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| Credit: Katy Lindamood/Skirts and Scuffs |
Timothy Peters dominated the first quarter of the event leading 59 laps while Kevin Harvick led 101 laps before a flat tire forced him to pit road for an unscheduled stop. Peters went on to finish seventh and Harvick 12th. Matt Crafton took the lead after Harvick’s stop, leading the next 33 laps en route to a fourth-place finish.
Brazilian native Nelson Piquet Jr. pushed the limits earning a second-place finish. Piquet told members of the media that coming from a Formula 1 background, Martinsville has always been a concern. Admitting he may have been a bit too aggressive this weekend he said it’s all about learning the limits and adjusting.
The big story of the race wasn't the win or aggressive driving, but the shakeup in the points standings. Ty Dillon, who came into the race leading by a single point, experienced a tire failure, bringing out a caution and forcing the driver to pit multiple times for repairs. Dillon finished 28th, six laps down. James Buescher’s sixth-place run puts him into the championship lead by 21 points with only three races left, two of which are on mile-and-a-half tracks where he’s dominated in 2012.
Ryan Truex, who made his series debut, experienced transmission issues and finished 32nd.
Results:
- Hamlin
- Piquet Jr.
- Coulter
- Crafton
- Riggs
- Buescher
- Peters
- Blaney
- Kligerman
- Scott
- Gresham
- Harvick
- White
- Sauter
- Paludo
- Starr
- Richards
- Townley
- Lofton
- Sellers
- Agnew
- Bodine
- Chastain
- Holman
- Greenfield
- Sieg
- George Jr.
- Dillon
- Silas
- Young
- Benning
- Truex
- Hornaday Jr.
- Merrell
- Gale
- Fontaine
1 comments :
This is what we get when everything about a team just clicks. Everything from the driver, to the cars, the crew, and even the sidchrome socket sets must come together perfectly to have any chance of landing that top spot.
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