VENUE: O’REILLY RACEWAY PARK AT INDIANAPOLIS (.686-MILE OVAL)

CIRCUIT: NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES (RACE 12 OF 25)

DATE: JULY 23, 2010 (200 LAPS, 137.2 MILES)

BUESCHER AT ORP… Buescher has made two career starts at O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis (ORP) – one in the NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) and one in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS). In his first start at the .686-mile oval in 2008, the Texas native climbed behind the No. 32 Braun Racing entry in the NNS to finish in the 28th position after tire issues forced the youngster to make an unscheduled pit stop and lose valuable track position. Last season, Buescher made his first Truck Series start at ORP where he brought home a sixth-place finish after starting in the 17th position.

CHASSIS INFORMATION… Crew chief Michael Shelton has chosen Turner Motorsports chassis No. 17 for Buescher to run at ORP this Friday night. This particular Chevrolet is brand new to the Turner Motorsports stable and will see it’s first laps on track during the first Truck Series practice. Chassis No. 17 is a Leavitt chassis with Kevin Harvick Inc. body.

TOP-10 CONSISTENCY… Since making his debut with Turner Motorsports at Kansas Speedway in April, Buescher has qualified inside the top-10 five times in his seven starts with the first-year team. Buescher has tied his career-best qualifying effort in the Truck Series twice – second-place – at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway and last week at Gateway (Ill.) International Raceway.

POINTS JUMP… After Buescher’s first Truck Series start in 2010 at Nashville (Tenn.) Superspeedway with Stringer Motorsports, the 20-year-old sat in the 44th position in the NCWTS Championship Point Standings. Fast-forward to heading into this Friday’s event at ORP – Buescher currently sits in 14th position, gaining 30 spots in a total of eight races. All 13 drivers ahead and four drivers behind Buescher have competed in all 11 events. Buescher is only 79 points behind 13th-place Justin Lofton.

ON STAND BY… On Saturday, Buescher will be getting back behind the wheel of the car that he made his first career start with at ORP – the No. 32 Dollar General entry for Braun Racing. As driver Reed Sorenson will be fulfilling his duties in the Sprint Cup Series, Buescher will practice the entry and remain on stand by for qualifying. In 2008, Buescher made six starts in the Nationwide Series with Braun Racing.

LOOKING BACK… Last week at Gateway International Raceway, Buescher tied his career-best qualifying endeavor in the Truck Series with his second-place effort. After a local power outage forced NASCAR to postpone the NCWTS event until Saturday afternoon in the heat of the day, all teams were faced with the challenge of tuning in the handling. Crew chief Shelton and the Wolf Pack Rentals crew made numerous changes to help alleviate the tight Chevrolet, but the condition persisted. Buescher crossed the finish line in the 12th position – his sixth top-15 of 2010.

STAY UP TO SPEED… The AAA Insurance 200 from O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis will take the green flag this Friday, July 23rd at 8:00 P.M. Eastern. Race coverage will be televised live on SPEED, beginning at 7:30 P.M. Eastern. In addition, Motor Racing Network (MRN) and Sirius XM NASCAR Radio (Channel 128) will have the live radio broadcast, beginning at 7:30 P.M. Eastern.

QUOTES FROM BEHIND THE WHEEL:

BUESCHER (On competing at ORP): “Short track racing is always exciting for the drivers and fans alike and the two races that I have been in at ORP have been just that. A lot of beating and banging happens at ORP but if you have a good truck you can get to the front. Spotters are very important since the track is so small and you can get caught up in someone else’s mess. The Turner Motorsports guys have been working extremely hard these past couple of weeks and I’m looking forward to taking a brand new Chevrolet to the track this Friday.”

- Turner Motorsports Press Release

No. 90 Great Clips Toyota Tundra

“My primary goal of the race is to just go out there and learn,” stated Sweet. “I’ve had the opportunity to race at many different levels, it’s a great idea to take things one step at time in this sport and do things the right way.”

Sweet’s run at Gateway will mark his fourth start in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series for the 2010 racing season. Crew Chief, Trip Bruce, and the rest of the Great Clips crew have been working tirelessly the past week hanging a new body on the Toyota Tundra getting Sweet and his truck ready for the race.

The green flag for the CampingWorld.com is scheduled to drop at 8:30 p.m. Racing coverage will air live on SPEED and MRN. SPEED coverage will begin at 8:30 p.m., with coverage on MRN beginning at 8:45 p.m.

Fans can join Brad Sweet and the Grand Slam Radio Show, Thursday, July 15th at the Holiday Inn Fairfield Heights from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. for a live radio show and autograph session. For more information about Brad Sweet and his racing accomplishments, log onto www.stingerracing.com or www.kaseykahneracing.com.

