Jr, Chevrolet, 118.110 mph
2005 Dennis Setzer, Chevrolet, 117.747 mph
2004 Bobby Hamilton, Dodge, 122.600 mph
2003 Carl Edwards, Ford, 122.393 mph
2002 Mike Bliss, Chevrolet, 143.515 mph
2001 Scott Riggs, Dodge, 113.525 mph
2000 Greg Biffle, Ford, 98.385 mph
Last race
Race: WinStar World Casino 400 (June 7)
Site: Texas Motor Speedway -- Fort Worth, Texas
Miles: 250.5
Laps: 167
Finish line order: Jeb Burton, Ty Dillon, German Quiroga Jr., Matt Crafton, Brendan Gaughan
Time of Race: 1 hr., 45 mins., 7 secs.
Average speed: 142.984 mph
Margin of victory: 0.139 secs.
Caution flags: 3 for 16 laps
Lead changes: 12 among 8 drivers
Lap leaders: J. Sauter 1-11; T. Dillon 12-44; D. Starr 45; T. Dillon 46-78; B. J. Sauter 1-11; T. Dillon 12-44; D. Starr 45; T. Dillon 46-78; B. Gaughan 79-98; J. Burton 99; M. Paludo 100-101; R. Blaney 102; T. Bodine 103; D. Starr 104-109; B. Gaughan 110-133; T. Dillon 134-143; J. Burton 144-167.
Entry list
#0 Chris Lafferty (Concord, NC) Ford/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 Todd Peck (Glenville, PA) Chevrolet/arthritis.org
#7 John Wes Townley (Watkinsville, GA) Toyota/Zaxby's
#8 Max Gresham ((Griffin, GA) Chevrolet/Made in the USA
#9 Ron Hornaday Jr. (Palmdale, CA) Chevrolet/Anderson's Maple Syrup
#10 Jennifer Jo Cobb (Kansas City, KS) RAM/Koma Unwind Relaxation Drink
#13 Brett Moffitt (Grimes, IA) Toyota/Aisin
#17 Timothy Peters (Providence, NC) Toyota/Tire Discounters
#18 Joey Coulter (Miami Springs, FL) Toyota/Darrell Gwynn Foundation
#19 Brad Keselowski (Rochester Hills, MI Ford/Reese
#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
#30 Cale Gale (Mobile, AL) Chevrolet/Rheem
#31 * James Buescher (Plano, TX) Chevrolet/FOE
#32 Miguel Paludo (Nova Prata, Brazil) Chevrolet/Accudoc Solutions
#39 Ryan Sieg (Tucker, GA) Chevrolet/Pull-A-Part
#51 Kyle Busch (Las Vegas, NV) Toyota/Kyle Busch Motorsports
#54 Darrell Wallace Jr. (Mobile, AL) Toyota/Camping World/Good Sam
#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
#63 Justin Jennings (LaGrange, MO) Chevrolet/TBA
#75 Clay Greenfield (Clarksville, TN) Chevrolet/TBA
#77 German Quiroga (Mexico City, Mexico) Toyota/TBA
#81 C.J. Faison (Seaford, DE) Toyota/TBA
#84 Danny Efland (Irmo, SC) Chevrolet/Mike Harmon Racing
#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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Buescher | 8 | 22 | 8 | Won | |||||
| Brad Keselowski | 18 | 30 | 2 | ||||||
| Ty Dillon | 3 | ||||||||
| Matt Crafton | 4 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 32 | 4 |
| Johnny Sauter | 22 | 2 | 24 | 6 | |||||
| Joey Coulter | 7 | 7 | |||||||
| Ron Hornaday Jr | 14 | Won | 10 | 10 | Won | 29 | 27 | 9 | |
| Parker Kligerman | 2 | 19 | |||||||
| Kyle Busch | 6 | Won | |||||||
| Brendan Gaughan | 29 | 3 | 22 | 28 | 3 | ||||
| Jeb Burton | |||||||||
| Darrell Wallace Jr. | 3 |
Notes
There have been 15 truck races held at Kentucky. The series competed there once each year from 2000-10 and then twice each season from 2011-12 before it returned to one this year.
Ron Hornaday Jr. has the most truck victories at Kentucky with three. James Buescher is the only other driver with multiple wins there. Buescher won both races at this track during his championship season last year.
Greg Biffle won the inaugural truck race at Kentucky, the Kroger 225, on June 17, 2000.
Hornaday is the only driver who has won a truck event from the pole position at Kentucky. He did it in 2009.
Matt Crafton, the current points leader, has the most truck starts at Kentucky with 14. Crafton did not compete in the 2000 race there. He also has the most top-10 finishes at this track with nine. His best finish is third, which came twice (2008 and '09).
The next race is the July 13 American Ethanol 200 at Iowa Speedway. Timothy Peters is the defending race winner.
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