Johnny Sauter Wins NCWTS Kroger 250 at Martinsville

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Johnny Sauter started from the pole position and pulled off an amazing pass on Kyle Busch with only two laps to go to win Saturday's Kroger 250 at Martinsville Speedway. Sauter claimed his third win in the NCWTS and first ever win at Martinsville and is now leading the points in the Truck Series.

Sauter led the first 47 laps until Kyle Busch took the lead, but only for three laps. Sauter regained the lead for another 22 laps. He had a dominant truck; the only other team in comparison was Kyle Busch, who led three separate times for a total of 64 laps versus Sauter leading three times for a total of 71 laps.

The race was full of cautions and one red flag for a hard wreck with Jeffrey Earnhardt and James Buescher. Both drivers hit the wall hard; Earnhardt's truck did burst into flames, but thankfully both drivers climbed from their trucks uninjured. Chase Mattioli was also the cause of three of the 13 cautions of the day.

Here are the complete results:

1. Johnny Sauter
2. Kyle Busch
3. Ron Hornaday Jr.
4. Kevin Harvick
5. Timothy Peters
6. Cole Whitt
7. Austin Dillion
8. Ricky Carmichael
9. Brendan Gaughan
10. Max Papis
11. Matt Crafton
12. Miguel Paludo
13. Parker Kligerman
14. Todd Bodine
15. Brad Sweet
16. Clay Rogers
17. Joey Coulter
18. Johanna Long
19. Caleb Roark
20. Travis Kvapil
21. Justin Marks
22. Jason White
23. Matt Lofton
24. Craig Goess Jr.
25. Dusty Davis
26. David Starr
27. Norm Benning
28. Chase Mattioli
29. Shane Sieg
30. Nelson Piquet Jr.
31. Justin Johnson
32. Justin Lofton
33. Ryan Sieg
34. Jeffrey Earnhardt
35. James Buescher