- Stringer Motorsports Press Release

Milka Duno

Duno is a former model and undoubtedly attracted much attention. Her racing career has been deemed somewhat unusual because of her late start. However, she wasn’t going to let that statistic keep her from reaching her dream.

She was introduced to the sport when she was invited to a driving clinic by a car club in Venezuela and did not start racing until she was 24. Prior to racing her background was primarily academic. Duno holds master’s degrees in Organizational Development, Naval Architecture, Maritime Business, and Marine Biology and she has prior experience working as a naval engineer.

No. 18 Citgo / CANTV Dallara Honda

The move to the improving Dale Coyne Racing was an opportunity for Duno who had in the past competed for two part-time seasons with Dreyer & Reinbold. She had also participated in a test entering the 2009 season driving an entry for Newman / Haas / Lanigan Racing – which led speculation that she was potentially moving ship but after much thought and weighing options, she returned to her familiar No. 23 CITGO entry for Dreyer & Reinbold at Kansas Speedway where she qualified a solid 12th before finishing 16th.

There wasn’t a thought that Duno’s advance to a full-time schedule wouldn’t be filled with some bumps and bruises. Seven races into the year though; Duno has ultimately paid those dues tenfold. The first four races of the season were on street courses which over the years has proven to be an obstacle for the improving driver.

She did however qualify for those races and gained valuable seat time that she would not have had if not for the DCR / CITGO racing team. While unable to make it to the checkered flag in three of the first four races, she did however keep her nose clean and finished the race on the streets of Birmingham, Alabama where she placed 24th.

The first oval race of the year took the teams out west in the United States to Kansas Speedway, where Duno made her first career IndyCar start in 2007. While she qualified near the tail of the field, she patiently moved her way through the running order and was in the hunt for a season-best and notable finish before debris from another competitor’s incident sidelined the No. 18 team 84 laps into the 200-lap event.

Milka Duno

After showing early strength at the beginning of the month, Duno would be one of the handful of drivers who eventually would be bumped from the 33-car starting field and forced to sit on the sidelines for the Memorial-weekend tradition. Duno wasn’t on the sidelines alone as Paul Tracy, considered one of the favorites entering the 2010 Indy 500 was also unable to earn a starting berth into the contest.

Sometimes though, hitting the very bottom raises you to the top and more than likely for Duno, missing the Indianapolis 500 was one of the lowest points of her racing career. No time to fret though as the series would press on a week later at Texas Motor Speedway, another favorable track for the former Panoz GT Series champion.

Milka Duno

True. It wasn’t a dream. It was for real. Duno’s speed was impressive and the fastest of four female competitors, including rival Danica Patrick entered for the Firestone 550K. For her fans and supporters, the lap proved that there is light at the end of the tunnel for the Caracas, Venezuela native and I personally see her season only getting stronger. By the way, Patrick was the next fastest female in the session nestled back in the 15th position, nine positions behind Duno.

Unfortunately, for Duno who has 33 career IZOD IndyCar Series starts to her resume her engine in the CITGO machine began to falter which ultimately hindered the 38-year old in qualifying and eventually led to a mechanical failure in the event. While she was credited with a disappointing 23rd place finish, her efforts gained her attention for showing that she has the talent, ability and confidence to run with the best in the potent Indy Racing League (IRL).

After two weeks off, the series resumes action from Iowa Speedway this weekend for the running of the Iowa Corn Indy 250 Presented by Pioneer®. Obviously for Duno, her goal is to prove that Texas’s practice performance was no fluke.

Located in Newton, Iowa, Duno will make her third start the .875-mile short track and hopes to improve on her best qualifying effort of 19th and finishing position of 18th occurring in 2007. No doubt that the recent success of teammate Lloyd is a confidence booster for Duno’s Darren Crouser led race team and I would be ultimately disappointed if Duno didn’t find herself contending for a top-10 run on Sunday.

Milka Duno

While much of the attention was centralized on Patrick, many of the media agreed it was hard to overlook the success of Duno’s first try in a stock car fielded in a joint effort between Braun Racing and Stringer Motorsports and not surprisingly would later be considered a potential sleeper for the 43-car starting field in February.

Sadly, her first taste of Daytona speedweeks did not go as planned. Armed with the same No. 90 CANTV Toyota Camry she tested with, the performance from two months earlier never came back to life. Duno struggled to gain the horsepower she needed in order to be a threat at Daytona but still managed to find herself in the starting grid. After starting 41st, she quickly learned the feel for the draft and had maneuvered into the 32nd position before being swept into an accident not of her own making on lap six which suffered in a heart-breaking 43rd place finish.

Word from the ARCA garage is Duno is wanted back (badly in fact) and is currently approved for all tracks on the circuit but no official confirmation from her party has been announced. Personally, I also would like to see her back in the series. She without a doubt helped the ratings spike to record levels but sadly didn’t share the same success that Patrick did. Had Duno not been shoved into the multi-car incident, I strongly believed she would have been contending for a top-15 and potentially even a top-10 run in her ARCA debut.

