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TRUCKS: Buescher Best In Happy Hour
James Buescher is second in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series points...
Tom Jensen  |  Posted May 18, 2012   Concord, NC
James Buescher is the winner of the most recent Truck Series race at Kansas Speedway. (Photo: LAT Photographic)
James Buescher led this morning’s final Happy Hour round of NASCAR Camping World Truck Series practice for tonight’s North Carolina Education Lottery 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Buescher, winner of the most recent Truck Series race at Kansas Speedway, had a best lap of 179.922 miles per hour in the No. 31 Turner Motorsports Chevrolet. That was tops among the 40 trucks practicing.

Next behind Buescher was another Chevrolet, the No. 6 Eddie Sharp Racing entry driven by Justin Lofton, who ran 179.892 mph. Cale Gale was third, running 179.862 mph in the No. 33 Richard Childress Racing entry.

Completing the top five were Brendan Gaughan in a second RCR entry and Brad Keselowski’s Ram.

SPEED will televise Truck Series qualifying at 4 p.m. Race coverage starts at 7:30 p.m. with NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Setup, followed by the race at 8 p.m.

After four races this season, Timothy Peters leads Buescher by 4 points and Lofton by 11.

Tom Jensen is the Editor in Chief of SPEED.com, Senior NASCAR Editor at RACER and a contributing Editor for TruckSeries.com. You can follow him online at twitter.com/tomjensen100.
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