Catchfence

On a green-white-checkered restart of the NCWTS VFW 200, it was Kevin Harvick keeping Timothy Peters behind him as the checkered and yellow flags flew at Michigan International Speedway (MIS).

This was Harvick’s second (consecutive) series win of the 2011 season, his eleventh series career win and becomes the first driver to win in all three NASCAR national series at MIS with his first series win at the track.

Following Harvick and Peters were Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender, Miguel Paludo, receiving his career best finish of third-place, while James Buescher (now sits second in the points with a 5-point deficit behind Johnny Sauter) finished fourth and  David Starr finishing in fifth.

Rounding out the top-ten finishers were Jason White finishing in sixth, Ron Hornaday seventh, Brendan Gaughan eighth, Colin Braun ninth and Sunoco Rookie contender, Cole Whitt, finishing in the tenth position.

RACE NOTES:

Average Speed: 126.338 MPH
Time of Race: 1 Hrs, 36 Mins, 53 Secs.
Margin of Victory: Caution
Lead Changes: 13 among 10 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 22 laps
Attendance: 35,000

Unofficial Top-Ten in the Point Standings: 1. Johnny Sauter – 519 (Leader) 2. James Buescher – 514 (-5 Points Behind the Leader) 3. Austin Dillon – 511 (-8) 4. Timothy Peters – 507 (-12) 5. Cole Whitt # – 487 (-32) 6. Matt Crafton – 475 (-44) 7. Ron Hornaday – 473 (-46) 8. Joey Coulter # – 468 (-51) 9. Parker Kligerman # – 460 (-59) 10. Todd Bodine – 448 (-71)

Next Up: It’s a Wednesday (08/24/11) night race for the teams, as they head to Bristol Motor Speedway for the O’Reilly 200, with SPEED beginning their (pre-race) coverage at 7:30 PM (EDT).

2011 NCWTS VFW 200 Race Results

Fin	Str	Trk	Driver	Team	Lap	Pts	BPts	Status	TLd	LLd
1	6	2	Kevin Harvick(i)	TapOut Racing Chevrolet	102	0		Running	1	13
2	12	17	Timothy Peters	Red Horse Racing Toyota	102	42		Running
3	9	7	Miguel Paludo #	Stemco Duroline Toyota	102	42	1	Running	1	3
4	11	31	James Buescher	EXIDE Batteries Chevrolet	102	40		Running
5	19	81	David Starr	ASI Limited / Zachry Toyota	102	39		Running
6	18	23	Jason White	GunBroker.com Chevrolet	102	38		Running
7	3	33	Ron Hornaday	Champion Chevrolet	102	37		Running
8	23	62	Brendan Gaughan	South Point Hotel and Casino Toyota	102	36		Running
9	15	51	Colin Braun	Matrix System Ford	102	35		Running
10	17	60	Cole Whitt #	Fuel Doctor / Red Bull Chevrolet	102	34		Running
11	2	5	Todd Bodine	International Trucks / Monaco RV Toyota	102	33		Running
12	7	4	Ricky Carmichael	Monster Energy Chevrolet	102	33	1	Running	1	1
13	14	13	Johnny Sauter	SafeAuto / Curb Records Chevrolet	102	32	1	Running	1	1
14	4	32	Mark Martin(i)	EXIDE Batteries Chevrolet	102	0		Running	4	33
15	22	6	Justin Lofton	CollegeComplete.com Toyota	102	30	1	Running	1	1
16	8	8	Nelson Piquet Jr. #	Autotrac / Qualcomm Chevrolet	101	28		Accident
17	25	39	Ryan Sieg	S&W Services Chevrolet	100	27		Running
18	20	22	Joey Coulter #	SKF / RCR / RipIt Chevrolet	100	27	1	Running	1	7
19	16	9	Max Papis	GEICO Toyota	96	25		Running
20	30	57	Norm Benning	Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet	93	24		Running
21	1	88	Matt Crafton	Schrock / Menards Chevrolet	91	24	1	Accident	1	20
22	10	3	Austin Dillon	Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Boats Chevrolet	90	23	1	Accident	2	16
23	5	29	Parker Kligerman #	Cooper Standard Dodge	89	21		Accident
24	21	98	Dakoda Armstrong	Ferrellgas / Agrisure Chevrolet	89	20		Accident
25	13	18	Kyle Busch(i)	Traxxas Toyota	63	0		Radiator	1	7
26	32	89	Chris Lafferty	Blue Ox / NASCAR Speed Park Chevrolet	18	PE		Rear Gear
27	31	7	Butch Miller	bobber.info / ASI Limited Chevrolet	11	17		Transmission
28	27	66	Peyton Sellers	Wyler.com / Turn One Racing Chevrolet	10	16		Overheating
29	24	93	Casey Roderick(i)	S&W Services Chevrolet	6	0		Clutch
30	26	38	Mike Garvey	S&W Services Chevrolet	4	14		Transmission
31	29	75	J J Yeley	Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet	4	PE		Rear Gear
32	28	74	Mike Harmon(i)	@hrmn8ter Ford	2	PE		Handling
33	33	87	Chris Jones	Garbee Truck and Trailer Chevrolet	0	11		Engine

(i) Ineligible for Points in this Series
# Denotes Rookie
PE Post-Entry (No Points)