Chicagoland Speedway will be a joint venue for the two series later this year and I feel that seat time for her in a stock-car could gain her some additional momentum to feel more comfortable about racing in ARCA and / or NASCAR rather than the bitter-sweet taste she experienced at Daytona. Time will tell though whether Milka Duno will take another stab at stock car racing.

Milka Duno

Her willingness to give back to the students has earned her several awards, honorable mentions, invitations to esteemed events, programs and functions while in a sense building a superstar status that has seemed virtually bulletproof. Not to forget, her bilingual kids book, “Go, Milka, Go!” has become a smashing success. The book depicts her as a cartoon character teaching the importance of education to children of all ages.

Oh and if you think she hasn’t done it all, in 2008, she completed filming her first major motion picture role. Duno played the role of Kellie “Gearbox,” a race car driver, in the highly anticipated Speed Racer movie that is based on the 1960’s classic animated series. The Warner Bros. movie was released in May 2008.

Love her or hate her, Milka Duno (as long as she can continue to trigger the strong sponsorship she has acquired) is going to be around for many more years to come. Some say she is a threat and sometimes quoted as a “rolling chicane” on the track.

I say bologna.

Every driver has had rough spots in their career and Duno is no exception. Duno has showed improvements in every season she has competed in and I don’t expect this year, despite her hardships to be any different. By the way, there is another driver (and no I won’t name that pilot) who comes to my mind that I would fight to the end to see their IndyCar license revoked before hers but as long as Duno continues to show the drive and passion she has in her three years of open-wheel racing; nothing will stand in her way. Nothing!

If you don’t think becoming the highest-finishing female in the history of the 24 Hours of Daytona in the Rolex Sports Car Series with a second place finish alongside teammates Ryan Dalziel, Darren Manning and Patrick Carpentier in 2007 isn’t a boost for your resume – than you might want to just rethink the garage.

For more on Milka Duno and her Milka Way program, please visit MilkaDuno.com.

Toyota Motorsports

Michigan International Speedway – June 12, 2010

- Aric Almirola earned his second career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) win on Saturday at
Michigan International Speedway.

- Almirola led only the final seven laps of the 100-lap race, which included a series track record of 20 lead changes
among 10 drivers.

- The victory was the 71st for Toyota since entering the NCWTS in 2004 and third at the two-mile track, which was also
the site of the first Toyota win in NASCAR (2004).

- Tundra drivers Todd Bodine (second), Kyle Busch (third), Timothy Peters (sixth), David Starr (eighth) and Nelson
Piquet Jr. (10th) also earned top-10 finishes.

- Toyota drivers Mike Skinner (12th), Justin Lofton (18th) and Brad Sweet (19th) were also in the field.

- Bodine continues to lead in the unofficial NCWTS point standings, now 55 points ahead of second-place Almirola.
Peters (third), Skinner (sixth) and Starr (eighth) are also in the top-10 in points after nine of 25 races.

ARIC ALMIROLA, No. 51 Zyclara / Graceway Pharmaceuticals Toyota Tundra, Billy Ballew Motorsports
Finishing Position: 1st

How was your race today?

“We struggled at the beginning of the race just being really tight. Dirty air was so bad today. Clean air was so important and we got to the front and we got in clean air and it just was a different truck. It drove great. It was a little bit free where I had fought tight all day, but Richie Wauters (crew chief) and all the guys at Billy Ballew Motorsports – they work their tails off all week long and it shows man. We had an awesome truck. I want to thank Graceway Pharmaceuticals.
They stuck behind us and they’ve been a great supporter of ours. I want to thank the fans – what a crowd today. I was doing my burnout there and I seen them all cheering and waving and stuff so that’s cool. That makes you feel good when you come and see a packed house like that.”

What adjustments did your team make during the race to give you a winning truck?

“We struggled just being really tight. We worked on it and worked on it and tried to get it freed up but dirty air was so bad. On those last couple restarts I knew if I could just get to the front we’ll have a different truck and sure enough we got to the front and as soon as we got to the front it was a totally different truck. It drove great. I don’t think I lifted those last 10 laps. My hats off to Billy Ballew (team owner), Richie Wauters (crew chief) and everybody at Billy Ballew Motorsports. Our Graceway Pharmaceuticals Tundra was awesome today.”

What happened on the final 10 laps?

“This place you can draft so well, but at the same time I knew if I kept Todd’s (Bodine) nose in dirty air that I could upset his truck. And that’s what I tried to do. I tried to break the draft down the straightaways as much as possible and in the corners I tried to take his lane away so he could get tight. Fortunate enough for us today, that was the key.”

How did you feel when you were racing three-wide to take the lead?

