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NASCAR - Nationwide - Alliance Truck Parts 250 Preview
From The Sports Network
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| DATE: Saturday, June 15 |
| SITE: Michigan International Speedway -- Brooklyn, Mich. |
| TRACK: 2-mile oval |
| CAPACITY: 85,000 (Grandstand Seating) |
| ANNUAL: 22nd |
| TELEVISION: ABC |
| RADIO: Motor Racing Network (MRN)/SIRIUS NASCAR Radio |
| START TIME: 2:15 p.m. ET |
| QUALIFYING TIME: Saturday, June 15/10:35 a.m. ET |
| DEFENDING CHAMPION: Joey Logano |
| RUNNER-UP: James Buescher |
| POLE WINNER: Austin Dillon (finished 5) |
| LAPS: 125 |
| MILES: 250 |
| QUALIFYING RECORD: Austin Dillon, 2012 (190.375 mph) |
| 2012 Finish |
| Finish | Driver | Start | Finish | Driver | Start |
| 1 | Joey Logano | 3 | 6 | Sam Hornish Jr. | 11 |
| 2 | James Buescher | 4 | 7 | Michael McDowell | 13 |
| 3 | Kurt Busch | 15 | 8 | Paul Menard | 7 |
| 4 | Cole Whitt | 2 | 9 | Brian Scott | 17 |
| 5 | Austin Dillon | 1 | 10 | Brad Keselowski | 9 |
| 2012 Alliance Truck Parts 250 Facts and Figures |
| AVERAGE SPEED: 132.979 mph |
| TIME OF RACE: 1 hr., 52 mins., 48 secs. |
| MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.208 secs. |
| CAUTION FLAGS: 7 for 26 laps |
| LEAD CHANGES: 14 among 10 drivers |
| POLE WINNER: Austin Dillon (190.375 mph) |
| Past Alliance Truck Parts 250 Winners (Starting Position) Car -- Speed |
| 2012 -- Joey Logano (3) -- Toyota -- 132.979 mph |
| 2011 -- Carl Edwards (3) -- Ford -- 144.834 mph |
| 2010 -- Brad Keselowski (1) -- Dodge -- 150.678 mph |
| 2009 -- Brad Keselowski (13) -- Chevrolet -- 133.077 mph |
| 2008 -- Carl Edwards (1) -- Ford -- 136.571 mph |
| 2007 -- Denny Hamlin (5) -- Chevrolet -- 156.467 mph |
| 2006 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr (20) -- Chevrolet -- 124.524 mph |
| 2005 -- Ryan Newman (38) -- Dodge -- 136.986 mph |
| 2004 -- Kyle Busch (2) -- Chevrolet -- 122.166 mph |
| 2003 -- Kevin Harvick (5) -- Chevrolet-- 140.850 mph |
| 2002 -- Michael Waltrip (2) -- Chevrolet -- 135.644 mph |
| 2001 -- Ryan Newman (2) -- Ford -- 139.557 mph |
| 2000 -- Todd Bodine (16) -- Chevrolet -- 162.749 mph |
| 1999 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr (3) -- Chevrolet -- 158.975 mph |
| 1998 -- Jeff Burton (1) -- Ford -- 167.910 mph |
| 1997 -- Steve Park (4) -- Chevrolet -- 159.681 mph |
| 1996 -- Jeff Purvis (27) -- Chevrolet -- 161.038 mph |
| 1995 -- Mark Martin (2) -- Ford -- 169.571 mph |
| 1994 -- Bobby Labonte (7) -- Chevrolet -- 142.461 mph |
| 1993 -- Mark Martin (2) -- Ford -- 124.611 mph |
| 1992 -- Todd Bodine (12) -- Chevrolet --125.414 mph |
| NOTE: Formerly called Detroit Gasket 200 (1992-97), Pepsi 200 (1998), NAPA 200 |
| (1999), NAPAonline.com 250 (2000-01), Cabela's 250 (2002-04), Domino's |
| race distance increased |
| from 200 miles to 250 in 2000. |
| Last Race Results |
| RACE: DuPont Pioneer 250 (June 9) |
| SITE: Iowa Speedway -- Newton, Iowa |
| LAPS: 250 |
| MILES: 218.75 |
| WINNER: Trevor Bayne |
| RUNNER-UP: Austin Dillon |
| THIRD: Elliott Sadler |
| FOURTH: Sam Hornish Jr. |
| FIFTH: Kyle Larson |
| POLE WINNER: Austin Dillon (finished 2) |
| TIME OF RACE: 2 hrs., 8 mins., 5 secs. |
| AVERAGE SPEED: 102.472 mph |
| MARGIN OF VICTORY: 2.023 secs. |
| CAUTION FLAGS: 5 for 31 laps |
| LEAD CHANGES: 12 among 4 drivers |
| LAP LEADERS: A. Dillon - pole; S. Hornish Jr. 1; A. Dillon 2-8; S. Hornish Jr. |
| 9-24; A. Dillon 25-53; S. Hornish Jr. 54-58; A. Dillon 59-135; T. |
| Bayne 136-138; M. Annett 139-140; A. Dillon 141-151; T. Bayne |
| 152-155; A. Dillon 156-238; T. Bayne 239-250. |
| Alliance Truck Parts 250 Entry List |
| Car | Driver, Hometown | Car/Name |
| 00 | Jason White (Richmond, VA) | Toyota/TBA |
| 01 | Mike Wallace (St. Louis, MO) | ChevroletTBA |
| 2 | Brian Scott (Boise, ID) | Chevrolet/Shore Lodge |
| 3 | Austin Dillon (Welcome, NC) | Chevrolet/AdvoCare |
| 4 | Landon Cassill (Fairfax, IA) | Chevrolet/TBA |
| 5 | Brad Sweet (Grass Valley, CA) | Chevrolet/Great Clips |
| 6 | Trevor Bayne (Knoxville, TN) | Ford/Roush Clean Tech |
| 7 | Regan Smith (Cato, NY) | Chevrolet/taxslayer.com |
| 10 | Jeff Green (Owensboro, KY) | Toyota/TriStar Motorsports |
| 11 | Elliott Sadler (Emporia, VA) | Toyota/One Main Financial |
| 12 | Sam Hornish Jr. (Defiance, OH) | Ford/Alliance Truck Parts |
| 14 | Eric McClure (Chilhowie, VA) | Toyota/Hefty/Reynolds Wrap |
| 15 | Carl Long (Roxboro, NC) | Ford/Rick Ware Racing |
