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2012 NextEra Energy Resources 250

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2012 NextEra Energy Resources 250
Race details[1]
Map of Speedway
Map of Speedway
Date February 24, 2012 (2012-02-24)
Official name 2012 NextEra Energy Resources 250
Location Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida
Course Tri-oval
1.5 mi (4.023 km)
Distance 109 laps, 273 mi (439.351 km)
Scheduled Distance 100 laps, 250 mi (402.336 km)
Average speed 119.169 mph (191.784 km/h)
Attendance 57,000
Pole position
Driver Turner Motorsports
Time 49.583
Most laps led
Driver Miguel Paludo Turner Motorsports
Laps 56
Winner
No. 7 John King Red Horse Racing
Television in the United States
Network Speed
Announcers Rick Allen, Phil Parsons, Michael Waltrip

The 2012 NextEra Energy Resources 250 the 1st race of the 2012 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the 13th annual running of this event. The event was held on Saturday, February 24, 2012, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. The event featured a surprise winner as John King won his first and only win in his NASCAR career as this race became known as a wreckfest.[2]

Entry list

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  • (R) denotes rookie driver
  • (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points
# Driver Team Make
0 Jake Crum Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Ram
2 Brendan Gaughan (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
3 Ty Dillon (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
5 Paulie Harraka (R) Wauters Motorsports Ford
6 Justin Lofton Eddie Sharp Racing Chevrolet
07 T. J. Duke SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet
7 John King Red Horse Racing Toyota
08 Ross Chastain (R) SS-Green Light Racing Toyota
8 Mike Skinner Eddie Sharp Racing Chevrolet
09 Travis Kvapil (i) RAB Racing Toyota
9 Ron Hornaday Jr. Joe Denette Motorsports Chevrolet
10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Ford
11 Todd Bodine Red Horse Racing Toyota
13 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Toyota
15 Dusty Davis Arrington Racing Ram
17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota
18 Jason Leffler Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota
19 Brad Keselowski (i) Brad Keselowski Racing Ram
22 Joey Coulter Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
23 Jason White GB Racing Ford
24 Max Gresham (R) Joe Denette Motorsports Chevrolet
27 Ward Burton Hillman Racing Chevrolet
28 Wes Burton FDNY Racing Chevrolet
29 Parker Kligerman Brad Keselowski Racing Ram
30 Nelson Piquet Jr. Turner Motorsports Chevrolet
31 James Buescher Turner Motorsports Chevrolet
32 Miguel Paludo Turner Motorsports Chevrolet
33 Cale Gale (R) Eddie Sharp Racing Chevrolet
39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet
57 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet
60 J. R. Fitzpatrick Turn One Racing Chevrolet
63 Caleb Roark MB Motorsports Ford
68 Clay Greenfield Clay Greenfield Motorsports Ram
73 Rick Crawford Tagsby Racing Chevrolet
74 Wheeler Boys Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet
76 Derek White Ray Hackett Racing Ford
81 David Starr Arrington Racing Toyota
82 Grant Enfinger BRG Motorsports Ford
84 Chris Fontaine Glenden Enterprises Toyota
88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota
92 David Reutimann RBR Enterprises Chevrolet
93 Chris Cockrum RSS Racing Chevrolet
98 Dakoda Armstrong (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota
99 Bryan Silas (R) T3R Motorsports Ford
Official Entry List

Qualifying

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Miguel Paludo won the pole for the event with a time of 49.583 and a speed of 181.514 mph. Surprisingly, all 3 of the Turner Motorsports trucks qualified in the top 3 with Paludo winning the pole, Nelson Piquet Jr. in second, and James Buescher in third