“I didn’t think it was the greatest place to be. I knew we were going to run wide open through the corner and we were either going to crash or we were going to make it out the other side because I knew how important clean air was. I knew that was my only shot to get out in the lead and if I didn’t get out in the lead then there was no chance of us winning the race. I went down in turn one and I knew that I was going to run a shorter distance than Todd (Bodine) do I just tried to hold tight on Kyle’s (Busch) door to get him loose, which I did and by the time I got off turn two, I was almost clear Todd. Then when we went through (turns) three and four, I cleared him. I think that was the move of the race as far as I’m concerned for winning the race. Our truck, in dirty air, just wasn’t as good as it needed to be. That was key.”

RICHIE WAUTERS, crew chief, No. 51 Zyclara / Graceway Pharmaceuticals Toyota Tundra, Billy Ballew Motorsports
What adjustments were you able to make on the truck today?

“Early in the race, he (Aric Almirola) was a little tight on exit. The first adjustments we made, we took some wedge out and made a track bar adjustment. It seemed to make a little bit of difference, but it still wasn’t enough. In the Truck Series, when you only get to stop twice, you have to make sure you get it the next time. We made a pretty big air adjustment on it and it was still a little bit tight, but once he got out in the clean air, it was good.”

BILLY BALLEW, team owner, Billy Ballew Motorsports

Are you surprised by the early success of Aric Almirola this year?

“First and foremost, I am so proud of what we have been able to achieve and with the success with a very limited budget in the 15 truck when Aric (Almirola) drove it last year and I think he finished second five or six times. Then he drove the 51 in a couple races and we were running for the owner’s championship and there was no doubt what was possible. There was never a question or debate. When Kyle (Busch) was going his direction, we were fortunate enough to have Graceway Pharmaceuticals come on as a sponsor and Toyota and TRD (Toyota Racing Development) and all that they do for us. There was never anything to discuss, it was a given.”

TODD BODINE, No. 30 Germain.com Toyota Tundra, Germain Racing

Finishing Position: 2nd

How do you feel about finishing second in today’s race?

“You never like to lose, that’s for sure. We had a great Tundra – Germain crew did a great job. Aric (Almirola) was just
good at the end when he needed it. Richie Wauters (Almirola crew chief) has proved over and over – he put Kyle (Busch) in victory lane and he’s going to put Aric in there also. We had a great race truck. That’s Camping World Truck Series racing at its finest. That’s what its about and that’s why people love to watch our races and come to the races. It’s hard-nosed, go get ‘em every lap racing and it’s a lot of fun.”

How instrumental was your crew in your finish?

“I said it all along and I say it every week, I have the best crew on pit road. They do one hell of a job and they got us off pit road first. On the second run, our truck was too tight in the middle and the last run, it was too tight on exit. That’s why I just couldn’t roll up outside of Aric (Almirola), I got too tight outside on exit. The crew, they build great Tundras, put them on the race track every week and knock on wood, we’ll keep doing it and keep plugging away and keep these top-fives – when we can win, we win.”

How do you feel about your team at this point in the season?

“We’re back in our form. At the beginning of the year we were struggling pretty hard. (Mike Hillman) Jr. (crew chief) got it
figured out and now the trucks are driving incredibly well. It’s fast, it’s doing what we need it to do and we just have to
continue doing what we’re doing. We didn’t come here to finish second, but we finished second and you have to look at it as a points day. Aric (Almirola) gained five or three points on us because he won. We stayed right with him that was good. We look forward to every race. This one’s over and where are we going next? Iowa. It was a good day. Nobody likes to lose. Unlike a lot of people, I’m not a sore loser. I’m happy for Aric and Billy (Ballew, team owner) and Richie Wauters (crew chief) and the whole bunch. They worked hard. They’ve proved that they can put any driver in there and win now. That means a lot to a race team and a group of guys that work their guts out every week to put these things on the race track. I’m proud of them to go out there and be able to do that. At the same time, I have to say that I’m proud of Austin (Dillon) for what he’s doing. He’s doing a hell of a job – a rookie and never been at these places. Doing awesome.”

Were you surprised when Aric Almirola took the lead from you?

“I won’t say that I was surprised, maybe it caught me a little off guard. On that restart, I told (Mike Hillman) Jr., ‘Man, this is tough, who do you want behind you?’ Be on the outside or be on the inside and take the chance of having him drive around you. So I chose Kyle (Busch) and the outside. Aric’s (Almirola) is a hell of a racer and they had a good truck when it counted. That just proves you can never count them out. They are always going to be there. On a short run like that, especially as many laps as we rode around under caution with the tires cooling down, everybody’s handling pretty good for three or four or five laps. I really believe if the race was 10 laps longer that I probably would have beat him. He was starting to get really tight down there blocking me and I was still rolling good. I wasn’t getting any tighter, I was still rolling good and the longer the run went, the faster our truck was. Like racing with Kyle, I could really beat him off the corner and that’s what was going to happen with Aric if it was another 10 laps, but it wasn’t another 10 laps. It just proves again how good this series really is and how good the competition is and why our fan base and TV audience is growing. The Camping World Truck Series is proving every week that we deserve to be here racing and putting on great shows for our fans.”

