Kevin Harvick Dominates In the NCWTS Kroger 250 at Martinsville

     After qualifying on the pole, Kevin Harvick dominated the Kroger 250 at Martinsville. He led 248 of the 250 laps, but not without a challenge from rookie driver, Ty Dillon. The race was not without its share of surprises and thrills.
      On Lap 22, Ron Hornaday spun out on the frontstretch bringing out the first caution. Jake Crum, who finished 18th, received the lucky dog. After a stretch of about 50 green flag laps, Joey Coulter blew a right front tire and slammed hard into the turn 3 wall bringing out the second caution. John King, the first time winner from Daytona, received the lucky dog. After a short stretch of 11 green flag laps, John Wes Townley got loose in turn 3 and bumped into J.R. Fitzpatrick, causing him to spin. Clay Greenfield had to check up to avoid the wreck, which caused Dakoda Armstrong to run into the back of him and caused Jeff Agnew to run into the back of Armstrong. This accident brought out the third caution. Ryan Sieg, who finished 32nd, recevied the lucky dog. After another short green flag run, twelve laps to be exact, Dusty Davis stalled his truck on the frontstretch. Matt Crafton, who finished 24th, received the lucky dog. After a 37 lap green flag run, David Starr spun in turn 2. Ron Hornaday, who caused the first caution, received the lucky dog. After the longest green flag run, 63 laps, David Reutimann wrecked in turn 1. Oddly enough, he caused a caution in the Sprint Cup Series race for stalling out on the track due to two blown tires. J.R. Fitzpatrick, who was also involved in a wreck, received the lucky dog. On the restart, the trucks became stacked up in turn 3. Miguel Paludo got loose and bumped into Max Gresham, causing him to spin out. John King, who was behind the two, had to slow down and that caused Parker Kligerman to run into the back of King. David Starr was able to slow down and avoid Kligerman, but Brennan Newberry ran into the back of Starr. David Starr, who got hit in the back during the accident, received the last lucky dog of the race. The final dash to the checkers was set.
      With Kevin Harvick starting on the outside, the green flag came out with six laps to go. Kevin Harvick was able to secure his lead coming into turn 1 and he never looked back. It was his 14th win the Camping World Truck Series and it was his 3rd at Martinsville.
Ty Dillon was able to come home in second in front of James Buescher in 3rd, Justin Lofton in 4th, and Timothy Peters in 5th. John King still held the points lead after the race.

Credits:
-Statistics: http://www.racing-reference.info/race/2012_Kroger_250/C
-Photo: http://www.nascar.com/news/120331/kharvick-win-martinsville-truck/index.html