| 16 | Chris Buescher (Prosper, TX) | Ford/Roush Fenway Racing |
| 19 | Mike Bliss (Milwaukie, OR) | Toyota/TriStar Motorsports |
| 20 | Brian Vickers (Thomasville, NC) | Toyota/Dollar General |
| 22 * | Joey Logano (Middletown, CT) | Ford/Discount Tire |
| 23 | To Be Announced | Ford/Rick Ware Racing |
| 24 | Blake Koch (West Palm Beach, FL) | Toyota/TBA |
| 30 | Nelson Piquet Jr. (Brasilia, Brazil) | Chevrolet/Worx |
| 31 | Justin Allgaier (Riverton, IL) | Chevrolet/Brandt |
| 32 | Kyle Larson (Elk Grove, CA) | Chevrolet/Vizio-Hulu |
| 33 | Paul Menard (Eau Claire, WI) | Chevrolet/Menards |
| 34 | James Buescher (Plano, TX) | Chevrolet/TBA |
| 40 | Reed Sorenson (Peachtree City, GA) | Chevrolet/E-Swisher.com |
| 42 | J.J. Yeley (Phoenix, AZ) | Chevrolet/Curtis Key Plumbing |
| 43 | Michael Annett (Des Moines, IA) | Ford/Flying J Travel Plaza |
| 44 | Cole Whitt (Alpine, CA) | Toyota/Takagi Tankless Water Heaters |
| 51 | Jeremy Clements (Spartanburg, SC) | Chevrolet/TBA |
| 52 | Joey Gase (Cedar Rapids, IA) | Chevrolet/Donate Life |
| 54 | Kyle Busch (Las Vegas, NV) | Toyota/Monster Energy |
| 60 | Travis Pastrana (Annapolis, MD) | Ford/Roush Fenway Racing |
| 70 | Johanna Long (Pensacola, FL) | Chevrolet/Foretravel |
| 74 | Juan Carlos Blum (Guadalajara, Mex.) | Chevrolet/Oleofino's |
| 77 | Parker Kligerman (Westport, CT) | Toyota/Bandit Chippers |
| 79 | Jeffrey Earnhardt (Mooresville, NC) | Ford/Uponor |
| 87 | Joe Nemechek (Lakeland, FL) | Toyota/TBA |
| 92 | Dexter Stacey (Kahnawake, Canada) | Ford/Maddie's Place |
| 99 | Alex Bowman (Tucson, AZ) | Toyota/schooltipline.com |
| Leading Contenders (Finish the last nine years) |
| Driver | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
| Joey Logano | --- | --- | --- | --- | 7 | --- | 6 | 6 | Won |
| James Buescher | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 2 |
| Austin Dillon | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 19 | --- | --- | 5 |
| Sam Hornish Jr | --- | --- | --- | 25 | --- | --- | --- | 24 | 6 |
| Paul Menard | --- | 6 | 25 | 7 | --- | 10 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
| Brian Scott | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 15 | 17 | 9 |
| Elliott Sadler | --- | 9th | --- | --- | --- | --- | 7 | 8 | 11 |
| Justin Allgaier | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 7 | 4 | 13 | 14 |
| Kyle Busch | Won | --- | 14 | --- | --- | 3 | 3 | 3 | --- |
| Regan Smith | --- | 20 | 31 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Brian Vickers | --- | --- | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | --- | --- | --- |
| Trevor Bayne | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 30 | 11 | 5 | --- |
| Mover of the Week |
| Mike Wallace - started 36 position and finished 20 |
| Sports Network Selections |
| Pick to Win - Kyle Busch |
| Last Week's Pick to Win (Sam Hornish Jr.) - finished 4 |
| NOTES: |
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The Alliance Truck Parts 250 at Michigan International Speedway is the
13th race on the 2013 Nationwide Series schedule.
There have been 21 Nationwide races at Michigan. The series has competed there
once each year since 1992. Todd Bodine won the inaugural event at this track.
Bodine, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Carl Edwards, Brad Keselowski, Mark Martin and
Ryan Newman share the record for most Nationwide victories at Michigan with
two each. None of them are on the entry list for this weekend's race there.
Jack Roush has the most car owner wins in Nationwide races at Michigan with
five.
The race winner at Michigan has started from the pole three times. Brad
Keselowski most recently did it in 2010.
Since NASCAR began using electronic timing and scoring in 1993, the closest
margin of victory in a Nationwide race at Michigan occurred on Aug. 19, 2000
when Bodine beat Michael Waltrip to the finish line by just 0.192 seconds.
Ryan Newman holds the track record for most laps led by a Nationwide race
winner. Newman scored his first career victory in the series after leading a
total of 119 laps in the August 2001 race at Michigan.
The next Nationwide race is the June 22 Johnsonville Sausage 200 at Road
America in Elkhart Lake, WI. Nelson Piquet Jr. is the defending race winner.
06/11 14:31:01 ET
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As of June 11, 2013, at 02:31 PM ET
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