Date: Friday, Feb. 22
Start Time: 7:30 p.m. ET
Site: Daytona International Speedway -- Daytona Beach, Fla.
Track: 2.5-mile tri-oval - 3,800 feet (Frontstretch); 3,000 feet (Backstretch)
Laps: 100
Miles: 250
Capacity: 146,000 (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, (146.622 mph)
Qualifying record: Joe Ruttman, 2000, (187.563 mph)
2012 Finish
Defending champion: John King
Runner up: Timothy Peters
Pole winner: Miguel Paludo (181.514 mph)
Top 10:
1. John King (Start: 23)
2. Timothy Peters (27)
3. Justin Lofton (15)
4. Travis Kvapil (19)
5. Jason White (8)
6. Todd Bodine (10)
7. Chris Fontaine (22)
8. Ward Burton (25)
9. Ty Dillon (4)
10. Clay Greenfield (26)
Average speed: 119.169 mph
Time of race: 2 hrs., 17 mins., 13 secs.
Margin of victory: Caution
Caution flags: 9 for 37 laps
Lead changes: 11 among 8 drivers
Past winners
2012 John King, Toyota, 119.169 mph
2011 Michael Waltrip, Toyota, 130.025 mph
2010 Timothy Peters, Toyota, 115.296 mph
2009 Todd Bodine, Toyota, 122.766 mph
2008 Todd Bodine, Toyota, 127.551 mph
2007 Jack Sprague, Toyota, 117.739 mph
2006 Mark Martin, Ford, 146.622 mph (race record)
2005 Bobby Hamilton, Dodge, 124.931 mph
2004 Carl Edwards, Ford, 112.570 mph
2003 Rick Crawford, Ford, 127.642 mph
2002 Robert Pressley, Dodge, 140.121 mph
2001 Joe Ruttman, Dodge, 129.407 mph
2000 Mike Wallace, Ford, 130.152 mph
Last race
Race: Ford 200 (Nov. 16, 2012)
Site: Homestead-Miami Speedway -- Homestead, Fla.
Miles: 210
Laps: 140
Finish line order: Cale Gale, Kyle Busch, Joey Coulter, Nelson Piquet Jr., Miguel Paludo
Time of Race: 1 hr., 43 mins., 47 secs.
Average speed: 121.407 mph
Margin of victory: 0.014 secs.
Caution flags: 5 for 23 laps
Lead changes: 11 among 7 drivers
Lap leaders: P. Kligerman 1-5; N. Piquet Jr. 6-37; K. Busch 38-50; K. Larson P. Kligerman 1-5; N. Piquet Jr. 6-37; K. Busch 38-50; K. Larson 51-86; K. Busch 87; N. Piquet Jr. 88; J. Sauter 89; T. Bodine 90-93; K. Larson 94-105; J. Sauter 106-108; K. Busch 109-139; C. Gale 140.
Entry list
#1 Dusty Davis (Las Vegas, NV) Chevrolet/Accell Construction
#3 Ty Dillon (Welcome, NC) Chevrolet/Bass Pro Shops
#4 Jeb Burton (Halifax, VA) Chevrolet/Arrowhead
#5 Tim George Jr. (New York, NY) Ford/TBA
#6 Justin Lofton (Westmorland, CA) Chevrolet/MadVapes
#07 Chris Cockrum (Conyers, GA) Toyota/Accu-Tech/Advanced Comm.
#7 John Wes Townley (Watkinsville, GA) Toyota/Zaxby's
#8 Max Gresham ((Griffin, GA) Chevrolet/Amwins
#9 Ron Hornaday Jr. (Palmdale, CA) Chevrolet/Smokey Mountain Herbal
#10 Jennifer Jo Cobb (Kansas City, KS) Chevrolet/Koma Unwind Relax Drink
#13 Todd Bodine (Chemung, NY) Toyota/Mattei Air Compressor
#14 To Be Announced Chevrolet/Fight For Life
#17 Timothy Peters (Providence, NC) Toyota/Parts Plus
#18 Joey Coulter (Miami Springs, FL) Toyota/gunbroker.com
#19 Ross Chastain (Alva, FL) Ford/National Watermelon Assoc.
