VFW 200 Aug. 20, 2011 • Brooklyn, Mich. • 102 Laps
RACE 15 TIME OF RACE: 1:36:53 • AVERAGE SPEED: 126.338 mph • MARGIN OF VICTORY: Under Caution • POLE: Matt Crafton, 177.489 mph • LEAD CHANGES: 13 among 10 drivers Double Up
Harvick Snares Second Win Of The Season Peters fi nished second and was
KEVIN HARVICK outran Timothy Peters in a green-white-checkered fi nish to win the VFW 200 at Michigan International Speedway. T e victory was Harvick’s
second in four Truck Series starts this season and the 11th of his career.
followed by Miguel Paludo, James Buescher and David Starr. A caution for debris on lap 78
of a scheduled 100 bunched the fi eld for a restart on lap 83 with Mark Martin in the lead. Martin battled briefl y with Johnny Sauter but soon began to pull away. On lap 86, Sauter spun in close
quarters with Paludo and slapped the inside retaining wall on the backstretch. Martin led the fi eld to a restart
on lap 90, but the race stayed green only for a moment. Parker Kligerman broke loose
while battling with Martin, clipped the rear of Martin’s truck and sent
the race leader spinning. Austin Dillon T-boned
Kligerman’s truck in the melee, and polesitter Matt Crafton crashed into Martin, sending the defenseless Martin spinning for a second time. Harvick inherited the lead for a
restart on lap 96 and took the win. “I didn’t think we had the
truck to win, but we had good tire strategy and that caution came out with nine laps remaining and with fresh tires we were able to get under Mark [Martin] and some others. It was ugly but it was a lot of fun,” Harvick said.
—REID SPENCER
“It was ugly but it was a lot of fun.” —KEVIN HARVICK
RESULTS
FIN TRUCK DRIVER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
2 17
10 11 12
31 81 23 33 62 51 60 5 4
13 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33
Kevin Harvick Timothy Peters
7 Miguel Paludo James Buescher David Starr Jason White Ron Hornaday
Brendan Gaughan Colin Braun Cole Whitt
Todd Bodine
Ricky Carmichael Johnny Sauter
32 Mark Martin 6 8
39 22
Joey Coulter 9 Max Papis
57 Norm Benning 88 Matt Crafton 3
Austin Dillon
29 98 18 89 07 66 93
Parker Kligerman Dakoda Armstrong Kyle Busch
Chris Lafferty Butch Miller Peyton Sellers Casey Roderick
38 Mike Garvey 75
J.J. Yeley
74 Mike Harmon 87
Chris Jones Justin Lofton
Nelson Piquet Jr. Ryan Sieg
LAPS EARNINGS 102 102 102 102 102 102 102 102 102 102 102 102 102
$33,150 $29,975 $23,650 $15,625 $13,500 $11,525 $11,375 $12,300 $9,000 $12,550 $12,175 $11,025 $10,950
102 $10,650 102
$12,175
101 $10,825 100 $10,725 100 $10,700 96 93 91 90 89 89 63 18 11 10 6 4 4 2 0
$10,650 $11,350 $12,800 $9,300 $9,275 $8,250 $8,375 $8,200 $8,525 $8,150 $8,100 $8,575 $8,050 $8,025 $8,000
Source: NASCAR OCTOBER 2011 91
Top: Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images; Bottom: Chuck Yadmark
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