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Looking in the Rearview Mirror: Poco no Doze and Texas Two Step

Tuesday, June 12, 2012 37 reads
Heather Meyer

Well, Pocono wasn’t such a sleeper after all!

Truck race was set by points due to rain, putting Lofton on the pole.

Lap 4 caution as Townley got into the wall.

Restart lap 8, Lofton and Peters battle for the lead with Lofton finally getting the lead on lap 10.

Peters pits out of cycle for a vibration, changed right side tires and cleaned the grill.

Lap 24 Battle between Lofton and Buescher

Lap 27 Buescher takes the lead

Lap 32 Bodine blew an engine

Dillon first off pit road

Restart lap 38 Dillon to the lead

Lap 40 only 22 rucks on lead lap

Lap 45 Harraka and Crawford wreck

Restart lap 50 Buescher to lead

Lap 54 Sauter to the lead

Lap 70 Sauter, Buescher, Dillon, Piquet Jr, and Lofton

Lap 73 Caution for Gresham and Harraka wreck right in front of the leaders

White off pit road first

Restart lap 79 White to the lead

Lap 80 White, Buescher, Dillon, Piquet Jr and Coulter

Lap 82 Buescher back to the lead

Lap 90 Buescher, White and Dillon

Caution debris on the back stretch

Dillon first off pit road, Lofton did not pit.

Restart lap 100 Lofton to the lead

Lap 115 Lofton, Buescher, Dillon, Coulter, Sauter, Crafton, Gaughan, White and Gale

41 to go Lofton pits Buescher to the lead.

40 to go Caution for Silas on back stretch

Dillon off pit road first

Restart 33 to go Dillon to the lead

Buescher and Dillon battle for the lead.

30 to go Dillon spins and so does Buescher

Crafton to lead as caution comes out

Restart 24 to go Gaughan and Crafton battle as Sauter makes it 3 wide

Crafton gets cleared

22 to go Sauter to the lead.

Sauter wins followed by Crafton, Coulter, Gaughan and Piquet JR the top five.

Points: Lofton, Peters-5, Dillon -12, Buescher -23, Kligerman-25, Piquet Jr -38, Crafton -49, Coulter -53, Hornaday -54 and Bodine -60

ARCA officials decided before the race to use a tapered spacer on the cars.

Poole starts on the pole.

Aleks Gregory into the outside wall during the pace laps.

Poole to the lead at the drop of the green flag.

Lap 10 Poole, Hackenbracht, Swindell, Kimmel and Lofton

Lap 13 only 21 cars on lead lap

Swindell pitted early for a left front tire down.

Lap 1 5 caution for ARCA officials to check tire wear

Buescher 1st off pit road with a two tire stop.

Restart lap 21 Buescher to lead

Poole has the lead coming off turn 3

Lap 22 cautions for Leavine, Gerhart and Cushman get together

Restart lap 33 Poole to the lead

Lap 40 Poole, Hackenbracht, Buescher, Kimmel and Davis

Lap 42 Swindell has another tire issue

Lap 46 Swindell with tire issue again

Lap 49 Davis pits with the hood up

Lap 55 Poole, Hackenbracht, Buescher, Lofton and Bowman

Lap 58 Swindell another tire

Lap 59 caution 13 cars now on lead lap

Poole first off pit road

Restart with 17 to go, Poole to the lead

Battle for second in final ten laps between Hackenbracht and Bowman

Poole wins followed by Hackenbracht, Bowman, Lofton, Buescher and Kimmel

Poole maintains the points lead.

Joey Logano is on the pole for the Sprint Cup race.

Logano to the lead on start, Hamlin bumps Edwards on the start

Caution lap 1 Allmendinger, Cassil, Truex JR in turn 3

Restart lap 6 Logano to the lead

Edwards black flagged for not lining up correctly.

Caution lap 14 Yeley into the wall with Sorenson and Raines in turn 3

Logano first off pit road, McMurray and Keselowski did not pit.

Bowyer caught speeding on pit road

Restart lap 20 McMurray to the lead

Lap 23 Hamlin to the lead

Lap 30 Hamlin, McMurray, Keselowski, Logano and Earnhardt Jr top 5

Lap 33 green flag stops, Hamlin and Keselowski in

Lap 34 McMurray in

Keselowski caught speeding on pit road

6 Speeding penalties by lap 35

Lap 34 Earnhardt Jr to the lead

Lap 36 Earnhardt Jr, Logano, Gordon, Ambrose and Menard

More green flag stops on lap 42 with Ambrose and Gordon pitting

Gordon speeding penalty

As more pit, Harvick, Kyle Busch and Johnson caught speeding

With Johnson getting caught again while serving his penalty

When track repaved the timing lines moved and they added a timing line.

Hamlin is back to the lead

By lap 53 there have been 13 speeding penalties

Lap 60 Earnhardt Jr, Hamlin, McMurrray, Kenseth and Logano

Lap 64 McMurray and Keselowski pit

Lap 65 Hamlin out of fuel coasting to pit road

Lap 66 caution Allmendinger into the wall tunnel turn

Kahne off pit road first

Restart lap 72 McMurray to the lead

Lap 73 Ragan has a flat tire

Lap 74 caution as Ragan’s tire shreds leaving debris

Biffle takes over the lead

Kyle Busch blows and engine

14 Speeding penalties ties and cup record

Restart lap 83 Biffle to the lead with Earnhardt Jr making a move

Lap 85 Biffle, Martin, Kenseth , Earnhardt JR and Logano

Lap 92 Kenseth and Biffle Battle for the lead

Lap 93 Kenseth gets the lead

Lap 98 Kenseth, Earnhardt JR, Biffle, Martin and Logano

Green flag stops start lap 102

Montoya leading several laps through the cycle

After stops cycle through Earnhardt Jr the leader

Lap 121 Earnhardt Jr and Kenseth battling for the lead

Caution with 36 to go, debris from Almirola’s brush with the wall

Logano first off pit road

Restart lap 129 Logano to the lead

Lap 130 Logano, Martin, Earnhardt Jr, Harvick and Kahne

Caution with 23 to go Kahne into the wall turn 3

Earnhardt JR, Gordon and Newman pit

Restart with 17 to go Martin and Logano battle for the lead

Logano finally gets ahead

Caution lap 149 Debris

Restart with 8 to go

Martin to the lead

4 to go Logano bumps Martin out of the way

Logano the winner followed by Martin, Stewart, Johnson, Hamlin, Bowyer, Kenseth, Earnhardt Jr, Menard and McMurray

Kenseth has a 10 point lead over Earnhardt Jr

This was Logano’s second cup win and his crew chief’s first

TNT did a nice job with their coverage. Saw more racing around the track. Race Buddy is back too. I didn’t follow the NASCAR #Twitter page which launched this weekend too.

Cup, Nationwide and ARCA head to Michigan this weekend. Cup cars will get a day on Thursday to test after their repave.