What was it like racing three-wide at the end of the race?

“For me it was easy, I was on the outside. I think Aric (Almirola) was in the middle so it was a little harder for him because I am taking some of his air. I made sure I gave him plenty of room. I won’t name names, but there’s a lot of drivers that pinch you right down and suck the air off of you and spin you out. I wasn’t going to do that. It was too good of a race and that’s what racing is all about. Then Kyle (Busch) was on the inside and he had it the toughest. It looked spectacular and it really is when you’re inside there. There’s a couple times when my spotter called, ‘Four-wide.’ I was like, you have to be kidding me. It was fun and that was great racing. I finished second and second sucks, but I had a lot of fun.”

How much did you enjoy today’s race?

“This is why I started racing. A lot of guys in this sport have lost site of that fact of why we’re here and why we do this. It’s a damn shame that some people can’t go back out there and enjoy it. I just want you to all know that the Truck Series is a lot of fun and this is what we do every week. A lot of you guys don’t see us every week, but this is what we do and we have fun doing it and it’s a crying shame that the rest of these guys can’t.”

KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 Toyota Tundra, Kyle Busch Motorsports

Finishing Position: 3rd

Did you have anything at the end of today’s race?

“Just didn’t have enough unfortunately. Can’t thank Toyota enough, M&M’s and all the guys on this team. They gave me a good truck and the driver didn’t get it done.”

What happened on the restart with Todd Bodine?

“Just typical NASCAR restart. He (Todd Bodine) slowed down, didn’t go by the first one, he went by the second one, it was fine and it was legal. Then he didn’t go. He held his truck part throttle to where I had to slow down so I didn’t beat him to the start-finish line. He just suckered me and then (Ron) Hornaday got me three-wide going down into turn one. The race for the wreck was on.”

What were the challenges you faced with your truck today?

“My truck was all over the place so I could run the top in (turns) one and two and the bottom in three and four. When you can only run a specific line and you can’t move around the race track anywhere else, then you’re stuck. Especially here, you can’t pass a guy down on the bottom of one and two because you’re loose down there and you can’t go up high in one and two and get on their outside because then you’re going to be loose in three and four. Just frustrating the way we didn’t have it right.”

TIMOTHY PETERS, No. 17 Red Horse Racing Toyota Tundra, Red Horse Racing

Finishing Position: 6th

DAVID STARR, No. 81 Zachry Toyota Tundra, Randy Moss Motorsports

Finishing Position: 8th

How was your truck in today’s race?

“Our Zachry Toyota Tundra was a handful today. It was tough. It was so wicked loose that we went a lap down. I just
couldn’t drive it and it was unbearable. The first couple pit stops, we dropped the track bar. (Turns) three and four were
awesome, but I couldn’t turn the wheel left in one and two – you have to be able to turn to go through the corners when you’re racing. It was ugly. The team made some changes and they were some good adjustments that made the truck come alive. Then we got lucky and the caution came out and we got the lucky dog and we were able to battle back to a top-10 finish. It was just a team effort and we never gave up.”

NELSON PIQUET JR., No. 15 Qualcomm / ArcSight Toyota Tundra, Billy Ballew Motorsports

Finishing Position: 10th

MIKE SKINNER, No. 5 International Trucks / Monaco RV Toyota Tundra, Randy Moss Motorsports

Finishing Position: 12th

JUSTIN LOFTON, No. 7 VisitPit.com Toyota Tundra, Red Horse Racing

Finishing Position: 18th

BRAD SWEET, No. 90 Great Clips Toyota Tundra, Stringer Motorsports

Finishing Position: 19th

- Toyota Motorsports Press Release

No. 3 Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet Silverado (Austin Dillon) - Photo Credit: Getty Images for NASCAR

Dillon, the son of former NASCAR driver Mike Dillon and grandson of seven-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship owner Richard Childress guided his No. 3 Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Boats Chevrolet Silverado around the two-mile which is nestled in the lush Irish Hills of Southeastern Michigan to a fast lap of 40.796 seconds at 176.488 miles per hour. Dillon in his first full season of NCWTS competition notched his first career pole last weekend at Texas Motor Speedway.