Grid No. Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed
1 32 Miguel Paludo Turner Motorsports Chevrolet 49.583 181.514
2 30 Nelson Piquet Jr. Turner Motorsports Chevrolet 49.606 181.430
3 31 James Buescher Turner Motorsports Chevrolet 49.736 180.955
4 3 Ty Dillon (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 50.032 179.885
5 19 Brad Keselowski (i) Brad Keselowski Racing Ram 50.043 179.845
6 18 Jason Leffler Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 50.188 179.326
7 33 Cale Gale (R) Eddie Sharp Racing Chevrolet 50.204 179.269
8 23 Jason White GB Racing Ford 50.209 179.251
9 22 Joey Coulter Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 50.414 178.522
10 11 Todd Bodine Red Horse Racing Toyota 50.424 178.486
11 2 Brendan Gaughan (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 50.426 178.479
12 9 Ron Hornaday Jr. Joe Dennete Motorsports Chevrolet 50.427 178.476
13 8 Mike Skinner Eddie Sharp Racing Chevrolet 50.432 178.458
14 5 Paulie Harraka (R) Wauters Motorsports Ford 50.488 178.260
15 6 Justin Lofton Eddie Sharp Racing Chevrolet 50.547 178.052
16 15 Dusty Davis Arrington Racing Ram 50.565 177.989
17 81 David Starr* Arrington Racing Toyota 50.606 177.845
18 98 Dakoda Armstrong (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 50.663 177.644
19 09 Travis Kvapil (i) RAB Racing Toyota 50.720 177.445
20 13 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Toyota 50.732 177.403
21 82 Grant Enfinger BRG Motorsports Ford 50.746 177.354
22 84 Chris Fontaine Glenden Enterprises Toyota 50.750 177.340
23 7 John King Red Horse Racing Toyota 50.854 176.977
24 08 Ross Chastain (R) SS-Green Light Racing Toyota 50.858 176.963
25 27 Ward Burton Hillman Racing Chevrolet 50.869 176.925
26 68 Clay Greenfield Clay Greenfield Motorsports Ram 50.909 176.786
27 17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota 50.916 176.762
28 29 Parker Kligerman* Brad Keselowski Racing Ram 50.946 176.658
29 24 Max Gresham (R) Joe Dennetee Motorsports Chevrolet 50.955 176.626
30 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 51.074 176.215
31 60 J. R. Fitzpatrick Turn One Racing Chevrolet 51.212 175.740
32 99 Bryan Silas (R) T3R Motorsports Ford 51.416 175.043
33 39 Ryan Sieg** RSS Racing Chevrolet 51.777 173.822
34 07 T. J. Duke** SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 51.943 173.267
35 93 Chris Cockrum** RSS Racing Chevrolet 52.611 171.067
36 73 Rick Crawford Tagsby Racing Chevrolet 51.568 174.527
Failed to Qualify
37 0 Jake Crum Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Ram 51.613 174.375
38 92 David Reutimann RBR Enterprises Chevrolet 51.721 174.011
39 76 Derek White Ryan Hackett Racing Ford 51.758 173.886
40 63 Caleb Roark MB Motorsports Ford 51.859 173.548
41 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Ford 51.968 173.183
42 28 Wes Burton FDNY Racing Chevrolet 52.281 172.147
43 57 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet 52.315 172.035
44 74 Wheeler Boys Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 52.490 171.461
Official Qualifying results

* – David Starr and Parker Kligerman had to start at the rear of the field. Starr pitted before the green flag and Kligerman had adjustments outside impound

** – Ryan Sieg originally qualified 37th, T. J. Duke originally qualified 39th, and Chris Cockrum originally qualified in 44th. All 3 still made the field via Owners Points.