#27 Jeff Agnew (Copper Hill, VA) Chevrolet/TBA
#29 Ryan Blaney (High Point, NC) Ford/Cooper Standard Performance
#30 Ryan Truex (Mayetta, NJ) Chevrolet/TBA
#31 James Buescher (Plano, TX) Chevrolet/Rheem
#32 Miguel Paludo (Nova Prata, Brazil) Chevrolet/Duroline
#33 * John King (Kingsport, TN) Chevrolet/Eastern Coal Council
#39 Ryan Sieg (Tucker, GA) Ford/Pull-A-Part LLC
#50 To Be Announced Chevrolet/Superseal/Menards
#51 Kyle Busch (Las Vegas, NV) Toyota/Toyota Care
#54 Darrell Wallace Jr. (Mobile, AL) Toyota/defydiabetes.com
#57 Norm Benning (Level Green, PA) Chevrolet/Stone Mountain
#60 Dakoda Armstrong (New Castle, IN) Chevrolet/Winfield
#62 Brendan Gaughan (Las Vegas, NV) Chevrolet/South Point
#63 Scott Stenzel (Alexandria, MN) Ford/TBA
#68 Clay Greenfield (Clarksville, TN) RAM/1-800-PAVEMENT
#77 German Quiroga (Mexico City, Mexico) Toyota/Net 10 Wireless
#81 David Starr (Houston, TX) Toyota/BYF-Chasco Contractors
#82 Sean Corr (Goshen, NY) Ford/Warriors in the Workplace
#84 Chris Fontaine (Lakeland, FL) Toyota/Carport Empire/ProBuilt
#88 Matt Crafton (Tulare, CA) Toyota/Menard's/Slim Jim
#92 Scott Riggs (Bahama, NC) Chevrolet/FleetHQ.com
#93 Jason White (Richmond, VA) Ford/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John King | Won | ||||||||
| Timothy Peters | 12 | 6 | Won | 11 | 2 | ||||
| Justin Lofton | 18 | 18 | 3 | ||||||
| Todd Bodine | 3 | 2 | 5 | Won | Won | 2 | 23 | 6 | |
| Ty Dillon | 9 | ||||||||
| Parker Kligerman | 15 | 11 | |||||||
| Ron Hornaday Jr. | 26 | 23 | 7 | 25 | 4 | 27 | 28 | 14 | |
| James Buescher | 25 | 9 | 17 | ||||||
| Joey Coulter | 34 | 18 | |||||||
| Brendan Gaughan | 30 | 24 | 21 | 34 | 26 | 20 | |||
| Matt Crafton | 19 | 11 | 26 | 8 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 23 |
| Johnny Sauter | 27 | 35 | 17 | 24 | |||||
| Darrell Wallace Jr. | |||||||||
| Ryan Blaney |
Notes
The series has competed at Daytona once each season since 2000. Todd Bodine is the only driver who has multiple truck victories at Daytona. Bodine, a two- time series champion, won at this 2.5-mile track in 2008 and '09. He is entered in this year's race, driving the No. 13 Toyota for ThorSport Racing.
Other truck race winners at Daytona include: Mike Wallace (2000), Joe Ruttman (2001), Robert Pressley (2002), Rick Crawford (2003), Carl Edwards (2004), Bobby Hamilton (2005), Mark Martin (2006), Jack Sprague (2007), Timothy Peters (2010), Michael Waltrip (2011) and John King (2012).
Bodine, Peters and King are those drivers entered in this weekend's NextEra Energy Resources 250 that have won a previous truck race at Daytona.
In just his eighth career Truck Series start, King pulled off a stunning victory in last year's race at Daytona. King held the lead for the third and final attempt at a green-white-checkered finish. As the field crossed the start/finish line to complete the second-to-last lap, Joey Coulter got bumped from behind and then flew into the catchfence on the frontstretch before he flipped around and tumbled back down on the track. The race ended under caution, with King awarded the win. Coulter walked away from the crash unscathed.
King joined Pressley and Waltrip as those drivers who claimed their maiden truck win at Daytona.
A Toyota driver has won the truck race at Daytona the past six years. The last time a Ford went to Daytona's Victory Lane for a truck event was in 2006 with Martin. Chevrolet has yet to win a race in the series at this track.
The truck event at Daytona has been won from the pole three times: Ruttman (2001), Martin (2006) and Sprague (2007). Hamilton won the 2005 race from the 36th starting position, which is the furthest back a driver has started and won a truck event at Daytona.
This race has featured a green-white-checkered finish five times (2001, '03, '06, '11 and '12). Last year's race took three g-w-c attempts.
The closest margin of victory for a truck race at Daytona occurred in 2003 when Crawford edged Travis Kvapil by only 0.027 seconds. The greatest margin of victory for this event happened in 2001 when Ruttman beat Ricky Hendrick by just 0.318 seconds.
David Starr is the only driver who has competed in all of the 13 previous truck races at Daytona.
Those drivers entered in this race that made their first career start in the Truck Series at Daytona include: Justin Lofton (2010) and Coulter (2011).
The Camping World Truck Series is off for the next five weeks before returning to action with the April 6 Kroger 250 at Martinsville Speedway. Kevin Harvick won last year's race there.
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