Fellow Chevrolet bow-tie competitor Ron Hornaday in his final race with backing from Longhorn Moist Snuff qualified second, 0.133 seconds behind Dillon. New rules enforced by the Food and Drug Administration will prevent cigarette and smokeless tobacco sponsorships in sporting events as of June 22, forcing Longhorn to discontinue their relationship with Kevin Harvick Inc. The red, black and yellow colors have adorned Hornaday’s No. 33 truck for 19 races throughout the 2009 and 2010 seasons. Hornaday recorded four wins in the Longhorn colors in 2009. He also claimed his fourth championship title in the red, black and yellow paint scheme.

Turner Motorsports’ James Buescher continues to uplift the spirits of his newly formed NASCAR Camping World Truck Series operation as he pulled together the third fastest lap in the No. 31 Wolf Pack Rentals Chevrolet Silverado.

ThorSport Racing’s Matt Crafton was fifth, followed by Elliott Sadler carrying new colors this weekend in Grance Insurance in a second KHI truck closed out the top-first dozen.

Current point’s leader Todd Bodine, the most recent winner in the Camping World Truck Series last qualified seventh in his No. 30 Germain.com Toyota Tundra. Kyle Busch in his sponsorless Kyle Busch Motorsports entry delivered the eighth fastest effort with Stacy Compton posting his No. 60 SafeAuto Insurance Chevrolet in ninth and Aric Almirola, the Dover International Speedway winner comprised the top-10.

Ricky Carmichael in the No. 4 Monster Chevrolet for Turner Motorsports will roll 11th with Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway winner Timothy Peters turning the fastest lap of the two Red Horse Racing entries on property with a 12th place effort.

Nelson Piquet, the former Formula One driver will roll off 14th. Piquet competed in the ARCA Racing Series event on Friday and finished 12th in a Eddie Sharp Racing-fielded ride.

Hermie Sadler, the older brother of Elliott Sadler muscled his shoptna.com Chevrolet Silverado into the 15th position while Jason White in the SS Green Light Racing entry qualified 16th.

2009 ARCA Racing Series champion Justin Lofton, a former winner at Michigan International Speedway in that series will start today’s contest from the 18th position in the No. 7 visitPit.com Toyota Tundra.

Chris Fontaine, a native of Florida in his family owned team qualified an impressive 20th in the No. 84 Glenden Enterprises Chevrolet.

After posting the last position in the lone NCWTS practice session yesterday, Chad McCumbee, who also drove in yesterday’s ARCA race stepped it up this morning and put a third SS Green Light Racing entry into the field in 21st.

Independent racer Chris Jones maneuvered ahead of Brad Sweet in Stringer Motorsports’ No. 90 Great Clips Toyota Tundra, David Starr in the No. 81 Randy Moss Motorsports Toyota and Ryan Sieg in the No. 39 S&W Services Chevrolet to close out the top-25.

Jennifer Jo Cobb arriving in Michigan on the heels of her career-best finish of 14th last weekend at Texas Motor Speedway will start 27th. For Cobb, in the No. 10 DrivenMale.com Ford F-150, today is her 37th birthday and she is hoping to rope in three consecutive top-20 finishes in her quest to gain additional seat-time in the NCWTS.

Brent Raymer, who’s gasped the attention of the truck audience with some vicious accidents in his career, will look for a trouble-free day after clocking the 28th fastest run.

Row number 15 will be a row filled with “Mikes” after Mike Garvey out qualified Mike Harmon to complete the top-30 starters.

Rick Ware Racing teammates J.C. Stout, Brett Butler and Donnie Neuenberger will take the green flag from the 31st, 32nd and 33rd positions respectively – tying that organization with SS Green Light Racing with the most number of trucks in the field at three a piece.

Norm Benning, Michigan native Michael Guerity and ARCA driver Terry Jones made up the remainder of the 36-truck starting field.

The VFW 200 is set to roll off shortly after 2:00 p.m. today with live coverage on SPEED, MRN radio and its affiliates and Sirius Satellite Radio NASCAR channel 128.

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TODD BODINE, No. 30 Germain.com Toyota Tundra, Germain Racing
Finishing Position: 3rd

Was your final pit stop the key to your third-place finish? “That’s one thing, all the Germain guys are strong in the pits. Every week they beat guys out and that’s what keeps us up front. We were free all day and right there at the end we got a little tight off. I couldn’t quite run with Ron (Hornaday Jr.) and Johnny (Sauter), they were a little fast with a little too much horsepower, but this Toyota was awesome. To overcome what we did today with getting a speeding penalty and then a flat tire under green putting us a lap down and to come back and finish third, that’s what this team is all about. We just never give up.”

Did you think you had a shot at the win when Ron Hornaday Jr. and Johnny Sauter made contact in the closing laps? “I actually couldn’t see it. (Mike Hillman) Junior told me that them clowns were up there racing each other hard so keep digging. That’s what we do. Unfortunately for us they straightened it out and kept going.”