Race

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Pole sitter Miguel Paludo led the first lap and the first 20 laps of the race. The first caution flew on lap 18 for a 4 truck crash off of turn 4. The pack caught up to a slow truck in Chris Cockrum and Cockrum went to the bottom of the track so everyone else could pass him on the high side. Rookie Paulie Harraka got loose off of 4 and spun into Cockrum and went back up the race track into Jason Leffler pinning Leffler into the wall. Daokda Armstrong also spun trying the avoid the crash. Miguel Paludo won the race off of pit road to keep his race lead. After the longest green flag run of 19 laps, the second caution flew on lap 42 for debris on the race track. Paludo once again won the race off of pit road to keep his lead. On the restart, Paludo's teammate James Buescher passed him to take the lead. On lap 50, the third caution flew for a piece of debris that came off of rookie Dakoda Armstrong's truck. On the restart on lap 55, Paludo took the lead from Buescher with a push by Brad Keselowski. On lap 62, the fourth caution flew for a 5 truck accident in the tri-oval after John King made contact with Cale Gale turning Gale around and collecting T. J Duke, Mike Skinner, and Matt Crafton. James Buescher was the new race leader. On the restart with 32 to go, Nelson Piquet Jr. took the lead from Buescher.

Final laps

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With 17 laps to go, Jason White attempted to pass Piquet Jr. for the lead. On the same lap out of turn 4, one of the hardest and scariest crashes in NASCAR history occurred bringing out the 5th caution. Out of turn 4, Miguel Paludo was running right behind Piquet when he lost control of his truck. His truck turned left and smashed into the inside wall head on at nearly full speed. The impact along with the SAFER barrier flexing in and shooting Paludo's truck back out made his truck fly through the air and spin it around like a top even catching fire. Paludo's crash was eerily similar to Danica Patrick's crash on the last lap of the Daytona 500 Duel race the previous day except Patrick hit the inside wall on the backstretch instead of the frontstretch. Fortunately, Paludo walked away from the crash uninjured as crews checked the SAFER barrier where Paludo hit.[3] Jason White got out in front of Nelson Piquet Jr. when the caution flew which made him the leader of the race. On the restart with 10 to go, Jason White held onto his lead from Piquet. White was able to hold off a charge for the lead by James Buescher with 8 laps to go. But on the next lap with 7 to go, the 6th caution flew for a 5 truck crash in turn 4. Parker Kligerman and David Starr both had a run racing side by side with each other in a 3 wide pack. Dusty Davis, who was on the top lane, tried to come down in front of either Kligerman or Starr but turned down late and ended up squeezing Kligerman in between him and Starr. Both Kligerman and Starr both spun off of turn 4 collecting rookies Ross Chastain and Bryan Silas. As a result, the race would have three attempts of a green-white-checker finish. On the first attempt, Johnny Sauter took the lead from Jason White with a big push by Ron Hornaday. But in turn 4, the first big one would occur taking out 7 trucks and bringing out the 7th caution. Brad Keselowski got bumped from behind by Clay Greenfield and spun out collecting Ty Dillon, Dusty Davis, Max Gresham, Ryan Sieg, and Rick Crawford. On the second attempt, Sauter kept the lead with John King right behind him. It looked like Sauter was gonna be able to hold off everyone and take the win. But coming to the white flag, King turned Sauter before they reached the tri-oval triggering an 11 truck crash and bringing out the 8th caution just before the white flag flew. The trucks involved were Sauter, King, David Starr, Brendan Gaughan, Grant Enfinger, Matt Crafton, Nelson Piquet Jr., Parker Kligerman, Chris Fontaine, Ryan Sieg, and Ty Dillon. The race was red flagged for a short period to clean up the mess from the wreck in the tri-oval. As soon as the red flag was lifted, John King was the new race leader. King also looked like he was gonna have help to get the win since King's teammates at Red Horse Racing in Todd Bodine and Timothy Peters were gonna restart in 2nd and 3rd. On the restart, King got out in front with a push by Peters. Todd Bodine, meanwhile, fell back on the restart going back from 2nd to battling for the top 10 with Joey Coulter trying to push Bodine to get him up to speed. John King took the white flag as the leader. As soon as the trucks took the white flag, James Buescher got turned by Ron Hornaday in the tri-oval. Buescher turned left into Joey Coulter's right rear. Coulter hit the outside wall, caught air, got hit again by Buescher, and hit the catch fence with the rear of the truck spinning around and landing on his wheels. The wreck also collected Hornaday. This brought out the 9th and final caution of the race. John King was out in front when the caution flew and King scored his first and only NASCAR win of his entire career. Coutler walked away uninjured from the crash while 2 spectators were injured by debris that came out of Coulter's truck and went through the catchfence. Thankfully, there were no deaths and the catchfence got repaired in time for the Nationwide Series race the following day. Timothy Peters, Justin Lofton, Travis Kvapil, and Jason White rounded out the top 5 while Todd Bodine, Chris Fontaine, Ward Burton, Ty Dillon, and Clay Greenfield rounded out the top 10.[4][5]