BRIAN ICKLER, No. 18 Toyota Tundra, Kyle Busch Motorsports
Finishing Position: 4th

Was your truck being loose the key to your finish today at Kansas? “We were a little free. I’m real proud of the guys. They did a great job all day on pit road. I had a good run today for KBM (Kyle Busch Motorsports) and hopefully we can keep — just happy we can keep the 18 up there in points.”

JOHNNY BENSON, No. 15 Red Top Collector Car Auction Toyota Tundra, Billy Ballew Motorsports Finishing Position: 5th

How was your race? “We kind of stayed off pit road with old tires thinking that we’d get a caution at the end and have tires on everybody, but it went green so I really have to thank Cowboy (Kevin Starland, crew chief) and everybody at Billy Ballew Motorsports. It was a great car and have to thank Red Top Auto Auctions and their May 22 and 23 big auction there in Georgia.”

Are you happy with your finish? “Yeah, for what we had and from where we started off. We seemed to struggle. For some reason our Tundra wasn’t drafting as good as it needed to be. I was stalling out, I’m not sure why that was doing that. That made it tough, but those guys made a great call staying out on tires. That wasn’t our plan, but after I saw no one else was coming, we decided to finish it off. I was starting to get slow there at the end but I’m sure that everyone else was, too.”

ARIC ALMIROLA, No. 51 Graceway Pharmaceuticals/AKAwareness.com Toyota Tundra, Billy Ballew Motorsports Finishing
Position: 7th

What was your truck like after the rain delay? “I guess it would have kept raining now. We thought we were going to make some adjustments there on that pit stop and help us and we didn’t help us at all. It really hurt our truck. I don’t know, we made the wrong adjustment.”

MIKE SKINNER, No. 5 International Trucks/Monaco RV Toyota Tundra, Randy Moss Motorsports Finishing Position: 8th

How was your truck after the rain delay? “We really struggled all day. Our truck was just horribly loose and bouncing all over the place. We really struggled and when it rained, Gene (Nead, crew chief) and the guys, they got their heads together. According to him, he didn’t do that much but all of a sudden they fixed our truck and I think it was more with air pressure than anything else. Then the truck was too tight, which was okay, I could have raced like that. If we could have started the day like that, and been tunable, we could have definitely been a threat for the top-three.”

DAVID STARR, No. 81 PC Miler Navigator Toyota Tundra, Randy Moss Motorsports
Finishing Position: 10th

How was your race? “It wasn’t bad. Our PC Miler Navigator Zachry Toyota Tundra was okay. At times we were better. We struggled pretty much all day long. We were decent at times and struggled other times, all in all it was just an okay race. To come back and finish in the top-10 with how practice was, I’d say it was almost like a win for us because we were pretty bad in practice. It’s frustrating for me and (Doug) Wilcott (crew chief) and all the guys on the team trying to get this thing handled a little bit better. To come back from as bad as we were, not a bad finish — we messed up right there at the end. Once the track got back on the race track they had pit road back open and all my guys went down there ready for a pit stop and we went from eighth to 16th, I think that hurt us a lot. All in all, everybody did a good job and when you start complaining about top-10s, that’s sad so I’m not going to complain. It’s just not what we were looking for, we were looking for a lot better. Not bad, good day for everybody.”

JUSTIN LOFTON, No. 7 VisitPit.com Toyota Tundra, Red Horse Racing
Finishing Position: 13th

How was your race? “Our race was good. At first we were hoping for day light or sunlight and then we got the sun to come out and now we were kind of wishing it hadn’t rained. When the sun came out, we made a couple of adjustments to try to get some speed out of the truck, which we’ve been looking for all weekend and then we went backwards. We made it looser — it just went backwards. It is what it is — worse racing term there is. I’m proud of the guys on the No. 7 Toyota Tundra, they did a great job all weekend. We had three solid stops, we have a truck that’s in one piece. We might have finished one lap down, but the leader was right in front of me. It’s a big improvement for us in our season, getting some momentum going. We’ll go on to Dover and we’ll let ‘er rip.”

TAYLER MALSAM, No. 56 One Eighty Toyota Tundra, Kyle Busch Motorsports
Finishing Position: 22nd

TIMOTHY PETERS, No. 17 Strutmasters.com Toyota Tundra, Red Horse Racing
Finishing Position: 23rd

JESSE SMITH, No. 90 Great Wolfe Lodge/Great Clips Toyota Tundra, Stringer Motorsports
Finishing Position: 29th

- Toyota Motorsports, Press Release

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VENUE: KANSAS SPEEDWAY (1.5-MILE TRI-OVAL)

CIRCUIT: NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES (RACE 5 OF 25)

DATE: MAY 2, 2010 (167 LAPS, 250 MILES)

BUESCHER AT KANSAS… Buescher has made one previous start at Kansas Speedway, as he competed in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event last season (2009). The 20-year-old earned his career best Truck Series qualifying position, to roll off the starting grid from eighth-place. After severe thunderstorms and tornadoes moved through the area, Buescher and the rest of the field resumed racing on Monday, where the youngster finished in the 12th position, completing 100% of the laps competed (132 of 132).

TWO RACES, TWO STATES, THREE DAYS… This weekend, Buescher will pull double duty – but not the double duty that most drivers will be doing. After the completion of the Nationwide Series race at Richmond, Buescher will fly to Kansas City, Kansas to compete in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Kansas Speedway. Practice and qualifying are scheduled for Saturday, with the race taking place on Sunday. For the first time this season, Buescher will pilot the No. 31 Wolfpack Rentals Chevrolet for Turner Motorsports.

SECOND START OF 2010… Kansas will mark Buescher’s second start in the 2010 Truck Series season. Earlier this month, Buescher competed at Nashville (Tenn.) Superspeedway in the No. 90 Great Clips Toyota for Stringer Motorsports. After qualifying for the race in the 20th position, Buescher put forth a solid effort as he crossed the finish line in 13th-place.

REARVIEW MIRROR… Buescher has competed in 27 Truck Series races in his short career. After making his first series start for Billy Ballew Motorsports at Homestead-Miami Speedway in 2008, Buescher moved to Circle Bar Racing to compete full-time in 2009. In April, Buescher recorded his first start of 2010 for Stringer Motorsports and now moves to his part-time effort with Turner Motorsports. In those previous career starts, Buescher has scored one top-five, three top-10, and 14 top-15 finishes.

DID YOU KNOW?… This weekend’s event will be the first time Turner Motorsports has fielded two entries in NASCAR competition. Buescher and his teammate Ricky Carmichael, who competes on a full-time basis in the No. 4 Monster Energy Chevrolet, will carry the flag for the first-year team.

DYNAMIC DUO… Buescher started his racing career on two-wheels, as he raced motocross growing up as a kid. But by the age of 12, his parents decided to help him switch to stock cars, as they wanted to lower the risk of getting hurt. Even before the Texas native started his stock car career, Buescher watched Carmichael compete and win races and championships in the legends’ stout two-wheel career. Now, Buescher is teammates with the GOAT (Greatest Of All Time) at Turner Motorsports.

CALLING THE SHOTS… Kansas also marks another first for crew chief Michael Shelton. Shelton will call his first race on top of the pit box this weekend. Before joining Turner Motorsports in October 2009, Shelton worked at Joe Gibbs Racing for three years, serving as the car chief on the No. 18 Nationwide Series entry for two years before moving to the front suspension and brake specialist on the No. 20 Chevrolet in the Sprint Cup Series. Buescher and Shelton have a past working relationship, as Shelton worked on the young gun’s ASA Late Model in 2006, en route to the Championship and Rookie of the Year Award.

CHASSIS INFORMATION… Crew chief Michael Shelton has chosen Turner Motorsport chassis No. 11 for Buescher to run at Kansas this weekend. Chassis No. 11 is brand new, as Kevin Harvick Inc. put the body on the Leavitt chassis. This Chevrolet will see the track for this first time during the practice session on Saturday.

TWEET, TWEET… To stay up to date during the 2010 season, follow driver James Buescher (@JamesBuescher) and team Turner Motorsports (@TurnerMotorspts) on Twitter. Also, please visit www.teamturnermotorsports.com for additional updates.

STAY UP TO SPEED… The O’Reilly Auto Parts 250 from Kansas Speedway will take the green flag this Sunday, May 2nd at 1 PM Eastern. Race coverage will be televised live on SPEED, beginning at 12:30 PM Eastern. In addition, Motor Racing Network (MRN) and Sirius XM NASCAR Radio (Channel 128) will have the live radio broadcast, beginning at 1 PM Eastern.

QUOTES FROM BEHIND THE WHEEL:

BUESCHER (On racing at Kansas Speedway for Turner Motorsports): “I’m excited to finally get behind the wheel of the No. 31 Wolfpack Rental Chevrolet. The team has proved already this season that they put together fast trucks and can run up front each week, which makes me ready to go racing and work with these guys. They have worked hard the past few weeks to get trucks put together and I’m optimistic about our chances to compete with the veterans. Hopefully, Ricky and I can go out there and bring home two solid finishes for the Turner Motorsports team.”

BUESCHER (On being teammates with Ricky Carmichael): “I started racing motocross as a kid. I raced locally but never really got anywhere. When I was 12, my parents decided they didn’t want to worry about me getting hurt so they got me a race car. Now, I’m on the same Truck team as Ricky (Carmichael), who was winning races when I was a kid. Before I even started racing, we’d watch him and Jeremy McGrath – he’s definitely one of the best.”

- Turner Motorsports, LLC Press Release