Race results

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Pos Car Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Run Laps Led Status Points
1 7 John King Red Horse Racing Toyota 109 6 running 47
2 17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota 109 0 running 42
3 6 Justin Lofton Eddie Sharp Racing Chevrolet 109 0 running 41
4 09 Travis Kvapil (i) RAB Racing Toyota 109 0 running 0
5 23 Jason White GB Racing Ford 109 16 running 40
6 11 Todd Bodine Red Horse Racing Toyota 109 0 running 38
7 84 Chris Fontaine Glenden Enterprises Toyota 109 0 running 37
8 27 Ward Burton Hillman Racing Chevrolet 109 0 running 36
9 3 Ty Dillon (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 109 0 running 35
10 68 Clay Greenfield Clay Greenfield Motorsports Ram 109 0 running 34
11 29 Parker Kligerman Brad Keselowski Racing Ram 109 0 running 33
12 82 Grant Enfinger BRG Motorsports Ford 109 0 running 32
13 15 Dusty David Arrington Racing Ram 109 0 running 31
14 9 Ron Hornaday Jr. Joe Dennette Motorsports Chevrolet 109 0 running 30
15 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 109 0 running 29
16 93 Chris Cockrum RSS Racing Chevrolet 109 0 running 28
17 31 James Buescher Turner Motorsports Chevrolet 109 10 running 28
18 22 Joey Coulter Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 108 0 crash 26
19 5 Paulie Harrakka (R) Wauters Motorsports Ford 105 0 running 25
20 2 Brendan Gaughan (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 104 0 crash 0
21 81 David Starr Arrington Racing Toyota 104 0 crash 23
22 30 Nelson Piquet Jr. Turner Motorsports Chevrolet 104 15 crash 23
23 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 104 0 crash 21
24 13 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Toyota 104 4 crash 21
25 73 Rick Crawford Tagsby Racing Chevrolet 101 0 crash 19
26 24 Max Gresham (R) Joe Denette Motorsports Chevrolet 100 0 crash 18
27 19 Brad Keselowski (i) Brad Keselowski Racing Ram 99 0 crash 0
28 08 Ross Chastain (R) SS-Green Light Racing Toyota 94 1 crash 17
29 99 Bryan Silas (R) T3R Motorsports Ford 93 1 crash 16
30 32 Miguel Paludo Turner Motorsports Chevrolet 83 56 crash 16
31 07 T. J. Duke SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 62 0 crash 13
32 33 Cale Gale (R) Eddie Sharp Racing Chevrolet 61 0 crash 12
33 8 Mike Skinner Eddie Sharp Racing Chevrolet 61 0 crash 11
34 60 J. R. Fitzpatrick Turn One Racing Chevrolet 61 0 crash 10
35 98 Dakoda Armstrong (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 33 0 crash 9
36 18 Jason Leffler Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 17 0 crash 8
Official Race results

References

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  1. ^ "2012 NextEra Energy Resources 250". Retrieved February 24, 2012.
  2. ^ "NASCAR: Say who? John King wins Truck Series race at Daytona". Retrieved February 24, 2012.
  3. ^ "VIDEO: Miguel Paludo Unhurt After Massive Crash In Daytona Truck Race". Retrieved February 24, 2012.
  4. ^ "Joey Coulter's wild Daytona flip from the grandstand". Retrieved February 24, 2012.
  5. ^ "John King wins Daytona truck race in three overtimes". Retrieved February 25, 2012.


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